So please select your finest writing and submit for the next edition! In the meantime, please enjoy this selection of work on a variety of topics.

Creative Projects

Gia Combs-Ramirez (the new host for upcoming editions) presents Ten Days with a Guru. This article begins a series on the challenging process of including a guru and fire ceremonies in an altogether different group training.

Lexi Sundell (current host about to take a breather) presents Purple Iris and Paintings. She discusses growing the iris as inspiration for paintings, showing an image of the blooms.

dpendzich presents Character Animation Basics – Simple Animation Concepts saying, “Read my article and learn about character animation.”

Creative Personal Growth

Amanda Moore presents 106 Organizations That Are Changing the World – Are you helping?. The title is self explanatory.

David B. Bohl presents 5 Signs You?re a Pleaser and What to Do About It saying, “Wanting to be a well-liked becomes a problem when we put so much emphasis on how others view us, that we lose sight of our own identities and what’s really in our best interest.”

Scott.Goolsby presents Why Journaling Rocks my Socks saying, “Benefits of journaling.”

Mitesh presents A child in You!!. Short and to the point.

Gary Evans presents Case Study of a Manifestation That Won’t Work. He dissects a failed process.

Creative Thinking

David Godot presents Boost Your Creativity For Good With This Long-Term Strategy saying, “This article describes a long-term strategy for boosting creativity and developing a habit for creative thinking.” This article makes some good points but overlooks the fact that alcohol only causes people think they are coming up with brilliant new ideas instead of actually helping them do so.

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So please enjoy reading the following articles chosen for their quality and variety. See you again in a couple of days!

Creative Business Growth

Howard Ditkoff presents Josiah Leming: Brilliant, Haunting Music & Web 2.0 Drive American Idol Castoff’s Prototypical Success Story, saying, “Despite his exclusion from American Idol’s Top 24, Josiah Leming’s brilliant, emotional songs and touching backstory have moved thousands. The teenage dropout, who lived in his car for a year, is a prime example of how revolutionary “bottom-up” forces and technologies – such as Web 2.0 and e-commerce – are challenging traditional hierarchical models of talent discovery and promotion.

Creative Personal Growth

Anmol Mehta presents Learn How to Meditate | Beginner’s Meditation Class, saying, “Learn how to meditate from this popular online class, offered for free on the Mastery of Meditation website.”

Lexi Sundell presents Commitment to Soul Purpose, discussing the process involved in surrender to soul purpose and the aftermath.

Charles H. Green presents How to Increase Trust by Getting Off Your “S” saying, “Self-orientation can be the biggest obstacle to happiness and good relations with others, because when you start thinking of other people first, you tend to do the right thing instinctively.”

Sheila Danzig presents Fact and Fantasy: What is Distance Learning?with some cautions about online degrees.

Gary Evans presents Love Music? Listen To Music That Loves You. He discusses Emoto’s work with water in the context of music.

SteveW presents Facing a terminal illness – Three Life Lessons from Randy Pausch. Be sure to take the time to watch the video in this one!

Alex Blackwell presents 23 Heartfelt Reasons I Will Always be Faithful to My Wife

David B. Bohl presents How to Change Your Life ? Instead of Letting Life Change You saying, “Instead of making conscious choices, you may discover that you’re living a life shaped primarily by change rather than by choice.”

Creative Projects

Gia Combs-Ramirez presents What’s Going to Happen Between Now and 2012? She offers an intuitive energy reading of the coming years.

Michael Snyder presents Radical Depopulation Of The Earth – The Solution To Mankind’s Problems?. He examines an argument supported in surprising quarters.

Creative Thinking

A.Lee presents The Artist’s Mother saying, “In a spirit of honoring motherhood, this article looks at how artists have depicted both their own mothers as well as the archetypal mother. Beautifully illustrated with work by world-famous artists: Picasso, Van Gogh, Hockney, Haring, etc.”

Metaliphe presents The Artist’s Way and We Are All Artists saying, “How is consciousness expanded? How do we become something more tomorrow than we are today? How do we tap into feelings, thoughts, inspirations, and dreams that previously were unavailable to us?”

Many thanks to the writers who submitted to this edition. Please link back to this page to help promote readership for everyone. Stumbling, Digging, etc. are most welcome as well.

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Justin Van Kleek wrote an excellent article he did not submit to this carnival. As I did with the post by Desika a couple of carnivals ago, I am including this one because of its value. Please read and enjoy The Worst Pollution; or, A Green with a Heart.

Creative Personal Growth

babs mountjoy presents Making music matter, saying, “How do you make good choices to move creative growth forward?”

gia combs-ramirez presents How to Immediately Eliminate the Effects of Stress, saying, “It’s easy. It’s fun. And it’s immediate. Learn a simple technique to lower your blood pressure, increase your immune system, release pain killing endorphins, and reverse the aging effects of stress.”

Frederic Premji presents 9 Effective Ways To Get Out Of A Rut, saying, “Article about simple methods to get back on track ”

Chris Edgar presents “Get Emotional” To Get Creative, saying, “In my experience, writer’s block often results from pent-up emotion that creates distracting tension in the body. In this article, I talk about the value of emotional release in helping writers regain their creativity and focus.”

Alex Blackwell presents The Secret to Life in One Sentence or Less.The accumulated wisdom of people who lived life well.

David B. Bohl presents Who Are You? 4 Steps For Getting Back to Your Individuality, saying, “Our lives are defined by our choices. But often, the choices we make don’t appear at the time to be the important crossroads that they later turn out to have been.”

Louise Pool presents island wench: Think Orange! Creativity and the Sacral Chakra. The color orange, creativity, and abundance are discussed in this post.

hkalchemy presents Effortless Abundance | Making your dreams come true. A simple primer on creating your dream.

Creative Projects

Davexplorer presents Five Most Unusual Buildings. These buildings give hope to all architects stuck with client limitations!

Amy L. presents Using Fall Leaves To Fertilize And Protect Your Lawn, saying, “Remarks: Every year, people spend millions of dollars to purchase commercial fertilizers and mulches for their lawns. Yet at the same time, they rake up the fallen leaves from neighboring trees and put them in the trash.”

Harrison presents Summer Wedding Tips:100 Resources to Simplify Your Wedding. A mammoth list of resources for all you brides planning weddings!

Creative Thinking

Lexi Sundell presents The Unvarnished Truth, which examines how we face reality or not in our lives.

Art vs life – Art Appreciation – Helium – by Tali, saying, “Contemplations of art and life and their coexistents.”

Akemi Gaines presents Dodging The Many Forms Of Psychological Manipulation.Ways to deal with manipulative people effectively.

Creative Business Growth

Fred Black presents What Can You Learn from Watching Big Product Launches?. A common sense approach to learning internet marketing.

Brian Terry presents 259+ Great Resources for Great Web Design. This is a list of resources, although I don’t usually include directory posts in this carnival. Looks useful.

Cindy King presents How An Information Product Strategy Develops Lead Generation Beyond Your Current Borders. Avenues for more flexible and creative marketing are discussed here.

Rose Rosetree presents Deeper Perception Made Practical– How You Use Body Language — Reveals WHAT About You?, saying, “Reading body language can be an important part of growing a business.”

Many thanks to the writers who submitted to this edition. Please link back to this page to help promote readership for everyone. Stumbling, Digging, etc. are most welcome as well.

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Creative Thinking

Karen Lynch presents The Parable of the Paradigm (Live The Power). A beautifully clear description of how we can trap ourselves, and how to choose something else instead.

Rhonda Jones presents Should You Become an Independent Author?. She examines the basics of the business.

Creative Personal Growth

Desikachari Nadadur presents Why Understanding Religious Symbology is the Key to Your Spiritual Progress, saying, “Have you ever contemplated the deeper meaning of rituals and ritual offerings in your religious and spiritual traditions? Do you understand how the symbols in your external rituals relate to the inner depths of your spirit? If not, it is time for you to do so. This article, though centered around some of the Hindu Symbology, may provide you the needed impetus to delve into deeper meaning of the external rituals you perform in your own religious and spiritual traditions.”

Lexi Sundell presents Self Responsibility. She examines self responsibility and the results of practicing it in this post in her Change of Being series.

Tali presents Earl Nightingale’s Strangest Secret, saying, “In an innocent time, when the word “strange” had any viable effect on a listener, Earl Nightingale named his inspirational recording The Strangest Secret. Sadly, we can’t say we evolved too much, as the word “secret” still works wonders on us.”

Alex Blackwell presents 24 Weekly Actions for Creating Lasting Success. He gives some useful suggestions here.

Maria Gajewski presents How to Cross the Gap From Knowing to Doing, saying, “Do you have a bad case of self improvement inertia? Learn how to overcome your resistance to change and get moving!”

David B. Bohl presents Overwhelm: How to Break Your Life Down into Manageable Parts, saying, “Do you feel like you’re going non-stop 24/7, from the moment you awaken to the time you eventually place your head on your pillow?”

Linda W. presents How To Talk About Money With Your Partner, saying, “Financial issues often cause stress in relationships. Knowing how to discuss money matters is key to a healthy relationship.”

Amy Dyck presents 3 Lessons from the Life of Vincent Van Gogh. She offers lessons in creativity from Van Gogh.

Scott.Goolsby presents Stepping Toward Compassion, saying, “Developing compassion.”

Chris Edgar presents Is Your Creativity “Arrogant”?, saying, “Many of us often get the sense that, if we tried to make our creative work more available to others, we’d somehow be “bragging” or behaving “arrogantly.” This article aims at dispelling that belief.”

Arin Vahanian presents How to Get Rid of Excuses NOW and Start Living the Kind of Life You’ve Always Wanted. This is not so hard folks, let’s get going!

Creative Business Growth

Robert Phillips presents Stupid Business Owners with a short but funny post that gets right to the point.

Life. Money. Development. presents The 7 Attributes of Leadership, saying, “An excellent presentation of the attributes every leader should have.”

Heather Allen presents The Entrepreneur Challenge, saying, “Get the creative entrepreneur juices flowing with this deceptively simple challenge!”

Cindy King presents Why You Need To Internationalize Your Own Communication First To Avoid Cultural Blunders. She discusses how to approach different cultures for best results.

Creative Projects

Mark Schauss presents Another Con Job by the President On Global Warming. Not exactly in depth, but to the point.

Anna Bright presents A comfort blanket knitted mindfully. She explains her mindfulness experiment.

A.Lee presents Minotauromachy – Picasso’s Master Print, saying, “This article can help you better understand and appreciate one of Picasso’s artwork. As well: I find that exploring other people’s art (of whichever form), helps me in my personal creative growth. May this article in turn, inspire you.”

Many thanks to the writers who submitted to this edition. Please link back to this page to help promote readership for everyone. Stumbling, Digging, etc. are most welcome as well.

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Creative Thinking

Lexi Sundell presents Seeking Peace, Spiritual Escapism or Spiritual Responsibility? with thoughts on the overlooked possibilities of how to use inner peace.

Edith presents Creating a Poverty-Free World with a video and description of some exceptional efforts to eradicate poverty.

Creative Personal Growth

Aaron M. Potts presents 6 Speedy Systems to Stop Self Improvement Stagnation with a practical approach from someone who walks his talk.

gia combs-ramirez presents The Five Rules of Inspiration, saying, “Let inspiration charge your life with energy. In this series learn how to foster inspiration by raising your vibration with the three main energies of the body and with the quality of grace.”

Alex Blackwell presents Seven Practical Personal Development Strategies in a worthwhile article, check this one out!

David B. Bohl presents Allowing Personal Responsibility to Lead You to Success, saying, “It is so easy to blame our shortcomings or failures on others. Society today has a tendency to accuse our neighbors, genetics, parents, social status, upbringing, or education as the cause for our lack of success. Taking personal responsibility is viewed as a burden, placing limitations on us.”

George L Smyth presents One Minute How-To – How To Become Socially Responsible, saying, “Brant Christopher explains how one hour a month can make a huge difference.”

Violet Ash presents Unapologetic Genius » Blog Archive » Spring Cleaning, with some thoughtful musings about moving our own energies with the seasons.

GP presents Get Lost, saying, “Learning the value of trust … in our selves from our horses”

hkalchemy presents Money grows on trees with anecdotes and information about abundance.

Cathrene Gehue presents The Yoga Files: From Chakras to Writ Bits, giving her personal experience of exploring energies that made her sceptical and the life changing result.

Elizabeth presents Small steps that ignite the flame of passion!, saying, “This blog discusses how to have success when going after your dreams with passion!”

Carole G. McKay presents Equal Unemployment Opportunity
>, saying, “Learning how to ride the economic roller coaster with a positive perspective.”

CG Walters presents In Gratitude, You Accept Yourself and Are Doubly Blessed, saying, “Gratitude is an act of internal focus, not external. In order to complete the spiritual process of a blessing experienced, it is not someone outside of myself that I need to offer acknowledgement to, but to my own spirit.”

Chris Edgar presents To Feel Inspired, Focus On What You’re Contributing, saying, “Many of us feel restricted in pursuing our goals by the fear that we’d be “taking” from others and being “self-centered” if we followed our true callings. In this article, I talk about harnessing our natural desire to serve others as a source of motivation and focus.”

Robert Phillips presents Do You Have A Convenient Excuse? in an examination of creativity and your potentials.

Creative Projects

Daniel Lafleche presents Three Blind Artists: How The Indie Ethos Can Change Commercial Filmmaking for the Better, saying, “This interview with 3 Blind Artists co-founder Chris Elston looks at some key points in starting your own business and the fine are of balancing filmmaking and commerce, based on his experiences making his first feature film Shelter.”

Raymond presents How To Repair Your Car With Used Junkyard Parts with his discovery of the economy used car parts present.

Creative Business Growth

Woody Maxim presents Don’t buy into the hype with a word of warning about all the questionable information for sale on the internet.

Mark Riffey presents Why should a small business sell gift cards? with a good analysis of the uses of gift cards.

Erica Douglass presents Three Business Ideas That Will Help You Thrive During A Recession , saying, “Tired of hearing doom and gloom articles about how the upcoming recession will cause lost jobs and lower wages? Here are three businesses you can start in your spare time to make MORE money during a recession!”

Cindy King presents Knowing How Your Foreign Prospects Use Their Search Engines Can Get You More International Clients with some useful advice about foreign search engines.

CMOE presents The Next Generation of Leaders – Are You Ready? with advice about how to lead effectively.

Joshua Seth presents The Secret to Time Management and the article describes how to easily distill your efforts to free up your time for better things.

Many thanks to the writers who submitted to this edition. Please link back to this page to help promote readership for everyone. Stumbling, Digging, etc. are most welcome as well.

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Creative Business Growth

Mattg presents Do You Get Twitter?, saying, “Twitter is really a fast growing community site and providing a good environment to interacting with people of same thinking or business line. So, go and get a twitter, now.”

Cindy King presents How Information Products Sold In Foreign Markets Can Save Your Business When Your Economy Is Slow. The title says it.

Vee presents Community Role in your Success, saying, “Al Betz is a renowned national speaker on the subject of Outfluence, which is a better way to influence.”

Creative Projects

Lexi Sundell presents The Video Is Finished At Last, saying, “Now I know why people go to film school!”

Joshua Dodson presents Free eBook of Sentience with Kinesthesia (Poetry), saying, “Joshua is giving away a free poetry eBook that deals with changing one’s perception of life events.”

Daniel Lafleche presents The 5 Trends That Make SXSW 2008 the Indie Film Fest You Need to Know About, saying, “This snappy article looks at creative development in film, showcasing the most interesting trends that developed at the 2008 SXSW Film Festival.”

Creative Personal Growth

Anmol Mehta presents The Zen of Time Management, “How to manage time from a Zen perspective. Master Blumise is running around slapping everybody in the monastery, can Tara solve the riddle?”

Carole G. McKay presents Hillary, Bill and Noah Webster, saying, “A candid look at how we lie to ourselves and others and the price we pay for looking the other way.”

Angelawd presents I’ll be damned, here comes your ghost again*, saying, “For years, I carried around the voices of all those who told me I was not good enough. Today, I made a decision about these judgements.”

David B. Bohl presents Are You For Real?, saying, “Take a look around America and you’ll find that we’re an image-obsessed society. It seems that too many people will stop at nothing in order to maintain a pristine self-image. But what happens to the rest of us, who have a strong desire for authentic, honest living?”

Abutei presents Happiness, Love, Success, Abundance, or Pain, Suffering and everything else in between which is a life lesson using a made up word.

the baglady presents You Have So Much Potential -The Baglady in a disconcerting look at potentials.

Todd Goldfarb presents How To Find Your True Purpose, saying, “Wonderful piece on finding inner purpose. Enjoy!”

GP presents Dances with Horses, saying, “Our horses can teach us alot about “playing”"

Robert Phillips presents Lessons Learned from The General, showing the hazards of rushing to judgement.

Alex Blackwell presents Confessions from a Recovering Father with a deeply insightful look at lost opportunities and the creation of new ones.

Maria Gajewski presents Are You Working With an Old Reality? How to Change Paradigms, saying, “Is there anything in your work or personal life that has changed recently? Are you having trouble letting go of the “way things used to be?” If so, keep reading and I’ll teach you how to move forward more quickly and with fewer negative emotions than you have right now.”

Creative Thinking

CG Walters presents Is There an Obligation to Speak?, saying, “”Truth is but a resting place until the next revelation…an ever-progressing horizon…” a collectively endorsed mythology. When it can no longer explain the world of our experience, it is surpassed.”

Elizabeth presents Reaching your dreams with PASSION!, saying, “This blog discusses happiness and success when going after your dreams with passion!”

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Desika presents A Higher Dimensional Perspective on Earth Changes. This article speaks a powerful truth that is not often acknowledged and I wanted to share it with you.

Creative Business Growth

Lexi Sundell presents The Internet as Playground for Creative Evolution of Consciousness with an examination of how the internet reflects and accelerates human consciousness.

Creative Personal Growth

gia combs-ramirez presents Your Life’s Purpose, saying, “There are two levels of living your life purpose: soul task and soul purpose. Life is very different from these two perspectives. Life is REALLY different if you are moving from Soul Task to Soul Purpose.”

Rich Vosler presents Pruning makes growth for new life. A non-gardener discovers an important life lesson in plants.

Carole Fogarty presents The Emotional Cost of Clutter:, saying, “We all have an emotional attachment to our stuff. Sometimes healthy and sometimes very unhealthy. The trick is to take an honest look at everything that you own and decide the emotional cost it is having on the flow of your life.”

David B. Bohl presents 5 Tips for Becoming a Better Listener, saying, “Ever had anyone tell you that you hear, but don’t listen? Most of us have had experiences where we’ve heard someone talking to us, but didn’t get what they were saying. Or have you had to ask someone to repeat something they just told you ten minutes ago?”

Byteful Project presents Dealing with Roadblocks to Creativity, saying, “How should an artist respond to creative roadblocks? What do they do when life gets in the way?”

Gary Evans presents Why Won’t The Law of Attraction Work For Me?. He offers some great insight on making effectively using the Law of Attraction.

Alex Blackwell presents Four Rocks to Grasp in Life. A beautiful and inspiring article.

StarLightWalker presents Obstacles, saying, “A lesson in dealing with obstacles as sign posts rather than road blocks.” Another good roadblock article.

Christine presents The French School System and Sex Education. She gives an extremely frank explanation of the French approach to teens and sex.

Warren Wong presents How To Solve ProblemsBy Changing Your Frame Or Perspective, “How seemingly unsolvable problems can be solved by changing your frame or perspective.”

Tina Su presents The 5 Myths of Positive Mental Attitude. An excellent overview of misconceptions about positive thinking and what it can, and cannot, do.

Sabrina Jefferson presents Building Confidence By Doing. A small effort you fear can boost confidence when completed.

Edith presents Are You Compromising Yourself? A call to reappraise how you handle the little things that lead to big changes.

Creative Projects

A.Lee presents Learn how to Draw 101, saying, “Wanna get good at art? Just do it, a lot. All tricks of the trade reveal themselves in the process. This articles if for self-acclaimed ‘I can’t do art’ and ‘I am not creative’-types.”

Nathan Deschamps presents Nathan Deschamps Playing Footbag (hacky sack tricks). Egads! I was never any good at hacky sack, and look what he can do!

Robert Phillips presents Where Have All the Good .coms Gone? and shows how to creatively adjust your thinking to find a domain name you can use.

Creative Thinking

Dean Lacono presents Cooking with Thought Energy, saying, “I’ve always thought about what I want from the meals I was preparing. Whether it was to make people happy, cure the sick or romance and seduction, thought energy was one ingredient I put in everything I prepared.”

Ivan presents 7 Steps to Create Your Own Thinking-Room. An interesting project that will bring benefits, but I hope he goes beyond thinking at some point, we are far too mentally driven already!

CG Walters presents Who is your greatest ethical or moral role model?, saying, “My greatest ethical or moral role models live their lives as their religion/doctrine/philosophy but based on their thoughts and actions you would never imagine they spend time on such impractical extravagances.”

Tali presents All Aboard the ClueTrain – The Internet Marketing Bible, saying, “The ClueTrain has been on track since 1999, and what used to be its prophesy is now full on reality.”

Many thanks to the writers who submitted to this edition. Please link back to this page to help promote readership for everyone. Stumbling, Digging, etc. are most welcome as well.

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Creative Business Growth

James Lee presents How to Start Long and Profitable Business Relationships. He presents sound fundamentals in building business relationships.

Creative Personal Growth

Alex Blackwell presents In the Blink of an Eye. He presents a moving story of his wife’s surgery and the realization of the importance of living in gratitude.

Gia Combs-Ramirez presents Do You Have a Spirit Ally? She describes her own experiences and gives the historical overview.

Lexi Sundell presents Incubation for Creative Expansion. A quiet time of incubations fosters creative inspiration if the conscious thinking mind is prevented from interfering.

Rich Vosler presents Lessons From The Geese. Geese are a great reminder of how others support us in life.

David B. Bohl presents Learning the Art of Gratitude for Success, saying, “They say we receive in kind those things we project into the world around us. Be it kindness, meanness, honesty, or deceit, the world has a way of paying us back in spades.”

Anmol Mehta presents Meditation for Improving Concentration, saying, “Excellent time tested meditation technique for building concentration, focus and mental fortitude.”

Warren Wong presents How To Deal With Worrying, saying, “Three steps to help you stop worrying in no time!”

Mina Togonon presents The Why’s of Learning Spanish Language: A Journey Untold, saying, “Language development is an important consideration in learning process. Why? The reason is that while you’re on the verge of learning another language, the need to understand the culture of the language owners is a must.”

Dorian Wales presents 5 Practical Reasons Why You Should Definitely Learn a Foreign Language. A nice summary of good reasons to learn a foreign language.

GreatManagement presents What Every Manager Can Learn From Barack Obama, saying, “What Every Manager Can Learn From Barack Obama”

Creative Projects

CG Walters presents Spirit Story…an Old Genre Reawakening, saying, “A path of communication with the subconscious—as opposed to a communication with the conscious mind—is alive, more a communion between the personal subconscious and the Collective Consciousness, possibly awakening or speaking to the personal consciousness a little along the way.”

Aaron Anderson presents Server Change & Viruses. He repeats the often ignored advice to back up your work and presents an excellent solution.

Creative Thinking

Dmanlamius presents Inspiration via a cow. This sounds idyllic but takes a distinct turn during the telling.

Brent Diggs presents From The Budding Flanks Of The Mississippi, saying, “Definite creative thinking upon the subject of growth”.

Tupelo Kenyon presents Make a Decision Easier, saying, “It’s a profound privilege to be able to make decisions for yourself. Consider the alternative. Would you rather have someone else make your decisions for you? The ability to make your own decisions is a good definition of freedom. Here are some tips on how to make better decisions easier.”

That concludes this edition. A special thanks goes to the writers who contributed to this carnival. You can submit your blog article to the next edition of carnival of creative growth using our carnival submission form. Past posts and future hosts can be found on our blog carnival index page.

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Creative Group Growth

gia combs-ramirez presents Will the oceans rise in the next 10 years?, saying, “I had an amazing vision one day of what the Earth will look like in 2050 and 2060. Maybe it was just an illusion in the middle of a long Montana winter BUT what was amazing was the joy and peace emanating everyWHERE. The vision has motivated me to be alive and healthy 35-40 years from now.”

Creative Projects

Rob Moshe presents Live Your Best Life By Serving Others, saying, “Once the project starts, each day I will recognize a fellow blogger that “Helped.”

Creative Thinking

Lexi Sundell presents Mastery Over the Four Levels of Intention which describes how to unify conflicting intentions when manifesting is not happening.

Nicole presents Ghetto Houseguest in a story of humanity and prejudice.

Carole G. McKay presents Technologically Challenged, saying, “How a Blackberry blackout can be your friend.”

Creative Business Growth

Cindy King presents Best Small Business Tool For Building Trust In International Clients with an article that discusses case studies.

Edith presents How to Stay Focused with suggestions for holding your attention.

Creative Personal Growth

FitBuff presents Power of the Mind – Much Stronger Than Your Biceps!, saying, “If you’re a longtime FitBuff reader, you may remember I’ve personally experienced the power of mind over muscle in one of my workouts when I lifted 50 pounds with my mind!”

Anmol Mehta presents Prosperity Mantra Mudra Meditation Technique Video, saying, “Prosperity meditation technique video that also bestows health, energy and fearlessness.”

gia combs-ramirez presents Energetic Integrity with the Three Primary Energies of the Body, saying, “You have three primary energies that you use in your relationships. To use them with integrity, takes awareness, openness and willingness. This post includes a podcast of a healing meditation to balance the psychic, heart and sexual/creative energies.”

Alex Blackwell presents 22 Sure-Fire Igniters for Inspiration, a great list of ways to spark creativity.

Tupelo Kenyon presents Finally the Truth About Diet – The China Study Review, saying, “Finally, here’s an authoritative diet and nutrition book based on hard science and exhaustive research. This revealing book is written by one of the world’s most respected authorities in the field of nutrition.”

CG Walters presents A Spiritual Teacher IS….., saying, “It is not the teacher before you that manifests what you perceive as an awakening, but the awakening within you that manifests what you perceive as a teacher.”

changeyourtree presents Newsflash: You Teach Others How To Treat You, saying, “There is a huge misunderstanding that other people get to decide how they treat you. If you don’t want this to be the case, this article will empower you to take that control back–must read!”

David B. Bohl presents Here’s a Method That’s Helping People To Live Their Lives Today, saying, “You’ve probably done one of those exercises where you imagine your own funeral and what people would say about you, in an effort to determine what parts of your life you might want to change now.”

Warren Wong presents Why Mediation Can Be Very Useful, saying, “Several reasons why mediation can be extremely useful!”

Charles H. Green presents Buy With the Heart, Justify With the Brain, saying, “An English tailor’s story demonstrates why successful people are nice, competent and of service to everyone—as a habit.”

Todd Goldfarb presents 4 Pillars of Effective Personal Growth, saying, “4 excellent pillars of personal growth…from we the change.”

Many thanks to the writers who submitted to this edition. Please link back to this page to help promote readership for everyone. Stumbling, Digging, etc. are most welcome as well.

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I ask for your help with this carnival. I need advice from you loyal readers on how sharply I should prune the submissions. Sometimes I do not prune too many because I sympathize with the writers and enjoy giving them a platform for their voices.

Other times I prune heavily, probably most when I am feeling swamped by the masses of mediocre or worse writing that can be found on the internet.

This particular carnival has hit a middle balance at the moment. I discarded a lot of submissions, but many still remain.

So please give my your comments telling me why you come to this carnival and what you hope to find here. I would really appreciate it.

Creative Business Growth

Rich Vosler presents Finding the lesson in your struggle, and speaks from his own direct experience in a thoughtful way.

Tali presents 1 Way to Becoming a Better Marketer, saying, “A hilarious video prompts some harsh words.” Don’t miss this one, it has to be the funniest video I have seen recently!

James D. Brausch presents Too Much Information and gives straightforward ways to be effective in the face of information overload.

Creative Group Growth

Helga Sombrofsky presents A Note to Sam Harris, saying, “Inspired by Sam Harris’ talk. A discussion of the short comings in the duality of religion and atheism and the need for more creative thinking.”

Creative Personal Growth

Tim Gary presents How to Make Time Out of Thin Air which describes his use of personal deadlines.

gia combs-ramirez presents Living with Higher Sense Perception, saying, “Learn about your near and far senses and how they relate to higher sense perception. Includes a podcast with a meditation for balancing your senses.”

Lexi Sundell presents Adventures with the Creative Muse Part Three, the continuing saga of the creative forces underlying life changes.

Tupelo Kenyon presents How to Accelerate Manifestation with a description of common ways to stop manifesting and ways to successfully complete manifesting.

Christine presents High School, Hair Color and Choices, “When it comes to raising teens, allowing creative and personal growth in their lives is essential to their overall development. Do we want a child who is stifled or whose creative juices are flowing?” Good question!

CG Walters presents Ego as Spiritual Ally, saying, “A common “suggestion/implied obligation” encountered in one’s spiritual study is to “overcome the ego.” He offers an excellent contrary view in this article.

Desikachari Nadadur presents A Surefire Recipe for Successful Manifestation of Your Wishes and Desires, saying, “Visualize (Dream with feeling) your way to manifesting your desires and wishes, on your way to Self-Mastery, Enlightenment and Ascension.”

Peter S C presents Feel the Pain, Then Make the Change which is an honest article that makes me think he needs to rename his blog I Will Change My Life instead of I Will Change Your Life.

Nadege presents Increase your reults 100% by answering these two questions, in a short and to the point article.

Shamelle presents If You Want To Be Understood……., saying, “People go to extreme lengths…. in order to be understood. In my opinion, there is one main factor that determines it all. Are you aware of it?”

Carole G. McKay presents Missing The Point, saying, “The joy of renewed commitment in the face of denial.”

Rob Moshe presents I Sold My Sabbath For Prada, saying, “Rest, Recharge, Grow.” This is a worthwhile read.

DandelionBlog presents A Small Treatise on Happiness, an article which speaks poignantly about her journey in life.

Creative Projects

Alex Blackwell presents Feel the Music in You, saying, “While allowing my heart to hear the words to the song, it occurred to me that I did indeed own my life.”

Creative Thinking

Katherine Reschke presents The Passion Project Radio Show 02/08/07 announcing a new radio project and asking for participation.

Edith presents Are You a Risk Taker? She offers an arresting story of risk taking.

David B. Bohl presents Everyday Creativity and Personal Growth, saying, “If you don’t think of yourself as creative, I think you’re missing a great opportunity to grow as a person – to become who you really are and who you want to be.”

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