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Articles from June, 2009

A Vow of Love For Yourself

Friday, June 26th, 2009

by Tama J. Kieves

vowoflove_articleI wrote this on a day when I didn’t feel like writing or being in my own skin. I wanted to be somewhere else or better yet, someone else. I wrote this as a dedication and a commitment to not abandon myself. I believe the greatest love begins with self-love which begins with self-acceptance. So for all of us who struggle in the moments of being human and uncomfortable, I dedicate this to you…

Show up anyway. Sit before the dry desert. This is an act of honor. I arrive for myself in all conditions. I am not a festive attendant-only interested in my own company when I am light and crackling with mental clarity like lightning. My mind is an unclear lake right now, muddy, sandy, rocky, dry and thick. I see nothing else Read More→

Categories : Miscellaneous
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by Heather Jassy

ideasintoreality_articleDo you dare to dream?
Ever have a great idea-an idea so big and grand that, for a split second, it makes the universe feel full of possibility? Maybe it’s an idea for a business you could start, or a dream to spend a year traveling around the world, or a vision that you could be an artist or writer. For just a moment, all limits and rules drop away and it feels as though anything can happen.

What do you really want?
I can’t tell you how many times I’ve asked a question like this to someone: “what do you REALLY want to do?” or “if money were no object, how would you spend your time?” And I can’t tell you how many of those times, Read More→

Categories : Personal Growth
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Allow, Instead of Seize, the Day

Friday, June 26th, 2009

by Valery Satterwhite

allowtheday_articleI’ve been giving a lot of thought to the various messages we’ve received over the years and generally highly regard. Many success and self-help experts have told us that we need to “Seize the Day”. “Carpe diem” they tell us.

Well, what the heck does that mean? How does one “seize the day”?

“Men for the sake of getting a living forget to live.” ~Margaret Fuller

The dictionary defines the word seize as:
- take hold of; grab
- take or capture by force
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Categories : Personal Growth
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by Guy Finley

fishing_articleThe greatest, most abundant resource on planet Earth is also its least understood and utilized. Its unlimited supply is found virtually everywhere, anytime, and under all circumstances, even though few recognize its real value. What is this most precious collective resource? It is our relationships.

Consider these truths: It is within relationships that we grow as individuals in everything valuable; because it is through them that we become stronger and wiser, allowing us to realize a love that transcends our unseen self-limiting self-interests. Yet, even though we may acknowledge the existence of this path to self-perfection, the essential mystery of exactly how to use this endless resource Read More→

Categories : Relationships
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Ending Co-Dependence

Friday, June 26th, 2009

by Nick Arrizza, M.D.

codependence_articleWhy does Co-dependence arise? Well because two or more individuals make an unconscious contract with each other to try to satisfy the unmet needs of the other. Initially, especially in the case of a couple, this contract is defined as “love”. For instance, how many times have you heard yourself or others say something like “I can’t live without you”. Usually this means “without you my needs won’t get met”. In other words, “I will start to feel empty, needy, anxious and desperate without my needs being met by you”.

The reason that this type of relational contract eventually breaks down is because no one can possibly meet the needs of any other person. Trying to do so would take so much energy and effort that Read More→

Categories : Personal Growth
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