from If Life Is a Game…These Are the Rules
by Chérie Carter-Scott, Ph.D.
You are enrolled in a full-time informal school called "life." Each day
in this school you will have the opportunity to learn lessons. You may
like the lessons or hate them, but you have designed them as part of
your curriculum.
Why are you here? What is your purpose? Humans
have sought to discover the meaning of life for a very long time. What
we and our ancestors have overlooked, however, in the course of this
endless search, is that there is no one answer. The meaning of life is
different for every individual.
Each person has his or her own
purpose and distinct path, unique and separate from anyone else's. As
you travel your life path, you will be presented with numerous lessons
that you will need to learn in order to fulfill that purpose. The
lessons you are presented with are specific to you; learning these
lessons is the key to discovering and fulfilling the meaning and
relevance of your own life.
Once you have learned the basic
lessons taught to you by your own body, you are ready for a more
advanced teacher: the universe. You will be presented with lessons in
every circumstance that surfaces in your life. When you experience pain,
you learn a lesson. When you feel joy, you learn a different lesson.
For every action or event, there is an accompanying lesson that must be
learned.
As you travel through your lifetime, you may encounter challenging
lessons that others don't have to face, while others spend years
struggling with challenges that you don't need to deal with. You may
never know why you are blessed with a wonderful marriage, while your
friends suffer through bitter arguments and painful divorces, just as
you cannot be sure why you struggle financially while your peers enjoy
abundance. The only thing you can count on for certain is that you will
be presented with all the lessons that you specifically need to learn;
whether you choose to learn them or not is entirely up to you.
The challenge of Rule Two, therefore, is to align yourself with your own
unique path by learning your individual lessons. This is one of the
most difficult challenges you will face in your lifetime, as sometimes
your path will lead you into a life that is radically different from
others. Don't compare your path to those around you and focus on the
disparity between their lessons and yours. You need to remember that you
will only be faced with lessons that you are capable of learning and
are specific to your own growth.
If you are able to rise to this challenge, you can unravel the mystery
of your purpose and actually live it. You cease being a victim of fate
or circumstance and become empowered—life no longer just "happens to
you." When you are working toward fulfilling your true purpose, you
discover astonishing gifts within yourself that you may have never known
you have. This process may not be easy, but the rewards are well worth
the struggle.
Friday, June 5, 2015
Wednesday, June 3, 2015
We become what we think...
An Excerpt From
The Strangest Secret
by Earl Nightingale
George Bernard Shaw said, “People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. I don’t believe in circumstances. The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and if they can’t find them, they make them.”
Well, it’s pretty apparent, isn’t it? And every person who discovered this believed (for a while) that he was the first one to work it out. We become what we think about.
Conversely, the person who has no goal, who doesn’t know where he’s going, and whose thoughts must therefore be thoughts of confusion, anxiety and worry—his life becomes one of frustration, fear, anxiety and worry. And if he thinks about nothing… he becomes nothing.
How does it work? Why do we become what we think about? Well, I’ll tell you how it works, as far as we know. To do this, I want to tell you about a situation that parallels the human mind.
Suppose a farmer has some land, and it’s good, fertile land. The land gives the farmer a choice; he may plant in that land whatever he chooses. The land doesn’t care. It’s up to the farmer to make the decision.
We’re comparing the human mind with the land because the mind, like the land, doesn’t care what you plant in it. It will return what you plant, but it doesn’t care what you plant.
Now, let’s say that the farmer has two seeds in his hand—one is a seed of corn, the other is nightshade, a deadly poison. He digs two little holes in the earth and he plants both seeds—one corn, the other nightshade. He covers up the holes, waters and takes care of the land…and what will happen? Invariably, the land will return what was planted.
As it’s written in the Bible, “As ye sow, so shall ye reap.”
Remember the land doesn’t care. It will return poison in just as wonderful abundance as it will corn. So up come the two plants—one corn, one poison.
The human mind is far more fertile, far more incredible and mysterious than the land, but it works the same way. It doesn’t care what we plant…success…or failure. A concrete, worthwhile goal…or confusion, misunderstanding, fear, anxiety and so on. But what we plant must return to us.
You see, the human mind is the last great unexplored continent on earth. It contains riches beyond our wildest dreams. It will return anything we want to plant.
The Strangest Secret
by Earl Nightingale
George Bernard Shaw said, “People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. I don’t believe in circumstances. The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and if they can’t find them, they make them.”
Well, it’s pretty apparent, isn’t it? And every person who discovered this believed (for a while) that he was the first one to work it out. We become what we think about.
Conversely, the person who has no goal, who doesn’t know where he’s going, and whose thoughts must therefore be thoughts of confusion, anxiety and worry—his life becomes one of frustration, fear, anxiety and worry. And if he thinks about nothing… he becomes nothing.
How does it work? Why do we become what we think about? Well, I’ll tell you how it works, as far as we know. To do this, I want to tell you about a situation that parallels the human mind.
Suppose a farmer has some land, and it’s good, fertile land. The land gives the farmer a choice; he may plant in that land whatever he chooses. The land doesn’t care. It’s up to the farmer to make the decision.
We’re comparing the human mind with the land because the mind, like the land, doesn’t care what you plant in it. It will return what you plant, but it doesn’t care what you plant.
Now, let’s say that the farmer has two seeds in his hand—one is a seed of corn, the other is nightshade, a deadly poison. He digs two little holes in the earth and he plants both seeds—one corn, the other nightshade. He covers up the holes, waters and takes care of the land…and what will happen? Invariably, the land will return what was planted.
As it’s written in the Bible, “As ye sow, so shall ye reap.”
Remember the land doesn’t care. It will return poison in just as wonderful abundance as it will corn. So up come the two plants—one corn, one poison.
The human mind is far more fertile, far more incredible and mysterious than the land, but it works the same way. It doesn’t care what we plant…success…or failure. A concrete, worthwhile goal…or confusion, misunderstanding, fear, anxiety and so on. But what we plant must return to us.
You see, the human mind is the last great unexplored continent on earth. It contains riches beyond our wildest dreams. It will return anything we want to plant.
Monday, June 1, 2015
The heart of a leader
The Heart of a Leader
by Ken Blanchard
Start your people on a journey to the land of empowerment, but don’t forget that they need boundaries. If you cut them loose without any direction, they will get lost and revert back to their old unempowered habits. Like the banks of a river, boundaries have the ability to channel energy in the right direction. If you take away the boundaries, your people will lose their momentum and direction. Boundaries that create autonomy include:
Purpose—what does your company do?
Values—what are your company’s operational guidelines?
Goals—where is your company headed?
Roles—who does what?
Structure—how is your company organized?
Don’t send inexperienced people off alone and then punish them when they make mistakes. Establish clear boundaries that will free them to make decisions, take initiative, act like owners, and stay on track.
by Ken Blanchard
Start your people on a journey to the land of empowerment, but don’t forget that they need boundaries. If you cut them loose without any direction, they will get lost and revert back to their old unempowered habits. Like the banks of a river, boundaries have the ability to channel energy in the right direction. If you take away the boundaries, your people will lose their momentum and direction. Boundaries that create autonomy include:
Purpose—what does your company do?
Values—what are your company’s operational guidelines?
Goals—where is your company headed?
Roles—who does what?
Structure—how is your company organized?
Don’t send inexperienced people off alone and then punish them when they make mistakes. Establish clear boundaries that will free them to make decisions, take initiative, act like owners, and stay on track.
Friday, May 29, 2015
Change Maker
Can a little girl's lunch money help save the world? Watch this TRUE story about 11-year old Melissa and see for yourself what is possible when passionate changemakers commit to making a difference in other peoples' lives.
Wednesday, May 27, 2015
A simple truth
"A Simple Truth" – Author Unknown & Greatly Appreciated
A great master was sitting on the seashore, on the beach, and a man
who was seeking for truth came to him, touched his feet and asked, "If I
am not disturbing you, I would like to do anything you suggest which
can help me to find the truth."
The master simply closed his eyes and remained silent. The man shook his head. He said in his own mind, "This man seems to be crazy. I am asking him a question and he is closing his eyes." He shook the man and said, "What about my question?"
The master said, "I answered it. Just sit silently... don't do anything, and the grass grows by itself. You need not bother about it -- everything will happen. You just sit silently, enjoy silence."
The man said, "Can you give it a name -- because people will be asking me, "What are you doing?"
So he wrote on the sand with his finger: meditation.
The man said, "This is too short an answer. Be a little more elaborate."
The master wrote in big letters: MEDITATION.
The man said, "But these are simply big letters. You are writing the same thing."
The old master said, "If I say more than that, then it will be wrong. If you can understand, then just do what I have told you and you will know."
The master simply closed his eyes and remained silent. The man shook his head. He said in his own mind, "This man seems to be crazy. I am asking him a question and he is closing his eyes." He shook the man and said, "What about my question?"
The master said, "I answered it. Just sit silently... don't do anything, and the grass grows by itself. You need not bother about it -- everything will happen. You just sit silently, enjoy silence."
The man said, "Can you give it a name -- because people will be asking me, "What are you doing?"
So he wrote on the sand with his finger: meditation.
The man said, "This is too short an answer. Be a little more elaborate."
The master wrote in big letters: MEDITATION.
The man said, "But these are simply big letters. You are writing the same thing."
The old master said, "If I say more than that, then it will be wrong. If you can understand, then just do what I have told you and you will know."
Monday, May 25, 2015
Crowning of Mary Help of Christians
Our Blessed Mother Mary was crowned on her Feast day the 24th of May. The outgoing provincial Fr. Tom Dunne did the honors.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rutxegc7bEM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rutxegc7bEM
Monday, March 2, 2015
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