Inspiration In Small Doses

Inspiration in Small Doses: Uplifting Short Stories and Essays rests upon a promise it makes to its readers, “This book is an offering to help you find those elusive keys that unlock the doors to richer living.” In assembling and grouping a collection of brief pieces, Michele K. Synegal, a renowned teacher and consultant in the field of human development, offers a ten-part resource to help individuals achieve more than they thought possible. In its short stories and essays, Inspiration in Small Doses looks at a variety of topics: work, money, and success; perseverance; change; gratitude; grace, love, and forgiveness; discovering one’s higher self; intention; expectation and faith; prayer; and dominion. The brief chapters in these sections use stories and reflections to explore various facets of the topics and to point the way toward locating the keys that unlock the doors to new possibilities. Each chapter ends with an affirmation that lifts up the theme of the chapter and points out the way forward. Many people face today’s world and feel weighed down by the volume of threats and challenges that stare back at them. Inspiration in Small Does: Uplifting Short Stories and Essays suggests an alternate perspective. When you focus upon the deep and inexhaustible sources of inspiration that reside beneath us all, you will find your hand grasping the key that opens the door to the possibilities of doing more than you had dreamed you could achieve.

All of us need Oxygen! It is essential for our daily survival. When we breathe out we expire, as we breathe in we inspire! Inspiration is just as vital to us as the air we breathe. With 102 lessons on life, this book is a step by step guide to help you live the life you've always dreamed. Consisting of a short inspirational message and a practical activity, each dose will inject you with hope and courage to help you squeeze everything out of each day!

A collection of stories, essays, and exercises to spark your creative instincts, activate your inner guidance, and enliven your dreams Have you been called to express yourself with a level of courage and honesty that surprised even you? Did an image or moment cause you such joy that you needed to share it with the world? If so, you know what it means to be inspired. World-renowned spiritual teacher Light Watkins has spent most of his life learning how to seek out and tap into sources of inspiration. “Inspiration is part inner guidance, part blind faith in a greater possibility, and part inner voice,” he writes, “nudging you to take an action that helps you grow and expand your awareness.” In Knowing Where to Look, Light presents a trove of compelling inspirational material to catalyze positive change and give you fuel to push through self-limiting beliefs. Through 108 diverse essays, anecdotes, and parables, Light provides doorways to inspired thinking and imagination. Prompts offer reflection questions and action steps for further bringing your inspiration to life. Here you will also discover: • Recognizing the opposite of inspiration: the inner critic and its demands for safety • The joys and challenges of living minimally in a consumer society • How to listen for the intuitive whisper of true inspiration • Why the best action you can take when you’re creatively lost is to keep moving • How to grapple with fear when it stands in the way of your dreams • Why following your inspiration will often remove you from your comfort zone • Questions to ask yourself in order to recognize your blind spots • How to reorient your attitudes toward the concept of success • Embracing whimsy and small moments of chaos as allies • Why the process of achieving mastery is far from straightforward Rather than being a linear set of exercises, Knowing Where to Look is meant to provide the spark you need just as you need it. Open to any page at random, and discover an unexpected source of inspiration.

"YOUR DAILY DOSE OF INSPIRATION" I truly believe that everything in life happens for a reason. This book that you are holding is in your hands for a reason. You know that saying, "You can do anything you set your mind to", well it is true and I can attest to that. Sometimes things in life can be challenging. People can be difficult. Day to day activities can become routine, tedious or even mundane; however, you can change anything and everything that you want to change, if you put your mind to it. This book has had an impact on my life and the way I think, while writing it. I believe that it will have an impact on you and anyone you choose to share it with, especially if you do it every single day. Let the book and it's words inspire and encourage you to be the best "YOU", you can be. By implementing this each day, you are letting the universe bring the positive things to you, that you so deserve. In time, you will begin to see how you have transformed as a person, and everyone else in your life will see your growth as well. When you are done reading, I hope you will look back to see how far you have come. If you use the principles in this book, and concentrate for one whole year on the importance of each message, it will change your life and you will see a difference moving forward. So, I want you to sit back, relax and enjoy the messages contained within. Take them in, and absorb what each message is telling you! The beautiful thing is, you can start living your life the way that you want, right now! You are the author of your own book. Let the new chapter in your book of life, begin NOW!With All My love, -Darcy

This “one-of-a-kind read” offers insightful essays, poignant life advice, and pithy pearls of wisdom from the comedian and star of HBO’s Insecure (Entertainment Weekly). Anyone who has seen Amanda Seales’s acclaimed stand-up special I Be Knowin, her long-running TV series Insecure, or her groundbreaking gameshow Smart Funny & Black, knows that this woman is a force of nature. In both life and career, she has fearlessly and passionately charted her own course. Now she’s bringing her life’s lessons and laughs to the page with her signature blend of academic intellectualism, Black American colloquialisms, and pop culture fanaticism. This volume of essays, axioms, original illustrations, and photos provides Seales’s trademark “self-help from the hip” style of commentary, fueled by ideology formed from her own victories, struggles, research, mistakes, risks, and pay-offs. Unapologetic, fiercely funny, and searingly honest, Small Doses engages, empowers, and enlightens readers on how to find their truths while still finding the funny!

The principal's value system should guide every decision that is made in the school. This book shows that the ways in which school leaders influence student achievement are guided by their philosophical and cultural beliefs and their value systems.