Art of Gracious Living #63 - One on One Conversation

Finding opportunities to have one on one conversation with others is something worth the effort.

I recently had a five hour conversation with my nephew's wife, Cathy, and it was wonderful to connect with her in that way. As I thought about it later I realized that, because I live away from my family, I rarely have a chance to talk with any of them one on one - it tends to be in a group. Conversation is always different in groups than it is one on one. Both have their advantages.

Regardless of the number of people involved, we must all look for the opportunities to have meaningful conversation.

Art of Gracious Living #62

The book and DVD, "The Secret" by Rhonda Byrne has garnered a lot of attention lately. The book is all about the law of attraction, and that what we devote our energy and attention to is what we attract into our lives.

The first time I read about the concept was in Napoleon Hill's book, "Think and Grow Rich." He summed it up by saying that whatever the mind can conceive and believe it can achieve.

This is not a new concept. It has been around for centuries. One of the central beliefs is that we must be grateful for what we already have, which is something we've talked about many time on Art of Gracious Living.

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Art of Gracious Living #61 - Wholeheartedness

Poet David Whyte related a story of a friend saying that the cause of people being tired was a lack of wholeheartedness. It's another way of saying that people should follow their passion.

The trick, of course, is to find that passion, and then figure out how to devote onesself to it.

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Art of Gracious Living #60 - People Love Us As They're Able

Each of us has life lessons to learn. One of mine has been that people can only love you as they are capable of loving you, which may not be how you want to be loved.

In this episode I share some personal experiences of how this lesson has been taught to me repeatedly.

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