The Gift of Crisis

When the rug is pulled out from underneath us we are forced to get out our gardening tools and start digging again, cultivating our own life and dreams. Everything that requires transformation to fully accept new energies and a higher way of living is coming to the surface for all of us. Although unwelcome and difficult, crisis can be the very thing that assists us in growing forward in more joy.

Our reward is that we often transform ourselves not despite crises, but because of it. This empowering truth is reinforced in Laura Day’s transformational book, Welcome to Your Crises. Whether you (or someone you know) is going through a health, relationship or economic crisis, it’s full of supportive practices and moving quotes… “Through this process of moving thru crises, you’ll find yourself and the key to the most wonderful life you can have!”

Holistic Health Tips:

• 1. Take a few moments every morning to relax into your Divine self.
• 2. Breathe through all your chakras. See them grow brighter and balance.
• 3. Do some hand-written journalling. This physical action with your hands helps get what’s inside out, freeing it from your body as well.
• 4. From Laura Day: As you move through crises, periodically ask yourself: ‘Who am I?’ Don’t be surprised if your answer changes!

Inspiration:
“You let go of what doesn’t serve you when you go through these crises. Do not do that in your life which feels like resistance. Do only that which, even if it seems painful to do, you know is the right thing to do for you. All transformations lead to joy, understanding, and soul growth.” FROM SATYASOUL (OUR ANGELIC BLOG): Transformational Path of the Soul >>

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Numerology for 2012!

GLOBAL YEAR NUMBER  PERSONAL YEAR NUMBER

THE VIBRATION OF 2012
#5 Global Year
The long-heralded 2012 ushers in the vibration of 5 (2+0+1+2=5). Numerology reveals we will be desiring, creating and experiencing a global influence of freedom, change (YES more!), creativity, entrepreneurship, innovation, communication, sensuality and adventure. Increasingly, it will be necessary for us to find ways to break free of what restricts us and re-balance ourselves and stay flexible amidst ongoing change…to experience the ultimate ecstasy of transformation and truly live fully while centred in love. Passionate pursuits, entertainment and pleasure-seeking will be big this year, but of course must be soul-aligned rather than destructive/escapist to bring harmony. Everything in the world that is not built on a foundation (the 4 energy of 2011) of love, truth, and freedom…will be tested and shaken up in a large way, most definitely talked about, and will have the opportunity and need to be recreated. All that is created and exists on a solid foundation…has the opportunity to soar to new heights this year.

For lightworkers, 2012 can be the year you achieve incredible results more and more consciously living in the 5D reality of love, and embark on some fascinating multidimensional adventures while still grounded in reality. Spirit communication can take on new clarity and creativity. Embrace change, adaptability, flexibility…wherever you’re experiencing resistance, know that you’re meant to let go, so something even better (more aligned with who you are) can manifest in your life! Let go of the idea that you must sacrifice yourself and give your left arm to secure the New Earth. The New Earth is already here…and you are free! This is the way you can be a teacher and reach the most people this year. You are a magnificent creator experiencing all that you expect to and believe is possible. Don’t allow yourself to be falsely limited. Express who you truly are! Gather with a community of like-minds and chat about your experiences, inspire each other, see love everywhere. Show love to mother earth and all creatures, those you feel different from, and especially to those that are lost and are not in a place of love or positivity…because it is love that unites us and creates a tidal wave of immense positive change! The power of love is palpable. ♥ 2012 is the year where anything left that is false falls away, and we can soar to our ultimate potential!

DISCOVER YOUR PERSONAL YEAR NUMBER
To decipher the numerological influence 2012 will bring you to you personally, calculate your Personal Year Number…here’s how! Simply add the month and day of your birthday to the current calendar year, then reduce the result to a single digit number.

For example, someone with a birthdate of December 8 would be in a #7 Personal Year in 2012 (12+08+2012=16=1+6=7). Showing more detail, a birthdate of April 18 would be calculated as (birth month of year + birth day of month + current year =04+18+2012 =4+9+5 =18 =1+8 =9) a #9 Personal Year.

View the chart below to see the meaning of your Personal Year Number. Tips are listed, as well as symbols you can connect with in meditation, to harmoniously align with the energies and opportunities available for you in 2012!

#1 Personal Year
• Keywords: New beginnings, leadership, take charge, launch forward, determination, independence, self-promotion, let ideas take root, treat everyone equally, cultivate oneness
• Symbols: Sun, God/Goddess/Divine, universe/cosmos, circle, centre, purest tone
• How to Align: Last year (a 9 for you) likely saw major endings/completions in the very foundation of your life…you will be making fresh new steps now based on what you discovered last year. Anything you mastered in the full cycle of 9 numbers, you may be called to step forward as a leader in now. If you’ve had difficulty putting your own needs on your to do list, this personal 1 year brings tremendous drive and support in that regard and an opportunity to boost your self-confidence too. Launch forward in creating the life/projects/goals you personally choose, without ego and in a very conscious and All is One kind of way. Go get ‘em!

#2 Personal Year
• Keywords: Stay calm, practice diplomacy, favoured partnerships, get rest, exercise patience, teamwork, acquire knowledge, cultivate peace, collect resources, cooperate
• Symbols: Moon, pair, line, 2 points, 2 circles, coin (2 sides), opposites, masculine-feminine, up-down, front-back
• How to Align: 2011 (a 1 year for you) likely saw you taking leadership action and initiative in the areas of health, home, security, education, stability…you’ll have the opportunity in 2012 to find more peace, emotional support, act as a team, and cultivate resources in these areas. You’ll be called upon to learn/exercise patience and trust your gut amidst global or personal change and seeming chaos. Remember to nurture yourself, move through your emotions rather than suppress them, and engage in fun/uplifting activities. Relationships thrive this year through diplomacy, balance, sensuality, and flexibility. Feel your way.

#3 Personal Year
• Keywords: Cultivate joy, creative expression, take a holiday, see love all around you, self-confidence, have fun, entertain, spread optimism
• Symbols: trinity, triad, triangle, stool (3 legs), past-present-future, body-mind-spirit
• How to Align: In 2011 (a 2 for you), you likely did some deep inner healing work and may have seen changes in a partnership. You were supported in getting in touch with who you are and developing your intuitive gifts. Now in a personal 3 year, you are being given the cosmic push to pursue creativity, fun, travel adventures, and freer expression. While doing so, remember to treat yourself with love…excess will have even bigger fallout now. Whenever you witness fear-based thinking…you have the opportunity to play a very powerful role in spreading optimism and creating positive change. Live in joy.

#4 Personal Year
• Keywords: Get to work, be practical, build the foundation, find cheer, take care of health, solve problems, constructive rewards, self-discipline, follow schedules, take inventory
• Symbols: Earth, 2 pairs, house, square, quarters, horses (4 legs)
• How to Align: Last year was a personal 3 year for you and you were influenced to build your life based on what truly made you happy and let go of outmoded traditional ways of being in the world. 2011 had the global influence of 4, and interestingly here you are in 2012 in your personal year 4 cycle, so you can apply what you saw happen globally to your personal life now. Build solid foundations in your life through self-discipline and create parameters to effectively adapt to change. Embrace creative new ideas to bring opportunity to health, education, and commerce/investments. The universe is alive and full of seasons…if you allow flexibility, along with necessary structure, you have just the right combo to grow! Embrace the continuity of change.

#5 Personal Year
• Keywords: Embrace change, freedom, communicate, commerce, discard outmoded ideas, look your best, drop a habit, be original, take calculated risks, be open to new experiences, sensuality, creativity, recreate your life
• Symbols: pentagon, 5-pointed star, 5 fingers & toes
• How to Align: Last year (a 4 for you) you were asked to rebuild and find practical ways to enhance your life, and rewarded wherever you applied self-discipline. In 2012 (5 energy), and a 5 personal year, the rewards will come from creative pursuits, communication, entrepreneurial ideas, and adaptability, while maintaining what you personally need to feel secure. You more than any other number will experience the world around you as your mirror. If you’re experiencing extreme resistance…lighten up or build some discipline. If your outer world is full of excitement, possibility and adventure, AND your feet are on the ground… you’re right on track! Stay rooted in complete flow.

#6 Personal Year
• Keywords: Be of service, maintain harmony, provide counsel, enjoy family and friends, accept responsibility, marriage/home highlighted, musicality, maintain standards
• Symbols: 6 directions of 3D, hexagon, snowflakes, quartz, insects (6 legs)
• How to Align: 2011 brought you a personal 5 year, so you likely have some insight on how to adapt to a global 5 year (2012). You have learned that you must be flexible, take calculated risks, and find your true expression to ultimately grow…and now in a personal 6 year, you will find ways to maintain harmony amidst change. If you have been wanting to launch a creative venture, it could really move others now. It’s time to take responsible action…in your marriage/home, with family/friends, and the community at large. Don’t be surprised if you’re called to be of service in the stewardship of love. Harmony lights the way.

#7 Personal Year
• Keywords: Keep the faith, find flow, inner reflection, preparation, self-analysis, travel, meditation, education, soul growth, time for self, discovery
• Symbols: 7 days, 7 major chakras, labyrinth (7 coils)
• How to Align: In 2011 (a 6 for you), you discovered that it was harmony and love that built true security in your life and gave the most to others. In 2012, you are inspired to delve into the mysteries of life, discover new worlds, and explore deep truths while maintaining this harmony/security. Travel inwards. Research exotic lands. Explore the intricacies of a subject/hobby you adore. Remember to hug a tree when you feel a need to ground yourself, get your nose out of the book to see the beauty that’s right in front of you, and speak up about all of the truths you’re discovering as your wisdom is needed. Embark on an inner and outer adventure.

#8 Personal Year
• Keywords: Harvest time, achievement, readiness, go for it, abundance, business advancement, organization and honesty rewarded
• Symbols: octagon, cube, 2 squares, octahedron, I-Ching (8 trigrams), spider (8 legs), octopus (8 tentacles)
• How to Align: Last year (a 7 for you) likely involved a deep mystical search and exploration of what truths you want to build your life and health/family routines around. This personal 8 year brings tremendous rewards where you have been and are taking soulful action. Stay adaptable by entertaining others’ ideas, through creativity, and letting go of excess structure and red-tape. If you’ve been running your career/life based on ethical principles for some time now, and are able to flow with rhythm of the times, you can experience soaring financial and other success/abundance this year. Show the world how powerful we all are. Create the world you live in.

#9 Personal Year
• Keywords: Completion, fulfillment, compassion, kinship, satisfaction, spring-cleaning, review it, let go, endings, make room for new beginnings.
• Symbols: 9 orders of angels, 9 worlds, 9 muses, 9 lives, 9 3D-shapes, three 3s, magic square, celestial number of order
• How to Align: You were in an 8 year (and a global 4 year) in 2011, bringing opportunity where you were organized/secure and the need for structure/knowledge in any areas that felt insufficient. Now in a personal 9 year in 2012, it’s time to drop the vice grip, tie up loose ends, and make room. Review your life since 2004 (when you started a 9-year cycle), as you have the ability to achieve a personal level of mastery you didn’t think possible. Remember that whatever falls away this year, you can choose to creatively transform into a gift and exciting adventure for your soul…then pat yourself on the back for a job well done. Let go to soar freely.

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Exquisite Risk

A guest message by Mark Nepo. An excerpt from his book, ‘The Exquisite Risk: Daring to Live an Authentic Life’

Recently, I had an old tooth go bad. It was abscessed and this pressured ache kept building from some elusive spot inside my head. It felt like my deepest moments of doubt. As I waited inside the specialist’s office, I was growing more and more anxious. It’s such a strange journey to be spirit in a body. The Sufis compare it to an invisible bird carried for years within a body of a bird. But the longer I am alive, the harder it is to discern between the two, and the more grateful I am for both.

So there I was, fighting off the memories of my cancer journey, trying to breathe through the pain, and falling into the fear that feeds on poor waiting. In an effort to distract myself, I paged through a book of nature photographs and came upon a full-page color still of a meadowlark. This delicate songbird had climbed the tallest stalk in a wildflower patch, its small talons gripping the stalk tightly in the midst of sudden wind. While its talons were clinging sideways, its body was leaning upright and its head was singing full to the sky.

I realized that the meadowlark holds on, in the smallest storm, in order to sing. Isn’t this what we do — hold on and sing? Isn’t this the art of suffering our way into joy? And if we only hold, don’t we miss the point of our existence? This tiny bird was a teaching from God.

It was then that the doctor’s assistant called my name. Feeling tiny myself, I closed the book, knowing that this was a piece of truth given just in time. For the next three hours they extracted the dying nerve from my mouth, and I held on like a meadowlark, my body slightly twisted as I tried to let my spirit sing. And from that in-between space, floating softly within my pain, I saw how kind this man was who was tending me. Though his eyes were intent on the thin canals inside my tooth, I saw behind his focus to his soft place. It was there that we’d known each other deeply, though we’d never met.

Suddenly, with a rubber gauze covering my mouth, I understood how cautious we are on the surface, and how kind and willing underneath. It is often when in need — when too sad to keep the mask in place, too tired to keep the wall propped up, too wounded to life the sword — often it is then that we glimpse each other as we really are, stripped of all the things we think we need to protect ourselves. Ironically, once flushed out in the open, it is from the soft place that we guard and hide that kindness seeks kindness, and we are just thankful to be helped along.

Published by Harmony Books, Random House, New York, February 2005. | In The Exquisite Risk, poet and teacher Mark Nepo encourages readers to become quiet enough and open enough to listen to what truly matters—our own hearts, our loved ones, the wonders of nature—in order to live a life with nothing held back. | http://www.marknepo.com/books/theexquisite.htm

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As You Are Now

Wishing and waiting are not using our full power, yet how common is it to be waiting for something…better health, less pain, a different size or shape, more fulfilled career, retirement, more money, when every task of the entire day is done, and so on. Do you find yourself waiting to live?

Deep acceptance of ourselves, EXACTLY where we are now can be extremely freeing (and paradoxically, can be just what’s needed to get out of our own way so we can make changes leading to more fulfilment). Cultivate the knowing that you are loved, empowered, and free. EACH moment is where the joy is. Make it count!

Holistic Health Tip
I once worked with a wonderful woman who would walk down the hallway swinging her hips in a full figure 8 motion. She wasn’t just exercising her fabulousness and liberation — she was onto something really powerful! How does your body want to move? What inside you wants to be free?

Health author Anat Banal relays that, “Old painful patterns and movement without awareness block growth opportunities in the brain”, but when we…“allow new, spontaneous and natural movements [it] leads to clearer thinking and emotional responses, helps us move thru resistance to change, and opens more creativity in living.”

Try it out. If you’re reading this in public, who cares who sees you? I just stopped typing on my laptop to engage in the most blissful awakening stretch and ear-to-ear grin!

Inspiration
“You needn’t be happy in your life before you start being nice to yourself. Start doing small things for yourself every day and we assure you that you’ll start thinking more highly of yourself. If you can show yourself that love, you’re going to see that love all around you. It starts with small acts of self-care.” FROM OUR ANGEL BLOG, POST: Esteem Fuels You Forward >>

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Fight or Flow?

Resistance shows up in our body as dis-ease, headache, joint pain, tightness, anxiety, heartburn, constipation…there are countless examples. What’s happening in our body is always symbolic of what’s happening in our life. As above, so below; as within, so without.

If we are experiencing resistance in our bodies, minds, relationships or day-to-day living ~ asking ourselves whether we are fighting against the situation or flowing through it can begin to point to a solution. Here are a few tips in allowing life to flow through us:

1. Swimming Downstream
Quite simply if we are swimming upstream (trying too hard in an ineffective way), we are unable to access the ease and wellness naturally available to us. It’s similar to putting a cork in our flow of vitality, and life backing up. It’s here we feel the most pain and life’s a struggle. Being tough on ourselves and trying to control what we can’t doesn’t make us strong…but slowing down, accepting, honouring, embracing, and voicing who we are does.

When we let go of control, and importantly, our desire for control, we naturally experience more flow. We can’t be stuck if we are not controlling, and we can’t be swept over by the current if we are actively engaged in living. Flowing with the river allows us to effectively use our energy and receive all the gifts life has to offer.

TIP: If you were to imagine a current of energy in your body, is it heading in a natural direction? Does it feel stuck or clogged anywhere? Let go of struggle. Where can you allow your natural vitality to flow through? Allow your body’s innate intelligence to dictate the flow of your current and smooth out any rough patches. Feel yourself in complete and natural flow.

2. The Power of Grace
Dr. Wayne Dyer suggests there is huge difference between taking motivated action and inspired action in our lives. When we’re motivated, we ram through our ideas (fight); when we’re inspired, an idea gets a hold of our soul (flow). To lead from our soul, is to be in the state of grace.

Author Caroline Myss reminds us of this choice in our interactions. “We can see someone in grace, or choose not to. Grace someone or withhold grace from another.” It’s a lot of hard work to act from this place, yet when we do so, we are partnering with the Divine and more able to access our full potential, and help others in theirs. Challenges may or may not disappear, but our experience is always one of more ease, transformation, and even gratitude.

TIP: If in conflict with another, reflect on what someone acting from grace would do in the same situation. Set your intention to the highest and best outcome for all concerned, and trust it will come to be. Put your hand on your heart before an important conversation, or if the other is open to it, sit back to back (heart centre to heart centre)…and watch as your energy, thoughts and words shift towards something more loving.

3. Winds of Change
Life inevitably rocks us from time-to-time when a tornado of unwanted change sweeps through. Dyer tells us, “When we’re confronted with a life situation we can do nothing about, we’re challenged to change ourselves.” We can be victim or creator. Julia Cameron beautifully writes, “Our dreams may feel thwarted when in reality they are being tempered. We are being shaped to fit a divine purpose. We can cooperate or we can resist.” Perhaps life has just opened a door.

The same seems to apply when we find ourselves stuck at one of life’s crossroads. Caroline Myss says it bluntly, with love, “If you choose the familiar, you’ll fall on your face. Honour your pivotal moment of change. Dare to make the tough choice, then let go of the outcome.” Phew, not easily done, but how liberating to simply go where our soul beckons us, and trust there’s a Divine purpose in it…a gift in becoming more whole.

TIP: I love this affirmation from self-empowerment author Louise Hay: “Life shows me what to do next. Life loves me, and I am safe!”

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Seven Steps for Overcoming Ego’s Hold on You

A guest message from Wayne W. Dyer

Here are 7 suggestions to help you transcend ingrained ideas of self-importance. All of these are designed to help prevent you from falsely identifying with the self-important ego.

1. Stop being offended.
The behavior of others isn’t a reason to be immobilized. That which offends you only weakens you. If you’re looking for occasions to be offended, you’ll find them at every turn. This is your ego at work convincing you that the world shouldn’t be the way it is. But you can become an appreciator of life and match up with the universal Spirit of Creation. You can’t reach the power of intention by being offended. By all means, act to eradicate the horrors of the world, which emanate from massive ego identification, but stay in peace. As A Course in Miracles reminds us: Peace is of God, you who are part of God are not at home except in his peace. Being is of God, you who are part of God are not at home except in his peace. Being offended creates the same destructive energy that offended you in the first place and leads to attack, counterattack, and war.

2. Let go of your need to win.
Ego loves to divide us up into winners and losers. The pursuit of winning is a surefire means to avoid conscious contact with intention. Why? Because ultimately, winning is impossible all of the time. Someone out there will be faster, luckier, younger, stronger, and smarter-and back you’ll go to feeling worthless and insignificant.

You’re not your winnings or your victories. You may enjoy competing, and have fun in a world where winning is everything, but you don’t have to be there in your thoughts. There are no losers in a world where we all share the same energy source. All you can say on a given day is that you performed at a certain level in comparison to the levels of others on that day. But today is another day, with other competitors and new circumstances to consider. You’re still the infinite presence in a body that’s another day (or decade) older. Let go of needing to win by not agreeing that the opposite of winning is losing. That’s ego’s fear. If your body isn’t performing in a winning fashion on this day, it simply doesn’t matter when you aren’t identifying exclusively with your ego. Be the observer, noticing and enjoying it all without needing to win a trophy. Be at peace, and match up with the energy of intention. And ironically, although you’ll hardly notice it, more of those victories will show up in your life as you pursue them less.

3. Let go of your need to be right.
Ego is the source of a lot of conflict and dissension because it pushes you in the direction of making other people wrong. When you’re hostile, you’ve disconnected from the power of intention. The creative Spirit is kind, loving, and receptive; and free of anger, resentment, or bitterness. Letting go of your need to be right in your discussions and relationships is like saying to ego, I’m not a slave to you. I want to embrace kindness, and I reject your need to be right. In fact, I’m going to offer this person a chance to feel better by saying that she’s right, and thank her for pointing me in the direction of truth.

When you let go of the need to be right, you’re able to strengthen your connection to the power of intention. But keep in mind that ego is a determined combatant. I’ve seen people end otherwise beautiful relationships by sticking to their need to be right. I urge you to let go of this ego-driven need to be right by stopping yourself in the middle of an argument and asking yourself, Do I want to be right or be happy? When you choose the happy, loving, spiritual mood, your connection to intention is strengthened. These moments ultimately expand your new connection to the power of intention. The universal Source will begin to collaborate with you in creating the life you were intended to live.

4. Let go of your need to be superior.
True nobility isn’t about being better than someone else. It’s about being better than you used to be. Stay focused on your growth, with a constant awareness that no one on this planet is any better than anyone else. We all emanate from the same creative life force. We all have a mission to realize our intended essence; all that we need to fulfill our destiny is available to us. None of this is possible when you see yourself as superior to others. It’s an old saw, but nonetheless true: we are all equal in the eyes of God. Let go of your need to feel superior by seeing the unfolding of God in everyone. Don’t assess others on the basis of their appearance, achievements, possessions, and other indices of ego. When you project feelings of superiority that’s what you get back, leading to resentments and ultimately hostile feelings. These feelings become the vehicle that takes you farther away from intention. A Course in Miracles addresses this need to be special and superior: Special ness always makes comparisons. It is established by a lack seen in another, and maintained by searching for, and keeping clear in sight, all lacks it can perceive.

5. Let go of your need to have more.
The mantra of ego is more. It’s never satisfied. No matter how much you achieve or acquire, your ego will insist that it isn’t enough. You’ll find yourself in a perpetual state of striving, and eliminate the possibility of ever arriving. Yet in reality you’ve already arrived, and how you choose to use this present moment of your life is your choice. Ironically, when you stop needing more, more of what you desire seems to arrive in your life. Since you’re detached from the need for it, you find it easier to pass it along to others, because you realize how little you need in order to be satisfied and at peace.

The universal Source is content with itself, constantly expanding and creating new life, never trying to hold on to its creations for its own selfish means. It creates and lets go. As you let go of ego’s need to have more, you unify with that Source. You create, attract to yourself, and let it go, never demanding that more come your way. As an appreciator of all that shows up, you learn the powerful lesson St. Francis of Assisi taught: “…it is in giving that we receive.” By allowing abundance to flow to and through you, you match up with your Source and guarantee that this energy will continue to flow.

6. Let go of identifying yourself on the basis of your achievements
This may be a difficult concept if you think you are your achievements. God writes all the music, God sings all the songs, God builds all the buildings, God is the source of all your achievements. I can hear your ego loudly protesting. Nevertheless, stay tuned to this idea. All emanates from Source! You and that Source are one! You’re not this body and its accomplishments. You are the observer. Notice it all; and be grateful for the abilities you’ve accumulated. But give all the credit to the power of intention, which brought you into existence and which you’re a materialized part of. The less you need to take credit for your achievements and the more connected you stay to the seven faces of intention, the more you’re free to achieve, and the more will show up for you. It’s when you attach yourself to those achievements and believe that you alone are doing all of those things that you leave the peace and the gratitude of your Source.

7. Let go of your reputation.
Your reputation is not located in you. It resides in the minds of others. Therefore, you have no control over it at all. If you speak to 30 people, you will have 30 reputations. Connecting to intention means listening to your heart and conducting yourself based on what your inner voice tells you is your purpose here. If you’re overly concerned with how you’re going to be perceived by everyone, then you’ve disconnected yourself from intention and allowed the opinions of others to guide you. This is your ego at work. It’s an illusion that stands between you and the power of intention. There’s nothing you can’t do, unless you disconnect from the power source and become convinced that your purpose is to prove to others how masterful and superior you are and spend your energy attempting to win a giant reputation among other egos. Do what you do because your inner voice always connected to and grateful to your Source-so directs you. Stay on purpose, detach from outcome, and take responsibility for what does reside in you: your character. Leave your reputation for others to debate; it has nothing to do with you. Or as a book title says: What You Think of Me Is None of My Business!

Copyright © Dr. Wayne W. Dyer | Wayne W. Dyer, Ph.D., is an internationally renowned author and speaker in the field of self-development. He’s the author of 30 books, has created many audio programs and videos, and has appeared on thousands of television and radio shows.

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