Personal Development & Happiness Carnival: Issue 23

Welcome to the 23rd issue of the Personal Development & Happiness Carnival. This carnival is dedicated to people who want to share and receive ideas to improve the quality of their relationships, sustain happiness and create lasting success for the next 45 years; and beyond.

Every Sunday a new carnival containing your thoughts, articles and inspirational stories will be shared. You may participate by visiting the submission form at the bottom of this issue.

Continue to live while resisting the temptation to regret your past. Instead, you need to take full advantage of your future. After all, it isn’t how you start in life, it’s how you finish!

Featured Writers

Peter S C begins the carnival with 50 Tips From My Year of Change posted at I will change your life . com. Here are 50 tips Peter learned in 2007 to make life happier, healthier, and more productive.

Lorraine Cohen provides Five Important Questions To Ask When Your Faith is Shaky posted at Powerfull Living. Cohen states, “We all find our faith becomes shaky at time. Learn how you can regain your spiritual center!”

CG Walters presents Passion Gone Awry posted at Into the Mist. Passion is a thing of beauty…and often brings forth more magnificence from within itself. Fanaticism, on the other hand, is passion gone awry, become intolerant to any passion but its own.

Matthew Spears gives us Trusting Perceptions and Higher Communication posted at Loving Awareness. One of the most fundamental aspect of any growth or spiritual path is the trust in one’s own perception. There is no question it is an incomplete perception; so long as you have a body, you will not see even a minuscule fraction of the totality of the universe, or that of your Self. But it is still your perception. It is your link to your soul.

Richard Ingersoll presents When The Law Of Attraction Just Won’t Work posted at Applying the Law of Attraction, saying, “Okay, so you’ve read all the books. Bought all the products. Tried hypnosis CD’s, meditation, visualization, and affirmations. Yet, your desires are not manifesting! More than likely this is due to some old emotional blockages that need clearing, so fear not! Once your emotional blocks are removed, you will have full access to your creative potential.”

Roger presents More Changes posted at The Happy and Prosperous Blog, saying, “If you’re planning on making some changes in your life in 2008, here are some suggestions about making them effective.”

Personal Development Articles

Dr. Joe Capista presents The Truth About Achieving Total Success! posted at The Success Triangle. Dr. Capista states, “Many people strive for their dream of success, but often miss the one element they absolutely must have in order to achieve their outcome - balance. How many people base success on the outward measures, but if you were to look deeper it would be evident there is much that is missing?

Akemi provides us with advice on How to Get Rich and Happy posted at Gratitude Magic.

James D. Brausch presents New Years Resolutions posted at Weight Loss Dude.

Justin Duval presents http://www.darkgrin.com/whyyouchoosetogetangry posted at The Dark Grin, saying, “Understand and Develop your emotions.”

Steve Oliphant presents Saturday - getting things done. posted at Steve Oliphant’s Musings.

Jack S. Keifer gives all of us a Reality Shift!!! posted at Jack S. Keifer.

Usiku reminds us It Can Be A Wonderful Life posted at Writer’s Whirlpool Mixation of: experience, ideas, thought, imagination & creativity., saying, “Relationships come in more varieties than just the romantic type.”

Andrew presents Shortcut to Happiness - Secrets Exposed posted at Personal Hack. Andrew says, “Shortcut to Happiness is the name of movie starring Anthony Hopkins, Alec Baldwin, and Jennifer Love Hewitt. As you can tell from the movie’s catchy name, it’s trying to expose the secrets of happiness. After watching it, I was inspired to explore shortcuts to happiness.”

Martin Lindeskog presents EGO: MILESTONES posted at EGO.

Samuel Bryson presents Cycling and the Philosophy of Happiness: posted at Total Wellbeing.

Dominic Tay presents Self-Help *Only* For The Helpless? posted at Dominic Tay Dot Com, saying, “Do you offer help for those who don’t need it? Definitely not! Many people believe that self-help isn’t their cup of tea, it’s not just for them so why bother? These people are those who believe that they’re good at what they are and everything is just running smoothly in their lives.”

Keyboard Culture Community, Lori Prokop Co-Founder presents Chakra Energies in Music– Part 3 posted at Steven Halpern Keyboard Culture Meditation. Prokop states, “In his blog at http://www.keyboard-culture-meditation.com/2007/12/chakra_energies_in_music_part.html Keyboard Culture Meditation Expert and Award Winning Musician Steven Halpern shows how the secret of balancing chakra energies with music is so simple and yet so profound.”

Tyler Fowler tells us How to Spot and Thwart the Reasons Behind Procrastination posted at Fowler Musings. Spotting and thwarting the reasons of procrastination as well as turning inertia from an enemy into an ally.

Kate Luther presents Happy Go Kate: 10 Ways to Get Out of a Rut posted at Happy Go Kate.

Kevin Heath presents New Years Resolutions for Dads and Moms posted at More4kids.

Don Morrison counts 1, 2, 3 GET IT DONE! posted at Discount Shopping Card. Morrison tell us, “This is an excellent little piece of computer software! It will keep you motivated to meet all your goals! It is also an ABSOLUTELY FREE - NO COST (no ads) download.”

Thanks to everyone who submitted articles. You are invited to submit your articles and inspirational stories to the next edition of the Personal Development and Happiness Carnival using our carnival submission form.

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