RYS 077: One Way to Create Peace and Balance

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Although I am not aware of a specific verse in religious text where, “Cleanliness is next to Godliness,” is stated, we receive great spiritual benefit from working to be clean. While being clean pertains mostly to our behavior, thoughts, and language, it also relates to our surroundings.

• When our outer environment is neat and orderly, that level of organization spills over into our inner (emotional and mental) environment.
• Less clutter means less distraction, so our energy can be more focused and productive.
• Caring about our surroundings also grows our heart-awareness to the outer environment of our natural world.

 

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Practice Your Faith

actions quotesWhen I was in my late thirties I drove a little pick-up truck. On the back I had a Practice Random Acts of Caring and Kindness sticker. One day I was at a full-service gas station and a young man in his late teens who was filling my tank said, “I like your sticker but I don’t understand why you would have the sticker and also carry a big stick in the cab of your truck?”

There is a saying, “Out of the mouths of babes” meaning profound wisdom does not only come with age. His observation was a soul opener. He was right. How could I profess to be a supporter of peace and kindness and carry a big stick as if I was looking for trouble? I reached in, took the stick out and put it into the trash can.

I was reminded of my big stick and bumper sticker experience recently. I was on an LA City Bus when a man wearing a cross and carrying a Bible started an argument with another man over a seat. I thought to myself, “What an amazing world we will create when each of us who professes to be a faithful follower of an enlightened messenger of peace actually behaves aligned with the kind, respectful, tolerant, and loving tenants of our faiths.”

RYS 076: Stop Multitasking to Get More Done

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You and I live in an attention-deficit world. We navigate within social and business environments that expect us to experience life in nanosecond visual blips and sound bites. To keep up, fit in, or be seen as successful by the world, we buy into the assumption we can and should do more than one thing at once. We believe multitasking saves time. The fact is, multitasking not only causes errors to go up but we also slow down.

• The term “multitasking” originated with computers.
• The computer’s processor seems to accomplish multiple tasks at once because of time-sharing but computers do not actually doing more than a single thing at a time; they rotate through several tasks many times a second.
• Research shows human beings cannot switch tasks as a computer does and when we do attempt to multitask the incidence of errors goes way up and it takes far longer to accomplish the job than if tasks were done sequentially.

 

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To Grow, Keep Learning

BSomeone once responded to one of my posts on Facebook –  the only education really worth having is that of personal experience. Reading books and going to school was not important to him.

While the personal experience each of us receives from the university of life and school of hard knocks is useful, so is the experience of others shared through books, periodicals, articles, and in educational settings, whether those are formal or casual.

We do ourselves a HUGE disservice by thinking we know all there is to know or  that we will personally experience everything in life necessary for us to make the best decisions that impact us and other people in the most positive ways possible.  To some ignorance may be bliss, but I’ve found it is continuing to learn that expands the boundaries of what we think we know. If we do not persistently seek knowledge we become a prisoner of our own egocentric mind and the thoughts it creates. And, simply because we think something does not mean it is real or true.

At one time the world was thought to be flat, our universe was the only one around, there was no electricity, running water in homes, internet, cell phones, vaccinations against disease, etc. I am grateful our ancestors did not settle for only what they thought in their own minds to be true or depend on just their own personal experience.

Intelligence is not about the degrees we hold but the willingness to admit we do not know everything and to seek knowledge. For me the smartest people are those with an eagerness to learn from their experiences and those of others. I for one enjoy learning from the experience of others which helps me grow so I can live my best life and encourage others to do the same.

RYS 075: Communicate with Care

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What you say, and don’t say, defines you to yourself and to others. How you communicate sets the stage for the relationships you have. It is amazing how much your self-image and the interactions you have with others improves when you assume responsibility for communicating with care.

• What you say constitutes about 7 percent of your communication.
• Almost 93 percent of your communication is non-verbal; the tone of your voice, inflection of words, and body language.
• Yes communication is what you say, but also how well you listen because truly listening to another person is establishing an emotional connection with the person talking.

 

 

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RYS 074: Time Is More Valuable than Gold

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Have you ever walked out on a mediocre concert or play? Passed up having dinner with someone who only talks about him- or herself? Declined an invitation to join friends for another day of sitting around doing nothing? Good for you. Time is the most cherished gift you receive and the most exquisite gift you can give.

• Your time is your life.
• Once a moment is spent you cannot get it back.
• Time needs to be managed with the same attention to detail that you manage your finances.

 

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Good People Are Everywhere

elegant-by-characterRecently my mother went grocery shopping at the Kroger’s in Marshall, Texas.  After getting home and putting all the groceries away, she went to put something in her purse. She looked everywhere. Her purse was not in the house or the car.  Then panic hit when she realized she’d left it in the basket at the store.

She rushed back to the market and straight to the customer service desk. The nice lady behind the counter immediately retrieved her handbag saying, “Someone found this and turned it in.” My mom went through her entire purse and not one thing was missing.

Mother was so excited to get her purse back but at the same time a bit disappointed that she will never know who the honest and kind person was who turned it in. She told me today the only way she has to say thank you is to pass it on with a random act of caring and kindness.  I look forward to hearing how she chooses to do that.

RYS 073: Successful Relationships Are Built on Trust

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Honesty is the foundation of trust. And trust is the foundation upon which successful and fulfilling relationships are built. In order to be honest with others we must first be honest with ourselves because when we lie to ourselves it is easy to lie to other people.

• Once we go down the dishonesty path, ego comes up with the most incredible excuses to defend our bad behavior.
• Ego could care less about the health of our relationships.
• Part of loving ourselves is being honest, with ourselves so we are honest with others.

 

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We Must Stop Cyber Bullying

improve-status-quoI am often asked if I ever get angry. You bet. Recently someone forwarded an email to me that was hate-filled and judgmental. It was one of those things you see passed around the internet with photos of certain groups of people with sickening, ignorant and disparaging comments. It made me want to scream for two main reasons.

First, the person who sent this did so without thinking that by forwarding this type trash she is actually condoning the message and participating in cyber-bullying.  If she stopped to feel what it is like to be the people who were the subject of the photo essay she would be appalled with her behavior. Second, there is absolutely nothing positive that is gained from spreading stereotypical condemnations of anyone.  It’s not innocent or funny or cute. Spreading these type immature and unconscious vilifications actually supports the continuance of ignorance and divisiveness.

Ladies and gentlemen we CANNOT create our best life if we do not think before we act. We must ask ourselves how it will feel to be on the receiving end of our behavior, even if that is forwarding an email. We must have the heart to put ourselves in the position of other people. So what if someone is not like us. Thank goodness we have been, by Divine design, made as individuals unlike anyone else on earth.  What we do share is a heart that is connected to each other so we can feel what we each feel.

It is time you and I stop allowing those within our intimate circles to believe it is okay to send us these type messages.  We must set a boundary, not to change the unconscious and unfeeling, but to change us so we lead with our heart to support our fellow human being’s differences rather than blind prejudice. We must treat others as we want to be treated and be the example of how to create our best life by living aligned with love.

Yes I did set a boundary. Yes I was kind when I clearly and directly asked that she never send me anything like that again. No, I am no longer angry.

 

RYS 072: Work to Grow Beyond Ego

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Having the heart to honestly evaluate ourselves brings us deep peace and personal satisfaction. Moving away from behaving carelessly and toward remaining aware of our actions and how they impact us, others, and all life is a result of the questions we ask—and the actions we take to better ourselves in response to the answers we receive.

• One of the first steps to leading with heart is learning to remain aware of the deceptions a self-centered (ego) view creates.
• Ego creates misconceptions that other people are totally at fault while we are completely innocent.
• With persistent and truthful self-assessment, the pain of struggling with the attachment we have to who we believe ourselves to be (ego) falls away.

 

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