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As a Man Thinketh – more ways to change your life and world
An influential book I suggest you read As a Man Thinketh by James Allen. This short book can help you learn why and how to change you way of thinking. And when we change our way of thinking, we can change our life – and our world. The title is influenced by…
How to be Relaxed – anywhere and anytime
The cost of stress Stress ages us. It weakens our immune system, making us more susceptible to illnesses. Stress is also linked to heart attacks, ulcers, muscle and tendon injuries and just about everything else that ails us. A growing problem Modern life is…
Benjamin Franklin – On Individual Achievement and Helping Create A Better World
Benjamin Franklin – on individual achievement and helping create a better world I recently finished reading Benjamin Franklin: An American Life by Walter Isaacson. It’s well written. The author includes a fair amount about Franklin’s imperfections, and also shows…
Empowering Quotes from the Secret
These will give you an idea of how The Secret works. This will help you to begin applying the power of positive thinking and achieve more of value in your life: We all work with one infinite power. The secret is the law of attraction. Whatever is going on in your mind…
The Secret and the Law of Attraction – What’s good and bad about it
An empowering idea Many popular self-help “gurus” are promoting the Law of Attraction. They teach that what we focus on is what will manifest in our lives. Personally, I believe this can be true on a deep, spiritual level. “Ask and you shall…
Expanding Our Comfort Zone – how to get and give more in life
Here at Hearts & Minds we need to make a lot of phone calls. We respond to people who express an interest in volunteering with us, and potential donors. We also call organizations where we can run our free Youth for ChangeSM and Seniors for ChangeSM,programs, in…
Revolutionary Road – a great, thought-provoking film
I think it’s one of the greatest film ever made. It’s about a passionate, young married couple in the mid-1950s and how they deal with their relationship, their shifting desires, pressures to conform or break free and feel fully alive. This film really moved me,…
An Empowering Way to See Poverty
In the Dark I used to walk around with blinders on. I knew poverty existed, but I didn’t let myself fully see it. To me, it was a problem that existed in the mythical “Over There,” a faraway place that I would only see on infomercials. And it happened to others who I…
Brazilian Feijoada Feast
Hearts & Minds is serving a very special Brazilian Feijoada fundraising dinner this Saturday, March 21. Since the home location, food, and cooking are donations, all contributions will go to our End Poverty Campaign. What’s for dinner? A feijoada is a hearty stew…
From the Archive: Rising Food Prices Threaten Mass Starvation
Hearts and Minds℠ is working to educate the public about the growing, global crisis caused by rising food prices. They are building a large scale campaign to deal with the growing tragedy.
The Delicate Task of Asking People to Give More
All of us benefit when people give more, often most of all the giver. But it’s not always easy to ask. Unless handled with care, it can even be harmful to ask a generous person to give more. I think Hearts & Minds should not hesitate to tell the wealthy…
How Much Should People Give?
There are many generous people out there. And yet very serious problems continue to threaten all of us. We face global survival issues: poverty, the environment and terrorism. With the lives of billions of people in the balance, quite possibly including our own, we…