"instead, focus on understanding yourself...Change the way you choose to perceive the power that others have over you and you will see a bright new world of unlimited potential for yourself...Dismiss any desire to extend power over others through the forceful nature of your actions and your personality...Catch yourself as you're about to tell others how they 'should' be...Notice how often you attempt to use verbal force to convince others to listen to you...When your judgments dominate, the flow of the Tao slows."

exerpted from Wayne Dyer's book, Change Your Thoughts Change Your Life!

Hey Betsy, good morning! It's raining here.

I have one of Dyers books in audio, I really enjoyed it until he started spewing political hatred, it was then that I realized that he wasn't as enlightened and centered as I had hoped, I was real disappointed because till then I felt he really had something to offer me. (just my opinion)
"Cheers"

Hi everyone,

Hope you are having a great day,

Love and hugs.....XX

Good afternoon all! I also slept well last night! I woke up feeling somewhat refreshed, which is a lot for me. I also felt lazy and stayed in bed reading for a bit. I'm up now, I've had something to eat, I've mixed up the colors again and am getting ready to finish my cake! Still trying to make a few decisions on it, but, when I'm ready to go, after making up all my icing cones, I'll know exactly what I'll want to do!

I'm so looking forward to the party tonight! It's going to be so much fun!

love and hugs,
Char 0:)

Taking frequent breaks as I decorate. The arthritis makes it hard to squeeze the icing bags. Time to start another load of laundry and give the muscles in my right hand and arm a rest!

Morning all.
Betsy, so great the visualistion worked so well. I love Wayne Dyer, but yet to get round to reading that one yet. what political hatred was that Gil, just out of curiosity :)

I've been having a lovely day. Agreed to go shopping with a new friend and it was really good. She's a great influence on me, she's usually optimistic and she's a very kind person with great dress sense that's beginning to rub off... starting to ditch the "uniform" of black that I tend to gravitate to.

Well, recently I do pick up on politics when listening to all of Oprah's peeps. Deepak, Dr. Dyer, Dr. Robin, the list goes on.

I listen to "Oprah & Friends" on XM-Radio and they all make it quite clear they are all supporters of Obama (Wayne's on her show sometimes, too)...and Oprah and Gail just goo over him and all pretty much brag about all the contact she and Gail have with them.

Since most are from left they forget any objectivity and blatently insult those of us from the right...saying we don't "care" about the poor (LIE, LIE), etc.

The worst thing I heard Oprah say before the election on Gail's show was that spiritual it was the difference between light (them) and darkness (Republicans). And, that Americans should do the "right" thing. Sorry, but just because I beleive in smaller government and private charities instead of the government managing it doesn't mean I am "darkness".

Sooo, I just think that Gil had picked up comments like I have when reading his books & some of the others. I have to let it go and not let it keep me from getting the deeper messages. Sometimes, though, I just turn them off when they start judging the right. I beleive that life has a way of working out and I hope like most of my Republican friends do that he does a great job! I refuse to behave like many of my Dem friends and family who spent and wasted 8 years being angry and name calling.

I couldn't have said it better myself Betsy, Bless you :)

Hey all!---Im late but im here:)
I was supposed to go with my daughter to a pig roast but ended up waking up with a migraine that didnt go away til about 7pm--ugh, i hate when i get them---any kind of meds wont touch'em i just have to sleep them off...

Hope everyone is having a relaxin' Saturday---Hugz,Kim:)

Hey Dixie,

If you get the kind of migraines that start with an aura, what has worked for me is to take One Xanax (.25mg) and two Aleve as soon as the lights start flashing. The aura goes through the 30 minute cycle but I do not get the horrible headache. I also make sure to take another Aleve before bed and maybe one the next day to keep from getting a headache.

I still hate the auras since I get symptoms sometimes of a stroke, numbness and short term memorty loss and my words won't come out correctly. Pretty scarey actually, but it is only for a few minutes.

Betsy

You are all a true blessing :) .. :) Love you all. Just checking in for a min or so!!!

From what I have read you are all doing great.. you have no idea how great that makes me feel!!

Keep going forward!

Love you all.

Julia
XXX