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Time For Self Newsletter September 2017
Transcending Your Comfort Zone

Remember the Light Within by Mary and Ronald Hulnick

Think about it. The very fact of Awakening means that you are daring to venture outside of your comfort zone into the unknown. What you Awaken into is largely unknown to you experientially, although you may have read about it and talked with others who claim to have had the experience. For many people, this can be a frightening prospect. After all, the comfort zone is comfortable for the very reason that it is familiar.

We are creatures of habit. Based on our past experiences, the interpretations we’ve made, the conclusions we drew, the perspectives we hold, and the learning we’ve gleaned, we’ve erected certain beliefs that define our comfort zones and tend to navigate our lives accordingly. Can you see that this is clearly an ego-centered approach to life.

To main its comfort zone,the ego utilizes three major patterns – comfort, security, and control – all designed to maintain your life the way that it is. Let’s consider each of them.

The ego pattern of comfort involves your seeking to make choices that support familiarity.

The ego pattern of security is characterized by engaging in behavior that provides a sense of safety.

Control is often referred to as the “master addition.” and it is also based on the ego’s search for safety and security. Control is the ego’s effort to hold things in place – to maintain the status quo, where it believes it knows how to win at the game of life.

If comfort, security, and control are “kissing cousins,” a close relative to all of them is resistance. All three primary ego patterns often result in the experience of resistance. Resistance can be looked upon as a conditioned response of the ego designed to maintain the status quo, which is but another name for the comfort zone.

If there’s one thing that will tend to propel you out of your comfort zone, it’s daring to Awaken into High Consciousness, moving up on the Soul Line, and living within greater Awareness of the Spiritual Context. Such a journey takes you into uncharted territory – the frontiers of your own consciousness.

Now here’s the good news. The secret of navigating the fear of the unknown is that you must be willing to run the experiment of venturing into the unknown, doing what ever it is that you are afraid of doing – all while being fully afraid of doing it. It is through this experiential process that you demonstrate to yourself that there really was nothing to be afraid of in the first place.

By daring to consistently challenge your comfort zone, you’ll discover that you’re becoming a person whose fear has been gradually replace by Courage, Trust, and a positive sense of awe and wonder.

Transitioning Gracefully into Autumn

by Tris Thorp – Chopra Center

As summer draws to a close, the warmer weather, longer days, and time spent outdoors begins to fade. The start of school (or work), cooler temps and shorter days signify the end of summer and, for many disappointment and depression can creep in.

Saying goodbye to summer might not be easy. However, the last few weeks before fall can be fruitful. It can be a time to hit the reset button, to take stock of your life, set new goals, and get organized for the upcoming season.

To help transition more smoothly from the summer season, here are a few ways you can get into the fall groove, including a few activities to help give summer a proper send-off.
1. Journal about 10 best summer memories. Gratitude or happiness journals can help retain your mind to focus on the best summer memories of the summer
2. Make a memory collage or one photo and place on desk at work.
3. Organize and pack away summer gear and clothing. So it’s all ready for next year.
4. Find your new flow. New goals, projects around the house, joining clubs and take course.
5. Create new meal plan for new seasonal vegetables and fruit.
6. Daily exercise
7. Get social with friends and groups and feel more supported through life’s challenges.
8. Find hobbies or activities that keep us mentally stimulated and bring us joy are great way to pass the time indoors when temperatures fall and days get shorter.
9. Take some down time. The western world has trained us to be intently focused on the frenzy of doing, accomplishing and acquiring.
Words of Wisdom For Life’s Positives Journey

Great opportunities to help others seldom come, but small ones surround us daily. – Sally Kock

To travel is to take a journey into yourself. – Danny Kaye –

I cannot always control what is going on around me, but I can always control what I think about what is going on around me. – Lucy MacDonald –

Mistakes are a fact of life. It is the response to the error that counts. – Nikki Giovanni –

If you are going through hell, keep going. – Sir Winston Churchill –
September 3, 2017
Time For Self Newsletter August 2017

Finding Your Happiness

Easy Breezy Prosperity by Emmanuel Dagher

Typically, when people think of prosperity, they think of monetary prosperity. They think of how much they have in their bank accounts or how much their car or home is worth. But monetary prosperity is only one kind of prosperity, and even though it’s definitely the one people seem most concerned with, it’s rarely the most important.

Prosperity is about so much more than the contents of our bank accounts or investment portfolios. Prosperity is about what we achieve and how we look at reality. It’s about choosing to operate from a space of knowing that we are enough. We aren’t lacking.

If we can acknowledge and accept who we are and where we come from, and operate from there, we are better equipped to overcome any challenges we may face.

In our consumer-driven economy, we tend to measure our self-worth in terms of net worth. Of course, having money makes life easier, but it does not make life. It’s things like our friends, family, and health that makes life worth living.

Dictionary defines prosperity as “a successful, flourishing, or thriving condition, especially in financial respects; good fortune. Although this is accurate, it’s not complete. At its root, prosperity is about happiness. In my experiences with clients and in my own life, I’ve come to create another definition of prosperity as being “the successful pursuit of happiness; a thriving and flourishing state of being.”

Prosperity is overcoming your fear and doubt, making the choice to actively step into your ideal self.

Purpose and Prosperity

One of the most important steps toward prosperity is acknowledging and discovering our purpose. Our purpose in life is more than pursuing that 9 – to 5 job, paying off the mortgage, or counting how many friends we have. Our purpose in life, the meaning of life, is to be happy. That’s it. All we need to pursue in life is happiness. Through happiness, we will discover prosperity encompassing all the aspects it entails – family, friends, financial, health, and career. We know our purpose by knowing what brings us joy.

As we search for our true purpose, every choice before us should be simplified down to one question: “Does this align with my joy?”

If you’re living a purpose that doesn’t bring you joy, it’s not your true purpose.

What Brings Your Joy?

One of the statement that I hear most often from clients is that they don’t know what their life purpose is: they are unsure of what brings them true joy. It can be overwhelming to think about this without the help of a guide, which is exactly why I’m here to help you!

If playing with a chemistry set brought you happiness and excitement, perhaps you enjoy discovering new things and do research. It doesn’t have to be science-related; it may be the act of discovery that intrigues you.

Tap into your memories of joy and ponder them for a while. Explore them and discover what they reveal about your own personal truths.

Joys needs to be our number one priority. We need to rest in and trust the wisdom and knowing of our deepest desires.

Going To Your Heart To Shift Beliefs And Experience Happiness

Unlimited you: A Journey to an Awakening of Heart-Centered Consciousness

by Loretta Mohl and Katherine Bird

The human body holds all the wisdom to heal itself. True knowledge comes from within. By simply activating intention and focus your body does the rest. Your body is engineered so that if you tap into its healing force, that force being intention, it will lead you to health. Your body want to heal, and every cell carries extraordinary intelligence and fortitude. While we all sometimes need outside help and direction, healing is an inside job.

History has separated most of us from the truth of our own abilities. The influences of governments, medical systems and many religious systems have eroded our self-sufficiency. Our abilities, however, still exist. We are very much capable of affecting profound change within ourselves and assisting others to do so as well. Science can now show startling new possibilities regarding how we think, cells can remember, and both are linked to an extremely powerful, yet subtle energy force. Science is now taking the first steps toward verifying and understanding what ancient traditional healers have been teaching for centuries. We may have been too “brain focused:”in the past searches for understanding the mind, “… failing to see that the heart might be an information and energetic cornerstone of a three-component “min”, made up a heart that energetically integrates the brilliantly adaptive brain with its miraculously self-healing body.” Since the heart is the powerful main generator and transmitter of information / energy, it is the hub of our system’s recollection of its life – its cellular memory.

What do you want? What do you need?

Do you want happiness?

Happiness is one of the most common human goals, yet every individual carries a personal perception of what it means to be happy. It is formed of a general evaluation of our life as a whole and touches upon our deepest striving and concerns. Some see it as simply a lack of stress, while others bring certain specific conditions to its meaning. Aside from those subjective specifics, the conditions of happiness may be recognized as an energy state that is defined by you as any one of a variety of positive emotions, from euphoria to contentment. Despite what may be taught in some cultural and religious beliefs systems, human being are built to be happy. The state of happiness produces the optimal functioning of the human being spiritually, emotionally, mentally, and physically.

The one reason why happiness might be absent from your experience is that at one or more points in life you developed a belief and made a decision that prevents your access to your own inherent happiness. That decision can cloud your perceptions of your life; can slow your energies, and can attract further negative experiences. If you want to be happy, your goal must be to remove your self-created blocks that prevent your from accessing your happiness.

Words of Wisdom For Life’s Positives Journey

The meaning of life is to find your gift, the purpose of life is to give it way. – Joy J. Golliver –

If you surrender to the wind, you can ride it. – Toni Morrison –

How strange that Nature does not knock, and yet does not intrude! – Emily Dickinson –

The human race has one really effective weapon, and that is laughter. – Mark Twain –

The mind is like an umbrella – it only works when it is open. – Sir James Jeans –

If you are going through hell, keep going. – Sir Winston Churchill –

August 1, 2017
Time For Self Newsletter July 2017
Deep Thought Questions to Ask Yourself

You get to know yourself more fully by spending time with yourself and asking questions. This regime gives you insight into refocusing, evaluating what is important, and exploring the next steps in moving forward. Take a large glass of lemonade, get comfortable in a hammock, lounge chair, or around a campfire, and journal your answers regarding the following questions below. Maybe a couple of “ah ha” moments are waiting to be released from the depths of your beingness.
1. How old would you be if you didn’t know how old you are?
2. Which is worse? Failing or never trying?
3. If life is so short, why do we do so many things we don’t like and like so many things we don’t do?
4. When it’s all said and done, will you have said more than you’ve done?
5. What is the one thing you’d most like to change about the world?
6. If happiness was the national currency, what kind of work would make you rich?
7. Are you doing what you believe in, or are you settling for what you are doing?
8. If the average human lifespan was 40 years, how would you live your life differently?
9. To what degree have you actually controlled the course your life has taken?
10. Are you more worried about doing things right, or doing the right things?
11. You’re having lunch with three people you respect and admire. They all start criticizing a close friend of your, not knowing she is your friend. The criticism is distasteful and unjustified. What do you do?
12. If you could offer a newborn child only one piece of advice, what would it be?
13. Would you break the law to save a loved one?
14. What is something you know you do differently than most people?
15. Are you holding onto something you need to let go of?
16. Do you push the elevator button more than once? Do you really believe it makes the elevator faster?
17. Why are you you?
18. What are you most grateful for?
19. Would you rather lose all your old memories, or never be able to make new ones?
20. Is it possible to know the truth without challenging it first?
21. Has your greatest fear ever come true?
22. What is your happiest childhood memory? What makes it so special?
23. If you haven’t achieved it, what do you have to lose?
24. If you just won a million dollars, would you quit your job?
25. Would you rather have less work to do or more work you actually enjoy doing?
26. If you knew that everyone you know was going to die tomorrow, who would you visit today?
27. Would you be willing to reduce your life expectancy by 10 years to become extremely attractive or famous?
28. If we learning from our mistakes, why are we always so afraid to make a mistake?
29. What would you do differently if you knew nobody would judge you?
30. When was the last time your heard the sound of your own breathing?
31. What do you love? Have any of your recent actions openly expressed this love?
32. Decisions are being made right now. The question is: Are you making them for yourself, or are you letting others make them for you?
33. Do you remember that time 5 years ago when you were extremely upset? Does it really matter now?
34. What’s one thing you have not done that you really want to do? What’s holding you back?
35. How come the things that make you happy don’t make everyone happy?
Essential Oils for Summertime

Summer is upon us! For those of us living in northern climates, it’s high time to get outdoors, soak in the sun, and enjoy the warm weather while it lasts!

Of course, summer isn’t all sunshine and roses. Many people struggle with allergies, stress, and headaches in the summertime. And there’s the looming nuisance of insects!

Luckily, there are many essential oils that can go far in remedying these summer downers. The following are 12 essential oils to help you through the season.

Note: If you have a medical condition, or are pregnant, ask a health professional you trust before using these essential oils. Do not use these oils on young children without checking with a doctor first.

Insect repellant

Picnics and barbecues in the great outdoors are a summertime tradition, but the bugs can be a huge annoyance at an otherwise fun event. Try these essential oils to keep them away:
- Citronella
- Tea tree oil
Both of these oils are a deterrent to many types of insect. You can pour a few drops of either (or both) on washcloths or small sponges and place them around the perimeter of the party area. Natural citronella candles can also go far to keep mosquitoes and biting flies away.

You can also mix a few drops of each of these oils with witch hazel and water to make your own homemade bug spray — DEET and artificial additive free. Other essential oils, such as catnip, rosemary, eucalyptus, and clove, also work well in this spray.

Allergies

The flowers are in bloom, pollen is in the air, and many people’s allergies are acting up! Before you turn to over-the-counter allergy meds, which can lead to drowsiness or other side effects, give these essential oils a try:
- Roman chamomile
- Peppermint
- Eucalyptus
Roman chamomile essential oil can be diluted with a base oil, such as organic coconut oil, to help control skin allergies. Two or three drops of essential oil in about a teaspoon of coconut oil is all you need. You can also add a few drops to a warm bath to reap these positive effects.

Both peppermint and eucalyptus oil can help to open up airways. Put a few drops in a diffuser, or dilute in a base oil and rub onto your chest, neck, and temples, being careful to avoid the eye area.

Stress

The weather has warmed up, the kids are on break from school, there are tons of events to host and attend, and lots of people to see. This can be a world of fun, but also, at times, a world of stress.

There are many essential oils that can help ease the burden of stress. The following are four great aromatic options:
- Lavender
- Cedarwood
- Chamomile
- Marjoram
To make the most of these oils, try making your home an aromatherapy haven by adding a few drops to an essential oil diffuser. You can also add a few drops to a washcloth and place the washcloth over your shower drain for several minutes.

Alternately, you can mix a few drops with a base oil, such as organic coconut oil, and apply to pressure points, such as your temples and wrists. Lavender oil is gentle enough that you can use a drop or two undiluted, but for the others, be sure to dilute, so as not to irritate your skin — essential oils are potent!

For a great meditative experience, rub some diluted cedarwood oil onto the bottoms of your feet. The pungent, woody scent can help to expand your awareness and your sense of calm.

Headaches

Whether they’re from allergies, stress, hormones, or just an adjustment to the warmer temperatures, we all experience summer headaches from time to time. The following essential oils may help sooth the pain.
- Wintergreen
- Basil
- Rosemary
Dilute these oils in a base oil, and apply to your temples in a circular motion. It may also help to rub them between your palms, and breathe their aromas deeply. These oils can also be applied to the back of your neck, as your neck muscles tend to tense up when you have a headache. They can also be added to a diffuser or a soothing bath.

Wintergreen is a great oil for pain relief; rosemary is calming and anti-inflammatory, and basil is effective in relieving tension.

Let me know if you need any of these oils. I do have some on hand, and if not, I can put an order in for you. I gift all my clients wholesale prices, plus gst and portion of shipping.

Words of Wisdom For Life’s Positives Journey

We all live under the same sky, but we don’t all have the same horizon. – Konrad Adenauer –

I’ve found that luck is quite predictable. If you want more luck, take more chances. Be more active. show up more often. – Brian Tracy –

There is no psychiatrist in the world like a puppy licking your face. – Bernard Williams –

Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself. – George Bernard Shaw –

Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human face – Victor Hugo –

When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be. – Lao Tzu –

TIME FOR SELF NEWSLETTER contributed by:

Heather Young, owner of Time for Self
Registered Massage Therapist (RMT) / Yuen Method™/ Holistic Practitioner
Certified Personal Transformation Coach / Alternative and Energetic Medicines

403-358-2362 — Red Deer, Alberta, Canada

www.timeforself.net
July 2, 2017
Time For Self Newsletter June 2017

Spending Time With Yourself Is Important

A lot of people don’t like spending time alone. Some people are even afraid of it. We make friends with people that aren’t a great friend, date people that aren’t a good match and spend time and money running away from being on our own.

Honestly, loneliness isn’t something to aim for, but being alone doesn’t mean being lonely. The relationship with yourself gives you comfort, that matters most.

Spending time alone introduces you to a simple life. No rat race, just a simple experience, not complicated

Allows you to keep your mind clear. We receive lots of information but need time to organize it in our mind.

Helps maintain a more accurate perception. When we are constantly interacting with others and processing new information, it makes it hard to get a really good grasp on reality.

You will learn things about yourself that you couldn’t otherwise. We often look at our thoughts from the outside looking in. Spending more time alone to develop the ability to differentiate yourself from all thoughts flying about in your head.

Relieves Anxiety. We can’t differentiate between ourselves and our thoughts, anxiety builds quickly. It helps to set your mind straight and rid self of negative thoughts.

Forces you to become less dependent on others. Most depend on others for our happiness.

Your life becomes more efficient. We hang out or chill but still do something.

You slow down. Life isn’t a race. Being alive should be enough to make you happy. If it doesn’t, you need to slow down and remove yourself from distractions.

You remove yourself from unnecessary information. A majority of information is useless to us. Unplugging from this constant stream of information is incredibly relieving.

You’ll come to accept that you’re enough to make yourself happy. The only way to achieve sustainable happiness is to be happy with the bare minimum. Why? Maintaining anything requires constants and the only thing you can never lose and never have to worry about losing is you.

You’ll save money. Being alone is a lot cheaper than spending time with other.

Get introduced to your weaknesses. People seem to be afraid of being alone and getting to know themselves because they are afraid of what they’ll find. We all have weaknesses. You can choose to ignore them or you can understand them and learn how to position yourself in a way where you either work on them or avoid having to expose them.

Makes you accept that you’re alone in this life – and make you okay with it. We are born alone and die alone. Spend more time with yourself and only yourself, and soon you will realize that as truth.

Make The Most Most of Life

What About Now? by Gina Lake

We are all so powerful. We have the power to make the most out of life, out of the moment, or to make life unpleasant. The moment is what it is, and what we bring to the moment makes it either enjoyable or stressful and unpleasant. We are meant to discover that we are powerful creators, if not of our entire reality, at least of our experience of reality. We aren’t responsible for what each moment holds, but we are responsible for our experience of each moment because we have the power to make any moment heaven or hell. We don’t create our entire reality since other forces are at work, but how we interact with and think about reality (what’s showing up in the moment) affects it to some extent and, surely, affects our experience of it.

Relax and Enjoy the Ride

The beauty is that we are all evolving toward being more loving and aligned with the spiritual being that we are, whether we realize that or not. So we can just relax and enjoy the ride that Life is taking us on. All that Life asks is that we choose love over fear and hatred. Fortunately, we all learn that being loving is the only sane choice since the opposite only leads to suffering. We can’t really make a mistake, so nothing needs fixing because we are all being swept along toward seeing the truth about ourselves and life – that we are all One and life is good!!!!

Words of Wisdom For Life’s Positives Journey

Change is not merely necessary to life – it is life. – Alvin Toffler –

Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow. – Melody Beattie –

The greatest gift is not being afraid to question. – Ruby Dee –

Peace is when time doesn’t matter as it passes by. – Maria Schell –

Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself. – George Bernard Shaw –

The only way to have a friend is to be one. – Ralph Waldo Emerson –

Sometimes the most important thing in a whole day is the rest we take between two deep breaths. – Etty Hillesum –

If you aren’t happy in one place, changes are you won’t be happy any place. – Ernie Banks –

TIME FOR SELF NEWSLETTER contributed by:

Heather Young, owner of Time for Self
Registered Massage Therapist (RMT) / Yuen Method™/ Holistic Practitioner
Certified Personal Transformation Coach / Alternative and Energetic Medicines

403-358-2362 — Red Deer, Alberta, Canada

www.timeforself.net

June 6, 2017
Time For Self Newsletter May 2017
Freedom In Your Life by Slowing Down Time

We track conventional time on our watches. It helps us have a common language and convention around how and when to assemble. The definition of time controls airports, schools, workplaces. It works and is a wonderful tool we have where we stand in the world.

However, it doesn’t speak of the quality of time. It goes faster or slower depending on our state of consciousness where we are parked. When we are involved in daily, frantic, zooming around, there is never enough time. When on a holiday for time slow down and stretches out and find ourselves feeling restless, looking down at our watches and amazed it’s still early in the day. How does this seeming stopping of time happen?

We time travel all the time.

Our consciousness has access to things all over the timeline and often takes us out of the present moment of slowed down time. It pulls us into some “other time” where we can spend much of our energy. It can pull us away from “now” and keep us fixated on a traumatic event “then” or an anticipated event “soon”.

The present moment of slowed down time is where we have full access certain parts of our consciousness that have the ability to slow down and stop time. This is the slow state of athletes and Zen mind of meditators. It effectively puts us back into the driver’s seat and gives us the personal power to choose where we allocate our time. It makes us much more efficient, so we can do more (and do it better) while staying calm in a space of slowed down time.

Taking Control of How We Engage with Time

We can slow the quality of time with our breath, with our mind, and by controlling our biorhythms.

Taking time for ourselves is the most important thing we could do for our personal development and mental health. Our ability to choose wisely and spend our valuable time on our goals is the real sign of mastery.

Change is the only constancy in the Universe.

The key is to live in the now and embrace change. When things don’t feel good, move back into the now. Why? That is where our power lives. That is where we can tap into the vast energy currents that can flow through us, and that is where peace and wisdom reside. The present moment, we have the clarity and insight to make better decisions. We control and slow down time to change our perception of it.

Master moves with time and adjusts constantly as a good surfer makes micro adjustments in order to stay on a wave that is moving and crashing all around him.

Being rigid makes us fall. being afraid of change paralyzes us.

To remain still means to move with time, to move with the Universe. Stillness is actually the state of moving with the Universe in unison.

This exercise is powerful but looks simple. Tapping into Universe slows down time can be achieved by first tapping into your breath. This exercise calms the mind, decreases reactivity, and power the frontal lobes of the brain, which will help you think before you commit to items on your calendar.
1. Sit in a comfortable position with your spine straight.
2. Touch the tip of your tongue to the roof of your mouth.
3. Gently start breathing in and out through your nose with your mouth closed
4. Breathe to a spot about 3 inches below your navel. (three fingers below the navel, deep in the center of your body.)
5. Inflate (on inhale) and deflate (on exhale) this area of each passing breath.
6. On your next inhale, slowly breathe down to your lower abdomen for a count of 4, counting slowly and evenly.
7. Hold your breath when full for a count of 2.
8. Slowly exhale for a count of 4, be fully empty by the end of it, and time it so you can do so.
9. Hold your breath for a count of 2.
10. Back to the inhale for 4
11. Keeping following this basic pattern for as long as is comfortable (or desired).
12. Make sure you’re in and out breaths keep the same rhythm. Pay attention to top and bottom of the breath.
Doing this practice for at least 10 min a day in order to master the art of slowing down time.

Sweet Potato-Beet Hash

Total Time: 45 minutes Serves: 2-4

Ingredients

2 cups peeled and cubed sweet potato

1 cup peeled and cubed beet

1 tbsp melted coconut oil

Sea salt and pepper

4 slices diced turkey bacon

1 cup diced white onion

Avocado (optional)

Sauerkraut (optional)
1. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
2. Place diced sweet potatoes and beets in a bowl. Drizzle melted coconut oil over top and stir to coat. Spread on the cookie sheet lined with parchment paper. Sprinkle salt and pepper. Bake for 25 min.
3. In a skillet over medium heat, cook the turkey and onions. Pour sweet potato/beet mixture into skillet, toss and cook for another 5 min. Sprinkle cubed avocado and sauerkraut on top. Serve immediately. Your body will thank you. So Yummy!!!!
Saying YES To Life by Ezbra Bayda

We have problems, but we don’t want problems – and that’s the problem!

Everything that happens offers an opportunity to awaken.

Saying yes to life means saying yes to everything, even longing, fear, and pain.

The future exists nowhere except in our thoughts.

TIME FOR SELF NEWSLETTER contributed by:

Heather Young, owner of Time for Self
Registered Massage Therapist (RMT) / Yuen Method™/ Holistic Practitioner
Certified Personal Transformation Coach / Alternative and Energetic Medicines

403-358-2362 — Red Deer, Alberta, Canada

www.timeforself.net
May 4, 2017
Time For Self Newsletter April 2017

Your Judgments Are About You

Choosing Love: Moving from ego to essence in relationships by Gina Lake

Your judgments are not about others; they are about you and your conditioning. For example, if you are judgmental toward someone who is really extremely quiet (or toward yourself about this), that’s because you have conditioning that says it’s not okay to be extremely quiet. The problem is that this judgment simply isn’t true. It’s okay to be extremely quiet, especially when that’s the case. It’s okay simply because that’s the way it is. Why argue with reality? Some people are quiet, and that’s the truth. End of story. Of course, the ego is always arguing with reality, and that’s why we suffer.

If seeing someone who is quiet triggers a judgment and causes you to react, then you have an opportunity to explore any negative beliefs that you have around being quiet. What meaning do you give to being quiet? What does it mean if you or someone else is quiet? Does it mean to you that he or she (or you) is a mad person? Sad? Depressed? Troubled? Unhappy? Uncover all the meanings you give to be extremely. Whether the ideas you have about being quiet apply to you or someone else, they cause you to contract when you believe them, and if you express them, they cause others to suffer too. Unless you want to suffer and be a source of suffering in this world, it’s wise to examine any conditioning that causes you to contract. Once you discover how untrue and how unhelpful such beliefs are, they begin to lose their power to cause you add others suffering.

Just because others have the same conditioning – the same false beliefs – doesn’t make that conditioning true. No one’s conditioning is true, not ultimately, and no one has “the right” conditioning or beliefs. We all have our own conditioning, and no one has exactly the same conditioning, which helps explain why getting along with others is so challenging. To make things worse, we think our conditioning is true and correct, or at least better than someone else’s, if we didn’t, we wouldn’t be judging others and try to change them. We believe our conditioning is right and superior because we are programmed to believe it is right and superior.

Like a fish in water, we don’t see or examine certain programmed assumptions we have as a human being. One of the deepest and most unconscious assumptions we have is that what we think is true. We live by the unquestioned assumption that if we think it, it must be true. We don’t question our beliefs because they are what we think. Since everyone has different ideas (conditioning), this conviction our beliefs are unquestionably true causes a lot of problems in relationships. a great deal of energy is expended trying to convince others of what we believe or trying to defend our ideas when it could be much better spent.

Ideas are just ideas. They’re not that important, but we are programmed to think they are because ideas create our identity – they create the you that you think you are. Without your ideas, beliefs, opinions, dreams, and memories, who would you be?

Your judgments relate to beliefs you personally hold as true. They are true to you, but not ultimately true. The beliefs you hold as true are often very different from the ones others hold as true, and no one is ultimately true, and no one is ultimately true, although every ego believes its beliefs are. The best thing that can be said about any belief is that it may have more truth than another, but that also often depends on one’s perspective – one’s conditioning.

Although some conditioned ideas and beliefs appear to be truer and more helpful than others, it’s not our business to try to change other’s people’s conditioning unless they invite us to. Even when someone is our spouse, lover, parent, sibling, or close friend, changing their conditioning is still not our business.

Only The Good Feel Guilty

The Rules of Life by Richard Templar

Bad people feel guilty, they are too busy being bad. Good people feel guilty because they are good and they feel they have done wrong, let somebody down, made a mistake or screwed up somewhere. Good people have a conscience. Bad people don’t. If you, do not feel guilty, that’s a good sign. It shows you are on the right track. But you have to know how to deal with it because guilt is a terribly selfish emotion. It is wasteful and pointless.

We have two choices: put it right or dump the guilt. Yes, we all make mistakes. We all screw up from time to time. We don’t always do the right thing. And if we’ve got a conscience, we will feel guilty sometimes. But guilt is utterly pointless unless it is acted on for the better. You would be better off feeling something else, iff you aren’t going to act on your guilt. If you hang around feeling guilty but don’t don’t do anything about it, then it’s a waste of time and life.

The first thing to do is to assess whether you really need to feel guilty. It could just be an overdeveloped conscience or sense of duty. If you are the kind of persona always to volunteer, but just this once you say ‘no’, then there is no need to feel guilty. You’ll know deep down if you’ve earned this one off. If you have a choice between doing something or not, then it’s simple: do it or don’t do it but without guilt. Make the choice with that in mind. Not doing it and feeling guilty is not an option.

If you have cause to feel guilty, then if you can, put it right. That’s the simplest course of action. And what if you can’t make things right? Then learn the lesson, make a resolution, dump the guilt and move on. If it keeps on gnawing away at you, you have to find a way to put it behind you.

Inspiration for Daily Joy

You are built not to shrink down to less, but to blossom into more. To be more splendid. To be more extraordinary. To use every moment to fill yourself up.

When we were children, we used to think that when we were brown-up we would no longer be vulnerable. But to grow up is to accept vulnerability … to be alive is to be vulnerable. – Madeline Engle –

All changes, even the most longed for, have their melancholy; for what we leave behind us is a part of ourselves; we must die to one life before we can enter another. – Anatole France –

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Heather Young, owner of Time for Self
Registered Massage Therapist (RMT) / Yuen Method™/ Holistic Practitioner
Certified Personal Transformation Coach / Alternative and Energetic Medicines

403-358-2362 — Red Deer, Alberta, Canada

www.timeforself.net

April 3, 2017
Time For Self Newsletter March 2017

Being Identified With Feelings

Return To Essence: How to be in the flow and fulfill your life’s purpose by Gina Lake

Another challenge to being in the flow and staying there is feelings. Like ideas and beliefs, feelings are generated by the ego and can’t exist or be sustained without thought. Ideas and beliefs, including unconscious ones, fuel feelings, and feelings fuel actions.

Feelings can be very compelling. Often more ideas and feelings arise to fuel the initial ones. Before long, an idea has solidified into a story, which is a point of view that leaves out a lot: “She was a terrible mother to me. No one loves me. I’ll never be happy. He’s always mean to me.” Our mind creates stories, and those stories stir up feelings that result in certain responses or actions.

We can become very busy as a result of our thoughts. This process perpetuates the egoic state of consciousness. The story is always in service to the ego in some way. It upholds the self-image, a belief, a way of life, or something else we are identified with. The story maintains the idea of an I in the midst of plenty of proof to the contrary.

Without the story, there would be I be. The stories we tell about ourselves are made up. They could be anything, but your story goes a certain way because you are programmed to see yourself in a certain way. Your self-image, which is just an idea, is part of your programming, and your stories are designed to explain the image to others and to yourself.

We feel some comfort in being able to describe ourselves in a certain way. Even if the story isn’t a happy one, at least it’s a story. At least you exist. The ego is afraid of the nothingness that is our true nature. When that is experienced, the ego runs back to its thoughts and stories. Not matter how terrible they may they seem better than nothing.

When we are experiencing a feeling – anger, sadness, depression, hatred, jealousy, hurt, resentment, hopelessness, guilt, shame – it is a sign we’ve bought into an idea. We have become identified with a certain way of looking at something. That story is what causes our pain, not anything about the actual situation or experience. The story creates painful emotions, and then we move farther way from experiencing the whole truth about the situation or experience by trying to justify those emotions and the actions that follow from them with more stories. Around and around we go, stuck in our particular perception.

Being in the flow is much simpler. When we are in the flow, we experience whatever we are experiencing without telling a story about it. Thoughts may arise, but we recognize them as thoughts, as an attempt on the part of the ego to define the moment, because that is what the ego tries to do. Meanwhile, we just stay in the experience of the moment, which is forever morphing into something else. We are in the flow, we know ourselves as what is are our thoughts, not someone who is thinking them.

Watch the mind as it tries, in every moment, to co-opt experience by translating it into a story. It tries to draw us away from experience into a mental world that simulates the experience. It tries to draw us into an imagined story about the experience. If it succeeds, that story becomes our reality. If we agree to go to that mental world, feelings will also arise and add reality to that world, but it is still a mental world. Once we act on those thoughts and feelings, we create new experiences.

In this way, the ego does manage to shape our lives, and that will go on as long as we allow it to. Most people’s lives are shaped nearly entirely by the ego. Essence allows this because it enjoys the growth that results, but living this way is full of suffering. Essence offers other possibilities for our life that we may miss if we aren’t in the flow.

Commit to Now

What About Now? Being in the Moment by Gina Lake

The ego doesn’t want to commit to anything – a place, a relationship, a career – because it believes that something better may be possible, and it is willing to forgo what is present for the possibility of something better that isn’t present. Essence, on the other hand, is committed to whatever is. It doesn’t commit into the future because all that exists is the present, so it commits itself to that. That is the essential difference between the go and Essence: The ego dreams of something better in the midst of whatever is, while Essence simply enjoys and commits attention and love to whatever is. In fact, committing attention to anything that is present results in enjoyment. The ego enjoys so little because it commits attention to what isn’t present and to what it doesn’t have, and suffers over that, instead of committing attention to whatever is. It loves its fantasies, dreams, and desires more than it loves reality.

Notice How Untrue Your Thoughts Are

What About Now? … being in the Moment by Gina Lake

Once you are aware of your thoughts, you can evaluate them. You can ask, “Is that true?” What is able to be aware of and evaluate our thoughts is Essence. One way Essence liberates us from the tyranny of the egoic mind is through our capacity to notice and evaluate our thoughts. This capacity belongs to Essence. Ignoring our thoughts becomes much easier once we learn to notice them and when we see how untrue, irrelevant, and negative they are. If your thoughts are untrue, irrelevant, and negative, why would you give them your attention? Recognizing false and unhelpful thoughts are naturally frees d us from them.

Inspiration For The Day

TIME FOR SELF NEWSLETTER contributed by:

Heather Young, owner of Time for Self
Registered Massage Therapist (RMT) / Yuen Method™/ Holistic Practitioner
Certified Personal Transformation Coach / Alternative and Energetic Medicines

403-358-2362 — Red Deer, Alberta, Canada

www.timeforself.net

March 1, 2017
Time For Self Newsletter February 2017

Worthy: Boost Your Self-Worth to Grow Your Net Worth

by Nancy Levin

Self-worth is a dynamic of emotional and mental health that is sadly neglected.

After all, unless you value yourself, you won’t have the motivation to exercise, get enough sleep, eat healthfully, and care for yourself. Many of us have suffered from traumatic experiences that have shattered our sense of safety, self-worth, and inner peace. Unless we learn to value ourselves, we won’t ask for what we need, and we won’t accept help when it’s offered. Those who’ve been traumatized often view other people as more deserving.

People give away their time, money, love, and help those who only take and never return anything. Being generous is an admirable trait, but only if it is balanced with being generous toward your own self. And when you value yourself, you become more discerning about whom you give your time and love to.

Giving and receiving are equally important and necessary. We must inhale and exhale in order to live. The same is true with our finances as well.

Many people on the spiritual path have difficulty facing their finances because money is viewed as materialistic, shallow, and low-vibrating. Well, money can be those things when used in the service of the ego.

Money is a metaphor for abundance and feeling like you have enough in life. I’ve met plenty of wealthy people who are still financially insecure. It’s not how much you have, but feeling like you have enough, that matters the most.

When we claim our worthiness and start valuing our time, finances, and happiness, then we are open to receiving abundance in all forms. We realize that it’s safe to have free time, fun, love, and all the other pleasures of life. We no longer apologize for our success, and we let our lights shine brightly to inspire others.

Money. We love it. We hate it. We want more of it. We wish we didn’t need it. For many of us, it’s a constant source of anxiety …. and arguments with our loved ones. If we don’t have much money, we’re struggling to get more. If we do have money, we’re struggling to figure out how to keep it. And then, how to manage it.

Until we truly feel worthy – deep inside – of the great life we desire, we won’t feel worthy of money on the outside. When we don’t feel worthy on the inside, we develop patterns that prevent us from having the money we want and need. For example, even if we get ourselves out of debt …. we just build more debt. Why would anybody do that? Well, they wouldn’t do it on purpose. But these kinds of patterns are tenacious because they’re created by unconscious feeling and negative beliefs that took hold in childhood.

Meet Your Soul

by Elisa Romeo

“The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why.” – Mark Twain –

Most people don’t spend much time thinking about the Soul. For many, it’s purely a concept – the perfect topic for a heady metaphysical debate, in which we philosophize whether we do or don’t have one.”

For others, Soul is a quality. A stanza a poetry, a meaningful moment, or an expressive piece of music may activate feelings of depth and reverence, and an element of the sacred; this may then be described as particularly “soulful.”

Yet your Soul is not a concept or a fleeting emotion. Your Soul is a part of yourself. She is your unique representative in the universe, which longs to be in relationship to you.

The challenge to understanding the Soul is that it is not met through interpretation, analysis, and understanding from the head. The Soul is only discovered through direct experience, feeling, and embodiment. In other words, we need to meet the Soul to know the Soul.

But why does it matter if we know our Souls?

In short, it is because your Soul is the oldest, wisest, and always-loving part of yourself, and She has access to incredible knowledge. Your Soul knows why you came to the planet, what lessons you most need to learn, and how to perfectly navigate and heal the challenges in your life.

She is the root of your consciousness. Your Soul nudges you toward your fullness, releases your from limiting beliefs, and challenges you where you withhold Love.

Your Soul is Love. Yet Love from the Soul is not always gentle; at times it can leave you incredibly humbled. The Soul is fiercely real, direct, and incredibly honest about issues you would rather look away from.

When you live on purpose, you live a Soul-oriented life. You live your authentic Truth and grow toward your biggest potential.

When you are disconnected from your Soul, you are lost at sea, susceptible to the opinions and agendas of those around you. Life becomes a task to achieve, tolerate, and survive, instead of an opportunity to express your deepest heart and wildest joy.

TIME FOR SELF NEWSLETTER contributed by:

Heather Young, owner of Time for Self
Registered Massage Therapist (RMT) / Yuen Method™/ Holistic Practitioner
Certified Personal Transformation Coach / Alternative and Energetic Medicines

403-358-2362 — Red Deer, Alberta, Canada

www.timeforself.net

February 1, 2017
Time For Self Newsletter January 2017

Having Order In Your Life During Chaos Time in 2017

“Staying positive does not mean that things will turn out okay. Rather it is knowing that you will be okay no matter how things turn out.”

“You don’t know the power of a positive attitude…Until you have seen it change a bad situation to a good one through a simple kind act…Or even a smile.”

Never Give Up:

Life has a way of evening itself out when I go on. By taking action rather than give up, something good will always happen. Seeing this thought live itself out has strengthened my belief in staying optimistic, in taking action and to keep going even when going through rough patches.

Affirmations, Self Talks, Positive Self-image:

What we think in our minds will eventually become what we believe. This is why it is so important that we start saying positive things about ourselves many times each and every day.

Positive and encouraging self-talk will contribute to feelings of inner strength and self-respect, which will have a very beneficial effect on the way you view yourself and your personal potential.

Love Yourself Unconditionally:

It is important that we love ourselves, not for the things we’ve done or plan to do, but for who we are. Love your uniqueness, your personality, your character traits and everything else that makes you who you are. The more you allow yourself to feel your own love and approval, the better you will feel.

Focus on Your Own Story:

Don’t be so satisfied with the success stories of others and how things have gone for them that you forget to write your own. Unfold your own tale and bring it to life. You have everything you need to become what you are capable of becoming. Incredible change happens when you decide to take control. This means consuming less and creating more. Keep your best wishes and your biggest goals close to your heart and dedicate time to them every day.

Keep Learning, Growing, and Evolving:

When you stop learning you stop living a meaningful life. Life’s richness does not come from always residing within the familiar and comfortable territory. It’s when you venture out, away from the familiar, that you grow stronger and more capable. Find ways to provide a healthy challenge to your current understanding of life, and you will discover and experience far more of life’s magic.

Let go of Relationships that hurt you:

Sometimes you have to walk away from people, not because you don’t care, but because they don’t. When someone hurts you time and time again, accept the fact that they don’t care about you. It’s a tough pill to swallow, but it’s necessary medicine. Waste not another second of your time trying to prove something to them. Nothing needs to be proven. Do not act with any thought of them for the foreseeable future. Create space for yourself and dedicated your time and energy to rediscovering YOUR health and happiness.

Life is to be enjoyed, not endured. Follow a path that moves you. You are always free to do something that makes you smile.

Stop Worrying:

You CAN always choose an attitude that moves you forward. And doing so will help you change things from the inside out, and ultimately allow you to grow beyond the struggles you can’t control.

Here’s one powerful question that will support you with a positive attitude adjustment when you need it most:

Who would you be, and what else would you see, if you erased the thought that’s worrying you?

Surround with Positive Influences:

You are not a product of your circumstances. You are a product of your decisions. It’s about deciding to NOT let your frustration or fear decide your future. My life is filled with examples of positive existence. I learn and grow in principle each day because I surround myself with ethically sound individuals.

Do something nice for someone else:

This is a great way to take your focus off of yourself. You become more aware that others are struggling, too. When you are kind, you receive kindness in return. You’ll also feel a sense of pride and satisfaction when you help someone else.

Meditation, Healthy Diet and a Good Exercise Regime:

When I look within, I consider the impact that my actions have on my circle of influence. My focus is on being a positive influence for those people.

As I meditate, I realign myself with that focus and commit to living positively for the day.

Taking a healthy approach to what I consume ensures that my mind and body perform well each day.Eating well encourages me to practice other healthy habits. My body benefits from a combination of a good diet, adequate rest, and exercise.

Be true to yourself:

Few things are more disconcerting than living a life you weren’t meant to live. It continuously gnaws away at you. Live a life that’s congruent with your values.

Make your own decisions about what’s most important to you.

Learn to take criticism in a Positive Way:

Try to remain open and level- headed and figure out how this message can help you. Ask yourself: Is there one thing I can learn from this criticism? Is there something here that I may not want to hear but could help me?

Mindfully move through the Day:

When you spend your time in the present moment then it becomes so much easier to access positive emotions and to stay practical about what you can actually do about something in your life.

Express what you are Grateful For:

Even in the worst of times, most of us realize that we still have things in our lives for which we are grateful. Voice those blessings! Practice gratitude.

Give no excuses, no blames:

It’s human nature to make excuses and to apply blame when things are not going well. Make an intention to take full responsibility for what you do every day and have faith in your actions.

Have a Sense of Humour

The Rules of Life by Richard Templar

How import this is. As we struggle through this life – and it can be a struggle – we need to keep a sense of proportion about it. What we do and what we take seriously can often be so far removed from what it is actually all about that it is laughable. We get bogged down in trivia, lost in irrelevant details to such an extent that our life can whiz past and we don’t even notice. By letting go of things that really are important we can put ourselves back on the right track. And the best way we can do it is through humor – laughing at ourselves, laughing at our situation, but never laughing at others, they’re just as lost as us and don’t need to be laughed at.

We get bogged down with things like worrying what the neighbors will think, concerns over stuff we don’t have, or things we haven’t done. If we ever getting like that then we do need to have a laugh about it. Life is for living, enjoying the sunshine, big things, not getting in a terrible state because you dropped some eggs on the supermarket floor.

Laughing at yourself and situations you find yourself in has a double positive effect. Firstly, it diffuses tension and helps regain a sense of proportion and secondly, it has real physical as well as mental benefits. Laughter causes the release of endorphins, which make you feel better as well as giving you a better perspective on life.

This isn’t about telling jokes all the time,k or cracking witty puns. It’s more about being able to seeing something funny in whatever life throws at us along the way – and there is always some humor in everything. I once came round after bing unconscious from a serious car crash. I was in a cubicle in a hospital and in great pain. As I regained consciousness I let out a couple of choice words to describe my condition and, as I did so, the nurse arrived and opened the curtains, only for me to find a nun sat outside. I was mortified and immediately apologized. She looked at me most gravely, winked, and quietly said, “It’s OK, I’ve said worse myself.”

If you observe any aspect of human behavior, you can see the ridiculousness in all of it. Learn to find the funny side of everything. It’s the best technique for instant stress relief and dissolves anxiety and doubt. Try it!!

TIME FOR SELF NEWSLETTER contributed by:

Heather Young, owner of Time for Self
Registered Massage Therapist (RMT) / Yuen Method™/ Holistic Practitioner
Certified Personal Transformation Coach / Alternative and Energetic Medicines

403-358-2362 — Red Deer, Alberta, Canada

www.timeforself.net

January 2, 2017
Time For Self Newsletter December 2016

Where are you on Priority List?

Ways To Put Yourself On Your Priority List This Christmas

How often have you found yourself thinking or saying the following?

“I wish I had more time for myself.”

“I’m so busy, sometimes I feel like I’m going in circles and not accomplishing anything.
“I need more hours in the day.”

“I don’t have time for that.”

We lead crazy, busy lives. And the one thing we never seem to have time for is ourselves.

Creating more personal time tops the list of goals many people want to accomplish. With work time, partner or family time and social time all demanding our time, we are constantly juggling our day-to-day responsibilities. Finding as little as 15-30 minutes a day of uninterrupted, relaxing “me” time is challenging at best.

But we all instinctively know that when we take time for ourselves to pursue our passions, do the things that we enjoy, relax or even do nothing at all, we end up happier, healthier and feeling better. “Me” time allows us to de-stress, unwind and rejuvenate. Taking time for yourself allows you to renew, heal, and create reserves of renewal, peace and calm.

When I ask my clients why they don’t plan more “me” time in their schedules, three common themes arise: not enough time, guilt, or it feels selfish. The more giving and caring a person you are, the more these feelings seem to emerge.

Remember that no matter what we do, there are only 24 hours in a day, so you can’t create more time. But you can clear some time by re-examining priorities, perhaps saying “no” more often.

“Me” time is not something you should feel guilty about. It’s nothing more than taking some time to put aside your everyday business and treating yourself to an activity that you enjoy. It gives you an opportunity to relax, refocus and recharge. And when you do that, you can come back to your responsibilities with greater centeredness, commitment and enjoyment.

It is very common to become so involved in giving to others that we need to give to ourselves. And although this is more often a trait in women, there are plenty of men out there who feel this way too. Many are so caught up in earning a living to take care of their families, that breaking away from responsibilities to indulge in hobbies, reading or hanging out with the guys makes them feel selfish.

If everyone else around you is worthy of care and attention, then so are you. You not only deserve this time, but you need it for your own well-being. Lack of time for ourselves often leads to feeling frustrated, tired, overwhelmed and out of balance. Without this time for ourselves, we lose sight of what’s important to us.

Let’s look at some ways you can make “me” time a reality:

First, decide that you deserve some time to yourself each day. Stop feeling guilty for taking time out for you, and realize in the long run, it’s a win-win for everyone. . Remember, self-time is not selfish—it’s a necessary dimension of self-care!

Decide how best to spend “me” time. How each of us chooses to spend free time is as individualized as we all are. If you had an extra 15 minutes, a half hour, an afternoon or an entire day, what would you do to make yourself feel rejuvenated, relaxed and happy? Write a list and keep it handy when you begin scheduling time into your calendar.

Evaluate the things that are wasting your time each day. Do you check your emails constantly and end up spending more time on your computer than you planned? Do you answer personal calls in the middle of your workday? Go to the supermarket daily to pick up dinner rather than plan in advance and shop once? If this sounds like you, you must take the time to organize your responsibilities, and you will gain more free time than you can imagine.

Learn to say “no” to requests to do things that you don’t really want to, or don’t bring you satisfaction and joy.

Ask for help with chores that don’t necessarily have to be completed by you alone.

At the beginning of each week, take a few minutes to designate specific time slots for all that must be accomplished—including “me” time. Treat your personal time like you would any other appointment and make it non-negotiable.

Commit to a minimum of 15-20 minutes of “me” time every day. Do something (or nothing) that completely lets go of responsibilities and releases your mind, allowing you to be alone with your thoughts.

Create a daily ritual. This can be a bath, listening to music, taking a walk or meditating. Make it something you can look forward to, like looking forward to this time, and a coffee pot on a timer, gets you out of bed with a smile on my face.

Stop wishing you had more time to yourself, and commit to carving it into your schedule. Rather than bemoan your lack of time, change your approach and create the time using the tips above. You will be amazed at how a little bit of time to yourself can make a huge difference in your health and happiness!

Sources:
Richardson, Cheryl. 1999. Take Time for Your Life: A Personal Coach’s 7-Step Program for Creating the Life You Want, NY, Broadway Books.

As Your Light Up Your Xmas Tree This Year Use it as a Reminder to Light Up Someone’s Life

As the Christmas season is upon us, and added pressures and demands for many people financial, emotionally, mentally, physically, sometimes by just a small reminder of how things look differently by one small gesture. You know when you have put your tree up, decorated it and turn the lights on and sit or stand there in awe and wonder, amazing what lights do. That is exactly what happens when you light someone’s life up by one small gesture, especially at Christmas time. A smile, a kind word, a gift from the heart like shoveling a sidewalk for an elderly person or a sincere thank you, they are all priceless just like the T.V. credit card advertisements says!!

Let not a day go bye without being nice to someone,
Smile at a stranger and watch their face light up,
you never know just how lonely they might be or how good
or bad their day might have been. Pay an unexpected compliment
to a friend and thank them for being there.
Write a note of appreciation to your spouse or child and watch them light up inside.
Just wait and see what it does to them, they’ll be happy to know.
Reach out your arms and hug someone in need, it may not mend all their
sorrows but it might help for tomorrow.

So with each passing day,
Light up someone’s life.
For these little gestures can help with some daily strife’s,
There may be a time, when you are down and out and just to see a smile
or some reassurance on your way through life, would surely help with daily strife’s,
So put a little light in YOUR life, and light up someone’s life today.

Take Time

Take time to think – It is the source of all power

Take time to read – It is the foundation of all wisdom

Take time to play-It is the source of perpetual youth

Take time to be quiet-It is the opportunity to seek Your Higher Source

Take time to be aware-It is the opportunity to help others

Take time to love and be loved-It is your greatest gift

Take time to laugh-It is the music of the soul

Take time to be friendly-It is the road to happiness

Take time to dream-It is what the future is made of

Take time to pray-It is the greatest power on earth

Take time to give-It is too short a day to be selfish

Take time to work-It is the price of success

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Daily Joy Corner

There are two ways of spreading light; to be the candle or to be the mirror that reflects it. – Edith Wharton –

It’s better to light a candle than curse the darkness. – Adlai Stevenson –

I would say, follow your bliss and don’t be afraid, and doors will open where you didn’t know they were going to be. – Joseph Campbell –

TIME FOR SELF NEWSLETTER contributed by:

Heather Young, owner of Time for Self
Registered Massage Therapist (RMT) / Yuen Method™/ Holistic Practitioner
Certified Personal Transformation Coach / Alternative and Energetic Medicines

403-358-2362 — Red Deer, Alberta, Canada

www.timeforself.net

November 29, 2016