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The Power Of Letting Go

February 7, 2012 by Leave a Comment

Have you ever had something right on the tip of your tongue but just couldn’t force your brain to bring it on through? It might be the name of a song, a location, or even a word. Once your mind is relaxed, and you have forgotten about it, the name will suddenly pop into your mind. That is one example of the power of letting go.

When your mind is all tied into knots and trying to figure something out, the creative process will be stifled. In order to come up with creative solutions to life’s problems, you have to let go and let a solution come through.

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This idea works along with popular self help methods like the Law of Attraction and visualization. You need to engage your brain and focus on what it is you want, but after a time, you have to release it and let it go. When you do, your subconscious or creative side will take over and work on solutions in the background.

The longer it takes to let go, the longer it takes to get the things you want in life. Just like you can’t force something on the tip of your tongue to come to the forefront, sheer will alone will not bring you the things you want in life.

Letting go isn’t easy for a lot of us. We like to feel in control. We feel if something is not in our constant attention, we are not doing it justice. Nothing is farther from the truth. Just because the busy, conscious part of your brain is no longer engaged in the matter, it doesn’t mean your subconscious isn’t working overtime on it.

Your subconscious mind is very powerful. It can make connections and notice opportunities you would miss if you don’t let it do its job. So don’t forget, when you are seeking answers and solutions, let it go to get results.


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Are you Living a Vanilla Life ?

February 3, 2012 by Leave a Comment

What is likely to be the outcome when instead of living your life by default, you live in by design? What would be the consequence of making your own choices rather than allowing your life to make the choice for you? Perhaps you know someone who is living in an autopilot kind of life, or you are even doing so yourself. Such people wake up, dress for work, drive to and from work using the same route. After that back from work, they probably watch television, play with the children and eat dinner. The routine continues that way all through the week, then months and roll into years.

There are certain times when the crisis of life strikes – such crisis like the life-threatening ailments, severe accident, mid-life crisis or the crisis of losing a dear one are awakeners. These life crises have a way of waking up those who have been operating on autopilot lifestyle, to make them assess their manner of life.

Suddenly, it occurs to them that they’ve not been ’human beings’ all along but ‘human doings’ – not living their lives for themselves, but for everything and everyone. Ironically, we may or may not admit it, but we write the books of our own lives. Whatever we have at this point emanated from our decisions and choices along the way, including those decisions made on autopilot or based on ‘ought to’, ‘could’ or ‘should.

It is so easy to get absorbed into physical expectations that we don’t realize when our own authentic and personal life slips away. You don’t need a life crisis before making positive adjustment in the way you live. Look at yourself critically at this moment and ask yourself this question, “What or who is in control of my driver’s seat if am not the one?”

When you live your life in the driver’s seat, it is a pointer that you know what your utmost priority is, and that you know just what you want. It means you are living a balanced life that is so meaningful and purposeful. You’ve made a conscious effort to make your life real, happy and vibrant.

Here’s the bottom line, the best way to reclaim the driver’s seat of your life is to develop a life strategy. Should you wish to get the maximum benefit from your hard earned cash. You need to come up with a financial master plan for achieving your goal. The same holds true for your personal life.



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Antidepressants Can Make You Older – So Depressing!

January 30, 2012 by Leave a Comment

There are many reasons why people will take antidepressants. For whatever reason, a lot of people feel drugs can actually make them feel better. I find this hard to believe, really. The very thought of having to take prescription drugs to feel happier is making me sad already. But perhaps there are reasons I am fortunate enough not to see. Research says that close to 190million in the United States take antidepressants. Wow! That is one mighty business out there. I’m sure their manufacturers are far from depressed.

AntidepressantsHowever, we all need to be wise enough to know that these drugs will always have its own side effects. And antidepressants have a very depressing effect: ageing. It’s true! A lot of scientific research proves that taking antidepressants cause your facial matters to sag, giving you a droopier look which in turn will make you look older.

That is certainly something no one wants to have. In fact, many people who take antidepressants have issues about getting old and the passage of time, which makes them want to turn to prescription drugs. Having this effect will certainly not help. It may give them that instantaneous boost they need but the long term damages are far more significant.

If you have issues about the way you look due to ageing, do not turn to drugs. Instead, give your face the one thing that relaxes it and makes it glow with youth: massage! You use your very own hands, and you can do this anytime in your home. Now that’s a happy thought!


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Matters of the Mind – Crossing Over the Thin Line of Thirties

January 28, 2012 by Leave a Comment

That dreadful defining moment, which is hard to believe when it really comes into play. Either another human or a situation brings to our reality that we’ve become “old” err ‘matured’ – finally crossing that ‘invisible’ line of the thirties.

Unlike the youth-conscious Baby boomers, the 80′s generations accepted the passing of time in a more gracious way. Funny enough, the generation that said it is difficult to trust those who have passed age twenty, are now re-assigning twenty to thirty – sounds ridiculous right?

matter of mindThe Baby Boomers generation views the approach of retirement as potentially rotating around rock climbing, and not the time to resort to rocking chairs. Unfortunately, no matter how we try to twist and manipulate it. It will surely come – that hard-to-believe occasion when we are referred to as ‘middle age’ man or woman.

Funnily, the transit starts out unsuspected; you just woke up in the morning and turned your radio to one of the old stations and the song you heard on your high school prom occasion comes filtering into your ears – reminding you of several years back and how time has flown so fast to bring you to your present dreaded state – ‘thirties age’.

Then, there you go to the fashion store to pick some of those stuffs for the ‘oldies’. Your eyes drift to the section of the new season’s assortments, both footwear and clothes. It takes your memory back to those years when these stuffs were in vogue, and you actually showed off in them. You can’t help but think aloud, ‘how time flies so fast?’

Recently, one of my matured friends told me that her students rushed up to her in excitement after a recess to relate his experience during recess. He innocently looked up at her and said ‘Hey granny!’ Ouch! It would have sounded better if he referred to her as ‘mom’, but grandma – it hit her so hard! And she started wondering, does she really crossed that ‘invisible line’ that it becomes even obvious to a kid?

Well, all mustn’t be lost when we cross over to that line – the middle age. My parents were pleased with their middle age lives, but I couldn’t really understand why, being a kid in those days. Well, now that many years have passed, I tend to gain better understanding – you attain true freedom when you accept your skin the way it is at this stage, and just this new life (talking about the ‘thirties age’).


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