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Issue No: 092 - May 3, 2010

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Today's Reflection

WE'RE ALL SUFFERING FROM THE EFFECTS OF NORMALITY

SLEEPING SUICIDE

Even those of us who have devoted their life to achieving abnormality of mind, of success and of life are burdened by normality - daily. It's as if your mind's settings are determined by a cheap dysfunctional piece of software - I set it to abnormal every morning, but every next morning my settings are back at default. Luckily I don't have to start all over again - I can always take up where I left off. But if I don't, I'm on a dangerously slippery slope. The danger? That I'll miss out on the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity of living life to the full today.

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We’re slowly sucking the life out of ourselves. It started in childhood when we were told to sit up straight, stop making noise, forget the things that turn us on and to steer clear of fanciful ideas for our future – we had to get a good education, get a good job, retire and die! Our spontaneity, our joie de vivre, our unbridled imagination – these were the things that ruled our lives – that created fun, that made long sunny summer holiday days seem to go on for ever. We were in what the University of Chicago describes as “flow” – we were “Gurdy”. We were carefree, open to all kind of possibilities, exciting and adventurous.

Is that you this morning? Can you say that you’re excited every morning when you leap out of bed? Do you live carefree a carefree life? Are you open to all life’s possibilities? You may well say that we had to grow up – but, I’m pretty sure that the record (years of psychological research) states that people grow older – they rarely grow up! If you did bother to grow up, you’d be able to control your state of mind. You’d choose to be carefree, spontaneous, turned on. You’d decide to leap out of bed, excited. You’d be alert and open to all life’s wonderful possibilities.

However, adolescence changed the electrical activity in our brains – our mental processes sped up, our logical processes took over. Or at least that’s what the normal person thinks! There’s nothing logical about worry, about making yourself stressed (because that’s how stress works). There’s nothing logical about closing your eyes to today’s opportunities. But that’s how we are – our subconscious minds living in and longing for those sunny summer holiday days – our conscious minds distracted by the cares and worries of what might happen – instead of focusing, as we did as children, on the here and now.

You’re slowly killing yourself – existing in this half-life of useless thought and worry, you’re as good as dead. But you can become like a little child again – clear, focused, open-minded, fun loving, up for life’s great adventure. You choose your state of mind. You can decide to come to your senses, literally. Stop to “smell the roses” this morning and you will have taken today’s most important action.

This Week's Recommended Read - YOUR LIFE IS IN YOUR HANDS

Personal Development Article

by Krishan Chopra ISBN 1-86204-500-3

A large book of anecdotes and insights into how our health and happiness is really up to us. Can be read in bits and pieces - Willie Horton

The Publisher says: In this life-changing book Krishan Chopra draws upon his vast medical expertise and the wisdom of ancient India to offer us practical advice on how to restore your mind, body and spirit to harmony, including guidance on the epidemic of stress in today’s world and how to counter it; ways in which an improved lifestyle can guard against such conditions as heart disease and cancer; the benefits of the right diet for a longer life; the immense powers of positive thinking, meditation an d prayer and how to add a spiritual dimension to our everyday lives. Dr. Chopra draws upon the family wisdom that has inspired his son, the health-writer Deepak Chopra. He illustrates his discussion with a wealth of anecdotes vibrant with the richness and grounded in modern science.

first published April 6 2009

HOW TO COPE WHEN THINGS GO WRONG

by Willie Horton

Life is full of ups and downs. Too often, the "downs" overwhelm us. We react and make things worse instead of calming down, seeing what is really happening and taking real action to sort things out. We must understand that, in fact, there's only one thing in life that we can control - our own state of mind. If we do, we can positively influence everything else that's going on around us and, when the wheels do come off, take real action...

Read on... how to take real action in the face of adversity and be the better for it...

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