God Does Not Grant Wishes but rather Opportunities to make Wishes Come True

miWisdom today… Life doesn’t give you what you ask for, it rather provides you with the opportunities to potentially receive these things. No matter what your religious or spiritual beliefs are, one thing is certain; God / The Universe does not play favorites. Why should God give one man a life of luxury, health and success while another [...]

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The Expectations Trap – Bending the Perception of Reality

miWisdom today… When perceptively negative circumstances befall people, they will usually tend to think the very worst of their predicament. Even if this person talks positively and optimistically about their situation to others, internally, they are expecting and preparing themselves mentally for the very worst end result. Since our expectations guide our decisions, direction and actions, we [...]

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Struggle… The Yo-Yo Effect

miWisdom today… One’s predicaments do not last forever. It ain’t over till you raise the white flag… until that moment you must fight for all you have till the outcome you seek rests securely in your hands. Many people start feeling sorry for themselves and they have a tendency to become frustrated and disheartened with [...]

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Solving the Puzzles of Life

miWisdom today… If something doesn’t work out as you planned the first time around, it usually means that you either forgot a piece of the puzzle, didn’t know that another piece of the puzzle existed, or you simply have a puzzle piece that just doesn’t fit. The worst thing anyone can do is to keep [...]

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Your Problems Won’t Go Away!

miWisdom today… If fate has a tendency to put you into inconvenient and uncomfortable situations, you must make a stand, look it straight in the eye, and challenge it head on. Life brings us certain people, events and circumstances in order to challenge us emotionally, physically, spiritually and mentally. If we avoid these challenges and [...]

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Am I Lucky, or am I Not?

miWisdom today… Good fortune doesn’t always lead to a better life, nor does bad luck lead to a life of despair, suffering and anguish. It is not what happens to us but rather what we do with circumstances that makes all the difference in the end. This seems like bad luck on the surface, however, [...]

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Is this about ME or WE?

miWisdom today… People can be incredibly inconsiderate of others when they are too absorbed in their own life, problems, work and agenda. Even with the best of intentions, during these moments they may hurt their relationships with others unintentionally not even thinking twice about their decisions or actions. Soon they will wake up and observe [...]

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Settling for Mediocrity

miWisdom today… Given time and overwhelming circumstances, people eventually resign to their fate, give up on themselves and begin to accept the mediocrities of life without further questions. Unable to break free, they learn to settle down in a very unhappy and depressing world. Have I settled for mediocrity, or am I still searching for [...]

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Knowledge Can Be Harmful

miWisdom today… What people don’t know about usually doesn’t come back to harm them. On the other hand, when a person knows about something they will usually think the worst of their predicament and blow it completely out of proportion, which aggravates the circumstances. If I didn’t know about this how would I respond emotionally [...]

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Only the Tip of the Iceberg

miWisdom today… What appears to be one way on the surface may in fact be a disguise for something equally obvious under the surface of your perceptions. Is there more to this thing or person than what I perceive on the surface? How else can I look at this? How can I think outside the [...]

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