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Spiritual Awakening: Full Throttle Saloon Teaches Valuable Lesson

         

Spiritual Awakening: Full Throttle Saloon Teaches Valuable Lesson

Most people wouldn’t think that a TV Program based on a business that promotes drinking and scantily clad women during Bike Week in Sturgis, South Dakota would hold a lesson of spirituality. On 12/26/12 I was at home flipping the channels and tuned in to Full Throttle and the show had a message as one of the story lines was of a customer who Michael Balard, the owner of Full Throttle, made feel welcomed. The story was that the man passed away and his daughter was flown in by Michael as she had news that Michael was in her dad’s will.Michael is informed that he was left $1,000,000. As I watched I begin to thin wow what a lesson of spirituality as it shows that being kind and grateful pays off.

        

As Full Throttle ended I sat for a moment and began to think of how simple acts of kindness and gratitude go far in developing our spirituality. It may not bring us a million dollars like it did to Michael Ballard, however it will bring us the riches we seek as we become more and more spiritually awake. It is when you find ways to be a shining light of hope sharing kindness and gratitude that you are rewarded. Please share how you are being kind and what you are grateful for under comments.

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Spiritual Awakening: Beatles Deliver Message Of Hope!!!

Spiritual Awakening: Beatles Deliver Message of Hope!!!

 As I watched the gloom and doom of the news this past weekend I turned  inward and began to think that as bad as the media is portraying certain events things are actually getting better. I visited www.happyherald.com to find positive upbeat news and excellent advice columns. As I read the positive stories it reaffirmed my idea that things are getting better. I then began to watch Minute With Maxwell videos done by John Maxwell and as I watched these videos I realized that it is up to ne as an individual to enhance my personal and professional life to make things better.  I then began to read about action takers like Leslie Bruce and Karen Binnette Goldberg Raport of Feel The Hugs and their mission through www.feelthehugs.com. Then the phone rang and it was Shanta Tanksley from www.labonitakidz.com sharing good news about the magazine. Then I went back into Starbucks and I witnessed a random act of senseless kindness when a gentleman in line bought the women in front of him a coffee. The ideea is that things are getting better.

Spiritual Awakening: Ways To Use The Beatles Message To Sow Your Good!!!

 Across ouir universe we are all divinely connected and when we recognize each others divineness we being to sow our good and make things better. There are many ways to make things better:

1:     Rick Figley and Stacy Sossner taught me this amazing pricincipal and I thought using it to greet people or say goodbye to people would be a great thing as it resets many situations and allows for people to move forward in a positive direction. I recommend that as you go through the day to share this greeting or salutations and then recognize how the environment around you changes.

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Spiritual Awakening:New Beginnings Inspired By President Obama

Spiritual Awakening: New Beginnings Inspired By President Obama

As I watched President Obama’s reaction to the shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut  on Friday and then again on Sunday one thought continued to come to me a time for new beginnings.  I then turned to Ecclesiastes 3:1 and began to contemplate the reason for what seems another senseless act of violence and as I closed my eyes a thought occured to me that the 26 lives lost in this tragedy and the families affected give us reason to come together and begin to rebuild our country by turning to love and foregiveness and seeking ways to connect with others. We all now have a purpose and that is to get to know our neighbors and if they or their children are strugling to help them in any way we can. We now have a purpose to improve our mental health system, share the idea of spirituality with others, make others feel important. It is sad that it takes events such as The Sandy Hook Elementary Shooting to wake us up to our spirituality.

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Spiritual Awakening: 12/12/12 Another Day Or A Day Of Awakening?

Spiritual Awakening: 12/12/12 Another Day Or A Day Of  Awakening?

 As I awoke today I began to ponder the meaning of 12/12/12 and realized that it is another power energy day where certain portals will be made available to those who are on a spiritual path to become more enlightened and thus to continue their expansion and their quest for transformation so as to positively impact the world. Tapping into the number of positive energy fields today will help you to become an action taker where your anthem will allow you to have an awakening and to follow your calling. Today can be a great day to affect change in your personal and professional life as you begin to come alive and get involved with your community. Those reoccurring dreams and messages can now be acted upon with the confidence that you will be emotionally ballanced and the outcomes will be favorable. You feelings will be powerful and more easily understood today.One way to create more positive energy today is to engage in fellowship by sharing encouraging words with all those you come in contact with. A smile will go along way in tapping into the positive energy of today. The way you react to the flow today will help in answering the question is today just another day or is a day for awakening?

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Spiritual Awakening: Tragic Events Like Hurricane Sandy Lead To Positive Shift!!!

Spiritual Awakening: Tracgic Events Like Hurricane Sandy Lead To Positive Shift!!!

 

    

It has been about 5 weeks since Hurricane Sandy ravaged The Northeastern part of The United States and there are many families who are still digging out and rebuilding what was lost. In the direct aftermath of the storm people were coming out and doing relief efforts and the news media was all over the story. Relief efforts are still underway and yet the news cameras are gone and the general public has seemed to have moved on to other endeavors. A storm in many cases is the catlyst that is needed to bring people together for a positive shift. It is sda that it takes a tragic event to wake people up to the idea that being kind and helping your neighbors is the right thing to do.  Many times we have a power to help others and do the right thing long before a storm hits. By being a person of action before, during, and after a storm you can create a positive shift to enhance your life and the lives of those you come in contact with. There are those who will say a storm like Hurricane Sandy was a message from GOD to us all that he is very upset by the way we are living in our country and how we are treating one another.

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Spiritual Awakening: Meaning of Life Found In Grocery Store!!!

Spiritual Awakening: Meaning Of Life Found In Grocery Store!

 There I was shopping in my local Publix and I stopped for a moment and I was reading the side of The Arizona Tea Can that I had decided to purchase and I found it the meaning of life as it said RECYCLE. I stopped for a moment and took a deep breath to contemplate this message. Then it hit me the concept of recycling goes far beyond just making something new out of something used it goes to the heart of looking at way you can be a recycler and pay it forward and thus improve the quality of life for someone else and in return be rewarded.

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Spiritual Awakening: Zig Ziglar Leaves Legacy of Inspiration

Spiritual Awakening: Zig Ziglar Leaves Legacy of Inspiration

     

It was abou 10 AM on 11/28/12 when the news came across the wire that Zig Ziglar, The Great Motivator, made his transition at age 86. His lessons will live on for many years as they have been written and recorded and they will resonate as they make sense. Think about the first quote as it shows us that we can be great if we get started. The 2nd quote is so very true as the law of reciprocity is true. The idea of being motivated everyday is importnat as it propels us to success. As I reflected on Zig Ziglar’s teachings I began to think about the idea of being inspired and inspiring others.

     On way to inspire others is to do good deeds. By helping others you begin to find yourself  as you find a joy in the knowledge that your act of love and kindness enhanced someome’s life. One of the good deeds that I do each year is particpiate and emcee The American Cancer Society Relay For Life of West Boca Raton. It is my hope to inspire people to support this effort and have them visit http://main.acsevents.org/goto/jdogglederman and make a donation.  The good deeds we do will last long after we are gone. I have  asked in past entries what will your legacy be?  Zig Ziglar’s legacy was one of hope and inspiration.

         Self discovery is a great way to find your talents to use to be inspired and to inspire others. If you have a great smile share it and see what happens. It is when you begin to be your authentic self that you are able to enhance your life and then enhance others. Write down I am Great, I make a difference in my life and other’s lives, I give and receive, I shine a light wherever I go and begin to internalize these thoughts and watch your greatness come through.

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Spiritual Awakening: Thanksgiving, Christmas, and Hannukah, Taking Out The Trash!!!!

Spiritual Awakening: Thanksgiving, Christmas, ad Hannukah, Taking Out The Trash!!!!!

             

As the holiday season approaches  it is a great time for introspection and internal and external cleansing. As you create an attitude of gratitude you can create a world that serves you better. The best gift you cna give yourself this holiday season is the gift of self awareness and awakening.  Giving yourself the gift of love allows you to take out the trash and end attachments to people or things that no longer serve you. It is somethimes the hardest thing to realize that some people in your life no longer serve you in your quest for personal and professional growth. Many times it is a family member or someone who came into your life as a result of a decission that someone else made and you had no control over the situation at the time. As you got older and wiser and the person who made the decission passed you begin to realize that the only power this person has over you is the power you allow them to have. When you choose to take out the trash and interact on your own terms things improve.

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Spiritual Awakening: Lessons Learned From The Courthouse!

Spiritual Awakening: Lessons Learned From The Courthouse!

        

This post was inspired by the course of events surroiunding my ticket for failure to stop at a stop sign. It was a beautiful morning and I left my home to go work with a client, my mind turned towards my mother who passed on July 5, 2012 as a song came on the radio that really struck an emotional cord with me and I missed the stop sign in my development. I explained that to the officer and he said I am sorry but I have to write the ticket. I later found out from a law enforcement source that traffic citations are at the discretion of the officer. I immediately went to a ticket defense attorney paid $79 and today (11/14/12) I had court. I showed up dressed in professional business attire. I witnessed people in jeans and teeshirts, shorts and sandals, and other various dress that some may consider inappropriate for court. I was amazed by the behavior of some and how they didn’t comprehend the judges instructions. I sat quietly keeping myself centered and grounded. I did not hear my name called and waited to see the judge who instructed me to see the counselor seeated at a table who represented the law firm I hired. I explained to him the situation and I pleaded no contest and the ruling was adjudication with held no points and $125 in court costs(If anyone wants to donate to help pay the fine please use paypal and rd1299@aol.com to do so). I went down stairs to the clerk of the courts and paid the fine. While waiting to pay the fine I witnessed behavior that was quite negative by others. I didn’t say anything I took a deep breath and waited to be called. I went to the window with paperwork and check in hand and the lady behind the window said wow someone who is prepared. I waited for the receipt and as I left I realized that many people in our country need a spiritual awakening.

 The first lesson I learned is that we need to be accountable for our actions be prepared to face the consequences. I ran the stop sign and am responsible despite the reason I didn’t stop. Yes I would rather have used the $125 for other things like a personaldevelopment book, or a massage, or a healing seesion, however being able to pay and put the ticket behind me and take responsibility allows me to move forward with my goals.

 The second lesson that I learned was not to blame others and realize the way things are and the way things should be are two different things. I was thinkibg all the while that I waiting to pay they should print the serenity prayer on back of all the receipts. I also thought there should be a sign that reads stop playing the blame game you made the decision now own up to it.

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Spiritual Awakening: How Are You Investing In Yourself?

Spiritual Awakening: How Are You Investing in Yourself?

I am often asked how do you continue to find success? My answer is, I invest in myself be it atrending seminars and workshops, purchasing and reading books, purchasing healthier fooods, or taking  time to just unwind and relax. One way you can invest in yourself is to click on the Hay Link to your right  and purchase personal development and spiritual development products. Finding a good coach and putting together a strong team of supporters is another great way to invest in yourself.

 Spiritual Awakening: People You Can Invest With

     One person to consider for your team is  Rick Figley who continues to help other people excel by offering great services. Rick is very spiritual and has invested in himself so as to help others. His dedication to helping others is to be celebrated and applauded

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Another person to help you on your path to spiritual awakening  is Jaqueline JLOVE Jackson who is helping others by showing them strategies to eat healthly so they can look good, feel good and do good.

JLOVE is the author of  7 Soul Seeds and can be contacted at www.7soulseeds.com. She also has a great program Bliss Yoga.

   Continue on your journey of investing in yourself to help enhance your personal and professional life. Please share any recommendations here.

Spiritual Awakenings: JDOGG’S Top 10 Thnings To Invest In

10:  Workshops facilitated by people who resonate with you and who you feel have a connection with you are beneficial as long as you apply what you learned.

9:  Personal Development Books when read and applied can be a great investment in the enhancement of your personal and professional life

8:  Promotional Items can help to maximize your message while building a brand and thus creating cash flow.

7:  Websites pertaining to you so to maximize your message and show people who you are, what you do and why they should do business with you is a good investment to further your professional growth.

6:  Investing in your personal health and wellness is important because when you look good and feel good you can do good.

5:  Vacations are a great investment for if utilized properly they will alow you stay focused and grounded as you move positively in the directions of your dreams.

4:  Giving time or money to charities is a good investment as you get a great feeling knowing you are making a positive impact on the world and thus expanding and enhancing your personal and professional life.

3:   Incense, stones, and crystals are a good personal invesment as they help in the meditation process when making a mind, body, soul, connection.

2:  Clothing with Spiritual Messages as it shows that I walk my talk.

1:  Massages and stress relief for again if you feel good you can do good.

This week invest in yourself.