Tag: Books

  • Chicken Soup For The Soul Day

    national chicken soup for the soul dayNovember 12 is National Chicken Soup For The Soul Day and this day is a celebration of you! So how do you celebrate this holiday? The answer is any way YOU want! In honor of this day we have gathered together some quotes, thoughts, and some great deals of this series which would make great holiday gifts for someone or even you!

    Most are familiar with this series but if not the Chicken Soup For the Soul Series are a set of different books that contained true stories about ordinary people’s lives. These books were created by Jack Canfield and Mark Victor Hanson in the beginning and then was sold, there a many versions of this book and as of 2006 there were over 100 different titles. The Chicken Soup books have branched out into gifts and much more on the main website.

    Chicken Soup For The Soul Quotes :

    True love stories never have endings. – Richard Bach

    Love is like playing the piano. First you must learn to play by the rules, then you must forget the rules and play from the heart. – Author Unknown

    There are much easier things in life than finding a good man. Nailing Jell-O to a tree, for instance. – Author Unknown

    Love cures people – both the ones who give it and the ones who receive it. – Dr. Karl Menninger

    I am only one, but still I am one; I cannot do everything, but still I can do something; and because I cannot do everything I will not refuse to do the something that I can do.  -Edward E. Hale

    For everything you have missed, you have gained something else. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

    I visualized where I wanted to be, what kind of player I wanted to become. I knew exactly where I wanted to go, and I focused on getting there. – Michael Jordan

    Smile at each other, smile at your wife, smile at your husband, smile at your children, smile at each other – it doesn’t matter who it is – and that will help you to grow up in greater love for each other. – Mother Teresa

    Obstacles cannot crush me; every obstacle yields to stern resolve. – Leonardo da Vinci

    It is not enough to be busy; so are the ants.  The question is, what are we busy about? – Henry David Thoreau

    History never looks like history when you are living through it. – John W. Gardner

    “I’m not afraid of storms, for I am learning how to sail my ship” – Helen Keller

    “You will find as you look back upon your life, that the moments when you have truly lived, are the moments when you have done things in the sprit of love”- Henry Drummond

    “Love can sometimes be magic. But magic can sometimes…just be an illusion”- Javan

    All of these quotes were taken from different Chicken Soup From the Soul Books and in along with the quotes for National Chicken Soup For the Soul Day we have found the best place to buy any items you may want for yourself or someone else HERE

    How do you plan to celebrate National Chicken Soup From The Soul Day?

     

  • The Law of Attraction and The Law of Receiving

    11 forgotton lawsThe Law of Receiving is one of Bob Proctor and Mary Morrissey’s 11 Forgotten Laws. The 11 Forgotten Laws is a program and study course based upon Raymond Holliwell’s book Working With The Law.

    Some what of a surprising message is this Law of Receiving. (That’s Yoda-speak for, The Law of receiving has a surprising message.) In order to receive you must first give. Most people, myself included, have always been of the mind that you must get before you can give. In my mind I have always figured when I hit the big time I will then be able to give more in charitable contributions. Habitat for Humanity is my personal favorite. I donate sporadically. But according to this Law of Receiving the giving must come first. As Raymond Holliwell states giving, “is the first law of all creation.” I believe it was the creators of the Chicken Soup For The Soul series whom I have seen giving a seminar on the benefits of giving. Considering the astounding success of their books, I am thinking they must know of what they speak. But I must say, I didn’t really get it then. I did not really get it in the Law of Attraction sort of way. Giving opens up an avenue for receiving.

    When I look back on my life I can see places where I was using this law and it was working very well for me but I wasn’t even aware. There have been many times where I gave selflessly and gained much in return. Sometimes the rewards were monetary, sometimes spiritual, often times both. In my current financial situation, I can see where my money making strategy has been a bit weak. Certainly the financial benefits have had that same weakness. Bob Proctor says, “Giving always precedes and predetermines the reception, whether you’re giving your thought, your work, your service, or your deed.”

    In my mind and most certainly in my heart, the idea that I am giving something that will benefit others makes the work so much more satisfying. It also gives the work a much higher value which can most certainly be financially beneficial. However, we must be aware that there is a right and also a wrong way to give. Careless and impulsive giving will get careless results. But there can also be as Proctor puts it, “careful, scientific giving.” If our giving retards progress then there can be no benefit. Such as giving a person food instead of teaching him to feed himself would be detrimental. However giving the help a person needs to stand on their own can be powerful.

    Proctor suggests we tithe 10% of our income before anything else. He says tithing ,”is an orderly, methodical plan of giving, which creates a steady flow of reciprocal good to be received.” Not bad. He goes on to say, “tithing gives a person self-reliance, a confidence which enables him to build up a positive mental attitude which attracts success.” That’s what I’m all about, “attracting success.”

    Now after we give, there is more to do. Next we must prepare to receive. As Raymond Holliwell states, “This is the most interesting part, because our preparation shows our active faith.” This ties in with what we know of the Law of Attraction. Our desire, and our attention to that desire, sets us up to receive what we desire. We may get what we expect to receive. Holliwell goes on to say, “The key to the law then is: We are continually drawing into life what we give and expect.” so if we give in a lazy manner we can expect to receive lazy results. However in giving it our all we can expect results that may just exceed our expectations.

    Imagine the results you will get when you give all you can give in a thoughtful manner. You may just surprise yourself.