Google marked Freddie Mercury Day, September 5, 2011, with a Google Doodle video of the hit song, “Don’t Stop Me Now.” They invited songwriter and fellow Queen musician Brian May to share his thoughts:
“Freddie was fully focused, never allowing anything or anyone to get in the way of his vision for the future. He was truly a free spirit. There are not many of these in the world.
“To achieve this, you have to be, like Freddie, fearless—unafraid of upsetting anyone’s apple cart.”
Queen toured the world and created numerous hit songs, including “We are the Champions.”
Inspirational stories about people who overcame personal obstacles, trials and tribulations can bring out the best in people.
One might expect any rock star to be bold and over-the-top at all times, yet Freddie had to overcome his innate shyness.
Brian also said this about Freddie Mercury in the Google blog post:
“He gave people proof that a man could achieve his dreams—made them feel that through him they were overcoming their own shyness, and becoming the powerful figure of their ambitions.
“And he lived life to the full.
“He devoured life. He celebrated every minute.
“And, like a great comet, he left a luminous trail which will sparkle for many a generation to come.
What is holding you back?
Are you holding back out of fear? Perhaps you could use some daily inspiration and encouragement!
Inspirational Stories typically come from life’s trials and tribulations. I am so grateful for the difficulty that came to me in the story below, because it caused me to strengthen my own self-mastery and the power of my mind.
If you have ever trained a puppy, you know that they go through a couple of troubling seasons called “fear imprint stages.” When the fear stage comes on, things that never bothered the dog as of yesterday suddenly are a source of terror. As a dog owner and handler, you simply have to get them through it.
But imagine being me, and at the other end of the leash is the puppy who will become your guide dog – if she makes it. There is much more at stake than a typical pet being afraid of something you can control. As a renter, I was allowed to have a service dog in training, under the law, however if she “dropped out” by failing to do her job well, I could not keep her.
We had spent every waking and sleeping moment together since I took the wriggling 9-week-old pup from her mother’s side. She simply HAD to excel. Period. No other option. And in particular, she needed to be able to go on public transportation with me as I went through my day of working and running errands.
We had our challenges right from the start, because from our first car ride together, she got carsick. I kept believing she would grow out of it. When we first boarded a city bus together, she made a 3-foot drool puddle on the floor, which was thankfully already wet from snowy boots. “I believe in you,” I told her. She could outgrow that too, once we had taken a few rides.
One spring day, I was at a bus stop with baby Thunder. She had finally gotten over getting carsick every time we were in a car and drooling on every bus. Having conquered these tendencies, I felt we had accomplished a lot. She had become a champion rider who boarded any vehicle with wagging tail.
Except on that fateful day, it all fell apart.
Thinking that today was just like any other day, Thunder and I went to the bus stop. The bus rolled up, and my champion puppy – my future guide dog – turned into a simpering coward. She cowered underneath the bus bench, trembling violently. I literally had to drag her out by her guide-dog-in-training vest and force her to go up the steps.
One of the other passengers made a snide comment about what a great guide dog she was going to be if I had to guide her onto a bus. “She’s in training,” I said. “I’m sure you don’t do everything right the first few times either.”
That was a critical moment for her and for me. I realized she was in a fear stage, and it was up to ME to get her through it properly. Emotions of the handler transmit through the leash to the dog. If you’re anxious, the dog will feel it. If you’re upset, the dog will know. If you don’t believe in the dog, she will not believe in herself.
What would your natural thoughts be at a moment such as this? Remember, I had raised and trained the dog for several months at this point, and she was well on her way to becoming my guide dog. As my guide dog, she would help me get around obstacles, find doorways, and stay out of danger as we traveled together. If she failed, I could not keep her. Perhaps you would be running “brain TV” scenarios about the dog failing and you having to give her up after months of bonding and training. Maybe you would have doubts about your dog every time you approached a bus stop.
I needed to have unwavering faith in my dog’s ability to overcome her fear. I could not entertain even a moment of doubt in her, and I could not hide behind a venire of pretended faith either. She had to feel my confidence through the leash. She had to believe with every fiber of her being that all was well.
What did I do? I spent time each day visioning the two of competently and confidently traveling on buses, planes, cars, trains, moving sidewalks, and even escalators. I affirmed to Thunder that she is a confident and competent guide who keeps me safe.
It took her a couple of weeks to get past her newfound fear of buses. I kept my faith strong and told her everyday how much I believe in her. Thunder did indeed get past her fear. She learned how to guide me safely past obstacles, how to find bus stops, doors and mailboxes, and how to keep me safe when we traveled.
Thunder became the champion guide dog I knew she was. All I had to do was believe.
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Inspirational Stories: What Can a Fantastic Autistic Man Named Dallas Coleman Teach You about Life?
Dallas Coleman has had a label most of his life. That label: Autistic.
That label assumes a barrier between him and the rest of humanity. That label means he is “unable” to
communicate with people in the usual way.
Dallas understands one language very well: The language of music.
Blessed with perfect pitch and perfect rhythm, Dallas effortlessly plays any instrument by ear. Among his instruments are piano, guitar, mandolin, fiddle, dobro, and harmonica, to name but a few.
Not only has he perfect pitch; but he also writes his own songs. He knows more about hit songs and artists than appear in many books.
A few years ago, a senator requested that Dallas write a song about what being autistic is like for him. At a McDonald’s Restaurant in Jefferson City, Missouri, he took a napkin and wrote the lyrics of “A Fantastic Man.”
Dallas’ biggest message is that no matter what situation you have in life, you are gifted, blessed and worthy.
You ARE a gift to the world!
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A woman whom I’ll call Ange was having a rough life. she’s a highly educated person, a certified school teacher, and a person who wants to believe everything will work out.
After job hunting for months, and her self-confidence had taken numerous gut punches. She began feeling as if nobody wanted her. “I wonder who will be desperate enough to hire me?” she moaned.
Since she complained to me and I have a no complaints zone, I asked her if she would be willing to allow me to help her shift her energy.
“I doubt it will help.”
Ah – the power of attitude! What one believes is what shows up in life. Her desperation was NOT likely to win her a job interview, much less a job..
Ange had been doing the right tasks, such as applying for jobs, having the right credentials and putting forth effort, but her attitude blocked her from receiving what she desired.
All she could see around her was what was WRONG. That alone was sufficient to shut her off from her divine Source and turn people away.
Ange had become a psychic drain whose negativity sucked the life out of any room she entered.
A true change of thoughts can have magical and instantaneous results.
Ange got 2 calls the day we had our heart-to-heart. Both arranged interviews: 1 by phone and 1 in person.
One of the jobs was in the state where she hoped to find work. The district is in a small town, which she prefers. She would teach the age group that suits her skills best.
The next day, on the way to interview for the teaching job in her preferred location, another district about a hundred miles away called to interview her.
As Ange met with the principal and teachers, toured the school and looked around town, she had the feeling of coming HOME. And as it turned out, the district hired her.
What made the difference?
having all the right credentials in a job situation is useful, yet many skilled people remain jobless.
Doing all the right tasks is important – yet it is not enough.
A bad attitude kills results like nothing else.
How to Break the Bad Attitude Habit
First, don’t fool yourself into thinking you have a great mindset.
If anything if “off” in your life – such as
lack
wanting
desperation
not enough
it’s not life, it’s your approach that is at the heart of the issue.
Next, be aware of all the sources of negativity.
Trouble comes at people from the outside by letting in negative news, gossip, negative people, talking about what’s not the way you want it, temptation to bad habits, and media that focuses upon the negative.
An event happening is not an excuse for negative thinking.
A thought running in your head is not a compulsion to think it over and over. That’s your choice.
Decide right now to keep away from any and all sources of negativity.
Trouble comes from within in the form of multitasking, defensiveness, low confidence, blaming, worry, and looking for the “black cloud” in every silver lining.
Take responsibility for your own thoughts, words and actions. Make sure to always have positive messages in many formats ready. You might need a positive thought for the day at any moment!
Finally, gently course correct whenever anything shows up (a thought, for example) that is not aligned with your well-being. Put nourishing media, thoughts, books, and more around you at all times.
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daily Inspirational Thoughts: Interesting Sights In Your Daily Life Inspirational Thoughts: Interesting Sights In Your Daily Life Today’s inspirational…
“If you wish to know the divine, feel the wind on your face and the warm sun on your hand.”
Buddha inspirational quotes
Here is a very interesting story about a lost key that was found in the most unusual way.
This story actually happened to me personally. It is one of those stories that will no doubt cause you to try and figure a rational explanation for how a lost key came back into my possession without human intervention.
Here is a little bit of important background. The first thing you need to know is that I am mostly blind. I say this because imagine trying to find a little lost key when you can’t see it.
Where I live, it is out in the country. My mother and her husband are my nearest neighbors, and I have the key to their house on my key ring. I use one of those plastic spiral wrist straps for my keys.
I walk my dog Molly Flagtail several times a day, and so I take the long, rocky path down from my house past Mom’s place to the road and then across the highway. We either walk onto the grassy area across the road or walk about 1/4 mile of the road for her sniffing and relief
Somewhere, amongst the stones and grass, I lost the key to my mother’s house.
When I went to open the door to my mother’s house, I discovered that the key was missing from my key ring.
Well, finding a key out in the country where there’s lots of rocks and grass and long pathways is about as easy as finding the proverbial needle in the haystack.
I mentioned to my mom that the key had gone astray and to please keep her eye open for it among the rocks. But yet I did not feel concerned. I knew with certainty that I would somehow come upon the key.
As I was out walking the dog, I would keep myself aware, and I would imagine having that key. Said key would be perfectly safe and would not fall into the wrong hands. I had confidence it would come back to me.
Each time I was out, I would focus on the key for a moment with the feeling of finding it and holding it in my hand. When the birds called out to me or a squirrel would skitter past, I would say, “Please let me know if you see my missing key. Thanks!”
Was this a miracle prayer? You decide what makes sense for you. To me, I was simply connecting with nature holding positive expectancy in my thoughts, words and deeds, as I typically do unless I temporarily forget my way.
Three days passed and still no key.
A very funny thing happened to me. At night, I walked right out my front door to go close the chicken coop. As I stepped outside my door, I heard a little clink at my feet.
The key was on my porch right in front of my door.
I realize you might be thinking that the key had fallen there and it was right there on the porch for those several days. But it is quite frankly not possible.
With my various comings and goings numerous times a day to walk the dog, take care of the chickens, do everything else I need to do, I certainly would have come upon it. Either I would have found it with my foot or by my dog noticing. She notices any new thing that comes on to the porch all the time.
My mom came up the hill to my house 3 separate times during those 3 days and she never saw the key lying on the porch or anywhere else. She even said she had looked for it whenever she was out on the property.
The very interesting thing about this key is that it was mysteriously returned to me.
Mom said maybe her husband Bruce had put it on the porch. I replied, “Mr. Fort Knox? He would NEVER leave a house key on the porch. He would give it to me and lecture me about having lost it.”
She then suggested someone else had returned it. “I was home all day and nobody knocked on the door.” A visitor would have to either drive up or walk up past my mom’s house, which Molly and I would have heard. Nobody did.
Even if for some odd reason someone walked up and left it, Molly would have heard. Plus why wouldn’t they have left it at the much easier location of Mom’s place right by the road if they had found it?
Nobody other than Mom or Bruce would have known the key was mine.
So I maintain that because of my positive mindset and because of my close kinship with the animals and elements around me, somehow, and by whatever means I WISH I had seen, the key came home to me.
This is a minor miracle. This was an experience of the divine in “ordinary life.” As the inspirational quotes from the Buddha say, to feel the natural elements like wind and sun is to experience divinity.
This takes nothing away from anyone’s religious or spiritual beliefs. it does not alter anyone’s belief in God, Angels, benevolent spirits or whatever touches your soul.
Let these inspirational thoughts ignite your imagination. Only imagine what would happen if you truly believed in the power of a miracle: prayer, thought, expectancy, or inspiration, or any other form you care to consider.
How can I open myself to wonders and miracles in everyday life?
Here are some things you can do starting right now.
1. Set aside your skepticism.
2. Stop watching the negative news.
3. Start saying and thinking, “What if this were possible?” instead of “It’s not possible.”
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Google marked Freddie Mercury Day, September 5, 2011, with a Google Doodle video of the hit song, “Don’t Stop Me Now.” They invited songwriter and fellow Queen musician Brian May to share his thoughts:
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