Astounding Language

Public liability indemnity is imperative because all companies are at jeopardy to some quantity. Even though nothing very bad has yet occurred to your business belongings does not mean that it will not someday. If an individual or group of people are wounded, or their assets lost, it’s your contractual requirement to properly reimburse them. The cost can be unusually expensive, depending on each and every case.

Although, you do have a number of methods to safeguard yourself for this likelihood. Obtaining public liability cover lets you to breathe noticeably easier. Even if a specific claim is costly, the insurance firm will be at hand to offer a safety net. Its their contractual requirement to make sure you are away from any claims and legal fees brought against you. This leaves you available to focus on actually doing business, rather than thinking about what might happen. Following are good instances of times when public liability insurance have come in useful.

CEOs of plumbing organisations typically get the job done quick and right. However, periodically something can go very wrong. If you accidentally damage a customer’s tubes while on the job, affecting property for instance desktops and carpeting, public liability indemnity will be there to pick up the costs.

An additional instance is that of a marketing agency. If a customer were to crack an ankle in your workplace, even if it is not your fault, you would be held responsible. Still, with public liability insurance you wouldn’t have to pay the claim at all.

In a related example, physical injury caused to a passerby by a member of staff on a construction site is the accountability of the company’s proprietor. This type of claim can easily get awfully pricey indeed, unless you obtain the suitable protection. Looking for a Public Liability quote? Contact Insured Risks today.

” The fountain of content must spring up in the mind,
and he who hath so little knowledge of human nature as
to seek happiness by changing anything but his own
disposition, will waste his life in fruitless efforts
and multiply the grief he purposes to remove.” -
Samuel Johnson

The one person, who is of more importance to you than
anyone else in the world, is just - YOU. And it is
your conception of yourself that determines your
relationship to life, and with everyone else with whom
you come in contact.

What do you know about you? The real you, not just
your physical body but your mind, consciousness and
identity that no one else really knows. What do you
know about life? The only thing that most of us really
know is that we are alive; but what that life is many
of us have not been able to discover.

Disposition as used by Samuel Johnson simply means the
natural qualities of a person’s character. Alan Jones
once said that ” one of our problems is that very few
of us have developed any distinctive personal life.
Everything about us seems secondhand” What is it about
you that makes you different? What is it about your
character that makes you stand out from the crowd?
What principles do you live by that makes you unique?
What are those things that make up your value system?

Are you a principled centered person or are you spouse
centered, family centered, money centered, work
centered, pleasure centered, possession centered,
friend centered, enemy centered or self centered?
Whatever is at the center of your life will be the
source of your security, guidance, wisdom & power.
Security and clear guidance brings true wisdom, and
wisdom becomes the spark or catalyst to release and
direct power.

Three factors namely: purpose, people and paradigm
will go in a long way in determining the principles
you have. Your natural qualities-your behavior and
character are shaped and reshaped, formed and
reformed, created and recreated by these factors.

PURPOSE

We must create a version of our present and future
life. It will require spending serious time asking
ourselves “Who do I really want to be and how do I get
there?” This version and dream must be based on a
genuine understanding of your own talents, skills and
desires.

When you give yourself the freedom and permission to
be true to yourself you come up with important
principles that continually takes you towards
fulfilling your true purposes.

Due to the fact that so many external influences
confuse the pursuit of genuine purposes you must draw
up principles that do not change regardless of these
influences.

PEOPLE

The people factor is one that cannot be
over-emphasized in the sense that we were born and we
are still living in a world of people with various
ideas, ideals and values.

Some people- friends, parents, bosses, co-workers -
may want to recreate you in their own image. They have
preconceived ideas of who you should be, what you
should be, what you should do and how you should love
and all these affect the kind of principles you have
about life.

You may allow yourself to be recreated in the image of
someone else. The truth is you were already created in
someone else’s image, the image of God. Your task is
to devote your life to making principles that
authenticates your God-given self.

PARADIGM

Your paradigm or your pattern of doing things is a bye
product of so many factors; such as your cultural and
religious background.

The cultural practices and believes you know and
sometimes participates in. your religious background -
your faith, believe and your understanding of several
religious practices will go a long way in determining
your paradigm.

Your paradigm is one of the factors that determines
your principles and must be based on believes that are
well established in your faith. Must be based on your
relationship with God and not on a religion.

Realistic living is all about taking time to
understand your disposition- the natural qualities of
your person, with a view at examining what it is that
your life is centered around and afterwards creating
principles that will guide you to a life you want
bearing at the back of your mind the roles played by
these three factors - purpose, people and paradigm.

Is your life based on correct principles that do not
change, regardless of internal conditions, influences
and circumstances? Are you guided by a compass, which
enables you to see where you want to go and how you
will get there? Does your judgment encompasses a broad
spectrum of long-term consequences and reflects a wise
balance and quiet assurance? Are you a self-aware,
knowledgeable, proactive individual, largely
unrestricted by the attitudes, behaviors and actions
of others?

FROM:
Bobola Oniwura

Bobola Oniwura is a student of architecture that believes in the development of a creative universal mind in every young person.

In brief, my book A REASON FOR LIVING is the product of a sustained effort to answer in the most enlightening and inspiring way this single question: Why live? I started to ask myself that question about thirty years ago after my diving accident, which left the husky and lusty teenage athlete that I was a near quadriplegic. What had given meaning to my life until then had become largely impossible. As a result, my life seemed absurd.

“Seemed” is the operative word here. Many years of reflection and study have taught me that the lack of meaning is always a lack of wisdom. Everything I have learned and that has turned the bitter and suicidal young man that I was into a mature and serene life lover is what I impart to my reader.

Listed below are some of the major points in my book:

1. There can be no contentment without acceptance of the limits of reality, within which excellence and joy are possible, but not perfection and infinite happiness. Furthermore, there can be no contentment without the courage to pursue excellence and joy persistently, against failures and misfortunes. That is to say, if life is to be compared to a car ride, we had better be in the driver’s seat and move forward at a good pace, but without haste, while steering in the right direction. We are responsible for our lives, even though we do not control everything, far from it.

Above all, our minds are at our command and determine our moods. Independently of circumstances and results, contentment follows from positive thinking and positive action - though admittedly it is not possible without circumstances and results being at least favorable enough to permit thinking and action.

2. In the pursuit of excellence and joy, the awareness of our adaptability is paramount. Change, and sometimes extensive and traumatic change, is part and parcel of life. Fortunately, we are able to adapt to this change. That is, the favorable habits we develop within relatively stable circumstances - for example eating, working, or dating habits that are conducive to our happiness - do not truly define the individuals we are. What does define them so is our innate ability to acquire favorable habits whatever the circumstances (provided the latter are not so bad that they cannot be turned to good account). In a word, we are by nature adaptable, just as the world is by nature changeable.

3. The one fact that differentiates life from infinite bliss is the struggle that is required of the living to achieve satisfaction, which is never complete and permanent. We can either sorrow over that fact or rejoice at it. Why rejoice? because with the struggle comes merit, and merit is a joyful emotion that any valiant soul knows intimately and values immensely.

4. Just as we cannot build a house without first securing a solid foundation, we cannot achieve fulfillment without first ensuring that our body is sound, thanks to a healthy diet and lifestyle.

5. To be free to do what we please is a precious right that we have as members of a liberal society. This right comes with a corresponding duty: to respect that right in others. Indeed, we are free to do what we please if what we please is not to make our fellow creatures suffer. Mutual respect is the sine qua non of collective harmony. It is the chief principle behind human justice.

The right to freedom, within the liberal society, also means that we are free to believe what we please. No institutionalized ideology is imposed on us besides the basic moral principle dictating that we respect one another so that society, however liberal, remains sufficiently ordered to be operational. The reverse of order is chaos, which only knows the law of the jungle: dog eat dog.

Now, the right to believe what we please comes with a
corresponding duty: to think by ourselves and for ourselves to define our own ideology according to which we see and do things in a certain way. Again, the only imposition is the basic moral principle dictating that we respect one another.

6. Within the context of my own ideology, which I cannot impose, but only propose, love is the essence of life, its essential purpose. It includes the love of ourselves, which consists in promoting our own life. This love is instinctive and foundational; it is instrumental in the love of others, as we feel solidarity with them.

At a deeper level, love extends to that of everything. It proceeds from the divine principle behind the universe, thanks to which everything is the way it is, capable of being and better still, within certain limits, capable of flourishing. Like this principle, these limits can be ascertained through their obvious manifestations, but never explained. Ultimately, the universe and our relative knowledge of it are founded on a fathomless mystery.

Addendum

For a wider perspective of this book and its author, including pictures, excerpts, autobiographical information, plus details on where to purchase the book, please use the following link:

http://laurentgrenier.com/ARFL.html

Thank you. I wish you every happiness!

Laurent Grenier’s career as a full-time writer and thinker spans over twenty years. He has released various articles in art and philosophical magazines. He has also written some philosophical essays, a collection of memories and thoughts, and a compendium of physiology and nutrition, still unpublished. A REASON FOR LIVING constitutes his best work to date.

A good number of my columns deal with finances and money-related issues. Obviously, these are issues we have to confront everyday. However, I have to try to keep in mind the fact that money has only a limited value in our lives. Many of us, including myself, often lost sight of the fact that money is a means to an end, not an end in itself. It has no intrinsic value. It is only worth the benefit or enjoyment that a person can get from it. If someone is unable to glean any benefit or enjoyment from the things it can buy, then it is worthless to that person. We all know (or at least we should know) that money can’t buy happiness, but I’d like to go a few steps further in demonstrating how money lacks intrinsic value.

I have trouble getting excited about my retirement that may or may not occur 25 years from now. A few weeks ago, I received my annual statement from the Social Security Administration, informing me about how much my monthly benefit would be for each of the following scenarios: working until age 62, age 67, age 70, and upon becoming disabled. I wasn’t impressed with those figures. Also, so what if I might have hundreds of thousands of dollars in my various retirement savings accounts by then? I’m not impressed with those figures either. In fact, I wouldn’t be impressed by any dollar figure. The two main reasons that I can’t get excited about retirement only serve to highlight money’s lack of intrinsic value.

First, I know that, not even counting inflation, time devalues money for almost every individual. Here’s an example of what I mean. At my current age, I can now afford most of the things I wanted at age 20 but could not afford. However, I have not gone out and bought them because now I no longer want them. At age 60, I’ll probably be able to afford most of the things I want now but cannot afford. But, when that time comes, will I still want them? I doubt it. I fear that when I finally reach retirement, I’ll no longer be interested in spending any money on anything except the basic needs of life like food, clothing, and shelter. While it’s important to be able to afford those things in your twilight years (many seniors can’t), I can’t gleefully anticipate retirement to live a life of mere existence that all the money in the world can’t remedy.

In honesty, no amount of money of can sufficiently make up for the damage done, both physically and psychologically, by the aging process. The old saying goes that “youth is wasted on the young.” Well, I’m going to add the following corollary: “High incomes and large bank accounts are wasted on the old.” It’s too bad we can’t have our retirement (along with the retirement money) when we are young and can still enjoy it. But such are the consequences of money’s lack of intrinsic value.

Second, all the money in the world could not adequately compensate a person for being disabled, sick, or dead. Don’t the people who are so excitedly looking forward to retirement realize they could die or lose their health before (or shortly into) their retirement? That has happened to countless numbers of people and continues to do so every day.

Wouldn’t it be nice if someone could guarantee you that you would live to be 100 and stay in as good of health as you are in now? Unfortunately, no one will be ever be able to give you that guarantee. Obviously, none of us have even a minute more of life promised to us. However, the longer the time period we plan to hold on to our money, the higher the chance that something will happen to us before it can do us any good.

By the way, money’s lack of intrinsic value is the main reason you should never put it ahead of your health. However, there are many people who do exactly that. Some will work themselves to death or ruin their health just to make a few extra dollars. They apparently don’t realize that money and possessions become meaningless when and if you lose your health (or your life). I speak from experience on this issue. Nine years ago, I was diagnosed with stage three cancer. I was sure I wasn’t going to make it, even after I was told by the doctors that the chemotherapy was destroying the cancer. It’s amazing how all of my material possessions that I had thought so much of suddenly became so meaningless to me when I had lost my health and thought I was going to die. True, money can be used to buy the best health care possible. However, even the best health care money can buy can’t always restore you to good health or even save your life.

Of course, a lot of people save money over the course of their lives, not to spend it for themselves, but to leave it their children and grandchildren. That’s great, although I’ve always believed that buying large insurance policies is a much more cost effective way for people to enrich their heirs. Regardless of whether you leave your heirs money in the bank, property, possessions, large insurance payouts, or all of the above, whatever they receive will be just as intrinsically challenged as it was for you.

The bottom line is that, while we all must earn as much money as we reasonably can and save responsibly for retirement and other events in our lives, we must also keep it in perspective and keep our priorities straight. Perhaps the use of more of our financial resources to help others who are less fortunate is one way to keep our focus in the right direction. At any rate, we should never overemphasize money’s importance or put it above things that actually do have intrinsic value - things like our families, our physical and mental health, and our spiritual well-being.

Terry Mitchell is a software engineer, freelance writer, and trivia buff from Hopewell, VA. He also serves as a political columnist for American Daily and operates his own website - http://www.commenterry.com - on which he posts commentaries on various subjects such as politics, technology, religion, health and well-being, personal finance, and sports. His commentaries offer a unique point of view that is not often found in mainstream media.

My name is Chas Brothers. Many of you know me as an author of motivational articles directed towards both big and small business alike. As writers, we draw upon our knowledge and experience to offer our readers the one or two things they may need to inspire them to greatness.

Life experience is also a great teacher as are the people who have the greatest influence over us. My wife Jolene has been my source of inspiration and greatness for over 14 years. Those who know me intimately will tell you I don’t give away my affections easily but she brings out the best in me even when I don’t want her to.

When we met, I was informed by this Irish, Scottish, Welsh, and former Marine, that she was going to take this stubborn Polish, Native American, and former Army dog face and mold me! Friends you can imagine that at times, it was the classic clash of the Titans!

I have seen many things over the years which have caused me to view life in colors of black and white while she sees things from every form of gray imaginable. For me, there were no hero’s and I was desperately looking for where I fit in, in the overall scheme of things. The hero I was looking for was right in front of me all the time - my wife!

Jolene has taught me more about business and cultivating the tools I needed to succeed more than anyone. Without her direct support, I wouldn’t be able to do any of this. I’m not surrounded by nay - sayer’s - just supporters. She is my editor, most staunch critic, advisor, and most trusted partner.
She has never ceased to amaze me. Despite at times a not so friendly work atmosphere at a couple of previous employers, she always maintained a high level of professionalism about her that was inspiring. And if that weren’t enough, when I got custody of my four children from a previous marriage she accepted them and set about teaching me how to be a good father to them.

I remember when I first started in management, I just couldn’t wait! I was the flavor of the month - an autocratic leader just like the bosses before me. Only problem was everyone went democratic on me overnight - I was lost!
I have always possessed the ability to motivate others and help them find their strengths but it was through her refinements of me that I was able to find mine and manage to give myself a break in the process. She has taught me to be tolerant of a great many things that I never thought I would be capable of.

All that I am, I owe to her for she is truly my hero, my rock. We make a pretty formidable team. It took 14 years to mold and shape this team but I was already moldy to begin with so she had a head start!

It’s important to me that you know what motivates and inspires someone who enjoys motivating others! I’m better because of her and it shows. Thank you Jolene - I Love you Kiddo!

Chas Brothers is a Home Based Business Owner, Motivational Writer, and an Independent SFI Marketing Representative and may be reached at;
http://work-from-home-make-extra-income.com , http://work-from-home-exchange.com or brothec@msn.com

I’m often asked the question, “How can I best help my children, spouse, family member, staff member, friend etc. improve/change?” In fact that might be the most frequently asked question I receive, “How can I help change someone else?”

My answer often comes as a surprise and here it is. The key to helping others is to help yourself first. In other words, the best contribution I can make to someone else is my own personal development. If I become 10 times wiser, 10 times stronger, think of what that will do for my adventure as a father… as a grandfather… as a business colleague.

The best gift I can give to you, really, is my ongoing personal development. Getting better, getting stronger, becoming wiser. I think parents should pick this valuable philosophy up. If the parents are okay, the kids have an excellent chance of being okay. Work on your personal development as parents; that’s the best gift you can give to your children.

If you have ever ridden in an airplane, then you might have noticed the oxygen compartment located above every seat. There are explicit instructions that say “In case of an emergency, first secure your own oxygen mask and then if you have children with you then secure their masks.” Take care of yourself first… then assist your children. If we use that same philosophy throughout our whole parental life, it would be so valuable.

If I learn to create happiness for myself, my children now have an excellent chance to be happy. If I create a unique lifestyle for myself and my spouse, that will be a great example to serve my children.

Self-development enables you to serve, to be more valuable to those around you; for your child… your business… your colleague… your community… your church.

That’s why I teach development skills. If you keep refining all the parts of your character, yourself, your health, etc. so that you become an attractive person to the marketplace - you’ll attract opportunity. Opportunity will then begin to seek you out. Your reputation will begin to precede you and people will want to do business with you. All of that possibility is created by working on the philosophy that success is something you attract by continually working on your own personal development.

To Your Success,
Jim Rohn

Reproduced with permission from Jim Rohn’s Weekly E-zine.
Copyright 2005 Jim Rohn International. All rights reserved
worldwide. To subscribe to Jim Rohn’s Weekly E-zine, go to
http://Jim-Rohn.InspiresYOU.com

If there is one thing that I believe with all my heart it is that you can
have any life you choose to. You can live the life you have always dreamed
of.

We live in a period of unparalleled opportunity in human history. Think
about it: Just one hundred years ago, most people really only had five or
six options when it came to deciding what they would do with their lives.
For most, they didn’t even have the knowledge that they could do anything
other than take over their father’s farm when they turned eighteen!

But today a person living in the western world (and many other areas of the
world as well) can choose to do virtually anything they want to! They key is
the word “choose.”

You see, the world is within your reach. Any job you want can be yours if
you decide. All of the opportunities are there for the taking. The question
is whether or not you will take.

You say, “But Chris, you just don’t understand. I’m thirty-eight years old
with two kids and I have bills to pay. I make $28,000 a year. I can’t just
go become a doctor and make big money!”

And I say, “Yes you can! If you decide to. If you will take action you can
become a doctor or anything else you want to. We live in a day and age when
virtually anything is possible.”

For the sake of highlighting this principle, let’s look at the above
example. How would this person change careers? Simple.

Here is the process in specific action steps:

1. Find out from a medical school what classes you would need to take to get
in. Chances are your college major would need some rounding out or if you
didn’t go to college, you would need to do so. Maximum time to do this: 3
days.

2. Now, go to school. Maximum time to do this: 4 years.

3. Now, medical school and residency. Maximum time to do this: 6 years.

4. Begin practicing medicine.

At this point you would be forty-eight years old. That leaves you seventeen
years to practice. Now let’s see the impact it has on your life:

1. You get to pursue your dream, making you and your family MUCH happier.

2. You will make, on average, $100,000 more per year.

The difference here is
manifold! If you stayed where you were, you would have earned $28,000 a year
for twenty-seven years and would earn $756,000. If you left and pursued your
dream you would earn $128,000 for seventeen years (That’s if you took ten
years to make the transition. Most would be less.) and you earnings would be
$2,176,000! This is a difference of $1,420,000! And this doesn’t even take
into consideration the amounts you would earn on investments on the
difference in incomes.

So is it possible? Yes. Does it take time? Yes. Is it hard? Yes. Is it
scary? Yes, and that is why most people won’t do it.

It isn’t for lack of opportunity. It is usually because of one of the
following:

Lack of vision.
Lack of tenacity.
Fear.

The truth is that you can do anything you want to. Stop telling yourself
excuses! Go to battle against a lack of vision! Pick yourself up and get
tenacious! Look fear in the face and stand up to it! Your whole life depends
on it, my friend!

The choice is yours. Will you continue to limp along in life because you don
‘t have the courage to run for your dream? Will you continue to allow the
fear of poverty keep you from pursuing the riches, both materially and
emotionally, that lay within the vision you have of what your life could be?

You CAN live the life you have always dreamed of. All you want is within
your reach. But to pick it up, you must first empty your hands of what they
already hold. Then you must reach for it, take a hold of it, and possess it!

About The Author:

Chris Widener is a popular speaker and writer as well as the President of
Made for Success, a company helping individuals and organizations turn
their potential into performance, succeed in every area of their lives and
achieve their dreams.

To see Chris “live” at the upcoming Jim Rohn Weekend Event as he speaks on
the subject of Secrets of Influence go to
http://Chris-Widener.InspiresYOU.com/ or call 800-929-0434.

Dos and don’ts of consolidating your debt

You may have heard all types of tales about debt consolidation. Some of these rumours portray debt consolidation as a simple way to repay your creditors. Other tails conjure up a worrying picture of escalating debt that leads inevitably to financial disaster.

The reality, of course, lies somewhere the middle. Debt consolidation may or may not be the best way for you to get out of debt. It all depends on a wide range of factors: not just how much you owe to creditors, but how much you earn and what type of debts you’re thinking about clearing, as well as your attitude to debt and to money in general.

There are, however, a few ‘dos and don’ts’ that should apply to just about anyone.

Think about the following debt consolidation dos & don’ts.

DO

Do consider talking to a debt adviser if you’re thinking about taking out a debt consolidation loan. You need someone who can help you consider your options, so make sure you talk to a debt consultant that doesn’t only provide consolidation loans. It’s possible that all you need is some advice on budgeting more effectively, so you can manage your debts by yourself.

Make sure you think carefully about the repayment term for your debt consolidation loan, if you take one.

DON’T

Don’t continue fighting if you really can’t afford your debt repayments. If it’s obvious you need help, ask for it - your debt adviser should be able to help you decide whether you need a professional debt solution, and if so, which one.

Read more on debt:
http://www.debtadvisersdirect.co.uk

http://www.moneymadeclear.fsa.gov.uk

All this week I have been singing.

This week I have been dancing as well. This dancing is a great technique for allowing one to get out of one’s head and into the body. This is recreation. At this “place of the briars” there is no one to be disturbed. Even the sheep dance and the cows look up from their feeding. I turn up the volume on the tape deck and play Annie Lennox singing “Why.” This is a great song with a great question. It is a question about the failure of love.

This week I have had to walk into Dowra village, one and one quarter miles from this cottage. When I am walking I have been accompanied by George Harrison’s beautiful song “While my guitar gently weeps.” I love this song. It is, for me, a song of deep compassion. It is the song of a seer. It is a song written and sung by one of great sensitivity. This is a real soul song. It is not a sentimental love song. It cuts to the heart of love.

In this song George Harrison tells us “I look at you all/see the love there that’s sleeping.” This is beautiful. To be able to see and know that in each and everyone of us “love sleeps.” This is a great knowing. For some, this love is sleeping deeply. It sleeps because too often it has been wounded. It has not been welcomed.

Too often love and the expression of love has become associated with pain. Better then to sleep without the need for this experience we call “love.” Better not to venture into this place where the heart is vulnerable. So we choose not to risk all for love. We live outside our essence. Maybe we can settle for a little satisfaction. Let us not, however, venture into the vulnerability of grace and joy.

George Harrison sees “the love there that’s sleeping.” A soul friend sees the “love there that’s sleeping.” A soul friend laments this sleep. While love lies sleeping “a guitar gently weeps.” This is the gentleness of compassion. The word “lament” comes from the words meaning, “to care.”

This wonderful and wonder filled man plays a lament for the distance we are separate from love. What else to do? One has to lament. One has to enter a heart of vulnerability that says, “I care.” More than this one has to enter the “will to care.” One has to have courage to be this vulnerable.

When you are this vulnerable you discover you are the love that is always awake. It was only waiting for you to look through the eyes of the heart. You awake from the sleep of the ego. Until this time you are living in the dead of the past. You are never graced the entry into the only time you are alive. This is the here and now. This is the place of presence.

George Harrison gives you a great help to come awake to the love that sleeps within.

He sings, “I look at the floor and see it needs sweeping, still my guitar gently weeps.” This is a great line. This is a Zen poem. It comes from a heart still weeping through his guitar. George Harrison and his guitar are not separate. They are one body. They have come to be at-one-ment. This guitar is a part of who he is. The voice of the Divine moves through him and his body. Then as he says “My guitar gently weeps.” This is a holy instrument. This is a holy weeping. It is a lamenting for the unity of oneness with “all that is.”

We are so often missing from life. We are too busy doing “our life.”

We do not see what is needed in any moment. We do now know how to look. We look at the floor and we might judge. We would judge that the floor is dirty. We might think how little time we have to sweep the floor. We might think how our partner and our children are slobs. We might think how the colour of the floor has faded and maybe it is time to think about new kitchen tiles.

As for myself, when sweeping the floor, I might lament, “All those bloody dog hairs.”

Then those whose love never lies sleeping, go quiet. Our two dogs go and slink into a safe place. This is a place where the mad sweeping man might not find them. Sometimes the little dog will simply stand there and look. She becomes my little Zen master. I am her student. She reminds me that I am shouting. She reminds me that I should practice what I sometimes preach. She tells me, “Tony, the floor. That is all. Love in action. Just chill.”

Sweeping the floor with judgement is our norm. This is our mind. This is my mind. This is who we think we are. We get so little experience of the real love that lies beyond sleeping.

Learn to look. Learn to just see.

The floor needs sweeping. That is all. This is love in action. Out of an awakened heart action moves. It is transformative. It is accepting. Energy flows feely. There is no attachment to results. Just sweep the floor. Just allow compassion to arise. We have lost faith in our passion and our experience of the flow of compassion. Let your heart lament the absence of presence.

Share your love and while you are at it drop the idea that it is “your love.” Wake up for a moment and feel the love sleeping in your soul. You are this. You are the love that is sleeping. It is the flow of life moving through you. Love is not separate from you and will never be separate from you.

What needs sweeping is the dust of the mind.

It needs sweeping of all its attachments to all that it clings to. It clings to the past and is forever thinking about the future. All this “thinking about” crushes the heart. The heart is not felt. It is not trusted simply to be. You lose heart. You lose the ability to sweep the floor. You lose the ability to lament the loss of your birthright. You do not weep for the loss of soul. You do not weep for the loss of joy and the non-entry of grace. You forget how to lament.

When you hear a song running through your head stop and listen.

It is often speaking to what is termed “your condition. Allow this song space. Allow it some unconditional love. Then you might wake up to the love “there that’s sleeping.” You might wake up to see the floor just as it is.

This will be enough.

Tony Cuckson is an Anam Cara. This Celtic term means “Soul Friend.” He specializes in providing insight for the spiritual journey, Irish Blessings, words of wisdom and finding inner peace. Visitors to Irish Blessings Matter website and Tony’s Blog get the opportunity to develop a purpose driven life through articles, newsletters and other programs. Get your free report called “7 ways to it’s a wonderful life” at http://www.irishblessingsmatter.com or visit Tony’s Blog at http://www.irishblessingsmatter.info for the best resources on spiritual growth, spiritual cinema, spiritual parenting, spiritual coaching and spirit in business.

You’re a remarkable person. But, you knew that already. Still, buried among apathy, unbelief and inhibition, is the brilliant “you” waiting to be released. You already knew that, too. A few disappointments here, several temporary defeats there, and POOF! just like that, you settled for being a risk-conscious, opportunity: self-denied, generality. Nobody makes any progress by standing still. You’re not an exception; and you’re not alone.

In fact, you have plenty of company. But, why settle for a life that looks like just about everyone else’s? Do something magnificent with your God-given gifts and boldly distinguish yourself from the masses. Decide-on this day-to connect with your brilliance, within.

Paramount in your quest for brilliance is the personal development and daily utilization of your talents and abilities. As a matter of fact, it’s required. It’s not necessary to be perfect. Striving for excellence in everything you do is enough to release your brilliance.

Trust me. You were not born to be “mild.” So cut it out! There’s an entire universe out there starving for your gifts. How long will you continue to wait to take those last four classes needed for your degree? What career have you just been “wishing it were so” about? If all you can see is yourself remaining 16 units short of your degree, how can you possibly prepare for an exciting future? If you can’t believe for a meaningful vocation now, will you have the passion to believe for one later?

Challenge yourself. Commit to do just two things this hour that will untap your brilliance. Revamp your resume; make a phone call to your advisor. Even a modest amount of brilliance unreleased, would relay the message to your brain: “Wow, she’s serious!”

Ignite your passion. Inhale, then excel. Stand and deliver! See, then be!

Your life matters. Visualize your brilliance totally unreleased. Then boldly, step into the vision.

Fran Briggs is a “motivational speaker of the inspirational kind.” She is a published author of several books including, “Seeds for Success,” and the children’s inspirational, “Don’t Think Like an Elephant!” For resources that maximize human potential, visit Fran at http://www.franbriggs.com and sign up for your free successzine. It’s a newsletter loaded with innovative success tools and strategies.