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"The Life given to us by nature is short, but the Memory of a Life well spent is Eternal!
(Cesaro, Greek Philosopher)
This gives us a compelling reason to dispose of people we can no longer deal with. They're toxic, they're negative, and they are sucking the life out of us. It's time to let them go. Let's create a "Life well- spent", shall we?
Step 1: Be very clear as to what is causing your disdain and final decision to dispose of this person.
Step 2:...

Confucious said: "He who builds business around passion, never has to work again."
It was true then (almost 5,000 years ago), and it's still true today, if not truer!
 
Think of what you always wanted to do but haven't done yet. What would happen if you never did it? What would happen if you did? What would you do with it? How would it bring you joy for the rest of your life? Is it in allignment with the person you are? What needs to happen for you to get it?
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I have copied bits of her article because it is a great article, but I am including HER link so that you can go to her blog and give her proper credit! I found Lissa on twitter because she tweets about Nia, which I teach!
THIS IS A COPIED ARTICLE!  Original author Lissa Rankin!  See the ENTIRE post at: 
http://www.owningpink.com/2009/06/19/tips-for-letting-your-freak-flag-fly/
 
 
1. Ask yourself-honestly- how YOU really want to dress/ act/ behave/ be?  Then, as long as it’s not going to endanger anyone or land you in jail, JUST DO IT.
2. Release your concerns about what “everybody” thinks. Who the hell is everybody, anyway? Make a list. When the critic in your head tells you that...

There’s a wonderful story that has been attributed to the Native American Cherokee Indians. The story is about a boy who notices that his grandfather wears a beautiful pendant that is a wolf with two heads.  When he asks his grandfather what the two headed wolf pendant means, his grandfather stops what he is doing and sits down with his grandson.  He tells his grandson that life has many difficult times.   The grandfather tells the boy that when these times occur it is as if there are two wolves battling inside him. One is very angry, aggressive and acts out of fear.  This wolf wants to fight, control the situation and be right all the time.  The Other is very compassionate, collaborative and acts out of love. This wolf loves life, is respectful of self and other and lives in peace. These two wolves are always in conflict. The little boy asks, “Dear Grandfather, which wolf wins?”  And the grandfather replies: “Dearest son of my son, the wolf that wins is the one I feed’.
I have been in a state of curiosity in my experience with people’s reactions to global warming.  I have been very aware that there is a large contingent of folks who are insistent that we human beings are to blame and shame on us.  More recently I have also been hearing wide-eyed horror stories about how all the bees are dying and, before we know it, there will be no pollination and therefore the plant life will all die and so will we…”Who is to blame and who is responsible for fixing it?”, ask these wide-eyed fear filled people.  They answer with a hushed and shamed certainty, “We are”.  Everyone I talk to seems to be very sincere and there is certainly a lot of press out there that corroborates this view point and I can certainly find a part of myself that wants to sincerely step into the stance of this self deprecation and cultural blame.  But I am having a hard time reconciling that choice with my commitment to releasing the attitude of blame and shame.
When I explore this conflict further I notice a truth that has historical support.  Global warming is a...

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Speed Up Weight Loss by Slowing Down
Are you always finished eating before most of your skinny friends? Are you looking for the next course before everyone else at the table is halfway through the appetizer? If you have not yet considered that eating like a Hoover is a problem, think again. It is not good to inhale your food.
Although at first it may seem too abstract, some of the best “diet” advice you may ever get is: “Respect everything you eat and eat only what respects you.” Every morsel of food has a purpose beyond its ability to be converted into energy. We are all beings of emotion and sensation, despite some of our mechanized habits, we are not machines. In today’s society, we consume food as if we are filling a fuel tank: quickly and with very little thought. Most of us do not truly enjoy the experience and that is a shame.  As you begin to recognize the true value of food, you will begin to see how counter productive and damaging this kind of thinking can be.
If you deprive yourself of the true pleasures of food--  the appearance, smell, flavor and texture, how can you find true satisfaction from it? In your search for satisfaction, you end up eating more than you want or need. By not allowing yourself to experience your food, you are doomed to overeat. As you begin to feel the effects of this overeating (and you know what they are) you see food as an enemy. Like a yo-yo on a string, your behavior bounds from fear and loathing to thoughtless consumption of whatever is within your reach. It is a dangerous cycle of deprivation and starvation topped off with mindless overindulgence.  
The purpose of food is much more than to simply fuel your energy needs. It also serves to feed you emotionally, mentally and spiritually. Satisfaction with food begins with your senses of sight, smell and taste. The sensations that occur before you swallow are the first opportunities the food has to truly serve your needs. As a result, the more you enjoy your food before it is deposited into your “tank”, the less you will eat. This “experience” is what I call meditative eatingMeditative Eating.  This “experience” is what I call Meditative Eating. Like many useful maxims, the concept is simple, but the practice can be a challenge.
To start, eat only the best food and enjoy every moment of it. When you take food into your mouth, do not simply consume it: Experience it! If you are not enjoying your food, the calories that it contains have not served you well. Unfortunately, most of your weight problem probably comes from calories that you did not even enjoy.
Take time to see and smell your food; that is where the eating experience really begins. Your senses of sight and smell are introducing you to the food you are about to eat. The sense of smell, in particular,  is an extremely powerful way of recalling positive memories and stirring pleasant emotions. And if the food is presented beautifully, the recollections will be all the more pleasing. Don’t waste this truly calorie-free way to satisfy your emotional and spiritual food needs. Stop and smell the chocolate (or the freshly broiled salmon for that matter)!
The key to Meditative Eating is to take your time. I often refer to developing a relationship with your food. This is why the quality of your food really...

Food without Fear - Just Three Things to Remember  If the topic of nutrition is scary to you, I will simplify it in a three line Japanese Haiku: “Eat food, not too much, mostly plants.” It is simple, elegant, and I totally ripped it off from another author: Michael Pollan. Memorable quotes from a book are like the cliff notes we memorize for the test. When it comes to the nutritional test of life, consider this as worth memorizing. I met Michael Pollan at a symposium on nutrition in San Diego, CA. He was featured as an expert speaker at the event. At his lecture, the room was packed with doctors, nutritionists and scientists from all over the world. Michael is a pretty unimposing guy, he is tall and lean, and appears to be in pretty good health. He has become a world expert in the area of healthy eating and I have heard him quoted at every nutritional symposium I have attended since. He is not a scientist though, he is a journalist, best selling author and, by his own words, a confirmed carnivore. So how is it that this journalist could command the attention of so many nutritional experts and scientists? Because he does what a good journalist does. He asks the right questions, roots out the truth and objectively reports the results. This actually makes him a scientist! To quote his own website: “For the past twenty years, Michael Pollan has been writing books and articles about the places where the human and natural worlds intersect: food, agriculture, gardens, drugs, and architecture.” His book The Omnivore’s Dilemma, has been critically acclaimed and has made the New York Times best seller list. It is an almost 500 page study about the incredible journey that our food takes on its way to our plate. He chronicles how our food changes from its natural state to a form that bears little resemblance to the food of our ancestors. He explores, in-depth, the way we produce, manufacture, transport and sell our foods. He exposes the negative impact that this has on both our health and the health of our world. Through all this work and insight; one thing he said that day made the most impact on me: “Eat food, not too much, mostly plants.” I have heard those words repeated by countless experts ever since. In fact, in his next book: In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto, Mr. Pollan took those words and exploded them into over 200 pages of absolute sense. Although the concept is simple, this book brings the reader through a thought provoking tour of how broken our food culture has become. By the time it is over, with a pit in your stomach, he reduces the solution into the same words which he began the book. Eat food, not too much, mostly plants, is pure poetry. It exemplifies the Japanese Haiku in its truth and simplicity. Although Mr. Pollan does a much better job of explaining it, I humbly offer my thoughts here. Eat Food – As strange as it may sound we simply do not have enough food in our diet. We have plenty of things to eat, just not enough food. For the most part, processed food simply does not contain 100% food. In the past, our food was grown,...