Monday, May 18, 2009

Expanding your Perception


Is the glass REALLY half full or is it really half empty?

I remember my Dad asking me this questions when I was a child. I thought it was a "magic" question and labored to come up with the correct response!

What about you?


This is really an age old philosophical question that was used to measure a child's deductive or inductive reasoning skills. It also measures a persons' PERCEPTION!

Deductive Reasoning allows us to grasp (and SEE) the WHOLE picture and then to understand and break down and pick out the bits and pieces that make it up. Those who can solve a Geometry theorem are good at Deductive Reasoning. Deductive Reasoning works backwards like a jigsaw puzzle or a Crossword puzzle. Both puzzles give you the big picture and ask you to figure out the details.

Inductive Reasoning allows us to have a bunch of details and be able to KNOW (and SEE) what the result will be if we construct them in a particular way. In other words, we are able to reason with some detailed facts given to us and then come up with a concept or principal. Inductive Reasoning works forwards.

Let's get back to that glass we are looking at. It is filled half-way with liquid. Is it half full.... or half empty? All reasoning aside, the answer depends on your Perception. MY perception is that the glass is 100% full; one half liquid and one half air!

Here's how I figured that:

My Inductive Reasoning tells me that there is a glass, there is liquid and there is air in the part of the glass that does NOT have any liquid, therefore the glass is 100% full. I added up all the details to come to my conclusion, using my Perception.

My Deductive Reasoning tells that I am looking at a glass which is filled with 1/2 liquid, but that the liquid has displaced something, and that something is air. So, if one part of the glass is now filled with liquid, the other part must be filled with the substance that was replaced by the water :-) Alas, the glass is 100% full!

Perception is a tricky thing, my friend. We are programmed to use it the way other people want us to think. Nurture your own perception and make sure that you are always using it with expectation, intuition and an open mind! Acknowledge your perception, hone your skill in using it and be sure that you learn to trust what you see. Learn and understand the differences between Inductive and Deductive Reasoning and incorporate BOTH skills in to your perception.

Any circumstance or situation in life creates the opportunity to use your perception to determine HOW you will take action towards that opportunity. Every situation is an opportunity IF we perceive is as one. So each time the Universe provides an opportunity, remember that you can CHOOSE to look on it positively, or negatively and choose to see YOUR GLASS as 100% full!

May your day be a treasure bringing Increase and Plenty to your door.

Practicing Abundance, Prosperity & Kindness EVERY DAY,


RS
RandiSusan Mallory
Compassionate Marketing
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Sunday, May 10, 2009

Mothers Day isn't just for Mothers


Mother's Day is here. For many of us that means spending countless hours in the kitchen preparing for the family gathering. Others are preparing the long trek to a family reunion, and yet others are home alone, their children long gone or far away in different cities, states, even countries :-)

My gift to you is that we each spend several moments in reverie thinking back to those wonderful days when our children joined our family as a blessing. Gentlemen & Fathers, this exercize is for you too :-)

For many of us, the day also affords us the opportunity to celebrate the lives and journey of our ""surrogate children, grandchildren, mothers, aunts and special friends who have gifted us with their special love and affection!

Close your eyes and conjure up an image of your beautiful infant in your arms, feel the tender, soft as rose petals skin, and experience a whiff of that delicious "scent of "baby" that seems to naturally leave once our children started to walk :-) I have a mental image of my newborn sleeping on the stomach of my (then) husband, who had a look of wonder and joy on his face. It is one of the only memories I have where he was in repose, serene, and not playing "macho man". It is a delicous memory and one that I cherish!

Here is a secret we should all cherish.

Whatever your circumstance today, we, as Mothers (and Fathers) know that each and every memory of our children is embedded in our minds, body and soul, and nobody can take them from us. These memories LIVE in us, and all we need to do to bring them into our present is to spend a moment in reverie and conjure them up!

This Mother's Day, give YOURSELF the gift of love. Pour yourself a cuppa tea or coffee. Enjoy the aroma, contemplate and admire a lovely flower, listen to your favorite melody and take a few moments for yourself. In this spiritual repose, reach into yourself and your memory banks and treat yourself to luscious memories.

Remember your child's' first cooing and gurgles, words, steps, bicycle ride, disappointment, success, first love, graduation, date, marriage? Remember that Soccer Game? The Softball or Basekt Ball game? Life is about GIVING and we have journeyed on a path ripe with joy, laughter, sadness and love.

Happy Mother's Day! Celebrate the loving memories with that someone special in your life by getting in touch with them and letting them know that you are thinking about them and that you care about them :-)

To all my friends who are Mothers, and Fathers raising their children & nurturing them too, congratulations on a job well done. You have poured your love, values, ethics and knowledge into your children. You have opened your heart, and then opened the door knowing that each of your children must walk through it and continue on their own path, knowing that you have encouraged them with love and faith, that all you have instilled in them will serve to make them a stellar and compassionate being, just like you!

Happy Mothers Day to everyone, and especially to those who have cared enough to embrace me and wrap me in love throughout the journey of my life! I have truly been blessed. Thank you to my son Paul, who has given me years of memories that live on in my mind, heart and soul. Your twinkling eyes, sharp wit and all those "belly laughs" live in my minds eye and ears, and ocassionally sneak out to make me chuckle and realize what a blessing and gift raising a child really is.


May your day be a treasure bringing Increase and Plenty to your door.

Practicing Abundance, Prosperity & Kindness EVERY DAY,


RS
RandiSusan Mallory
Compassionate Marketing
512.472.2604 Country Code 001
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Saturday, May 9, 2009

Does the Universe have Ears?

Humans do,


animals do,


reptiles do,


fish do


even plants and trees have a mechanism to "hear"what is going on around them.



Does the Universe have Ears?

The answer is a resounding Y E S and depending on how "enlightened" or "open" you are will determine your belief & understanding of the answer.

I grew up in the 50's and 60's when we spoke, first in whispers, and then with stretching vocal chords, that we were living "in the Age of Aquarius". That is, that we were awakening, growing, becoming enlightened and KNEW that the Universe would respond to us if we were OPEN TO the idea of the Universe and BELIEVED in its power.

Oddly enough, believing in the Universe is not a "new age" idea. There have been civilizations that embraced the power of the Universe throughout the ages. You may have heard their names whispered throughout history as they were


Kings & Queens

Magicians and Wizards (Merlin)

Warriors

Witches

Heretics

and those "Odd" men and women who were a bit "off"


There has been a noticeable and calculable interest in the Universe and her powers since the turn of the Century, leaving the more pragmatic folks behind in favor of those who have been seekers of the truth (old hippies, boomers, & those who sought/seek the knowledge of the ages & the like).

By the way, we Baby Boomers of the 60's now realize, after decades of seeking knowledge, growth and empowerment, that the Age of Aquarius was NOT in our formative years, and has yet to come. We are living in the preamble of The Great Age of Aquarius and the energy is all around us. The secret is that you must be AWARE that there is a great power whose significance is that IT EMPOWERS YOU if you are open to it and CHOOSE TO EMBRACE IT and LEARN how to use it!

The Universe hears everything we put out there.

Since it does not judge right or wrong, positive or negative, it works to give you what you say or ask for thus we must learn the proper vocabulary to speak and THINK, as both are very powerful communication tools to access the Universe.

Be careful what you wish for, THINK and be careful of the words that you use.

The Universe is listening and cannot tell the difference between a joke, or a positive or negative thought! The Universe GIVES YOU what you ask for so make sure you know how to ask... so make sure that you are not putting out negative statements or thoughts.


May your day be a treasure bringing Increase and Plenty to your door.

Practicing Abundance, Prosperity & Kindness EVERY DAY,

RS
RandiSusan Mallory
Compassionate Marketing
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