Posted in Blogroll, Health Science, Human Nature, Psychology, Spirituality, tagged brain, emotions, help, hope, life, Peale, plague, positive, senses, TIA, war on March 31, 2008 | No Comments »
If you paint in your mind a picture of bright and happy expectations, you put yourself into a condition conducive to your goal.
- Norman Vincent Peale (1898 - 1993)
It’s almost too simple to imagine that we live in a world we create for ourselves within our own mind. But it’s a fact.
Few would disagree that [...]
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Posted in Blogroll, Health Science, Human Nature, Psychology, tagged beliefs, Brown, Clinton, friends, politics, reputation, slander, TIA on March 30, 2008 | No Comments »
Someone’s opinion of you does not have to become your reality.
- Les Brown, American motivational speaker
Let’s do a little self-test. Think of all the people about whom you have strong opinions. Take a moment, I’m not going anywhere.
If you thought both of people about whom you have strong positive feelings and those you think negatively [...]
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Posted in Blogroll, Health Science, Human Nature, Psychology, tagged cruelty, fear, hate, prejudice, Russell, superstition, TIA on March 29, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Fear is the main source of superstition, and one of the main sources of cruelty. To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom.
- Bertrand Russell
Fear, superstition, cruelty: big subjects, requiring more thought than most people want to devote to subjects that won’t put food on their table.
Fear is the most significant emotion we have. Many [...]
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Posted in Blogroll, Health Science, Human Nature, Psychology, tagged appearance, confidence, future, help, Jordan, nature, success, TIA on March 28, 2008 | No Comments »
Success or failure depends more upon attitude than upon capacity. Successful men/women act as though they have accomplished or are enjoying something. Soon it becomes a reality. Act, look, feel successful, conduct yourself accordingly, and you will be amazed at the positive results.
- Dupree Jordan, American biologist, educator (1851-1931)
Lack of self confidence, of self assurance, [...]
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Posted in Blogroll, Health Science, Human Nature, Spirituality, tagged Africa, AIDS, future, hope, India, Indonesia, Mother Teresa, starvation, TIA on March 25, 2008 | No Comments »
If you think well of others, you will also speak well of others and to others. If your heart is full of love, you will speak of love.
- Mother Teresa
The world is not made up of you, the people you know and people like you, people with your biases and prejudices, your tastes and preferences, [...]
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Posted in Blogroll, Health Science, Psychology, tagged Castenada, complaining, Depression, government, life, problems, TIA, weather on March 23, 2008 | 3 Comments »
We either make ourselves happy or miserable. The amount of work is the same.
- Carlos Castenada, mystic and author (1925-199
We get out of life what we want, what we put effort into creating for ourselves.
As a Canadian, I am quite familiar with the favourite topic of Canadians meeting strangers or casual friends in [...]
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Posted in Blogroll, Health Science, Human Nature, Psychology, tagged business, economics, hate, heart, life, love, passion, Porchia, TIA on March 22, 2008 | No Comments »
In a full heart there is room for everything, and in an empty heart there is room for nothing.
- Antonio Porchia, Italian poet (1885-196
A full heart makes room for everything, then expands to accommodate additions, as needed. An empty heart allows nothing to breach its lack of trust, thus nothing earns it an [...]
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Posted in Blogroll, Health Science, Human Nature, Psychology, Spirituality, tagged Adrian Welsh, celebration, death, hope, inspiration, life, living, love, respect, TIA on March 20, 2008 | No Comments »
“Cancer isn’t about dying, it’s realizing that life is worth living.”
- Adrian Welsh
How could one young man have touched so many lives so deeply, have garnered the love of everyone he knew?
Adrian Welsh died after a four year battle with cancer on March 13, 2008. He had celebrated his twenty-third birthday just a few days [...]
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Posted in Blogroll, Health Science, Human Nature, Psychology, tagged argument, debate, facts, fighting, ignorance, information knowledge, McAdoo, TIA, winning on March 19, 2008 | 1 Comment »
It is impossible to defeat an ignorant man in argument.
- William G. McAdoo, US industrialist, lawyer, & politician (1863 - 1941)
Walking away from an argument when you know you’re right is right up there among the most difficult things we can do.
However, remaining to argue when there is no possibility of winning qualifies as questionable [...]
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Posted in Blogroll, Health Science, Human Nature, Psychology, tagged coping, help, hope, life, problems, TIA, Tracy, troubles on March 18, 2008 | No Comments »
“In life you can never be too kind or too fair; everyone you meet is carrying a heavy load. When you go through your day expressing kindness and courtesy to all you meet, you leave behind a feeling of warmth and good cheer, and you help alleviate the burdens everyone is struggling with.”
- Brian Tracy
Some [...]
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