Set Your Mind On Good

Set Your Mind On Good
by Annie Tornabene



Set your mind on good when you are facing trouble all around. If your mind keeps finding negative thoughts, it is because more negative (stinking thinking) is surrounding you. So if you find more good to input your mind, more good will be created around you and in you.

If you live with perpetual hope, then you will notice peace, joy, love and tranquility are dwelling more with you. Set your mind on good.

Stinking thinking only creates more worry, fear, anxiety and depression. So set your mind on good; surrounding your life with peace, joy, love and tranquility. You will find more treasures than your mind can empower your life.

Together we can make a difference with understanding depression and healing the tears and hurts by setting your mind on good. We can live our best life now.

Love The One You're With

Love The One You're With
by Annie Tornabene



Relationships are sometimes difficult. Some years ago, I was having difficulty with my first year of marriage. I couldn't understand why my Mom and many other women could stay marriage to the same man for over 50 years. So I conducted a survey to see if I could learn anything from them that could help me. While I'm talking about love relationships, I found these apply to all relationships. Love the one you're with.

The beginning of any relationship is what i call the honeymoon phase. Every thing they do and say, you are in love with. They can do no wrong. This is a great phase where your relationship is on top of the world. Yes, you love the one you're with.

After a while, problems start appearing. Things you never noticed before start bugging you. This can be from problems with his/her family or just their personality. In this phase, true growth of a relationship can happen if you learn to communicate without attacking one another. If you attack each other you will move the relationship into the next phase. If you look at your relationships, you can see the problems with your spouse, children, friends. Learn to communicate without attacking so you can love the one you're with.

The next phase is what I call the illness phase. Here is where you start trying to avoid being with them, bitterness slips in and chaos happens every time you are together. Sound familiar? A lot of work has to go into this phase to pull it out but if caught early it can be saved. If not, the relationship will be plunged into the next stage.

The final stage is called the death phase. You've killed the relationship or just allowed it to die. This is the phase, you want to try to avoid if possible. Sometimes in rare cases, following the death phase, a relationship will bloom again in the honeymoon phase. If it does, learn from your mistakes and love the one you're with. Communication is the key.

Together we can make a difference in understanding depression and learning to live our best life and learning to love the one you're with.

Memories Of The Heart

Memories Of The Heart
by Annie Tornabene


Locked in between the creases of our mind are memories of the heart since before we were born. Research shows us that we can remember things while we were still in the womb. Seldom do we acknowledge that memory and our early life that had a hand in shaping who we are today. Phobias, fears, anger, anxiety, self-limiting beliefs, creativity can manifest itself in your life without you knowing why.

One man that I knew had a fear that no one else in the family had. In therapy, he realized his Grandfather had the same fear. His Grandfather had been around most of the time while his Mother was carrying him. His Grandfather died just before he was born. Through therapy, it is believed that his Grandfather made audible statements that were heard by the unborn child and transferred those beliefs and fears. Discovering those can help you release those fears, phobias, anger, anxiety, etc. and begin to make your own life. Memories of the heart can be mended.

Envision your body being filled with a healing white light, love, joy, tranquility and peace. Remember that nothing you see or hear will harm you. Ask yourself what you hope to achieve through you discovery and connect with your inner vision. Observe what you see without judgment. When you are done, think about how what you experienced relates to your present life. There may be beliefs from your memories of the heart that you are still operating under but are now ready to let go of. The significance of your memories of the heart may not be immediately obvious until much later.

Together we can make a difference in understanding depression and living our best life now by letting go of unnecessary memories of the heart.

The Plan

The Plan
by Annie Tornabene



Do you have the plan for your life? Are you living the life that you dreamed? Well it's time to make a new plan. It's time to live the life you dreamed... the life you want.

If you want more out of life, make the plan for your life that includes all your hopes and dreams. Your plan of action determines the life that you want. Follow the plan of your dreams.

Together we can make a difference in understanding depression and living your best life now with the plan of your dreams.

The Journey

The Journey
by Annie Tornabene


Life is the journey. Every day we chart our way into unknown territory. Every day is a new day. Make the most of the journey. Explore new territory. Maybe you have never taken that path, maybe you have never done that activity. Try it. You may enjoy it. Have fun and explore.

No one has ever travelled the same journey that you are traveling. This is an adventure. So have fun with the journey. Enjoy your life. You can do anything you want to do. Tale hope, love, peace and joy with you. Explore all possibilities. Laugh as much as you can.

Together we can make a difference in understanding depression and traveling the journey of life. Live your best life now.

Keep Your Chin Up

Keep Your Chin Up
by Annie Tornabene



When mountain climbing it is important to keep keep your chin up. The everyday strings of life is like mountain climbing. Sure you may not be physically climbing a mountain, but emotionally you are climbing a mountain. The struggles of everyday life is emotionally like climbing a mountain. Some days may be more difficult than other days. Keep your chin up.

When things are going well, it is easy to let your guard down. Whether things are going good or if you are having a bad day, keep your chin up. In every situation, keep your chin up. Empower your life with love, peace and tranquility.

Together we can make a difference in understanding depression and living our best life now by keeping your chin up.

I'm Home

I'm Home
by Annie Tornabene


Well after being in the hospital for the past month, I am finally home. Thank you for all your thoughts, prayers, light and reki. It feels good to be home.

I am glad to be home...just a little weak. The doctor says it may take me until the end of May to be back to full strength. I am doing well but I have no voice because of the tube they had in my throat during the operation and will I was in ICU. The doctors says my voice could come back at anytime or take 3 months.

I just wanted to let you know that I'm back and will be talking to you daily now. I'm home. Together we can make a difference in understanding depression and living our best life now.

Hugs in an attitude of gratitude,

Getting To Know You

Getting To Know You
by Annie Tornabene

Getting to know you is just what the doctor ordered. Blues, depression, loneliness may be helped with thoughts of happiness and friendship. Sometimes just getting to know someone makes us feel connected. After all we are all connected and impact each other's life whether we realize it or not. You may think happiness will come with material things or relationships. Usually, it doesn't.

All too often the problems we see in others are the problems we see in ourselves. If you think someone is looking at you in a strange way, it may be that you walked in with an attitude. Try a different perspective and see what happens. Getting to know you may be your cup of tea.

Happiness comes from peace and joy of your positive attitude being shared with others. The more you give out the more that comes your way. Together we can make a difference in understanding depression and getting to know you in a positive light. Little things make the difference in loving your life.

Say Hello

Say Hello
by Annie Tornabene



Loneliness is just a crime that doesn't need to be in this world any more. Are you lonely? Take a walk...see a smiling face... say hello.

To say hello may be the most frightening thing you are facing in a world of loneliness. So you feel your skin start to tighten.. your heart beats fast and your start to hyperventilate... Would it be better to experience a little anxiety and find a friend or experience a lifetime of loneliness?

Maybe you are one of those lonely people who do not fully comprehend how much you mean to the world...your sufferin is shared with the world. Rejoice and the world will joyful chime in and feel the impact of they great mysteries of your life...the happiness...the sorrow...the tears...the cheers...the debt of despair and the loneliness of sorrow without relief.

Try saying hello with a positive thought in mind. See what happens to your grief and woe. Look for the good and you will find that happiness and love are sitting beside you.

Sometimes we have to see things through the eyes of a child to realize all we have to do is say hello and maybe we find a friend. Together we can make a difference in understanding depression and learning to say hello.

Dark Clouds

Dark Clouds
by Annie Tornabene


Hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving and dark clouds didn't spoil your day. I realize that being grateful is something we have to work at especially at times of family gatherings when there is sure to be someone present that will be a thorn in our side.

You are not alone. You probably had a hectic day of preparing for a feast or preparing your heart to be in an attitude of gratitude. Either way, your nerves have been spent ... they were on the edge. If you were traveling, you know how crowded the airports, the highways, etc were. Prepare for the worst and hope for the best. Dark clouds come our way whether we want them or not.

This is something that happens throughout the year not just at Thanksgiving and Christmas. Yes we have more dark clouds coming at Christmas. When we know these events and people are going to be near us, we must make sure to focus on our attitude of gratitude. Dark clouds always approach when we least expect them, so we better prepare for them.

Preparing for dark clouds is not something we can just throw together at the last minute. It is something we need to work on for a long time...to get in the habit of having an attitude of gratitude. I know we've talked all month about having an attitude of gratitude. It is a key to understanding depression, turning those dark clouds and helping us live our best life now.

Remember time is on our side. So, take time to regularly meditate ... to be still .... to be quiet ... to be one with the Creator. In the hustle and bustle of everyday life, our minds and bodies need time to be still and quiet. It is a time for rest in the hands of the Creator. It is a time to feel the peace, the love and joy flowing around you and through you.

It is a time to realize the many blessings we have. It is a time to focus on what we do have. The media, the stores, the news will tell us all the things we don't have. It is important to realize what we do have. It is important that we, anyone reading this; even the poorest one reading this; realize that we are more blessed than 99% of the world. Take time every day to think of three things to be grateful for. How many things do we take for grant it?

At this time of the year, it is easy to focus on those who may be wealthier than ourselves. The stores, the news, the media focuses on all the we do not have. Take time to give to those less fortunate than ourselves. What can we do? Something can be done about it. Donate time at a rehab center, an orphanage, an abuse women or children's center or food bank. When I have worked at these centers or any kind of victim's center, it helped me take the focus off my problems and on to gratitude. Doing things for others less fortunate will remind you of how blessed you really are. Ask them what they are thankful for. You will be amazed and it will open your eyes and hearts to new possibilities and gratitude of what you already have.

When was the last time you told those you love, that you love them. One day you will awake and realize that all to soon that opportunity is gone forever. Write a note to them. While they are in your present, acknowledge your love and appreciation for them in your life. Give them a smile. Hold them close while you can. You will create the possibility of a better life with them now.

If we practice this attitude of gratitude, we keep the dark clouds at bay. Dark clouds will come into our life from time to time and may even keep us from having an attitude of gratitude. Remember the dark clouds will pass shortly. Look beyond the dark clouds and keep your focus for soon the dark clouds pass and a brighter day has begun. Together we make a difference in understanding depression and living our best life now. We are thankful for the thorns in our lives because they help us realize how many blessings we already have and live in abundance.

Happy Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving
by Annie Tornabene



You, my friend, have helped me through good times and bad. You are my happiness, my sorrow; standing beside me, listening, talking and walking with smiles and tears through the years. I am so grateful for your friendship.

I am so blessed to have you in my life this thanksgiving.

Happy Thanksgiving! May you always be blessed with an abundance of good friends, good food, peace, joy, happiness, love and prosperity. May you live like a penquin...just be happy!

In an attitude of gratitude, Happy Thanksgiving! Together we can make a difference in understanding depression, living an abundant life of gratitude and happy thanksgiving.

Are You Crazy?

Are You Crazy?
by Annie Tornabene


"Are you crazy?" There have been times when I thought I must be crazy to think like this... And there were times when I heard someone say that to me, 'Are you crazy?' There were times when I would have thought it was an insult, but today, I think it is a compliment. Why, you ask?

To be crazy means I'm a little out of the ordinary. Well with all the things I want to accomplish, I have to be out of the ordinary. Think of Henry Ford, Thomas Edison or Albert Einstein. They all had to be out of the ordinary. I'm sure they heard 'Are you crazy?' many times. Even Elvis Presley must have heard, 'Are you crazy?' a few times. This craziness is a good thing.

You see our conscious mind is like our Mother constantly nagging us. It's there for our protection...to keep us safe. It goes on and on like a stuck record, oops, I dated myself before CDs. with the same stinking thinking over and over again. But even a lie that is told repeatedly can become true. "Who do you think you are? You can't do that! You're not good enough. You're bad. Something awful is going to happen. You're stupid to think that." These are just a few of the more popular tracks the mind likes to repeat constantly. No wonder we get depressed. So you need to be a little crazy ... out of the ordinary... to go BEYOND the fear that is holding you back. Your mind has heard the words, 'NO" and "Don't Do That" ever since you were born. The stinking thinking has been played more often than the positive input. So why wouldn't you get depressed? It's time to stop the stinking thinking and be a little crazy.

So to create a little craziness with positive changes in your life, you really need to be out of your ordinary mind. All you have to fear is fear itself and for that you are crazy. To be crazy is going beyond the ordinary...it is stepping out of fear...it is pushing the barriers beyond the wall...it is thinking for yourself outside the box.


Anything that resonates as "not safe", your mind will automatically dismiss as impossible and sabotage you every time. The problem is that it is operating from programming the ordinary mind. The ordinary is safe. The ordinary just follows and does not think for itself. So it's time to break the pattern. Don't just follow the leader. Think for yourself. It is going against mainstream that is your only hope of salvation of creating your best life now.

If you feel depressed, anxiety, worry or in any way out of place with peace, love, joy and abundance, stop and think of what is going on in your head. Listen to the chaos and start to pluck out what really matters. Some of that nagging chaos is absolutely false - although your mind believes it 100%. So ask yourself these questions and write down the answers which is a critical part of this exercise.

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  What am I most worried about?


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  What is the worst thing that could happen to me?


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  What is my biggest fear?


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  What would happen to me if my biggest fear came true?
  

Are any of these reasons serious enough for you to be depressed, not sleeping at night or completely stressed out? Problems present themselves and then amazingly enough solutions seem to manifest as well. Problem, solution, problem, solution, problem, solution. That pretty much is the pattern of life from what I can see. It's when we buy into our mind's fear spurred along by the ordinary addiction to fear, that we can start to believe that THIS TIME the problems are bigger than ever. So what if they are, then the solutions THIS TIME will be bigger than ever. How excitingly crazy is that! Seriously, I am discovering in my life right now that big problems require big solutions and they manifest just like little solutions occur for little problems. Why worry? I am fascinated to see how all this chaos in the world is going to play.

The United States will have a first for their President next week - a first oldest man, a first semi-black man, a first female Vice President... you see they are all first no matter which way you vote or who wins. A generation that has grown up in an unrealistic economy may realize some core values in life that have been buried way too long. We may discover that our Creator goes a long way to keeping us together in tough times.

We are in for some big shifts like we have never seen in our lifetime. Together we have an amazing opportunity to be pillars in a potentially very different world. This is a wonderful opportunity to be the leader you were born to be. This is your time to really shine your light for others to see. Together we can make a difference in understanding depression and living a crazy best life now.

Here's what you can do starting today. Encourage others. Laugh daily. Give lots of hugs. Send positive thoughts out to the world. Focus on love, joy, peace and abundance. Stop watching and listening to stinking thinking. Get your mind into crazy positive thinking and into your heart. Step out of fear and into a place of love, hope and peace. When you do that, you will be delighted how amazing you can live your best life now. Are you crazy in an attitude of gratitude?

Be Patient

Be Patient
by Annie Tornabene

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Looks like we made it! We just had to be patient and wait out the storm. So it is with life. We need to be patient, our Creator isn't finished with us yet. Be still, have patience. Know that all things are possible but it takes time. Rome wasn't built in a day. Any great masterpiece has taken time. The great artist, Leonardo da Vinci painted three Mona Lisa's before he finally painted the Mona Lisa that we know today.

Each stroke of the brush was done with patience and care. He was reminded to be patient and not rush. Taking time with a Master's touch makes a difference.

When we take our time, we complete our task. Remember its not how fast we do it, it's just that we complete it. If we rush through it, it may only get half done or we have to do it over. So be patient.

When you are tempted to call it quits, be patient. All things work together for the better. Time is on your side. You see things in a different viewpoint tomorrow. Some of the things that you worry and fret over never come. So be patient.

Give love a chance to grow. Build on your successes. Take one step at a time. Together we can make a difference in understanding depression and learning to be patient. Love your life and be patient.

Dodge Ball

Dodge Ball
by Annie Tornabene

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Have you ever played dodge ball? Of course, you have or probably did as a child at least. Life is a little like playing dodge ball. Right now, I feel like we are playing dodge ball with the approaching hurricane Ike. Or at least I hope we dodge it. Oh, well, I know we can't dodge it, we just have to make the best of it. I am grateful for the opportunity to face another storm.

The only difference is that you can't play the strings of life dodging the struggles and troubles of life. Struggles and rough times are as sure as breathing or the air we breathe.

People who try to live their life hiding behind a rock or shelter themselves from every storm in life, miss the joy of living and playing dodge ball. Remember how much fun it was to play in the rain? Remember the spontaneous joy and laughter you felt during the storm?

So why not play dodge ball in the strings of life now? When the storms come, remember you can experience joy, laughter, peace and tranquility in the mist of the storm. Feel the love and gratitude for each step you take, for each struggle you make. Together we can make a difference in understanding depression and playing dodge ball in the strings of life.

I will keep you in my thoughts and prayers as we face the storm and dodge whatever is thrown our way.

Listen To Your Heart

Listen To Your Heart
by Annie Tornabene




Love can change everything in your life. With love, all things are possible. Live, love and laugh in the presence of joy and peace. Listen to your heart. What is it saying about your hopes and dreams? Don't let what happened in your past, hold you back. Empower yourself today. We will remember and learn to do something about it. No matter what has happened in your life, you can change your future. You can empower your life.

With peace and tranquility in an attitude of gratitude, listen to your heart. All your dreams and hopes can come true. Remember nothing is impossible. If you believe it and love in an attitude of gratitude, your hopes and dreams can reach beyond the human realm of possibilities.

Live, love and laugh your troubles away. Listen to your heart. What is troubling you? What is a struggle? What battles are you fighting? Your Creator created you to live your best life now. So love your life. Listen to you heart and prosper. Together we can make a difference in understanding depression and live in love and gratitude. What is holding you back?

What Is Within?

What Is Within
by Annie Tornabene



Are you struggling with negative thoughts? Depression? Anger? Anxiety? Hatred? Fear? What is within you? Take a good look at what is within you.

You are like a stain glass window that you never realize its true beauty until darkness sets in and the light from within shines through. How beautiful is you stain glass window that is within you? Is the light that is within you barely a spark of light? Is it almost dark or does you light shine brightly from within?

Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery and today is a present. Every day of you life should be an empowering affirmation of you best life now. Love your life. Each step you take, every though you have and every action you make needs to ring true what is within you. Love, love and laugh. Together we can make a difference in understanding depression and expressing what is within your life.

Put Up Your Banners

Put Up Your Banners
by Annie Tornabene

Do you feel some time that you need to put up your banners just to make it through the day? Come on you can make it! Yeah! Some times each step you take seems to be a struggles. Don't let the strings of life get you down. You are in the battle for your best life. What banners are you flying?

Flying the banners of love, peace and tranquility will help you find your best life now. When you find your best life, you will discover that you are helping others find their best life.

Love your life and put up your banners. Don't' be afraid. In putting up your banners, you will feel more confidence! Each time you put up your banners, you will find you stand a little taller and feel a little stronger. Together we can make a difference in understanding depression and making a better life for ourselves and the world around us.

The World Needs Love

The World Needs Love
by Annie Tornabene



What the world needs now is love, sweet love. Remember that tune. Here it is 30 or 4o years later and we are still crying out for love. Not the mushy kind of love, true unconditional love for each other. There is so little of it. We look for love in all the wrong places. Do you realize how much can be done with love?

The Power that created you has the power to heal you. How you ask? With love. The world needs love. A powerful reaction can be implemented one person at a time with love. There is no more powerful medicine or antidote than love. I've seen love revive a person on their death bed. I've seen marriages rekindled because of love. I've seen diseased ridden people healed because someone loved them enough in spite of their disease. I've seen doctors wash their hands and say they have done all they could do, then love stepped in and took over. I've seen harden people change their mind because of love. This kind of love isn't easy but it is definitely worth it.

Do you realize the power of your love? Love begins with you loving yourself. You need to love others as yourself. So if you don't love yourself, how can you say you love others? You are an important part of the secret to healing the world. It all begins with you. Together we can make a difference with the world needs love. What you do today makes a difference! What are you doing about love?

Begin with an open heart. In an attitude of gratitude, pure and simple, look into the mirror and say "I love you!" Say it again. Say it louder. Really mean it. Say it often. Fake it until you make it. Then start saying it to others. If you can't say it, think it. Look at them or a picture of them and think "I love you!" Say it to your enemies. First it will shock them. The element of surprise is good. I had a friend, that taught me to meditate, that during his daily meditation in the morning and evening, he would meditate and send love to his enemies. Keep on keeping on and have faith that you have put love in motion. Then let love take over. Together we can make a difference, one person at a time. Are you with me in the war of love?