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BEING Your Best in 2011!
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To BE or Not To BE!
With so many of us caught up in continual ‘Doing’, I want to encourage people to focus on how they are ‘BEING’ instead of just focusing on how they are ‘Doing’ in 2011!
Why?
First of all, when we focus on the qualities of ‘being’ (like being caring or generous or loving or more sensitive) it just feels good. That’s because we’re honouring our inner natures rather than just looking at possible outer accomplishments. When we do that, we feel good no matter what the outcome of a situation is too, which means our well-being is independent of results and that’s always freeing.
Who You Want to BE is Your Choice!
One of the best parts about focusing on ‘being’ is that it’s something you can do yourself, in each moment and doesn’t rely on anything or anyone ‘Out There’. It’s something you can choose in every moment, in every situation and is completely in your control.
Overall, focusing on ‘being’ is simply a more elegant and rewarding way of living and creating your life!
BEING Your Best is 2011.
So, who do you want to BE in 2011? Choose 1 (or 2) ‘beingness’ qualities and start vibrating as if you already exemplified this way of being. Notice how good it feels to even do this.
When I coach people, I always encourage them to choose and cultivate inner being qualities to guide them because I know that once they do, they’ll become very attractive in their energy field and as a result, attractive people and situations will be drawn to them like metal filings to a magnet. It just happens. And it happens without struggle, that’s the best part! And I love hearing my clients say, “Gosh, Karen, since I started coaching with you, so many good things keep happening.” This always makes me grin!
So, as you view the year ahead, consider some ‘being’ goals. Mine is to relax more into the nourishment of my spiritual essence.
As New Year’s gift to you, my wonderful faithful readers, I’m offering to the first 5 people who contact me, a complimentary Idea Session (lasting about a half hour) on how you can BE more of who you want to be. In this session, I’ll lead you in a process to help you choose the ‘being’ qualities that are truest for Who You Are and then give you lots of ideas about how to live them more fully and not get sideswiped by old patterns.
Contact me: karen@personalbest.org or give me a call. I’m on Eastern Standard time. 705-645-8371. This offer is open to anyone not currently working with me. (For those who are working with me, I have some other goodies in store for you soon!)
LOVE ANYWAY THIS HOLIDAY!
Posted by: | CommentsThis poem says all I could ever say to you this holiday season. It’s by Mother Teresa and offers the best of the holiday spirit!
Every blessing to you!!! ‘See’ you in 2011.Your devoted coach, Karen!
ANYWAY
People are often unreasonable, illogical and self-centered;
Forgive them anyway.
If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives;
Be kind anyway.
If you are successful, you will win some false friends and some true enemies;
Succeed anyway.
If you are honest and frank, people may cheat you;
Be honest and frank anyway.
What you spend years building, someone could destroy overnight;
Build anyway.
If you find serenity and happiness, they may be jealous;
Be happy anyway.
The good you do today, people will often forget tomorrow;
Do good anyway.
Give the world the best you have, and it may never be enough;
Give the world the best you’ve got anyway.Z
Making A Difference!
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Making a Difference!
This is an eyewitness account that happened in the City of New York, on a cold day in December some time ago…
A little boy about 10 years old was standing before a shoe store on Broadway, barefooted, peering through the window, and shivering with cold.
A lady approached the boy and said, “My little fellow, why are you looking so earnestly in that window?”
“I was asking God to give me a pair of shoes,” was the boys reply.
The lady took him by the hand and went into the store, and asked the clerk to get half a dozen pairs of socks for the boy. She then asked if he could give her a basin of water and a towel, and he replied: “Certainly,” and quickly brought them to her. The lady took the boy to the back part of the store and, removing her gloves, knelt down, washed his little feet and dried them with a towel.
By this time the clerk had returned with the socks. Placing a pair upon the boy’s feet, she purchased him a pair of shoes, and tying up the remaining pairs of socks, gave them to him.
She patted him on the head and as she turned to go, the astonished boy caught her by the hand, and looking up in her face, with tears in his eyes, answered the question with these words,
“Are you God’s Wife?”
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You, too, can be God (or an Angel or Fairygodmother/father)
This story shows how any of us can be “god” or an “angel” or “fairy godmother/father” to another. The truth is that you CAN make a difference if you decide to.
To me, that’s the gift of this time of year. To realize the incredible power you have in any moment to be godlike, loving, generous and BIG!
I hope you take every opportunity you can to be BIG this holiday season. The gift will be as wonderful if not MORE wonderful for you than for anyone else.
Self-Development Questions
Posted by: | CommentsSelf-Development Questions
Questions are like fireworks when it comes to self-development. They shoot your thinking out of the box and into the sky of possibility. Creative people and anyone who’s entrepreneurial need to be using them all the time, but really, they are powerful for anyone who wants to stimulate their mind and solve problems more effectively.
I recommend you print out this list of self-development questions and keep it by your computer. Use it whenever you feel stuck or want inspiration around a problem.
Ten Top Self-Development Questions:
Write down 3-5 points for each of the following questions:
1. In what way(s) might this problem be a good thing?
2. How might I profit from this problem?
3. Who would look at this problem as something great?
4. Why would it be great for that particular person?
6. How can I develop this person’s viewpoint at least temporarily?
7. What is the key obstacle that if removed would solve my problem?
8. What are my beliefs in regard to this problem? Are they true?
9. Do my beliefs about my own capabilities need adjusting?
10. What am I assuming to be true that may not be true?
Wow–I can practically see the fireworks of new thinking going on in your mind.
Learning New Skills
Posted by: | CommentsSometimes when we’re learning something new, we just have to keep after ourselves to stick with it. We can’t let ourselves off the hook. That doesn’t mean we don’t give ourselves lots of breaks and time to recuperate, but we treat the part of ourselves that’s reluctant like this mother otter treats her baby offspring–she is kind, but firmly persistent in helping her offspring learn to swim. Why? Because the mother realizes that her baby has to either evolve and learn new skills or die.
I believe humanity is at the same place. We’ve moved into a very special time on the planet where learning is not optional. It’s “Evolve or Die” for us too. I know that’s a strong thing to say, but I believe it’s true. But growing up is fun too and offers us all kinds of new opportunities.
So, even if you’re reluctant to learn something new, persist anyway. And enjoy this video!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QpTqV6LPl8c
Taking Charge of YOUR Health
Posted by: | CommentsFor the last year, I’ve been researching Vitamin D.
Why?
Because I want to be the best I can be and feeling vibrantly healthy is part of that. Also, I choose to be in charge of creating good health rather than reacting to a health problem, whether that be something small like a cold or flu or a problem of more severe consequence.
What got me started on Vitamin D was last year’s scare about the H1N1 virus. When I read some of the articles on what was in the inoculation, I decided to increase my general health and vitalize my immune system rather than take something so untested and possibly toxic.
That led me to Vitamin D.
Research is showing that most people living in the norther US and Canada are deficient in Vitamin D, particularly between October and May. Because of rampant fears about skin cancer, however, people are avoiding the sun even in the summer months or wearing sun screen, so Vitamin D deficiency is showing up at all times of the year now.
But sunlight is hugely important for our health. Dr. Mercola, (www.mercola.com) a noted alternative medicine practicioner, says that not only is Vitamin D crucial for avoiding colds and flu, but that a person can decrease the risk of cancer significantly by optimizing vitamin D levels.
Apparently, Vitamin D influences the immune system to attack and destroy bacteria and viruses. With the upcoming months of lessened sunshine ahead and the cold and flu season about to erupt, taking vitamin D may be significant. According to Mercola, it is very rare for someone with optimized vitamin D levels to come down with the flu.
Based on the most recent research, the current recommendation is 35 IU’s of vitamin D per pound of body weight. So for a child weighing 40 pounds, the recommended average dose would be 1,400 IU’s daily, and for a 170-pound adult, the dose would be nearly 6,000 IU’s.
The typical adult dose is 5,000-6,000 units per day. Avoid taking 1,000-2,000 units and thinking you are doing ok. In all likelihood, you’re NOT.
But don’t take my word for it–do your own research. Mercola’s site had some great Vitamin D studies and there are a ton of others on the Internet.
I am NOT recommending that you take Vitamin D–that’s up to you. But what I am recommending is that you take charge of your own health! That’s a powerful thing to do! Part of being YOUR personal best!
Mike Dooley
Posted by: | CommentsSummer–what a great time for dreaming! Dreaming has gotten a bad rap. Which is too bad because it’s important. Very important. Because if you can’t imagine something, you definitely can’t attract it or create it.
So, when you’re spending some time on the deck/dock, let yourself do some ‘focused dreaming’. Dare to create some specific and detailed dreams about what you want to create.
To help you understand more deeply the relationship between dreaming and creating, here’s short video clip by Mike Dooley, who is on tour just now, talking about how “thoughts are things” and why it’s important to choose our thoughts wisely. He’s interesting and funny! I’ve been getting his daily “Notes from the Universe” for years now and love him. Check him out for yourself:
