Nature’s Pharmacy
January 31, 2010 at 11:16 am | In health, nutrition | Leave a CommentTags: food, nature, pharmacy
This came into my email inbox and I found it worth sharing with you, my blog reader:
Nature left us great clues as to what foods help what part of our body! Nature’s Pharmacy! Amazing!
These are best & more powerful when eaten raw.
Carrot
A sliced Carrot looks like the human eye. The pupil, iris and radiating lines look just like the human eye… and YES, science now shows carrots greatly enhance blood flow to and function of the eyes.
Tomato
A Tomato has four chambers and is red. The heart has four chambers and is red. All o f the research shows tomatoes are loaded with lycopine and are indeed pure heart and blood food.
Grapes
Grapes hang in a cluster that has the shape of the heart. Each grape looks like a blood cell and all of the research today shows grap es are also profound heart and blood vitalizing food. Continue reading Nature’s Pharmacy…
Thought of the Week – Quote by Marilyn Monroe
January 25, 2010 at 4:33 pm | In thought of the week | Leave a CommentThis is a great quote by Marilyn Monroe if you’ve been thinking that you’re too emotional, too difficult, too imperfect or too [...] – fill in any of your thoughts!
I make mistakes, I am out of control and at times hard to handle.
But if you can’t handle me at my worst,
then you sure as hell don’t deserve me at my best.Marilyn Monroe
Our Deepest Fear
January 21, 2010 at 10:03 am | In inspiration | Leave a CommentOur deepest fear is not that we are inadequate.
Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.
It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us.
We ask ourselves:
Who are we to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous?
Actually, who are you not to be?
You are a child of God,
Your playing small does not serve the world.
There’s nothing enlightening about shrinking so that
other people won’t feel insecure around you.
We are born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us.
It’s not just in some of us; it’s in everyone.
As we let our light shine,
we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same.
As we are liberated from our fears,
our presence automatically liberates others.
~ Nelson Mandela 1994 Inaugural Speech
~ powerful ~
Motivation for Achievement
January 9, 2010 at 10:45 am | In motivation | 1 CommentWhat makes the difference between those people who are very inspired to achieve something and those who are not so determined? Those who do almost everything to excel and succeed by putting in a lot of effort and those who don’t work as hard and for whom it is not that important?
The difference lies in the motivation for achievement.
What is Motivation for Achievement?
It can be defined as
- Having a strong desire to accomplish something
- Striving for a standard of excellence
- Expending effort in order to excel
- Having an appetite to accomplish a difficult result
- Being driven to outperform others
According to research by David McClelland it has been found that people with a high motivation for achievement work harder, are more future oriented, more innovative, more persistent and they desire success much more than they fear failure. An interesting point is also that they attribute success to internal factors (like optimists do) as opposed to external factors (as do pessimists). In terms of choosing their challenge they have the ability to distinguish a suitable task as being challenging but not impossible. This means that they choose their task wisely and therefore experience the satisfaction of reaching their goals. People with a low motivation for achievement interestingly either choose tasks that are too challenging, in which they are more prone to fail, or tasks that are too easy, in which there is not enough stimulation.
Can you train Motivation for Achievement?
Experiments have shown that humans indeed can learn to become more achievement motivated. You can even learn and teach it to yourself.
As with any behavioral change it is a process over time. Firstly, practice choosing tasks or set goals that are at a suitable level: challenging and yet achievable. Secondly you put more focus on and celebrate your successes rather than being focused on and frustrated about your failures. Thirdly you need to practice being persistent.
Which one of the three steps mentioned here do you want to focus on and in which way is it achievable and still challenging for you?
Like the Japanese proverb says: ‘Fall down seven times, get up eight.’
RULES FOR BEING HUMAN
January 5, 2010 at 2:58 pm | In communication | Leave a Comment1. You will receive a body. You may like it or hate it but it will be yours for the entire period on Earth.
2. You will learn lessons. You are enrolled in a full-time informal school called Life. You may like the lessons or think them irrelevant or stupid.
3. There are no mistakes only lessons. Growth is a process of trial and error, experimentation. The ‘failed’ experiences are as much a part of the process as the experiment that ‘ultimately’ works.
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4. A lesson is repeated until learnt. A lesson will be presented to you in various forms until you have learnt it. When you have learnt it you can go on to the next lesson.
5. Learning lessons does not end. There is no part of life that does not contain lessons. If you are alive, there are lessons to be learnt.
6. ‘There’ is no better then ‘here’. When your ‘there’ has become a ‘here’ you simply obtain another ‘there’ that will look better than ‘here’.
7. Others are merely mirrors of you. You cannot love or hate something about another person unless it reflects to you something you love or hate about yourself.
8. What you make out of your life is up to you. You have all the tools and resources you need. What you do with them is up to you. The choice is yours.
9. Your answers lie inside you. The answers to life’s questions lie inside you. All you need to do is to look, listen and trust.
10. You will forget all this… and you will remember.
- Anonymous -
Working Through Childhood Issues
November 5, 2009 at 9:58 am | In childhood, education, self development | 2 Comments
Learning to let go...
Have you ever realised that you have different attitudes in bringing up your children than your partner? I bet you have, otherwise you might be partly in denial or not be too involved in the education of them. The reason why the attitudes differ might be connected to the differences in your unresolved childhood issues.
Through my experience in therapy it has become very obvious that many of our attempts to ‘do the best for our children’, be it by teaching our children, supporting them in finding their own way, showing them the right way to act, being mindful of our fellow human beings etc are a way to resolve some of the unresolved issues of our own childhood. This obviously does not just apply to child rearing; we could in fact look at many other areas in life and find the same pattern operating.
Let’s have a look at an example: John is taking care of his 14 year old step-son Mark while his wife Julie (the mother) is at work. Mark asks to go to a friend’s place to which John agrees under the circumstance of Mark returning at 5.30pm. When Mark has not returned home by 6.30pm John is worried and mentions to Julie that they should pick him up. Julie does not see the problem in Mark being out at this time and does not understand John’s worry. They start to argue the point to which in the end Julie storms out the door and goes to pick up Mark. Continue reading Working Through Childhood Issues…
Therapy – really?
October 27, 2009 at 7:56 am | In book review | Leave a Comment
Today I would like to thank Lorna Martin who wrote the book called ‘Woman on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown’ for showing the courage, honesty and openness to tell the story of her experience being in therapy.
Here a quote from her book:
‘Of all the lessons I learned during that bizarre journey with her [her therapist], I think the most valuable was about not suppressing or denying emotions and not leaving important things unsaid or only partially said. I know now, thanks to her, that attempting to avoid uncomfortable or difficult feelings – whether of loss or love or rage or jealousy – leads to greater and long-lasting pain.’
Nowadays most of the book I read are about self development, the expansion of consciousness and awareness, psychologically interesting material or research in human development. I thoroughly enjoyed this novel by Lorna and can highly recommend it to anyone who thinks that therapy is for the weak and needy and selfish…
Feeling Overwhelmed?
October 26, 2009 at 8:08 am | In abrham hicks, communication, consciousness | Leave a CommentFeeling overwhelmed is a state that EVERY person can relate to. Have you ever thought about that you might be pushing yourself too hard to get things done and not taken other support into consideration? I can definitely relate to that.
Remember: Support can come in many forms…
Here is what Abraham has to say to feeling overwhelmed:
‘A feeling of being overwhelmed is your indicator that you are denying yourself access to all manner of cooperation that could assist you if you were not disallowing them.
As you begin to feel freer regarding the expenditure of time and money, doors will open, people will come to assist you, refreshing and productive ideas will occur to you, and circumstances and events will unfold. As you change the way you feel, you access the Energy that creates worlds. It is there for your ready access at all times.’
— Abraham
Comparion – Competition Need
September 30, 2009 at 3:00 pm | In consciousness | 1 CommentBetter, worse, more than, less than, more special, more common… Often human interactions are a game to differentiate ourselves from our fellow human being in some way that makes us feel superior. The ego is racing against the fear of going unnoticed.
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Let’s have a look at a typical conversation:
Person A: How are you today?
Person B: I am OK. I have got a bit of a headache.
Person A: Oh well, that is nothing. I am hurting from my head to my toes…
Here a conversation in relationship:
Husband: I had such a tough day at work. I need a rest.
Wife: Well I’m so tired. I had to deal with the plumber in the morning and could not do the grocery shopping and then in the afternoon I had all the kids from the neighborhood over to feed and look after. I can barely keep my eyes open. Guess how much I need a rest?
In a business setting it might sound like this: Continue reading Comparion – Competition Need…
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