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A Prison Planet
I decreed my ‘twin’ into my life in early 1990. It is a story I tell in other books but I think even Edward House would have a hard time topping my gifts. She was the only woman with a brown card in California when she sat on the Governor’s Blue...
Frivolous and Impracticle
Be Frivolous and Impractical I am meeting some girl friends for lunch at a little cafe later this afternoon and I am dressed as if I were stepping onto the runway of a New York City fashion show. I am wearing a simple red sweater with a black...
How To Choose Diamond Earrings
Diamond beauty versus cost: What is the best combination? Better quality diamonds are more brilliant and beautiful, but they command higher prices as well. This article explains how to find the best value in diamond stud earrings: the brightest...
Setting Up Your Office For "Health"
If you work and are spending one third to one half of your day in an office setting then your surroundings there are as important as those in your home. Although we usually have little control over the buildings we work in, being aware of...
Thought about why you should be positive today?
When you think about it, a positive attitude comes from a life dedicated to self-improvement and helping others. Do you have a personal commitment to do your best today? Your best is just that, your best! By doing your best, it causes your...
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Live On Fire!
Words seem inadequate to describe the beauty and abundance that surrounds us during the month of October in New England. Its as if Mother Nature has taken her paintbrush and with broad
strokes has set the landscape ablaze in color.
There are only a few weeks when the maple trees are at their peaks of color. We soak this glorious time in, basking in the beauty around us. We stop to lie down in piles of just raked leaves and breathe in the musky smells of earth. Briefly we are absorbed into the landscape. Our problems seem like small dramas in the grand scheme of things.
Like the majestic maples ablaze with color, we all have the innate ability to turn up the heat, live lives on fire and show our true colors. Each of us carries the fire within us. Our bodies create energy by burning the food we eat into calories that fuel our cells which sustains
our life. We must burn to live.
Unfortunately, many of the messages we've been given about fire are negative. Instead of living
our lives on fire, our passion for life gets doused with fear. We turn our backs
to the fire. We don't tend our own fire or we are too busy tending the fires of others. Our passion for life thenbecomes a pile of smoldering embers that is eventually snuffed out.
To create a life on fire, you must kindle it with your focused attention. Begin by noticing the experiences in your life that fuel you and give you energy. Who in your life fills you with Joy? What captures your attention?
Remember, every fire needs oxygen and energy.
Breathe deeply. Feed your life fire with the highest sources of energy...love and compassion.
Only when your life becomes a torch can you light the way for others.
copyright, 2005 Nancy D. Bishop
About the Author
Nancy Bishop is a Mid-Life coach and inspirational writer. She blends her passion for tea with coaching to help women at midlife rekindle their dreams and live life on fire. For more information visit www.yourlifeyourway.com
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