PEACE Challenge

Thursday, January 28, 2010

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Welcome back to the Peace Challenge. Take this challenge as a family, at work or in your social/support groups but take the challenge! Go back and read the daily notes encouraging you toward increased peace beginning January 6, 2010-

Today:

If there were a tape recorder publicly announcing all of the thoughts running through your mind, hour by hour, minute by minute would you be content with others knowing how you truly feel and what you truly think?

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If the whole world could read that which you think, and feel, would the world be blessed by your presence? Sometimes our thoughts run just below the surface of consciousness and they become angry, resentful, jealous, or down right mean toward others. In truth, those thoughts are just as damaging to the thinker than to others, and perhaps even more so.

Work to 'awaken' to the very thoughts that rule your day. Work to consciously, intentionally and purposefully fill your mind/body/spirit with loving, peaceful and kind thoughts about self and others.

There is no way to peace, when you are filled with the opposite~

Peace,
Juli
www.coaching-forlife.com

PEACE Challenge: DAY 20!!

Welcome Back to the Peace Challenge!

We are half way through our 40 day challenge, ending on Valentines Day~

a note: i received a very compelling email from a man who is following this daily, and is sad beyond belief that his wife will not engage in the challenge with him. He was seeing no reason to continue as he struggles with his family 'falling apart'.

I encourage him, as I do each of you today, to know in the deepest part of your spirit that

Peace can not be given to you, found for you or forced in you.

Every one of us longs for peace, quiet and calm. Every one of us, whether we know it or not, want more than anything, a life of ease and joy.

It is in you; you were born with it; the spirit that God gifts each of us with, a spirit full of joy, life and excitement; willing to take risks, love openly and invite any and everyone in. Remember? Can you remember the joy you once had?

It is still there, just buried by the events of this life that we mistakenly have begun to believe can consume us, so they do.

You live in this world, but are not of this world~ No event in this life can destroy you, only your reaction to it can destroy you. No person in this world can destroy you, only your reaction to them can destroy you.

Nobody can give you peace, deep internal and eternal peace, only you can do that for you. As you do this and live this more and more for you, others in your sphere will be drawn in, on their own, which is really the only way.

So, don't you dare give up on you, go back, read each post, feel what you feel, but move on~ Make Peace with you first.

Today and everyday,
Peace,
Juli
www.coaching-forlife.com

PEACE Challenge Day 18

Welcome Back to the Peace Challenge and Welcome New Members

I encourage you to view my blog from January 6 forward or visit coaching for LIFE on Facebook and follow the Peace Challenge.

You can do this as a family, at work, in your unit, or with your social/support group, but I encourage you to take the challenge!

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Monday January 25, 2010

Today, Be Nice.....All Day

It sounds so simple. Just be nice. The golden rule, do unto others....

So how did we all wind up so angry, so convinced that we are the right one, the other must be wrong, I am justified in my resentment, lack of forgiveness and rage?

Today, bring Peace.

Be Peace.

Be Nice, all day~

Peace,

Juli

www.coaching-forlife.com

PEACE Challenge: Day 15-16-17

Welcome Back to the Peace Challenge and Welcome New Members

the personal emails some of you have forwarded are very powerful, I pray that you will consider posting your comments as well, so that others may share in the journey toward peace...

Take a moment to review the blog from January 6 forward, print them out, take this challenge as a family, as a team at work or in your social/support group, but take the challenge!

Friday-Saturday-Sunday; January 22, 23 and 24 2010

Pay It Forward This Weekend

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If you have been challenging yourself daily since day one, you are no doubt discovering that Peace, true Peace, has not one thing to do with anything or anyone, but you. It is never about what is happening outside of you, but the ability to find peace, stay in peace internally regardless of that which may be occurring in our world, in your relationships, or in your family today.

Are you who you are because of who others are? Do you become angry, frustrated, loud, unhappy in response to others?

or~ Are you who you are because you know who you are, and you are a peaceful, loving, warm, friendly and generously giving person, regardless of what the world and people in it throw your way?

This weekend, you are the later. You are peace. You are forgiveness. You are calm. You are safety for others. You are living with ease in a quite mind, a calm body and your spirit is lit up with love. You remember with gratitude all that has been given you and all that you have been forgiven.

And, this weekend you take that power in peace and pay it forward.

Do something BIG. Do something real in your life. Forgive that person of long ago. Get off the couch and help a neighbor. Take a blanket to the homeless. Send more than you typically would to Haiti. Start a support group for parents who are scared, lonely and isolated.

This weekend, almost half way through our challenge; Become the Peace you long for in this World, during this lifetime.

Every breath is a second chance. Take the chance and Pay it Forward.

Peace will come. It must. It is written.

Peace,

juli

www.coaching-forlife.com

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PEACE Challenge: Day 14

Welcome Back to the Peace Challenge and Welcome New Members~

If you are just joining us, I encourage you to go back to Day 1, review and print out each of the daily challenges.

Take this challenge at home as a family, at work, in your units, in your support/social groups; but take the challenge.

January 20, 2010

Invite God's presence into every conversation that you have today. See the presence of God in the eyes of those with whom you speak today.

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Slow down a bit today, take a breath before you speak, awaken to the words of others, not just your own.

'See' God in all you do, and see yourself through the eyes of God.

Bring Peace into all that you are and all that you do, all day.

Peace,

Juli

Trainer/Motivational Speaker/Coach

www.coaching-forlife.com

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PEACE Challenge: Day 12-13

Welcome Back to the Peace Challenge and Welcome New Members~

Take this challenge as a family, at home, with your partner, or in the office, but take the challenge!

Monday and Tuesday, January 18-19, 2010

See the faults of others only as you desire that they see the faults in you

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Be sure that what you say and what you do; how you treat others, is truly the way you want to be spoken to and treated as well.

If we saw the good in everyone first, and the challenges last, what a day of peace we could all have!

For today,

Peace~

juli

www.coaching-forlife.com

PEACE Challenge: Day 10-11

Welcome Back to the Peace Challenge, and Welcome New Members

Take this challenge as a family, at work, in your unit, social or support group, but take the challenge!!

go back and read the daily encouragements from Peace challenge Day 1 forward~

Saturday and Sunday, January 16, 17, 2010

This weekend, make a bold step toward leaving the legacy you wish to leave to those downstream..

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If you are not clear about your purpose, your legacy will not crystallize.

Stop right now, grab something to write on, and answer this:

What is the legacy that I am leaving to my loved ones?

What will they say about me when I am gone?

How will I be remembered?

Am I today, who I want them to describe me as tomorrow?

Peace comes in knowing, really knowing who you are, maintaining that integrity in truth of self at all times, and living it through your actions.~

Write it down, say it out loud, and go out and BE it, today~

Peace,

Juli

www.coaching-forlife.com

Motivational Speaker

Trainer/Author/

PEACE Challenge; Day 9

Welcome Back to the Peace Challenge, and welcome new members!!

Take this challenge as a family, in your office or unit at work, or even in your social/support group, but take the challenge !! *********************************

Friday, January 15, 2010

Day 9:

Today, manifest the spirit of God, the divine, in all you do!

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Every human being's purpose is identical in one way, and that is to manifest the spirit of God in a human body and in a human world. An ability to see the good, engage in the good and bring good in all you do!

Can you allow yourself to imagine, for just 60 seconds, a world in which everyone manifests the spirit of god?

WOW...think about that, feel that...all that tranquility and peace, and it can start with you, now!

From an airport once again, and off to humbly learn and teach all at the same time~

Peace,

Juli

www.coaching-forlife.com

PEACE Challenge Day 8

Welcome Back to the PEACE Challenge: Day 8; January 13, 2010

and welcome new members to this network of loving individuals working to create more peace at home and in the office

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take this challenge as a family, in the office, or in your social/support groups, but forward this to all you know and take the challenge!

PEACE Challenge, Day 8

I don't believe that suffering alone teaches anything. If it did everyone in the world would be wise.

For the coming 24 hours consider the importance of mourning losses fully, understanding how your past is but a part, not all of who you are today, and remaining open to the necessary vulnerability of life that is required for peace of mind

When you remain victimized by anguish of any kind, anger, hatred, resentment, frustration, intolerance, jealousy, you pay homage and respect to that which you experienced with pain in the past.

Today, let it go, give it not one thought or second of your life force or energy; focus only on positive and embrace peace of mind instead.

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Go back and read the past days encouraging thoughts toward peace and consider how you feel a week into bringing more peace to your world. Sit in peace, before you click out of this screen,

Peace to you,

Juli

www.coaching-forlife.com

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PEACE Challenge: Day 7

Welcome Back to the PEACE Challenge: Day 7, January 12, 2010

and welcome new members to this network of loving individuals working to create more peace at home and in the office!

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Take this challenge as a family, or in the office, or in your social/support groups, but forward this to all you know and take the challenge!

PEACE Challenge: Day 7

Today, stay away from anyone who belittles you in anyway.

Small people do that to feel better themselves. Great people make you believe you too, can become great!

You will feel more peaceful as you clear your environment of those who belittle you-and your peace will emanate out to others.

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Go back and read each day, print them out, forward them, if you follow a simple, daily plan, your 2010 will become more peaceful. It will, it must, but you have to want it, you have to redirect your energy toward PEACE with an intentional and purposeful plan.

For today,

Peace,

Juli

www.coaching-forlife.com

Peace Challenge; Day 6

Welcome Back to the Peace Challenge! Day 6, January 11, 2010
and welcome Newcomers to our loving community with the sole purpose of increasing peace in our world, one day at a time.
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Please see the previous posts on this blog, beginning January 6, 2010 and forward this to all you know. Take this challenge as a family, take this challenge in your office, but take the challenge!!

For today:

Peace Challenge Day 6:

Listen more than you talk.

Be very aware today of how much you listen and learn, rather than talk and teach. The best teachers in the world learn most when they too, become the student.

With your children, your partner, your employees, for the coming 24 hours, listen and learn, more than you talk.

You will be surprised, most of you, of the outcome. Post them so we may all learn from each other. You are not alone, I promise!

For today,
Peace,
juli
www.coaching-forlife.com

Peace Challenge: Day 4-5

Welcome Back to the PEACE challenge: Day 4-5
thanks for being a part of this loving community working to create peace for all, AND Welcome New Members!!

From Jan 6-Valentines Day 2010 We are challenging ourselves to add one peace filled gesture to our days. It is simple and rewarding for all who take the challenge.

Please, forward this blog to all you know!
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Day 4-5: Saturday and Sunday-Jan 9-10, 2010:
Touch someone gently, as you look them in the eye, silently for just a moment. The most powerful connections that can create peace between two people need no words at all.

and~hold hands with your partner, your child, your neighbor as you visit today for a few moments.

This weekend we are focused on healing touch which brings peace to body/mind/spirit.

And don't forget, follow us on facebook: coaching for life/juli alvarado and post your replies here or there for others to follow!

For now,
Peace,
Juli
www.coaching-forlife.com

Day 3: 40 Day Peace Challenge!!

Welcome back to my PEACE Challenge!! Day 3

Please, forward this to everybody you know, let's just simply create more peace in our world:

For 40 Days, from January 6 through Valentines Day 2010, we are working to bring peace, to be kind, to simply love one another. See all the blog posts to catch up, and
WELCOME new members!!

Day 3: January 8, 2010
Today treat others as if they were the way they ought to be, not the way you presently see them. That way you encourage them to become the best they are capable of becoming!! See the good in every person you lay eyes on today!

For today,
Peace, Juli
www.coaching-forlife.com

Day 2: 40 Day Peace Challenge

Welcome Back to the 40 Day Peace Challenge!! Forward this to everyone on your list!
January 6-Valentine's Day 2010
40 Days of Peace!!!


Thanks for all of the responses!!! Please consider posting them for others to view and not just me so that we can all benefit! And thanks to all of the facebook responses too!!

Keep it up!

See my blog from Jan 6, 2010 for the 40 Day Peace Challenge Information!

Jan 7, 2010
Day 2:
As we work on creating a more peaceful life for ourselves and others, let us spend the rest of this day with out one negative comment or remark, period.

No, "look what she is wearing, wow he has put some weight on, I can't stand the way she does that in every meeting, I hate this place and need to get out of here, my partner never listens, this traffic sucks, my child is a pain, my child lies, my life is a mess, I am so depressed, I hate my hair, etc etc etc..."

As you work through this day with no negative comments from you whatsoever, be aware of two things:
1)how many negative words would have slipped out, and
2)how much more peaceful and positive you will feel by tomorrow at this time!

Spread the challenge, spread the Peace,

For now,
peace,
Juli
www.coaching-forlife.com

40 Day Peace Challenge

Please forward this to everyone you know who also wants to enjoy more peace and happiness in this life.

Welcome to my 40 Day Peace Challenge:

Beginning today and everyday through Valentines Day I will post here, on facebook
(search Coaching for LIFE! on Facebook) and Twitter, (Coach Juli) a thought, a suggestion or a challenge for the day.

If everyone who reads these posts takes a small challenge each day, the world will shift, it has to, it is written. Every action causes a reaction, your actions, positive or negative, cause positive or negative reactions from others who then turn around and provide the positive or negative for yet another and the domino effect is in place.

You and I, in 40 days, can create a huge, loving, peaceful effect all around us!! Come on, why not?

January 6, 2010
You can choose to be a better person any day. Which day will you choose? Can it be today?
Today, do one kind thing for an unsuspecting person, anonymously.

Post what you did for others to see and how you felt. Share the joy, share the peace!

For today,
Juli

Create Sanctuary

Are you happy?
Do you feel peace?
Do you enjoy tranquility in your life?
Would others describe you as you wish to be described?
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Do you find your mind racing with thoughts?
Is your body constantly moving?
Do you sleep peacefully?
Is there a never ending, just under the surface feeling of discontent?
Do you feel emotionally and intimately disconnected from your partner?
Do you give and receive loving touch every day?
Are you lonely, even in a crowd?
Do you want more purpose and meaning in your life?
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How about creating some sanctuary for self and others in 2010?

In 2010 you can choose to:
change,
choose to love those who are hardest to love,
choose to be quiet,
choose to touch someone every day,
choose to take a small step, even when you are in doubt,
choose to make peace with your past so it will stop interfering with today,
choose to breath, it calms the body and mind,
choose to rid your home and office of anything that is not beautiful, purposeful or creates joy,
choose to forgive everyone of everything,
choose to smile all day,
choose to be nice, all day,
choose to lighten up-nobody takes you as seriously as you take yourself anyway,
choose to burn the candles, light the fire, spray the expensive perfume and put on the Fancy lingerie because today is the special day!

Will others benefit from these changes should you choose to make them, YES, but you will benefit more. I promise, try it and see.

Set your goals, keep your goals, get real with yourself, be honest with you first, knock off the putting off and make a change!

Be true to yourself this year in a way that is consistent with integrity and universal benefit and you can not lose~

For now,
Peace,
Juli
A quiet mind, a calm body and a peaceful spirit
www.coaching-forlife.com
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