Transformed Life 2 Min Encouragement

I have a question for you. Do you like yourself? I mean, really? Do you like who you are? You will know that the qualities of liking yourself are valuable because that's how we see others. If you don't like yourself, you're not going to have the ability to appreciate others because you're going to judge them based on how you feel yourself. I know that's a weird phenomenon, but it's so true. So my...

Wouldn't you like to be more positive? Wouldn't you like to smile more and have more joy? Well, here's an idea. How about noticing the things you like more often in the world than you dislike? This week, we're going to discuss raising our energy to talk and become more positivetalk and learning to focus on the things that we like or enjoy. That's because when we are always focused on what's wrong,...

Something to be thinking about for the day is that we are only as emotionally healthy as we are willing to be emotionally vulnerable. Let me say that differently. Our vulnerability emotionally allows us to be fully present at the moment. It doesn't mean that we need to share the emotion. It just means that we need to be able to feel the emotion when it shows up. So your emotional health is related...

Most of us worry about making everyone else happy and ensuring things are going well. You know, that gets old and tiring. And you can't keep all those things up in the air after a while. How about this? You are doing your best. Don't be so busy and all that focus on just resting and relaxing and taking your time to be today and be more yourself. This idea of being true to yourself means you say no...

I got a notification yesterday on Facebook that someone wanted to be my friend again, I get those quite often and think there was five setting in my inbox. And so I took just a moment, maybe about 15 minutes or so, and looked around on Facebook, and I'm not there very often. But here's what I noticed. I noticed all of the please look at me, see me, this is what I'm doing in my life. This is what I...

I believe that everything in our world has some form of purpose. For example, yesterday, I had a package delivered to my old address, and I was getting the box off their porch, my neighbor came out, and we had a chance to talk and visit; it was a lovely visit. It was excellent because we had a chance to catch up on some things we hadn't discussed in a while. You know, I believe that those are neve...

I want to know how kind you are to yourself. Do you treat yourself like you would treat a friend? Well, yeah, I've heard; I'm just going to tell them what I think because they don't need to know the truth. Well, that's judgmental because you're telling them what you think. That's not what I'm asking. I'm asking, Are you kind and gentle? Are you forgiving? Do you give your friends grace? Are you ge...

Most of us don't know how hard those that are in state legislature work. Today I'm getting to spend the day with my friend Dan Stacy, as he's being inaugurated as a senior State Rep. In Jefferson City. I got to meet the governor and several other Supreme justices today. And the fascinating thing is that these are so normal, just every average hardworking people who want to make a difference in the...

Happy New Year's greetings to you. It is so good to be here with you today. You know, 2023 is just like almost every other year that rolls in. We think the same things. We are excited about the year; we believe it will be the most fantastic year ever. However, it's not always precisely that way. When you think about past years and how they've turned out, some years are great, and some aren't that...

We're talking about personal growth. And we're also talking about things that we all can do things like not giving up being kinder, being a good person, being faithful, being gentle, not letting our desires take over someone else's, being more alive, being more joyful, having more love and giving away more peace. These are all things that we can learn. These are part of a biblical verse in Galatia...

The most valuable thing you can do in 2023 to be successful is to focus on personal growth. I know that's true. When I created a routine and followed it regularly, it changed who I was and my goals and plans. I talked about this yesterday, stop making plans and goals and focus on personal growth. Let's focus on a routine. I'll be talking more about this week. But right now, let's focus on what you...

Here's something I want you to stop doing. And I want you to stop planning on what you are going to do in 2023. Here's why. Because planning always fails, here's what I want you to work on. Instead, I want you to work on thinking about who you want to become; you know, we have all kinds of goals and plans this time of the year. And every year, in the new year between Christmas and New Year's, I pl...

Merry Christmas to you. It is so good to be able to say that to you today as we are celebrating this Christmas season, and all the things that come with it. I have such respect and honor for you allowing me to be in your world and I thank you and I'm very grateful for that. And again, I wish you a very, very merry Christmas. I love you. I'm Dan Clark.

What is your favorite Christmas movie? What is your favorite Christmas song? And what was your favorite Christmas memory? All things to be thinking about today as we get ready for Christmas tomorrow. I love you very much and wish you the most wonderful Christmas. I love you. I'm Dan Clark.

I'm choosing not to be the Grinch that stole Christmas this year. And it would be best if you weren't that way, either. Did you know that your joy, smile, and energy affect the world around you? When you are self-aware about how you influence the world with your happiness, your smile, your quick walk, and the way you hold your body, you can change the things around you and influence who you are. S...

My goal today is to smile at every single person that I see. That's my purpose for the day. My self-awareness is that I'm influencing those that are around me. Because at a moment's notice, I know I can control anyone by simply smiling at them and being present. One of the beautiful things about being alive as I get to choose how I want to live my life, so I'm going to live my life by smiling and...

One of the self-awareness rules that I like is when people can tell me what they see inside me that I don't see. Sometimes it's the beautiful things about me. And sometimes, it's the not-so-beautiful things. But I'm self-aware enough to know that I don't always see who I am. And that's because we can't see ourselves accurately. None of us can. So here's what I'd love to see in your practice today....

I love talking about self-awareness because it's how we know what's happening in our world. One of the things I love about self-awareness is understanding its impact on the current moment because we only have the current moment, and we learn to use it wisely. When we are self-aware, we are wise with the present moment. I love you. I'm Dan Clark.

Self-awareness can be a potent skill, knowing that in all circumstances, there is a way to handle what is happening around us. Yes, that means that we're self-awareness and self-conscious. Self-conscious means that we're aware that someone's watching us and that we are somewhat modifying our behavior because they are. But self-awareness is the confidence that we can handle everything that shows up...

Do you know someone who's guarded, suspicious, selfish, stingy, calculating, rude, and they're insistent, and they're ungrateful? Well, let's call it living at a lower mind. And you know, that creates all types of difficulties in life because it lowers the energy inside us. Just reading about how if we have a higher mind attitude, it changes everything about us, these aesthetics are excellent. For...

Have you ever had someone say something to you about you that, you know, wasn't true, that they said that something happened like you were unkind or that you were mean or whatever. You know, what's really interesting about that is it's called perception. What we think about the world is based on our past experiences, and we project that as a projection onto the world. When someone is talking to yo...

Today while driving, I was aware that I wasn't listening to anything. I was practicing just being present. And I know you know how hard that is. Because when we're driving, there's always something going on. We're either thinking about something, worrying, or having a problem we want to solve and or listening to music, or like me, I'm listening to a book. But today, I did none of that and had a go...

Do you love getting all those holiday specials in your email? I can't tell you how many times I've gotten offers of up to 70% off, and it never will be this way again in the emails I get from all the different places I do business with. We all have those urgencies. But there's something that's not urgent. And that is the love that we have for one another. Let's slow down and not get caught up in a...

What exactly did you do today? Today's a Monday, and Mondays tend to be very busy. But did you do something that you enjoyed? Did you smile? Laugh cry? Were you happy? Did you tell a joke? Did you say to a friend how much you love them? Did you hug someone? What did you do today? And since the day isn't over, what will you do for the rest of the evening? Let's have some fun tonight. Enjoy somethin...

Exactly two weeks from today, we will be celebrating Christmas. Christmas is a very special holiday for those of us that are Christians and even those who are not. I mean, the world seems to celebrate the birth of our Savior. Worldwide. Obviously, I know some individuals that don't, but we still celebrate it because it's a huge moment in our world. And yet, as I think about how Christmas has evolv...