Live On Fire

Words seem inadequate to describe the beauty and abundance that surrounds us during the month of October in New England. It's as if Mother Nature has taken her paintbrush and with broad strokes has set the landscape ablaze in color.

There are only a few weeks when the maple trees are at their peaks of color. We soak this glorious time in, basking in the beauty around us. We stop to lie down in piles of just raked leaves and breathe in the musky smells of earth. Briefly we are absorbed into the landscape. Our problems seem like small dramas in the grand scheme of things.

Like the majestic maples ablaze with color, we all have the innate ability to turn up the heat, live lives on fire and show our true colors. Each of us carries the fire within us. Our bodies create energy by burning the food we eat into calories that fuel our cells which sustains ourlife. We must burn to live.

Unfortunately, many of the messages we've been given about fire are negative. Instead of living our lives on fire, our passion for life gets doused with fear. We turn our backs to the fire. We don't tend our own fire or we are too busy tending the fires of others. Our passion for life thenbecomes a pile of smoldering embers that is eventually snuffed out.

To create a life on fire, you must kindle it with your focused attention. Begin by noticing the experiences in your life that fuel you and give you energy. Who in your life fills you with Joy? What captures your attention?

Remember, every fire needs oxygen and energy.

Breathe deeply. Feed your life fire with the highest sources of energy... love and compassion.

Only when your life becomes a torch can you light the way for others.

Nancy Bishop is a Mid-Life Coach and writer who inspires women at midlife to live on fire by rekindling their appetites for life and fueling their creative dreams. Visit her website at http://www.yourlifeyourway.com and sign up for her free monthly inspirational newsletter.

In The News:


The Associated Press

Minnesota Gophers have extra motivation going against coach Tim
Pioneer Press, MN - 2 hours ago
By Marcus R. Fuller A stinging 44-17 loss at the Metrodome against Illinois last season was far from fun for Gophers football coach Tim Brewster. ...
An improved Juice awaits Gophers Minneapolis Star Tribune
Illinois can't look past Minnesota Chicago Tribune
Gophers, Illini see similarities in their success Chicago Tribune
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Minnesota education: Motivation matters
MinnPost.com, MN - Oct 10, 2008
But neither strategy will produce large gains in student achievement unless we add a third leg to the stool: increasing students' motivation to learn. ...
St. Paul Teacher Investigated for Sexual Conduct with Minor Claim FOX 9 News
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Mighty Motivation
Kitsap Sun,  United States - 9 hours ago
We all know that motivation is critical to consistent exercise. The challenge we all have, however, is keeping that motivation going. ...

Sherwood Gazette

Hopkins concedes money is chief motivation
ABC Online, Australia - Oct 8, 2008
"My motivation is back pay," said Hopkins, who meets middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik in a catchweight contest in Atlantic City on October 18. ...
Kelly Pavlik, Bernard Hopkins Media Interview Transcript BoxingScene.com
Popular Pavlik still drawing crowds Taipei Times
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Orlando Sentinel

Daly has personal motivation to beat Miami
Orlando Sentinel, FL - Oct 10, 2008
No one may have greater motivation to topple Miami this week than UCF starting kicker Daren Daly. Last season, Daly was on the Miami roster and had a ...
UCF Q & A Miami Hurricanes
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Motivation no problem for Forest's McCleary
This is Nottingham, UK - 10 hours ago
"I had a job in retail, which was motivation for me to do well in football. I was going to go to university, so I have that to fall back on. ...
McCleary upbeat over Forest hopes Teamtalk.com
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Sunday Star Times

Meltdown or motivation: how will you cope in tough times?
Sunday Star Times, New Zealand - 5 hours ago
JOB LOSSES and reduced access to credit will be some of the consequences of the global recession for New Zealanders but experts say we're well placed to ...

Sarcasm as Motivation
New York Times, United States - Oct 9, 2008
By Amanda M. Fairbanks While concerts, bus tours or celebrity-laden public service announcements may help lure young people to the polls, ...

Music, movement and motivation
Haldimand Review, Canada - Oct 10, 2008
The student body was introduced to the term when St. Thomas, Ont. performer Saidat Vandenberg brought her high energy motivational program to the Robinson ...

Mustangs use close losses as added motivation
Jackson Hole Star-Tribune, WY - Oct 10, 2008
And rather than sweat the past -- and sweat the five points and the three games they can't get back -- the Mustangs are using the losses to add motivation ...
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