Shine With Grace

A scenario
You were wandering in the shopping mall casually, not planning to buy anything.  Then, this watch/coat/diamond ring really caught your eyes…
It’s way beyond your budget.
What would you do?
(a) Admire it at the shop window for awhile and then leave, telling yourself you can’t afford it.
(b) Make it your target, begin saving for the […]

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Photo by Jon 
Please don’t let go…
Jon was talking about letting his Chimeric Day Dreams go some days ago. 
I almost cried.
If you have visited Jon’s blog you would agree with me - that it’s such a lovely place, so loving, so warm, so artistic and so full of wisdom.  Visiting Jon is like talking with a […]

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I have longed for it for so long.  Day and night I prayed for it to come true.
Nothing happened.  And I waited.
Then, out of the blue, an opportunity arised.  Not exactly how I wanted it to be, but had the most important elements in it. 
Did I take it? 
I am sorry,but, no.
I didn’t recognize it, the […]

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When facing a new challenge, or being approached for taking up some new responsibilities, many of us like to say, “I will try.”
But, are you aware that when you say you will try, instead of you will DO, you are indeed showing your uncertainty (may be subconscious) in regard to the task?
Sometimes, we even fool […]

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Are you stretching yourself too thin?
Don’t you feel that there are too many things to do, too many projects to look into, and simply, too many ideas/options/choices and therefore, distractions…  
And this is different from being busy.  When one is busy but focused, he/she could be pretty efficient in getting the things done.  But, if you are stretching yourself too thin, you’d probably find yourself all over the […]

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