As always on a Sunday I post articles that help with your positive thinking to help you through your grief. Hope these provide some comfort

Anna presents 10 Reasons Why Your Relationship with You Matters posted at The Engaging Brand

Jessica Nagel presents Jessica?s Letter to Lauren posted at Sustainable Halo.

Sam presents What Do My Dreams Mean? posted at Surfer Sam and Friends

axel presents Jet-Like Motivation posted at axel g.

Erin Pavlina presents Are You Afraid to Be Rich? posted at Erin Pavlina’s Blog, saying, “Many years ago I had this odd mentality about money and wealth. I thought that rich people were all greedy, and that most of them had probably sold their soul to the devil in order to attain their wealth. I assumed that rich people were conniving miscreants who took advantage of others. I assumed that corporations were evil, because it seemed to me like they always used clever marketing and subliminal advertising to coerce people into buying their products. Rich people who inherited their wealth seemed lazy to me.”

Will Edwards presents The Death of Time management posted at Inspiration, saying, “There is no such thing as Time Management – it is a complete misnomer! You simply cannot manage time.”

Paula Kawal presents Are You Asking Spirit to Help or to Mind Read? | Paula Kawal posted at Journey Inward Productions, saying, “Sometimes we are in obvious need of help but are completely unable to articulate it even to ourselves…these are usually the times when we just wait for someone else to notice our predicament and offer a hand. I call this looking for a mind reader.”

Rick Schiano presents Be Victorious posted at Rick’s Blog.

Michael Miles presents Let your subconscious do the work posted at Effortless Abundance.

Aparna presents Develop a positive attitude posted at Beauty and Personality Grooming, saying, “A positive attitude or outlook on life can lead to positive behavior and success. A person with a positive behavior draws others’ like a magnet. After all, everyone would like to be around with a person who is strong and motivated, with the confidence to keep moving forward and not with a person who always stays stuck in one place and whines about his/her imaginary or real worries and insecurities.”

Ricky Wijaya presents Quit Taking Everything Personally | Chapters of My life posted at Chapters of My life, saying, “Tips on how to quit taking everything personally.”

cody butler presents OverComing fear And Overwhelm. posted at Dream Life Coaching Blog. Ask your questions., saying, “5 tips of dealing with and overcoming fear and overwhelm.”

Jon Chambers presents Growth (Article) posted at The Mind Of Jon.

Stephen Martile presents How to Stay Focused When Setting and Achieving Goals posted at FreedomEducation.ca by Stephen Martile, saying, “Setting and achieving goals is a function of focus. You see, even the personal development guru’s are saying you should have goals in every area of your life: financial, spiritual, mental, emotional, relational and physical and I think they’re wrong.”

ananga presents Discover What Causes Fatigue and How You Can Stop It posted at Ananga’s Living by Design Blog.

Bruno Vigneault presents How To Make A Miracle Happen posted at How To Make A Miracle Happen.

Bruno Vigneault presents Tap Into The Power of Subconscious With Positive Thinking Affirmations Quotes posted at How To Make A Miracle Happen.

Positive Present presents negativity is unnatural posted at positively present.

ChristianPF presents The importance of investing in your beliefs posted at Money in the Bible | Christian Personal Finance Blog, saying, “It says a lot about us when our beliefs are in line with our money…”

Deposit Accounts presents A Wish is a Goal Unfulfilled posted at Deposit Accounts.

Andrew Rondeau presents Want To Be More Ethical, Here’s How… posted at Free Organic News, saying, “There are many ways to be more ethical in your life…here are just a few…”

That concludes this edition. Submit your blog article to the next edition of positive thinking using ourg carnival submission form.

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“One little girl wouldn’t have it. “Where’s that old chair that sat there? That’s where I used to sit on my daddy’s knee!” Her mother traced the buyer through the thrift shop and put it under the Christmas tree. “

In this example, the chair was connected to happy memories. Removing the chair, removed that happiness.

I wonder what I have removed that might be my “chair”…….have you removed a memory that you need to find to bring you comfort in your grief? 

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When that happens it is overwhelming and difficult to deal with, you know there are things in your life that “should” be making you happy, you know that you “should” be grateful for what you have….yet our concentration is on what you haven’t got.

I have never found the right words to comfort myself or others in this situation – I would love to hear your ideas?

But if that is how you are feeling then just hold on to life as tightly as you can…..if you take your own life, then all you do is pass the pain from your heart to others. All you do is remove another good person from the world , who brings love to a world so much in need of as much love it can find.

Life may seem meaningless, life may seem not worth it…..but as my Dad once said “Don’t give in to the pain, the pain is there so that you enjoy, really enjoy the good times. Pain will not destroy you, only losing the capacity to love. So when you feel down, reach out to love…...loving is the one thing that pain cannot survive” 

I think he was right. He didn’t mean love in a purely sexual sense but love in the   desire to make all those around you happy, love in the sense of bringing value to the  life of others. 

….And hold on tight to the knowledge that one day, one day you will be so grateful for hanging tough in those dark days.

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Always Near as You Walk Along the Lakeshore

And I am no longer with you
Let no tears fall or sorrow prevail
When you see your reflection shimmer in the water
Smile and know that I see your smile
When you feel the cool grass beneath your feet
And the sun’s warmth upon your back
Know that I feel it also
When you hear the leaves rustling in the wind
Know it is my voice softly whispering to you
When you see a butterfly dancing among flowers
Know that I am dancing also
When you gently touch a puppy’s soft fur
Know that I too feel your touch
When the wind swirls across your skin
Know that it is I who caresses you
When you love another
Know that I too feel your love

Author Unknown

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“OSCAR the cat makes his grand entrances just as life is about to leave.A hop onto the bed, a fastidious lick of the paws, then a snuggle beside a nursing home patient with little time left. Oscar’s purr, when keeping close company with the dying, is so intense it is almost a low rumble.”He’s a cat with an uncanny instinct for death,” said David Dosa, assistant professor at the Brown University School of Medicine and a geriatric specialist. “He attends deaths. He’s pretty insistent on it.”

In the two years since Oscar was adopted into the dementia unit of the Steere House Nursing and Rehabilitation Centre in Providence he has maintained close vigil over the deaths of more than 25 patients, nursing staff and doctors say….When death is near, Oscar nearly always appears at the last hour or so. Yet he shows no special interest in patients who are simply in poor shape, or even patients who may be dying but who still have a few days. Authorities in animal behaviour have no explanation for Oscar’s ability to sense imminent death. They theorise that he might detect some subtle change in metabolism – felines are as acutely sensitive to smells as dogs – but are stumped as to why he would show interest.”

When death comes having someone there to care and be there, is wonderful – for some Oscar is their comfort.

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“I have had quite a few dreams with my Josh in them. They have all varied from him just saying hello to him giving me answers to questions that I asked. When ever I dream about him I wake up feeling better. I know that he is with me every day, but there is just something about being able to see him in my dreams that reminds me that he is still here.”

 Oh I do envy that. It must be great to have that comfort. I often fear that the reason that I don’t see him is because my love isn’t as great as it I believe it to be…then I realise that each person is different. Each person deals with grief in their own ways – many through humor. It is not about love, it is how your body and mind cope during the grief process.

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I think having a place that you can call your own, that you can go and still feel somehow you are together is wonderful. If you haven’t a memorial, then what about where you first met, your favourite place, a special place…anywhere that brings the memories flooding back.

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“I am Fear. I am the menace that lurks in the paths of life, never visible to the eye but sharply felt in the heart. I am the father of despair, the brother of procrastination, the enemy of progress, the tool of tyranny. Born of ignorance and nursed on misguided thought, I have darkened more hopes, stifled more ambitions, shattered more ideals and prevented more accomplishments than history could record.

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