Take Care of Your Own Life First

by Merci Gracia | Apr 12, 2012 | Attention, Authenticity, Discernment, Focus, Habits, interpretation, Perception, Self-Awareness

If you’re in the habit of stewing over the injustice in the world, it might be useful to take a look at what’s going on in your own life. You may be distracting yourself from what needs fixing a little closer to home. Getting worked up over events that you...

Enjoy the Ride

by Merci Gracia | Apr 8, 2012 | Abundance, Appreciation, Attention, Awareness, Conscious, Focus, Perception

Feeling good is the result of focusing on the details in your life that are going well and not obsessing about the relatively few that aren’t. If you always place your attention on the squeaky wheels, you’ll be forever trying to oil them and not enjoy the...

Your Mind is Like a Camera

by Merci Gracia | Apr 4, 2012 | Attention, Awareness, Discernment, Focus, interpretation, Perception, Understanding

If your mind is a camera, your attitude is the lens and filter. What you see is unconsciously processed in a unique way in order to make sense of the world. You interpret new experiences to fit in with previous ones. But you always have the choice to decide how you...

No Solutions Without Problems

by Merci Gracia | Apr 3, 2012 | Conscious, Cooperation, Focus, Perception, Understanding

When your life is sailing along smoothly and everything is going just right, encountering an obstacle on your path can be a rude awakening. Just remember that innovation, growth and evolution most often occur in the context of constraint. Think of the difficult new...

New Meaning Revealed

by Merci Gracia | Mar 29, 2012 | Attention, Compassion, Conscious, Discernment, Fear, Feelings, Perception

Even dismal situations can reveal valuable new insights that improve your life. Some remind you how resilient, capable and adaptable you are. Others teach the temporariness of all experience. Still others remind you to appreciate moments you might otherwise take for...

The Magic of Acceptance

by Merci Gracia | Mar 18, 2012 | Acceptance, Appreciation, Awareness, Feelings, Harmony, Love, Perception

There’s great freedom in acknowledging that you don’t know everything. Recognizing the possibility that you aren’t seeing the whole picture lessens judgment. Realizing that every situation will soon change, brings perspective. Looking for the benefit...