Are You Blushing?

Written by Gordon Bryan


Well are you??

I’m not atrepparttar moment, but I do! Sometimes.

And don’t you find thatrepparttar 123467 more you try *not* to blush,repparttar 123468 more you do!!

At this point I could jump into a deep explanation ofrepparttar 123469 biology involved with blushing, but hey, what do you think I am, a doctor?

The important bit, is that blushing is a physical reaction brought on by a thought. Our thoughts bring physical reactions allrepparttar 123470 time, it’s just that most ofrepparttar 123471 time we don’t notice it.

Blushing is a fine example, and here’s another one…

The relaxed feeling that washes over you when you hear Beethoven’s ‘Moonlight Sonata’, which is a physical release of chemicals byrepparttar 123472 brain, triggered by your thoughts.

Or how aboutrepparttar 123473 involuntary foot-tapping when you hear ‘Achy Breaky Heart’? (Or maybe that’s just me on that one).

You’re probably ahead of me on this one, but this principle can be harnessed and used to your advantage.

You can deliberately concentrate on positive thoughts, and equally deliberately you can catch yourself when you start those negative thoughts.

Next time someone cuts you up inrepparttar 123474 car, don’t toot your horn or show off your sign language skills, just smile and whistle a tune to yourself, (Achy Breaky Heart maybe?)

Embrace Change

Written by Mark Susnow


COACHING FOR YOUR SUCCESS Inspiring possibility and personal power Mark Susnow

Letters on Life #10 September 2003 EMBRACE CHANGE

We all have a unique way of communicating our story, a way that reflects our life experience. The photographer uses a camera,repparttar artist a brush, andrepparttar 123466 musician a melody or rhythm. But asrepparttar 123467 years go by our story changes. We look through a different filter, paint with a different color, sing a different song or feel a different rhythm. This past June family members came from all overrepparttar 123468 country to celebrate my son's graduation from high school. While sitting onrepparttar 123469 baseball field with picturesque mountains inrepparttar 123470 background, memories of parenting flooded my mind. I thought about how rapidly my children had changed and how I had to let go of some of my expectations in order to stay connected with them. As I eagerly awaitedrepparttar 123471 moment of my son's graduation,repparttar 123472 valedictorian read an inspiring poem and a few students performed original inspirational songs forrepparttar 123473 occasion. And thenrepparttar 123474 principal addressedrepparttar 123475 students and their families. She made reference to Spencer Johnson's classic parable about change, "Who Moved My Cheese." It is a paradox of life that while our children change rapidly, we as adults try to putrepparttar 123476 brakes onrepparttar 123477 speed of change. We like to think to some degree we are in control of our life by holding on to what we're used too. "No," Hem quickly responded. "I like it here. It's comfortable. It's what I know. Besides it's dangerous out there." Johnson, Spencer "Who Moved My Cheese?"

During periods of my life I've resisted change, enjoyingrepparttar 123478 moment, not wanting it to end. But eventually it does end and I begin a new phase that is not necessarily what I was hoping for. I've learned throughrepparttar 123479 years that letting go and trusting thatrepparttar 123480 change will be exciting, vibrant and full of new challenges, offers me a new way to look at life... a life in which everyday is new. Haw said, "Sometimes, Hem, things change and they are neverrepparttar 123481 same again. This looks like one of those times. That's life! Life moves on. And so should we." Johnson, Spencer. "Who Moved My Cheese?"

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