Failing doesn’t mean you’re a failure.

In the Irish culture, they have an interesting quirk of semantics that’s very empowering – instead of saying “I’m angry” they say “the anger came upon me.” It’s a very subtle shading that reminds the person saying it, as well as the person hearing it, that we are not how we feel. We can feel, and move on.

So when you fail, you are not a failure. Failure came upon you, and you can move on. Every human being will fail many many many times in their lifetime – it’s nothing to be ashamed of. Let failure come upon you, learn from it and then shake it off and go on with your wonderful life. 

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Oh, new love – is there any better feeling than that?

The reason love feels so good is that we are choosing to see the best in the other person and daydreaming of how wonderful the next meeting will be. That’s easy to do when love is new, and tougher the longer you’ve been exposed to the not-so-best in the other person.

No matter how wonderful your new love seems, remember they’re human – inevitably, there’ll be some not-so-good pieces to being with them. Choose to see the best, anyway. When you do, you keep that “newly in love” feeling for a long time. 

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Have you ever wondered what goosebumps are? Y

ou know, when you do something that feels so right, or say something that feels so true, that you get a warmth around your heart and little tingly bumps on your skin? You might even get puddly tears in your eyes. That’s you, connecting with the divine, however you define it, and celebrating a moment of perfect communion.

When something gives you that feeling, remember what it is and vow to do more of it.

Wow…telling you that just gave me goosebumps. 

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Do you get offended easily? Maybe you’re even tempted to quit Facebook because of the unpleasant things some people post.

When you find yourself starting to get offended and defensive, stop. If you were out walking and saw a pile of dog poo sitting on the trail in front of you, would you walk around it or step in it? If you’d walk around it, then think of the things that offend you or upset you as dog poo…walk around them.

When you choose to step in poo, it’s not the poo’s fault that your shoe is stinky! 

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Everything is beautiful. Everything. It’s up to you to look at in a way that highlights its beauty, not its flaws.

Every neighborhood has that one yard filled with dandelions, threatening to scatter their floating seeds all over everyone else’s pristine lawns. If you have one of the pristine lawns, you could be irate with your neighbor the dandelion farmer or you could remember how magical it felt as a child to make a wish and blow that round ball of fairy-seeds out to make your wish come true. Or you could look at the not-so-secret life of dandelions and appreciate how they feed bees, keeping them alive and thriving so they can pollinate other, more desirable flowers, fruits and vegetables.

Highlight the beauty of things and feel the contentment that will bring into your life. 

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Did you know that you can choose not to react to things that normally upset you?

The primitive part of your brain has a 1 to 3 second head start, and it reacts quickly and strongly to things that have upset you in the past, as well as to things that seem life-threatening, like a car backfiring.

Take a breath – take control of the primitive part of your brain and tell it to relax while the frontal lobe lets you focus logic and reason on whatever just upset you. You can choose to just feel startled and shake it off, once you understand that the backfiring car was just a backfiring car, not a gang war breaking out.

Choose a new way to look at irritations and watch your stress melt away. 

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It’s been a while since we talked about “going to MSU” so let’s revisit that. Our brains like to group events together and weave a story from them. It’s part of how we learn so well, and it’s also how we miscommunicate so well.

Going to MSU means that your brain is making stuff up – making up a story that might or might not be true, based on the evidence it’s picked up over time. Someone was grumpy with you at work…that same person was in the boss’ office with the door closed just now. Your brain might make up the story that the person is trying to take your job, when in fact they might have shown up for work hung over one too many times and are being let go.

Understand your brain’s ability to make up very convincing stories. Make asking questions to gain clarity before jumping to a conclusion your default behavior…quit going to MSU and then reacting. 

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Give the gift of grace, just as you’d like everyone to give you grace.

When someone doesn’t know something, give the gift of teaching without condescending. When someone makes a mistake, give the gift of gently reminding them what a better path would have been. When someone lashes out in anger, give them the gift of love, because that’s when they need it most.

We’re all human and we all do stupid and sometimes even mean things. When that happens to you, give the gift of grace, and may you be offered the gift of grace when your human-ness shows. 

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Is something bothering you? Is it something you can do something about? If you’re not fixing something that’s bothering you, you are choosing to continue to be bothered by it. I

know – it’s easy and tempting to hope that by ignoring something irritating, it will go away. Nope – it’ll just irritate you more and more as time goes by.

If you have the power to fix it, fix it. If you don’t have the power to fix it, make up a better story about it and tell yourself that story each time you’re tempted to get irritated.

Make a choice to either fix it or fix your perception of it and your life will feel soooooo much better! 

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Humans have emotions and we’re meant to feel them. Sometimes it’s impossible not to feel them, and very annoying to have other people try to help by saying things like, “This happened for a reason and you just need to move on” when your heart is breaking over a break-up.

It is perfectly ok to be sad. When you feel sad, you don’t have to spend energy to put on a show for anyone. Feel what you feel, fix what you can, process the rest and then, when you’re ready, move on. 

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