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Rescuing Others

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“When we love an animal as our family,
we begin to understand animals are our family.”
Anthony Douglas Willliams

Rescuing Others

It’s been almost a week since the devastating earthquake hit Nepal. Over 6,000 were killed by the 7.8 magnitude earthquake and they estimate that number could double.

The most inspiring story I heard on the news today was a story about six recently trained search and rescue dogs from Southern California who are in Nepal on a mission. One of the dogs, Ripley helped in the rescue of a teenage boy trapped under debris in Kathmandu.

Most of the dogs trained for search and rescue are dogs from the pound. They’re super athletic, super agile, extremely high-drive dogs that just will not stop. They are taught to find humans by using inaccessible human scent. Their reward, isn’t a yummy treat, it’s their favorite toy.

Search and rescue dogs are the unsung heroes of the world. With love, care and training these discarded dogs go from being rescued to rescuing others.

Shine On

Required Reading

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“Right now you are one choice away from a new beginning
— one that leads you toward becoming
the fullest human being you can be.”
Oprah Winfrey

Expectation Hangover

We all have dreams and goals. This is a good thing. It’s important to stay focused on the future and make our visions turn into reality through concrete planning and action steps.

But, some times in life, we end up frustrated or disappointed when our plans don’t become a reality we desired. We may feel like we are not living up to our full potential. This is when we are suffering from an expectation hangover.

Are you a Type A? An overachiever? Defined by your accomplishments? And then been disappointed when life didn’t go exactly according to plan? 

Has life recently thrown you a curveball? Maybe you have dreams and goals, but somehow things aren’t working out as you’d hoped? Or worse, maybe you’ve stopped believing that the life you’ve always wanted is even attainable?

If your answer to any of these questions is “yes,” then do I have the book for you: Expectation Hangover: Overcoming Disappointment in Work, Love and Life by Christine Hassler. The book is full of deep spiritual wisdom as well as practical advice for people from every walk of life.

If you are feeling like you’re not living to your full potential in life, then this book is required reading. 

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Appealing People

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“What we are today comes from our thoughts of yesterday,
and our present thoughts build our life of tomorrow:
Our life is the creation of our mind.”
Buddha
Life is the Creation of our Mind

We should all live life aware of our self-fulfilling prophecies. If we wake up with an attitude that the world is unfair, we will inevitably meet a world full of small-minded people.

But, if we wake every morning and draw attention to all the times in our life that people helped us or just showed kindness, we walk into a world of appealing people.

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Our Deep Innate Potential

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“Your vision will become clear
only when you look into your heart.
Who looks outside, dreams.
Who looks inside, awakens.”
Carl Gustav Jung

Our Deep Innate Potential

Jung’s work on himself and his patients convinced him that life has a spiritual purpose beyond material goals. Our main task, he believed, “is to discover and fulfill our deep innate potential.” 

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Stupid Moments

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“Everyone is a genius. But if you judge a fish
on its ability to climb a tree,
it will live its whole life
believing that it is stupid.”
Albert Einstein

Stupid Moments

The movie A Christmas Story, classic stupid moment.

We all experience at some time in our lives that moment when that voice in our head says, “W-T-F was I thinking!” Hopefully, these moments are few and far between.

I like to think of them as mental farts, similar to a brain fart, but more humiliating. But let’s face it, they are what they are. Stupid moments.

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