Be Your Own Inspiration

"Happiness is the meaning and the purpose

of life,
the whole aim and end of human existence."
— Aristotle

Be Your Own Inspiration
By Sharon Naylor
How often do you think about the positive

choices you’ve made in your life? If you’re like most of us, your mind probably gets stuck on thoughts like I don’t spend enough

time with the kids and The bills are piling up rather than I’m glad we chose to buy this house, I did a nice job resolving that

conflict with my coworker or I’ve decided that it’s more important to be happy than to be right. Our good decisions end up getting

left in the dust as we rush off to tackle our to-do lists. Yet it’s all those smart moves in the past that build our confidence to face the

new challenges that face us every day.

So why not start a journal dedicated solely to the great decisions you’ve made—

and are making? From the big ones (marrying the right man, switching careers, starting a family) to the small ones (passing up

that brownie after dinner, saying a prayer for rather than blowing up at a rude driver, calling an old friend), you have a whole

history of positive choices to record. Think of it as your very own highlight reel. The next time you find yourself wavering at a fork

in the road, you will have at the ready reminders of all the times you chose well in the past. And you’ll know you have it in you to

do it again!

A University of California, Davis study has shown that writing about positive topics, rather than fears, worries

and anger, will promote the release of hormones that relieve stress. As you relive your positive moments, you get a boost in feel-

good serotonin and endorphins, instead of the heart-hurting cortisol that comes on when you tense up over your

frustrations.

If you already keep a gratitude journal, you’re taking note of what’s wonderful and positive around you. Your

great decisions journal lets you celebrate what’s wonderful and positive within you. What lifts your spirits more than that?



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I shall not pass this way again

"I expect to pass through this world but once. Any good, therefore, that I can do, or any kindness that I can show to any fellow creature, let me do it now. Let me not defer or neglect it, for I shall not pass this way again."

Stephen Grellet

Yesterday...

You may have noticed that my bulletin wasn’t an early one...

See, I had to do that Yearly responsibility of taking one of our children
to the doctor for their shots to be able to enter 9th grade.....

Well, I took our 9 year old and our 14 year old and we went to the
Doctor for just that..

And after we were done, as we were pulling out of our parking place
and heading for the corner...our daughter said these words, "oh, isn’t that
sad...." I responded with, "what sweetie?"

She said, "there is a lady in the alley with two little girls and a baby in a
stroller, and she is picking garbage out of the dumpster."

Sure, gas prices are high....

Home foreclosures are out of control.

Seems like everything is gloom and doom lately...

But...



I - without any thought - backed up the car, pulled into the end of the alley,
and got out....

I ran up to the sweet little 4’ 9" little woman and said (with hand out reached)
"God Bless You"...and gave her a five dollar bill..She looked at me with such an
amazing glow in her eyes and said, "Gracias!! Gracias!! "

As, I turned away I saw her lift her face to the sky and she proceeded to walk
away from the dumpster...she was making the gesture of the sign of the cross to her body...



I know in my heart that "This was the Greatest Day of my life"

I watched her walk away and then the children and I waved to her as she smiled
and headed for the grocery store just across the parking lot!!



"People think that if they were rich they would contribute to charities. My experience has been if you don’t start giving away your money when you have very little, you won’t do it when you get a lot."

Robert Bainum

"Generosity is a principle, not an amount."

Millie Thornton



"If everyone gives one thread, the poor man will have a shirt."

Russian Proverb

"We are rich only through what we give, and poor only through what we refuse."

Anne Swetchine

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"If we all did the things we are capable of doing, we would literally astound ourselves."

Thomas Edison



"Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood."

Unknown



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Follow the Soul....

Just relax, let your inner consciousness

guide you in your desire to live the life you want.

A positive desire - or, wonderfully, a burning desire - with your inner

compass as your guide, will create your outer landscape.



Thus you not only begin to accept, you learn to in fact embrace the moment for whatever it

is.
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Life has a flow.

The more you embrace

it, the less you’ll need to want to control it, and the more effortless your journey will become.

The two things that have

come into my consciousness again and again - and which crystallize all other concepts - are acceptance and gratitude.



Once you get this, you’ll also begin to see people, who interact with your life, for the important messengers that they are

on your journey even if their interaction with you is tumultuous.







Believe...
See it in your mind first..
Instead of imagining the worst, imagine the best. Instead of

playing out the worst scenarios in your mind, play out the happiest. And go about your daily business...with a lighter heart.



Once you come out of your daydream, remain happy. Avoid worrying about the future or fervently ’hoping’ that your

dream comes true. Just begin to let yourself experience joy in the images you see in your mind.



You are what you think -- your

thoughts control your life and your attitude can make or break you. A correct mindset must come before you can succeed. But

where do you start?

Napoleon Hill said, "Any idea, plan, or purpose may be placed in the mind through repetition of

thought."

WEBSTER’S says:

in-spi-ra-tion-al (in’ spe ra she nl) adj.
1. imparting inspiration. 2. an

influence directly and immediately exerted upon
the mind or soul. 3. to arouse the spirit to do something, by or as if

by,
supernatural or devine influence.

say-ing (sa’ ng) n.
1. something that states as an opinion or

judgement. 2. something recited
or repeated.



Acceptance and gratitude together are probably the hardest lesson to understand and

practice in this human life. This is best experienced rather than taught, and then becomes a transformative awareness. If you look

at a blessing in your life today, say the love of your child, you will understand that all the ’bad’ things in your life earlier, which

you probably railed against, were the ingredients of your life path that brought you to the day you had your child.

And

then it’ll suddenly dawn on you, gosh the time I was mad that I had that long travel delay, was just the time space that was

essential to the chronology of my life as I later met my future partner and had a baby. Had even one moment been out of place,

my life path would have looked different.

Failure is the opportunity to begin again, more intelligently.

Henry

Ford



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