Kindness has the power to transform through it's creative process. According to Lao Tzu, kindness can create confidence through the use of words. Kindness can create profoundness through the use of thoughts. Kindness can create love through the act of giving. If you doubt the power of kindness, I encourage you to implement kindness the next time you are in a difficult situation. Try being kind, wether you use words, your thoughts or an act of giving. Kindness does have transforming power that is capable of creating and transforming. 
Take care everyone, and remember to show someone some kindness today, see what it can create in you!
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Hello Everyone, 
We have just been given the gift of a new year! What would you like to do with your present? Take some time to decide what you would like your year to look like. What would you like to do with the time you have been given? Instead of just going through the same motions that we did in 2017, let's use the time in this year to achieve some goals that we want to accomplish in our lives. Watch for up coming blog posts on goal setting. 
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Hello Everyone, 
We have just a couple of more days left until the new year. As we wind down on 2017, it is important to be mindful that we still have time to grow and to reach higher. Let's think about what we would like to let go of in 2017 and do our best to let it go. Make a list of things, people, disappointments, emotions and thoughts that you would like to let go of, tie them to the end of a balloon and then let it go. Let's free ourselves of "old ways" of thinking and emotions and thoughts that get us stuck.  This is a great time to choose to just let go of things that have confused us, hurt us or disappointed us. Remember, this is a choice, and any time you catch yourself thinking about the past hurt, or disappointment, remind yourself "Oh ya, I let that go", or learn to say, "It used to bug me, but I have let that go".
Take care everyone, I hope you use the rest of this year to let go and to free yourself. Thanks for reading. 

Hello everyone, 
When you go through the mundane or the difficult times, what are you working for? Are you working to make yourself stronger, or miserable? When we go through difficult things, we always have a choice. We can embrace it and grow and become stronger, or we can fight it, complain, resist, and make ourselves miserable, either path is work. These difficult things can be, emotional, spiritual or physical. The work we do is work, it's all a struggle, it is all a pain. Maybe, the beauty is in what we get from it, and being open to getting something from the work we are doing. I encourage you to let the work you do make you stronger, let it help you to grow and to be more than you were when you began the work. 
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Hello Everyone, 
Brian Martin discusses the idea of resentment in his book Invincible. Martin discusses how we become resentful of others when we do not show compassion to ourselves for our past experiences. We do not show compassion to others when we do not have compassion for ourselves. Growing up in a home with childhood domestic violence, we may not have had anyone show us compassion and teach us how to give ourselves compassion. This can lead us to resentment because if no one was there for us, then why should someone be there for someone else? Instead of hanging on to the hurt of injustice, maybe we can try to understand our experience and be there for ourselves now in the present. Showing ourselves compassion is a necessary part of our road to healing. Once we can show ourselves compassion we become less resentful of others when they are hurting and we are free to show them compassion. Do something today to begin to help yourself heal. Try being mindful of little you and your past experience and tell that kid, "It was not your fault, you deserved so much more!" Take care everyone, regardless of what you were taught, choose to be compassionate to yourself today! 
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Hello Everyone, 
Have you ever thought about what freedom looks like? According to Brian Martin, author of Invincible, action is freedom made visible. Wow! What a concept, that means that when we act or take action, we are free! I love this! It is such a great reminder that if I am free I need to be taking action in my life. Also, if I am taking action then it is because I am free. Moving forward, I want to be sure that in all the areas of my life that I do not like, or that I am unhappy in, I will be taking action because I am free and I want to remain free. If there is an area of your life, that you are not taking action in, be mindful. Look for areas that you are not practicing your freedoms and then take action. Being an adult is being responsible for your life. So take action and begin to live the life you want! 
Take care everyone, be encouraged and take some action for your life!