The Daily Disturbance

God isn’t surprised with our conflicts, our moments of separation and division. Neither should we. With the right perspective even these divisions will work for the good if we are mindful that God allows them for a higher purpose.

Yes, there are and let’s divide our time in exploring seven ways to actually divide and C.O.N.Q.U.E.R!

Six principles in leveraging on the great “D.I.V.I.D.E.” Let them help you today, and every day for the rest of your life!

If the act of dividing, separating and parting have helped you in any way in any area of your life, then you know the answer to this question. I think there’s been an unfair judgment on the value of division, and I’d like to share my take on it for the present week. The bias has been towards unity, togetherness, collaboration.  While those ‘big words” do have value, I think its worth looking...

“You cannot be lonely if you like the person you’re alone with.” – Wayne Dyer Let’s get focused on spending time in isolation and making the most of it. When you overflow with that experience, everything else follows.  “He said to them, ‘Come away by yourselves to a secluded place and rest a little while’ —for there were many coming and going, and they could not even find time to eat.” - Mark...

 ”Until you get comfortable with being alone, you’ll never know if you’re choosing someone out of love or loneliness.” – Mandy Hale For your own sense of wellbeing and personal peace, break free from the norm and go on alone! Am I here to go up the ladder, or to lift up another? Am I here to conform or to perform, and even transform?  Am I here to impress the world around me, or to pleas...

”Without great solitude no serious work is possible.” - Picasso 5 steps to take to make sure you are R.E.A.D.Y. to isolate and make the most of the experience!

“Dew will never gather while there is either heat or wind. The temperature must fall, and the wind cease, and the air come to a point of coolness and rest--absolute rest, so to speak--before it can yield up its invisible particles of moisture to bedew either herb or flower. So the grace of God does not come forth to rest the soul of man until the still point is fairly and fully reached.” - Streams...

“We need solitude, because when we're alone, we're free from obligations, we don't need to put on a show, and we can hear our own thoughts.” ― Tamim Ansary Honor that yearning. Overcome those obstacles. And go get isolated, and now!

“This is one of the marks of a truly safe person: they are confrontable.” - Dr. Henry Cloud Can we disagree and still be free? No hangups, no guilt? No anger or shame? Yes, yes, Yes! What’s the key? Listen on, my friend, listen on!

“A conversation in which the two parties have different beliefs should never begin with the intention of converting the other party to your own beliefs. Every worthwhile conversation's goal should be to understand the other person's opinions and help them understand your own.” ― Emily Eskowich There will be times we won’t be able to agree with someone else on a particular issue. And at times...

“What if we just all read things, and talked about them, and sometimes we liked them and sometimes we didn’t and most of the time we didn’t agree at all, and then we all went and read more things, and repeated the dance all over again?” ― Catherynne Valente From decision making to decision management. A step by step guide on how to D.I.S.A.G.R.E.E. more effectively!

“The statement at the core of all disagreements: I’m right, you’re wrong ― Charles F. Glassman How can I prepped myself better to disagree? Ok, I’ve decided not to walk away from a disagreement, but how can I ready myself more effectively to engage?

“It’s not about going around trying to stir up trouble. As long as you're honest and you articulate what you believe to be true, somebody somewhere will become your enemy whether you like it or not.” ― Criss Jami, Killosophy Yes, you read it right: Can we please disagree? We can’t and shouldn’t always agree! That would go against our very nature as unique members of one community whose d...

7 ways we call all move F.O.R.W.A.R.D. together. “When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be. When I let go of what I have, I receive what I need.” Lao Tzu

"Real zeal is standing still and letting God be a bonfire in you." - Catherine Doherty 5 reasons Why we constantly relate stepping back or standing still to staying stuck and even regressing!

“Follow effective actions with quiet reflection. From the quiet reflection will come even more effective action.”- Peter Drucker Four Bid - and practical - Ideas to M.O.V.E. forward today!

“Every minute you spend in planning saves 10 minutes in execution; this gives you a 1000 percent return on energy.” - Brian Tracy Take a step back…and see the whole picture, the object inside out, the challenge then and now so you have an idea on what to build up and what to do away with! “No problem can be solved from the the same level of consciousness that created it!”

How can Move Forward like the year that’s just begun? “When one door closes, another opens; but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door that we do not see the one which has opened for us.” - Alexander Graham Bell Happy New Year! Shall we move forward - even crawl - together?

Can we as a way of life commit to hate… Mindless browsing Online Bashing Lying and deceiving Allowing abuse and violation in our midst Living the “victim mentality” Being tools for others to cause harm, and commit injustice  Wasting our times and consequently our lives? Commitment leads to solutions, non commitment to excuses and escapes.

There are things we shouldn’t just get annoyed with; they are downright evil and we need to hate them “all the way!” What to you is worth hating all the way? An abusive authority? A lying influence? An unjust decision? Psalm139:“Lord, don’t I hate those who hate You, and detest those who rebel against You? I hate them with extreme hatred.” Join me, in matters where only absolute hate is the only c...

“Hate looks like everybody else until it smiles” ― Tahereh Mafi I guess the idea here is to look at hate as a friend, not as an enemy. And we’ve been at it for the 3 days now this week.  Work with hate, leverage on it, maximize it. Kilalanin, gamitin, kaibiganin.

We hate what we hate because  1. It is against something you truly care about. 2. It is against someone you deeply love. But did you notice? I said “it” not him or she or any other person in the face of the earth! “Hate the sin, love the sinner.” ― Mahatma Gandhi Listen on…

Yes it does! The key is to hate the wrong things, those that go against the core of your being, or the God whom you committed to serving! “There is a time for everything..a time to love and a time to hate.” - Ecc 3: 8

“What is 'no'? Either you have asked the wrong question or you have asked the wrong person. Find a way to get the 'yes'.” ― Jeanette Winterson 7 Ways to turn back, to C.O.R.R.E.C.T. the mistake and move forward. “If we’re saying ‘no’ to God, have we considered what we’re saying ‘yes’ to?” ― Craig D. Lounsbrough