July 2007

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• 07.30.07
  Theme for August: Connections   Connections (10)

  Phil Gerbyshak’s initiative in asking this group of bloggers what we want out of the 100 Bloggers experience inspired me to take a closer look at my own feelings about the blog.
  What have I enjoyed about it? Why don’t I blog here more often?
  I found myself drawing connections… between my experience of the blog and [...]

• 07.30.07
  Choices - The Real Thing   Choices (2)

  We think we have lots of choices today, and in some ways we do depending on how you define “choice.” We are, especially in America, incredibly consumption-oriented in our lifestyles. The array of “choices” laid out before us as consumers is beyond description. This is true regardless of what we are consuming: [...]

• 07.28.07
  The Choice is the Spark   Change, Growth, Inspiration, Success (2)

  All to often we get frustrated when we feel uninspired, get writers block, can’t decide on a college major, etc.  Sometimes it’s the simple movement of chosing something that enables us to get fired up and inspired to do other things.  Yes, often our choices are the wrong one and life has a way of [...]

• 07.27.07
  Choose Boldly   Choices, Success (2)

  I’ve made plenty of choices in my life. Heck, that’s pretty much all we do, right? Some of those choices were great, and some less so. The funny thing is that the great ones always seem to have been the bold choice; the ones clearly outside of my comfort zone. So [...]

• 07.25.07
  Death, Taxes, and Change   Attitude, Change (2)

  When people talk about the inevitable, they always bring up death and taxes, but leave off change. Change is inevitable, we all agree, but how we change is a study in human nature.
  The June 2007 edition of Selling Power magazine is all about change. The word change (or changing), appears five times on the cover [...]

• 07.23.07
  Soul Searching Alone   Choices, Growth (4)

  Do you ever feel like you have a lot on your mind, but not a lot to “talk about?” How about those times where you want to be with a friend who will listen as you ’sort out loud’ what’s on your mind, acting as a sounding board, and will also just sit, being there [...]

• 07.21.07
  Change: Success   Change, Success (3)

  Think about the words that oppose change. Rut. Stagnant. Rigidity. Fear. Those words don’t carry the illusion of fun and they certainly have nothing to do with growth or success or — horrors — adventure.

• 07.19.07
  Life’s two constant choices - Grow or Go!   Choices (2)

  Life is all about growth. Every day we are faced with situations and circumstances that provide us with two choices - grow or go! Having a mentality of growth is the first step towards being able to maximize your life and live above the level of mediocrity that plagues most of society. If you don’t [...]

• 07.16.07
  Indecision in Rattlesnake Canyon   Choices (3)

  I stood at a trail head with the New Mexico sun dancing hot over the sand, rock and strange, dry plants surrounding me. I thought about the pure pleasure I had learned to find in occasional, wild solitude; a pleasure I hadn’t known before my lone travels led me from Philadelphia to this unfamiliar desert. [...]

• 07.13.07
  25 Things I’ve Learned about Choices   Change (2)

  As I approach 40 years of practice as a clinical psychologist, the power, parameters and magic of choices continues to intrigue and entice me. I’ve heard people say I’m getting old. I smile to myself as I think of the limitations in their thinking. Little do they know.
  In the 1980s [...]

• 07.09.07
  Choose Your Destiny   Choices (2)

  My will shall shape the future.
  Whether I fail or succeed shall be no man’s doing but my own.
  I am the force; I can clear any obstacle before me or I can be lost in
  the maze.
  My choice; my responsibility; win or lose, only I hold the key to my
  destiny.
  Elaine Maxwell
  [Phil Gerbyshak would like to thank his [...]

• 07.06.07
  Mirror, Mirror   Choices (6)

  Events around the world have caused me to ponder a bit on the general subjects of tragedy, anger, and yes, even hatred. Not pleasant subjects to spend much time with, I admit. But sometimes it’s worthwhile to ponder unpleasant things in order to understand the lessons they teach us. Sometimes it’s worth the time to [...]

• 07.05.07
  Chance or Choice?   Choices (3)

  In the years I have observed human nature, the desire to believe in chance has faded. Some would call it fate or luck and maybe even destiny. In my spirit and heart, chance is a novel creation that blends sanity into the day. The unexplained occurances or the good fortune when none is due raises [...]

• 07.04.07
  To Do or Not to Do - the Choice is Yours   Choices (3)

  “Why do today what you can put off ’til tomorrow?”
  This is the unfortunate motto of many an unfulfilled person, a person whose potential is far from realised.
  Procrastination has been called an “energy leak of the soul.” It’s the “Path MOST Traveled”!
  The circumstances we live in today are partly due to choices we have made before. [...]

• 07.03.07
  Choosing and Creating the Movie of Your Life   Choices (2)

  “How you choose to respond each moment to the movie of life determines how you see the next frame, and the next, and eventually how you feel when the movie ends.” - Doc Childre
  Photo credit to paprikaplans 

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