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Doc
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 Posted - Mar 13 2007 : 11:21:31 PM
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Hi to all ~
Here's a short piece written by Susie Cortright that I thought some of you might appreciate and enjoy. 
Doc
One Minute Wake-Ups to Brighten Your Day!
We all get frazzled. We all get overwhelmed and snappy. And we all need to re-center before we share that feeling with the rest of the world.
Here are a few one-minute "wake-ups" that will help you to re-focus on what's important...
- What are you thankful for? List as many "gratitudes" as you can in one minute. Don't think; just write.
- Recite one-liners: uplifting quotes or favorite Scripture verses.
- Close your eyes and listen to your life in all its noisy glory.
- Change your mental scenery. Close your eyes and imagine that you are somewhere else. Somewhere with sand.
- Drink a towering glass of cold water. Visualize it as an energy elixir (because it is.)
- Light a candle and enjoy a mini-meditation staring into its flame.
- Pray.
- Smile for an entire minute (This falls into the category of "fake it till you make it.")
- Listen to a behavior modification tape,
- Really look at your family. Leo Buscaglia once took a poll of college students. "What color are your mother's eyes?" he wanted to know. Only 20 percent of them could answer the question. Take an entire minute to look--really look--at your spouse or your kids. Strive to be fully present with them, one minute at a time.
- Read an uplifting children's book to your kids.
- Read a devotional or meditation.
- Be silent.
- Turn on some classical music. Close your eyes to listen.
- Jot a few things in your "Bliss Book," a personal journal that contains only positive thoughts, positive memories, positive ideas.
- Ask yourself: How can I find more patience, calm and strength right now?
- Write your own "wake-ups."
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Scott
USA
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Posted - Mar 16 2007 : 8:35:15 PM
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| These are good. I like the one about looking to find the eye color. |
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Doc
USA
394 Posts |
Posted - Mar 16 2007 : 9:56:21 PM
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Hi Scott:
Right on, man! Nothing tells a loved one that we don't really look at them more than being unable to say what color their eyes are, wouldn't you agree?
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Scott
USA
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Posted - Mar 16 2007 : 11:38:08 PM
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| I would agree, and yet I haven't really noticed anyone's eye color...not even the people I cherish. Great thing for me to do from now on. Thanks Doc. |
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Doc
USA
394 Posts |
Posted - Mar 17 2007 : 09:30:00 AM
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My pleasure....as always!
Doc
P.S. Happy St. Paddy's Day, Lad! 
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