Here is a question a visitor to the website has asked me:
“How can we make our loved ones to be positive, successful and hardworking in life?”

Answer: I believe that we have to be an example to what we want to teach and preach. If we try to be more positive, tolerant, patient, hardworking and happy, the people around us will be affected by the way we think and behave, and without being aware, would adopt this attitude too.

If we want to make our loved ones positive, we have first to be so ourselves.

We may also talk with the people close to us about self improvement or spiritual growth, and offer them simple techniques or suggest books to read, but this should be done gradually, patiently, and without being too insistent and obvious, so as to avoid resistance.

A blessed thing it is for any man or woman to have a friend, one human soul whom we can trust utterly, who knows the best and worst of us, and who loves us in spite of all our faults.
Charles Kingsley

The ultimate test of a relationship is to disagree but to hold hands.
Alexandra Penney

Love is the only thing you get more of by giving it away.
Tom Wilson

Love is an act of endless forgiveness, a tender look which becomes a habit.
Peter Ustinov

A baby is born with a need to be loved - and never outgrows it.
Frank A. Clark

Love and kindness are never wasted. They always make a difference. They bless the one who receives them, and they bless you, the giver.
Barbara De Angelis

Love’s gift cannot be given, it waits to be accepted.
Rabindranath Tagore

Life without love is like a tree without blossom and fruit.
Kahlil Gibran

More Quotes on Love

You Can Heal Your Life: The Movie

This entertaining and inspirational movie hosted by best-selling author Louise Hay and directed by Emmy award winner Michael Goorjian gives penetrating insights into her fascinating life story. 

The movie also provides clarity on how her views on self-esteem, abundance, and the metaphysical causes behind physical ailments were developed.

For more information, click on the link below:
You Can Heal Your Life: The Movie

In today’s economic situation everyone needs to try every means to improve his/her financial condition. One of the ways to do so is through creative visualization - using the power of your imagination to attract success.

I have written quite a few articles on this subject, which you can find at this blog and at the main website, and I have also written a book entitled, Visualize and Achieve.

I invite you to read the article Creative Visualization - Part One, which is one of the most read articles on this subject. I have written this article a few years ago, but I have rewritten it yesterday, so even if you have read it, you are invited to read it again.

Additional article:
Creative Visualization - Part Two

Do you believe you have a soul? Wait, before you answer. If you believe that you have a soul, it is like saying that it is something that you own, then who is it that owns this soul? Who is it that says that he or she owns a soul? Is it your body or maybe your mind saying so? Are there two entities, you and a soul? If this is so, that you are not the soul, you only own one. Confusing?

Could it be the other way around, and that you are the soul, who owns or inhabits a body?

There is another option. Consider the option that there is just one entity, spirit, soul, power, God, the terminology is not so important, which fills the whole Universe, and which activates and manifests through different forms that we call trees, planets animals and people.

This power is like electricity that comes from the same powerhouse, and which activates many different electrical instruments.

If you accept this idea, you will have to accept that all differences between people, nations and religions is only apparent. All are part of one indivisible power, which manifests through different vehicles. As the brain and nerve system of each individual is built a bit different from others, the Spirit manifests in the external world differently through each body, which makes the differences between people.

Taking electricity again as an example, it is the same power that makes an oven, a vacuum cleaner or a radio work. Each instrument was built for a different purpose and was constructed differently. It is the same with all living forms. There are differences in the outer form, behavior and ideas of people, but yet, it is the same Spirit - Consciousness making them all active and alive. It is the same consciousness manifesting through different vehicles.

Complicated? Not really, if you think a little about this subject.

Do you know how much money you earn and how much you spend?
Do you earn more than you spend?
Do you know where your money is going?

These are questions you should ask yourself in order to establish a personal or family budget, and keep track your earnings and your expenditure. Establishing a budget can help you keep track of every amount of money that comes in or goes out, and helps you save money and reduce debt.

A personal or family budget provides understanding of your expenses, and how you can reduce them. It helps you manage your income so it meets or exceeds expenses.

1) Start by summing up all the expenses of last month and compare the amount to the amount you earned. If you earned more than you spend that’s great, but if your expenses were higher than your earnings, consider this as a red flag, warning you to rectify the situation.

2) Divide your list of expenses into two lists, one list covering fixed bills and expenses on clothing, transportation, services and food, and another list for other expenses, such as entertainment, restaurants or vacations. Find out where you can cut off, where you can postpone the purchase, and which of these expenses are not really necessary.

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