Thursday, October 17, 2013

Restrictions of realism

When we allow ourselves to articulate our thoughts and feelings without limitations, we are more apt to stumble upon concepts that enable us to add new richness to our lives.  Innovation can only happen when we introduce experimentation as a guiding theory in our lives. Because we...
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Posted by Gina Alfani at 12:51 PM
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Does money rule?

Yes it does! This time my survival mode has to do with money.  However, The Captain and I are not alone in this struggle . . . there is so much going on in the United States, and it is not good. "If money be not thy servant, it will be thy master." -- Francis Bacon In...
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Wednesday, October 16, 2013

Push Back

No, it is not Monday, but it sure has been manic! It seems like my life is a vicious cycle of stuff happening like a revolving door of "time flies while you are having fun" that doesn't seem to go away.  The fun part is my sarcastic humor. As I was searching through my journals for...
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Tuesday, October 15, 2013

Laughter

Laughter is a tranquilizer with no side effects. Arnold Glasow As we heal we learn to laugh at ourselves with love. We begin to see all the wonderful oddities and contradictions in people - little faults that endear others to us. We see that striving to be perfect is going far beyond...
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Posted by Gina Alfani at 4:59 PM
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Do It Anyway

Since I have had a case of the blahs and have been  writing negative posts, I thought I would post  something positive from Mother Theresa. People are often unreasonable, illogical, and self-centered; Forgive them anyway. If you are kind, people may accuse you...
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Sunday, October 13, 2013

The Turning Point

Rest periods and vacations break our work routines. They help SHIFT OUR THINKING from its habitual, stuck patterns. They create the SPACE FOR ENERGY AND CREATIVITY to flow. They give us TIME FOR REFLECTION, so we can step back and look at what's happening in our lives with greater detachment. We...
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Posted by Gina Alfani at 6:19 AM

Good for something?

You may be good, but what are you good for? You've got to be good for something.  You've got to be about some project, some task that requires you to be humble and obedient to the universal principles of service. ~Stephen R. Covey~ Do you ever wonder? This week's...
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Posted by Gina Alfani at 5:28 AM
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