I remember when I was around 17 or 18 years old, I was so upset because I wanted my life to be about something and feared more than anything that it wouldn’t be about anything. I knew that I had potential and that I wanted to use all of it, and it felt like I was flapping my wings against the bars of a cage, trying desperately to get out so that I stood a chance of creating the life I wanted.

So when I recently stumbled upon this quotation, it hit me like a spade in the face.
“This is the true joy in life – being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one; being thoroughly worn out before you are thrown on the scrap heap, being a force of Nature instead of a feverish, selfish little clod of ailments and grievances complaining that the world will not devote itself to making you happy.” -George Bernard Shaw
That was my fear exactly – turning into a ‘feverish, selfish little clod of ailments and grievances’. There’s a part of me that still fears that, but I’m much better placed to put the fear to one side and carry on with what I know I want to do – coach people to success and coach people so they feel – in the words of one of my clients – like they’re in the heart of their lives.

The world will not devote itself to making you happy. That’s up to you. And as I’ve written before (see steveerrey.com/ezine/Issue81.htm” target=”_blank Hootlessness and Walking in the Rain) your happiness isn’t even dependent on getting what you want or winning your game.

What brings happiness to you is doing something that matters to you and not making that happiness dependent on how things turn out. I’m going to disagree with the good Mr Bernard Shaw a little bit here – I don’t think that you need to constantly be “used for a purpose recognised by yourself as a mighty one”, although I’m certainly not going to discourage you from that. A common mistake people make is to think that their purpose has to be something ‘mighty’, something big or grand or life- changing, when the truth is that it can often be smaller or gentler than that – and still mean just as much. So, my advice is to be “used for a purpose recognised by yourself as something that matters.”
To me, being a Force of Nature is using your nature to do something that matters to you – and engaging with every moment of it. Here’s what I want you to do -
Imagine you’re seventy and looking around the house for your teeth. If you have great teeth, then you’re probably looking for you car keys. You’ve lived your life as a feverish, selfish little clod of ailments and grievances and have complained all along that the world hasn’t made you happy.
a. What didn’t you do?
b. What mistakes did you make?
c. What do you regret?
Imagine once more that you’re seventy and looking around the house for your teeth, only this time you’ve lived your life as a Force of Nature and have been used by purposes recognised by yourself as things that matter.
a. What did you do?
b. What mistakes did you make?
c. What did you learn?
What jumps out at you from those two scenarios? In your life right now, wherever you are, what can you learn from your answers?
What can you do differently? What change in attitude or intention can you make? What will you change about how you go about your life?
I love the idea of being thoroughly worn out before you’re thrown on the scrap heap, and it’s only when you let go of those ‘ailments and grievances’ and embrace your nature that you’re able to figure out what matters.
Being a Force of Nature isn’t as tricky as it sounds – it simply means that you busy yourself with the things that matter to you and busy yourself with the business of being you. Become a force for your nature, and do things that matter to you. That’s where it all happens.

About Steve Errey
Steve Errey is one of the UK’s most popular coaches and specialises in helping thirty somethings find Effortless Confidence. “I love to coach the heck out of my clients and always do my darndest to help them win,” says Steve. If you want to win at what matters to you get in touch with Steve on 0845 644 3001, by email at mailto:steve@steveerrey.com steve@steveerrey.com or visit his website at steveerrey.com steveerrey.com

“You will keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on You, because he trust in You.” Isaiah 26:3 (NKJV)

We live in troubled times. All around us are circumstances that would rob us of our peace. For me, I am a home-school mom and the pressures involved with teaching the kids often try, and often does, take away my peace. Perhaps for you it is in-laws, finances, addiction, divorce, or a combination of many things that come to steal your peace.

It was about eleven years ago when I first discovered how powerful this verse was. I was pregnant with my second child. There had been many circumstances that had crept into my life and I had let these things take over most of my thoughts. I had begun to experience what I called post-partum depression, and that was before the baby was born! After many weeks of forgetting the promises of God and being weighed down with my cares, someone sent this verse to me in a little note. I read and reread the verse. I meditated on the incredible promise and began to believe it for my life. It was not easy at first, I had to choose to let go of my fears, anxieties, and concerns; I had to decide to replace them with the truth of God’s word. It began with just simply repeating this verse from Isaiah over and over. I’d find wrong thoughts creeping into my head and simply speak out the promise of God. Gradually I began to find that I was experiencing peace in place of all the anxieties. It was a wonderful revelation knowledge that had come to me. The words had become more than good words, they began to be alive in me.

God’s promises are true. If you need peace in your life; if your circumstances are trying to drown you, remember this promise. It is a powerful weapon to carry with you. When you face the difficulties, or are alone with you fears or concerns, if you need peace, remember this truth. Simply turn your thoughts toward God, speak out this promise, focus on Him, and He WILL replace your problems with peace despite your circumstances.

Meditate on the things of God!

Love,
Tracy Finney

I’m awake again at an odd hour, banging out yet another article for my fellow sleep explorers.

It occurred to me that my recent sojourn to Europe, the resulting jet lag, and summer cold that I have experienced, are all joining to give me some insights about our typical and atypical sleep and waking cycles, and their significance.

But let me back up. Because I’m on the West Coast, Italy is nine hours ahead. So, when I arrived there at 8:30 in the morning, it was 11:30 at night, to my body.

I forced myself to stay awake for another four hours, walking around, drinking espresso, and then I took a nap, waking up a few hours after that, for dinner. And, more or less I stayed on Italian time for the duration of my 7-day adventure.

But during the week and a half that I’ve been back, my body and its cravings have been out of whack. I’m sleeping at odd hours, getting hungry too soon and too late, and I’ve also caught a cold, sapping my strength.

But these maladies are making me see that really, we can operate on a 24-hour clock, providing we allow ourselves to do it. Our days do not have to be broken down into three, 8-hour intervals, to which many of us are acculturated and conditioned.

Thomas Edison knew this, reportedly taking numerous cat naps during each 24 hour cycle, instead of blocking out a longer span for repose. His accomplishments are legendary, and from the photos I’ve seen of him, he lived to a ripe old age, or if he died young, he looked like he lived to a ripe old age!

The New York Times just featured an article about a fellow, 94 years young, who does driver’s training for other geriatrics.

The secret to his longevity: lots of short naps.

These gents are what I term: time-shifters.

They’ve taken control of the clock, and they’re using it in creative ways, ways that suit their purposes.

Obviously, they don’t take long trips or catch colds for this purpose, but somehow they have arrived at the insight that time is what we make of it, and their willingness to defy convention in when and how they use it, may actually be the mark of genius!

Dr. Gary S. Goodman has been burning the candle at both ends for much os his life, so he knows a thing or two about time management. Holder of five earned college degrees, including a Ph.D., J.D., and MBA, and an internationally respected and sought after sales, service and success consultant, he is the best-selling author of 12 books and numerous audio and video programs, including Nightingale-Conant’s “The Law of Large Numbers: How To Make Success Inevitable.” His seminars have been sponsored by 40 universities across America, and he is currently tormenting students at UCLA Extension and onsite at corporations that need to train their wild animals. He is President of

Dear Loved Ones,

Welcome to Spirituality Inside and Out and the Daily Universal Insights.

We welcome your Spirit into the Oneness of this community with open Hearts.

I love you. I Love you. I love you. FOR WE ARE ALL ONE. Wonderful Spirit
Wonderful Spirit where are you?
Wonderful Spirit I want to feel you freely.
Wonderful Spirit I love you.

Wonderful Spirit you are me and I am you.
Wonderful Spirit I am the light within and you fully express me as you.
Wonderful Spirit how art thou so Wonderful.

Words to be one with.

Wonderful Spirit I know that you fulfill my every intention as I rise into the consciousness of Oneness.
Wonderful Spirit as you shine I shine.
Wonderful Spirit I will let go of my hard illusions and keep one with your True Nature as my True Nature.

Oh, Wonderful Spirit you are so Precious and Brave and so am I.
Wonderful Spirit you make my Heart sing.
Wonderful Spirit you make my legs swing left to right as I am free with you.

Wonderful Spirit Love me as I love you for we are One. We are One born out of Love and in this moment as Love we reunite and a calmness takes place within me. Within me, within you as we shine ever so bright as the Sun, the Moon and the Stars.

Wonderful Spirit you are so kind to me. I Love you. I Love all Creation.
Again I know that we are all One. I let go of my inhibitions and separation and connect to the Unity within and without. Here and there I find Peace and I feel good. As I connect to you Wonderful Spirit I connect to my True Nature and I am whole.

I will continue to live from this space of knowing that you are truly Wonderful, Spirit.

For we are all One. And so it is. Bless you.I love you. I love you. I love you.

Please feel free to forward and share these Insights with your family, friends, associates, helpers, boss, teachers, students and enemies to create a space of openness to create Oneness.

May the love and light of God and the Universe surround, protect and heal you, your loved ones and the planet earth.

With Love, Gratitude and Respect,
Michelle Morovaty
Truly, With God All Things Are Possible

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Have you ever considered sewing a handbag as an act of meditation or as a way to get in touch with your self and reduce stress? Let’s look at the process In order to see the connection to inner peace.

To make a handbag, the sewer needs to focus on the immediate – you need to be precise and concentrate on what you are doing at the present moment. There are no distractions tolerated and your mind calms because it is focused – the breathing evens out into a regular rhythm. The previous stress you may have experienced fades into the distant past as you look at this perfect piece of fabric in front of you; something you have lovingly picked out from the vast array of other fabrics, making a special bond between you and this beautiful organic object waiting for your unique input.

You carefully place your handbag pattern on the fabric and focus on cutting as evenly as possible around the outline of your purse. The anticipation builds as the faint beginnings of your new bag take shape. Diligently, you focus on the task in front of you, cutting in careful precision with total deliberation.

Sewing your handbag is where the actual shape starts to form and you realize you are close to finishing. Keeping the line of stitching straight requires your full attention as the row develops with the edge lined up perfectly and each stitch attains harmony with it’s neighboring stitch. Be aware that there is great peacefulness in this degree of full intensification of thought.

As the bag is nearing completion, you may start thinking about how the fabric texture suggests a pleasant memory such as the feel of your Mother’s dress against your skin when you were little or a soft Summer day. Your mind peacefully wanders to that special time when you were younger and life seemed so simple.

The calmness and inner peace you attained through the process of creating your own handbag changes to happy pride as you display this unique work of art to friends and family and bask in their words of praise for your talent and dedication. You now have a physical reminder in the form of your bag that you are special and talented with a gift of creation. Look at your new handbag and remember the calmness you felt when you were in the midst of evolving this piece of fabric into a special work of art and know that you can carry this peace with you always.

Henrietta is a handbag designer and author who specializes in handbag history. Her informational site is located at
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In a recent CNN article the average large company CEO earned $42,000 in one day. The average worker earned $41,861 in one year. Therefore the average worker made less in one year, than what the average CEO made in one day. A CEO makes 262 times more than the average worker. Sorry, this is something that is very difficult for any individual to control.

1. Understand what you can or cannot control in life

There is plenty you cannot control. You cannot control the global economy, taxes, the media, office politics, downsizing, the countries deficit, war, gas prices and CEO pay, to name a few. You can complain, moan, stress over or rant about all of these, or you can concentrate on what you can control.

2. What can you control in your life?

You can control your attitude. You can control your spending habits. I can control whether the morning will be stressful or happy. You can control your focus on the job. You can control your own golf swing. You can control your weight. You can control your imagination and conscience. You can even control pressure at times by learning to thrive on it.

3. How do you constantly improve your life?

Very simply, understand what you really have control over in life and evaluate yourself on how well you are doing in these areas. Are you truly focusing on the key areas of your job? Are you eating healthy? Are you constantly using credit? Are you starting the morning with a good attitude? Are you going after your dreams? Take the time to create a checklist and honestly assess your performance in these areas. Maybe it is time to pursue your dreams, because no one is going to do it for you. You do have control over whether or not you pursue your dreams. Is it time?

In summary

3. Assess your performance on the areas in your life you can control. Improve on them.

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So far in my life, I have traveled to many places and no matter what country it is I have visited, someone somewhere says ‘Behold! Jesus is coming!’ I think to myself and why not? I feel it is about time that someone comes to make a huge difference in our lives because as we know, the state of our planet these days is not exactly the most desirable of states to exist in.

Each day of our lives, one way or another and whether we see it or not, we are reminded that every event which takes place in our world is a test of our faith and our understanding of the Universe. We seem to have forgotten the essence of our being here and are in dire need of someone, whom in a few words can change our lives for the better. Many people are praying for a Messiah to come along and provide us with the answers we need to help the many Souls who lost and disconnected from the real essence of their being here in the first place.

The reality is that Messiah or not, we have many teachers, guides and inspirational people of whom share their own truths to help us in our journey of life every day, yet do we really listen? Do we really appreciate the answers that we are already hearing? I am not sure that we do.

Many of us are praying for a Messiah but are you able to specify exactly what it is you want and need from a Messiah? Have you asked yourself to define your expectations of a Messiah? If Jesus Christ came along tomorrow do you think you would be ready to accept his presence in your life, let alone handle what he had to say?

If the Soul of Jesus Christ were to reincarnate into our world again at this time, do you think he would show up in old robes and sandals? I don’t think so, as with any other Soul, he would have to come in a form that was appropriate to blend into our society at this day and age.

This time around the Soul of Jesus Christ could possibly choose to reincarnate into our world as a woman called Jennifer for example. Do you think you could accept that woman Jennifer as your Messiah? Also, Jennifer could be just 21 years old, yet extremely wise, knowledgeable and enlightened in terms of Universal Awareness, could you handle that young woman being more are than you are, or might that be a problem for many is us here?

I feel that yes, this would be a difficult situation for many of us to accept because at the present time many of our societies, women are still considered to be inferior of the sexes, meaning their words and opinions are of no value to many of the men in those societies. And now, what are we going to do because Jesus is coming, yet no-one knows the form he or she will take?

Is Jesus Christ already back in this world living as your next door neighbor waiting for his/her time to speak up and do the work that he/she was destined to do in this world? Or is Jesus Christ already a world leader, somewhere in our world? How can we ever know?

Is Jesus Christ already here in a position of power as we would expect him to be, not a simple young woman? Perhaps he is here in the form of one of our world leaders, although I doubt that very much as many of our world leaders these days are corrupt and their interests lie not in the people but the companies who helped bring them to their leadership role. Most people know that! We also know that Jesus Christ would never fit amongst those people because his intentions are pure.

So who or what do you expect Jesus to be? I mean it is time to be prepared because we keep hearing that Jesus is coming, but we have no idea of his role? Is he coming to help and support one ethnic group over another? Is Jesus interested in war? Is Jesus coming to tell us where we can find some more oil in order that we survive in this planet up to the standards we have come so accustomed to living in on this planet? Will he come this way to help us maintain our level of comfort and at the same time help a few oil companies to profit; I mean seriously I would like to know?

Have you ever considered what country Jesus would be born in, or wondered what religion that Soul might choose to belong to this time around? Is Jesus coming for only one group of people, or is he coming to help the masses in all races and religions? Have you even stopped to consider what the real point of his coming would be anyway, and are we really in a state of mind that is ready and willing to handle the change that such a presence would create in our lives. Will you accept Jesus Christ this time around in the body, race or religion that this Soul decided to incarnate as?

We live in a world where power is the messiah and profit is that messiah’s bible and this is the ‘religion’ that most people eagerly follow. For the masses, life is not about right or wrong, it is about who gets what, when, how and why, regardless of who gets hurt down the way. I am sorry, but that is the truth as I see it. Unfortunately, our world is going nowhere and the majority of people are programmed not to see truth, hear truth, feel truth or even sense or speak truth, they are only programmed to listen to what they are being told by other people who are in positions of power because when this ‘power’ speaks, then that is the only truth for them.

When the Soul of Jesus Christ returns then he/she is coming to free you from the illusion of this world and to help you listen and begin seeing, feeling and sensing that there is another way of being, a way that can take away all fear, pain, doubt and misery in our lives because we could then sense, hear and see the world from clear eyes and with a liberated sense and hear for a change and use your common sense, without being so naïve about the world you live in.

Jesus your messiah is already here. Are you aware of that? The essence of Jesus Christ is in every human heart on this plane. We are all from the same essence, and we find the same divine spark in all beings, whether it is a poor man, homeless women, a bad or wicked person to a rich and powerful person. We are all from one Source, yet how much do we acknowledge and pay attention to that? Viewing one another no matter who we are and what we do makes all the difference and this is what it means to view life through compassionate eyes.

Our God source and the Universe have been, and will continue to send us many people as divine messengers to tell us a story or two to help us change our life, yet is anyone getting the message? There are so many speakers, authors and movie script writers who are bringing us many different inspiring tools to help us improve the condition of our life but not most people is getting the message and quite often, those who do hear the messages take them all for granted.

The only time we think about Jesus, or any other Messiah is when we feel that our life is hopeless and without purpose, other than that we tend to just get on with day to day life and take it all for granted, until we are hit with a problem of dilemma, it is then we call for divine intervention. We only ask for enlightenment when we have issues that are beyond our control and that is one problem of humanity, we wait until it is all out of control before we seek ways to improve our life situation. There are others among us who are walking through life day after day, wondering what the point of life is after all, but are not really willing to seek ways of finding out, they would rather stay in their comfort zone until someone else comes along and gives them all the answers, well, unfortunately that is not what life is all about!

We all have a purpose here, yet how many of us are really aware of that? Believe me, if you have no idea of your purpose, or that you even had one, you are not the only one in this dilemma. We all have a purpose that influences our growth spiritually, emotionally, mentally and intellectually. When you have awareness that you have a purpose and what it is, trust me when you put your head down to sleep at night you will feel completely at peace with your life, who you are the creative Source manifesting in every breath of life you take. When you become aware of your purpose and your own Soul, you begin to appreciate every moment of your life and its value, regardless of any difficulties or traumatic experiences you have passed through.

We always believe that we need things to be big and dramatic in order for them to have purpose and meaning in our lives, but I do not feel that is true. I believe that the aspects of life that bring the most sense of purpose is the moment you wake up every day, feeling the air running through your nostrils and feeling blessed with the opportunity of living another day. The air we breathe is another thing we take for granted, breathing is a purpose so necessary, yet so unnoticed but imagine if that air supply just stopped, can you imagine? We would all die! It is time for us to appreciate life for what it is, appreciate the air we breathe and the bodies that we live within and just learn to be happy! How hard can that be as your life purpose, to simply acknowledge and appreciate the life that flows in and out of you at every moment? If you do not understand the importance of breathing try Yoga and it will make sense to you! So all in all, does life have to be more dramatic to make sense to you? Think about it!

We are all guilty of taking our life for granted at one point or another and very few actually do learn the real lessons that life is trying to teach us. We never learn from the messages we receive on a daily basis, they seem to just pass us by without any acknowledgement. We complain and keep complaining. We are never happy about ourselves, our job, our mates, our faiths and beliefs and we always seek for answers from external sources, and rely on other perfectly accomplished Souls to come along and help save us from our ignorance and push us to get up and take life seriously, less for granted and to appreciate every moment we have life while we are still alive. It is time now for us all to make some serious life changing decisions and make up our minds to state exactly what we want. Do we want to bask in our misery, fear and confusion and feel pain, or do are we ready to get up and work toward finding a way toward truth and light among all this darkness and negativity we exist in?

If you are not ready or willing to changes then what are you complaining for? What is it that you complain about anyway? Is it your job? Then take the initiative and change your job. Is it your husband or wife? Then start making an effort to improve your relationship by communicating with each other for a change and tell your mate what you want out of your life. You cannot expect your mate to fulfill something in you if you yourself have no idea what it is you need to fulfill.

We are always so quick to blame other people and situations for our misfortune, but please could you just be a bit more open up for a second and consider what you have or haven’t done to improve the things you complain about on a daily basis. It is time to be really honest with yourself. The only one who will save you is only YOU because you are the only one who knows what you can do about your life and your past that is still haunting you.

I am telling you now even if Jesus Christ did come today and he or she told you things you need to do to move you from your comfort and limitation and all the things that you do not like to hear, but need to hear to help you move from your stagnation then would listen or would you turn your back on Jesus because your pride and ego were hurt? Regardless if Jesus or any other Messiah came down here to save us all, it is still up to us to do something with that information we are taught and nobody can save you from your life except YOU.

YOU are responsible for your choices, actions and decisions in life and that goes for whether they are choices which move you forward or keep you in stagnation. It is time to define what it is you want in your life instead of complaining and dwelling on your past. That is of course unless you prefer to remain as a victim who needs other people’s approval and sympathy to give your life some meaning and comfort. Victims are dependant on everyone else except themselves and that is a huge limitation. In the end, there are no excuses anymore, it is time to change or stop complaining. You are the only Messiah of your life! So please accept that, accept your power and learn to be happy. I believe you can do it. I believe in the essence of Jesus which resides in your heart and everyone else’s, calling you to move forward, let go of fear and remember your divinity, so follow your heart and do it!

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Joseph Ghabi is an author, lecturer, and healer. Joseph provides Intuitive Numerology Consultation, Healing Childhood Experiences Consultation and PhD Candidate living in Montreal Canada.

At the age of eight Joseph discovered his clairvoyance.
Joseph is natural medium. Joseph started the ‘Free Spirit Centre’ website. A community centre devoted to personal growth, self help, soul growth, eating disorders, relationships, healing and human issues. You can find over 1100 articles on the site.

Joseph task is in bringing Souls back to realization of their own personal power and into alignment with their own soul purpose and path of evolution.

Stormy clouds of darkness parted as a pure white dove descended from a vibrant ray of light with a small olive branch clasped in it’s beak. One person and then another accepted the Holy Spirits message, but most shook their heads unable to believe in anything more than what they could humanly see.

I stood in shocked silence questioning why it was so hard for people to believe the simple message of faith in God. The Holy Spirit was my friend and I eagerly longed to hear it’s comforting voice. A whisper that gave me the strength to fight and win my life game for God.

Everyone is asking the question, why God? Unfortunately after the question they go about their business living life for themselves and never really wanting God to reply. This is not what happened to me! I had a powerful, life changing, awakening to the Holy Spirit.

I was an average person going through life just like everyone else. The only thing that set me apart was that I was a committed, bible believing, Christian. I was a mother with three children, who was concerned about giving my children the proper education in God to help them in their own lives.

Nothing about me was any different from the millions of people who attend church. Until the Lord revealed in me the Power of the Holy Spirit! The Spirit changed my physical body making my hands turn red and become very warm. The inside of my body felt a surge of vibration that filled my entire being from my toes to the tips of my fingers.

I had never had anything like this happen to me before! Up until this time I had longed for a closer relationship with God so that my prayers for my family and friends would be answered. But now everything was different, I experienced a supernatural power that changed my average human understanding and made me see how I was living my life all wrong!

The Holy Spirit became my constant companion and friend. A helper who opened my eyes and made me see the Spirit world. A friend who talked to me in a gentle whisper as He instructed me on the right path for my life. A supernatural messenger who even during a period of time gave me typed messages to encourage and inspire me to think for myself separate from how I had been taught to believe from the Christian world.

Hebrews 8: 10-12, “Now, this is the covenant that I will make with the people of Israel in the days to come, says the Lord: I will put my laws in their minds and write them on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people. None of them will have to teach his fellow citizen or tell his fellow countryman, ‘Know the Lord.’ For they will all know me, from the least to the greatest. I will forgive their sins and will no longer remember their wrongs.”

From the time the Holy Spirit came into my life to this very moment, I had to learn to believe His voice and let go of the ways of men. I had to change in order to believe what the Spirit was telling me to do in order to obey God in my life.

If you live in a corrupt and evil world then you must understand that everything we have learned up until now is wrong! That is the reason why we need only the Spirit directly teaching us on the inside. We must listen and obey the Spirit of God and let go of how the world tells us we are suppose to live.

1 John 1: 15&16, “Do not love the world or anything that belongs to the world. If you love the world, you do not love the Father. Everything that belongs to the world-what the sinful self desires, what people see and want, and everything in this world that people are so proud of-none of this comes from the Father; it all comes from the world.”

The Holy Spirit within me opened my mind to understand the scriptures in a whole new way. When I looked at my life, I saw how I had been corrupted by how the world tells us we are suppose to live.

I had a plan that conformed to the American dream. A future where I would raise my family, pay off my house and once my children were gone, I would go on lots of vacations. And of course, I would retire early in life and then sit back and enjoy my prosperity.

Everything about my life and the way I thought conformed to how society told us we were to live. I paid taxes and obeyed the law. I voted and conformed my thinking to what other religious people taught was right.

Everything changed when the Holy Spirit took control of my thinking and taught me the truth about this world. I no longer believed every pastor who had a so called message from the Lord, instead I sought God on my own. I allowed the Holy Spirit to take over my thought life and teach me the real, honest to God, truth.

My life took a radical change, because before the Holy Spirit befriended me, I was not a threat to Satan’s evil world. Now I was equipped with the supernatural voice of the Spirit. Now I had within me a messenger of truth. A spirit guide who was about to open my eyes to how I had been corrupted by the structure of this world.

Romans 3: 10-12, “As the Scriptures say: ‘There is no one who is righteous, no one who is wise or who worships God. All have turned away from God; they have all gone wrong; no one does what is right, not even one.’”

My friends at church began to look at me differently, because I didn’t just cave into their religious thinking on homosexuality. They no longer praised me or cared about any words of wisdom I might have to say, they only judged me for loving a woman. My family deserted me while questioning why I no longer was committed to living the perfect Christian lifestyle married to a man. A Christian lifestyle that demanded constant, unquestioning dedication to the doctrine and belief system of the church.

A flash of light illuminated my thinking and made the once innocent lamb change into a defying lion, who refused to allow others to tell her how to think and act. The Holy Spirit took my life and made me stand up to everything I had once believed was how a Christian woman was to behave.

1 Peter 4:14, “Happy are you if you are insulted because you are Christ’s followers; this means that the glorious Spirit, the Spirit of God, is resting on you.”

When God’s Holy Spirit comes into your life everything you think you know changes. Because now you begin to see the world you are in for what it really is. A corrupt evil world filled with judgmental, selfish, greedy, people whose only desire is to make all people like themselves.

Until I received the Holy Spirit, I fit perfectly into our present day world. After I received the Holy Spirit, I was under attack, because now the clouds were lifting and I was walking into the light of Jesus and His secret wisdom of love. A wisdom that is only revealed to those who choose to listen to the whisper of God.

I accepted the olive branch from the Holy Spirit with joy and gladness in my heart. Revelation flooded into my mind and within a period of years God taught me how to listen and how to pray so I could see!

Linda C Dipman author of THE GAME OF LIFE IT’S ALMOST OVER outskirtspress.com/gameoflife outskirtspress.com/gameoflife presents AND HIS LOVE SHONE DOWN my true life story! It describes all the persecutions I endured. It will put you on the edge of your seat as you read each vivid detail. You will feel terror and experience love like nothing you have ever read before.

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You want to change your life and need assistance.

You have come to the right site.I have designed a process and techniques that will help you achieve any of your goals: weight loss, relationships, money, career.

In this first blog I’ll outline the basic steps you need to take. In my later blogs I’ll elaborate on each point and ,as required, will add helpful techniques.

Let’s start with the steps in the process.

MotivationNecessary BeliefExam Your Belief SystemDefine Your Goal(s)VisualizationPrepare YourselfCommit Yourself To Action(s)Building Self-confidenceEvaluate and AdaptionMake It FunDoesn’t sound too bad does it? Actually the process is relatively simple but , as is often the case in life, the application will require thought, dedication, and a belief in yourself.

Give yourself some time to digest these points and feel free to ‘fill in the blanks’.

Please keep in mind that when you start to make fundamental changes in your life that such changes require management (by you or trained professionals). Further you have to understand that change is not random and doesn’t happen by chance. Most importantly you have to appreciate that change is accomplished by following a process.

This process requires you to address certain fundamental issues in a logical fashion. It also requires you to have an adventurist spirit with a desire to control your own life and not be subject to other people’s perceptions, fears, or obstructions.

The process is not rocket science but it does deal with how you feel, how you think, and how you want to be seen by the rest of the world.

Until further blogs I wish you all the best that life has to offer.

Alex G. landels

Alex G. Landels has a background in psychology (University of Calgary) and extensive experience helping other achieve their personal and professional goals.

His blog is filled with helpful tips and techniques aimed at those who want to change their lives in a positive and meaningful way. The blog is located here: aglandels.blogspot.com/ aglandels.blogspot.com/

In this day and age we are so inundated with choice and opportunity that you might even say that we are spoiled for choice. There is just so much that we could do that we often end up not doing anything at all. Procrastination is one of the biggest dream killers. In a world where there is so much demand on your attention it is becoming ever more difficult to stay focussed and act on the things that would truly give you an extraordinary quality of life. Time is, was and will always be your most valuable asset and the way you use it will determine what you create or fail to create with and for your life. Having an effective strategy for overcoming procrastination is critical if you truly want to push past short term obstacles to create a life of fulfilment.

The abundance that modern life offers us tends to overwhelm us which leads to an emotional overload that will distract you and scatter your effort and concentration. There simply isn’t enough time to do everything, but there is always enough time for the most important things in your life. Success at anything in life, whether it be your finances, your relationships or your body, requires an investment of time and effort from you. You need to focus and concentrate your physical and emotional resources on creating a desired result.

The first step in overcoming procrastination it to get really clear on exactly what you want from every area of your life. This clarity will give you the power to look past distractions that may throw you off course. It gives you a direction and a target and will help to build a mental picture for your life. One of the most destructive effects of procrastination is that it makes you feel out of control; like the events of your life is controlling you. If you don’t know what you want it is all too easy to jump from the one task to the next. Apart from knowing what you want you should also develop some strong reasons why you want it. This will give you a sense of purpose and motivation that is critical for staying focussed long term.

The truth is that most people know what they need to do to create their life the way they want it. The challenge is not with knowing what to do, but in doing what you know. The only way you will create any result in your life is by taking action and procrastination is what prevents you from acting on the very things you know would give you a greater quality of life. The reason why people procrastinate is primarily because of fear, especially fear of failure. By not taking action and postponing important actions you avoid the potential for failing. The only reason why you procrastinate about anything is because at some level you link more pain to taking action than to not taking action. The ridiculous truth is that these “links” are mostly conjured up (by you) in your mind and they are not even real. When you make a task too big in your mind it will overwhelm you and it would seem too difficult and too big and you will end up procrastinating.

One of the most powerful strategies for overcoming procrastination is to learn how to break your tasks up into bite size pieces. Any task, no matter how big can be broken down into small manageable tasks that is easy to do. If you focus on climbing Mount Everest it will probably put you off immediately, but if you focus on climbing seven small mountain sections it becomes more believable. The power of chunking down your “big” tasks empowers you to take back control of any overwhelming situation – you cut it down to size. Your size.

One of the quickest ways to overcoming procrastination is to learn and utilize the power of immediacy. What can you do immediately? What action can you take right now that will move you closer to your goal? Doing something, no matter how small, will immediately break your mental pattern of procrastination and put you back in control. Taking the first step, even if it is small will create momentum and you will almost automatically be driven to take another step. Don’t wait for everything to be perfect before you take the first step. Just do it. Just get it going. Often you will only know what to do next after taking that first step.

There are many strategies and skills you can use for overcoming procrastination. You don not have to be stuck or spinning your wheels. Like any skill you need to learn and practise it until you get good at it. Eventually it will become an automatic response and you will develop the habit of taking action despite your fears and apparent limitations.

This article is published with the permission of the author, Deon Du Plessis. He is the founder of The Self Improvement Gym, and author