Daily Awareness

When life turns out different than expected what do you do?

Life doesn't always turn out how we want, but it does turn out how we need.

Think about it; how often has something you expected to turn out one way turned out completely different for any number of unknown reasons?

When things don't turn out the way you want how do you respond? Do you get angry? Do you accept the experience? Do you see this as simply a part of the process of life? Can you find a blessing in the experience?

Inspiration without perspiration is hallucination

"Inspiration without perspiration is hallucination"

Words of wisdom from Reverend Linda, Center for Spiritual Living, Eugene, Oregon.

While sitting in Sunday service today these five words impacted me deeply. Although Rev. Linda's words always impact me deeply today's message moved me to share my thoughts with you. 

I liken this statement to creativity without action is simply an exercise of the mind.

Creativity and inspiration are not what make manifest a life filled with incredible memories. It is the action we take on the ideas that creates the tapestry of our life. The action is where the perspiration is derived from.

An essential element of running a spiritual business

Conscious entrepreneurship is a topic of conversation for many people these days. Long gone are the days of running a business simply to make money.

Today, many business owners, and soon to be business owners, want to do more than simply run a business to achieve the outward rewards. They want to make a contribution to the betterment of society, specific organizations that make a difference in the world and they want to sincerely improve the  lives of their customers and feel great about the good they bring to their vendors by virtue of the fact they hired them.

There is much more of a spiritual element to business today than ever before. Yet for many entrepreneurs there seems to be a deep seated conflict that making money is not spiritual.

If you already broke your resolutions here's why

Recently millions of people made some type of resolution. At the top of the list for many people is to have a better quality of life to including more time with family and friends.

Quit smoking is always high on the list as is quit drinking. Get fit and eat healthy always hits the top of the charts with resolutions.

The fact is many resolutions are broken within 24 hours of being made. Rather than feeling better about ourselves we beat ourselves up for not having the "willpower" to resist whatever the temptation is we are trying to avoid.

Is your life significant?

What surfaces when you think about your life? Do you have thoughts of how blessed you are or thoughts of how unfair life is?

Let’s get one thing out on the table right away; life IS unfair. There are things that happen that we have no explanation for. The fact is life is life. It just is.

Often we can’t change what is going on while other times we absolutely can be a catalyst for the change.

Many people desire change and do nothing to make the change. They wait for “them” to create the shift all the while talking about how unfair life is.

If balance, great health and abundance are in your 2011 resolutions read this...

No doubt you have been reading lots of blog posts, tweets, FB wall postings, and articles about setting resolutions in the coming year. Likely you have had ample conversations with friends, family and colleagues about what you desire to experience in 2011.

One resolution that can serve you beyond your wildest imagination is to commit to meditate on a daily basis. It has been proven over and over that meditation has ample benefits emotionally, physically and spiritually.

Yet many people who say they want to mediate also say they are far too busy to do so. Ironically, when you make meditation a regular part of your daily practice you tend to get things done in a more productive fashion.

Procrastination Robs You of Your Joy and Happiness

If you're like most people you’re going through some type of transition. It could be personally, professionally or both.

Transition is a part of life. Yet, when in the middle of it many people literally freak out. They are stopped in their tracks.

"I don't want change!" is the battle cry of countless numbers of people.

The people who do well with the never ending transitions life offers up are those who have embraced the fact that change is a constant.

True, it may be easier said than done to embrace change but with a conscious effort it becomes easier and easier until it is a way of life.

The death of you might very well be the life of you.

Have you thought the shifts and changes that have occurred over the years are a form of death? In essence when who you are not long fits for who you are becoming a part of you dies.

For many change causes great resistance and denial. For others, change is a cause for celebration.

When change occurs (which it always does) you have choices. You can resist and say, "I want it to be the way it was. I don't want the change to happen."

This type of response is often counterproductive. Once a change happens, it happens. Wishing it to be different doesn’t serve you.

What determines joy this holiday season?

When you think of the upcoming holidays what comes up for you? Are you excited because of the time you will share with family and friends? Are you joyful thinking about the children you will bring joy to with even the smallest gift? Do you smile thinking of the jobs you are helping secure by the stores you shop in?

Or are you stressed over not feeling like you have enough money to do all you want to do? Do you have fear you will be judged for not doing more than you are capable of doing financially? Do the outward circumstances determine your inner state?

The fact is the holidays are what you make of them. Unfortunately, we have been so conditioned by the barrage of advertisements to believe we will never do enough no matter how much we do. We have been led to believe that the bigger the price of the gift the better the person we are.

Are you living in the problem or the solution?

Every day we have the opportunity to make decisions to honor who we are. I would hope that because you are reading this you are someone who believes you have a very important path to travel.

Your life can be more than simply living from day to day. Yet, many people are living from day to day. Rather existing from day to day.

Life is more than an existence if you choose it to be. It’s a journey that you have so much choice in. The two questions to ask are, “What are the choices you are making? Are they serving you and others?”

If you are someone who feels life is empty, lonely, boring and non-eventful there is only one person to blame for this. You!

I’m not going to beat around the bush on this. It doesn't matter what the outward circumstances of your life. What matters is what your attitude around the circumstances are.

How do I know? My life is my evidence.