Wonderful , list by Declan O'Flaherty, ako T2T

Anyway, enough of the waffle, here are 100 beliefs I house in my mind…

1… I believe we are spiritual beings having a human experience.

2… I believe the universe is on my side.

3… I believe dark nights are followed by brighter days.

4… I believe the grass is as green on both sides.

5… I believe we are all one living organism.

6… I believe meditation matters.

7… I believe people are more interested in other people’s lives than their own.

8… I believe breathing properly is a practice we never consciously think about.

9… I believe spirituality is just as important as science.

10… I believe religion divides people.

11… I believe ignorance is grossly misunderstood.

12… I believe you can’t put a price tag on the most important things.

13… I believe television contributes to a poor self-image.

14… I believe life only changes when you change your perceptions.

15… I believe complaining about non trivial matters is an insidious thing.

16… I believe I am more powerful than I could ever imagine.

17… I believe working on myself is far more rewarding than working on my job.

18… I believe if I am not making mistakes then I’m not moving forward.

19… I believe Superman would beat Batman in a fight.

20… I believe happiness is a choice.

21… I believe in forgiveness.

22… I believe in taking full responsibility for everything in my life.

23… I believe there’s always a good seed in every bad situation.

24… I believe thoughts are truly powerful forces.

25… I believe we are only limited by our inability to try new things.

26… I believe your assumptions about me are distorted because of your own beliefs about life.

27… I believe life begins at whatever age you decide to change.

28… I believe we are all perfect no matter what most think.

29… I believe we all need guidance on our journey.

30… I believe positivity is contagious.

31… I believe “I can’t believe it’s not butter” is not as tasty as real butter.

32… I believe in praising and not criticizing.

33… I believe reality is created in the mind.

34… I believe there is no truth…only perceptions.

35… I believe being grateful for what we have is a must.

36… I believe it’s not my job to change people but to help inspire change.

37… I believe we have many strengths we take for granted.

38… I believe obstacles are a fundamental part of life.

39… I believe everybody is born beautiful, unique and full of love.

40… I believe connecting with like-minded people is very important.

41… I believe we pick up on other people’s thoughts that resonate with our own.

42… I believe in questioning before accepting.

43… I believe we all lie to ourselves from time to time.

44… I believe we are born into a conformist society.

45… I believe all great wisdom begins when we realize we don’t know as much as we think we do.

46… I believe my inner world creates my outer world.

47… I believe vulnerability is a strength and not a weakness.

48… I believe everything we need in life is right under our noses.

49… I believe most of what people think they know is only a surface level of understanding.

50… I believe contemplating how we are connected to everything else should be a daily practice.

51… I believe you learn more from a book the second time around.

52… I believe life is wonderful when we decide to see it that way.

53… I believe the universe is contained in my mind.

54… I believe death can be a new beginning.

55… I believe your health is your wealth.

56… I believe in the power of communication.

57… I believe we choose instant gratification over long-term pleasure.

58… I believe true beauty has nothing to do with our physical appearance.

59… I believe your mind can either limit you or excel you.

60… I believe silence is not appreciated in today’s noisy world.

61… I believe people will remember you for how you made them feel rather than the material things you provided.

62… I believe in giving more than is expected of you without looking for anything in return.

63… I believe Arnold Schwarzenegger never would have been a successful actor if he had not believed in himself completely.

64… I believe my opinion of you is really about me.

65… I believe I waste too much time on non-important stuff.

66… I believe materialism can give the illusion of happiness.

67… I believe time is far more valuable than money.

68… I believe luck is created and not inherited.

69… I believe the education system is completely flawed.

70… I believe rising earlier in the morning leads to a more productive day.

71… I believe in laughing at silly things.

72… I believe smooth talkers can be dangerous manipulators.

73… I believe fortune tellers and psychics are charlatans.

74… I believe education begins after school.

75… I believe in not taking things too personally.

76… I believe in love although I am sometimes afraid to express it.

77… I believe dreams can come true.

78… I believe in writing things down.

79… I believe honesty is always the best policy no matter what.

80… I believe in sharing knowledge and information with others.

81… I believe in myself.

82… I believe we can all live below are means.

83… I believe maturity is misunderstood.

84… I believe anyone who thinks it’s weak for a man to cry is insecure.

85… I believe life is too damn short for having regrets.

86… I believe I am not my name, country, race or religion.

87… I believe women are stronger than men.

88… I believe we can go through our whole lives asleep.

89… I believe in practicing mindfulness.

90… I believe in having an open mind to new ideas and concepts.

91… I believe it’s useless trying to please everybody.

92… I believe in simple pleasures.

93… I believe in the magic of thinking big.

94… I believe the biggest investment you can make is in “yourself.”

95… I believe dependence on others is a huge gamble we take.

96… I believe in the power of goal setting.

97… I believe in nurturing a positive mental attitude.

98… I believe there are no ghosts, monsters or bogeymen in my closet or anywhere else.

99… I believe beauty is encompassed in all of nature.

100.. I believe heaven on earth is created through awareness.

I hope you enjoyed this “i believe” list and i challenge you to write out your own beliefs. If you would like to read another “100 beliefs” then i suggest you pop over to Rosa Ravenwind’s fantastic blog for articles on “inspiring loving and joyful living” where she has compiled her own list of beliefs…you can check them out here

wonderful story with a great lesson. borrowed from simple truths

Charles Plumb was a U.S. Navy jet pilot in Vietnam. After 75 combat missions, his plane was destroyed by a surface-to-air missile. Plumb ejected and parachuted into enemy hands. He was captured and spent six years in a communist Vietnamese prison. He survived the ordeal and now lectures on lessons learned from that experience! One day, when Plumb and his wife were sitting in a restaurant, a man at another table came up and said, "You're Plumb! You flew jet fighters in Already own this book? Review it here!

Vietnam from the aircraft carrier Kitty Hawk. You were shot down! "How in the world did you know that?" asked Plumb. "I packed your parachute," the man replied. Plumb gasped in surprise and gratitude. The man pumped his hand and said, "I guess it worked!" Plumb assured him, "It sure did. If your chute hadn't worked, I wouldn't be here today." Plumb couldn't sleep that night, thinking about that man. Plumb says, "I kept wondering what he had looked like in a Navy uniform: a white hat; a bib in the back; and bell-bottom trousers. I wonder how many times I might have seen him and not even said, 'Good morning, how are you?' or anything because you see, I was a fighter pilot and he was just a sailor." Plumb thought of the many hours the sailor had spent at a long wooden table in the bowels of the ship, carefully weaving the shrouds and folding the silks of each chute, holding in his hands each time the fate of someone he didn't know. Now, Plumb asks his audience, "Who's packing your parachute?" Everyone has someone who provides what they need to make it through the day. He also points out that he needed many kinds of parachutes when his plan was shot down over enemy territory - he needed his physical parachute, his mental parachute, his emotional parachute, and his spiritual parachute. He called on all these supports before reaching safety. Sometimes in the daily challenges that life gives us, we miss what is really important. We may fail to say hello, please, or thank you, congratulate someone on something wonderful that has happened to them, give a compliment, or just do something nice for no reason. As you go through this week, this month, this year, don't forget to recognize the people who pack your parachutes.

Another great lesson I need to learn

Taught2Think: Positive thoughts for Positive results

We all see the world through our own interpretation of events based around our own beliefs and judgments. Your world revolves around you, it doesn’t revolve around anybody else. We tend to care too much about others opinions. This is a big mistake as it takes away from our own personal power. No matter what anybody says about you it does not hold any significance to who you really are unless you identify or agree with them. Stop identifying with others opinions and become aware of how you see yourself. Nobody knows you better than you know yourself. Stop caring how you think others see you and start caring about how you see yourself. Never settle for second best, never accept another person’s reality as your own, always believe that you can achieve anything you put your mind to, and most importantly, never, ever, ever let another person’s opinion of you affect the opinion you hold true about yourself ~ T2

trying to calm my mind

I have tried to find ways in which I would be able to overcome my jealousy, about Jim seeing Glennis and never telling me until after he has done this. He claims it is innocent as she needs some one to talk to and he is helping her with his sage advice. My anger comes from the fact that when he see's her it was 11:30 at night, in the afternoon, and a private phone call from his truck  this afternoon. My question is if it is so innocent why all the secretiveness, I have asked him to invite her down here where he can speak to her in our living room, I am more than willing to go into the bedroom to give her privacy. But no. What I want is not important in his eyes.
Now how do I deal with this I have heard and read several thoughts on the idea, most of them tell me to ignore his obsession and get over my jealousy, as it is causing  me to get upset over some thing that is not mine to deal with.
Well more home work for me , will get back on this if I find solution, My first thought is give him his walking papers

I will need to read this one a lot

Taught2Think: Positive thoughts for Positive results

Next time somebody makes you angry, sad or just pisses you off in some way. Stop, and ask yourself why you are feeling that way. How has this person got the power to make you feel that way? It’s simple, you have given them that power. You shouldn’t be angry at them, you shouldn’t get pissed off with how they are acting, you shouldn’t take their emotional baggage and make it your own, what you should be doing is taking a good hard look at yourself and asking why “you” are acting that way, why “you” are pissed off or angry. This doesn’t mean you idly stand by and let them get away with any wrong doing, it just means that if you get emotionally charged by their bad behavior then you will not see things as clearly as you would if you didn’t let your emotional reaction cloud your judgment. People are asses at the best of times, but it’s not your job to identify with their bad behavior. When you get angry with another person for what they say to you for example, this anger you feel will tell you more about yourself than the person you are angry with. Never let another person’s negative behavior become your own, let them be an ass, and be aware of your own reactions. Take responsibility for your own reactions and not another person’s actions ~ T2T

Good stuff frpm T2T

Taught2Think: Positive thoughts for Positive results

‎10 insightful quotes on wisdom…

(1) What you are aware of you are in control of; what you are not aware of is in control of you ~ Anthony De Mello.

(2) If you believe the doctors, nothing is wholesome; if you believe the theologians, nothing is innocent; if you believe the military, nothing is safe ~ Lord Salisbury.

(3) The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance – it is the illusion of knowledge ~ Daniel J. Boorstin

(4) Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that ~ Martin Luther King, Jr

(5) Everything is based on mind, is led by mind, is fashioned by mind. If you speak and act with a polluted mind, suffering will follow you, as the wheels of the oxcart follow the footsteps of the ox. Everything is based on mind, is led by mind, is fashioned by mind. If you speak and act with a pure mind, happiness will follow you, as a shadow clings to a form ~ Buddha.

(6) We learn wisdom from failure much more than from success. We often discover what will do, by finding out what will not do; and probably he who never made a mistake never made a discovery. ~ Samuel Smiles.

(7) Believe those who are seeking the truth; doubt those who find it ~ Andre Gide.

(8) It is a thousand times better to have common sense without education than to have education without common sense ~ Robert G. Ingersoll.

(9) A writer arrived at the monastery to write a book about the Master.
“People say you are a genius. Are you?” he asked.
“You might say so.” said the Master, none too modestly.
“And what makes one a genius?” “The ability to recognize.” “Recognize what?”
“The butterfly in a caterpillar: the eagle in an egg; the saint in a selfish human being.” ~ Anthony De Mell

great explanation why my chaotic mind needs constant housekeeping

Taught2Think: Positive thoughts for Positive results

The Law of Connection....

This law states that we live in two worlds simultaneously. We live in our inner world and our outer world. The problem for most of us is that we allow the outer world to control our lives and we are constantly reacting to what we perceive every day. If you understand this law then you will realize that our reality is largely determined by how we cultivate and control our inner world. Inner (cause) Outer (effect)

Because these two worlds are connected, it stands to reason that each one has an effect on the other. If you have never worked on yourself or if you have never taken the time to observe how you act and react to outside stimuli, then you will be largely affected by the outside world. It is widely known that our reality is created in the mind, so it is imperative that we stop reacting to what happens outside of ourselves and start to grasp the whole concept of influence created by both.

Two people can be looking at the exact same thing in the outer world and yet have a different reaction. This is all the proof you should need to help you understand that it is your inner world that creates how you see things and not the other way round. Take some time to contemplate this law and ask yourself which world has the greater influence on your reality ~ T2T