Archive for the ‘transformation’ Category
By: James O’Dea
I am moving from being locked into anger and outrage at war and violence, or being defined as a protest movement, to creating a culture of peace from the ground up, and from the inside out.
I am moving from reactive finger-pointing condemnation and judgement of others, arising out of my presumed superior moral positions, to engaging in dialogue, listening and non-violent communication strategies.
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Spread Love Everywhere You Go. Let No One Ever Come To You Without Feeling Happier. ~Mother Teresa
Mother Teresa was one of the most loving beings to have graced our planet. Her words and her actions were living expressions of the divine energy of love. She embodied love in every way and she definitely spread that love everywhere she went. She has been quoted as saying – ‘let us always meet each other with a smile, for the smile is the beginning of love.’
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How can you tell if you are a perfectionist?
A Perfectionist is someone who holds the underlying belief that perfection can be attained and it should be. Many people in our world today are perfectionists or have been perfectionists at some point in their lives. Personally, I’m not a perfectionist but I’m a person who strives for excellence, always setting the highest standards for myself and never expecting anything less to be a world-class person.
*Are you a perfectionist or a person of excellence? How can you tell?
1. You are highly conscious and hypocritical of mistakes (perfectionist). You are your harshest critic and have an extremely sharp eye toward details (excellence)
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We have been conditioned to blame something outside of ourselves
For the parts of our lives we don’t like. We blame our parents, our bosses, our friends, the media, our coworkers, our lack of money, our spouse, the weather, the economy, our astrological chart, God, anyone or anything we can pin the blame on. We never want to look at where the real problem is – OURSELVES
To achieve major success in life – to achieve those things that are most important to you – you must assume 100% responsibility for your life. Nothing less will do.
*If something doesn’t turn our as planned some of the questions you can begin to ask yourself are:
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“Your life works to the degree you keep you agreements.” -Werner Erhard
*Never promise more than you can perform.
*Recognize your word is your bond. Don’t give your word casually and then causally break it.
W-H-E-N you don’t keep your agreements, you pay both external and internal cost – you loss trust, respect and credibility with others (your family, friends, colleagues and customers). You ultimately create mess in your own life and in the lives of those who depend on you for getting things done.
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“In every society, there are “human benchmarks” – certain individuals whose behavior becomes a model for everyone else – shining examples that others admire and emulate. We call these individuals “class acts”. – Dan Sullivan
Here are some steps you can implement and practice in your own lives so that you too can be a “class act” for someone else….or maybe yourself:
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Gossip is providence of small-minded individuals. The biggest cost of gossiping is that it robs you of a clear mind. People who are impeccable see the world more clearly. They think more clearly and thus can be more effective in their decisions and actions.
When you speak ill of another to anyone else, it may temporarily bound you to that other person, but it creates a lasting impression in the other that you are the kind of person who gossips negatively about others. That other person will always be wondering – even if unconsciously – when you will turn that verbal poison against them. It will erode their sense of deep trust in you. Wars have been started over words. People have been killed because of words. Deals have been lost because of words. Marriages have been destroyed because of words.
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“Impeccability of the word can led you to personal freedom, to huge success and abundance, it can take away all fear and transform it into joy and love“ ~ Don Ruiz – The Four Agreements
For most of us our words are spoken without consciousness. We rarely stop to think about what we are saying. our thoughts, opinions, judgments and beliefs roll off our tongues without a care for the damage of the benefits they can produce. Successful people on the other hand are the master of their words. They know that if they don’t take dominion over their words, their words will take dominion over them. They’re conscious of the thoughts they think and the words they speak – both about themselves and others.
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H.I.P. Relationship Tip: Self-care isn’t just about you.
Whether you’re a teacher, coach, parent, minister, when you want to help others change it’s oh so tempting to believe that means giving your all, 110% of the time. That is means being on call no matter what – going the extra mile, being invested in the outcome and truth be told sometimes it does.
Short bursts of all out giving as a teacher, coach, minister, especially parent comes with the territory. But if you do it for extended stretches or you believe you must do it to be good or to be worth what you charge, you’re setting yourself up for a big ole train wreck of burnt out and soul sucking resentment.
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Glorious intoxication of the soul is the reward of all who seek it in the bosom of nature. ~ Gibran
March is the anteroom of April, the transitional turning point of seasons when cold, damps months of winter melt into deep sleep. Nature begins to turn up the thermostat, a prelude to the awakening of spring’s bouquets. Understandably, the change occurs over a period of time. In this shift of seasons it occurs we are always in between two phases in life. We are always shifting – let it.
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