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Rewriting the “laws” that run my life
Posted on June 4, 2018 54 Comments
“It’s the inner world that needs adjusting, tweaking and plucking when the outer world fails to please.”—Mike Dooley As a travel writer, I often end up confronting customs and laws different than my own. In Singapore, for example, it’s illegal to hug in public. In Cannes, you can be arrested for wearing a Jerry Lewis […]
More miracles from the annals of magic and enchantment
Posted on March 26, 2018 18 Comments
“One of the greatest paradoxes of your physical senses is that your eyes actually show you what you believe, not what you see.”—Mike Dooley So I’m sitting in a French café in Mexico, having just finished a travel article on a Brazilian steakhouse I visited in the United States. What a small world! ACIM Lesson […]
Why I’m the luckiest person on the planet, Episode Can’t Keep Track
Posted on October 4, 2016 23 Comments
“I cannot quite embrace the gods of antiquity. Gods so petty as to feel threatened by human hubris, destroy Babel, chain Prometheus to a rock, etc. Nah. Look around: there are French cheese and wine, Mozart and Bossa Nova, love and sunsets…all ours for the taking. Surely, He/She/It loves us some.”—Vivian Allvin Life’s many blessings, […]
“Sometimes you just have to put on lip gloss and pretend to be psyched.” –Mindy Kaling
Posted on June 17, 2016 19 Comments
“The world will exhibit what you persist in affirming.”—Science of Mind When I first wrote the following post, I didn’t yet know Mike Dooley. I’m happy to report that not only have we become friends, but he became my speaking mentor. Enjoy this re-run: I just read a wonderful story about Mike Dooley, the former […]
Why I’m a whole lot richer than Donald Trump
Posted on September 14, 2015 47 Comments
“Molecules obey your thoughts, you know.”–Carlos Santana I didn’t make Forbes’ list of billionaires this year. Doubtful, I’ll make it next year either. But I do know a secret that makes me deserving of the list. I know with complete certainty that the world is limitless, abundant and strangely-accommodating. I also know that anything I […]
Use your “I Am” wisely: a guest post from Coach Linda Ryan
Posted on August 25, 2015 14 Comments
“Well, in Whoville they say – that the Grinch’s small heart grew three sizes that day.”–Dr. Seuss Regulars to this blog know all about my series: “Why I’m the Luckiest Person on the Planet.” There’s Episode One, Two, Three, etc….. Today, one of the gazillion things I’m celebrating about my life is that Coach Linda […]
Why we’re creating an epidemic of love
Posted on October 7, 2014 21 Comments
“What is yours will come to you when you are ready.”—A Course in Miracles Although I forgot to mention it to my power posse in today’s blessings text, I feel extremely lucky that I was able to get back in the country yesterday. I was so high from the London I Can Do It! that […]
Lack is a mirage. The three best strategies for getting to the holy land.
Posted on September 26, 2013 21 Comments
“Avail yourself of possibilities.”—Mike Dooley Peter Jackson was paid $20 million for the script of King Kong. You’re not getting paid to create drama, so methinks it’s time to write a different script. Here’s how: 1. Give yourself an Academy Award for the amazing “drama” you’ve created thus far. In a world that brims with […]
Thank, God, it’s Monday!
Posted on August 19, 2013 10 Comments
“When we take one step, the universe takes 10,000.”—Mike Dooley I’ve heard this ugly rumor that there are people out there who don’t like their jobs. That there are actually people who don’t get excited when “The End” rolls on the screen of their weekend. I’ve even heard more heart attacks happen on Monday (again […]
“Sometimes you just have to put on lip gloss and pretend to be psyched.” –Mindy Kaling
Posted on August 8, 2013 8 Comments
“The world will exhibit what you persist in affirming.”—Science of Mind I just read a wonderful story about Mike Dooley, the former Price Waterhouse CPA who now writes bestselling books and the fabulous “Notes from the Universe” to which hundreds of thousands subscribe. When he first started his job at the Big Eight Accounting Firm […]
