Friday, April 23, 2010
Thursday, February 4, 2010
Monday, January 25, 2010
self-care = vitality = resilience
More great tips from Sandy Davis!
Great self-care is the source of bountiful vitality. And vitality is the wellspring of personal resilience.
The sequence goes like this: Great self-care generates vitality, and vitality generates greater resilience. Vitality, therefore, is the causal link between self-care and increased resilience. You can’t get from the first to the last without going through the middle.
What this implies is that exceptional resilience is a by-product of having an abundance of vitality. If you want to increase your resilience, what you need to focus on is finding daily ways to increase and sustain your own vitality.
If you want to increase your vitality, you cannot sit still and simply think your way to having more energy and stamina. You have to take action. You have to start to actually take great care of yourself in a committed and ongoing manner.
When you intentionally start to take great care of your body, your mind, and your spirit, you will start to increase your vitality in delightful and rewarding ways. The predictable by-product of this positive shift is that you will also become more resilient. You will become more adept at meeting challenges, handling disruptions, and minimizing stress. And you will learn to handle whatever comes your way with more power, creativity, and grace.
To subscribe to Sandy's free monthly e-newsletter, send an e-mail to Subscribe@ResilienceWorks.com.
Great self-care is the source of bountiful vitality. And vitality is the wellspring of personal resilience.
The sequence goes like this: Great self-care generates vitality, and vitality generates greater resilience. Vitality, therefore, is the causal link between self-care and increased resilience. You can’t get from the first to the last without going through the middle.
What this implies is that exceptional resilience is a by-product of having an abundance of vitality. If you want to increase your resilience, what you need to focus on is finding daily ways to increase and sustain your own vitality.
If you want to increase your vitality, you cannot sit still and simply think your way to having more energy and stamina. You have to take action. You have to start to actually take great care of yourself in a committed and ongoing manner.
When you intentionally start to take great care of your body, your mind, and your spirit, you will start to increase your vitality in delightful and rewarding ways. The predictable by-product of this positive shift is that you will also become more resilient. You will become more adept at meeting challenges, handling disruptions, and minimizing stress. And you will learn to handle whatever comes your way with more power, creativity, and grace.
To subscribe to Sandy's free monthly e-newsletter, send an e-mail to Subscribe@ResilienceWorks.com.
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Quotes from King
Rev. King went from being listed as "public enemy number one" in the 1960's-as an outspoken voice for human rights and against the war in South East Asia-- to becoming a national hero with a holiday dedicated to him in the 1980's. In Dec. of 1999, a jury in Memphis, Tennessee found local, state, and federal "government agencies" guilty of planning the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.
"I am convinced that if we are to get on the right side of the world revolution, we as a nation must undergo a radical revolution of values. We must rapidly begin the shift from a 'thing-oriented' society to a 'person-oriented' society."
--Excerpted from Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s speech: Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence at Riverside Church 4 April 1967
"In a real sense all life is inter-related. All persons are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny... I can never be what I ought to be until you are what you ought to be, and you can never be what you ought to be until I am what I ought to be."
--Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.
"Hatred and bitterness can never cure the disease of fear, only love can do that.
Hatred paralyzes life; love releases it. Hatred confuses life; love harmonizes it.
Hatred darkens life; love illuminates it."
-- Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.
"I am convinced that if we are to get on the right side of the world revolution, we as a nation must undergo a radical revolution of values. We must rapidly begin the shift from a 'thing-oriented' society to a 'person-oriented' society."
--Excerpted from Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s speech: Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence at Riverside Church 4 April 1967
"In a real sense all life is inter-related. All persons are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny... I can never be what I ought to be until you are what you ought to be, and you can never be what you ought to be until I am what I ought to be."
--Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.
"Hatred and bitterness can never cure the disease of fear, only love can do that.
Hatred paralyzes life; love releases it. Hatred confuses life; love harmonizes it.
Hatred darkens life; love illuminates it."
-- Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Thursday, January 14, 2010
Tuesday, December 22, 2009
Sustaining CONFIDENCE while building a business!
This is a great blog post from Rhonda Hess about how to sustain confidence. I especially like it because it criticizes "The Secret," a movie I found facile, dishonest and frankly creepy in that it dispensed so completely with altruism. (Of course we all love it when someone dislikes the same things we dislike, right? I had the good fortune to see that movie with some close friends who all had the same reaction.)
Rhonda breaks it down here- how the universe does provide, but, as the saying goes, "helps those who help themselves!"
Happy reading!
Rhonda breaks it down here- how the universe does provide, but, as the saying goes, "helps those who help themselves!"
Happy reading!
Monday, December 7, 2009
Looking for a way to make the world better?
I met this guy Don, and I think he is doing really solid work, mostly
financed out of his own money. If you are looking for a worthy
Christmas donation spot - I recommend this.
You can contact Karen at karen@karenschachtermsw.com
The note from Karen:
A number of you have expressed a wish to donate, or to know more about
Village Empowerment, so I wanted to follow up and invite all of you to
check out his website, www.VillageEmpowerment.com
. If you’d like to know more
about what he’s doing, be sure to sign up for his newsletter list and
you’ll get occasional updates. (They are sure to inspireJ)
Don’s work has been very meaningful to
me, primarily because I have seen, first-hand, his passion, his
commitment and his contribution.
I feel pulled to do more and to help him toward his goal of supporting the 200 villages throughout Africa
who are requesting his help to become self-sustaining.
Our family also plans to take a trip to Malawi later this year, if possible, to
see Don, and his work, in action, and to participate ourselves in the
change he is creating.
If you would like to contribute to Village Empowerment, and
specifically to our family’s goal of raising enough money to help
create self-sufficiency in a village ($10,000), please contact me.
I would like to send the gift to Don by the end of next week if possible. I am very grateful for your
generous support.
Any amount helps – Noah donated $38 of his
allowance, which is enough to feed a family of 4 for a month! Hannah
donated $10 which will buy clothes for 2 children!
So if you can give $10 or $20 or whatever your budget allows, that can do a world of
good in these communities!
financed out of his own money. If you are looking for a worthy
Christmas donation spot - I recommend this.
You can contact Karen at karen@karenschachtermsw.com
The note from Karen:
A number of you have expressed a wish to donate, or to know more about
Village Empowerment, so I wanted to follow up and invite all of you to
check out his website, www.VillageEmpowerment.com
about what he’s doing, be sure to sign up for his newsletter list and
you’ll get occasional updates. (They are sure to inspireJ)
Don’s work has been very meaningful to
me, primarily because I have seen, first-hand, his passion, his
commitment and his contribution.
I feel pulled to do more and to help him toward his goal of supporting the 200 villages throughout Africa
who are requesting his help to become self-sustaining.
Our family also plans to take a trip to Malawi later this year, if possible, to
see Don, and his work, in action, and to participate ourselves in the
change he is creating.
If you would like to contribute to Village Empowerment, and
specifically to our family’s goal of raising enough money to help
create self-sufficiency in a village ($10,000), please contact me.
I would like to send the gift to Don by the end of next week if possible. I am very grateful for your
generous support.
Any amount helps – Noah donated $38 of his
allowance, which is enough to feed a family of 4 for a month! Hannah
donated $10 which will buy clothes for 2 children!
So if you can give $10 or $20 or whatever your budget allows, that can do a world of
good in these communities!
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