The Face In The Glass
When fortune smiles and
you're winning life's race
And fate stores your blues
on a shelf,
Seek your reflection and
examine the face
that shows the real truths
of your Self.
For it isn't family or all the rest
Whose judgement you truly must pass,
The one whose verdict counts most,
is best,
Is the face staring back from
the glass.
You may fool the world every day
for years,
Drawing glory and praise by the mass,
But your final reward will be
measured in tears
If you've cheated the face in the
glass. ~*by Wendy Lyn*~
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Welcome to my Courtyard. Here I conduct my social activities at Ancient Worlds and at Rome. You can leave a message on my personal message board or take a look at my friends list. Soon you will be able to check my calendar of events as well.
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Also This Roman Women Article
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Growth is the
foundation of survival. There isn't a single thought you can have that doesn't send back some result. As a man thinketh in his heart, so is he.
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The Meditation Corner
Here in my courtyard I conduct classes in meditation. Come and join us! I know you will enjoy it.
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Take A Positive Pause Here!
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What is
Meditation?
Meditation is one of the safest and most effective methods for reducing stress and restoring energy, and the small amount of discipline it requires is sure to be greatly rewarded.
Breathing Meditation
1. Find a quiet place where you will not be disturbed.
2. Sit quietly and close your eyes.
3. Begin by simply exhaling and inhaling as you normally do, but gradually focus your awareness on the process of your breathing - - the coming and going of your breath.
4. If you notice a change in the rhythm of your breath or if your attention wanders, don't try to resist, rather allow it to pass. Gradually return to your normal breathing.
5. Continue the Breathing Meditation for fifteen minutes.
For Deep, Restful Sleep
1. Eat a light, early dinner -- by 6:00 PM or 7:00 PM at the latest -- so you digest your food before going to bed.
2. Avoid focused work at night. Try to erase off by 9:00 PM.
3. Plan relaxed evening activities, ideally with family or friends. Avoid watching TV, which overstimulates the nervous system.
4. Drink warm milk before bed.
5. Avoid working, reading, or watching TV in the bedroom, which should be exclusively for loving and sleeping.
To Strengthen Your Digestion
1. Eat in a quiet and settled atmosphere.
3. Always sit down to eat.
4. Don't eat when you're upset.
5. Eat only to a point of comfortable satisfaction.
6. Avoid ice-cold foods and drinks.
7. Don't talk while chewing your food.
8. Eat at a moderate pace.
9. Sit quietly for a few minutes after your meal.
Energy-Producing Foods
1. Fresh fruits and vegetables
2. Whole milk, or ghee (clarified butter)
3. Wheat and wheat products, including breads and pastas
4. Rice, barley and honey
5. Raisins, dates, figs and almonds
6. Olive oil
7. Mung beans, and especially mung soup, which is called dhal in Ayurveda.
Get on with living
Rather than covering up the anger, just let it go. Instead of fighting against the anxiety, move on past it. Why spend time and energy coping with your resentment or jealousy or bitterness when you can simply walk away from them?
Your feelings are yours to control. Yet all too often you let them take control of you. Certainly you have good cause to be angry, spiteful and bitter. But just because you can justify those negative feelings does not inoculate you from the harm they bring.
Let go of the negative feelings and get on with living. Do what is in your best interest. It doesn't take any great strength or skill, just a simple understanding. Realize that you're far better off without them. The energy used to maintain the negative feelings and to fight against them can be put to much more productive use in moving your life forward. Let go, and let yourself be gloriously alive.
The Power of Acting As If
You can alter your life
by altering your attitude.
If You Act as if you will.
Act as if you are serious about attaining your dream. Walk, talk, and act enthusiastically, creating a single-minded attitude of success toward the results you desire.
The warrior knew that it was not his sword that struck. Striking the opponent was achieved through a state of mind and attitude. Armed with the ultimate weapon of concentrated confidence, the warrior wielded a total presence. Adopt this warrior mindset. The attitude you hold about yourself decides your destiny.
One of America's pioneering psychologists, William James, said that the greatest discovery is that man can alter his life simply by altering his attitude of mind. What he advocated was that if you act as if you are what you want to be, then you will become that.
This "act as if" principle is a powerful method of converting your consciousness from conditioned habits into specific positive behaviors that will not allow you to be defeated by your own self-destructing, negative feelings. By deciding to take control of your inner thoughts and attitudes, by engaging positive convictions and emotions, you go out into the world traveling the glorious path of will, a remarkable odyssey where positive attitude cultivates positive action, delivering you to that oh-so-special place where your dreams are waiting to have you, unless you say something that pushes them away. Because words can do that. You need to be alerted to that fact that your words, your inner chatter absolutely can uplift or diminish. One of the great schisms of empowering your dream is that your words influence your beliefs, your beliefs influence your behaviors, and your behaviors influence the results that orbit your life.
Research has determined that we are constantly talking with ourselves, even though we are not conscious of this running internal dialogue that fills our head. This steady stream of self-speak is our ongoing encounter with the things we see, hear, and experience, stimuli that is translated into words that become patterns of conditioning and thought. This self-speak can be positive and empowering, or negative and defeating. Either way, it is what generates our emotions and activates our behaviors. Words are not just words. They are inner directives flowing just under our surface of awareness.
Your ongoing mission is to become aware of your self-speak so you can recognize and rechannel the stream that is running your feelings and behaviors. The ancient text of the I Ching uses the imagery of Wind over Water, which suggests that the rippling waves reflect all the moods of the skies. Watch your words, for it is your self-speak that creates your experience and helps you crest.
You must be master of your mind rather than be mastered by your mind.
Indeed, you can alter your life by altering your attitude.
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