Time Alive: Celebrate Your Life Every DayHarper Collins, 13 thg 10, 2009 - 224 trang In seven sections representing essential domains of life—Time, Home, Style, Enthusiasm, Caring, Purpose, and Spirit—Alexandra Stoddard shows us how to celebrate every moment of life. This treasury of brief essays is chock-full of the wise ideas, personal anecdotes, and practical strategies that have inspired millions of her readers and audiences to live more beautifully and meaningfully every day. She helps readers form their own personal philosophy for living as well as discover specific, small actions that build tranquil time into the most hectic day, add lightness and energy when needed most, elevate a passing moment into a vivid memory. She encourages readers to "take stock, and rethink everything. We need to make the connection between how we spend our time and how well we live our lives." With each essay offering a memorable mindset for living, Alexandra's observations are searching ("What is your deepest desire?"), surprising ("Lower your standards"), encouraging ("You have 8,766 hours a year to act wisely"), and whimsical ("You've gotta have a look") and are certain to spur readers to new levels of insight and joy. |
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What You Dont Do Is Often More Important Than What You Do | 13 |
Everything Takes Longer Than You Think | 16 |
You Have 8766 Hours a Year to Act Wisely | 18 |
All of Us Love Good News | 115 |
Yes No and Wow | 117 |
Dont Try to Finish Everything Before You Start Celebrating Life | 119 |
Appreciate Everything Good in Your Life | 121 |
Encourage the Child in You to Thrive | 122 |
Live Your Autobiography | 124 |
Caring | 127 |
You Come First | 129 |
Avoiding the Pitfalls of Wasted Time | 21 |
Seize and Stretch Time | 23 |
Time Is Your Life | 26 |
Its Later Than You Think | 28 |
Home | 31 |
Order Precedes Beauty | 33 |
Your Bedroom Is Your Sanctuary | 36 |
You Create Your Spirit of Place | 38 |
The Planet Is Your Home | 41 |
Trust Your Eye | 44 |
Lower Your Standards | 47 |
Light the Lights | 49 |
Freshen Up Your Rooms | 52 |
Put Your Rooms to Use | 55 |
The Surprise of a Home Vacation | 59 |
Be Happy at Home | 62 |
Your Home Environment Is Your Life Story | 65 |
Style | 69 |
Create Your Individual Style for Living | 71 |
Understatement Has Power | 73 |
Its Great to Be Graceful | 75 |
Luxuries Matter | 77 |
See Yourself Coming and Going | 79 |
Youve Gotta Have a Look | 81 |
Beware of Advertisements | 84 |
Let Go of What Was Once Wonderful | 86 |
You Are Your Best Color Expert | 89 |
Eat Beautifully | 92 |
Enthusiasm | 95 |
What Excites You Defines You | 97 |
All Play Requires Practice Practice Practice | 99 |
A God Within | 102 |
Act on Your Enthusiasms | 104 |
Keep Your Flame Alive | 106 |
Is Your Inner Dialogue Positive? | 109 |
Oh the Blue Hydrangea | 112 |
Inspire Others with Your Vision | 131 |
Nurse Nurture and Love | 133 |
Write the Note Now | 135 |
Honor Nature | 137 |
Show Up | 139 |
Time Heals | 141 |
Carefulness or Carelessness? | 144 |
Choose Your Friends Wisely | 146 |
Actions Can Be Meditations | 148 |
Cope with the Unexpected | 151 |
This Too Will Pass | 154 |
Purpose | 157 |
Write Your Own Purpose Statement | 159 |
Act Dont React | 162 |
You Never Know | 164 |
Practice Active Virtue | 166 |
What Is Your Deepest Desire? | 168 |
Value Your Time from One to Ten | 170 |
Love What You Do Do What You Love | 172 |
Choose a Life of Significance | 175 |
Balance and Moderation Are Keys to a Purposeful Life | 177 |
Spirit | 183 |
Youre at the Banquet | 185 |
Trust Your True Self and Spirit | 187 |
Joy Accompanies a Courageous Life | 189 |
Refresh Your Inner Life Daily | 191 |
You Can Find Inner Peace Even in a Storm | 193 |
Try Not to Act Your Age | 195 |
Your True Essence Is Love | 197 |
Appreciate the Mysteries of Grace | 199 |
Accept Your Divine Potential as Your Birthright | 202 |
Contemplate Life from the Highest Point of View | 204 |
Grow in Gratitude | 206 |
Tomorrow You Will Begin Again | 208 |
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Trang 189 - Did both find, helpers to their hearts' desire, And stuff at hand, plastic as they could wish, — Were called upon to exercise their skill, Not in "Utopia, — subterranean fields, — Or some secreted island, Heaven knows where ! But in the very world, which is the world Of all of us, — the place where, in the end, We find our happiness, or not at all...
Trang 204 - Amazing grace! (How sweet the sound!) That saved a wretch like me. I once was lost but now am found, Was blind but now I see.
Trang 205 - AMAZING grace (how sweet the sound) that saved a wretch like me! I once was lost, but now am found, was blind, but now I see. 2 'Twas grace that taught my heart to fear, and grace my fears relieved; how precious did that grace appear the hour I first believed!
Trang 192 - I believe that man will not merely endure: he will prevail. He is immortal, not because he alone among creatures has an inexhaustible voice, but because he has a soul, a spirit capable of compassion and sacrifice and endurance.
Trang 45 - Love all God's creation, the whole and every grain of sand in it. Love every leaf, every ray of God's light. Love the animals, love the plants, love everything. If you love everything, you will perceive the divine mystery in things. Once you perceive it, you will begin to comprehend it better every day. And you will come at last to love the whole world with an allembracing love.
Trang 192 - I think that what we're seeking is an experience of being alive, so that our life experiences on the purely physical plane will have resonances within our own innermost being and reality, so that we actually feel the rapture of being alive.
Trang 26 - Key is always bright, as Poor Richard says. But dost thou love Life, then do not squander Time, for that's the stuff Life is made of, as Poor Richard says.
Trang 31 - You must understand the whole of life, not just one little part of it. That is why you must read, that is why you must look at the skies, that is why you must sing, and dance, and write poems, and suffer, and understand, for all that is life.