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Amazing performance!

Get your priorities straight.

What about you?

"Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds
to be." -- Abraham Lincoln, 16th U.S. president

What would God sound like?

There is evidence of God, or some kind of higher consciousness, all around us. God makes itself visible through nature of all kinds: trees, clouds, wind, rain, and even the squirrels running through the park.

But if God were to try to talk to us directly using something similar to language, I think it would be a single musical note. And not any ordinary musical note, but one so powerful and beautiful and moving it would bring us almost to tears.

Often when listening to music, certain combinations of notes will come together and I'll wonder, "Is that what God would sound like?".  It's a nice thought, in any event!

Gardeners for our soul.

"Let's be grateful for those who give us happiness; they are the charming gardeners who make our soul bloom." - Marcel Proust

Contemplating a red spatula.

Yesterday while on a routine shopping trip at Dollar Tree, I spotted a red silicone spatula with a wood handle for, naturally, a dollar. I picked it up, wondered how I'd lived all these years without one, and then I bought it. I was so proud of my new acquisition that I joked about it to the cashier, and then let my cat examine it when I got home.

And now the hard part. What will I do with it? Will it languish in a kitchen drawer for the next 20 years, suffering the same fate as my Braun hand mixer or that whisk thing I bought a decade ago? Or will I actually find the inspiration and motivation to bake a cake? No, that's out because I don't own any cake pans. Maybe all I'll ever use my new spatula for is getting mashed potatoes out a bowl, or squishing flies.

But the deeper question is, how have I made it to middle age without ever owning such a device? Obviously I haven't needed one, but why not? Where is the inner chef in me? Has life become so pre-packaged and convenient that we no longer need spatulas? Everything we could possibly need can now be bought fully prepared, wrapped up, and ready to go! But where's the challenge and satisfaction in that?

So I sit here contemplating my new red spatula. Will I be inspired to actually do something with it, or will it become just another colorful object mixed among other colorful objects in a drawer? I really don't know....but somehow I doubt I'll be buying cake pans anytime soon.

New projects.

I've made some additions and changes to my work. First, TimFlowers.com has become more of a personal blog with an emphasis toward motivation, personal development, and sustainable living. Articles about home based businesses, including my Forever Living and GDI ventures, can now be found at IncomePower.net.

My main business website is now at www.MotivoInterlink.com.

I've also launched a new website which is an online directory of home based business opportunities. It's a generic site, which means it doesn't promote any particular company. Every company is given equal exposure, listed alphabetically. It's a great place to start if you're searching for a new way to make a bit of money without giving up your day job! Find it at: www.incomesource.info

Words to live by.

"There is never a better measure of what a person is than what he does when he's absolutely free to choose."

William M. Bulger
American Educator, Senator