If Life Is a Game, These Are the Rules: Ten Rules for Being Human
Language: English
Pages: 158
ISBN: 0767903889
Format: PDF / Kindle (mobi) / ePub
This deck of 50 cards will serve as inspirational stepping-stones on your road to emotional, physical, and spiritual growth. Post these beautifully illustrated cards in your home, your office, in your car - anywhere where you could use a reminder that your level of success and personal wellbeing is up to you!
ego, then surrender will seem like defeat to you. But surrender only signifies defeat in war. In life it signifies transcendence. This is not to say that you should remain passive and just let life happen to you. Rather, you need to learn to surrender to those circumstances over which you never really had any control anyway. Ironically, as I was working on this very chapter, I had one of those tragic computer glitches, in which I lost twelve pages of material. The moment the screen went blank, I
acceptance. Acceptance is the act of embracing what life presents to you with a good attitude. Our bodies are among the most willing and wise teachers of this lesson. Unless you spend a large percentage of your time engaged in out-of-body experiences, your body shows up wherever you are. It can be like an ever-present benevolent guide or a lifelong cross you bear. The decision is yours, based on how well you learn this lesson. For many people, their body is the target for their harshest
dinner with several members of my staff. Three of us had arrived early and were waiting for the remaining four people to show up, and since it was a cold, snowy December night, we went inside to wait for them. They were quite late, and since these were very responsible people, I was puzzled as to where they were. Nearly an hour later, they still had not arrived. I kept wondering what had happened to them. Suddenly I became aware of a small voice in my head, buzzing like an annoying bee, that
nearly gave up many times because of all the pressure and endless work. In my darkest moments, when I could not recognize why I was doing this to myself, Lynn reminded me how much I really did want to complete that degree. My temporary amnesia almost allowed me to abort the learning process and to sabotage a dream I had formulated when I was in my right and truthful mind. Lynn, as my personal evolution tutor, reconnected me with my choice by acting as the link to my inner truth. Another way to
keep your faith alive is through touchstones. In your enlightened moments, collect things that connect you to your source. They can be symbols, or objects, or bits of writing or quotes, or anything that brings you back to the place within you that is connected to the universal spirit. In your moments of forgetting, surround yourself with them to remind you of who you are and what you are capable of. Faith can also be reignited by engaging in any activity that centers you. For some it is prayer,