Be Encouraged

Being aware of your life includes everything. Like a toddler noticing a butterfly, adults can enjoy and related to nature too. It's all around you. Is nature the enemy (think mosquito control, traps for rodent pests and so on)? Or can we humans learn a thing or two, be enriched by wild nature and maybe help it survive?

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Innocent children have a wonderful way of looking at the world. And they are in the present moment far more than adults. We can learn a thing or two from them!

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Dogs have a great way of looking at the world. And they live in the moment. We can learn from them, and experience from them some great qualities. 

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Thoughts are always with us. We can't stop them. Or can we? 
First it helps to realize, as some people say, their "mind is always buzzing." The thoughts fly at them and energize, stress, and confuse. It is exciting to have your mind spin like that, and it can cause anxiety. 
What if you could do something different in your life than just be a victim of your thoughts?
This episode can help you begin to take control of your thoughts. 

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This episode could be called the Parable of the Creek Drain. From the story of doing the wrong thing with a drain into a creek we learn being in this moment is sometimes correcting past mistakes. When you see that you screwed up there is no better time to fix it. 
The past can't be changed but sometimes you can act today to change direction. What do you need to change? Wallowing in regret or guilt won't change it. take some action, then lean into today and what the future has for you.

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Most of us like to hold ourselves together emotionally; we don't want to break down. 

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Waiting. No one likes it.
But we all have to wait sometimes, lots of times during life. 
Rushing on in our minds just makes us unhappy, dissatisfied, grumpy. 
How can we wait well?
Find out in this episode!

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Do you find sudden change easy or hard? Are you headed, in some aspect of your life, in a way you just need to repent of and turn around? 
Or have there been times that you went along, and you should not have? You gave in to another’s will but should have spoken up.  Are you on a path that will make you resentful and unhappy if you don’t change? Maybe it is time to claim your right to an opinion and desires for direction over your life. 
Check out this episode for some inspiration to make wise choices about your life. 

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To be in the moment can make you especially honest; you have to face what is actually here, right now, instead of what you want to be happening. If you tell someone else what you experience and it crashes into their desired experience, you risk offending them. 
This episode explores how we let others control us sometimes, to avoid offending anyone. Listen in for what we can do instead. 

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A rich awareness can happen when we see more than the obvious. A street may be made of asphalt or concrete but either way, it is more than the materials it is made of. 
All that is around us holds deeper meaning than the obvious, if we will just see. Look into the eyes of an animal, beneath the surface of the water, into the heart of the person. 

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