“The only real risk is the risk of thinking too small.”
by Frances Moore Lappé as quoted in
Pop! Create the Perfect Pitch, Title,
and Tagline for Anything
by Sam Horn
You came to Earth with a Big Mission – your Soul Purpose is big! If you let yourself stay small in your thinking, you cannot realize that Purpose and live it. Follow your dreams for that is how you can learn your Purpose. Dream Big!!!
Rosemary
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“Our universe is a self-transcending community of beings, and transcendence is often a necessity. That is, the universe often arrives at a fork in the road with a terrible option: either transmute into a new form or evaporate from the story.”
from The Power of the Universe
by Brian Swimme as reprinted in
EnlightenNext, the Magazine for Evolutionaries
This is the call to each and every human being: ‘to transmute into a new form or evaporate from the story.’ In other words, Shift or Get Off the Planet! Everyone is always at choice about their life. It seems the time is here now to choose to transmute. All you need to do is show up and commit to personal growth.
“No matter how broken or damaged the soil around us, we are indestructible seedlings that ever contain the template and capacity to come fully to bloom.”
from 21 Days with Braco
by Angelika Whitecliff
“Think of how infinite you can feel while staring at the ocean, marveling at how those waves have continued tumbling ceaselessly, churning forth life for billions of years. Or consider the profound sense of connection with all life you gain from gazing up at a clear night sky in the wilderness, marveling at the inconceivable profusion of stars in the vast depths of space.”
from Infinite Life:
Seven Virtues for Living Well
by Robert Thurman
How do you experience ‘the profound sense of connection with all life’? Robert Thurman offers a couple of ways. I look at people and their pets. How easy it is to love and accept those fluffballs of fur and to feel that they are the ones connecting to us! We are all One. Remember that the astronauts who viewed Planet Earth from space for the first time saw one blue planet. We are One with Mother Earth as well as with each other. Let’s love all of us!
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“Try it for a day or two: notice the world in the now. Whenever you notice that your thoughts have dragged you off into a not-now-world, use that as a reminder to look around, listen to the world, and feel the presence of here and now. And in that moment, try saying, “Thank you.”
It sounds simple, but is not; this is a very difficult teaching. It’s also – perhaps because of its difficulty – extraordinarily powerful.”
from The Prophet’s Way:
A Guide to Living in the Now
by Thom Hartmann
This is a great exercise to help us stay focused on the Now and to let go of that which distorts our vision, our dirty lens. Feel the richness of ‘here and now’ and revel in The Light!
Rosemary
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“A life in marketing confirms the wisdom of to thine own self be true. Ultimately, it will feel more comfortable for you; you don’t have to think about how you want to be seen. Being authentic works better for you, too: you earn trust and comfort, the keys to enduring relationships.”
from You, Inc.: The Art of Selling Yourself
by Harry Beckwith & Christine Clifford Beckwith
Are you being your authentic self? Do you even know who that is? Answer the ‘Who Am I?’ question for yourself and then you can BE that essence in all your relationships!
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“Too often, regrets spring from the things one could have done but didn’t, and the chance that those actions might have led to success.”
from A Rake’s Guide to Seduction
by Caroline Linden
Who would have thought that a little regency romance novel would contain this pearl of wisdom? But how often do we focus on regrets and what might have been rather than learn the lesson available and vow to make different, more informed choices if that situation arises again? Remember to learn the lesson without judging yourself, and without regrets!
Rosemary
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“Outside the cathedral, our eyes adjust to the daylight. On our trek back to the hotel, we stop in a patisserie and I buy a chocolate éclair. I walk, and eat, and think. I hear that poem in my head. My St. Michael ‘voice.’
“Give up all the other worlds/ except the one to which you belong.”
from Traveling with Pomegranates
by Sue Monk Kidd and Ann Kidd Taylor
Remember that there are many ways to live your life with gusto. Live fully in the moment. Enjoy the chocolate éclair. Focus on the world ‘to which you belong.’ Being in the Now can bring the most enjoyment to your life, wherever you are.
Rosemary
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“I am good at pushing things into either-or corners. A moment ago it was faith or rationality. Now, being or creating. I close my eyes and try to shift how I come at it. Both, I think, and start to imagine the hearth not only as a place of being but as one of creating. Why couldn’t it stand for tending the present moment and also for the fiery combustion of my work?”
from Traveling with Pomegranates
by Sue Monk Kidd and Ann Kidd Taylor
This musing from Sue Monk Kidd speaks to the process of moving from ‘either-or’ thinking about choices into ‘and’ thinking. Maybe things can be ‘and’! Maybe it’s not always ‘this or that’ but ‘this and that and maybe that, too.’ What can you do to expand from this option or that option into considering a bigger list, including this AND that?
Rosemary
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Mystic Messages 
BOOK LIGHTS: John Quincy Adams as quoted by Andrea Adams-Miller
February 23, 2011 — Rosemary“If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.”
John Quincy Adams
as quoted by Andrea Adams-Miller
in Jump-Start Your Success: 23 Top Speakers Share Their Insights
for Creating More Success, Wealth and Happiness
featuring James Malinchak and Brian Tracy
Think of yourself as a constant inspiration to those around you. Act in every moment as if someone is watching you to learn how to improve their own life. What are you teaching them?
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