Say Yes To Love

A Poem from Mark Rhoads

Say Yes to Love

Once upon a time
A child was born
Joining several billion
Brothers and sisters
Born of love, precious
Loved by the ancestors
Destined for the dance of
Everyday life.
Growing up, growing old
And the question is
Did anything really happen?
Other than love, sweet love?
Kindness, peace and joy?
Love is the only thing
Remember, that one day
You will join the ancestors
Fear not, for
Everything is conserved
Nothing is destroyed
Live your life in love
Someday a rainbow will be
Painted across the sky
A sign perhaps?
Or a reminder, to us all, to
Say yes to love.

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Live Courageously by Choice

“The only place you can live in the land of not enough, is in your own mind.”

Debra Oakland

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Create Your Future In Wisdom

” When you make a mistake, don’t look back at it long. Take the reason of the thing into your mind and then look forward. Mistakes are lessons of wisdom. The past cannot be changed. The future is what is yet in your power” – Hugh White

Making mistakes is how we learn contrast, how we discern what we want, and don’t want in our life.  As they say, pick yourself up, dust yourself off and move on.  Everyone makes mistakes, has challenges, bumps in the road.  Everyone.  Looking back with regret, blocks our movement forward to bigger and better things.  Your future is up to you.  Create it in each moment.  Every breath you take, gives you a choice.  The first time you attempted to walk, how did that work out for you?  I bet you are an expert now.  Never give up too soon on something you truly believe in.  You are a creator in training.  The future is in your power to create. Walk forward courageous in your choices.

Debra Oakland @ Living in Courage Online

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2010 The Year of “Awakening”

“Self observation brings man to the realization of the necessity of self-change.  And in observing himself a man notices that self-observation itself brings about certain changes in his inner processes. He begins to understand that self-observation is an instrument of self-change, a means of awakening.” – George Gurdjieff.

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Choose Whole Brain Power

“Have patience with all things, but chiefly have patience with yourself. Do not lose courage in considering your own imperfections, but instantly set about remedying them – every day begin the task anew.”  – Saint Francis De Sales

We all could use more patience.  It seems we are hardest on ourselves.  Many people expect others to live up to their expectations, and more often than not, are disappointed.  Looking at our own imperfections and those of others, are judgments we would be wise to let go of.  Judgment, criticism, and all forms of Dis-Couragement only hurt us, they never help us expand as a kind and loving person.  Every moment of every day, you have a choice.  Each day you can begin again.  Live in Courage. Try new things, change your daily routine, get out of habits. This is a good practice to get into.  Brush your teeth, throw a baseball, write, or whatever comes to mind with your non-dominant hand.  This opens new neural networks in the brain, assisting left/right brain function.  A good book for this is Whole Brain Power.

I quote from the Whole Brain Power website

“Michael J. Lavery’s theories about how large and small motor-skill development of both right and left hands, is directly linked to development in the left and right hemispheres of the brain. Michael is revolutionizing our understanding of how best to train the brain. His theories are based on years of personal development of his own astonishing ambidextrous skills as a golfer, baseball player, tennis player, hockey player, painter, and guitarist, as well as his daily practice of memory drills, perfect penmanship and Da Vinci-style mirror-image handwriting with the left hand.

Over the past few years he has been transferring these skills to other people of all ages who have found rapid and phenomenal skill development as athletes in a variety of sports, including tennis, golf and baseball. But his theories go far beyond just turning good athletes into great athletes, for Whole Brain Power™ training methodologies combined with proper nutrition and an understanding of the damaging effects on the brain from television and video games, may have breakthrough implications for preventing obesity, diabetes, Alzheimer’s disease, ADD, and ADHD.

Furthermore, there is evidence of the correlation between the endogenous production of hormones with those who have followed all of Michael’s skill development regimens, including, ambidextrous hammer and ball drills, mirror-imaging penmanship and intense memory drills. The potential implications of Michael’s theories on the science of memory degeneration and hormone replacement are enormous. By reading WHOLE BRAIN POWER you will learn how the brain and body can be transformed through Michael’s simple ambidextrous skill training, penmanship and memory drills. Get ready to become part of the revolution in wholebrain development in the 21st century.

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Courage Quotes For Living In Courage

Today I am in the mood for some courage quotes to kick start the day.  Here are a few by people I consider courageous.  Courage is required to reattempt a task after initial failure, and to continue on until success is reached.  Reading quotes of courage, fills me with confidence and a sense of inner power. Quotes are like condensed life lessons – to be shared with the world.

Have the courage to love your humanity free as it seeks to balance the mind and heart.  In this balance you will find your freedom. Debra Oakland

Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen. Winston Churchill

You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You must do the thing which you think you cannot do.  Eleanor Roosevelt

Do the thing you fear to do and keep on doing it… that is the quickest and surest way ever yet discovered to conquer fear.  Dale Carnegie

One of the most courageous things you can do is identify yourself, know who you are, what you believe in, and where you want to go.  Sheila Murray Bethel

One man with courage makes a majority.  Andrew Jackson

Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage. Anais Nin

All our dreams can come true – if we have the courage to pursue them. Walt Disney

Pain nourishes courage. You can’t be brave if you’ve only had wonderful things happen to you.  Mary Tyler Moore

Thanks for visiting, and make it a great day – Debra Oakland @ Living in Courage Online

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Living in Courage – Free Of Doubt & Fear

“Release all doubt and fear. Give up believing and move into KNOWING…..big difference.  Your inner guidance system operates from a place of Knowing. Follow it and be well directed.”  Now, that’s what I call Living in Courage!

~~Debra Oakland

Debra Oakland @ Living in Courage Online

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Stillness in Chaos

“Stillness In The Winds Of Chaos Is A Mighty Sword.”

~~Debra Oakland~~

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The Courage Of Enthusiasm & It’s Rewards

Enthusiasm is very important for success in any endeavor.  Mediocrity is easy.  Achieving greatness takes different skills which require courage. These 2 quotes are  a favorite of mine from Og Mandino.

~~Og Mandino~~

“Every memorable act in the history of the world is a triumph of enthusiasm. Nothing great was ever achieved without it because it gives any challenge or any occupation, no matter how frightening or difficult, a new meaning. Without enthusiasm you are doomed to a life of mediocrity but with it you can accomplish miracles.”

“I am here for a purpose and that purpose is to grow into a mountain, not to shrink to a grain of sand. Henceforth will I apply all my efforts to become the highest mountain of all and I will strain my potential until it cries for mercy.”

Debra Oakland @ Living in Courage Online

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Have The Courage To Follow Your Heart & Intuition – Steve Job

“Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma — which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice.
And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.”

~~Steve Job

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