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God Forgive Me When I Whine

Today upon a bus I saw a lovely girl with golden hair. I envied her – she seemed so gay – and wished I were as fair. But suddenly she rose to leave. I saw her hobble down the aisle. She had only one leg and wore a crutch, but as she passed, a smile… Oh, God [...]

The Ultimate Guide to Staying Motivated All The Time

'The world cares very little what a man or woman knows; it is what a man or woman is able to do that counts.' - Booker T. Washington Have you ever had one of those days where despite your best intentions you just can't seem to get the motivation and energy to get any work done? [...]

In This House We Do Love

Throughout the holiday period I have been enjoying reading poems while pondering on quotations and sayings written by others. It's amazing where they appeared at times. Sometimes in a musty volume. Other times in a shop window just like the one featured below entitled 'In This House…' In the midst of this I even added [...]

How To Use The 98 & 3/4 Percent Advantage In 2012

'And will you succeed? Yes! You will, indeed! (98 and 3/4 percent guaranteed.) – Dr Suess There is no sure thing in life. I'm writing from real life experience. So as you look at your last year's efforts, how did the 98 and 3/4 percent advantage work out for you? Well, while I'm asking you [...]

Simple Wisdom For Life's Hard Question About Pain

Lori Deschene – the founder of Tiny Buddha has just released her book that touches on the subjects of pain, meaning, change, fate, happiness, love, money, possibilities, and control plus a whole lot more. I have simply drawn some of her wisdom from her chapter on pain. Ably assisted by her Twitter followers – where [...]

How To Understand & Be Understood

In Germany, I came face to face with the power of communication. For the first time, I recognised the privilege of understanding and of being understood. I had to go and get some money from the bank. Unfortunately, the bank in the little outer suburb where we were staying, couldn't accept our credit card. Apparently [...]

87 Inspirational & Motivational Quotes To Impact Your Life

Motivational and inspirational quotes have the power of impacting a life more than anything else. There is a power unleashed in these short collections of words that can even change the very direction of your life if you let them. So I have to say that since starting this discussion on LinkedIn ten months ago [...]

Why Fear Is Not All That It Is Cracked Up To Be

A young man called Digger was delivering a package for a friend to a nearby farm. He'd finally reached old Smither's place. It was nothing spectacular. A farmhouse. It was looking a bit dilapidated and weather worn. To the left of the old house was a barn and the yard was strewn with pieces of [...]

Why You Must Develop The Art Of Hanging On

There I was, riding double on the back of a motor-bike, with my brother-in-law in total control of the machine. After you read this story though, you may think that at times he was totally out of control. We'd been cruising around the paddocks in search of wild pigs, but for most of the weekend [...]