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Jeff Maziarek, author of Spirituality Simplified and Codi's Journey, available in both print and eBook formats, launched Pondercentral.com in May 2007 as a web-based forum for "PONDER on THIS," a series of weekday inspirational email messages he began sending to subscribers in March 1999.
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Category Archives: Relationships
BEST of PONDER on THIS for Wednesday, December 14th, 2016 by Dr Wayne W. Dyer in REAL MAGIC
“Relinquish your need to be right. This is the single greatest cause of difficulties and deterioration in relationships – the need to make the other person wrong, or to make yourself right. To win the argument. To prove they don’t … Continue reading
BEST of PONDER on THIS for Wednesday, November 30th, 2016 by Paul Ferrini in THE SILENCE OF THE HEART
“Many of you believe that relationships will make you happy. Nothing could be further from the truth. The promise of fulfillment through relationship is a cruel hoax. That you will discover soon enough. There is only one way that you … Continue reading
BEST of PONDER on THIS for Monday, November 28th, 2016 by Alan Cohen in WHY YOUR LIFE SUCKS AND WHAT YOU CAN DO ABOUT IT
“You can transform any relationship by shifting your thoughts about it. This is where your true power lives. It is much easier to defuse limiting thoughts than to change someone or push them out of your life. Begin by simply … Continue reading
BEST of PONDER on THIS for Monday, October 17th, 2016 by Sanaya Roman in PERSONAL POWER THROUGH AWARENESS
“The degree to which you feel responsible for other peoples’ happiness is the degree to which they can pull on you and take from you. They can only use guilt and manipulation because you allow them to by believing you … Continue reading
BEST of PONDER on THIS for Wednesday, August 10th, 2016 by Dr. Wayne W. Dyer in YOUR SACRED SELF
“All the things that offend you in some way play to your sense of self-absorption. That which offends you doesn’t offend the real you – it offends your idea of who you are. In the world of the eternal you, … Continue reading
BEST of PONDER on THIS for Monday, August 8th, 2016 by Wayne W. Dyer in THERE’S A SPIRITUAL SOLUTION TO EVERY PROBLEM
“Make a list of the people you would call if you knew that you only had one more day to live. Imagine what you would say to them. Then ask yourself what you are waiting for. The fact is that … Continue reading
BEST of PONDER on THIS for Monday, July 25th, 2016 by Stuart Wilde in AFFIRMATIONS
“Usually when a person’s energy falls, they begin to pull on you in some way. The trick is to support them without letting them pull you out of control. This means dealing with them unemotionally, standing back somewhat, and helping … Continue reading
BEST of PONDER on THIS for Monday, July 18th, 2016 Alan Cohen in DARE TO BE YOURSELF
“Real friendships can handle “no.” If your relationship cannot survive honesty, it is not a real friendship. Friends can disagree and yet love and respect one another. True caring requires realness, the willingness to be who we are. A friendship … Continue reading
BEST of PONDER on THIS for Wednesday, May 4th, 2016 by Dr. Wayne W. Dyer in PULLING YOUR OWN STRINGS
“If you feel you have to sit down and “work on” your relationships, particularly your marriage, on a regular basis, you may be participating in a more neurotic exercise than you think. Working on relationships often involves long conversations about … Continue reading
BEST of PONDER on THIS for Wednesday, April 20th, 2016 by Richard Carlson in DON’T SWEAT THE SMALL STUFF
“The people you meet are all here to teach you something. Perhaps the obnoxious driver or disrespectful teenager is here to teach you about patience, the punk rocker may be here to teach you to be less judgmental. Your job … Continue reading
BEST of PONDER on THIS for Monday, February 8th, 2016 by Dr. Wayne W. Dyer in PULLING YOUR OWN STRINGS
“If others know they can manipulate you by having their feelings hurt, that is precisely what they will do whenever you get out of line or declare your own independence. Ninety-five percent of hurt feelings are strategy on the ‘hurtee’s’ … Continue reading
PONDER on THIS for Thursday, February 4th, 2016 by Shakti Gawain in THE PATH OF TRANSFORMATION
“Acceptance does not mean that we have to allow things into our lives that aren’t good for us. Obviously, we wouldn’t go out and commit a crime because we believed there was something to be gained by learning to confront … Continue reading
PONDER on THIS for Tuesday, February 2nd, 2016 by Dr. Wayne W. Dyer in PULLING YOUR OWN STRINGS
“When someone starts out with, “You should have,” try telling the person, “If you can get me a round-trip ticket back to the same time you’re talking about, I’ll gladly do what you say I should have done. But if … Continue reading
BEST of PONDER on THIS for Friday, December 11th, 2015 by Alan Cohen in THE DRAGON DOESN’T LIVE HERE ANYMORE
“Relationships are lessons in tangible form that we need for our personal growth. If we are holding any unconsciousness about a character trait, or some prejudice or judgment about any kind of action, someone who does the thing we don’t … Continue reading
BEST of PONDER on THIS for Monday, November 16th, 2015 by Neale Donald Walsch in CONVERSATIONS WITH GOD BOOK 3
“Do you really think that if you force another to keep a promise that you will have escaped injury? I tell you this: More damage has been done to others by persons leading lives of quiet desperation (that is, doing … Continue reading

