I am an avid follower of several inspirational and motivational speakers who provide a daily dose of... well, inspiration and motivation. Like everything else in my life, because I am human, I succumb to the daily grind - and completely forget these teachers and gurus are there. Or maybe I know full well that they are there, but I am so wrapped up in what I believe is reality that I choose to ignore them. I really don't like the way that sounds - mainly because it's closer to the truth, but unfortunately I'm right.
So on occasion, I go back and look at Twitter - where else can I get a jolt of inspiration in 140 characters or less?
I have decided to combine all the inspirational messages I receive from the net in one 24 period, and share them with you. Hopefully this is exactly what you needed.
Here's today's feed:
Ask yourself whether your most dearly held beliefs are serving you or not. Do they help you create the life of your dreams? – John Assaraf
Be kind to your shadow. ~Rebecca Lawless, quoted by Marci Shimoff
You'll always miss 100% of the shots you don't take. ~Wayne Gretzky, quoted by Marci Shimoff
Finding your spiritual journey is a singular gift to the collective world. We are all uplifted when a fellow sojourner finds a way!! – Carl Bozeman
Fear is an illusion. If you use that energy for self confidence - you will be amazed at the results! – Bob Proctor
"There is no order of difficulty in miracles" Anything is possible. A world at peace, our natural systems restored, all people fed...SEE it. – Marianne Williamson
Uncertainty is your doorway to freedom. Stop struggling and surrender to the unknown. You are part of the Universe, one song. – Deepak Chopra
"As we grow better, we meet better people." -Elbert Hubbard, quoted by Dr Joe Vitale
Take time to grow as an individual. You don't have the time not to. - Zig Ziglar
What you have carried in your mind about the world is what you will see around in the world. – Neale Donald Walsch
"If the bottom line is so important, why is it at the bottom?" Follow your heart today! – Unknown
Loving ourselves means loving what we believe, loving where we came from, loving our quirks and our handicaps. – Debbie Ford
We are the divine, the God of our own experience. In our own way, we are gifts to the world, to nature and to life. – Carl Bozeman
Believe in the possibility of infinite possibility. – Marianne Williamson
"It is not enough to do your best; you must know what to do, and then do your best." -W. Edwards Deming, quoted by Dr Joe Vitale
Spend quality time with children because although they are only 20% of the population, they are 100% of our future. – Mark Victor Hansen
The white light streams down to be broken up by those human prisms into all the colors of the rainbow. ~Charles R. Brown, quoted by Marci Shimoff
Everything in the universe is within you. Ask all from yourself---Rumi, quoted by Deepak Chopra
"If you don't change your beliefs, your life will be like this forever. Is that good news?" -William Somerset Maugham, quoted by Dr Joe Vitale
You were born an original. Don't die a copy. ~John Mason, quoted by Marci Shimoff
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Today's Brilliance from Inspire Me Today
Today's Brilliance is from Mark Zaifman, a holistic financial planner.
...didn't think the two could co-exist? Read his profile here: http://www.inspiremetoday.com/profile.php?id=823
If today were my last day on Earth and I could share 500 words of brilliance with the world, here are the important things I'd want to pass along to others...
What Inspires You?
Have you thought about that lately? What inspires you? Who inspires you? Where do you go to recharge your batteries? How do you stay centered and grounded during the type of economic upheaval we're living through? Are you able to keep your thoughts positive and your outlook for you and your loved ones optimistic? Do you feel confident about the future or do you feel uneasy and concerned?
As a financial planner, being an optimist is pretty much non-negotiable. Fortunately for me, that's easy as I was born with the glass is half full mentality. Yet being an optimist means you can also be a realist at the same time.
You can dwell on all the negative stuff out there and eventually that will have a very profound impact on your life, your emotions as well as your life decisions. Or you can make a conscious decision to focus on the positive events happening every minute of the day. It's your choice.
Imagination and Inspiration-(I-squared)
And that's where inspiration comes into the picture. To be inspired means to be living a life in-spirit. If you're someone that wakes up in the morning, thinks about their work and feels inspired, congratulations to you and job well done. If on the other hand, the work you do (trading your life energy for money) does not inspire you, it's time to call on your imagination and inspiration for guidance.
I believe we're all spiritual beings having a human experience. And sometimes our human experience is dominated by our egos. It's our egos that cause us to use money as a score card and most often it's our egos that create the destructive link between our self-worth and net-worth.
As spiritual beings, ego is a very low energy, whereas imagination and inspiration are very high energies. Why not choose to connect to our higher energy in terms of creating abundance in our lives? Why not spend one day a week, or better yet, one hour a day, imagining the life you desire to live? Visualize your positive thoughts as magnets attracting your desires. Instead of using ego, which tells you to work harder and longer all the time, why not tap into divine energy instead and attract the abundance into your life?
I suggest starting this process of self-inquiry by first being absolutely honest with yourself about where you are today in your life and where you would like to be tomorrow. Then start dreaming and imagining the life you desire in as rich detail as possible. When you are clear, set an intention and have a knowing that within you is the divine capacity to manifest and attract all that you need or desire. "As you think, so shall you be."
With that in mind, be mindful of your thoughts, especially the thoughts that dominate your mind, keep your thoughts positive and use your imagination to turn your dreams and intentions into reality.
...didn't think the two could co-exist? Read his profile here: http://www.inspiremetoday.com/profile.php?id=823
If today were my last day on Earth and I could share 500 words of brilliance with the world, here are the important things I'd want to pass along to others...
What Inspires You?
Have you thought about that lately? What inspires you? Who inspires you? Where do you go to recharge your batteries? How do you stay centered and grounded during the type of economic upheaval we're living through? Are you able to keep your thoughts positive and your outlook for you and your loved ones optimistic? Do you feel confident about the future or do you feel uneasy and concerned?
As a financial planner, being an optimist is pretty much non-negotiable. Fortunately for me, that's easy as I was born with the glass is half full mentality. Yet being an optimist means you can also be a realist at the same time.
You can dwell on all the negative stuff out there and eventually that will have a very profound impact on your life, your emotions as well as your life decisions. Or you can make a conscious decision to focus on the positive events happening every minute of the day. It's your choice.
Imagination and Inspiration-(I-squared)
And that's where inspiration comes into the picture. To be inspired means to be living a life in-spirit. If you're someone that wakes up in the morning, thinks about their work and feels inspired, congratulations to you and job well done. If on the other hand, the work you do (trading your life energy for money) does not inspire you, it's time to call on your imagination and inspiration for guidance.
I believe we're all spiritual beings having a human experience. And sometimes our human experience is dominated by our egos. It's our egos that cause us to use money as a score card and most often it's our egos that create the destructive link between our self-worth and net-worth.
As spiritual beings, ego is a very low energy, whereas imagination and inspiration are very high energies. Why not choose to connect to our higher energy in terms of creating abundance in our lives? Why not spend one day a week, or better yet, one hour a day, imagining the life you desire to live? Visualize your positive thoughts as magnets attracting your desires. Instead of using ego, which tells you to work harder and longer all the time, why not tap into divine energy instead and attract the abundance into your life?
I suggest starting this process of self-inquiry by first being absolutely honest with yourself about where you are today in your life and where you would like to be tomorrow. Then start dreaming and imagining the life you desire in as rich detail as possible. When you are clear, set an intention and have a knowing that within you is the divine capacity to manifest and attract all that you need or desire. "As you think, so shall you be."
With that in mind, be mindful of your thoughts, especially the thoughts that dominate your mind, keep your thoughts positive and use your imagination to turn your dreams and intentions into reality.
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