As a writer, I have no shortage of ideas. I know that might seem like an odd thing to say. You might be thinking I must be the luckiest writer in the world to have such an abundance of things to write about. After all, isn’t writers’ block the bane [...]
It has been some time since I have felt inclined to do any writing. It is not that I have not had inspiration, or been lacking in things to write about, it’s just that I have been too busy doing to spend time writing about doing. Indeed, my life has [...]
Sometimes facts aren’t pleasant. Sometimes the truth hurts. Sometimes what we wish to be true simply isn’t, and no amount of wishing will ever change it. Often times the facts are in direct conflict with our feelings. Knowing the truth makes us uneasy, it triggers feelings we don’t like, perhaps [...]
Many people reach a stage in life where they say, “I just want to be comfortable”. But what is comfort, exactly? The dictionary defines it as a state of well being or ease. And it is that. But is comfort the same thing as satisfaction? Not always. It is not [...]
Procrastination is a waste of time. Duh. It also happens to be our natural human tendency. We are pre-programmed to follow the path of least resistance. In the simplest of terms, it is easier to not do something than it is to do something. And that’s all procrastination is. If [...]
We all have a little voice in our heads that does its best to keep us on track. It tends to nag is a bit. Sometimes it asks us to do things that don’t really seem possible, and certainly not easy. It’s not one to take no for an answer, [...]
A man walks into a big box electronics store (let’s call him Ed). He Isn’t sure exactly what he wants, but he knows he wants a big TV. A salesperson offers him assistance which he declines. Twice. On the third try he grudgingly accept the help being offered to him. [...]
Eckhart Tolle wrote a very good book called The Power of Now, a book which I had some very mixed feelings on. Actually it is probably more correct to say I have some mixed feelings about its author, but in either case the overall message of the book is fantastically [...]
dilettante (plural dilettanti or (rarely) dilettantes) An admirer or lover of the arts A person with a general but superficial interest in any art or a branch of knowledge. (Sometimes derogatory.) Dilettante is one of my favourite words. I like it because it describes me almost perfectly. I am indeed [...]
The expression, “just follow your heart”, get thrown around an awful lot. It’s the kind of advice people give to others, and to themselves when they can’t think of something better to say. And it’s feel good advice, as opposed to say, “stop for a moment and think about the [...]
Sometimes you look for inspiration, and sometimes inspiration finds you. This morning I was sitting at the front desk of the hostel where I have been working, sipping some over-sweetened almost cold coffee and feeling a little down in the dumps. It was the sort of general malaise that only [...]
If you really do not know what you want in life, then maybe it’s time to take a break from you life entirely. When you are trapped in your day to day, it is often difficult or even impossible to achieve the clarity necessary to discover your purpose in life, [...]
Many people at some point in their life find themselves asking, “what is my purpose in life?”. This question may be followed up with questions like, “why am I here?”, and “is this all there is?”. Most of us can be divided into two distinct groups. Among the first group [...]
That may sound like a really blunt statement to you, but I don’t care because it’s true. Sometime it’s just not worth beating around the bush. When you travel the road less travelled, everyone who is not on that road is going to consider you anything from a mild annoyance [...]
Risk is a good thing. Without risk there is no reward. In most cases the greater the possible reward, the more risk involved. Therefore when one takes a risk, they should first take into account they possible payoff to determine if the risk is worthwhile. When you invest your money [...]
I would like to draw your attention to some lyrics from a song by the singer Roger Whittaker that are very poignant: “Everybody talks about a new world in the morning. A new world in the morning so they say. I, myself don’t talk about a new world in the [...]
© Copyright 2008 Jonathan Timar and The Limelight. You may reproduce an excerpt only of the law of attraction alphabet with a hyperlink back to this page. Alternately, you may reproduce the article in full with prior permission from the author, Jonathan Timar, provided this copyright notice and all hyperlinks [...]
One of the most important keys to manifesting your desires is to stay focused on them. In our day to day lives in it extremely easy to get caught up in our present routines, that our thoughts are consumed by them. If you understand the law of attraction, you know [...]
You can learn a lot from Stuart Smalley. Despite being intended as a satire of new age self-help gurus, Al Franken’s Saturday Night Live character (who is “not a licensed therapist”) is a remarkably insightful guy. After all, he thought up the catchphrase that is the title of this article. [...]
Picture your life as a movie. Your birth is the opening shot, which is followed by your childhood in which the opening credits introduce the people in your life. Your adulthood is the meat of the movie, and when you die, the credits roll. Now picture the world as an [...]