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Giving Thanks for a Nail in a Tire

Giving Thanks for a Nail in a Tire

Road to SuccessIn the U.S., we just had our Thanksgiving holiday. As the name suggests, it’s a time for us to be thankful for our blessings. And just in time for it, I had an experience that brought forth a lot of gratitude. I discovered I had a nail in the sidewall of my tire. So why should I be thankful for that? Well, everything worked together to ensure I didn’t have a flat tire from it.

Apparently, I’d driven 200 miles with it in my tire, and it didn’t go flat while I was on the lonely stretch of highway between Phoenix and N. Arizona. My husband discovered my tire pressure was very low during his monthly car fluid and tire check, postponed from the week before. Unfortunately, the nail was in the sidewall. The tire couldn’t be fixed and I needed a new one.

Since it was getting close to my needing to get 4 new tires, I went ahead, got a quote for all of them and ordered them. It turned out they were going to cost considerably less than I expected. When I had them installed, the garage had instituted a new system, which charged me a lot more than the quote. But because I’d gotten the quote with the old system, they honored it.

I had a lot to be grateful for. The timing of everything worked to my advantage. I didn’t get a flat, it was discovered the day before I was heading down to Phoenix again, and because I bought them now, I saved money on the tires.

Even when you have something challenging happen, you can find something good in it if you look. What blessing can you find in your current challenge?

~ Linda-Ann Stewart

Spark of Insight

Spark of Insight

Sparks of InsightEvery difficult situation has something good that can come out of it for you. It may seem like the worst thing in the world, but it may be that it no longer serves your Higher Good. Instead of bewailing your ill fortune, practice looking for the good in the situation. There will be a seed of something that will benefit you. And as you are willing to seek, you open your mind to find it.

Trending Articles of the Week

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Grand Canyon-Lipan PointDoctors Say Your Word Choice Can Hugely Change Your Brain
When you use positive words, it exercises the part of your brain that governs the ability to tell right from wrong. Negative words heighten the stress response, and can fill you with suspicion. This article goes on to explain how words affect other areas of your life, and shares a simple exercise on how to rewire your brain for more happiness.

Research Suggests Sunshine Helps Your Mind Stay Sharp
According to a new study by Duke University, getting sun can help you maintain a healthy brain. The vitamin D in the sunlight help protect neurons from being damaged. This study shows just how important sunshine is for the brain.

Habits = Happy: Instant Pick Me Ups
This breezy article shares 5 ways to break out of your blahs. They’ll help you overcome depression and have a happier life. And who knows, they may become habits for you.

~ Linda-Ann Stewart

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GC-RimTr-sm-0921How To Stop Negative Thinking: 6 Ways To Fine-Tune Your Mind
Negative thinkers aren’t born, they’re created. The habit of negative thinking can be changed through knowledge and behavior. This article includes common-sense strategies to help change negative thinking to positive thinking.

Developing a Positive Attitude Results in Positive Experiences
It’s easy to underestimate the power of having a positive attitude. However, that would be a mistake. A positive attitude shapes your perspective, enhances health, increases productivity, and benefits those around you. Your attitude is under your control, so you can use it to your advantage.

8 Tips to Help You Find Inner Peace
Everyone has busy lives, and seeking inner peace takes a back seat. But finding inner peace is easier than you think. This article has 8 tips to help you find inner peace.

~ Linda-Ann Stewart

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GC-RimTrail-sm-0923A Practical Guide To Reframing Your Thoughts And Making Yourself Happier
We’re always worrying, thinking of negative scenarios, but most of those disasters never occur. But they affect us and keep us disturbed, and reduce our enjoyment of life. Learn some techniques to stop that destructive cycle and put yourself in a healthier, happier frame of mind.

Why Introverts Are Introverts? Because Their Brains Are Different
If you prefer quiet over loud, a single companion over a group, or to stay home reading rather than go to a party, you’re probably an introvert. Research has discovered a major difference in the brains of introverts and extroverts that make them the way they are. Learn about these brain changes so you can understand why you’re the way you are.

A Harvard Psychologist Says This Should Be The First Thing You Do Every Morning
Instead of heading towards the coffee pot first thing in the morning, Amy Cuddy, a Harvard researcher, suggests you stretch. And not just any stretching. She says you should stretch in a specific way that helps build your confidence. This article also includes a her TEDTalk on how body language shapes who you are.

~ Linda-Ann Stewart

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Trending Articles of the Week

Flagstaff ArboretumDoctors Say Your Word Choice Can Hugely Change Your Brain
Doctors at Thomas Jefferson University explained that the choice of our words could actually change your brain. Whether you use positive or negative words regulates hormones, impacts your decisions, and how you view yourself by the way they affect the brain. However, you can train yourself to choose words that will change your brain in a positive way.

Forgiveness is key to maintaining your mental health, according to this new study
If you’re someone who holds grudges, that hurts your mental and physical health. At the very least, you’re experiencing more stress than you normally would. However, if you can forgive, that eliminates the stress.

This Is How Your Body Really Processes Grief
At some point, everyone experiences grief. Unfortunately, until you do, you really can’t understand how deep it is. Well meaning friends may tell you to get over it and just move on, because they’ve never experienced it. This article goes into details about what happens mentally and physically when you lose someone close to you.

~ Linda-Ann Stewart

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Grand Canyon Sunset - East of Yaki PointPsychologists Reveal One Of The Best Ways To Boost Your Mood
Research has found that altruism or being kind can improve your mood better than doing things for yourself. There are other benefits to these acts, as well. Read the article for a deeper understanding of how focusing beyond yourself is better for you mentally and physically.

10 Surprising Facts About Rejection
Research finds that rejection affects more than just your feelings. It also impacts your reason, intelligence, brain and more. This article has some interesting facts about how rejection and how it can be eased.

Frequent Complaining Can Badly Affect Your Brain, Here’s Why
Are you stuck in a cycle of negativity? If so, you’ve trained your brain to keep you there. But there is a way you can get out of it. This article goes into how and why you get stuck, and what to do to change it.

Sparks of Insight

Sparks of Insight

Sparks of Insight“If you always do what you’ve always done, you’ll always get what you’ve always got.” – Henry Ford

Your beliefs and attitudes will bring you their equivalent in your world. When they remain the same, you’ll attract what you’ve experienced in the past. You can’t make a change when you’re thinking and acting in the same way you always have. The only way to have improved circumstances is to make different decisions and follow through on them. That way, you break the stalemate and open the doors for something greater to enter.

~ Linda-Ann Stewart

Book Review-30-Day Mental Diet

Book Review-30-Day Mental Diet

Thirty-Day Mental Diet: The Way to a Better Life
by Willis Kinnear

It’s nice to establish a more positive mental attitude. But it’s sometimes difficult to discipline yourself to keep your thoughts on a higher plane. That’s where this book can help.

The author calls this a “mental diet” because you’re choosing what to put into your mind, just as a food diet relates to what you put into your body.

I’ve followed this “mental diet” for the prescribed time, and I found that my attitude improved, things flowed more smoothly, and I felt much more grounded spiritually. Each day builds on the information of the day before, so your spiritual understanding gets deeper as the month progresses.

Each day begins with an exploration of that day’s idea, followed by some quotes related to the topic. The diet is a meditation related to the idea, and then a short statement encapsulating the meditation. It takes less than ten minutes to read, and it is food for your soul.

This book gives you the focus you need to think more clearly about the Universe and your place in It.

5 Ways You Undermine Your Intention

5 Ways You Undermine Your Intention

When you have a vision or intention, it’s hard to stay on track. Yet, you’re the only one who can bring it into reality. To do so, you have to keep your attention on it, have the right mindset and take action. But it’s so easy to sabotage yourself. Here are 5 ways that could undermine what you want and what to do about them.



~ Linda-Ann Stewart