Is there a time to cut your losses in a friendship?

I hear so many people say, “I don’t know what to do. This relationship is not going the way I want. It was good for a while but now I’m a bit discouraged.” I’d say, CUT your losses!

This morning a friend called me from the other side of the world wondering how to handle communication, or lack of communication, with a guy she is good friends with. It seemed good in the beginning, and had the potential to be more but this person is HOLDING BACK. (more…)

9 Ways Being Real in Life is Scary, and What You Can Do About It Today

Feeling the need to be real in our lives, be it in love, at work, with friends, or with your family can be stressful, if we are not used to opening up.

Fear is the biggest thing that stands in the way, specially if we’ve been hurt or had bad experiences after we tried to open up or be real with others in the past.

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14 Timeless Love Quotes (Images) from Rumi

I love this one! “Your task is not to seek love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it.”

It must take a lifetime to learn what love is.  Sometimes I wonder if I’ve ever truly felt love.

I am yours. Don't give yourself back to me.

“I am yours. Don’t give yourself back to me.” – Rumi

Reason is powerless in the expression of love.“Reason is powerless in the expression of love.” – Rumi

Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing, there is a field. I will meet you there.“Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing, there is a field. I will meet you there.” – Rumi

My heart, so precious, I won't trade it for a thousand souls, yet your one smile takes it for free.“My heart, so precious, I won’t trade it for a thousand souls, yet your one smile takes it for free.” – Rumi

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If light is in your heart you will find your way home.“If light is in your heart you will find your way home.” – Rumi

Love is the bridge between you and everything.“Love is the bridge between you and everything.” – Rumi

Your task is not to seek love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it.“Your task is not to seek love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it.” – Rumi

While the mind sees only boundaries, love knows the secret way there.“While the mind sees only boundaries, love knows the secret way there.” – Rumi

Lover's don't finally meet somewhere, they're in each other all along.“Lover’s don’t finally meet somewhere, they’re in each other all along.” – Rumi

Open you hands if you want to be held.“Open your hands if you want to be held.” – Rumi

Whenever we manage to love without expectations, calculations, negotiations, we are indeed in heaven.“Whenever we manage to love without expectations, calculations, negotiations, we are indeed in heaven.” – Rumi

Love rests on no foundation. It is an endless ocean, with no beginning or end.“Love rests on no foundation. It is an endless ocean, with no beginning or end.” – Rumi

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5 Ways to Show Your Love This Year, So They’ll Feel It

As much as I love the fun, festivities, warmth, and smiles at Christmas, it’s not always a pleasure for everyone. One of my expat friends in China found it to be a bothersome season of parties and events he doesn’t enjoy.

Our past shapes the way we feel about things like this. A rough childhood experience may ruin something as wonderful and Christmas for some.

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5 Quote Images to Reconnect You with What Matters to You Today

There’s a reason I’m listening to the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade on TV in the background as a sit here writing you. I’m waiting for niece to show up there. She is playing in a marching band for one of ten schools chosen nationwide to play this year in New York City.

Being an expat and living practically most of my life away from my home has disconnected me from many of the traditions of my country of birth.

Moving back with my children, to live around my family now, has made me so thankful for them. We can sometimes FORGET how blessed we are, unless we have simple REMINDERS to reconnect us to those special things.

Thanksgiving is one of those awesome holidays that can reconnect us to what is important in life if we LET IT.

I was talking with someone yesterday and they told me about the disappointment their son has experienced. He is married and has begun celebrating Thanksgiving with at wife’s family’s home. Unlike his family, they do not have a tradition of talking about or REFLECTING on what they are thankful for.

I hope that is not the case for you and your loved ones. TALK about what you are thankful for, even if it’s just for a MOMENT in your day or over dinner TODAY.

[shareable text=”Abe Stone”]It’s the moments of GRATITUDE that attract more of what you want into your life.[/shareable]

The parade is understandably a big event for my sister, her husband, and their daughter, but the most beautiful thing is seeing their closeness and support of each other.

I’m thankful for my family!

I’m thankful for YOU!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Enjoy and share online as you remind yourself and others of the good we are all remembering at this important time of year.

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4 Things to Remember When Negative Family Members Threaten Your Joy

You can choose your friends but you can’t choose your family. Family can be a strength, a blessing, and a source of support, but what about those times when family seems to be holding you back or bringing you down?

With the exception of dangerous or life threatening situations, you often have to come to terms with the fact that they will be in your life. Howbeit you don’t have to resign yourself to being miserable about it.

In this Video:

00:18 – How Family Might Be Bringing You Down
01:08 – This Brings Positive Energy Into the Moment
02:00 – Bonus Tip: Energy Shifting Tool
02:26 – Do This and Things Will Never Change
02:56 – It’s Tough But Doable
03:10 – This Time Proven Action Step Works
03:36 – You Need This to Turn Those Relationships Around
04:07 – Book Recommendation: The 5 Love Languages
05:05 – Quote from – Lindsay Vonn
05:24 – Affirmation to Move You Forward

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17 Signs You Have What It Takes to Be Successful

Success is not a destination. The following definition made me so happy when I first heard it years ago: “Success is the progressive realization of a worthy ideal.”

It’s being in the process, the journey that qualifies you as successful or not. To many people give up and don’t do anything because it looks to difficult.

In this Video:

00:18 – Is This a Guy/Girl Thing?
01:06 – It’s Starts Out With These Things You Do About Others
02:30 – Don’t Be Stingy With This One
03:13 – Use This If You’re New To Goal Setting
04:02 – Do You Know What Transformational Means?
04:22 – Quote from – Arnold H. Glasow
04:37- Affirmation to Move You Forward

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7 Ways to Stop Negative Thoughts from Getting You Down

Do they come up like a virus and take over your mind, or are negative thoughts really YOU? Some people say, we are not our mind. The truth is we have little control over when and how negative thoughts come to us.

We do, however, have a choice in letting them stay. You can keep negative thoughts from getting you down and here are few tips to kick the habit of negative thinking to the curb.

In this Video:

00:19 – The Things That Trip People Up
01:30 – This is the Opposite of What You Might Think
01:56 – You Body May Hold the Key
02:27 – The Magic of The Pen
02:46 – An Old Tradition That Brings New Thoughts
03:14 – This One Even Works on Toddlers
03:33 – Retune Your Thoughts With This Fave
03:53 – Disconnect to Reconnect
04:38 – Quote from – Joel Osteen
04:56 – Affirmation to Help You Move Forward

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