Category Archives: LIfe Lessons

Acting Out Of My Mind

Posted on July 31, 2012 by russtowne

“Before the deed comes the thought. Before the achievement comes the dream. Every mountain we climb, we first climb in our mind.” – Royal Robbins I love this quote, and have learned that at some point I still had to … Continue reading →

Posted in Action, Dreams, LIfe Lessons, Quotes I Love | Tagged action, climb, deed, dreams, mind, mountain, Royal Robbins, thought | 12 Comments

In Such Awareness Gratitude Grows

Posted on July 27, 2012 by russtowne

I believe that most people could come up with a list of hundreds of blessings if they took the time to think about them. Some of my greatest blessings sure didn’t feel like blessings at the time they happened. For … Continue reading →

Posted in Abundance, Dealing with Pain & Grief, Gratitude, LIfe Lessons, Observations, Pain & Grief | Tagged beloved, blessings, devastating, disasters, failuers, fiance', gratitdue, Grief, heart-breaks, pain | 9 Comments

Getting Positive Emotions to Occur

Posted on July 27, 2012 by russtowne

A reader recently asked: “How do you get positive emotions to appear?” Here are some of the things I do when I want to go from negativity to positivity. I: Smile (even when I don’t feel like it.) Watch a … Continue reading →

Posted in Attittude, Choices, LIfe Lessons | Tagged friends, kindness, laughter, negativity, positivity, smile | 13 Comments

When Positive Emotions Appear

Posted on July 25, 2012 by russtowne

As darkness recedes when light appears, it has been my experience that negative emotions immediately begin to recede when positive emotions appear. Russ

Posted in Choices, Growth/Learning, LIfe Lessons, Observations, Words or Quotes I Believe I Coined but please let me know if you heard them earlier elsewhere | Tagged darkness, emotions, light, negative, positive | 8 Comments

It’s What’s On The Inside That Counts

Posted on July 22, 2012 by russtowne

I just saw a drawing of a very old lady stooped over with age and walking slowly with a cane. On the wall beside wher as a shadow of a slender young ballerina with arms outsretched and standing on the … Continue reading →

Posted in Attittude, Challenges, LIfe Lessons, Observations | Tagged ballerina, counts, inside, it's what's on the inside that counts, look like, old lady | 9 Comments

A Different Kind of Life

Posted on July 22, 2012 by russtowne

“The minute you choose to do what you really want to do it’s a different kind of life.” –Buckminster Fuller from onlinewellness.com

Posted in Choices, LIfe Lessons | Tagged Buckminster Fuller, choice, choose, different, Life, Onlinewellnessnetwork | 18 Comments

Overcome to Become

Posted on July 21, 2012 by russtowne

I just completed a comment on a friend’s blog with this sentence: “I’m all-the-more proud of her because of what she has had to overcome to become who she is.” I was referring to My Beloved but as I pushed … Continue reading →

Posted in Attittude, Challenges, Choices, Compassion, Forgiveness, LIfe Lessons, Patience & Persistence | Tagged become, burdens, compassionate, forgiving, kind, kinder, overcome, patient, understanding, wights | 16 Comments

The Great Blindini

Posted on July 19, 2012 by russtowne

I have a friend named Brent who is blind. He is also a magician. He calls himself The Great Blindini. Here are some snippets from a recent newspaper article about him: Magicians often don a blindfold at some point during … Continue reading →

Posted in Attittude, Choices, Courage, Creativity, Fear, Growth/Learning, Healing, Inspiring, LIfe Lessons, Making the World a Better Place, Optimism, Stories That Touched Me | Tagged amazing, blind, blindness, Brent Gifford, children, courage, entertaining, fear, Friend, great, Hawaii, libraries, magic, magician, The Great Blindini | 25 Comments

Three Little Words

Posted on July 18, 2012 by russtowne

Sometimes kind people do unkind things, and it can be a kindness to privately point out the unkindness in a kind way. Often the three little words “That was unkind” said in a gentle and loving way can have a … Continue reading →

Posted in Choices, Compassion, LIfe Lessons, Making the World a Better Place | Tagged gentle, impact, kind, kindness, loving, positive, unkindness | 16 Comments

The Best Speech You’ll Ever Regret

Posted on July 17, 2012 by russtowne

I saw the following at Waiting For The Karma Truck as part of a post and REALLY LIKED IT and wanted to share it with you. If you haven’t checked out that site I recommend that you do. “Speak when … Continue reading →