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Inside Out Empowerment
By Kim Olver
When we are thinking of making changes in our lives, all too
often we look externally. We have a perfect picture in our heads
about what life should look like then we go about acting on life
to give us whatever it is we think would be perfect. The only
problem with this approach is that we are giving away our
personal power.
Whenever we wait for certain things, people or conditions to be
in place in order to be "happy," what do we do in the meantime?
I'll be happy when my wife cooks more often or I'll be happier
if my husband were more romantic. Or I'll be happy when my
children start listening to what I say and stop sassing me every
time I turn around. Or I'd be very happy at work if my boss
would just recognize the contributions I make. This is when we
want other people to match up to the perfect world we have
created in our minds.
Then, there are those situations when we make our happiness
contingent on certain things. I'll be happy if I made more
money. I can't make more money until I finish my degree. I'll be
happy when we can have our own home. I'll be happy if I can get
a new job. I'll be happy when my parents are healthy. Again, I
ask, "What does one do in the meantime?"
While it is perfectly acceptable to hope for things to be
different in your life and to strive to improve and make things
better, it's unacceptable to waste your life on negative
emotions. There is a saying that you are what you think about
and that what you keep in mind expands. So, if you are always
focused on the negatives and the things you lack, then you will
attract more negative into your life.
However, if you focus on the positive and what you have that's
good and helpful, then you will attract more positive things
into your life. Which would you rather have? Then you must begin
to change your thinking.
We have almost total control over our thinking. I know there
are unwelcome thoughts that intrude on our consciousness every
day. However, we have the power once they are there to focus our
mind elsewhere. All we need is to have a plan in place that
whenever I think about X, Y and Z-things I don't want occupying
my mind-then, I will think about my summer vacation instead.
Focus on any positive experience-past, present or future.
So why do you have to be the one who changes when it is obvious
that the "other person" is the one with the problem. Inside Out
Empowerment helps people put ownership of a problem where it
belongs-with whoever is the most upset about it. If you are
angry because your husband doesn't take the trash out on time,
then which one of you is the most upset with the situation? You
are-so it's your problem. Your husband probably doesn't even
notice that the garbage is an issue.
If you are certain your boss is a controlling, arrogant jerk,
do you think he or she is lying awake at night trying to figure
out how to be more sensitive. Most likely not. He or she is not
even acknowledging a problem. Fixing the problem comes with
correct problem attribution. Whose problem is it? Problems
belong to the one most disturbed by them and it is that person's
job to seek the solution.
Most of human suffering is our resistance to what exists in our
life. We become quite power hungry trying to change others to
meet our needs. What would happen if you simply accepted
everyone where they are at, without exception? What if you
recognized that things are already perfect just the way they
are? Could you be more content and happier with the life
situations that already exist?
Inside Out Empowerment teaches individuals first to attribute
the problem to the correct individual and then works with the
problem owner at adjusting his or her behavior. This allows the
unhappy person to be in the driver's seat with his or her own
emotions. Starting from the inside out, people empower
themselves by adjusting their own thoughts and behavior to
manage whatever life throws at them.
Inside Out Empowerment is such a powerful way to unleash your
personal power in a big way. What are you waiting for?
About the Author: Kim Olver has over 20 years experience in
staff development and supervision and is an expert in leadership
skills, staff relationships and diversity. Certified in reality
therapy/choice theory/lead management/quality school concepts,
she works with counselors, schools and businesses to apply these
ideas http://-coachingforexcellence.biz/ChoiceTheory.shtml
Source: http://www.isnare.com
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 Home Grown:
How to Grow Your Won Fresh Fruits and Vegetables
By Mary Amos
Why Start Your Own Vegetable Garden?
For those of us who love being outdoors and eating fresh
vegetables in the spring and summer, home vegetable gardening is
the ideal pastime to pick up.
Planting a vegetable garden has many benefits. When you are out
in the garden, your stresses seem to fade away as you simply
pick weeds and enjoy the day. Vegetable gardening lessens stress
by reducing blood pressure and clearing the mind. Gardening
helps you save money on groceries, as well. Also, home-grown
vegetables are always the best-tasting because you don't pick
the plants until you feel that they are perfectly ripe.
So why wait? Start planning for you vegetable garden today! If
you have a patch o fdirt in your yard, you can create an outdoor
garden. If not, you can buy some sizeable pots and create a
container garden.
Gardening in Pots
Container gardening is a great way to begin your vegetable
gardening. If you have poor garden soil, limited space, not
enough sunshine in your garden area, or impaired mobility, you
may want to grow vegetables in containers. Container gardening
makes it feasible to position the vegetables in areas where they
can receive the quickest growing conditions. Container gardening
also affords better pest control. The downside of container
gardening is that containers demand daily watering. Container
plants must be checked daily and usually demand more maintenance
than vegetables grown in the ground.
Almost any produce that will grow in a dominant backyard garden
will additionally grow suitably as a container-grown plant, some
vegetables are even especially fit for container-gardening.
Vegetables that grow very well in containers are those with a
confined habit of growth, such as salad greens, spinach,
eggplant, Swiss chard, beets, radish, carrots, peppers, bush
beans, determinate tomatoes, bush varieties of summer squash and
cucumbers, green onions, and any number of herbs. It isn't that
other vegetables can't be grown, but that they may not be as
suitable for container culture.
Regardless of the type or size of container used, adequate
drainage is a necessity for successful yields. It is accepted to
add about 1 inch of coarse gravel in the bottom of the container
to improve drainage. For most vegetable crops, you will find
5-gallon containers are the best size.
Gardening Outdoors
When you're planning a garden, it's important to be mindful of
the size of garden you want. Remember while gardening to begin
small and take things step by step. For beginners in vegetable
gardening, starting out with a garden of 25 square feet or less
is a great start. As you grow more used to the tasks involved
with gardening, you can slowly increase the size as you add more
plants.
Another important thing for you to think about is the location
of your garden. Plants need about six hours of sunlight in order
to grow in good physical shape, so be sure to pick a place in
your yard that's not too shady. Another important aspect of
vegetable gardening is to make sure that your garden is located
in a place that gives it the right drainage. By sowing your
garden away from the bottoms of hills and other places where
water is likely to collect, you will ensure that your veggies
don't drown.
Making sure that you have the proper soil is essential in
gardening for beginners. Soil that's slightly loose and easy to
till is ideal, while hard-packed soil is not. If your yard is
lacking loose soil, then mulch or compost will be a big help for
your garden. In fact, composting is not only a technique to
ensure you have great soil, but is also a helpful way to cut
down on your trash.
If you tend to the size, location, and soil of your garden, you
will enhance your chances for success in vegetable gardening for
beginners.
Things to Keep in Mind
Anytime you have a garden, you will have bugs as well. Unless
you want to use chemicals, you must get outside and kill any
unhealthy bugs on the plants. You can go to garden shops to buy
the good bugs, like ladybugs and praying mantis, to kill off
unwanted pests. For large bugs like grasshoppers, you must pick
them off your plants by hand.
Another drawback you may have in plant gardening is staying on
top of all of the weeds. If you don't go out daily to pick the
weeds, they will choke the plants and take over your garden.
Watering the garden regularly helps the plants to withstand some
of the bugs that might be on the plants, as well as keeps the
plants alive and healthy.
Grandma's Garden
Vegetable gardening is a rewarding experience, because you end
up with a delicious harvest. If you enjoyed the ripe, fresh
vegetables like your grandmother used to have, then you should
bring back to life the memories of those delicious plants in the
next growing season.
About the Author: Mary Amos loves to garden and is blessed with
green fingers. Take a look at http://www.gardenswebsite.com to
make the most of your garden. Also visit
http://www.homediyweb.com for other home improvement ideas.
Source: http://www.isnare.com
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The Editor's Corner
The Joy of Gardening <><<><<><<><<><<><<><
Spring is officially here. If you are looking for something to do that will bring you joy and help to relieve stress, why not try gardening?
With the high cost of groceries these days you can save money by growing your own vegetables!
It doesn't matter if you have a large yard or if you live in an apartment. There are many ways to grow a garden in limited spaces.
My wife has a beautiful flower garden in our yard and just last week I planted a vegetable garden. It's great therapy.
See the article in this issue about gardening. "Home Grown".
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