Conceive and Believe

It’s difficult to know what you want in life until you know what is out there.

It’s never too late to start and always too early to quit.

Daylight Savings Time: Fall back, Spring forward. Here’s a challenge for you: Try explaining this whole process to a 6-year-old. “But Daddy, it IS time to get up because it’s light outside!!”

Some folks look at marriage counseling as just a “chaperoned fight.” Nope. When it’s done right, it’s a way to become the best spouse you can be and have the best marriage you can.

No matter where you are in life, it’s important to learn from where you have been and to plan for where you want to be.

The passing of comedian Steve Allen can remind us all that the best humor really is clean humor.

As the holiday gift-giving season approaches, I want to share an amazing discovery we made a few years ago. Christmas Day is the same date each and every year! Don’t say you weren’t warned.

Saying “I will try” is like saying I will do something differently until it becomes uncomfortable, and then I will change back.

The five most important words a parent can say: “I’m so proud of you.”

The five most important words a spouse can say: “Let’s try it your way.”

The five most important words a child can say: “I love you thiiiiis much!”

Have you ever wished you could go back and do part of your life over because you don’t like how things are now? We all have, of course. Then wouldn’t it then make sense to live today so as to never have to feel that way a year from now, five years, 10 years, never again?

Be careful when you tell a young person “you have so much potential,” “you can do anything you set your mind to,” etc. What we mean as encouragement and a compliment can be heard and experienced as pressure.

One way to count your blessings during the holiday season is to remember the 90/10 rule. All of us have problems, but they usually fall in to the 10-percent category, while all the good stuff can be found in the 90-percent category. Yet we tend to focus all our thought, energy and attention on the 10 percent. Keep solving the problems, of course; just remember to keep your focus on the 90 percent this holiday season. Might be a good idea all year round.

Working with families can be a funny thing. Most parents are very willing to have their child see a counselor. Some parents say they would love to work on themselves too, but don’t want to blow the “all-together parent” image and be a bad model. Seems to me that the best role models are those who can model working on improving themselves, too.

When you find yourself thinking the grass might be greener on the other side, remember this: It will still need mowing and might just be cement painted green.

Best quote I’ve seen since last time, from Karen Lamb: “A year from now you may wish you had started today.”

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In America, we have a saying: The finer things in life. These are the things that most people talk about when they are speaking of thing of high quality. In fact, much of that which propels people to pursue success, particularly financial success, is the desire to participate in the finer things in life.

Let’s face it, increased finances enable us to do more things and enjoy things that we otherwise would not be able to afford. And we should consider that a blessing.

I am at a stage where my wife and I, and our kids, can enjoy some of the finer things in life. It hasn’t always been that way. I think sometimes it is best to have to go years of getting by so that we appreciate more fully the finer things in life when we are able to experience them. I am thankful for where I am.

Who can argue of the beauty of a fine painting? Who doesn’t love the smell and feel of leather furniture? Who doesn’t enjoy driving a well-engineered car? Who doesn’t dream of the softness and warmth of a Cashmere sweater? Who doesn’t like a nice watch that can be passed on the your son or daughter someday? All of these are common symbols of the finer things in life, and indeed they are.

There is only one possible pitfall that I have found in the pursuit of the finer things in life. It is common that many fall into this trap. It is this:

While pursuing the finer things in life, we often become so engrained, so focused in the pursuit, that we do not experience the finest things in life.

You see, for the most part, the finer things in life, as commonly defined, cost money. And usually it takes a lot of time working to make the kind of money that enables us to experience the finer things in life. And in the pursuit of the money to enjoy the finer things in life, we are spending so much time that we are missing regular opportunities to enjoy the finest things in life.

Let me tell you of a recent experience. A couple of weeks ago I took my son, age 9, down to see some spring training baseball in Phoenix, Arizona. This was our second trip down together and we hope to make it an annual tradition. We popped down just for three days to see three games (Boy the Seattle Mariners are looking good this year! But I digress…)

The first game we saw was against the California Angels in their spring training facility in Tempe. There we sat waiting for the game to start. Now let me assure you, this was not an experience of the finer things in life. It was actually a little chilly out, though the sun was shining. We were sitting on relatively hard seats, and my cuisine consisted of peanuts and a diet-Pepsi. Hmmmmm.

But do you know what I found myself thinking? “There is no place else in the world I would rather be right now.”

I was spending time with my boy, doing something we would both enjoy, and creating memories that will never go away. This, my friends, was one of the finest things in life.

What are the finest things of life in my book? Here are a few. You can see where I am going and name a few yourself.

Reading a novel just for the fun of it.

A casual stroll along the beach with nowhere to go.

An extra half-hour at the coffee shop, catching up with friends and actually tasting the great flavor of a cup of coffee, rather than rushing it.

A game of crazy eights with my kids.

A quiet evening out with my wife.

A Saturday afternoon sleeping on the couch in front of the fire.

And the list goes on…

Are you taking enough time to stop and taste of the finest things in life? Or are you so bent on getting to a point wherein you can experience the finer things in life?

I have a saying that “good is the enemy of the best.” Sometimes the finer things of life get in the way of the finest things in life. Sometimes we settle for the finer things in life when we could be enjoying the finest things in life.

Visa has a series of new advertisements out right now. They would go something like this (describing a vacation): Airline tickets: $1500. Hotel room: $1200. The smile on her face: Priceless.

We can always put a value on the finer things in life, and I would encourage you to enjoy them if you can. But the finest things in life are priceless. You can put no value or price tag on them. It is a mandate that we take the time to enjoy them.

Take some time this week to live up to the old saying: Stop and smell the roses. You will never regret it.

About The Author:

Chris Widener is a popular speaker and writer as well as the President of
Made for Success, a company helping individuals and organizations turn
their potential into performance, succeed in every area of their lives and
achieve their dreams.

To see Chris “live” at the upcoming Jim Rohn Weekend Event as he speaks on
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Can you solve problems easily? Can you learn new things efficiently? Can you increase your brain power? Whatever you think and feel about these questions, those thoughts and feelings will have an effect on your brain function, because brain power and psychology are intimately connected.

Checkmate in four moves, the book said, so I looked until I found it. I love chess puzzles, and I used to think those elegant solutions were not often possible in real games. Then it occurred to me that they probably are there, but that without the expectation of finding them, I settled for less worthy moves. I find the elegant ones more often now.

A man I know spent his childhood with wealthy kids and their families. Is it coincidence that he now makes more money than most of us? Did his rich friends give him money? Did they help him in business? No, no, and no. He simply feels that a certain level of income is normal, and his mind will always push him towards that level.

Are you beginning to see how expectation and belief can expand or limit not only your mind, but your life? So how do you apply this to increasing your brain power?

I’ll never say that anything is possible, but what you think is possible certainly affects what you accomplish. If you think you can increase your brain power, you are far more likely to do what is necessary to get that result. Do you think you can? Do you think you are intelligent? If not, how do you change your outlook?

Don’t worry. I’m not going to tell you to stand in front of a mirror making positive affirmations. There is an easier way.

What you look for, you find, and this changes your mind. Want to prove this to yourself? Watch for polite drivers for a few days, making a mental note to yourself each time you see one. Focus just on the polite ones, ignoring the rest. It will change your experience of driving in a positive way. Then watch for rude drivers for a few days, and you’ll begin to see them all over.

If you actually do the exercise above, you’ll get the point. You experience the world not just according to what is there, but even more according to what you pay attention to. Now, to apply this to your thinking process:

Find your successes. Notice when you learn something new. Write it down even. Point out your problem-solving successes to yourself, and you’ll have more of them. When you are thinking clearly and effectively, tell yourself, “Look at that brain go!”

Telling yourself you are intelligent may help, but evidence is more convincing than affirmation. So if you are working to improve your mind, just watch, and you will find examples of progress, however large or small. Focus on these, and remember them. You can start doing this right now.

Steve Gillman has been studying brain improvement, concentration, creative problem solving, and related topics for years. Some of what he has discovered can be found on his website: http://www.IncreaseBrainPower.com, as well as in his free Brain Power Newsletter : http://www.IncreaseBrainPower.com/Newsletter.html

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Well, you had to see that coming, didn’t you? What else could the “L” of a great life stand for but the BIG L - LOVE! Without love, how can your life be great? Good, yes. Serviceable, surely. Enjoyable, possibly. But great? Uh-uh. Don’t think so.

But what is love, really? We all bandy the term about like some sort of password into the inner sanctum, the “in word” for the “in crowd.” But how many of us truly know what it means to live, breathe and love LOVE, in all it’s forms and applications? Not so many as you would think, I would venture to guess. Let’s explore the concept a bit, shall we, and then we’ll see where we all stand on the issue.

The passionate experience of love is both familiar and easy - the love that makes your heart beat faster whenever your spouse or other loved one draws near. Also familiar, although not always as easy, is familial love, love that we feel for our parents, our children, our siblings and the nameless, abstract feeling of “home” that fills our senses whenever we’re together. And even agape, divine and Godly love, falls more easily into our grasp than some other versions as we kneel before our individual altars or objects of faith and open our hearts to the one who created us.

But what about the love we’re supposed to feel for our neighbor, even when that neighbor is a crack-addicted thief, a homosexual or a member of another religion? And what of the love for our planet and all its inhabitants, when expressing that love would mean giving up much of what we hold dear to us and and much of what constitutes life as we know it? What about love of self, even when that means acknowledging, accepting and even embracing the flaws and faults that we can’t even bear to look at, but which were created in us by the same Creator that made those more “perfect” than ourselves? What of our ability to love the loss, pain, destruction and fear that comes our way - those experiences in life that not only serve the Divine plan in ways we cannot begin to fathom, but also teach us and grow us in ways that happiness never could?

In these instances, and hundreds more like them, our expression of or ability to love is often somewhat less than foremost and heartfelt. Yet all of these, and many more like them, are as important and as required to live a truly great life as are those more comforting and pleasant experiences of love.

Where are you excelling at love? Where are you falling short? How can you balance the scales of love in your life to embrace some of the less “lovable” versions of love as well as the easier varieties? Just as the face of God is horrific in it’s beauty, so too is love sometimes awesome in its power, it’s clarity and it’s purity, burning away what is not true and replacing it with the Divine spark of absolute, unconditional love.

(c) Soni Pitts

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Soni Pitts is the Chief Visionary Butt-Kicker of SoniPitts.Com. She specializes in helping others reclaim “soul proprietorship” in their lives and to begin living the life their Creator always intended for them.

She is the author of the free e-book “50 Ways To Reach Your Goals” and over 100 self-help and inspirational articles, as well as other products and resources designed to facilitate this process of personal growth and spiritual development.

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One of the saddest times in any child’s life is
when for some reason they think one or both or
their parents are going to be taken from them. In
the mid-nineties on one of their tours Naomi Judd
announced to the world that she had hepatitis and
would retire from the country music business.
Leaving her daughter Wynonna to sing on her own for
the first time in her life.

I’m sure Wynonna could have easily packed her bags
and headed back to some small town in Kentucky where
she came from, however she didn’t. While difficult
as it may have been Wynonna, through some of the
toughest times in her life, picked up the pieces of
her life and continued what her mother and her had
started many years before. In some ways this may
remind us of how eagles push their young out of
the nest teaching them to fly.

Just like the mother eagle pushes her young out of
the nest, don’t you think Jesus
does the same thing to us? He pushes us out of our
nest to see if we will have faith to fly. Our
natural reaction is to just hide under some wing
of protection of ours that we made up in our minds
in hopes that life doesn’t send us downward into
something that we can’t handle or pushes us out of
our little comfort zones. Only to cry for our
mother to save us. So we crawl back into our
nests and say, that God doesn’t care or life is
not fair. Just the opposite of what Jesus really
wants us to do.

Most of the time when we feel
like this is because we are just being selfish and
only thinking of ourselves and the devil has
tricked us into thinking we are not worthy enough
for God’s grace. You see, the mother eagle didn’t
push her young out because she doesn’t care for
them, she does it because she loved them. Naomi
Judd didn’t wish this upon herself, yet she used
it to help others around her to grow and fly. She
also did it out of love.

In the midst of Wynonna’s darkest moment instead of
crawling into her shell and hiding under her
mothers wings of protection she wrote this song.
Or maybe in your darkest moment instead of
thinking of yourself, think of Jesus writing this
song for you.

“Love Can Build a Bridge”

I’d gladly walk across the desert
With no shoes upon my feet
To share with you the last bite
Of bread I had to eat
I would swim out to save you
In your sea of broken dreams
When all your hopes are sinkin
Let me show you what love means

Chorus
Love can build a bridge
Between your heart an mine
Love can build a bridge
Don’t you think it’s time?
Don’t you think it’s time?

The next time you just want to crawl in your hole
and hide under some false protection ask yourself,
“Don’t you think its time to build that bridge of
Love, don’t you think it’s time?

Greg Ryan is a best selling author of the Changing from the INSIDE OUT series. A powerful five step plan to better your life, get healthier, and have more energy! For FREE mini Course click here! http://www.resolutions.bz

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“Who being in the very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped, but made himself nothing, taking the very nature of a servant.” Philippians 2: 6-7, NIV

Since the Ashley Smith and Brian Nichols incident (amazing how God works!), I’ve been thinking about what servanthood really means. There have been several situations arise in my life over the last week also that keep coming back to servanthood or my own rights and way. When that happens, I know God is really wanting to drive a point home in me, LOL!

In fact, when I sat down to write this article, I prayed as I always do, to be a conduit for God to use. The title popped into my head immediately after praying and I thought, “Oh no, not that again!”. Our Sovereign God knows what part of us really needs work, doesn’t He?!

I’ve been through the book a Purpose Driven Life in a group home study. It was a pivotal point in my life and I did have some revelations during that 40 days of purpose. I just didn’t know the road God would have me travel to fulfill my specific purpose and I never thought it would be what I’m doing now. I love that about God, how He directs our paths if we but allow Him to do His work in our lives. Servanthood hasn’t been one of my strong points. I’m pretty independent and very much a loner too. I’ve always acted like an island unto myself UNTIL I went through the 40 days of purpose. Then things began changing and that change has been wrought about over and over through adversity and trials and many challenges.

In fact, I’m neck deep in a few trials now but the wonderful part of it is knowing that God is in control. Okay, I digress -always trying to get out of the subject of servanthood . What I’ve realized is by God having me in a partly service oriented business -teaching others about holistic pet care - I’m learning that by putting others first, and truly serving them without expecting some kind of compensation in return, I’M the one who is blessed!

I don’t know what I would’ve done in the same situation as Ashley Smith was in (and I really hope I never am!), but she has taught us all a lot about being a servant. She could’ve done nothing but prepared to meet her Maker that day, but instead, she stepped out in faith and shared with a man who desperately needed to hear God’s voice through her. I’m sure she was scared, I’m sure she wanted to find a way out of there, but she stepped aside (decreased) and allowed our Lord to take over. She became the servant we’re all meant to be here in our earthly bodies. Putting others first, considering them better than ourselves.

As I continue on this journey called life, and have many times prayed to decrease so that Jesus can increase, I’m learning that servanthood is really true success.

Kim Bloomer is a preventative pet care consultant with 30 years of experience Aspenbloom Pet Care. Visit her RSS channel too Aspenbloom WellPet

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I come face to face with self whenever you come into my life and I want to thank you.

I always maintain that I am writing these articles, my books and creating the website for myself. It is my way of expressing myself physically and to demonstrate where I am along my chosen path and it is my sign post that says this is me and this is where I am. I learn by teaching and writing about what I want to learn, the articles that I write help me to grow spiritually. For the most part the articles that I write are spontaneous, I don’t know what I am going to write about until I sit down and start writing and then I have to go back and read the piece to know what I have written.

Although I am in truth in this world alone, I am reminded often that there are 6 billion different aspects of myself in this world all experiencing physical life uniquely in their own way, in ways that no others can do.

Ambrosia left a comment in my guest book this morning that was typical of how most of us feel. She didn’t know that there were others out there that believed as she does. I envision that she has been feeling isolated, confused and probably misunderstood by family, friends and others. I can imagine that it was a great relief to find out she shares the thoughts of others.

When I started out years ago to actively find myself and a system of belief that would work for me I felt the same way and I still do sometimes. I will often disassociate myself from my readers believing that there is no one out there that wants to read these articles, I forget that I am sharing them with the world. The truth is I am doing it for myself, Ambrosia and all the others that are seeking, that are beginning to awaken. My truth will always be my own and I have no wish of creating a new religion, we are taking the road less travelled and laying stepping stones for others to follow and move past us. They will in turn lay stones that I will follow later on, they will create choices for me and that is all that I am doing here, experiencing life through choices.

I am helping others out of the box and opening up new areas that they may never have thought about I am creating new choices. I am not alone nor is anyone else, in that we are all one body with many eyes all seeing and experiencing life from a different perspective and sharing that experience with our internal connection.

My ego may have thought that it left a gift for Ambrosia, but as always the gift was given back many times over. Ambrosia is my left hand shaking hands with my right hand, acknowledging that they both exist and are part of the same body.

My writing is an expression of self and it is mirrored back by those that read it and benefit by it. All of us express ourselves uniquely and that expression is a sign post for others who will acknowledge it and move past it.

I would encourage Ambrosia and others to keep going, to create their own path and lay down their own stones and sign posts. Others will follow and make themselves known to you, lead the way do not be led.

I am now over 200 books behind in my reading; they look really nice on my bookshelf and are very inspirational just looking at them from my desk. I slowed down on my reading some time ago for good purpose, I didn’t want to be influenced by other writers anymore. I wanted to create my own style and philosophy. I love to go into book stores and brief through the new books and occasionally read a chapter or two.

The one thing that stands out while I’m doing this is that I am writing the same things that others are writing about with the added twist of my own style. We are moving in the same direction and have the same new thoughts confirming to me that there is communication at some level of sub consciousness and we are of the same mind.

I started out with some of these authors years ago and we are still on similar paths. When I take a turn in thought they are there, so I hypothesize that I am still growing and I am joined in a common pool of thought that is working in harmony with a movement towards enlightenment.

I find gratification in knowing that these common thoughts will eventually branch off into other areas of experience that will again bring more choices. Life is always moving and I am a part of that movement that is a stepping stone that will encourage others to move farther.

I am alone, but not alone, I am here but I am also everywhere else and every once in awhile a part of me will return to self with a tap on the shoulder to remind myself that I am doing this for all. All of us are contributing to the whole no matter how we see ourselves in this inclusive relationship. The one hand may be elbow deep in doo-doo while the other is shaking hands with abundance, success and joy. Both hands are part of the same body and moving in the same direction, it’s the experience that is different and neither hand is better than the other for that experience.

You cannot know doo-doo unless you know its opposite. It is the head that is acknowledging both aspects of its experience and has predetermined how it will feel about it. The experience is simply acknowledgment of those predeterminations.

I am no less or better than those that I bring into my life, for they are reminders of who I am and how I have portrayed myself to the world. They are living sign posts that I have planted along the road less travelled.

No, Ambrosia you are not alone, we are together, and we are one, none of us can ever be lost. The illusion of separation is necessary so that life will go on trying to reconnect to itself in an endless perpetual cycle searching for perfection. You are not just one in the crowd, you are the crowd and no puzzle is complete without all the pieces.

Roy E. Klienwachter is a resident of British Columbia, Canada. A student of NLP, ordained minister, New Age Light Worker and Teacher. Roy has written and published five books on New Age wisdom. Roy’s books are thought provoking and designed to empower you to take responsibility for your life and what you create. His books and articles are written in the simplicity and eloquence of Zen wisdom.

You may not always agree with what he has to say. You will always come away with a new perspective and your thinking will never be the same.

Roy’s style is honest and comes straight from the heart without all the metaphorical mumble jumble and BS.

Visit Roy at: http://www.klienwachter.com

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People have a tendency of anticipating pending change on the assumption that it will be bad. Such focus on the negatives contribute to unnecessary fears of change, even when there is really not much, if anything, to fear. Sometimes that fear can be inflamed by self doubt; doubts of our own ability to deal with this new situation that is about to befall us.

As such fears are usually unfounded, then hopefully it should not be too difficult to cure our fears of change? Well, that depends on the individual. A group of people facing the same change will react and anticipate in very different ways. It is helpful to understand that life always comprises ups and downs. Nobody can be forever happy, forever in a state of perfection; the world changes and your little world changes. Those who fare the best are those who feed off the changes rather than run from them, or confront them in wasteful defiance; the tide of change will not stop because of you.

As with all experiences in life, you should try to learn from your experiences of change; before, during, and after. Experience and knowledge make for a fuller person, so here is an opportunity to take another step towards your personal maturity. I know from my personal experiences that what appear to be bad events, bad changes, can often lead to something far better.

There are some ancient beliefs which lead us to believe that every single event in our lives, little or large, happens with a pre-determined reason. They also taught that life, somehow, prepares us for certain events that will come later. Whether or not you can believe that does not really matter; what matters is that you view each event as something to be learnt from, not hide from or go into denial about. If it’s happened, it’s happened; we need to deal with it; we need to deal with the reality it has caused.

Throughout my life I have had the usual setbacks that many endure at one time or another; each time, something better followed, or I took with me significant and useful memories. During 1998/99, though, a whole succession of setbacks, in my personal and business life, really shook me; one after another, with no relief. I lost count; maybe there were 7 or 8. On one hand, I was suffering because of the setbacks. Each was significant, but together, they were reaching the core of my life in England. On the other hand, I was excited, wondering what all this meant. As the dust settled, I knew what it was all about. I was being released to follow my dreams. So, that’s what I did.

If you have a problem dealing with a certain change in your life, and understanding what it actually means, here are a few tips that might help you:

1. Try to think only of the positive effects that will result from the change. Use meditation to see how important they are. While meditating, focus on how to get the most from the positive benefits. Then take it further: where could those benefits lead to that will enhance your life still further.

2. Imagine the worse case scenario after the change. Be realistic, and don’t be lured into fantasy land to punish yourself. Now use meditation again to find solutions to any problems that may be caused by the change. That way, you will be ready for anything.

3. If you are feeling as though this change is going to affect you more than anyone, then imagine someone else in the same situation; maybe a friend of yours. You will probably find that they will handle it better than you in your imagination. This may help you to handle it better too.

4. As you go to sleep each night, imagine yourself after the change has happened: calm, relaxed, confident and happy. You have got through the change as if it did not happen, or as if it were very trivial. As you wake up, think over the same things in the same way again. You may be surprised at how well your subconscious will prepare you for the impending change.

Change? What change?

That’s right, your evolution to maturity.

Roy Thomsitt is owner and part author of
http://www.change-direction.com and
http://www.routes-to-self-improvement.com

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Lately, I have been asked a lot of questions in the Psychic Realm chatroom about “ceromancy”. That is the fine art of reading a situation by studying the way a candle burns. Are the flames leaping high? Is the wax sizzling and crackling and popping? What does it mean when the flame goes out?

Many people in the Realm over the last year have become avid candle-burners and realized quite instinctively that the way a candle is behaving is often a mirror of the situation as it presently exists and its outcome. It is, after all, one of the world’s most ancient forms of divination. The leaping and reaching candle flames are seen to represent the souls of the individuals involved in the situation being read. For instance, one member, the other day asked me what it meant when the wax from the candle she was burning for love melted into the shape of a heart. Anyone who is used to reading wax drippings knows that is extremely good news and probably means the other person is thinking of you.

Another phenomenon that I am constantly asked about is what I call “accelerated magic.” This is when a candle, that usually lasts about four hours, starts smoking and seems to burn down very rapidly …like in about fifteen minutes. This is usually good news and means that your prayer or request will probably be answered quite rapidly. If the candle was being burned for protection of some kind, it means that there was more than likely some kind of invasion or attack that the spirits decided to take care of as fast as possible.

In general, when you first light the candle, if the candle starts smoking quite heavily right away that is a very good sign. It means that negative energy is being removed from the situation. If the smoke is white, it means your prayers will be answered right away. If it is black, your prayer will probably be answered, but it is possible there will be obstacles in a way. You have to use your gut instinct if the flame doesn’t smoke at all. Sometimes that can mean there are no obstacles and other times, it means that the matter is long over. A clear, strong flame that burns steadily is a good sign that the candle is sending out a great deal of power and energy to manifest what you want. If it is small and more ball shaped than teardrop shaped, it is less likely that your prayer will be answered. A weak or low flame means you are facing some “heavy” opposition.

Staring at a flame is a great way of telling you if your magic is working. It never ceases to amaze me how a flame will seem to grow higher or grope for more air the more you meditate upon it. You can also do some divination by looking straight into the heart of the flame - the blue center that is surrounded by the orange halo. A healthy flame has a bright red core, surrounded by a blue halo and then a yellow colour. A blazing red center tells you that spirits are getting to the heart of the matter. A red center that is dim or just a pinpoint reveals a situation that may not be motivated by the heart. If the wick of the candle starts building a little bulb at its tip, chances are that you have opposition or a third party working against you. If there is a lot of blue in the flame, I take that as a sign that angels and spirits are protecting you from a possibly unhappy outcome.

Jumping, leaping and steadily rising flames are an excellent indication that spirits are fighting the obstacles that are in your way. This can be quite fascinating to watch, especially if the flame is really jumping and you are burning a candle that is intended to fight another’s will. If the flame is really protesting, so is the person and sometimes this is your cue to put the candle out. If the candle makes sizzling, hissing or popping sounds, this is also a sign that some kind of spiritual warfare is taking place. If it scares you or doesn’t feel right put the candle out. However if it feels like obstacles are being destroyed or eliminated then enjoy the show.

If you are burning a love candle and a second flame develops from an ash then I consider that to be a bad sign. It means you have a rival. If you are burning two candles that are supposed to represent two different individuals, it is not a great omen if one of the candles burns away to the bottom much faster than the other does. That is often a sign that your timing is off in the relationship or it is not meant to be.

If the candle smoke wafts towards you it means that your prayer is more than likely to be answered. If it wafts away from you, then it means that you will need a great deal of perseverance in order to have your prayer answered. According to author Reverend Ray T. Marlborough If the smoke blows to your left “you are getting too emotionally involved with the situation and are in danger of subconsciously sabotaging your own prayer so that it will not be answered. If it blows to the right you will need to use your head rather than your emotions to pursue the situation.”

The way a candle unfolds or deconstructs as it melts can be very significant. It is wonderful when the candle seems to collapse outward or unfold like a flower. I consider that to be a sign that your wish will be granted. It represents possibilities and paths opening for you. A candle that is too lopsided in one direction or another, universally means that you are dealing with a situation that is way out of balance. If the flame is buried by the wax, to me that is often a sign that the wish will not be granted.

Reading wax drippings is a totally intuitive matter. It is similar to reading tea leaves. Some shapes are obvious, like the heart, which obviously represents love. Wax drippings may form in shapes that mean something very personal to you - a totem animal for example. A good general reference book to buy that tells you the meaning of a lot of shapes, common symbols and animals is Talismans and Amulets by Felicitas H. Nelson.

Perhaps one thing to remember when you purchase a candle is that you cannot read the drippings of a candle that is made of paraffin or that is marketed as “dripless”. Go for a candle made of messy natural wax or beeswax, as they are the ones that tend to reveal the most astral information.

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If there is one thing that I believe with all my heart it is that you can
have any life you choose to. You can live the life you have always dreamed
of.

We live in a period of unparalleled opportunity in human history. Think
about it: Just one hundred years ago, most people really only had five or
six options when it came to deciding what they would do with their lives.
For most, they didn’t even have the knowledge that they could do anything
other than take over their father’s farm when they turned eighteen!

But today a person living in the western world (and many other areas of the
world as well) can choose to do virtually anything they want to! They key is
the word “choose.”

You see, the world is within your reach. Any job you want can be yours if
you decide. All of the opportunities are there for the taking. The question
is whether or not you will take.

You say, “But Chris, you just don’t understand. I’m thirty-eight years old
with two kids and I have bills to pay. I make $28,000 a year. I can’t just
go become a doctor and make big money!”

And I say, “Yes you can! If you decide to. If you will take action you can
become a doctor or anything else you want to. We live in a day and age when
virtually anything is possible.”

For the sake of highlighting this principle, let’s look at the above
example. How would this person change careers? Simple.

Here is the process in specific action steps:

1. Find out from a medical school what classes you would need to take to get
in. Chances are your college major would need some rounding out or if you
didn’t go to college, you would need to do so. Maximum time to do this: 3
days.

2. Now, go to school. Maximum time to do this: 4 years.

3. Now, medical school and residency. Maximum time to do this: 6 years.

4. Begin practicing medicine.

At this point you would be forty-eight years old. That leaves you seventeen
years to practice. Now let’s see the impact it has on your life:

1. You get to pursue your dream, making you and your family MUCH happier.

2. You will make, on average, $100,000 more per year.

The difference here is
manifold! If you stayed where you were, you would have earned $28,000 a year
for twenty-seven years and would earn $756,000. If you left and pursued your
dream you would earn $128,000 for seventeen years (That’s if you took ten
years to make the transition. Most would be less.) and you earnings would be
$2,176,000! This is a difference of $1,420,000! And this doesn’t even take
into consideration the amounts you would earn on investments on the
difference in incomes.

So is it possible? Yes. Does it take time? Yes. Is it hard? Yes. Is it
scary? Yes, and that is why most people won’t do it.

It isn’t for lack of opportunity. It is usually because of one of the
following:

Lack of vision.
Lack of tenacity.
Fear.

The truth is that you can do anything you want to. Stop telling yourself
excuses! Go to battle against a lack of vision! Pick yourself up and get
tenacious! Look fear in the face and stand up to it! Your whole life depends
on it, my friend!

The choice is yours. Will you continue to limp along in life because you don
‘t have the courage to run for your dream? Will you continue to allow the
fear of poverty keep you from pursuing the riches, both materially and
emotionally, that lay within the vision you have of what your life could be?

You CAN live the life you have always dreamed of. All you want is within
your reach. But to pick it up, you must first empty your hands of what they
already hold. Then you must reach for it, take a hold of it, and possess it!

About The Author:

Chris Widener is a popular speaker and writer as well as the President of
Made for Success, a company helping individuals and organizations turn
their potential into performance, succeed in every area of their lives and
achieve their dreams.

To see Chris “live” at the upcoming Jim Rohn Weekend Event as he speaks on
the subject of Secrets of Influence go to
http://Chris-Widener.InspiresYOU.com/ or call 800-929-0434.

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