Health and Food for Little Ones and Spiritual Transformation

Great Food Options For Little Ones by Christine Steendahl

At about 2 years of age, children may become picky eaters. They start to smell everything before they will eat it. Little ones change from a baby that you can cuddle and provide them all their nutrients in a bottle to little independent people who want to select what they eat.

Now is the time to come up with some creative solutions to get kids to eat foods that are good for them. The positive side of this age group is that they will mimic what they see. When you are slicing up veggies, offer them a bite.

Give the child a plastic knife and paper plate so they can pretend to cut up veggies next to you. When you take a bite of the carrot or other veggie, the toddler will copy your actions.

Depending on their age, they can combine ingredients and mix them using a blender or wooden spoon or anything else you can think of that would be age appropriate. Come up with ways that they can help you prepare a meal. They can pull lettuce apart for salads, and add olives and cherry tomatoes. You will see the delight in their faces when the family consumes one of their masterpieces. The important thing is kids will generally consume what they help make.

Get the children involved in the kitchen when it is time to prepare a meal for the family. You can make the children responsible for making the salad. Children can help you wash vegetables. They can also count out the number and types of vegetables that you will use in the salad.

Have the children make a salad bar for the family. Put out some lettuce, some sliced or chopped tomato, slices of cucumber, shredded carrot, slices of red and yellow peppers, small broccoli flowerets and other nutritious veggies.

Let the children select their favorite salad dressings. Make it a fun event as you prepare nutritious choices for your family. Don't forget the croutons and shredded cheese.

Keep these quick but nutritional snacks readily available. They can help you shop for groceries and help you prepare snacks that are good for them.

Some quick nutritious snacks to prepare in your kitchen with children include:

* Vegetable sticks with a small container of salad dressing for dipping Offer them some raw vegetables with some ranch dressing to dip them in? Many kids who don't care much for cooked vegetables will eat them up if they can dip them.

* Fresh fruit cut into bite sized pieces may be more appealing to a small child

* Pretzels are fun snacks and easy for kids to use

* Celery sticks filled with cream cheese or peanut butter and raisins provide healthy nutrition

* Fruit yogurt provides calcium

* Pudding cups are a quick snack that children can easily navigate

* Crackers--plain or with peanut butter or cheese

* Cheese sticks are full or protein

* Graham crackers a quick snack that can be combined with pudding cups

* Dried fruit - a quick way to get 2 servings of fruits

* Fruit leather - nutritious snack

* Nuts

* Tortilla chips with a small jar of salsa

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Loving Service

Loving Service and Higher Consciousness by Marie C Barrett

The most valuable thing in the cosmos is the opportunity to serve. Why? Because desiring and taking action to help effect the greater good and happiness of another, is to truly love at a transformative level of love. When you serve and seek no specific benefit for yourself, you raise the consciousness of the whole of humanity. How so? Because service to others is Love and Love is the highest order of BEing in the known universe.

The most powerful way to serve and love others -and grow yourself- is by assisting them in their transformation of consciousness. Even the slightest experience of knowing someone else cares, may cause a spark of hope in a mind and heart that till that moment, was bereft of feeling lovable. Can you imagine the transformation of spirit that person, touched by love, must experience? Can you now see that to serve, to give, to share your inner glow of love, is the greatest gift you can give?

So what's holding you back? If you know you were born for greater things, and you were, what's holding you back from becoming the expanded version of yourself that you feel called to express, but of which you are afraid? If fear is holding you back, ask "What is fear?" Fear is not even real. It is an imagined inability to cope with imagined problems that may or may not arise in your future experience. And you let fear hold you back?

Every single day you can expand your family. Your spiritual brothers, sisters, children. Your spiritual family is all the people with whom you share your spirit of wisdom, your values, your ideals.

It may be said your physical family is a birth accident. But your spiritual family grows around you as you become more and more the conscious creator of your life. Is it not in your best interest, as an act of Love for yourself -as well as for others- to transform those around you by your expanded and loving presence?

During this festive season of giving, of loving and of forgetting differences, as an act of love for others, share your self realization, your heightened awareness of what life can hold and mean for others. When you are willing to be more today than you were yesterday, you automatically expand your sphere of influence for good, and grow your spiritual family around you.

Imagine a family, a job, a city, a planet transformed, because you gave yourself permission to be fully you. And in giving this gift to yourself, you give permission to others to express and become the fullness of who they are as well.

What would it be like if everyone around you was transformed? If there was love, support and understanding in relationships; if there was abundance and prosperity for all; if the world was free of addictions and substance abuse; and free of crime and violence?

Transformation is an opportunity for people to expand to more Life, not an invalidation of the life they have now. As you live to your full potential, you are automatically in service of others by your presence as BEing; then your presence allows others their space to BE, and then, too, the dream we have of 'peace of earth, goodwill to men', will be our living and lasting reality.

Let's conclude with a quote from Marianne Williamson:
"Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate; our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us."
Do not be afraid any longer. Life is too short and every day is precious beyond measure.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Marie C. Barrett , author, teacher and spiritual coach, is working for the transformation of consciousness on the planet. An expanded consciousness is forming and higher energies call to every heart. For more information go to www.holisticwealthcreation.com and see Marie's blog at www.holisticwealthcreation.com/blog.

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The Power of Reflection

Why Its Important to Stop and Reflect by Helena Ederveen

A poem many of us may know begins with the line "What is this life if, full of care, We have no time to stand and stare?" We are all in such a rush to get to our next destination we have no time to stop and reflect on where we have been and what we have done. There always the fear that if we stop - the others who keep on going will overtake us and we will be left behind in life's race. But suppose we could do even better with less need to rush along?

Reflection is a huge part of the learning process. And the more knowledge you have, the more power you wield. This knowledge may provide you a way to stop rushing along with the others and find a simpler method of achieving success without the need to always keep running.

All our lives are lived in stages. We are infants who learn by observing how others behave. Then we go to school where a formal system of teaching us begins and continues for twelve years. Some of us go on to college for another few years before working. Our working lives too are a series of stages, with one promotion and change of work after another, until we retire. In each stage we do the best we can with the tools and knowledge at our disposal. But we could have more and be better equipped.

Hindsight has a very negative connotation. But it can also be used for good. Taking time to reflect on things that happened in the past using the hindsight of the knowledge and experience you have gained since then, will often show you ways in which you could have improved your performance in the past. So what good does that do you now? Well, suppose you look back to the first time you baked a cake. Whatever the results may have been, good or bad, looking back after a few years of cooking experience behind you will allow you to see ways that in which you could have produced a better cake that time. Now suppose you have done this exercise after your second baking attempt. The second attempt will be better than the first, because you have learned more. But if you had reflected in detail on the first attempt, you may have found still more areas for improvement than the obvious ones you picked up on. The third cake will not just be an improvement on the second but will be the result of all that you have learned from your pervious experiences. This will not only help you to do better, but will give you the confidence to think of ways to reduce the work involved and make things easier for yourself. In other words, a way out of the race to keep up.

You need not always reflect alone. Sitting with other to analyze the past means more minds focused on the issue which will result in a great understanding of what you need to do in the future. The more minds shining their light on a past situation, the more light the past will shed on the present. Reflection does not mean looking back and beating yourself up for the mistakes you made or the opportunities you let slip through your fingers. Those have all long since been lost in the mists of time and there's nothing you can do about them. But being able to look back and use the knowledge you have acquired since then to understand how you can improve today is the base of future success.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Helena Ederveen, Clinical Nutritionist, Master Practitioner NLP. Advanced Eriksonian Practitioner Eriksonian Hypnosis, Associate Member Australasian College Nutritional&Environmental Medicine. Talk for 30 minutes to the expert Helena Ederveen and discover what YOU can do in order to balance your chemistries. Go to: http://www.apneasleep-snoringtreatments.com And go to the tap Contact me in order to arrange a chat.

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Create a Better Life

Using the Law of Attraction to Create a Better Life -by Lydia Quinn

There are many advantages and benefits to using the Law of Attraction to enhance and improve your life. The Law of Attraction includes techniques and strategies for improvement in many areas of life including health, finances, relationships and other areas of life. Here's a little about what the Law of Attraction is and some of its many advantages.

What is the Law of Attraction?

The Law of Attraction actually incorporates numerous philosophies and techniques including positive thinking, visualization, meditation and other self improvement practices. The basic tenets of the Law of Attraction is typically to identify what you want, then ask the universe for it, then assume what you want is already on it's way. It's also important to be open to receiving what you want. Basically, see what you want, visualize it happening and be open to receiving it.

Benefits of Using the Law of Attraction

Stress reduction is one of the major benefits of the Law of Attraction. It has been shown that simply thinking positively will improve your mental outlook on life, thus reducing the impact of stress on your body. In addition, meditation has been shown to have a positive effect on blood pressure, anxiety, sleep disorders and other stress related illnesses. Many programs related to the Law of Attraction include practices specifically for reducing stress including journaling and daily affirmations.

Additional benefits include better financial and business success. Again, positive thinking, better confidence, better attitude towards success and visualization of business success can make success more likely.

Meditation is often a practice used in the Law of Attraction. Meditation itself has been shown to have a great effect on general mental health and many body processes. Meditation is simply the act of clearing the mind completely of all thoughts, thus allowing complete and total relaxation and momentary relief from problems that may be weighing heavily on the mind. This act can refresh the mind and make it open to new ideas.

Visualization is an important part of the Law of Attraction. This technique is thought to be effective because when someone visualizes what they want, their subconscious is more likely to be open to what they want but also the act of visualization is thought to help make the decisions and work involved in attaining your desires more realistic.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

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The Internet and Sustainable Community

In my efforts to start the sustainable community building process here in Fort Simpson, I am attempting to become independent financially by using the Internet for this purpose. I am convinced that this is the only way to free up my time, so that I may devote most of the time I have left on this planet working with the people in Fort Simpson to build a sustainable community, which will serve as an example to the rest of the world.

Using the Internet as a means to achieve financial independence has caused me to change my way of thinking about the rest of the world and has changed my way of looking at reality. Working on the Internet has helped me in my own spiritual transformation process. The following article talks about some of the qualities one must have to be successful at running a business online:

5 Characteristics Of People Who Work From Home --by Gary V Davis

If you have chosen to work from home you will have to have one of these attributes in order to be a success. Otherwise you will wind up back at the old 9-5. People that choose to work from home and do so effectively,

#1 People that work from home are good at managing time. They make the most of the time they have allotted themselves to do or finish a project. They don't spend a lot of time doing other things that don't contribute towards finishing up the tasks for the day.

#2 People that work from home are goal oriented. If you ask them what it is they are trying to accomplish, they will have a definite concise answer for you. They are sure of the direction they are heading, and although there is flexibility in that, they are always heading in that direction.

#3 People that work from home are independent. They don't need someone to answer to, or get them motivated to do what has to be done. They are self-motivated individuals who find within themselves the urgings to do the work and be productive on a daily basis. Without having the fear of being fired as a reason to do so.

#4 People that work from home have the ability to focus. These are people who won't let the things that happen around them on a daily basis to undermine what they are doing at that moment. If they have to momentarily stop working to do something else they are able to do that, and immediately get back to what they were doing without losing a beat.

#5 People that work from home have passion. They love what they are doing; they would probably be doing it without getting paid! Above all the others this is probably the most important of them all.

If you have any or all of these characteristics you have a very good shot at making the dream of being your own boss and working from home a reality.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

The author writes about a number of subjects from Internet dating to Internet marketing. His blog http://makewebmoney.org features articles about making money online.

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Visualization

Visualization can be used as a method of meditation. - To imagine your self out on the land, to calm yourself, to achieve a state of detachment. To have a vision: "If people cannot imagine a condition other than the one within which they now live, then they are trapped. It is only when we are able to see ourselves in terms of our potential, and within healthier and more sustainable conditions, that we can begin to move towards creating those conditions within ourselves and in our relationships with the world around us."

"Helping people to develop a vision of a healthier and more sustainable future that they can believe in and identify with is therefore one of the primary building blocks of success in development work. No vision, no development." --pg. 66 "Recreating the World" - Michael and Judy Bopp. We must also develop our volition (will) and gain determination to collectively achieve our vision.

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You Are Who You Imagine Yourself to Be

Developing A Wealthy Mind by Herman Wheeler

I have been on this planet for what some people would consider a very long time. Recently, I proved that the statement: "you are never too old to learn" is actually true. I learned that wealth is simply a state of mind. All these years I have thought that wealth was determined by the amount of money you had. I also learned that most people (myself included) have unconsciously set limits on the success and wealth they believe they deserve. Wealth is a state of mind because what you believe dictates the type of relationship you have with success--and the wealth that your success produces.

To develop the mind set to become wealthy, you start by training your mind to achieve the objective. Since most of us grew up surrounded by a culture of limiting beliefs about money, it is necessary to develop new ideas about wealth. Most of our beliefs are hand-me-downs from parents, teachers and the media. Normally, we do not simply stop believing something we have believed all of our lives, which is why our mind must be re-trained. We must shift our personal beliefs about money, wealth and success. We must develop a belief system that does not question our ability to achieve any goal we set. This is essential because if your belief system says that you don't deserve to have money, happiness or wealth you'll unconsciously find ways to ensure that you end up with very little or none at all.

The following statement may not be exact, but I once read a question very similar to it: "Are rich people rich because they have a large amount of money, or do they have a large amount of money because they are rich"? Now that I know that wealth is a state of mind, I believe that successful individuals simply developed detailed ways in which to focus their thoughts, intentions and actions to create almost predictable results. The have been trained to understand how to create or manifest the thing that they desire. They first learned to change the way in which they think about money, consequently wealth and abundance are things that they expect to be a part of their life. Now that I know wealth is a state of mind, I too understand that the focus must be on improving my life, not on money and wealth!

People who have limiting beliefs about money simply have beliefs that don't support their pursuit and attainment of wealth. To achieve wealth, you must want wealth and condition your mind to attract wealth. This can be easily done by simply pushing play on a CD or MP3, close your eyes and relax while your unconscious mind goes to school and masters the art of attraction. This hypnotic experience takes you to the edge of sleep and connects with the brainwaves which are capable higher levels of being. While in a deep state of relaxation you will began to change your mind, change the way you think, and feel about wealth and abundance.

I have never seen or read any where that only certain people are capable of experiencing wealth. I believe that it is safe to assume that abundance is possible for all of us. We simply must learn to develop a wealthy mind and begin to "manifest" the money, love and good health that up to now we have believed was not possible. Now that I know that wealth is a state of mind I believe that with the proper training we can rearrange the unconscious mind and achieve all of the goals we set.

Herman Wheeler

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Herman was educated in the field of psychology and has had a long time interest in things of a spiritual nature. Recent studies have focused on abundance through spirituality. You can learn more about a Proven Miracle-Manifestation System by clicking the link below: http://www.spiritualmoneymaker.com/

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True Consultation

"The Requisites of True Consultation" -- by Abdu'l-Baha (from "Principles of Baha'i Administration" pg.42-43)

The first condition is absolute love and harmony amongst the members of the Assembly. They must be wholly free from estrangement and must manifest in themselves the Unity of God, for they are the waves of one sea, the drops of one river, the stars of one heaven, the rays of one sun, the trees of one orchard, the flowers of one garden. Should harmony of thought and absolute unity be non-existent, that gathering shall be dispersed and that Assembly be brought to naught.

The second condition: They must, when coming together, turn their faces to the Kingdom on High and ask aid from the Realm of Glory. They must then proceed with the utmost devotion, courtesy, dignity, care, and moderation to express their views. They must in every matter search out the truth and not insist upon their own opinion, for stubbornness and persistence in one's views will lead ultimately to discord and wrangling and the truth will remain hidden. The honoured members must with all freedom express their own thoughts, and it is in no wise permissible for one to belittle the thought of another, nay, he must with moderation set forth the truth, and should differences of opinion arise a majority of voices must prevail, and all must obey and submit to the majority.

It is again not permitted that any one of the honoured members object to or censure, weather in or out of the meeting, any decision arrived at previously, though that decision be not right, for such criticism would prevent any decision from being enforced. In short, whatsoever thing is arranged in harmony and with love and purity of motive, its result is light, and should the least trace of estrangement prevail the result shall be darkness upon darkness.

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"The more you try to give effectively to advantage others, the more you will possess to give and vice versa." --R.B Fuller

Meetings and Consultation

1. Prayers - Each person in attendance should read a revealed prayer or recite a prayer from the heart. I believe that it would be better to have the prayers sung or chanted. (However each person should pray in what ever manor they feel most comfortable with.)

a. To connect with ones spirit.
b. To become detached from materialism, self interest, etc.
c. To become united with all those that are a part of the group.

2. Meditation - Spending a few moments in silence (eyes closed), drumming, deep breathing exercises, chanting, there are many ways to meditate to reach a meditative state.

a. Clams the mind, turns off the internal dialog.
b. Helps one to become detached.
c. Relieves stress.

Together prayer and meditation opens the channels for communication with the Spirit World. If the meetings are to bear fruit, all members must pray for and strive for the following qualities: To be truthful, willing to learn, willing to work with and support others, to be positive, to be courteous, be compassionate, have tolerance, and be non-judgemental.

Quote from Abdu'l-Baha (Baha'i Consultation):

"The prime requisites for them that take council together are purity of motive, radiance of spirit, detachment from all else save God, attraction to His Divine Fragrance, humility and lowliness amongst His loved ones, patience and long-suffering in difficulties, and servitude to His exalted Threshold. Should they be graciously aided to acquire these attributes, victory from the unseen Kingdom of Baha shall be vouchsafed to them.

In this day, Assemblies of consultation are of the greatest importance and a vital necessity. Obedience unto them is essential and obligatory. The members thereof must take counsel together in such wise that no occasion for ill-feeling or discord may arise. This can be attained when every member expresseth with absolute freedom his own opinion and setteth forth his argument.

Should any one oppose, he must on no account feel hurt for not until matters are fully discussed can the right way be revealed. The shining spark of truth cometh forth only after the clash of differing opinions. If, after discussion, a decision be carried unanimously, well and good; but if, the Lord forbid, differences of opinion should arise, a majority of voices must prevail."

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"The more you try to give effectively to advantage others, the more you will possess to give and vice versa." --R.B Fuller

Inspiration

I am inspired to live my life with greatness. --By Paula Chabura

Why do people consider inspiration as something extraordinary, unusual or rare? Maybe because some of us only experience it every once in a while and many of us never do.

Inspiration is one of the many gifts of spirit that is available to us all. Spirit wants us to know our special purpose in life and experience it. When we are aligned with spirit, inspiration is present.

Inspiration may come as a vision, a feeling or a sense of knowing like an "Aha!" moment. It is a connection with our infinite source and our brilliance. It can give us a deeper understanding and help guide us. Inspiration can uplift and sustain us through challenges we face during our process of spiritual growth.

There are many ways we can help ourselves improve our lives. One way is to use affirmations. They can inspire, remind, guide and help keep us focused on what we intend to achieve. For more information visit Vision Makers at http://www.myvisionmakers.com.

Life is good when it is filled with inspiration, passion and purpose. Be inspired to live your life with greatness and help others through the expression of your passion. We need your greatness to help make a better world for us all. Give unconditionally with gratitude. Radiate love and light. Express compassion. Allow abundance. Trust in Spirit to guide you. Nurture greatness in others. Empower all. Speak with truth and kindness. Show others the way.

YOU are worthy of your dreams! Paula Chabura Charmon Stiles

© 2008 Paula Chabura

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Paula is an inspirational writer and a co-author in the book "Living In Clarity" part of the best selling book series, "Wake Up Live the Life You Love". She desires to help people in personal growth and to realize they are masterful creators. Paula is currently working on her second book about creating community versus competition in the workplace.

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