Sometimes circumstances appear in your life that force you to stand up for your values and set standards. This wake-up call of sorts is normally unexpected and more often than not…difficult.
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“No one is satisfied with his fortune or dissatisfied with his intellect.” -Antoinette Deshoulières
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“Wealth is not his that has it, but his that enjoys it.” -Benjamin Franklin
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Lately I have been trying to take stock of myself, and when I catch myself doing that I stop, reign back the automatic voice in my head and I say to myself: “Jessica, if that’s what you want to do then you are going to clear your mind, step back and simply be for a few moments.”
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Confession: I have the maximalist gene. It is in my DNA and this gene has been further strengthened by environment and circumstance.
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Sometimes themes manifest themselves as a “movement of sorts” in people’s psyche. This new awareness more often than not, causes change because the psyche then decides to make these changes tangible: movements.
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“They who give have all things; they who withhold have nothing.” Hindu Proverb
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When you were little did you play at being someone else? Like your favorite super-hero, a princess, or a cowgirl? You had fun, right? And, at the end of playtime you went back to being who you were.
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“The only real elegance is in the mind; if you’ve got that, the rest really comes from it.” - Diana Vreeland
Elegance is indeed in the mind. It is the subtle combination of choices to create beauty imbued with contentment.
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Why is it that many times the word happy makes us precisely the opposite…not happy? I suppose it is because happiness, the result of being happy, is something we are a bit scared of.
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“It is always the simple that produces the marvelous.” - Amelia Barr
Today, modern life is begging us to simplify; to go back to the “simpler things in life.”
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Understanding that we do not and cannot control events and their timing is mastering the first step in patience. Letting go. Things will come when they may. You must be ready to receive them when they do.
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How do you choose to live your life? Debit or Credit? Are you pleased with the yield and do you feel safe with the investments that you have made in yourself? Or, do you have to tweak a little?
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Doing things is leading a well life. There is wellness in doing. There is great merit in doing things in the service of others. Doing at the end of each day allows you to be at peace when you lay your head down to sleep.
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Whatever happened to turning the lights on and looking in the mirror? Whatever happened to self-reflection and a sense of decorum? Whatever happened to having a sense that it is not alright to look and do whatever you want in life…especially at work, in an airplane, in a restaurant, or at the gym??
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“If you always do what interests you, at least one person is pleased.” - Katherine Hepburn We must live each and every day as if it were our very last; and part of living that way is working/doing something that we love every day.
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Our daily inner lives (thoughts) (conversations), are full of wishes…we are full of possibilities. These possibilities however are very much a struggle between good and not so good (bad).
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Have you ever stopped to think about what your motives truly are? Yes, that’s right why you think the way you think, say what you say, do what you do, and act like you act…?
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If you could have a life alarm to notify you when you were doing something, what would it be?
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