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Quotes on Happiness

Jun 15th, 2011 by

happy girlI love inspirational quotes.  They only take a moment to read, yet they can impart immeasurable wisdom on a variety of topics.

For this reason, I’ve decided to include quotes as a regular feature of “The Healing Project.”

The topics will vary, but I know that I will enjoy sharing some of my favorite inspirational quotes with my readers.

There’s an App for That…

After deciding that it was high time I acquired a “smart phone,” I recently became the proud owner of a Motorola Droid 2.  Since my previous outdated Razr phone did not allow for the inclusion of the multitude of “apps” available in today’s marketplace, one of the first things I did was download numerous applications.  Some were useful while others were merely supreme time-wasters, but it was fun to discover what’s out there and how I could add to my education and enjoyment (not to mention procrastination) through technology.

10 Favorite Quotes on Happiness

One wonderful app that I found is one called Happiness Quotes.   It does just what the name says, lists quotes on the topic of happiness from various authors.  Today’s post is a collection of ten of my favorite quotes from the Happiness Quotes application.  I hope you enjoy this short but thought-provoking post.

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Lessons from Oprah’s Final Show

Jun 6th, 2011 by

Oprah Winfrey's Final ShowIn my last post, I mentioned that in Year 2 of “The Healing Project,” I will share insights from a variety of spiritual and personal development teachers.  One amazing woman who has fulfilled the role of teacher for many of us for 25 years is Oprah Winfrey.

On May 25, 2011, the final Oprah Winfrey Show aired. Unlike all of her other shows, this show did not include any guests.  It was just Oprah on stage sharing the lessons she’s learned over the years and imparting some final insights to her audience.

I recently watched this episode and feverishly took notes as I watched, periodically pausing my DVR so that I could capture as many of Oprah’s parting words of wisdom as possible.  In this post, I will share what I believe were the most important lessons presented by Oprah in her final show. In the coming weeks and months, I will expand upon some of these topics and share how they relate to my personal healing journey.

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Healing Project – Year 2

May 25th, 2011 by

sunriseIt’s been almost four months since I made a new post to this blog.  It wasn’t my intention to end the blog when I stopped posting; life simply got in the way and I kept pushing out my next post week after week, until four months had gone by!

At times, I would tell myself that I had fulfilled my commitment for the blog in that I’d continued it for a full year, just as I had intended to do.  When I felt guilty for not posting, I would rationalize that not many people were reading the blog anyway and that no one would really miss it.

There is more healing to do…

The truth is, however, that I missed writing “The Healing Project.”  And more than that, I hadn’t accomplished what I had set out to do – heal my life.   It is true that I gained some powerful insights through blogging and that I made some positive strides in changing my attitude and my life circumstances during the year that I wrote “The Healing Project.”

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Theme for the Year

Jan 26th, 2011 by

Long pier at sunsetNow that we are well into the New Year, I have a few thought-provoking questions for you to consider:

  • What will this year be about for you?
  • How do you want this year to be different from last year?
  • What do you want to create in 2011?

Questions like the ones above can be addressed in a simple but meaningful fashion by creating a theme for the year.  This concept was brought to light for me about five years ago when I attended a special New Year’s Eve church service.  The service involved a ritual termed the “burning bowl and white stone ceremony” and consisted of two parts.   We were first instructed to write down all of the things which didn’t work for us in the previous year.  We then ripped up the pages we had written and tossed them into a fire, as a way of letting go of our burdens and clearing the way for new creation.

A Guiding Theme

The second portion of the ceremony began with a period of guided visualization, during which we meditated upon what we wanted for ourselves in the coming year.  The purpose of this exercise was to generate a single word or phrase which would be our guiding theme for the year to come.  We were given a small white stone on which to write our theme word so we could keep it in mind as the year progressed.

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