Quote of the Day

"People become really quite remarkable when they start thinking that they can do things. When they believe in themselves they have the first secret of success."

Norman Vincent Peale
1898-1993, Speaker and Author

Arthur and the Witch

Young King Arthur was ambushed and imprisoned by the monarch of a neighboring kingdom. The monarch could have killed him but was moved by Arthur's youth and ideals. So, the monarch offered him his freedom, as long as he could answer a very difficult question. Arthur would have a year to figure out the answer and, if after a year, he still had no answer, he would be put to death.

The question...? What do women really want? Such a question would perplex even the most knowledgeable man, and to young Arthur, it seemed an impossible query. But, since it was better than death, he accepted the monarch's proposition to have an answer by year's end.

He returned to his kingdom and began to poll everyone: the princess, the priests, the wise men and even the court jester. He spoke with everyone, but no one could give him a satisfactory answer.

Many people advised him to consult the old witch, for only she would have the answer.

But the price wo uld be high; as the witch was famous throughout the kingdom for the exorbitant prices she charged.

The last day of the year arrived and Arthur had no choice but to talk to the witch. She agreed to answer the question, but he would have to agree to her price first.

The old witch wanted to marry Sir Lancelot, the most noble of the Knights of the Round Table and Arthur's closest friend!

Young Arthur was horrified. She was hunchbacked and hideous, had only one tooth, smelled like sewage, made obscene noises, etc. He had never encountered such a repugnant creature in all his life.

He refused to force his friend to marry her and endure such a terrible burden; but Lancelot, learning of the proposal, spoke with Arthur.

He said nothing was too big of a sacrifice compared to Arthur's life and the preservation of the Round Table.

Hence, a wedding was proclaimed and the witch answered Arthur's question thus:

What a woman really wants, she answered....is to be in charge of her own life.

Everyone in the kingdom instantly knew that the witch had uttered a great truth and that Arthur's life would be spared.

And so it was, the neighboring monarch granted Arthur his freedom and Lancelot and the witch had a wonderful wedding.

The honeymoon hour approached and Lancelot, steeling himself for a horrific experience, entered the bedroom. But, what a sight awaited him. The most beautiful woman he had ever seen lay before him on the bed. The astounded Lancelot asked what had happened.

The beauty replied that since he had been so kind to her when she appeared as a witch, she
would henceforth, be her horrible deformed self only half the time and the beautiful maiden the other half.

Which would he prefer? Beautiful during the day....or night?

Lancelot pondered the predicament. During the day, a beautiful woman to show off to his friends, but at night, in the privacy of his castle, an old witch? Or, would he prefer having a hideous witch during the day, but by night, a beautiful woman for him to enjoy wondrous intimate moments?

What would YOU do?

What Lancelot chose is below.

BUT....make YOUR choice before you scroll down below.

OKAY?


Noble Lancelot said that he would allow HER to make the choice herself.

Upon hearing this, she announced that she would be beautiful all the time because he had respected her enough to let her be in charge of her own life.

The Waiter and the Soup

Imagine being at a restaurant and ordering
soup. You decide on Minestrone Soup and you
tell the waiter to bring it to you.
The waiter takes your order to the Head Chef
who starts to make your soup.
But while the soup is being made you change
your mind.
You now tell the waiter you’d like to change your
order to Tomato Soup. The waiter goes back to
the Head Chef and tells him to stop making the
Minestrone and to focus on Tomato instead.
So the Head Chef tosses away the Minestrone
and takes out the tomatoes.
But just then—you call the waiter to you again
and tell the waiter that you’d like to try
Mushroom Soup instead. It’s too hot for Tomato
Soup today, you explain.
Once again the Waiter rushes off to tell the
Head Chef and once again the Head Chef
tosses away the soup he was preparing and starts
all over again.
You wait… and wait… and wait.

But as the soup is long in coming, you decide to
leave and try another restaurant.
Now…
Think of the waiter as Your Subconscious Mind.
The Head Chef as Higher Intelligence. And the
Soup, as Your Goal de Jour (Goal of the Day).
Do you see the Problem?
Whatever you have been asking for has been
coming to you.
But you stop asking, or you change your mind,
or your give up when it is so close.
What you seek to create has not been coming to
you because you lack the clarity to stay focused.
You cannot create what you want because you
do not know what you want.
Get out of this trap if you want to lead an
extraordinary life!

How to see all Things in a Positive Light

To truly understand this concept I must begin with a mainstream topic first, that is “The Law of Attraction”. As difficult as it may be to accept, all circumstances, all events, all of the results we have experienced in our lives today is the result of one thing….Our Thoughts!

Good, Bad and Indifferent, our present place in life has been the result of the Thoughts and Feelings we put out into the universe.

I’m not saying we consciously aim to hurt ourselves physically or emotionally! What I am stating is we SUBCOUNCIOUSLY do this at times. Let’s take this weekend for me; I fell down the stairs not once yesterday, but twice within 2 hours. My wife said in the 20 years we have been together she can not remember me ever falling down the stairs. So why did this happen to me TWICE within a 2 hour time frame?

This morning I did some reflecting on why this happened to me, was I clumsy, not paying attention to the steps, going to quickly, or just plain unlucky? The answer is simple from my perspective; I am trying to prevent something in my future from occurring. My subconscious feels I need to prevent something from happening based on habitual beliefs I planted over time.

So how do I deal with this? First I recognized that this happened for a reason, good or bad it happened! So here is where the topic comes in “How to see all Things in a Positive Light”. I believe my habitual failures to get back in shape over the past 15 years is why I fell.

Let me explain, every sight, sound, smell, event, even words I have spoken or statements I have heard in life are all recorded in our minds! All new experiences in life create a synapse in our mind that builds a Nero pathway for similar thoughts to travel. So if we continue to hear, either from others or ourselves that we will or will not succeed at a specific task, what do you think happens to that pathway? It gets bigger and stronger! It becomes your habitual belief on that subject.

So how do we break free of this belief and create what we truly what to accomplish? Simply create a bigger and stronger pathway on this topic, and this is accomplished through repetition of positive thoughts and feelings on this issue. You change the results you are presently receiving by inputting the polar opposite of what you have been inputting. The same action but with different feelings and thoughts.

Create new habits!!

So for me I am not going to see this fall as a setback, but as an opportunity for something new and exciting to enter my life. This opens a door for something new and positive, and I am so excited to see what it may be.

Take those so called negative results in life my friends and find a way to put a positive spin on the situation.

Blessings,

Shawn F Murphy

Quote of the day

"Humans think they are smarter than dolphins because we build cars and buildings and start wars etc., and all that dolphins do is swim in the water, eat fish and play around. Dolphins believe that they are smarter for exactly the same reasons."

Douglas Adams
1952-2001, Writer and Dramatist

Believe what you feel.

On this day, Morrie says that he has an exercise for us to try. We are to stand, facing away from our classmates, and fall backward, relying on another student to catch us. Most of us are uncomfortable with this, and we cannot let go for more than a few inches before stopping ourselves. We laugh in embarrassment.

Finally, one student, a thin, quiet, dark-haired girl whom I notice almost always wears bulky, white fisherman sweaters, crosses her arms over her chest, closes her eyes, leans back, and does not flinch, like one of those Lipton tea commercials where the model splashes into the pool.

For a moment, I am sure she is going to thump on the floor. At the last instant, her assigned partner grabs her head and shoulders and yanks her up harshly.

“Whoa!” several students yell. Some clap. Morrie finally smiles. “You see”, he says to the girl, “you closed your eyes. That was the difference. Sometimes you cannot believe what you see. You have to believe what you feel. And if you are ever going to have other people trust you, you must feel that you can trust them too – even when you're in the dark. Even when you're falling."
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Source: “Tuesdays With Morrie” by Mitch Albom

Quote of the Day

"Perhaps the most valuable result of all education is the ability to make yourself do the thing you have to do, when it ought to be done, whether you like it or not; it is the first lesson that ought to be learned; and however early a man's training begins, it is probably the last lesson that he learns thoroughly."

Thomas H. Huxley
1825-1895, Biologist