IN A MONTH OF THANKFULNESS

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As you can see today marks three years i have been sharing my website with all of my friends. I am so grateful to say that I am followed in over 60 countries on 6 continents. That is such a gift as it allows me to share all of what I have learned and continue to learn with friends on a global scale. I have met and spoken with people around the world. We have shared ideas and encourage each other. My promise to you is that I shall keep sharing all the secrets I learn to living an amazing life. Once again, thank you for three great years and I look forward to the next three!

IT IS ONLY 60 SECONDS

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This is one of my favorite quotes. It in a way speaks to Newton’s law of cause and effect.  For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.
In this case when we choose to express the emotion of anger we are also choosing not to express feelings of love, forgiveness, compassion, understanding and lots of other more productive emotions we could choose. Also every moment we are living in feelings like sadness, anger or a host of other not so pleasant emotions we are not only living in pain for that moment we are also not loving in pleasure. I know in the moments there is some discord or misunderstanding in my household the goal is always to get back to love as soon as possible. Why is that so important? Because we know we are not only hurting the other person and quite often ourselves in the process, we are also not experiencing the glorious feeling of love. When you consider how truly fleeting time and life can be, then you understand the above quote that much more.
So do yourself a favor, when you are sad, or when you are upset feel that, learn from that, but do not live in that. Start to endeavor to climb out of that emotional hole with the lesson you learned and trade that minute of anger for 60 seconds of happiness.

KEEP IT SIMPLE

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Often times I am asked for my opinion on a wide variety of religious and spiritual practices. My general reply is those matters tend to be a personal matter best left up to the discretion of the individual. I firmly believe we are a entitled to believe as we do as long as it does not harm others. Speaking of others, as long as they are not harming us, i believe they have a right to believe as they wish free from our judgement or the judgement of others.
I support everyone’s beliefs even if they are different than mine. Still i ask myself how much better the world would be if we all followed the simple religion spoke of by the 16th president of the United States of America? 

FEED YOUR MIND

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I took this picture from a site called “metalmotivation.com” it brings up a very good point. Your mind, no matter how little it may be used, craves input material. Leave what goes in to chance and you are putting yourself at great risk. What do I mean by this? Think of the programing you hear on the radio or TV, a good portion of that is not to positive. Do you have anyone in your life that may be “sunshine challenged”? A coworker or friend perhaps? How about the talk around the office?
What I’m pointing out here is there are a lot of negative influences pouring into our minds every day. What can we do about it? My mantra has always been “the best way to decrease the negative is to increase the positive” so find some motivational material to feed your brain. I listen to some motivational cds on the way to work. When I am feeling a little lazy or unproductive i go to YouTube and search “motivational video” i recommend trying that. Give your brain something positive to chew on the next time the boss is chewing you out.

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IT IS WORSE THAN WASTING TIME

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I am a firm believer in the terrible effects of worry. Many things have been said about the practice of worry and I would like to share some with you now. Early on one of my favorite things I heard about worry is that it is like riding an exercise bike, you get really tired but do not go anywhere. Think of the productive aspect of worry, is there any? Another thing I have heard that I thought powerful was worry not only disturbs our present, but steals our future. It is true. If you spend your time in worry, you are taking time away from productive things you could be doing. The final two things I would like to share with you are this. According to Bob Marley, Complaining and worry are prayers to the devil. Also, worry is mentally rehearsing what we don’t want to happen. If you know anything about the law of attraction it is that thoughts become things, and if your thoughts are focused on that which you do not wish to happen you are giving that all of your energy.

Studies have proved that a full 90% of what we worry about are things we should not be. Things in the past that cannot be changed, useless petty worries and things of the like. So do yourself a favor, use worry to take all the action you can to prepare or address a situation and then let it go. You will lose that knot in your stomach. That feeling of dread and weight you carry around on your shoulders. Try to eliminate worry as much as you can this coming week and see how you feel.

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BE YOUR OWN HERO

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Here is a picture I have up in my locker. In the past I have written and spoken about modeling people who have succeeded in your chosen field. I personally read and follow people like Tony Robbins, Les Brown and others that inspire me.

I stand by that idea and encourage you to do so, but there is another person you want to model, the best version of yourself. To me, “be your own hero” means to act in such a fashion that the things you do both inspire you and give you a sense of pride. When I help someone to see the beauty in themselves and the world around them, i am my own hero. When I work with someone to improve the quality of their products I am my own hero.  Even if I make a coworker or server smile, i consider myself a hero. The idea is to think of times when you were the best version of yourself and that is the goal you should aspire to. Look up to your heroes, Be someone else’s hero for sure,  but remember to be your own Jeri at the end of the day.

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