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Monthly Archives: November 2010
Be Authentic
I will never again be who I am not! Todd Beal ♦ All word, thought and deed requires two self-directed questions: “Am I doing what is right: why? Is there a better alternative: why?” Thorough self honesty will always give … Continue reading
Posted in Authenticity, By Title [B], Identity
Tagged Authenticity, Facade, Real Self, Real You, Right and Wrong, Right verus Wrong, Self, Todd Beal, Truth Behind Reality
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Balancing Good and Bad
Bad does not balance good any more than good balances bad. Todd Beal ♦ Good always has been and always will be. Bad, once nonexistent, began with the rebellion against good. Good exists for the sake of its goodness; bad … Continue reading
Posted in By Title [B], Good versus Evil
Tagged Bad, Balance, Balancing Good and Bad, Good, Good versus Bad, Morality, Rebellion, Todd Beal, Truth Behind Reality
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Assume Naivety
If you must assume, assume you don’t know until you do. Todd Beal ♦ Most of us would be surprised at the degree to which our beliefs, logic, reasoning and emotions, are based solely on assumption. Most of what we … Continue reading
Posted in By Title [A], Reality, Truth
Tagged Assumption, Color Blind, Personal Bias, Presumption, Reality, Todd Beal, Truth, Truth Behind Reality
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Arrogant Denial – The Contradiction
We humans know that by default, not one person knows truth. Yet we arrogantly proclaim, as if we are the natural purveyors of truth, that truth, the absolute of absolutes, does not exist and therefore no one can know it, … Continue reading
Posted in By Title [A], Contradiction, Truth
Tagged Absolute, Arrogance, Contradiction, Todd Beal, Truth, Truth Behind Reality
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Armchair Critic
Never criticize unless you have a fix. Otherwise be silent, even to yourself. Todd Beal
Posted in By Title [A], Critique
Tagged Criticize, Critique, Judging, Judgmental, Todd Beal, Truth Behind Reality
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Approval Not Required
God does or does not exist with or without our approval.
Posted in By Title [A], God
Tagged Absolute, Contradiction, God, Source, Todd Beal, Truth Behind Reality
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Apart from Love
Apart from love, all is but a shade of hate. Todd Beal ♦ Love is not a feeling or emotion, although we can feel love and emotionally respond to it. It is not a thought or physical sense, though we … Continue reading
Posted in By Title [A], Hate, Love
Tagged Contradiction, Emotion, Forgiveness, God, Hate, Love, Todd Beal, Truth Behind Reality
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An Intriguing Thought
It is most intriguing how we can switch from one thought with a particular frame of mind to another thought with a different frame of mind yet have a third thought retain the record of both thoughts with an entirely … Continue reading
Posted in By Title [A], Mind, Thought
Tagged Mind, Thought, Thought Process, Todd Beal, Truth Behind Reality
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Alone
Alone yet surrounded by people I laugh but to protect what cries inside. I smile through a broken heart; I hug but no warmth returns. If only you could feel what I am inside you would show me, then tell me, … Continue reading
Alone in My Self-Belief
I believed in myself when no one would. Todd Beal ♦ There will be times in your life that no matter how qualified and capable you are, regardless of how much potential and talent you possess, no one will see it … Continue reading
Posted in By Title [A], Leadership, Self-Belief
Tagged Leaders, Leadership, Self-Belief, Todd Beal, Truth Behind Reality
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Alone and Together
Being alone does not imply aloneness – being with someone does not guarantee togetherness. Todd Beal ♦ One can be physically separated from others yet never experience the feeling of loneliness. One can be physically with others but not feel … Continue reading
Posted in By Title [A], Relating, Solitude
Tagged Companionship, Isolation, Loneliness, Lonliness, Psychology, Solitude, Todd Beal, Togetherness, Truth Behind Reality
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Alone Amongst Followers
Followers either naysay or praise, but leaders blaze the trails. Todd Beal
Posted in By Title [A], Leadership
Tagged Followers, Leaders, Leadership, Todd Beal, Truth Behind Reality
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All Things to All People
All things to all people: if I am that to others, what am I to me? Todd Beal ♦ Social adaptation reduces many conflicts and gives acceptance into groups and organizations, but it is all too easy to adapt our … Continue reading
Posted in By Title [A], Identity, Personality, Relating
Tagged Interpersonal relationship, Self-Identity, Self-Knowledge, Social Interaction, Todd Beal, Truth Behind Reality
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Affliction of the Uncommitted
This side of the eternal, the only tortured soul is the one who loves truth yet won’t abide by it. Todd Beal ♦ Without truth we may certainly have our share of ups and downs, grief and sorrow, but still … Continue reading
Posted in By Title [A], Truth
Tagged Ambivalence, Commitment, Todd Beal, Truth, Truth Behind Reality
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Achieving Self-Fulfillment
Whatever you are most compelled to do for self-fulfillment, you must do with the part of yourself most unwilling to be a participant. Todd Beal ♦ At some point, most of us know what will fulfill us: a particular vocation, … Continue reading
Posted in By Title [A], Fulfillment, Self-Achievement
Tagged Self-Achievement, Self-Fulfillment, Self-Improvement, Success, Todd Beal, Truth Behind Reality
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Achieving Objectivity
Objectivity is subjectively internalizing all factors under consideration while remaining true to their essential meaning, then reintroducing the personalized composite back into self from the conscious mind, essentially unaltered from the original. Todd Beal ♦ Traditionally, we consider objectivity and … Continue reading
Posted in By Title [A], Objectivity, Subjectivity
Tagged Objectivity (philosophy), Philosophy, Reality, Subjectivity, Todd Beal, Truth Behind Reality
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Accepting Insures Relating
If you accept something for what it is you are relating to it – if not, you are relating to something else. Todd Beal ♦ Whatever we encounter moment by moment, adds to our base of life experience; the instant … Continue reading
Posted in By Title [A], Identity, Relating
Tagged Acceptance, Identity, Relating, Todd Beal, Truth Behind Reality
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A Valuable Shape
Values shape morals. Don Branham ♦ If we place a high enough value on money, then our morals – our standard for right and wrong – will allow our conscience to unethically acquire more of it. If we place a … Continue reading
Posted in By Other Authors, By Title [A], Morals, Values
Tagged Don Branham, Ethics, Money, Truth Behind Reality, Values
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A Time for Self-Belief
There comes a time when you stop trying to get the world to believe in you and instead begin to believe in yourself. Todd Beal ♦ Self-belief is not synonymous with arrogance. Arrogance is the delusion of invincibility accompanied by … Continue reading
Posted in By Title [A], Self-Belief
Tagged Psychology, Self-Belief, Self-esteem, Self-Help, Todd Beal, Truth Behind Reality
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A Response to Love Told
If I told you I love you how would you feel. Todd Beal ♦ I love you: it is the one statement that holds the power to elicit a real response. Spoken or otherwise, one’s response to this statement tells … Continue reading
Posted in By Title [A], Love, Truth
Tagged Love, Relationships, Todd Beal, Truth, Truth Behind Reality
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Truth Behind Reality 