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Question: Do you suffer from already always living? The primary symptom is projecting the past onto the future. It’s assuming what has already happened to you before, will always happen again. So as a result, you stay stuck in repetitive patterns, and you live your life like a broken record, and backwards.

You have simply forgotten the future and are predicting the past.

Am I describing you?

According to legend, Merlin the Magician lived from the future in the present, and that was his magic. He knew what was going to happen because he had already been there.

What would happen if you lived in Merlin-time?

You would live today as if it were your most splendid tomorrow, and therefore, be nothing but totally fulfilled with your every yesterday.

Sound intriguing?

You really can live this way. All it requires is a conscious focus and some forward, purposeful action…

The Law of Action!

Write down how your most splendid tomorrow would be. (Write it now!) Make it big, meaning you would live free of the influence of the past with no fear and no apprehension. Then begin to live your best tomorrow, today.

As you’ve probably heard me say before, you don’t steer your car by looking through your rear-view mirror. You drive your car by putting your hands on the wheel and looking forward. Do the same with your life. Live forward not backwards.

There is a perfect life for you. It’s a life which fits you (and only you) perfectly. It’s a life which allows for errors and mistakes, and it’s perfect because it’s 100% you! It’s your future, and it’s here today. Take your hands off the rear-view mirror and look forward, put your hands on the wheel, and accelerate into your greatest future.

Make today your greatest tomorrow!

All of which brings us to Balance and Boundaries: Your Fulcrum and Limits.

Okay, so you’re asking, “What’s a fulcrum?” It’s certainly not an everyday word, but it’s a very valuable concept in understanding the life-balance challenge. Think for moment of a teeter-totter.

The fulcrum is the middle point where the board of the teeter-totter is connected and where it pivots. The board’s balance, or lack thereof, is dependent on where the fulcrum is placed.

And this is what’s called a balance point.

Balance points are what create or take away your balance. For example, taking five minutes three times a day to meditate may be a balance point for some people. For others it may include activities such as a 15-minute walk outside, a daily conversation with a friend, writing in a journal every morning, a regular exercise program, daily prayer, or perhaps even something as simple as brushing your teeth three times a day.

Warning: Balance points are your bottom-line minimum you need to get positive energy into your life.

Most people are faced with numerous energy challenges in the course of a day. Balance points recharge your energy, and have a positive effect, all of which will help you maintain an optimistic attitude.

Compare your energy to that of a battery. In order to deal with certain activities, people and situations, some of the energy from your battery is required. At some point, if you don’t recharge the battery, the battery will become totally depleted.

Therefore, it’s imperative to establish these balance points in your life to recharge yourself.

I like to refer to these activities as part of your temple maintenance. Your life is like a sacred space, just like a temple. Your responsibility is to maintain your temple, provide it with good upkeep, and not let it deteriorate.

Add fulcrums, balance points, and temple maintenance to your daily life for maximum success with the least amount of stress.

You’ll find living your life within your boundaries and setting balance points will add energy and time to your life. And that’s yet another part of living a life of passionate purpose that’ll fulfill your every need.

And that’s the foundation for creating your best tomorrow and all the tomorrows that will follow!

Ken Donaldson has been offering counseling, coaching, and educational programs since 1987. His programs are focused on empowering people to have more successful lives, businesses and relationships. Claim your FREE Relationship Success Special Report at Marry YourSelf First!. Ken is the author of Marry YourSelf First! Saying “I DO” to a Life of Passion, Power and Purpose.

How big can your life be?

What I’m asking is: How big is the space you live your life in? What restricts you from growing as big as possible? Is there any chance you’ve already outgrown your old life? Just how big is your life, and how big can it be?

As you’re pondering those questions, try to think about this in another way: Just how bright can your inner light shine? The reason that inner light of yours was given to you is to brighten up the world. It can do neither you nor others any good if you quench, smother or conceal it, for any reason.

Take Note: Are you allowing your inner light to shine as bright as it can? Are you giving those around you the chance to be positively affected by your light?

A big life allows you to grow big; and likewise, a big life allows you to shine a big, bright light.

Question: Are you living a big life with a bright light?

Some people seem to be happy with their lives because they don’t want to change or grow. They feel comfortable with their predictable, habitual and familiar lives. They like the status quo. Has that been you?

There are others, however, perhaps people like yourself, who are always growing larger, stronger, deeper and more secure, and whose lives reach out in all directions. These are the people who always demand more.

These are also the people who seem to shine the brightest light. In fact, their light is so bright that it actually illuminates the path for others.

So…Which one are you? Are you happy with your chosen path? Would you like a bigger life and a brighter light force?

If so, then I encourage you to hang out with some big, bright-light people. We all tend to be influenced by our environments, so if you want more from your life, find those who have found more of life and ask them how they’ve done it.

After all, big lives and bright lights cannot hide; and because of this, these people usually enjoy sharing their bigness and their brightness. Most people are happy to share their steps to success.

Follow their model as success always leaves traces for you to follow.

Once again, if you want to manifest your highest intentions, be around those who are doing the same.

Remember - Success breeds success!

Seek out the people and groups of people who match and support your energy. Use the Law of Attraction to connect with those who’ll support you in getting what you truly want. People of like-energy and like-mindedness will generate more of the positive energy you want in your life.

Ken Donaldson has been offering counseling, coaching, and educational programs since 1987. His programs are focused on empowering people to have more successful lives, businesses and relationships. Claim your FREE Relationship Success Special Report at Marry YourSelf First!. Ken is the author of Marry YourSelf First! Saying “I DO” to a Life of Passion, Power and Purpose.

What do you mean when you say the word “forgiveness”? For me, it means surrender, letting go, allowing, and acceptance. Acceptance of what is, of what has been, and acceptance of ourselves just the way we are. Forgiveness means that we choose to love LOVE more than we choose to hate the world.

There are many ways to define “forgiveness”. Traditional Forgiveness implies that even though something really terrible happened, we stop obsessing over it. We “let bygones be bygones” and we allow the passage of time to help soothe our aching hearts. We may even move toward a kind of partial compassion with the thought, “he or she didn’t know any better” or “they were doing the best they could.”

With Traditional Forgiveness, there are distinct roles that we and our adversaries play, which usually take the form of victim and perpetrator. Sometimes we are the victims, and the other person is the perpetrator. In these cases, we often feel anger, fear, betrayal, jealousy, disillusionment and hatred when we contemplate what happened. In other situations, we are the perpetrators, and we feel fear, guilt, shame and despair when we think about what we did to our victim(s).

Forgiveness and Conflict

Distressing situations often happen during childhood. Developmentally, we must respond from a child’s innocent point of view, and most people retain both the pain and the beliefs that were triggered from hurtful family and social interactions. We also feel the deep impact of societal conditioning, and we take on ideas about who we are as we relate to our gender, color, appearance, intellect, economic status, and sexual preferences.

Each traumatic event stands out in our minds, illustrated by many colorful details. We remember what happened (or, to be more accurate, we conjure up a current version of our story about what happened) and we begin to feel the familiar corresponding painful emotions. When our memories stir up uncomfortable emotions, we often suppress them deep into our subconscious minds.

Our minds think, “If I feel that much pain again, I’ll die. I can’t handle it. If I go in there, I’ll never get out.”

In reaction to the painful events of our lives, we form conclusions about the nature of reality. We attach our life essence to certain unconscious beliefs about what is real, about the way life works, about who, what and how we are. Some of our favorite beliefs are:

I’m not good enough
I’m unlovable
I must have done something horribly wrong
I can’t do it right
I’ll never be good enough
Everyone will leave me
The world is a dangerous place
I can’t trust
God hates me

Sometimes we are not aware that we are actually harboring these beliefs about ourselves and about life. ‘Not me!’ we think. Well, unless we are living in absolute unity with the Oneness at every moment of our existence, some of these stowaway beliefs may still be crouching in the recesses of our minds. We can tell if they are around by listening to our thoughts as we go about our day.

Perhaps these thoughts are more familiar:

* It’ll never turn out right
* Those people are idiots
* Watch your back - you never know what’s coming
* They don’t like me
* Those people always get the breaks (and I don’t)
* Money is filthy and unspiritual
* I hate my body
* Old age is a drag
* I can never decide
* The weather sucks
* I can’t do it because…

Sound familiar?

Our physical bodies are also excellent barometers. The quality of our thoughts directly affects our brains, hearts, blood and overall health. Aches, syndromes, diseases and physical weaknesses of all sorts are indications of what is going on in our minds.

Even the way we breathe and the way we relax (or don’t relax) give us hints about the inner workings of our thoughts and emotions. The more we think about the upsetting events that have occurred in our lives, the more we actually create experiences of fear, defensiveness, attack and withdrawal that reoccur as patterns throughout our lives.

These themes are usually easier to see in the lives of everyone else, but as we sharpen our desire to live in the truth of what is, rather than the illusion of how we wish life would be, we begin to honestly look at our own discordant patterns. It is at this point in our development that forgiveness begins to shine like a warm beacon of hope and new possibilities.

When we forgive, we don’t need to condone the actions that were done by ourselves or others. We can still empower ourselves and we may choose to use the legal system for support in seeking justice. This is the arena in which apologies, reconciliation, compensation, mediation and other conflict resolution techniques are helpful and appropriate.

Radical Forgiveness

With Radical Forgiveness, we explore the deep pain that we feel when we perceive that we were attacked or betrayed, or when we attack or betray someone else. We also honestly touch upon the places where we have attacked or betrayed our divine Self. This is the pain and sadness of the human condition, of feeling separate, alone and afraid.

Radical Forgiveness adds another element to the picture: the World of Divine Truth. This is not a religious idea; rather, it is an awareness that who we are is not just physical, emotional and mental -in addition, we are all sacred spiritual beings, having a temporary human experience. We realize that on a spiritual level, no one is ever hurt or healed. We are in a state of perfect, eternal wholeness, in unity with our Creator at all times.

If this is so, then what is the purpose of this human life? One purpose is that we are participating in an Earth school for our souls, so that we can expand our awareness of the Oneness that we are. Then what do the patterns of trauma and heartbreak mean? How can we understand the lessons we have come to learn?

We begin to understand that everyone who has played a part in our individual dramatic play was there as a purposeful, eternal friend. We start to take responsibility for everything that we have created, knowing that we also - simultaneously - played an essential part for everyone we have ever touched.

We realize, “So life wasn’t out to get me after all!” We learn to include ALL of what has taken place, no matter what it felt like or looked like. Bringing this new vitality all the way into the physical cells of our body, we wash away old beliefs with loving, forgiving compassion.

Find someone who is a certified Radical Forgiveness counselor, peace educator and mediator. She has also been a healer and Breath of Life breath facilitator for over 20 years. Contact her at www.anaholub.com for more information.

Working from home is a wonderful opportunity which many individuals take advantage of these days. Personal reasons and professional reasons are largely the way in which a business from home gets started. Whatever ones type of business might consist of, there are many great reasons to start a business from home.

Take Care of the Children While Working

It can arguably be said that one of the most often cited reasons to start a business from home is so that one or both parents can stay at home with the children while earning an income at the same time. Some individuals shy away from day care facilities, as they would like the best of both worlds by working and caring for their children at the same time. Many home based businesses make this possible by allowing the parent to be in the house with their children and pay the bills as well.

Little or No Overhead Costs

An individual who works from home may also choose this business route as it allows them to expend little or no overhead on business expenses. Although many individuals will have to pay some extra costs associated with their business expenses, it is undoubtedly more economical to work from home than rent an office building and hired help elsewhere. Also, by starting a business from home, the business owner is already paying utility bills anyway so this too will reduce the overhead costs.

No Commute to Worry About

One will surely appreciate the fact that they have no commute which they have to deal with at the beginning and end of the workday. When one starts a business from home and has a home office they will not have to worry about commuting and dealing with all of the headaches and hassles that go along with such a thing like high gas prices, traffic and wear and tear on the automobile.

Time Efficient Alternative

If one chooses to start a business from home, they will also find that it is a time efficient alternative to the usual work environment. Not only will the individual save time on the work commute but they will also find that they can eat lunch at home which saves time by not having to venture out to find a meal during the day.

Can Work Around the Clock If One So Chooses

One last great reason to start a business from home is that it enables the business owner to work around the clock if they so desire. For example, should the business owner need to finish up some paperwork after dinner, all he or she will need to do is to walk over to their home office and take care of the issue. The 24-hour availability of the business from home provides convenience for the business owner.

Enrique Villalobos is the owner of MakingExtraMoneyAtHome.com, which provides free articles and resources about working from home. Visit it now to learn more.

Stress can be cause by a myriad of reasons; they can be events, situations and things that cause stress. For many of us it is money worries, work and family life issues that cause us the greatest amount of stress. Health is another topic that can cause stress, especially for people that have chronic or painful conditions, medications to buy and testing that needs to be done, as well as the concern about the outcome of the prognosis.

There are many events, situations and things that cause stress. For many of us it is money worries, work and family life issues that cause us the greatest amount of stress. Health is another topic that can cause stress, especially for people that have chronic conditions, medications to buy and testing that needs to be done. Common symptoms stress has on our bodies?

When you are facing stress whether it is acute (short term) or chronic (long term) stress it affects your overall physical and emotional health. Obviously short term stress is not as dangerous if you deal with the situation causing the stress and handle the stress properly. Chronic stress is another story, at first the symptoms that this stress causes may be very mild, but you may find that you are more susceptible to colds.

The longer the stress goes on though you may begin to experience more health problems such as depression, diabetes, heart disease, hair loss, hyperthyroidism, OCD or anxiety disorders, tooth and gum disease, sexual dysfunction, obesity, ulcers, fatigue and lethargy, difficulty sleeping and possibly death at the most extreme end.

There are a number of things you can do that can help you deal with stress. Part of it is dealing with the situation causing the stress, if you can. If you realize it’s something beyond your control, simply letting go of trying to gain control will be stress relieving. Sometimes it means confronting the situation head on, and sometimes to means to put it on a shelf to deal with soon, but don’t procrastinate too long and that only delays the stress itself.

There are a number of things you can do that can help you deal with stress. Part of it is dealing with the situation causing the stress, if you can. If you realize it?s something beyond your control, simply letting go of trying to gain control will be stress relieving. Sometimes it means confronting the situation head on, and sometimes to means to put it on a shelf to deal with soon, but don?t procrastinate too long and that only delays the stress itself. . Listen to soothing music and take a hot bath with a beautiful candle. The soothing music will help you calm your mind and the hot bath will help release the tension from your body.

Listen to soothing music and take a hot bath with a beautifully scented candle. The soothing music will help you calm your mind and the hot bath will help release the tension from your body. The fragrance helps to relax as well.

Get a massage if you can. If you can?t, do a hot foot soak bath for your feet, and run some beautiful scented oils on your feet afterward. Then put your feet up and relax.

Try to eat healthy, organic foods and drink plenty of fresh water. Get rid of the junk foods as they only provide temporary comfort, but longer term leave you feeling lousy.

Read a great book and curl up with a cup of tea.

Have some friends over for dinner, or go out for a meal. Surround yourself with positive people who care about you, but don?t let the friendship be one sided. Share and enter into their lives as well, be a giver, not just a taker.

Spend time with a pet. If you don’t have one, see if you can spend some time with a friend’s, or perhaps consider getting one if you can.

Try to stop obsessing the problem over and over and over in your head. Try to turn off that old tape.

Find a hobby you enjoy if you don’t already have one.

Don’t let stress ruin your health or your life. Take action today to help you live a more satisfying and less tension filled life.

Dont allow stress ruin your health or your life. Take action today to help you live a more comfortable and less tension filled life.