Welcome to the
SELF
DEVELOPMENT JOURNAL
Number
29
I
hope you will receive a fortnightly dose of motivation, inspiration, laughter
and thought-provoking quotes. If you find yourself bogged down in our
competitive, stressful work world, take a few minutes to read and then think
about the positive messages you will receive.
1. Inspirational
Quotes
2. Find of the week
3.
Gratitude Exercise
4. Wild
Trivia
5. Metaphor
6. Leadership Skills
7. Jokes
8. Motivational
9. REQUEST FOR INSPIRATIONAL
STORIES
You have one
shot at today. Use it to learn, love and laugh!
1. Quotes
"No Moving Parts, No Batteries"
No
moving parts, no batteries. No monthly payments and no fees;
Inflation
proof, nontaxable, In fact, it's quite relaxable;
It
can't be stolen, won't pollute, one size fits all, do not dilute.
It
uses little energy, but yields results enormously.
Relieves
your tension and your stress, Invigorates your happiness;
Combats
depression, makes you beam, and elevates your self esteem!
Your
circulation it corrects - without unpleasant side effects
It
is, I think, the perfect drug: May I prescribe, my friend, the hug!
-Unknown
All about frinds
"A true
friend is someone who thinks that you are a good egg even though he knows that
you are slightly cracked." - Bernard Meltzer.
Some people
come into our lives and quickly go. Some stay for awhile and leave footprints
on our hearts. And we are never, ever the same.-
Anonymous
One loyal
friend is worth ten thousand relatives." - Euripides (408 B.C.)
"My
friend is he who will tell me my faults in private." - Solomon Ibn Gabirol
"You can
make more friends in two months by becoming really interested in other people,
than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in
you." - Bernard Meltzer “
“A true
friend is someone who is there for you when he'd rather be anywhere else."
- Len Wein
“Only your
real friends will tell you when your face is dirty.” - Sicilian Proverb
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2.
Find of the week
Got writer’s block?
You’ve been asked to submit a “few well chosens”. You sit with pen poised, and nothing
comes. Still nothing comes. The deadline passes.
If this sounds familiar, stop missing those opportunities and contact
Jennifer of Pitch Perfect.
Specialising in: website content creation, promotional and advertising copy
development, and press releases. Reasonable rates. Quick turnaround. Jennifer@pitchperfect.com.au or 0411 117 242.
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Another fun find - Interesting 20 questions internet game
Contributed
by
4. Gratitude Exercise "A Limitless
Life" Joseph J. Mazzella
I am always
amazed at how much good a single, ordinary person can do in their life. I think
that few people actually realize how much goodness, love, joy, peace and
happiness they create and share in their lifetimes.
I know that
few of us ever realizes just how many lives we touch or how much better we make
the world just by being in it. I want to thank each of you for the many loving
hugs you have given to others, for the countless smiles you have flashed and
for the thousands of kind words and "I love yous"
you have shared.
Thank you for
the trees and flowers you have planted, for the rubbish you have picked up and
for the pets you have adopted.
I thank all
of you for the laughter you have spread, the gentleness you have shown and the
forgiveness you have given to others.
Thank you for
the help you have given, concern you have shown and caring you have bestowed.
I want to
thank you again and again for giving so much of your love, for spreading so
much joy and sharing so much of your goodness with your family, friends,
community and world.
You may just
be an ordinary person, but you have lived an extraordinary life. You may have
made your share of mistakes, but you have also made this world a better place.
You may have only seen your faults, but God loves you and has seen all the
goodness, love and joy that is within you.
Remember,
there is no limit to the goodness a single, ordinary life can do. There is no
limit to the love and joy you can choose and share. There is no limit to the beauty
you can bring to this world.
Let us live a
limitless life and rejoice always in a limitless love.
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Joe lives in
Joseph J. Mazzella pos_man@hotmail.com
Joe would
like to hear from you. He welcomes your response to his articles and
appreciates your e-mails.
4. Wild Trivia
Do
dolphins ever sleep?
Yes and
No. Dolphins must be conscious to breathe. If they went into a full deep sleep,
they would suffocate. In addition, they must be constantly alert to avoid
danger. Yet virtually every animal needs to sleep. The dolphins have solved
this problem in a unique way.
The
dolphin brain has two hemispheres, just like ours. However, a dolphin's
hemispheres each operate independently of the other. For eight hours, both
hemispheres are awake; for the next eight hours, only the left hemisphere
sleeps; and for the next eight hours, only the right hemisphere sleeps. This
way the entire brain gets eight full hours of sleep, although only half is
sleeping at any given time. During the time half the brain is sleeping, the
dolphin remains physically active but tends to move as little as necessary.
When the dolphin is sleeping, circumstances and individual preferences
determine how it continues to breathe. It may swim slowly and surface only now and
then to take a breath. If in shallow water, the dolphin may rest on the bottom
and occasionally rise to the surface. Or, it might simply rest at the surface
and keep its blowhole exposed.
When a
dolphin is underwater, it holds its breath. Just before reaching the surface,
it opens the blowhole and begins to exhale. Once at the surface, it quickly
takes in air and then closes the blowhole.
A
dolphin typically surfaces to breathe about every two minutes. When we breathe,
we exchange only about 17 percent of the air in our lungs. The efficient
dolphin exchanges about 80 percent of its lungs' air with each breath.
It is
believed that dolphins can live as long as 50 years. A group of dolphins is
called a "pod." Being social, they tend to congregate and spend their
entire lives with fellow podmates. A pod can contain anywhere from 10 to 30,000
dolphins.
ONE-LINERS
How
come wrong numbers are never busy?
Do
people in
Can
a stupid person be a smart-ass?
Does
killing time damage eternity?
Why
is it that night falls but day breaks?
Why
is the third hand on the watch called a second hand?
Daylight savings time. Why are they saving it and where do they keep
it?
Have
you ever seen a toad on a toadstool?
How
can there be self-help "groups"?
How
do you write zero in Roman numerals?
How
many weeks are there in a light year?
If
blind people wear dark glasses, why don't deaf people wear earmuffs?
Why
do they call it "chilli" if it's hot?
Why
is the time of day with the slowest traffic called rush hour?
From Jennifer
I bet u didn't know ...
Mosquito
repellents don't repel. They hide you. The spray blocks the mosquito's sensors
so they don't know you're there.
Dentists have
recommended that a toothbrush be kept at least 6 feet away from a toilet to
avoid airborne particles resulting from the flush.
The liquid
inside young coconuts can be used as substitute for blood plasma.
No piece of
paper can be folded in half more than 7 times.
Donkeys kill
more people annually than plane crashes.
You burn more
calories sleeping than you do watching television.
Oak trees do
not produce acorns until they are fifty years of age or older.
The first
product to have a bar code was Wrigley's gum.
The king of
hearts is the only king without a mustache.
A Boeing 747s
wingspan is longer than the Wright brother's first flight.
Venus is the
only planet that rotates clockwise.
Apples, not
caffeine, are more efficient at waking you up in the morning. (I think that is
just because of the disgusting noise people make when they eat one!)
The plastic
things on the end of shoelaces are called aglets.
Most dust
particles in your house are made from dead skin.
The first
owner of the Marlboro Company died of lung cancer.
Michael
Jordan makes more money from Nike annually than all of the
Nike factory
workers in
Marilyn
Monroe had six toes.
Walt Disney
was afraid of mice.
Pearls melt
in vinegar.
The three
most valuable brand names on earth: Marlboro, Coca-Cola, and Budweiser, in that
order.
It is
possible to lead a cow upstairs but not downstairs.
A duck's
quack doesn't echo and no one knows why.
The reason
firehouses have circular stairways is from the days when the engines were
pulled by horses. The horses were stabled on the ground floor and figured out
how to walk up straight staircases.
Turtles can
breathe through their butts. Butterflies taste with their feet.
On average,
100 people choke to death on ball-point pens every year.
On average
people fear spiders more than they do death.
Women blink
nearly twice as much as men.
A snail can
sleep for three years.
No word in
the English language rhymes with "MONTH."
The electric
chair was invented by a dentist.
All polar
bears are left handed.
In ancient
"Go,"
is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.
If Barbie
were life-size, her measurements would be 39-23-33. She would stand seven feet,
two inches tall. Barbie's full name is Barbara Millicent Roberts.
A crocodile
cannot stick its tongue out.
The cigarette
lighter was invented before the match.
LOVELY LEMONS
By
Lemon juice
is an antioxidant, perhaps because of vitamin C. German studies reported that
lemon peel exhibits remarkable antioxidant activity unrelated to vitamin C.
Antioxidants
are believed to have a profound beneficial impact on human cells, including
warding off cancerous cells and retarding aging.
Lemon
essential oil has been used to lower blood pressure and to help with liver
problems, arthritis and muscular aches and pains.
It has been
suggested that fresh lemon juice with water gets rid of morning sickness, so
keep that in mind if you know of someone who may become pregnant soon.
Personally, I
enjoy fresh lemon juice in water. Lemon water also works great for cleansing if
you are doing a fast.
Lemon Oil for
Age Spots: Lemon essential oil can be used to help fade sun or age spots on the
hands and face. Combine two or three drops of lemon essential oil to a teaspoon
of almond oil. Apply the mixture to the
spot(s) twice a day. Make sure to keep
that spot out of the sun or it will come right back.
Sources “Reference Guide For Essential
Oils", Connie and Alan Higley and "The Food
Pharmacy", Jean Carpenter
5. Metaphors
The
Ant and the Grasshopper - Aesop’s Fables
In
a field one summer's day a Grasshopper was hopping about, chirping and singing
to its heart's content. An Ant passed
by, bearing along with great toil an ear of corn he was taking to the nest.
"Why
not come and chat with me," said the Grasshopper, "instead of toiling
and moiling in that way?"
"I
am helping to lay up food for the winter," said the Ant, "and
recommend you to do the same."
"Why
bother about winter?" said the Grasshopper; we have got plenty of food at
present." But the Ant went on its
way and continued its toil. When the
winter came the Grasshopper had no food and found itself dying of hunger, while
it saw the ants distributing every day corn and grain from the stores they had collected
in the summer. Then the Grasshopper
knew:
It is best to prepare for
the days of necessity.
The Wolf in Sheep's Clothing - Aesop’s Fables A Wolf found great difficulty in getting at the sheep owing to the vigilance of the shepherd and his dogs. But one day it found the skin of a sheep that had been flayed and thrown aside, so it put it on over its own pelt and strolled down among the sheep. The Lamb that belonged to the sheep, whose skin the Wolf was wearing, began to follow the Wolf in the Sheep's clothing; so, leading the Lamb a little apart, he soon made a meal off her, and for some time he succeeded in deceiving the sheep, and enjoying hearty meals. Appearances are deceptive.
The Fox and the Grapes – Aesop’s Fables One hot summer's day a Fox was strolling through an orchard till he came to a bunch of Grapes just ripening on a vine which had been trained over a lofty branch. "Just the thing to quench my thirst," says he. Drawing back a few paces, he took a run and a jump, and just missed the bunch. Turning round again with a One, Two, Three, he jumped up, but with no greater success. Again and again he tried after the tempting morsel, but at last had to give it up, and walked away with his nose in the air, saying: "I am sure they are sour." It is easy to despise what you cannot get.
6. Leader Ship Skills
1
- Give people
more than they expect and do it cheerfully.
2 - Marry a man/woman you love to
talk to. As you get older, their conversational skills will be as important as
any other.
3 - Don't believe all you hear,
spend all you have or sleep all you want.
4 - When you say, "I love
you", mean it.
5 - When you say, "I'm
sorry", look the person in the eye.
6 - Be
engaged at least six months before you get married.
7- Believe in love at first sight.
8 - Never laugh at anyone's dreams.
People who don't have dreams don't have much.
9 - Love deeply and passionately.
You might get hurt but it's the only way to live life completely.
10 -
In disagreements,
fight fairly. Please No name calling.
11 -
Don't judge
people by their relatives.
12 -
Talk slowly but
think quickly.
13 -
When someone
asks you a question you don't want to answer, smile and ask, "Why do you
want to know?"
14 - Remember that great love and
great achievements involve great risk.
15 -
Say "bless
you" when you hear someone sneeze.
16 -
When you lose,
don't lose the lesson.
17 -
Remember the
three R's: Respect for self; Respect for others; Responsibility for all your
actions.
18 -
Don't let a little dispute injure a great friendship.
19 -
When you
realize you've made a mistake, take immediate steps to correct it.
20 -
Smile when
picking up the phone. The caller will hear it in your voice.
21 -
Spend some time
alone.
7. Jokes
Eye Catching Business
Signs
On a Septic Tank Truck sign: "We're #1 in the #2 business."
Sign over a Gynecologist’s
Office: "Dr. Jones, at your cervix."
At a Proctologist's door: "To expedite your visit please back
in."
On a Plumber's truck: "We repair what your husband fixed."
On a Plumber's truck: "Don't sleep with a drip. Call your
plumber."
Pizza Shop
Slogan: "7 days without pizza makes one weak."
At a Tire
Shop: "Invite us to your next blowout."
On a Plastic Surgeon's Office door: "Hello. Can we pick
your nose?"
At a Towing company: "We
don't charge an arm and a leg. We want tows."
On an Electrician's truck: "Let us remove your shorts."
In a
Non-smoking Area: "If we see smoke, we will assume you are on fire and
take appropriate action."
On a Maternity Room door: "Push. Push. Push."
At an
Optometrist's Office: "If you don't see what you're looking for, you've
come to the right place."
On a
Taxidermist's window: "We really know our stuff."
In a
Podiatrist's office: "Time wounds all heels."
At a Car
Dealership: "The best way to get back on your feet - miss a car
payment."
Outside a
Muffler Shop: "No appointment necessary. We hear you coming."
In a Veterinarian's waiting room: "Be back in 5 minutes. Sit!
Stay!"
At the
Electric Company:” We would be delighted if you send in your payment. However,
if you don't, you will be."
In a
Restaurant window: "Don't stand there and be hungry, Come on in and get
fed up."
In the front yard of a Funeral Home: "Drive carefully. We'll
wait."
At a Propane
Filling Station: "Tank heaven for little grills."
And don't
forget the sign at a Radiator Shop: "Best place in town to take a
leak."
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BLONDE MEN thanks Irene Coleville
I have met these people I'm sure
There were two
blonde fellas working for the city council, one would dig a hole, the other
would follow behind him and fill the hole in. They worked furiously all day
without rest, one guy digging a hole, the other guy filling it in again.
An onlooker was amazed at their hard work, but couldn't understand what they
were doing. So he asked the hole digger, "I appreciate
the effort you are putting into your work, but what's the story?
You dig a hole and your partner follows behind and fills it up again."
The hole digger
wiped his brow and sighed, “Well, normally we are a three-man team, but the
bloke who plants the trees is sick today......"
8. Motivational
The Power of Positive Feelings
You feel powerful and strong. You
feel an energy inside you that says "I am here to do something
great!" You feel yourself walk into any situation, confident and at peace.
You feel successful. Ah, how good it feels!
Have you ever noticed that we ask
each other, "How are you feeling today?" I have never met anyone who
asked me, "How are you thinking today John?" Why is this?
Perhaps it is because how we feel
is how we live. If I feel miserable, my life reflects that misery. If I feel confident,
then I act confident and I attract into my life that which I desire because I
feel I deserve it.
In every moment, you and I feel
something. And these feelings we have shape our destiny. Notice I write
"these feelings we have". Feelings do not have us; we have feelings.
Most personal development focuses
on thinking. Change your thinking and you change your life. I agree, but
thinking arises from feeling. If I am holding tension in my body, if I feel
tense, then my thinking is shaped by tension. And I react accordingly.
That tension is the result of
accumulated thoughts and feelings. And the more thoughts that accumulate, the
greater the tension (also known as stress) until ultimately I make myself ill;
both physically and mentally. Positive thinking is a great idea, but it has
limitations, does it not? Can you tell me what your next thought will be? Not
without thinking about it! And by the time you have come up with an answer your
mind has already moved on to something else.
Plus all thoughts are found in the
past. One cannot think in this moment. One can only experience this moment and
it is this moment and the succession of this moment that make your life. Right
now, plus right now, plus right now, equal your life and the results you
create. To make a change in how you experience and what you do with "right
now" you must act on the feeling level to make true changes. And by
changing how you feel right now, you change your destiny.
We all know of this power. It is a
power we are born with that becomes discarded when we are told to stop feeling
and start thinking. All limitations exist only in our thinking, yet that is
exactly what everyone is telling us to do! Get an education and learn your
limits!
If you have ever watched a young
child develop, you will notice how they do not except "no" for an
answer. Failure does not stop us until we learn that failure means something bad.
We then spend the result of our life trying to reprogram our mind with clichés
about how failure is the foundation of success, but do we really believe it?
As children we fall, we hurt, we
let the feeling go and we take off running again. As adults we fall, we hurt,
and we tell stories about it for the rest of our life to anyone who will
listen! If you want to achieve a breakthrough in any area of your life, stop
trying to reprogram your mind and notice how you feel. When you set a goal,
notice the feelings that arise for you. Fear? Anxiety? Doubt? They are nothing
more than feelings; electro-chemical impulses.
The good news? You can learn to let these feelings go and
when you do, your potential has new life and it expands beyond the limits of
thought. You feel a new energy when you realize all that prevents you from
having all that you desire are these feelings which you have chosen to hold on to
because you think, yes you think, they serve you in some way.
No analyzing is necessary, nor
programming or re- programming, nor words; just feelings. Powerful
feelings.
Written by John R.
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