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We all need some sort of inspiration and motivation to tune our days positively and live each day to the fullest.
A note for the Impatient Me
Dear me,
T. D. Jakes always says 'It takes faith to try again after failing.' Never lose hope and never give up as every new day presents you with yet another opportunity to start anew and afresh. Let the start of each brand new day be a reset point for your attitude towards making mistakes and failing. As Dr. Wayne W. Dyer puts it beautifully in his book Excuses Begone, may you start your day with positive affirmation:
"I can accomplish anything I put my mind to because I know i am never alone."
"I have access to unlimited assistance. My strength comes from my connection to my source." and
"The right circumstances and the right people are already here and will show up in time."
May you have a gratifyingly enlightening day!
#monday #newweek #betteryourbest #decisionsmatter #selftuning #thoughtoftheday #wisdomwords #inspirations #selftuning #change #failforward #failfast #failandlearn
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THE NAKED TRUTH
According to a 19th century legend, the Truth and the Lie meet one day. The Lie says to the Truth: "It's a marvellous day today"! The Truth looks up to the skies and sighs, for the day was really beautiful. They spend a lot of time together, ultimately arriving beside a well. The Lie tells the Truth: "The water is very nice, let's take a bath together!" The Truth, once again suspicious, tests the water and discovers that it indeed is very nice. They undress and start bathing. Suddenly, the Lie comes out of the water, puts on the clothes of the Truth and runs away. The furious Truth comes out of the well and runs everywhere to find the Lie and to get her clothes back. The World, seeing the Truth naked, turns its gaze away, with contempt and rage. The poor Truth returns to the well and disappears forever, hiding therein, its shame. Since then, the Lie travels around the world, dressed as the Truth, satisfying the needs of society, because, the World, in any case, harbours no wish at all to meet the naked Truth.
The world famous painting- "The Truth coming out of the well" Jean-Léon Gérôme, 1896.
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What would you do if you weren’t afraid of…
… failing
… disappointing someone
… disappointing your own expectations
… looking like a fool
… not fitting into your own story
… not making money
… having to give up and try again?
If we want to bring the changes we want to see in ourselves we have to start by figuring out exactly what we’re afraid of. (No guarantee that you’ll like the answers, but you’ll learn a lot about yourself. Spoken from first-hand experience.)
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A blissful new begining, a happy new day, Happiest Monday and a joyful New Week to you!
#betteryourbest #decisionsmatter #selftuning #thoughtoftheday #wisdomwords #inspirations #selftuning #change
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Practice Being Grateful
"It’s common sense that you’re happier when you’re grateful for the things you have, rather than when you’re lamenting that you don’t have enough. This gratitude, much like hope, is not an accidental emotion, but is a mindset that can be consciously trained.
While most people think of gratitude as the feeling that follows positive experiences, in reality it is a practice that fosters happiness. This has major implications for how we live our lives: it means that joy isn’t merely the accidental result of external conditions over which we have no control. Rather, we actively choose joy by practicing gratitude." The Gifts of Imperfection by Brené Brown
As you welcome the humbling Holy Time of Fasting may you take it as an opportunity to Practice being grateful - be it the good or bad, for the grand and the life changing ones or event for the ordinary moments that have colored your life.
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A Note to My Egoistic-Self
Dear me,
"Knowing that you don’t know is true knowledge.
Presuming that you know is a disease." Verse 71, Tao Te Ching by Lao Tzu
Don't be an 'I know it all' and 'I know all the answers' kind of person. Just because you have been given the voice or accidentally made visible for all to see you or even just because you have been given the various platforms to speak out here and there, it doesn't mean that you are the best in everything nor does it make you an expert on the subject. There are by far many who are ten fold better than you. Don't be in competition with them or try to drag them down. Rather try to learn from them. By being humble you learn better, by admitting you know less you learn more and by bowing down for the right reasons you stand taller.
As Dr. Wayne W. Dyer always puts it Don't be a hostage to your ego rather be a host to humility.
May you have a gratifying day.
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A Note to the Inner-self
Dear me,
Just because you don’t agree with something, it doesn’t mean it is wrong. Just because it hasn’t happened to you, it doesn’t mean it can’t be other’s reality. And, just because you haven’t experienced it in your journey, it doesn’t mean such things never happen.
Learn to always be openminded – give your ears before you pass your judgement; before you set your mind on what you assume is the truth, learn to give people the benefit of the doubt – there could always be something on the other side of the story.
May you have a joyfully Monday and a rewardingly productive New Week. May it be a week you have more ears than assumptions, big heart than ego and more patience than emotions.
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Life in Five Short Chapters
CHAPTER 1
I walk down the street.
There's a deep hole in the sidewalk.
And I fall in.
I am lost. I am helpless. It isn't my fault.
It takes forever to find a way out.
CHAPTER 2
I walk down the same street.
There is a deep hole in the sidewalk.
I pretend I don't see it. I fall in again.
I can't believe I am in the same place.
But it isn't my fault.
It takes a long time to get out.
CHAPTER 3
I walk down the same street and there is a deep hole in the sidewalk.
I see it there, and still I fall in.
It's a habit.
But my eyes are open and I know where I am.
It is my fault and I get out immediately.
CHAPTER 4
I walk down the same street.
There is a deep hole in the sidewalk.
I walk around it.
CHAPTER 5
I walk down a different street.
By Portia Nelson
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A Note to the Inner-self
Dear me,
"Society demands conformity at the expense of individual liberty. Let us be for once a non conformist to be fully alive." Dr. Wayne W. Dyer , Wisdom of the Ages
Ma you be able to dance to your own beats than lose your tune to adjust to the songs of other's for fear of being considered different. Learn from the great souls who have walked in this world, people who have brought big change, individuals that are revered for their great accomplishments, each of them were considered as outlaws and non conformists.
In the road less traveled there is more to be done and great things to be achieved.
Be a trend setter, dance to the songs of your heart, walk your own roads that you think will bring change and do not be threatened by the voices that say you can't bring change on your own.
BE BOLD, BE BRAVE TO DANCE AND WALK ALONE, BE A NON CONFORMIST!
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Perspective!
I read this amazing piece on Instagram and I felt it is worth sharing. It makes you put your lives, the challenges you have passed and the highs and lows you have experienced in to perspective.
"For a quick moment, imagine you were born in 1900. When you are 14, World War I starts, and ends on your 18th birthday with 22 million people killed. Later in the year, a Spanish Flu epidemic hits the planet and runs until you are 20. Fifty million people die from it in those two years. Yes, 50 million.
When you’re 29, the Great Depression begins. Unemployment hits 25%, global GDP drops 27%. That runs until you are 33. The country nearly collapses along with the world economy. When you turn 39, World War II starts. You aren’t even over the hill yet.
When you’re 41, the United States is fully pulled into WWII. Between your 39th and 45th birthday, 75 million people perish in the war and the Holocaust kills six million. At 52, the Korean War starts and five million perish.
At 64 the Vietnam War begins, and it doesn’t end for many years. Four million people die in that conflict. Approaching your 62nd birthday you have the Cuban Missile Crisis, a tipping point in the Cold War. Life on our planet, as we know it, could well have ended. Great leaders prevented that from happening.
As you turn 75, the Vietnam War finally ends. Think of everyone on the planet born in 1900. How do you survive all of that? A child in 1985 didn’t think their 85 year old grandparent understood how hard school was. Yet those grandparents survived through everything listed above.
Perspective is an amazing thing. With so much happening right now and as 2023 ends, let’s try to keep things in perspective, knowing that we will get through all of this. In the history of the world, there has never been a storm that lasted forever. This too shall pass.
Happy New Year 2024🎈"
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Detaching Opinion from Identity!
One of the best lessons I got from the book 'Think Again' by Adam Grant is the idea he shared about how we become attached to certain ideas and how we deal with finding out that they are wrong and be open enough to rethinking and relearning. Here is a beautiful summary as captured by #AvnishAnand.
"The key takeaway is that we should avoid becoming too attached to our ideas and our beliefs. We shouldn’t let it become part of our identity. Stay a little detached. That way, when we find out that they are wrong, it’s easy for us to rethink and let go of old ideas.
When we let our ideas become part of our identity, we become hostile to the thought of being wrong. Our ego steps in and tries to counter all the evidence that points to a rethink.
Our identity shouldn’t be based on our ideas and our beliefs. Instead, it should be based on what we value. That calibration ensures we handle being wrong in a positive way."
#books #bookaddict #bookstoread #insightfrombook #InsightToImpact #lessonsforlife #lessonsinleadership #idea #ideasworthspreading
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I love this analogy!
You are holding a cup of coffee when someone comes along and bumps into you or shakes your arm, making you spill your coffee everywhere.
Why did you spill the coffee?
"Because someone bumped into me!!!"
Wrong answer.
You spilled the coffee because there was coffee in your cup.
Had there been tea in the cup, you would have spilled tea.
*Whatever is inside the cup is what will spill out.*
Therefore, when life comes along and shakes you (which WILL happen), whatever is inside you will come out. It's easy to fake it, until you get rattled.
*So we have to ask ourselves... “what's in my cup?"*
When life gets tough, what spills over?
Joy, gratefulness, peace and humility?
Anger, bitterness, harsh words and reactions?
Life provides the cup, YOU choose how to fill it.
Today let's work towards filling our cups with gratitude, forgiveness, joy, words of affirmation; and kindness, gentleness and love for others.
Source: #stolen from #TinsaeMulugeta's Linkedin page
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“Your self-worth is a priceless gem, forged in the fires of your experiences, polished by self-love, and treasured beyond measure.”
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BE HERE NOW
The idea of being here in the NOW is a deep concept. It is so deep that it connects with your essence (your true being). 🤔🤔
When living in the NOW, you get to access your true potential as you're physically, mentally and spiritually connected. You get to be more grateful as you're more aware of your surroundings.People crave to be around you as you're active listener. Your life become so easy and effortless. You can live fully for the first time. It is like you are born again. You become shelter for peace, joy, positivity, bliss and kindness. Your mind becomes loyal employee for you. Your body becomes energetic with each cells reaching their highest frequency. You can access your spirit fully becoming one with God and the rest cosmos. 😲😲
So why cant we live here now??🤔🤔 After all what we know for sure is only this moment in all moments in time!!!🤗🤗🤗
If Tomorrow Starts Without Me bybDavid Romano and read by Tom O'Bedlam
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There is this thing I always go through as my everyday practice, in my imagination I take part in my own funeral. Yes, I said it out loud. I participate in my own funeral. Don't think I am crazy, I know its a very commonly uncommon thing to talk out loud. We run the scenes of our passing in our head over and over again, both the terrible ways and the peaceful ways of departing the world. We all do picture that but we rarely talk about it openly.
I am not afraid of dying and I always wanted to go young. But its never easy thinking of it, picturing my self being dead. And what's more painful is imagining all the things that I say will never go and hold dear to my heart vanish. See my life ending while I say to my self but I didn't do this, say this or I wish I had done this before it all ends. I think of all my unattained dreams, the lives not lived, the feelings not shared, and the wishes not met. It just freaks me out.
But when the morning comes and when I feel the warmth of my own breath, my body moving and when I see that I'm not dead yet with yet another day to live, what more gratifying experience could there ever be. A new day, a new opportunity to live life as I want it, to live my dreams and do and be as I want. A brand new day to share feelings, to start over and to live life anew.Such a wonderful gift.
So let's celebrate life. Lets cherish each new day we are blessed with. A new day, a new life and a new begining!
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"While spotting the morning star
welcome dawn with a smile
let your gaze roam along
the pink tinted horizon
embrace the sky and the earth
and whisper softly "I love you".
Then watch the glowing light
of the new day expanding
and hear the answer vibrating
deep within your heart:
"I love you too!" Margherita Rueger
Wishing you all to have a wonderful day filled with enlightening encounters and experiences.
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A Note for the Inner-self
Dear me,
“One day at a time--this is enough. Do not look back and grieve over the past for it is gone; and do not be troubled about the future, for it has not yet come. Live in the present, and make it so beautiful it will be worth remembering.” Unknown
FORGIVENESS is quite a powerful thing in life that could mend broken hearts, revive fallen apart relationships and bring a new way of feeling to once journey in life. Most of us, however, live many of our days with pains in our hearts eating us alive because we just hold on to the things, people or events that has done us wrong. Quite after so long that we do forgive, if we ever did at all. For that even to happen most of us has to live through quite a painful experience in life and knocked back in the ring of life through the inspiring people we come across or events that we live by.
Practice forgiveness from the heart on your every new day. But not just others forgive your own self as well. You do wrong yourself more often than others do.
May you have an inspiringly gratifying day!
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A Note for the Inner-self
Dear me,
"We do not see things as they are. We see them as we are." Talmud
learn to cultivate your day by making the most in life - complain less, be grateful, have something to put a smile on your face when you start and end your day, celebrate the good times you have with those who matter and never undermine the worth of the tough times in your life as they are the best life time teachers. And most importantly know that 'A stranger is a friend u haven't met yet.'
Be positive and optimistic, know that every experience, be it the good or bad is there for a reason and is worth experiencing!
May you have a blessed day.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPVvlWMvy-g&t=3171s
Hope you find some words of wisdom from this.
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“Promise Yourself
To be so strong that nothing
can disturb your peace of mind.
To talk health, happiness, and prosperity
to every person you meet.
To make all your friends feel
that there is something in them
To look at the sunny side of everything
and make your optimism come true.
To think only the best, to work only for the best,
and to expect only the best.
To be just as enthusiastic about the success of others
as you are about your own.
To forget the mistakes of the past
and press on to the greater achievements of the future.
To wear a cheerful countenance at all times
and give every living creature you meet a smile.
To give so much time to the improvement of yourself
that you have no time to criticize others.
To be too large for worry, too noble for anger, too strong for fear,
and too happy to permit the presence of trouble.
To think well of yourself and to proclaim this fact to the world,
not in loud words but great deeds.
To live in faith that the whole world is on your side
so long as you are true to the best that is in you.”
― Christian D. Larson, Your Forces and How to Use Them
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Reading the book #IKIGAI: The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life by #HèctorGarcía and #FrancescMiralles, I found this interesting concept that is considered as one of the reasons for their longevity and made the #Japanese have many centenarians and super-centenarians. And I felt sharing it as there is more we can reflect from our own valuable traditions.
"It is customary in #Okinawa, #Japan to form close bonds within local communities. A #moai is an informal group of people with common interests who look out for one another. For many, serving the community becomes part of their #ikigai.
The #moai has its origins in hard times, when farmers would get together to share practices and help one another cope with meager harvest.
Members of a #moai make a set monthly contribution to the group. This payment allows them to participate in meetings, dinners games of go and #shogi (Japanese chess) or whatever hobby they have in common.
The funds collected by the group are used for activities, but if there is money leftover, one member (decided on a rotating basis) receives a set amount from the surplus. In this way, being part of a #moai helps maintain emotional and financial stability."
I believe #moai is another form that we have in Ethiopia as #ዕድር (Idir) #ዕቁብ (Iqub) and #ማህበር (Mahiber). These are the models that have kept our parents and forefathers sane in times of horrific conditions, connected during happy occasions and serve as buffers to one another in times of trouble and challenge. We can consider them as a social and economic securities of the community. If you think such models are outdated and useless now in this modern day and age, I say, you better think again. Apart from sustaining the continuity of our culture and heritage, these are the values that stay relevant to keep us all valuable to one another.
#culture #community #share #people
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