Are You Prepared For Success? (Section II - Installment #6 "The Past Is Gone" - Male and Female versions)

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The Past Is Gone!

"Oh, the regrets I feel for opportunities lost;

I really have wasted my time!"...

Is this how you feel? Is this how you think?

This method of thinking's a crime.

What's gone is gone, what's left is left.

These facts you cannot rearrange.

Let go of the past. Grab hold of the rest.

Now is the time for the change.

What remains is the future. What remains is now.

And it can all play out like a dream.

It can be an ocean of desires fulfilled,

Or a sea of "what might have been."

Don't beat yourself up over moments gone by.

These moments you'll never retrieve.

Look forward with hope and courage and know

It's in yourself that you have to believe.

(An original Poem by Mel Kaye)

I strongly suggest that you write down your immediate reaction, after passionately reading this poem.

• List those lost opportunities in your past that you would like to let go of.

Go to Section II (Installment #7)

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Negative Thinking Robbing Souls of Inner Peace

By: Rene Graeber

Negative thinking robs the soul of inner peace. As a positive person, one thing I detest is negative thinking. My son is the biggest pessimistic in the world in my opinion, and this boy can drive a mother out of her mind if she allows him to do so.

One thing I notice about negative thinkers is they rarely feel comfortable with self. Feeling comfortable with self is one of the elements required to channel in on inner peace. negative thinkers are full of voids that leave them empty throughout their lifetime.

Negative thinkers rarely find inner peace, because when they are full of damning thoughts there is no room for quietness of the mind. Inner peace is quietness, a calmness of the mind, and negative thinkers often gravel often, whereas they have weak visions and words. Daily these lost souls go through the hours spending every waken moment spilling out their mind over nothing.

Inner peace...will negative thinkers ever have inner peace? Possibly, but it will take longer to achieve than those with minds spending positive feedback. My son again, I felt was the biggest negative thinker in the world, which often irritated me. I could kick that boy and fear each time he opens his mouth to speak. Thus, how can I find inner peace? I learnt to let it go. If he is speaking, I listen to the first sentence and if it appears, he is heading nowhere my ears close immediately and I go back to my own thoughts, which I have minimized over the years.

Bipolar patients often have pessimistic out views. Thus, these people often wonder through life nagging about each detail. Some believe it is the bipolar that causes this reaction, but after spending a year getting a bipolar patient under control, I learned that it is a pattern rather than a part of the diagnosis.

The person has not come to grips with the mind. The symptoms of bipolar gear up the mind charging it for a bout of ongoing talk, but it is the person's mind that is spitting out the negative thought, which in turn robs them of their inner peace.

Thus, to find inner peace you have to reach within your mind and come to agreement with your past, now and behaviors and habits. My son has ADHD, which forces him to speak abruptly interrupting, or else act like a Wildman on drugs. Still, he has a negative relationship with his brain because he chose to think the way he thinks. He also has Psychosis and Schizophrenia, which one is a disease of the mind. Thus, it is difficult for him because his audio, visual, and ability to perceive is affected, but still he can find inner peace if he would only let those negative thoughts go.

Amazingly, I have been around people with psychopathic tendencies, and these people think positive thoughts more so than, few of those with less severe mental illnesses think. It is amazing how the mind works, but to achieve inner peace positive thinking has to develop.

If you think negative on an ongoing basis, realize you are not only robbing your self of inner peace, you possibly are robbing others of their inner peace. personally, misery loves company and I prefer to stay away from those in misery. You have the capacity to gain control over your mind and find the hope within you to obtain inner peace. sitting around making excuses is not leading you anywhere but further behind your inner peace.

Inner peace is a gift. All of us have the ability to reach our inner peace. A mentally retarded person has the ability to reach his/her inner peace. You may wander why, but the truth is we were all born with the truth inside of us, and our brain was constructed to lead us to the path to inner peace.

Now, if you are a negative thinker you are not only wasting your time, you are wasting time of those that have to listen to you nag about each detail of life. accept things you cannot change and do something about the things you can change.

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Are You Prepared For Success? (Section II - Installment #5 "Despair" - Male and Female versions)

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Despair

Stand in the face of total despair

And hold your head up high,

And look beyond as you declare

That through this you will fly.

Nothing will stop you short of death.

You'll feel sorry for yourself no more.

And you are far from your last breath

As you set sight on a distant shore.

This is only a temporary state.

You know this in your heart.

You will not let this be your fate.

From this place you will depart.

There is a better place for you.

This truth you must uncover.

Don't waste your time feeling blue.

The passion, you must re-discover.

Only you can do it now.

It's all within your control.

See what can be and take this vow,

To "Never lose sight of your goal."

(An original Poem by Mel Kaye)

I strongly suggest that you write down your immediate reaction, after passionately reading this poem.

• Try this...In your mind's eye, back away from yourself and your current situation.
• What do you see?
• What would you like to see?

Go to Installment #6 (Male & Female version)

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Birthday Calculator

I recently came across this site. I found it to be quite cool. It tells you how many hours and how many seconds you have been alive on this earth and when you were probably conceived.

After you've finished reading the info, click again, and see what the moon looked like the night you were born.

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Increasing Blog Readership, 14 Rules by MondayMorningPower

I found myself first asking advise on the blog forums as to how to increase my readership, then I found myself giving advise on how to increase readership. I quickly realized that this was closely tied to having the right attitude, the focus of my blog. So I figured that I should write a piece on this subject. I hope you find it useful.

There is no short and simple answer. Like all worthwhile endeavors, this takes work. However, if you have “passion” for your blog, the “work” you will have to do will not seem like work at all. If you do not have passion for your blog, well, you can probably complete this statement yourself. These rules are designed to increase readership not increase traffic....there is a difference.

The 14 Rules

1. Have worthwhile content in your blog; content that will interest others.
2. Love what you do; your love for it will come through.
3. Be sure that your blog is visually pleasing. Continuously make visual changes. Never be completely satisfied with its appearance.
4. Submit your URL to as many search engines as you can (there are blogs that specialize in this.)
5. Post questions on blog forums; such as “How do I get people to read my blog?
6. Visit all blogs who respond to your question.
1. Always leave a comment on these blogs.
2. Thank them, on their blogs, for responding to your question.
7. If you like the blog, visit its links.
1. If you like the link, leave a comment and let them know how you found their blog.
2. There is no shame in asking for a "link swap" if you truly believe that both your readers and their readers will both benefit.
   
8. Visit as many blogs as you can.
9. If you give a blog more than just a casual glance, LEAVE A COMMENT
1. Always leave your URL at the end of the comment and invite them to visit your blog.
10. If someone leaves a comment on your blog with their URL, always visit their blog and leave a sincere comment thanking them for visiting and include something positive about their blog.
11. When you begin to create links on your blog to other blogs, visit them regularly and leave comments.
12. Create and give out business cards that contain your URL and a brief description of the content. Don’t be obnoxious about it.
13. Use your URL in your personal emails, again with a brief description.
14. Go back to number one and start again, and again, and again……………..

This should, by no means, be considered the entire rule set. I'm sure that most bloggers could come up with creative ways to increase readership that I have not listed. This is only the basics. However, if you follow these rules your audience will grow.

By Mel Kaye
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Motivational Quotes (7)

There are risks and costs to action. But they are far less than the long-range risks of comfortable inaction.
John F. Kennedy

You have to perform at a consistently higher level than others. That's the mark of a true professional.
Joe Paterno

To accuse others for one’s own misfortune is a sign of want of education. To accuse oneself shows that one’s education has begun. To accuse neither oneself nor others shows that one’s education is complete.
Epictetus, Greek philosopher

In order to succeed, you must know what you are doing, like what you are doing and believe in what you are doing.
Will Rogers

Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind.
Dr. Seuss
(Theodor Geisel)

So many of our dreams at first seem impossible, then they seem improbable, and then, when we summon the will, they soon become inevitable.

Christopher Reeve

Before everything else, getting ready is the secret of success.
Henry Ford

Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.
Helen Keller

Without justice, courage is weak.
Benjamin Franklin

Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.
Thomas Edison

A man, as a general rule, owes very little to what he is born with -- a man is what he makes of himself.
Alexander Graham Bell

Destiny is not a matter of chance, it is a matter of choice; it is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved.
William Jennings Bryan

We are all works in progress
Judith Gibson

I find it fascinating that most people plan their vacations with better care than they plan their lives. Perhaps that is because escape is easier than change."
Jim Rohn

See Motivational Quote Index for more quotes.

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Are You Prepared For Success? (Section II - Installment #4 "Solitude" - Male and Female)

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Solitude

Laugh and the world laughs with you;

Weep, and you weep alone;

For the sad old earth must borrow its mirth,

But has trouble enough of its own.

Sing, and the hills will answer;

Sigh, it is lost in the air;

The echoes bound to a joyful sound,

But shrink from voicing care.

Rejoice, and mankind will seek you;

Grieve, and they turn and go;

They want full measure of all your pleasure,

But they do not need your woe.

Be glad, and your friends are many;

Be sad, and you lose them all--

There are none to decline your nectared wine,

But alone you must drink life's gall.

Feast, and your halls are crowded;

Fast, and the world goes by.

Succeed and give, and it helps you live,

But no one can help you die.

There is room in the halls of pleasure

For a large and lordly train,

But one by one we must all file on

Through the narrow isles of pain.

(Based on a poem by Ella Wheeler Wilcox)

I strongly suggest that you write down your immediate reaction, after passionately reading this poem.

• In your life, think of the people that you really like. Why do you like them?
• How do you feel when you are around them?
• How do people react to you when you are happy? And when you are sad?

Go to Installment #5, (Male & Female versions)

Should Children Witness Childbirth?

Due to a power outage, only one paramedic responded to the call. The house was very dark so the paramedic asked Kathleen, a 3-yr old girl, to hold a flashlight high over her mommy so he could see while he helped deliver the baby. Very diligently, Kathleen did as she was asked. Mommy pushed and pushed and after a little while, Connor was born. The paramedic lifted him by his little feet and spanked him on his bottom. Connor began to cry. The paramedic then thanked Kathleen for her help and asked the wide-eyed 3-yr old what she thought about what she had just witnessed. Kathleen quickly responded, "He shouldn't have crawled in there in the first place......smack his ass again!"

If you don't laugh at this one, there's no hope for YOU!!!!!

No One Is Above Suspicion

Turning Negative Self Talk into Positive Self Talk

This can be viewed as a follow-on to my "Keeping Negative Energy at Bay" post. The following is a chart that takes commonly used negative words and phrases and gives you the Positive words and phrases that you should replace them with. This chart is by no means comprehensive. It is meant to be a starting place. If during your review of this chart you can think of some words and phrases that I omitted, please let me know, along with their positive opposites, and I will add them. In fact consider this, if you like, as an exercise.

Negative Words and Expressions Positive Words and Expressions Agitated Happy Alarmed Aware Ambivalence Passion Anger Forbearance Anguished Determine the cause, and act upon it Apathy Enthusiastic Apprehension Confidence, self-trust, excited At the mercy of I will take control of Awkward Adept Baffled I will understand it Bewildered Become informed Can't be trusted Integrity, trust Complain Look for a solution confused Become informed Cowardice Courage Despair Hope Desperate Hopeful Destiny, it won't happen Faith, that it will happen Disgusted Understand it...then remove it Disinterested Learn, discover, explore, interested Displeased Do what's necessary to remove the displeasure Dissatisfied Change it so that it meets with your satisfaction Distrust yourself Confidence, self-trust Disturbed Understand and/or remove the cause of the disturbance Doubt Confidence Dread Courage Envy I will turn the envy into desire and then pursue it, or let it go Evil Good Eye contact avoidance Eye contact attainment Fail, as in give up or not try Succeed by never giving up Fear, afraid Anticipation, excitement Fidgety Easy, calm Follower Leader Frightened Courageous Frown Smile Futile Make it effective, or move on Give up, not try Accomplish Give up, not try Achieve Give up, not try Flourish Give up, not try Overcome Give up, not try Prevail Give up, not try Thrive Greedy Generous Grief I will work through it and not around it Grudge I will find the source, deal with it, then let it go Guilt I will understand the source, deal with it, then let it go Hate Tolerance Helpless I will take control of my life Hesitant Certain Hindered See to it that the cause of the hindrance is removed I am a victim I am in control I am scared of change I look forward to change, it may bring new and greater opportunities. I can't do it I can do it I don't believe I believe in me I don't have the knowledge to do it I will obtain the knowledge to do it I don't know how I will find out how I feel like a loser I feel like a winner I give up I will never, ever, ever, give up - persistence I have an excuse I have no excuse, I will do better next time I have no time to do that I will make the time to do that I long for the past I look forward to the future I may fail I will succeed, maybe not this time, but next time I may fall I will always get up again I play it safe I take risks I see a problem in every opportunity I see an opportunity in every problem I was never able to do it I never wanted to do it; I never thought I could I will try to do it I will do it I'm a loser I'm a winner I'm bored I will make my own fun I'm no good I'm very good I'm not worthy I am worthy I'm scared I'm excited I'm too poor I will work with what I have to gain what I want If I could get a better job I will look for a better job If I could meet the right people I am only 7 people away from anyone on earth If I could only do it again I will do it much better next time If I could only get a break I will make my own breaks If I could only save some money I will find a way to save money If I did not have to work so hard I will work smarter or will find a different line of work If I had been born rich I will get what I need If I had only embraced past opportunities Starting now I will find new opportunities If I only had a business of my own I will start my own business and I will make it work If I only had somebody to help me I will obtain what I need If I only had the talent I will discover my talents If I only were younger My life starts now If I were educated I will go back to school If I were in better health I will work with what I have If I were not so fat I will lose weight or I will accept myself If I were not so unlucky Luck is giving up control...I will take the control back If I were only sure of myself I will change my attitude so that I can believe in myself If my past did not haunt me I will not live in the past, I will live in the present If only I had a better personality My personality is a function of my attitude...I will change my attitude If other people understood me I will understand myself so that I can understand others If others didn't keep me down (victim) No one can keep me down unless I let them If things were different I will make things different If times were better I will make the best of the time we are in Immoral Moral Impatient I will become more patient Imprisoned Freedom Inconsiderate Considerate Inconsistent Consistent Indecision Decisive, confidence, self-trust Indecisive Decisive Indifference Ambitious Insecure Secure Intimidated Emboldened Irresponsible Responsible It won't happen It will happen It's no fun I will make it fun It's too difficult If it's possible, I will do it It's too hard to do It will be easy, once I have learned how Jealous Trusting Jittery Easy, calm Lie, false, dishonest Truth, honest Look down Look ahead Loss Profit Lost I will find my way Mad Foregiving Negative mental attitude, doomed to fail Positive mental attitude, born to win Nervous Courageous On edge Calm Overwhelmed I will organize Pain I will find a way to relieve it, or I will deal with it Panicky Calm Part of the problem Part of the solution Passive Assertive Perplexed I will get clarification Procrastination Expedite Resentful I will find the source, deal with it, then let it go Restless Calm, courageous Revenge Forgiveness Satisfied with mediocrity Strives for excellence Shaky Calm Sickened I will deal with the cause, or I will remove the cause Skeptical I will do what it take to remove the doubt, or move on Strained Easy and relaxed, with confidence Succumb Surmount Superstitious I will take control of my life Swamped I will organize and set priorities Tense Calm Terrified I will understand if the source is within my control or not, then deal with it accordingly That's an obstacle that I can't get around That is a challenge to be vanquished That's not my job Let me do it for you There is no way I will find a way Thoughtless Thoughtfulness Timid Bold Tormented I will deal with the source of the torment and/or remove it from my mind Uncomfortable Comfortable Uncommitted Committed Uneasy Easy Unfair Overcome it Unfocused Focused Ungrateful I am grateful for what I have Unhappy Happy Unlucky I make my own luck Unpopular I am responsible for what I project Un-prosperous Prosperous Unreliable Reliable Un-resourceful Resourceful Unsure I am very sure of myself What would others say What would I say if I don't ... Worry Confidence, self-trust, action

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