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Tools For Living a Truly Inspired Life

There is a time for work and a time for play. This page is dedicated to the time for play part. The time to replenish your body, mind, and soul after a hard day at work, the gym, or wherever you may need a break from, so that you too can live an inspired life. These are the things that truly inspire me. So relax, take a load off, and enjoy.

But, before you read any further, if you like to listen to good music while you surf or work online and you haven't checked out Pandora.com, you don't know what you are missing. You can create any kind of radio station you want there. So very cool. Try it out! Get on over to Pandora.com



Quick Reference Guide For This Page

Awesome Authors & their websites

Amazing Music & their websites

Quaint Quotes



Don't you just love when you read something that's so simple, yet poignant, that it makes you tear up and think, "Wow, I wish I had written that." Or maybe its so deep yet obvious that it makes you go, “Ahaa! Now I get it!” Or maybe…it just sets you back on a positive or grateful track when you found yourself getting a bit off track. Whatever the case, I love to read things that speak to me that way!

It happens to me usually daily. I read so many good things and there is so much wonderful material out there. I thought it might be an appropriate way for me to start the Inspired Life page.



TUT.COM "NOTES FROM THE UNIVERSE"

So, here goes! I am going to start this out with my all-time favorite way to start each day. Every morning after I fire up my computer, I always go straight to my e-mail and read my "Note from the Universe." It is something you can sign up for amongst other very cool stuff.

Mike Dooley is an amazing, forward-thinking, inspirational soul who comes up with these things, as well as a whole slew of other stuff, as you will see if you go to his very fun and different site. I get these sent straight to my e-mail, Monday through Friday. And I truly do miss them on the weekends. They are that special. My note today said:

When you understand, Linda, that your disappointment in another's behavior or choices always stems from their immaturity, or yours, rather than their unkindness, or yours, it becomes much harder not to keep skipping through life, giddy with joy, smelling the flowers.

Moreover, when you understand that with enough maturity on your end you can always find peace in all of your relationships, it becomes much harder not to run down the street kissing everyone you meet on both cheeks.

Kiss, kiss -
The Universe

Wisdom, Linda, is the real deal.


Now, isn’t that too cool? They are all so excellent! If you want a fun and thought-provoking way to begin your day, this is it!

Okay, here is another one that I just got today that I absolutely loved so much I had to post it here immediately. Here goes:

What if the word "work" was changed to "dance-with- life," Linda? And instead of it being viewed as an alternative to fishing or a way of "paying your dues," it was seen as a chance to meet a parade of new friends, discover your own untested potentials and unpolished gifts, and open avenues for abundance to come pouring into your life?

Yeah, I bet lottery sales would plummet.

The Universe

Not to mention the office parties, donut runs, and "free" pens, Linda... cha, cha, cha!

Click above to go there and sign up now! It is totally free! And while you are there check out the whole website. It is amazing, just like the whole Tut Kingdom. I LOVE THOSE PEOPLE!


FAVORITE AUTHORS AND THEIR WEBSITES

One of my favorite author's is Neale Donald Walsch. You should read anything he has ever written. He wrote the Conversations with God books among many others. His website is www.nealedonaldwalsch.com Here is a quote from one of Neale's book.

There is no truth except the truth that exists within you.
Everything else is what someone is telling you.
--Neale Donald Walsch from Home with God

Another favorite of mine is Dr. Wayne Dyer. He can write no wrong. Oh, I like that. Get it? Write no wrong...okay, anyways read anything he has ever written and you will be a better person for it. Awesome is an understatement. His website is www.drwaynedyer.com

He has a special on PBS right now and if you have a chance to catch it, DO IT. He is one of the most inspiring people I have ever seen. I LOVE HIM!

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AMAZING MUSIC DISCOVERY

I want to now tell you about my new favorite musicians-singer-songwriters. They are called The Weepies. They do the Penny's Christmas commercials and Old Navy and some others. I was so taken with the jingle on the Penny's commercial that I Googled the lyrics "Out in the Harbor" and JC Pennys and Lo and Behold I found the Weepies.

Check them out! I LOVE THEM! Go to The Weepies page and listen and enjoy. If you like folkie-pop stuff, you will absolutely love them. Read there story and you will fall in love with them along with me. I am a sappy fan, I admit it. I am listening to their song from the myspace page as I type. I'm smiling. You will too. Go on. Click on over and give them a listen.

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QUAINT QUOTES

Alrightiethen, it is time for a few good quotes. How 'bout these to get us started:

"You are the only problem you will ever have and you are the only solution. Change is inevitable, personal growth is always a personal decision." --Bob Proctor

"Spirit is always for expansion and fuller expression." --Bob Proctor

"It is what draws you to the material you are reading now. It is what draws you to grow everyday. It is what draws you and I to seek the answers in our lives. It is our purpose on this planet to grow in awareness of ourselves, to grow in awareness of our oneness with each other, and to grow in understanding of how it is that we can best support and connect and love each other." --Margaret Merrill

"Face your deficiencies and acknowledge them. But do not let them master you." -- Helen Keller

"It is a terrible thing to see and have no vision." -- Helen Keller

"Ingenuity plus courage plus work equals miracles." --Bob Richards

"Energy and persistence conquer all things." --Benjamin Franklin

"It is our attitude at the beginning of a difficult task which, more than anything else, will affect its successful outcome." --William James 1842-1910, Psychologist, Professor and Author
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ANNOUNCEMENT: COOL NEW WEBSITE DISCOVERY!! CHECK IT OUT AT Charityfocus.org



Okay, peeps! This is just going too far! I can't believe we've gotten so lazy as a society, always driving and never walking, that it has spread rampant into our "best friends." See the look of total "caught with the hand-or should I say paw-in the cookie jar" on this mutt's face? Lucky I just happened to have my camera with me to catch this insipid behavior on film. And to think this DOG had the nerve to park right outside my gym. As if it could hide behind those tinted windows or something.

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That's it for now. More good stuff to come soonly! Peace out!




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