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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.
Selected from a vast library of spiritual growth books, the messages are currently received by hundreds of people all over the world. Please note that in addition to Pondercentral.com, Jeff occasionally posts to his Spirituality Simplified blog. To contact Jeff via email please click here.
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Tag Archives: Pulling Your Own Strings
BEST of PONDER on THIS for Wednesday, April 3rd, 2024 by Dr. Wayne W. Dyer in PULLING YOUR OWN STRINGS
“Willingness to confront fear is called courage. You will find it very hard to overcome your fears unless you are willing to muster up some valor, even though you will find that you already possess it if you are willing … Continue reading
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Friday, January 19th, 2024 by Dr. Wayne W. Dyer in PULLING YOUR OWN STRINGS
“The most obvious thing about which you can do nothing now is your past behavior. Everything that you ever did is simply over, and while you can almost always learn from it, and sometimes change effects that are continuing into … Continue reading
Posted in Present Moment Awareness
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Thursday, April 22nd, 2021 by Dr. Wayne W. Dyer in PULLING YOUR OWN STRINGS
“Albert Einstein once reported, “Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition form mediocre minds.” What a hunk of truth that is. If you want to achieve your own greatness, to climb your own mountains, you’ll have to use yourself as … Continue reading
Posted in Challenges and Obstacles, Trusting Yourself
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Monday, November 23rd, 2020 by Dr. Wayne W. Dyer in PULLING YOUR OWN STRINGS
“The “you should have” gambit is used virtually every minute of every day, especially in offices around the world, by people who want to tie you up for their convenience… When people use the “you should have” tack, they are … Continue reading
Posted in Blame, Present Moment Awareness
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Thursday, May 28th, 2020 by Dr. Wayne W. Dyer in PULLING YOUR OWN STRINGS
“Loyalty does not mean slavery. You can be faithful to any organization and devote yourself to its tasks with honesty and integrity without having to become its servant. The most important person in the world, to whom you should be … Continue reading
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Wednesday, December 4th, 2019 by Dr. Wayne W. Dyer in PULLING YOUR OWN STRINGS
“It is well known that not dwelling on the symptoms of many physical maladies will actually diminish the symptoms — as long as you don’t do anything else to aggravate them. Meditation is increasingly used, along with judicious exercise, instead … Continue reading
Posted in Healing
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Wednesday, September 4th, 2019 by Dr. Wayne W. Dyer in PULLING YOUR OWN STRINGS
“If you see yourself as clumsy, gauche, inarticulate, fumbling, shy, introverted, and so on, you have unsocial expectations which will be followed by appropriately unsocial behavior. Similarly, if you categorize yourself as lower, middle, or upper class, then you will … Continue reading
Posted in Power of Positive Thinking
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Friday, March 9th, 2018 by Dr. Wayne W. Dyer in PULLING YOUR OWN STRINGS
“You teach others how to treat you on the basis of what you will tolerate. If you simply “take it,” and you have been for a long time, then you have sent out the message you will not resist abuse. … Continue reading
Posted in Ponder on This Daily Inspiration
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Friday, October 6th, 2017 by Dr. Wayne W. Dyer in PULLING YOUR OWN STRINGS
“The simple truth about your parents is, They did what they know how to do. Period. If your father was an alcoholic or he abandoned you as an infant, if your mother was overprotective or uncaring, then that is what … Continue reading
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Monday, March 6th, 2017 by Dr. Wayne W. Dyer in PULLING YOUR OWN STRINGS
“Challenge the idea that you need more and more things to improve the quality of your life. Most wealthy people really do often talk longingly of the leaner, hungrier days, when they appreciated the simple things, when love could freely … Continue reading
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Friday, November 4th, 2016 by Dr. Wayne W. Dyer in PULLING YOUR OWN STRINGS
“You are always a worthy, important human being, and there is never any reason to conduct yourself, or allow others to pull or push you, in any direction in which your basic merit as a human being is challenged. Moreover, … Continue reading
Posted in Self-respect, Self-worth
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Friday, September 30th, 2016 by Dr. Wayne W. Dyer in PULLING YOUR OWN STRINGS
“Having to prove yourself to others means being controlled by the other to whom you must show the proof. Quietly effective behavior involves no such need for proving yourself. As a child, you were full of “watch me” behavior. You … Continue reading
Posted in Approval from Others
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Wednesday, July 20th, 2016 by Dr. Wayne W. Dyer in PULLING YOUR OWN STRINGS
“A number of strong myths in the American ethic conspire to victimize you on the job. One is that you must stay at your job no matter what, that you would never get another one if you got fired. The … Continue reading
Posted in Doing What You Love, Work
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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
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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
Posted in Feelings, Relationships
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