This is something else. I’ve never heard of a library that carried tools before – only libraries that carry my favorite books. The tool library in the city of Portland, Oregon is truly a brilliant idea. When you think about it, things like power tools don’t really get all that much use before they’re discarded. This means that a lot of resources are being put into making things that aren’t getting very much use. So why not have a library where you can rent out tools instead of owning them? It’s less expensive, easier on the planet, and can help de-clutter your shed.

There are always going to be tools that I want to have around, like socket wrenches, shovels and screw drivers. But a lot of the things I have I wish I could just rent instead of own. Maybe one of these days I’ll organize a tool library for my community. What’s your take?

A self-sabotaging habit is a recurring behavior that — regardless of any false, short-term pleasure — leads us directly into frustration and unhappiness.

Knowing this, you’d think that all of us would just let those bad habits go immediately. Yet, experience with clients and in our own lives tells us that it’s not all that simple when it comes down to it.

Yes, by all means, STOP your self-sabotage if you can.

Yet, if you can’t seem to get yourself to simply quit, then seek education and guidance. With that, here are the top five self-sabotaging habits that we’ve been helping people (and ourselves) overcome.

Self-loathing

Self-criticism is the vehicle that self-loathing uses to wreak havoc in your life. It can happen in any environment...

MANIFEST YOUR DREAMS Welcome to this blessed day in which exists all possibilities. Of the myriad of choices available, what will you choose? Do you realize the importance of your words and how they ripple throughout the entire fabric of the universe? Have you any realization of the impact your thoughts, both positive and negative, have on yourself and others? Thoughts and words fueled by your emotions are the stuff that manifestation is all about.

What is it you desire? What forgotten dreams lie within you? Have you a problem that needs resolved? Is there a fear you wish to overcome? Have you an addiction to a food or substance that you would like to regain control over? Is there a relationship you would like to establish or reconnect? Choose one to focus on today.

Take a few moments to center yourself and release the worries of the day. Clear your mind of the clutter that distracts you. Focus on your breathing, letting your breath flow in and out at a normal rate. Relax your muscles and let your mind wander to an issue you would like to work on today. See it clearly in your mind. Use all five senses to make the visualization as real as you can. In your mind’s eye, look at what is happening around you. If there is some part that you don’t like, change it until the dream feels comfortable and gives you joy. When any fears or doubts come in, let them flow by. If concerns over money arise, set them aside and know that you will be shown ways to purchase or obtain this item.

I was fifteen years old at my best friend’s house, she had her family over for dinner. I was munching unassumingly on a salad, when the older man sitting across the table looked at me and said, “ I can see people’s Auras.”

Coming from your typical American family, I had no idea what Auras were so of course I had to ask,” What are Auras?” He told me Auras are an energy field that radiates from the different chakras or energy centers from within a person and then surround each person with what some can see as a visible color halo. If you focus enough you can see this halo of these colors a few inches from the person’s body. Kind of like if you would squint your eyes when someone is in front of you their outline would double. I asked him how he began seeing these colored energy emissions? He said that he had gone to visit his brother one night, his brother was into taking heavy drugs. When he had arrived at the front door of his brother’s house his brother hallucinating that he was a robber, accidentally shot him from a few inches away with a shotgun. His torso was immediately torn to pieces, he fell to the ground and went into shock where he blacked out. He said he remembers ascending into the afterlife but that is a story for another time. After a journey through the spirit kingdom, he was told by a white omnipresent being that his time wasn’t done on Earth and sent back into his earthly body.

When you truly start to see yourself and your Earth-plane existence as sacred, you will know deep in your heart that sacred is also beautiful, strong, loved and perfect in its imperfections. The Universe never makes mistakes. ~ Creator

HJ: Buddhism is an extremely wise spiritual system built around a set of ‘Noble Truths’ that produce happiness and peace like clockwork when they are integrated and understood.  They have been the pillar of their philosophy for thousands of years and are based around fundamental truths of human existence.  Ultimate truths in a sense, which is why they are so powerful.

Yet it is also important that we all seek our own truth, so if you do not resonate with them fully for some reason, it is important to observe the wisdom therein and see how you can interpret it and integrate it into your own life… or not…  Or, if you are very open minded, play with their ideas and see if they are perhaps even more useful and effective than your own…

- Truth

3 Buddhist Beliefs That Will Rock Your World (And Make You Much Happier!)

By Megan Bruneau, M.A. RCC | One Shrinks Perspective | Mind Body Green

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