by Merci Gracia | Aug 24, 2012 | Authenticity, Awareness, Conscious, Focus
The more mature you become, the more you realize that the naive (and oh-so-hopeful) dream of transforming someone else so they satisfy your image of the way they should be, is doomed to failure. Lucky for you, there’s another, more effective way to change them....
by Merci Gracia | Aug 21, 2012 | Feelings, Focus, Love
It’s important to feel your feelings, but talking about them keeps you in your head, thinking rather than feeling. This can actually fuel the situation and make matters worse. When you’re suffering, sit down, scan your body and feel your physical...
by Merci Gracia | Aug 18, 2012 | Appreciation, Attention, Awareness, Ease, Flow, Focus, Joy, Vibration
If you want to be fulfilled, find all that’s joyful about your life right now and focus your attention on that. Often. This elevates your mood and raises the frequency of your vibration. Not only do you feel better instantly, you attract what’s in...
by Merci Gracia | Aug 16, 2012 | Attention, Balance, Focus, Happiness, Problems, Victim Thinking, Worry
Your freewill enables you to focus your attention in a tremendous variety of ways. While tragedies and misfortune happen all the time, continually placing your attention on them doesn’t help you or anyone else. Choosing to focus on that which pleases you raises...
by Merci Gracia | Aug 7, 2012 | Attention, Awareness, Focus, Health
Not only does your breath supply you with the oxygen vital for survival, it can help you live a happier life. When you’re feeling anxious, pause and take a slow breath. When you’re losing your temper, stop and take a deep breath. When your mind is racing...
by Merci Gracia | Aug 5, 2012 | Create, Focus, interpretation, Perception, Suffering
Any explanation you have for why your life isn’t going the way you want it to, is actually a story you’ve created through your interpretation of the facts. You energize that story every time you tell it. When something unpleasant happens, it need not become a part of...