Hello. My name is Keith Braithwaite and I want to welcome you to InspirationMessages.com.

First a little about me; I am fifty years old, live in the south of England and until last year I had worked 30 years in the corporate world at various levels. Fortunately my last employer decided my role was no longer required and I grasped the opportunity to leave and at last take responsibility for my own life. During the previous twenty years I had also studied personal development in a direct sales environment but although I realised much of the motivation words I had read were true somehow it had not clicked and I was not the super-successful person I had been promised I would be.

Something was wrong. I started to think that perhaps the presentation of the success principles was the problem. There are some amazing teachers out there but a lot of the inspiration messages were presented with such enthusiasm that they went straight by me.

The idea of InspirationMessages.com is to examine the principles taught in a simple, easy to understand manner – without the hype.

I will post regular articles and quotations on here examining the various elements required to help anybody gain the success for which they are looking. I invite you to come along with me to see if you can find whatever it is you would like out of life.  If you want to get involved in the discussion, please feel free to post a comment and maybe help another reader.

Come with me then on what will be a great adventure.

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“Whosoever would be somebody, must be a non-conformist.
Society, however, requests, even demands,
that we conform to its particular way of thinking.
And to what cost do we surrender our individual character
by imitating and thus being conditioned by society,
which acts in the name of its ‘knowing best’ for the individual?
What you must do is all that concerns you and not what people think.”

Colin Turner (Born To Succeed)

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As you will have read from various inspiration messages, there are certain guidelines to follow if you want to get the most success from your life. There are certainly a great deal of gurus and authors around to pass on the words of motivation you need. But in my opinion there are simple things to do now that do not need any great change in lifestyle and yet could make a difference.

We have already mentioned the positive influences to be found closer to home in this blog post but, like prospectors sifting the gold from river silt, there are plenty of events and words of motivation to be found in our daily lives.

It all takes a decision to enjoy the life you have while striving to achieve the life you would like.

One of the important things is to understand what you can change in life and what you cannot change. The newspapers, television and online news are full of information that is frankly of no use to us. Most of what is reported is negative and is nothing we can influence. So why worry about it?

At the end of the day, we are here to sort out our own lives, to help those close to you and do what you can to positively influence your immediate community. It may seem a strange inspirational message, but I would suggest you stay away from politics and worrying about politics (until you have to vote), as the vast majority of political bickering is negative and of no use to us whatsoever.

Too many people live their lives as if they are in a television drama or soap opera. Real life is not like that. You have almost total control of your life and can easily avoid all the confrontation and stress represented in the media. If you can, why not avoid watching it all? As Noel Coward once said, “Television is for appearing on – not for looking at.”

So where can we find the positive influences we need? Of course there are plenty of good books to be had. Another quote, this one from Groucho Marx: “I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book.”

Like Groucho Marx, it is very easy to find the humour in the world around us. Find a great comedy movie such as a Naked Gun film or a Carry On but also people generally are never far from cracking a wry joke. Enjoy and savour each one.

You can also find your own reasons to laugh. I am not talking about laughing at other people’s pain but rather the ridiculous situations we all get into. With the right frame of mind, silly dramas and debates can be turned into laughter and very often other people will realise how daft the situation is. Look out for opportunities to have positive fun and the reduction in stress will be as good as a dozen inspiration messages.

If you get into a situation where it is hard to see the humour, then there are four words that are worth using: This Too Shall Pass. Nothing is permanent. If you are in a difficult situation, understand that it will not last forever. You are a born survivor and everything will work out fine.

Look for the beauty in life and you will find inspiration everywhere. I have found on occasions of high stress that a visit to the garden to look at the plants and birds there brings it all into perspective. On one occasion I was stressed about money and looked out of the window. There was a group of sparrows fluttering around the top of one of the trees and they did not care about my problem. Life was carrying on as normal. It made me realise how transient the problem was.

Every day reminds us about how inspiring is the world around us. Enjoy every coincidence and spectacular storm cloud. Find inspiration messages in the rain and sun and in the wind. Become childlike in your awe of everything around you. I even found myself admiring the wheel of a new car recently, amazed at the cleverness of its design.

In the United Kingdom this year, we have good reasons to have a great attitude. Last year we watched the Royal Wedding between the now Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and this year it is the Queens Diamond Jubilee. In addition of course the Olympics and Paralympics will be held here too. As usual, there are plenty of people who will see these events as irrelevant and a waste of money when the economies of the world are struggling but in reality all these events are great opportunities to enjoy and gain inspiration messages.

Grasp every opportunity to find the positive and fun from occasions such as these. The Royal Wedding was a source of great positive energy for those who were open to it and this year’s events will be the same. Enjoy the pageantry and spectacle and your life will be the better for it.

As James Allen wrote: “The irksomeness and sting which you feel to be in your task are in your mind only.” Adjust your thinking to the world around you and your life is bound to change for the better.

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Dr. Joe Rubino (The Magic Lantern)

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By Deanne P Wells, http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=Deanne_P_Wells

“An optimist is the human personification of spring.”

- Susan J. Bissonette

Spring is here! It’s time to throw open the doors and windows to let the fresh air in! That means, not only in our house, but into our minds and bodies, too! Spring is the perfect time to clear out the mental clutter of what’s holding us back in our lives. Every year, spring brings rejuvenation all around us and it only seems fit that we join in with healthy growth and renewal. House clutter, mental baggage, and overloads of paperwork can pile up quickly like weeds, so while we’re clearing out our office, garage, house, and garden, it only seems fit to do a little work on our minds.

Spring cleaning isn’t just about discarding material clutter, it’s also about clearing out the compulsive mental hoarding we’ve accumulated in our lives! Storing months and even years of unnecessary worries, guilt, and fears can cause unwanted health risks, impaired judgment, adverse effects on one’s job, finances, family, and friends. We might think that people aren’t visually exposed to what has built up inside our minds (like we would see in their garage), but we are! We know when someone’s walking around with a black cloud over their head, carrying extra weight on their shoulders, or have a lot on their mind. Just like a hoarder’s kitchen that’s piled with useless garbage, a person’s mind can also be filled with toxic trash that’s not even worthy of a recycle bin. Fear, anxiety, depression, and mood swings are all signs of mental hoarding. Imagine for a moment having to climb over boxes and boxes of waste inside your head, boxes that have been buried and unopened for years. Hoarding does not only exist in someone’s garage, house, backyard, or basement… it can also exist in the attic of our minds.

Many compulsive hoarders have trouble admitting when they’ve accumulated too much clutter. They believe that their items are of value whether they’re old or new, broken or intact. Hoarders tend to hide their compulsiveness and remain in denial even though they might know there is a problem. Hoarding can fall into every facet of our lives. Hanging on to past hurts, guilt, obsessive thoughts, negative affirmations, criticisms, unfinished business, procrastination, indecision, dysfunctional relationships, or overwhelming responsibilities are all part of mental clutter. When we allow weeds to grow freely around the environment we live in, eventually they will spread into every weakness, crack or crevice, and finally to the inside of our minds. Imagine a building that’s abandoned, the weeds and vines will slowly engulf the unmaintained building until someone finally accepts that it needs maintenance. Think about someone who has trouble getting rid of things because they feel there are too many sentimental attachments… imagine for a moment what their mind might look like! Longing and daydreaming over someone from our past who doesn’t want anything to do with us can also be considered mental hoarding. Again, being in denial plays a big role in whether or not we want to be clear-minded and it’s important to accept when it’s time to do a mind sweep and let clutter go.

Disorder comes in all shapes and forms, not just as boxes. Not all clutter is clearly labeled, nor does it have a flashing red light to tell us what needs to go. But, if we pay close attention to our intuition (what our gut is telling us), more than likely we will know what needs to go. It’s important that we stop replaying different scenarios over and over in our heads, such as, “if I would have done this, or I should have done that, and I could always do this.” Those phrases are only a waste of more precious mental energy. By recalling the woulda, coulda, shouldas, we’re not being productive and just creating more clutter. Imagine your mind as a computer hard drive that eventually uses all its memory, so you go out and buy an external hard drive to back up all your important data- so this way you don’t have to delete anything. Many people are hoarders mental or physical, we just don’t like to throw things away. So our “stuff” just keeps piling up and piling up, and before you know it we can’t keep our head above clutter!

The problem is… where do we begin decluttering? Most of us would agree, excuses are the biggest factor that keep us from accomplishing anything in our life, e.g., “I don’t know where to start. I need help. I’m confused. I’m overwhelmed. I don’t have time.” And so on. It’s time to stop making excuses and start living our life! Start somewhere! Start anywhere! We all have time to clear out mental clutter. Hit the delete button on the mental negativity that’s holding you down from living the life you want to live. Get out the weed whacker and cut down those weeds! It’s an everyday process, and just like weeds do, they always come back, but it’s up to us to keep up with our mental maintenance. No one is going to maintain your mind for you, we can get guidance and education, but ultimately, keeping up with the maintenance is always up to you! We all have busy lives, but if you didn’t do your laundry every week it would continue to pile up. Nobody wants to do your laundry for you… we each have our own responsibilities. It’s your dirty laundry and it’s your mental clutter. Accept it and deal with it. Wash it or leave it pile up, the choice is always yours. Ask yourself, “What is holding me back from growing and flourishing to my fullest extent?”

We all deserve a chance for renewal… a chance to join in with the growth around us. It’s time to dust off usable items, pull out the weeds, do a little pruning, and feed our minds and bodies with the right nutrients to help us grow stronger. We must be optimistic that we can make time to improve our lives for the better and cut back on what we don’t need. So, when we’re feeling overwhelmed- there’s a good chance we’re being smothered by unnecessary clutter and the red warning flags are telling us that something needs to change. We put a lot of maintenance into the things around us in our daily lives, but we can’t forget take care of ourselves- in order for us to truly flourish we must trim back on the overgrowth of clutter. It’s time to clear out the weeds to allow positivity to grow.“A beautiful flower deserves to stand out from the weeds.”

- Deanne P. Wells

Deanne P. Wells is the owner and Editor of the South Texas Women’s World Magazine, a life coach, speaker, and author. She has published several self-improvement and motivational articles on life empowering topics. She assists women in business and personal to provide insight, structure, and encouragement in reaching their full potential.

Contact her for a complimentary coaching session: Editor@stww.net

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“Just as we have to feed our bodies nutritious food
in order to remain healthy and vibrant,
so must we feed our minds and souls nutritious
information and knowledge
in order to grow personally and professionally.”

Dr. Steve Price (Dream Making In A Dream-Taking World)

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“You can accomplish anything you wish
that is not contradictory to the laws of God or man,
providing you are willing to pay a price.”

W. Clement Stone and Napoleon Hill

(Success Through A Positive Mental Attitude)

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“Many who are free and alive in Western society
are depressed and embittered about the lives they lead.
Yet they are alive, they are aware,
and if they could just change their attitude,
life would be wonderful.”

Philip Baker (Attitudes Of Amazing Achievers)

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By Danny Griffin, http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=Danny_Griffin

We all work so hard so that some day we can be comfortable. You know, that place in life when you can live worry free. Maybe you’re picturing a time where you can save so much money, that you can live off of the dividends and pursue your supposed heart’s desires. Maybe you’ve already made it there or were lucky enough to be born into financial freedom. Whatever the case may be, we seem to all be measuring ourselves against the goal of sitting back on the porch with a cool glass of ice tea just watching time go by without a care in the world.

However, is this really what we’re after? Who says it’s so great? How did we set that as the benchmark for success? I remember reading a fascinating book called the Okinawa Program that revealed why such a high percentage of Okinawans live beyond 100 years. While diet played a big role, the most significant revelation was that many of them reinvented themselves over the course of their lives. Rather then retiring, they often had up to 4 different careers.

I can’t tell you how many times I’ve dreamed of living multiple lives to come back and try a wide variety of opportunities and here was a bunch of people doing it in just one lifetime and being rewarded with longevity! How can that be most of us would say? Don’t we all start to wind down in our seventies if we even make it that far? Plus where would we get all that energy to keep on keeping on? Working and grinding to figure out new uncharted waters? Why in the world do that?

Why would these “elderly” people care to test themselves like that? It’s impossible to compete with the young and adapt to all the new ways of living and making our way. Isn’t this why we have Social Security in the U.S. so we can pass the baton to the next generation who owes the last ten fingers into retirement? The Okinawans might argue that this is actually just helping us into the grave a bit sooner.

How about some of the most competitive amongst us like professional athletes? Only when they’re really tested do they see what is truly possible. You see it on their faces as they overcome the seemingly impossible. What’s even more compelling is that many of us will pay big bucks just to sit in the arena and witness the test. We might even shed a tear or two as we celebrate the incredible fortitude of our fellow man to go so far.

So what’s the point? Without being tested you’ll never really grow. Sure you can be moving the agenda forward and sometimes end up on greased rails sailing easily through life, but until you get pushed to the edge you’ll never really know who you are. Some of us never really stumble into any real setbacks so we have to go in search of them. We have to go down to the corner and pick a fight with life and our own comfort zone. Why look back on life in the final hours only to realize that you never really took your sword into the arena and called out the Challenger? Test yourself and LIVE!

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You’re going to come across people in your life
who will say all the right words at all the right times.
But in the end, it’s always their actions you should judge them by.
It’s actions, not words, that matter.


Nicholas Sparks

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