"Put your heart, mind, and soul into even your smallest acts.
This is the secret of success."
Swami Sivananda
This is the secret of success."
Swami Sivananda
Don’t You Just Love The Spring? Time For Spring Cleaning!
The sound of the birds chirping. Everything gets green. The flowers start budding and there is beautiful color everywhere. You take off the layers of clothing and look forward to going out. You don’t mind doing things because the heavy burden of winter gear is all over with and put out of sight. Everything is better. Everything feels better. Everything looks better. You are better.
Time to spring clean. You clean the windows and open them throughout the house so the air begins to flow and you actually feel your connection to the universe. You hear the birds singing, watch the squirrels chasing one another, and hear the people as they walk by with their dogs. You want to freshen up the house, take out the summer clothes and catch some of the rays of the sun while you feel this renewal within you and all around you. You have energy again. You walk with a bounce. You clean with the music playing and you find that you are looking forward. You are looking forward to the warm weather and the season of summer and of being outside.
While you are cleaning everything outside: the house, the walls, the windows, the furniture, the lawn, the garden, what about the internal cleaning? How do you clean up your spirit? How do you clean up your mindset? How do you clean up your attitude? You already feel your winter blues lifting. The weather alone makes you happier and hopeful. Now is the time to clean up whatever thought patterns that have been bringing you down or standing in your way of moving forward. Allow yourself to grow with the garden.
Contact Madelynan Doyle at 516-236-3290 for some Spring Time, Personal Growth for some personal development and spring cleaning. Office sessions are available in Lynbrook, New York but if you are not local, ask for a phone session or skype session.
Stop, Take A Deep Breath And Appreciate The Little Successes! Get Past Negativity.
Today was one of “those days” again. It seems like there have been more of “those days” than days that bring a bounce to your walk and smile to your face. There is a lot of sadness, frustration, unhappiness in this world we live in. It seems everywhere you look, you see this discontent and everyone you speak with seems to be experiencing the same “tone” in life. The news brings us nothing but the top 20 worst events of the day. People are struggling to make ends meet and if someone is fortunate enough to be employed they are feeling underappreciated, underpaid,understimulated, uninterested or unsatisfied with their work. It’s very hard to stay positive when negativity permeates the very air you breathe! Sometimes you have to look at the little things and find pleasure. Sometimes you have to appreciate the “little successes” to get past the negativity and appreciate.
So what do you need to do to put that bounce back in your step and smile back on your face? How do you let the negativity go through you and not stick? How do you let it flow like the wind, simply brushing by without really becoming a part of you? You have to learn to sort of slip and slide letting it just pass you by. One way to slip and slide is to practice gratitude. If you go through life focusing on what you are grateful for, concentrating on what really counts, you may be able to slip and slide around those moments filled with negativity. Get into the habit of spending time each day focusing on what you are grateful for. Begin a gratitude list and add to it each and everyday. If you are struggling with negativity, stop, take a deep breath and begin to count your blessings. Take inventory of the gifts you have been given in this life. Once you begin to truly appreciate those gifts, you will find a smile return to your face and maybe even a bounce in your step. Learn to slip and slide. Let the windfall of negativity just breeze by you. Focus on what really counts. Focus on the gifts. Be grateful and appreciate.
Relax and enjoy: