Synchronicity – Are You Where You Are Supposed to Be?
The door opens. The path is lit. A missing piece falls into your lap. The phone rings and the caller is someone you thought of just moments ago. The ever-famous "magic" parking spot opens up. I love it when I seem to just bump into someone I really want or need to see. What are the odds? There are 1,440 minutes in a day. What if I had walked a different route, took an extra minute to read my mail, veered left instead of right? There are 1,439 odds against me bumping into that person...if one goes simply by mathematical…
Today’s Brilliance from Les Brown
I think we can all agree, life is getting tough. It seems as if everything around us is collapsing, and crumbling before our very eyes. Many people are uncertain about the future, money, relationships, health, and careers. In fact, we are beginning to question the very nature of life itself. In these uneasy times, even as a world-renown motivator, my advice is simply: When things go wrong, don't go with them. Have you watched the news lately? It's quite depressing isn't it? With all of this mess going on around us, you have to monitor your mind and mouth. I'm…
Live As If It Were Impossible to Fail
Here's what I've learned in 27 years... Family is everything. It is so important that no matter what you do or where you go, keep family at the forefront. In your dealings with all, strive to be the greatest provider of Value - shun the quick profit and maintain integrity. This will bring you much honour, respect and lasting prosperity. There are so many ways in which we are often expected to govern our lives - some of these ways work and make sense; others do not work and do not make sense. The trick is to find the way…
Reach Out and You Won’t Miss A Thing
We face so many challenges as individuals. It seems that the more personal the challenge, the deeper within ourselves we must seek to overcome it. We are told to do it this way. Encouragements like, "Look Within Yourself" "Find Yourself," and "Be True to Yourself," are everywhere. Everywhere is this indispensable advice. Just ask yourself and you'll find the answer. It is meaningful to practice self-reflection and we feel very rich when we are able to solve our own problems. But it's not that simple. Individualism, resolve and self-empowerment do not address a deeper challenge, a pervasive fear that I…
Six Key Elements to a Good Life
For a long time, I thought the formula for a good life was setting and meeting goals, achieving, being good, being nice, being perfect, hiding vulnerability and weakness, and not making mistakes. What I've learned from my life experience and from my research with people who live great lives is that a good life is just the opposite-and these six key elements are key: YEARN--Life isn't about getting what you want or meeting your goals; it's about following your deeper yearning. I was good at meeting goals--being a good student, succeeding at my career, losing weight--but meeting goals didn't make…
Acceptance and Respect – The Keys to Life
It took me a long time to realize that to accept and respect — yourself and others — is the key to a happy life. In going around the country speaking about bullying, it dawned on me that the answer to bullying and many of society’s other ills really come down those two simple things. Having been bullied myself, I didn’t have enough self-respect to counter the taunts of the bullies at my school by walking away feeling good about myself in spite of their insults. And I didn’t accept myself to be okay enough with who I was to…
Your Beliefs Can Save Your Life!
When I was 26 years old, a man pointed a gun at my head and shot me four times. I responded with love and compassion, and so today I am alive and well. Had I reacted differently, I would have died that night. What happened? My search for answers has led me to great heights and great depths. I have explored one marvelous topic my whole life: Consciousness. It has kept me fascinated and entertained for decades. When you use awareness to examine awareness, things get slippery. It's like standing between opposing mirrors and seeing an infinite array of selves…
Defining your TrueSelf
In Truth We Find Peace
Live your truth and you will be free. Because in truth you know exactly who you are, the lines of your personality, the depths and valleys of your soul, what it is that you lack and where you overflow. In truth, you don’t apologize for who you are. You live divinely in your own skin, without the heaviness of another persona lying on your back. In truth, you know what you want, in all of its complexities and nuances, difficulties and joy. You are not bound by others’ expectations of who you must be, of what is common or normal…
How To Live Each Day Fully
Every day is a present and requires you to be present. To master living an inspired life, live each day fully, because life does not contain an endless supply of days. Life is happening now in this very moment and no further days are a given. When you stop and realize that all of life fades away and your days on the planet are scarce you can remind yourself to bring in more passion in each and every moment and to live for each moment. This means live NOW in a meaningful and vivacious way. The number of days you…