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Setting Goals for 2015 by ULRIKE

12/26/2014

As many of us know, all positive affirmations will not help us unless we act on them. Application is the key. We have to walk the talk. We have to make sure that we stay focused on what we want and stop talking about what we don’t want.

One of my longtime habits is to write down my goals for the year. It helps me to focus and really look at what I think I want. Yes, what we think we want and what we really want is not always the same. It becomes apparent after a few months. Try it.

I usually choose goals from several categories. Work, home, relationship - you get the point. Here are some goals I set for myself for this coming year:

- Write a new book called “Better Living through Right Thinking”
- Finish the remodeling project at our house in Palm Springs and subsequently move there this year
- Continue to grow my student base and start workshops in Palm Springs
- Work on my sense of aging gracefully and continue a healthy life style

These are just a few examples on my list. But it shows you, that some are basic day to day improvement projects that need to be followed through to better my living conditions. Some are mental adjustments like more faith, patience, and love. Some pertain to success, which require courage, a sense of abundance, focus, and determination.

I can and will adjust these goals during the year accordingly, but the list is my guideline and starting point to stay focused. When I say walk the talk I mean that we must act on our dreams and aspirations. Wishful thinking does not do the trick. Phrases like “I’d like to”, or “I want to try”, “I hope to accomplish”, and so forth are not adequate mental producers. Full faith and expectancy in already having your desire fulfilled is the starting point of all manifestation. So if you have a heart’s desire go at it with full force and of course…love!

I wish you all a successful and happy 2015 filled with lots of love!

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My Holiday Wish for You: Take Time for Yourself by ULRIKE

12/19/2014

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This is the Season to be Jolly – but are we? The Holidays are here again and just like last year, and the years before, we are in the midst of preparing the family festivities, we are out and about shopping for our loved ones, we are volunteering at various shelters and supporting charities, we are running last minute errands, and of course we are decorating and baking those favorite cookies. This should be a wonderfully exhilarating and loving time. However, we get lost in too much running around, too much worrying about getting things done on time, too much expectations from others and ourselves, too much food and drink, too much of everything. The remedy is clear:

Stop. Think. Rejuvenate.

Meditation, taking the time daily to spend in quiet contemplation, is not everyone’s cup of tea. However, quiet time is essential to a healthy mind and our well-being. Time spent with yourself and your focused thought, instead of being scattered or absentminded, is part of the cure for the “too-much-syndrome”. Mediation doesn’t mean we have to be an expert in this art of self-realization. Even a few focused breaths, taken deeply and slowly, can do the trick. Bringing the mind to a calm state of being is essential to our well-being and therefore we must continue to establish a sense of ease and self-confidence.

In order to think clearly with a clam mind, and to be happy, we have to make choices. So let us choose wisely and lovingly. Practice softening your thoughts about the daily grind, your kids, chores, and work, and allow your thoughts to be natural and relaxed. Not forcing yourself is what is needed, especially at this time of the year. Remember, all is already good and perfect; and therefore we can leave those negative expectations behind!

Continue to love life and face the knowledge that since we are individuals, living in our specific worlds, it is entirely up to us how our life shapes up, or not. It is up to us to make this a Blessed Season.

Have a Happy Holiday!

(Reference to “Because you can!” by ULRIKE)

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A Story of Prejudice by ULRIKE

12/6/2014

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I’ll never forget the lady from my hometown that lost her daughter to her own prejudice. She lived in a little town in a rural area of Austria. Here is how the story began:

‘Many years ago the miniseries ‘Roots’ was also released in Austria in the late 70’s, and translated into German. This woman loved the show and especially was fond of one of the main characters, ‘Kunta Kinte’, played by LeVar Burton. She told her daughter how wonderful he was, and how good looking, and shared her fascination regularly.

A few years later, after her daughter Anna had left to live in the United States, and settled comfortably, she told her mother that she had met LeVar at a function, and shared that he was very nice and cordial.

Time went on and Anna met a man and they fell in love. He was African American and Anna told her mother, that she and the young man were going to be married. Her mother was outraged. She said that it was wrong to marry someone from a different race. Anna reminded her of her infatuation with Kunta Kinte, but the mother didn’t want to hear of it. She said that as long as she was with this man she didn’t want to speak to her again. Anna, hurt, but a forgiving spirit, said ‘If she’d know better, she’d do better’ and went on to marry her love. Her mother didn’t talk to her for over fifteen years!

Many years later, Anna is still married and in love with her husband. The mother missed out on so much. She has no communication with her grandchildren, and even though she started to write letters and calls once in a while, Anna does not have the desire to visit her.’

What a loss of life and love!

See, prejudice does not only breed in multi-racial countries like the United States. There are pockets of unspeakable discrimination everywhere. Ignorance and fear are the culprits.

I can only speak for myself and therefore share my personal experiences with an honest heart. When I would visit my home town, I was called “the American”, not necessarily a flattering thing in the days. I happened to be proud of my new country, so it didn’t hurt. I had found what I was looking for, but it took courage.

You have to be all-inclusive. You cannot love someone because of his, or her, race or status, and not the other because they are born into a different culture.

I am not sure ‘why’ we are born into a certain family. But since there is a reason for everything in this life, I know there must be a reason for your birth-circumstance. I felt, since I was a small child, that I was displaced. I didn’t fit in. My parents appeared so different. My goals, wants, expectations of life varied so greatly from theirs. There must have been a reason. I am still working on finding out the connection to this conundrum.

I am a child of the Universe, part of life’s expression, I know that. However, the reasons behind certain circumstances I’m still trying to clarify.

Excerpt from “Forever…and 365 Days” by ULRIKE
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