Dreams aren’t just meant to be dreamt; they’re meant to be lived! What are your dreams? What is one dream you have? Sometimes even articulating our dreams can be a challenge. But once we do, it’s very important to begin living them. If we don’t live our dreams, no one else will live them for us! Moreover, by us living our dreams, we actually give other people non-verbal permission to live theirs.

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Does fear hold you back? Do you not take risks because you are afraid of what might happen if you fail? Take a few minutes today and reflect on yesterday. How many times did you do something or not do something out of fear? You can even write these down if you’d like. Then, count how many times you acted out of love. Notice how when you act out of love, you normally receive love in return. Acting out of love rather than fear is a very freeing concept and one that will only propel us to do greater things with less anxiety and less worry. 

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How often do we look back and say “Geez, I wish I had viewed this differently…” It’s not that we necessarily are regretting what we’ve done, but moreso we are a little surprised that we hadn’t taken a look at the whole picture. It’s like we are in our own little box and are unable to view things from an outsider’s perspective. It’s difficult because generally we have so much invested into our lives and so going outside of ourselves to get a different point of view is literally like crawling outside of our box to get a different view. Hard as this may seem at the time, it’s important to become conscious of where our viewpoint is, (usually inside of the box), and work towards viewing our life outside of our box.

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Many dieters switch from diet to diet in attempts of finding the solution that will solve their weight issues. Often times these diets are only involving food and dieters may not include exercise. However, instead of first putting so much focus on the foods we eat, what if we first put the emphasis on exercising, on moving our body, on burning calories, and on strengthening our body? It’s a proven fact that most people feel better – both physically and mentally, and have a more positive view of themselves when they exercise. I believe that if we get the body moving, exercising, and feeling good, then we won’t crave as much the junk food, the sugar, and the fattening fast food. Through exercising, we will start to become more in touch with how our body feels and then when it comes time for a “diet”, we will be more apt to naturally fall into a healthy one.

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What are YOU doing to create your own happiness? So often we look to other people, and things, to bring us happiness, as if we think that magically happiness will find us. But why should we expect that we can sit back passively, waiting on someone or something to make us happy? Isn’t it more empowering to believe that happiness is in our own hands? We can literally create our own happiness because being happy comes from within ourselves – it comes from how we treat ourselves, view ourselves, talk to ourselves, and what we do for ourselves. So today, and everyday, let’s try to make an effort to do something to create our own happiness and in doing so, assert our power to make ourselves happy.

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How often do we feel the need to defend ourselves to others? How much time to we spend defending our actions and feelings to someone else? Defending yourself may be a conditioned response to a certain person, or you may only defend yourself because you are sensitive about certain things. Regardless of why you defend yourself, think about what good comes out of this behavior…then think about what would happen if you didn’t feel the need to defend yourself – if you simply allowed yourself to be more defenseless and experienced what that felt like. At first it will probably feel uncomfortable and almost definitely will not be easy, but it may bring about more peace and calm not only in your own body and mind, but also in your relationship with others.

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Over Thanksgiving I tried to get on an earlier flight at the airport – the agent at the gate was quite rude and complaining about his horrible day to passengers. He was very short with me and made me feel like I was a bother for trying to get on the earlier flight. Looking at this as a challenge, I decided that I would try to get him to lighten and soften up before I boarded the plane. I periodically went up to him to check in, and try to crack a joke or ask him a personal question. Eventually, he ended up smiling at me when he told me I was able to board the earlier flight. 

How surprised was I when I got to my gate over Christmas, and low and behold, it was the same man working the gate! He recognized me and we waved and smiled at each other. I walked up to him and we chatted for a few minutes, and then he told one of his employees to change my ticket to first class! When I boarded the plane, he even gave me a hug and told me to come visit him whenever I’m flying. I’m still a bit shocked at how grumpy this man at seemed when I original met him, and how he warmed up after I relentlessly continued trying to be his friend J

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Once you’re working out, it may be easy to keep going. Or, you might hate every minute of it and make rationalizations for cutting your workout short. If you ever try to convince yourself to stop working out or to work out for 20 minutes instead of 40, think about this: What else would you be doing with your time? Will you really miss the extra 20 minutes in your day? In a few hours, are you going to be more happy that you gained 20 extra minutes in your day, or that you worked out your body for 20 extra minutes? 

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Take a break in your day and slowly roll your neck down, around, up, and back around and down. Do this two times and then reverse directions. Don’t forget to breathe!

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