Everything You Need To Know

Night Harvesting   Photo by:  HMP ©

Everything You Need To Know
You Learned in Kindergarden

All the rules that you need to know about life, love, success and happiness, most of us have already been taught way back in kindergarden.  Somewhere along the line, we have failed to process these magic rules and apply them into our lives, and then live by them.  Here are a few examples:

1) Always tell the truth 
2) Love thy neighbour as thyself
3) Work hard
4) Share & play nice
5) Go to bed on time

Always telling the truth develops integrity and trust.  It creates an authentic person that people will impeccably trust, both personally and in business.  It creates this world in which there is less stress because doing the right thing becomes easy.  Truthfulness becomes a part of a person.  Remember the saying, "Your reputation precedes you?"  You want truth to be a big part of your reputation and legacy!


Loving thy neighbour as thyself instills respect for other people and teaches us to love ourselves as well.  It tells us that we need to take care of those around us when they're in need.  Our neighbours can be our physical neighbours in a neighbourhood, or more global, such as our coworkers, our extended family, our children's friends, or the needy here or in other countries.

Working hard is a rule that is typically underrated.  A person can never go wrong giving all they've got in every aspect of their life, from work to personal relationships.  Don't take shortcuts - always, always go the extra mile!

When we think of sharing, do we think of our personal relationships?  We should, because sharing means sharing our time, our energies, and our empathy with those around us.  It means giving of ourselves for the benefit of another.  Applied in any situation, can only create positivity in the long run!

Our mothers were right after all!  Nagging us to get to bed on time was a great piece of advice considering that all the research studies point to the benefits of getting at least 8 hours sleep a night.   Weight maintenance, anti-aging effects and a better memory are some of the benefits from a good nights snooze!


Thought for today:  Do you always go the extra mile?

When Life Throws You a Curve Ball!

Life's Unexpected Pleasures
By HMP ©

When Life Throws You A Curve Ball!


So you know what you love, you've made steps towards your life-dream goals and then . . . disaster hits!

The simplest way to tell you what to do is give you a couple of my favorite quotes and points of guidance at a time like this.  These quotes and ideas have got me through the worst and stopped me from giving up whatever battle I was facing.  Sometimes life can be overwhelming when things don't seem to be working according to plan.  Life kind of has ways of throwing a curve ball sometimes, and when you can't think straight, you need something to lean on.  This helps you to keep putting one foot in front of the other until you get through this rough patch in life.

1)  Never give Up.  NEVER ever.  

2)  Review your objectives & goals frequently

3) Meditate (when you are able) and allow God to provide you with the answers you can't see

4) Think Outside the Box

5) The only way to the other side is Through!

6) Visualize the perfect outcome daily and before falling asleep at night

When life isn't going as planned, there is always a valuable lesson to be learned.  Perhaps you are rushing things and not allowing things to unfold as they need to.  Or maybe you just need to learn something before proceeding that will help you later in life.

Let me tell you about Ken's story:

Ken was strapping and strong young man, happily married, successful and doing what he loved.  He had a positive outlook on life and enjoyed working hard running his own business.  Life then threw Ken a curve ball!  Within a 6 month period, Ken lost his health. The loss of his health also eventually cost him his business.  Finally, Ken lost his wife too.

Many people would give up at this point, and ask "Why me?"  But not Ken.  Ken was a positive person, which helped.  But that alone would not have pulled him through.  It was his stubbornness to "never give up" and his faith in God that wouldn't allow life to keep him down.  He eventually found a way to work around his continued health issues, build another business and find the woman of his dreams.  That was over 25 years ago, and he's happy, healthy and wealthy ever since!

Now is the time in your life to BE STUBBORN!  Don't give up on your life-dreams - never - ever!©

Okay for Passion, but What About Love?

"A Picture Worth A Thousand Words"
By HMP ©

Okay For Passion, but What About Love?


This blog talks a lot about passion as it relates to having a passion for one's life, one's interest's and what really turns that person 'on'.  It is written in the broad terms of directing one's life towards their God given talents and interests so that a person can love all that they are and all that they do.  But, many have asked "What about 'Love?'"

Passion can be defined as, ':  intense, driving, or overpowering feeling or emotion.   It applies to love.  It is important to have a love of ourselves and our own life first before we seek out to try and find a love interest.  This is important because we attract what and where we are in life.  It is scientifically proven that the number one predictor of who we will fall in love with is 'location' and the second is 'familiarity'.  Astounding isn't it?  So love 'found' is as simple as where we geographically live and how familiar the person is to us.  

Familiarity falls into categories of appearance, personality, addictions, success and wisdom to name a few.  This is scary in many ways.  However, if we are living our 'dream life' when we meet people socially, guess what?  Chances are, many of those people are also living their best lives as well!  

Pam's Story

Pam is an attractive woman in her forties.  Unfortunately she had a history of getting into relationships with men who drank too much.  She didn't want men who were alcoholics, but that is what she always ended up with.  She said, "I would meet a guy at an event, and he would make me feel so good, he was the life of the party."  Tom (her last boyfriend) was so confident and outgoing, she says, "I was instantly attracted to him, and he told me he hardly ever drank alcohol.  How was I supposed to know he had a 'problem' with booze?"  

Pam was used to this personality type - her father, her first husband . . . all alcoholics, all outgoing.  And Pam was used to the role of 'enabling' (accepting and protecting).  She wasn't healthy or happy and she wasn't taking care of herself in many ways.  

Everyone has a story, and everyone has a history.  It doesn't matter so much what the details are, as much as how you manage to move forward, out and past the history and make it all just a 'story'.   I once read that we spend our entire lives rewriting our pasts in order to change the outcome.  How crazy is that?


Thankfully, Pam, like others who could move past the history, changed her life fulfilling her passion for photography.  Here's the rest:

Interestingly, while taking photos at a wedding show one day, Pam met Sam.  Sam was a handsome, single successful businessman who was at the show with his daughter.  Sam was not 'in your face' outgoing, but confident in a classy and wisdom-filled style.  Pam was now, too, confident in a classy and wisdom-filled style and happy with her life just as it was.  They are now together and Pam lives out her dreams by first, being madly in love with her life, her passion filled career and now even more complete in sharing it with her true soul-mate.  And no, Sam is not an alcoholic!

This was the life Pam was always meant to have.

First become the one whom you wish to meet & love. ©