Your intuition is a beautiful thing. Don’t you agree?
It’s right up there with coincidence, synchronicity and simple luck. All good stuff.
But intuition is special because it comes from inside you, so it’s there whenever you need it.
All you have to do is listen.
Oh yeah, and then act on it.
You are acting on it, right?
Keep taking little steps and expecting big results.
Before you know it, you’ll be far beyond where even you thought you were headed in the first place!
I promise you, if not today, then sometime soon, you will be moved to ask, “What did I do to deserve so much?”
Do you know what my answer to your question would be? “So many things, yet not a single one of them really matter.”
You were born deserving.
Steve Barnard recently enjoyed his TV debut speaking to the local NBC news affiliate about his passion to “provide the tools for young minds to create magic.” As a heartsparkler living in Ashland, Oregon, Steve heads up Project ArtKids to ”give kids of all ages a voice and an identity to represent themselves in a free form, creative, nurturing environment.”
Offering free monthly workshops at the Ashland Art Center, Project ArtKids encourages children to have fun and be creative, resulting in First Friday Art Walk Exhibitions where the art is available for the public to view and appreciate. Click here to watch the news story.
Way to go Steve!
Saying “thank you” is not just good manners. Cultivating gratitude represents one way to savor and enjoy one’s life more fully. Dr. Fred Bryant, a social psychologist at Loyola University of Chicago, notes that there are three ways that people savor daily living and appreciate the gift of being alive:
Cultivate a Sense of Gratitude
Here are some ideas for how to cultivate a sense of gratitude…and savor more of your life in the process!
By developing a regular habit of saying “thank you” for life’s little pleasures, you’ll find that you have more blessings than you realized, and by recognizing them, you’ll be receptive to even more bounty in your life.
Studies show that most American’s spend more than half of their waking hours at work.
Couple that with, business philosopher, Jim Rohn’s premise that “we are the sum total of the five people we spend the most time with” and do you find yourself thinking, “Yay!”?
Or “Yikes!”?
Choose friends wisely.
As you race through your morning routine and move between one project to another, do you ever wonder where all those luxurious hours of the weekend slipped away to?
They’re still here. They just seem to disappear when you focus on what’s still to be done instead of what you have already accomplished.
So, relax. Celebrate how far you have come. Your progress is impressive.
And there’s plenty of time for the rest.
Have you ever had one of those days when it feels like you’re pushing a big rock uphill?
You know what I mean: People aren’t returning your calls. You’re hitting nothing but red lights. And the check is always “in the mail”.
It’s times like these when things are about to get good. Really good. As sure as night turns into day.
Expect it.
Be part of the Holding Hands for Haiti video shoot. Please join in to create a powerful video that will be pivotal to a new fundraising campaign for Mercy Corps’ efforts in Haiti.
A diverse mix of Portlanders, including actor Daniel Baldwin, plan to join hands to convey concern, caring and connection for Haiti. Holding Hands for Haiti will be produced by Indent Studios.
WHY: The Holding Hands for Haiti video will be used to convey a virtual human chain that begins in Portland, Oregon with the intent to stretch across the world. It will promote the website holdinghandsforhaiti.com (going live on Thursday) where people can make donations to Mercy Corps. Donations will appear as lights on a map of the world. The glow begins in Portland and you can play a vital part of promoting the effort.
WHEN: Thursday, Jan. 28, 2010
9:00 AM celebrity kick-off
9:45 AM Human chain begins to form
WHERE: Waterfront Park along the Willamette River in Portland, Oregon. Meet at the seawall near the West end of the Burnside Bridge. As a special request, please stay on the sidewalk and to protect the turf for summer events.
ORGANIZED BY: Girls Like Us (GLU) an Oregon domestic nonprofit corporation since 2001, boasting a number of members of the heartspark community. An eclectic group of women involved in business, the arts, entertainment and public relations arenas, GLU’s mission is to grow spiritually and to give back.
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