“To every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.”
-Newton’s third law of motion
SO. I’m humming along through January like all you guys, full of ideas and new projects, and the third law of motion is starting to show up. The push-back.
This causes an emotional reaction, because it feels like I’m being stopped. When resistance shows up, it can feel like your goal is too hard, ill-conceived, or ultimately going to fail.
The belief that we are being stopped by outside forces is …
“This is what life does. It lets you walk up to the store to buy breakfast and the paper, on a stiff knee. It lets you choose the way you have your eggs, your coffee. Then it sits a fisherman down beside you at the counter who says, ’Last night, the channel was full of starfish.’ And you wonder, is this a message, finally, or just another day?”
-Eleanor Lerman, Starfish
This is #7 in the series: 5 Daily Questions
Why are the 5 daily questions important? I wrote about that here.
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“Intentions are commands to the Universe, made from your power center. They are facts, not wishes.” – Jeanna Gabellini
Intentions are the ‘X marks the spot’ on your
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Every once in a while, I’ll take a break from my writing the Daily Note Card to give you guys a piece of music or art that I find exquisite. I have been receiving a lot of mail lately about the topic of fresh starts. Many of you are trying to move on after a hellish 2011. Or a heart break. Or a haunted past that keeps whispering in your ear.
I found something for you.
Regrets collect like old friends
Here to relive your darkest moments
I can see no way, I can see no way
And all of …
This is #6 in the series: 5 Daily Questions
Why are the 5 daily questions important? I wrote about that here.
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My favorite kind of coffee is a blend of beans. My interior decorating style is a blend of clean Restoration Hardware and Bohemian Anthropologie. My favorite kind of wine is …
This is #5 in the series: 5 Daily Questions
Why are the 5 daily questions important? I wrote about that here.
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About every 3 months I sit down with several clean sheets of paper and I re-write the big, beautiful, gorgeous life I am in action to create. Sometimes I sit down to write this …
No to the man who has a woman at home, but still tries to have you.
No to the man who doesn’t call when he says he will.
No to the man who refuses to figure out what he can contribute to the world.
No to the man who has unresolved anger toward his mom or ex.
No to the man who is hard to locate.
No to the man who is shady in his business dealings.
No to the man who starves you with very little communication or time together to keep you wanting …
This is #4 in the series: 5 Daily Questions
Why are the 5 daily questions important? I wrote about that here.
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I have chosen two themes for 2012 and they are:
Peace
Personal Prosperity
(equally important to me, but in that order)
Everything I do – every creative endeavor, relationship, new purchase, and entrepreneurial decision must pass the …
