Worried?
Afraid he is going to leave?
Q&A: “I over analyze things and nag him all the time; how do I stop doing that?” http://shar.es/f55G9

A Zen master once said to me, "Do the opposite of whatever I tell you." So I didn't.

Here is the cause...and solution...to 99% of your problems.
The prison in between your ears; Or, when you believe http://shar.es/ftMMO

They say beauty is in the eye of the beholder but everyone seems to recognize the beauty of Miss World and Victoria's Secret models even if they aren't their "type". Yet the same can't be said for "niche" beauties.Is there a universal standard of beauty?

I answered this one on the radio: http://su.pr/1EXFG2
But, this also will help explain it!
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/29/science-of-beauty_n_1239858.html

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Success doesn't come to you?
You go to it.
-Marva Collins

“Your life does not get better by chance, it gets better by change.” – Jim Rohn

You will not be punished for your anger, you will be punished by your anger.
- Buddha

“Don’t be pushed by your problems; be led by your dreams.”

“Don’t let the past steal your present”
– Cherralea Morgen

re: page Jesus is not a jerk. I want to share it with my son who is struggling with addictions. How can I explain your comment that Jesus enjoyed a good time (drinking) without him twisting it to a rationalization that he keep a lifestyle that will kill

Answered here:
http://features.beliefnet.com/areasontosmile/2012/01/qa-how-do-i-help-my-child-without-making-it-worse.html

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My daughter has been getting into a lot of trouble with the law for years and she's been getting worse. I tried to help but she wants none of it. How do you help someone you love when they don't want help and it hurts to see them destroy themself?

Answered here:
http://features.beliefnet.com/areasontosmile/2012/01/qa-how-do-i-help-my-child-without-making-it-worse.html

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Do you have a loved one struggling with addiction?
Q&A: How do I help my child without making things worse? http://shar.es/frLcb

Magic is believing in yourself, if you can do that, you can make anything happen.
-Wolfgang Von Goethe

My husband died 1 year ago. I'm lonely, but I'm afraid of falling in love again because I promised him on his deathbead that we would be together again in heaven. If I fall in love with another man, I would break that promise that I want to keep. Help.

Answered here...but talk to me if you need more help getting through things:
http://features.beliefnet.com/areasontosmile/2012/01/qa-i-promised-my-late-husband-wed-be-together-in-heaven-but-im-lonely.html

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Friendship with oneself is all-important because without it one cannot be friends with anyone else in the world.
-Eleanor Roosevelt

"Do not try to give either/or answers in a multiple-choice universe"
~ Robert Anton Wilson

I'm in college, pregnant and scared. I don't want the baby, but and couldn't give it up if it gets born. Either the baby's life ends or my life and hopes for law school ends.

Answered here...and please let me know if you want to talk about this some more:
http://features.beliefnet.com/areasontosmile/2012/01/qa-im-pregnant-and-scared-should-i-keep-the-baby.html

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A very important blog post from B. Dave Walters:
Q&A: “I’m pregnant and scared…should I keep the baby?” http://shar.es/fobp7

If you scatter thorns, don't go barefoot.
-Italian Proverb

Hello. I am a recent college grad who still cannot find employment. I live with my parents and younger brother at home but they are all such negative people. Constantly angry and pessimistic it's hard to stay positive in such an environment!

Answered here: http://features.beliefnet.com/areasontosmile/2012/01/qa-how-do-i-stay-positive-around-all-these-negative-people.html

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How does one train their expectations in order to manifest a wanted desire?

Answered here: http://features.beliefnet.com/areasontosmile/2012/01/qa-how-do-i-stay-positive-around-all-these-negative-people.html

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Are you surrounded by negative people?
Q&A: “How do I stay positive around all these negative people?” http://shar.es/f3ItU

The love of one's country is a splendid thing.
But why should love stop at the border?
-Pablo Casals

Do you ever feel like you aren't good enough?
Q&A: You are good enough; Or, dealing with fear, doubt, and insecurity http://shar.es/f37cI

Would you like to know how much people love you?
Emotions, Or, you’re great, and I love you! http://shar.es/f0GHf

Why doesn't he tell you how much he cares?
Q&A: “He loves me, but he doesn’t express it in the way that I want him to…” http://shar.es/f07ZQ

Turn your face to the sun and the shadows fall behind you.
-Maori proverb

Do you believe in psychics?

Answered here:
http://features.beliefnet.com/areasontosmile/2012/01/how-to-be-psychic-or-3-minds-4-bodies-ii-video.html

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The jealous are troublesome to others, but torment to themselves.
-William Penn

Wondering how to calm down and feel peaceful?
Here is the quickest, simplest, way possible to get your brain to calm down.
http://ping.fm/kvmJA

Are psychic powers real?
Can you believe what a psychic tells you?
How to be psychic; Or, 3 Minds, 4 Bodies II (VIDEO) http://shar.es/fa1K6

Confused?
Here is how make your mind do what you want
How to know everything; Or, using your mind for a change (VIDEO) http://shar.es/fn9lY

When you are grateful fear disappears and abundance appears.
-Anthony Robbins

All wisdom can be stated in two lines: What is done for you - allow it to be done. What you must do yourself - make sure you do it.
Khawwas

Achievement seems to be connected with action. Successful men and women keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don't quit.
-Conrad Hilton

Want to be able to read people's minds, or know when they are lying?
Understanding personality; Or, 7 billion snowflakes http://shar.es/WBzkV

Ever wonder why people do what they do, or self-sabotage themselves?
Making sense of things, Or, lucky number 13 http://shar.es/WBAwg

What can you say about a society that says that God is dead and Elvis is alive?
-Irv Kupcinet

I'm the "How Soon Should We Have Sex" girl in your article. Wow, thanks, you're right & here is the follow-up. We're both young in our early 20s that explains the club. And the 2nd date was just dinner & conversation w/ goodbye kiss. Any more info to add?

Nope; as long as you are both happy and enjoying your time together keep at it!
Well...don't keep at TOO much till the 3rd for 4th date; but it seems like things are working out fine, ;)

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I'm interested in this girl and we've a date soon but I want to know how to pace being physical with her. I'd love to make out and have sex with her that first date, but I want to be a gentleman. How do I pace myself appropriately?

Answered here: http://features.beliefnet.com/areasontosmile/2012/01/qa-how-soon-should-we-have-sex.html

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On my first date with a guy I'm seeing, i ended up making out with him at the club for a long time. I really like him, but I don't want him to think that I'm really easy you know? Do I pull back the level of intimacy or keep it the same or what?

Answered here: http://features.beliefnet.com/areasontosmile/2012/01/qa-how-soon-should-we-have-sex.html

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How soon is TOO soon to start having sex?
Q&A: How soon should we have sex? http://shar.es/WFfq5

Martin Luther King Jr. Quotes and Video for 2012!
Free at last! Martin Luther King Day 2012 quotes and video http://shar.es/WFmOg

A genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus but a molder of consensus.
-Martin Luther King, Jr.

“The past has no power over the present moment.”
― Eckhart Tolle

Do you want to be happy?
Here is the *one and only* place you can find it!
How to be HAPPY, Or, the un-given gift http://shar.es/WUqWU

Are you afraid to be happy?
Here is how to fix it
Why you self-sabotage Or how to stop making yourself miserable(VIDEO) http://shar.es/WUrGt

I am at home.
Fear is the stranger here.
-A Course in Miracles

How can we raise our kids to be happy, confident, and baggage-free?
Spiritual parenting, Or, how to live forever (VIDEO) http://shar.es/WO9sT

I am a defense attorney, and my job requires that I defend all of my clients regardless if they have confessed their guilt to me or if I just know that they are guilty. This worries me and my prosecutor friends who convict innocent people. Any advice?

Answered here:
http://features.beliefnet.com/areasontosmile/2012/01/qa-is-it-wrong-to-defend-guilty-people.html

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Is it right or wrong to defend people you know are guilty?
http://shar.es/WO8oy

Take into account that great love and great achievements involve great risk.
-Dalai Lama

Stressing about getting married?
Q&A: “I’m constantly wondering when am I going to get married; how do I stop it?” http://shar.es/WIfgY

Why is it hard for men to say I love you?
Are you sure that he *does*?
Q&A: Why is it hard for men to say I love you? http://shar.es/WIoF8

The liar's punishment is not in the least that he is not believed, but that he cannot believe anyone else.
-George Bernard Shaw

I'm dating a man who is wonderful, except he is not as physically fit as I would love him to be. How should I go about having him get in better shape, or should I just leave him for someone similar, but more fit?

Answered here:
http://features.beliefnet.com/areasontosmile/2012/01/qa-im-dating-a-man-whos-is-not-as-physically-fit-as-i-would-love-him-to-be.html

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Is it 'wrong' if you are turned off by an overweight boyfriend?
Or *girlfriend*?
My new Q&A: blog post: http://shar.es/WK3s2

If you learn from defeat, you haven't really lost.
-Zig Ziglar

Rise UP with B. Dave Walters starts at 1 am PST/9 am GMT
Tonight: ending the pain of the past
Listen at http://ping.fm/pNf9I

Married and in love with someone else

Answered here:
http://features.beliefnet.com/areasontosmile/2012/01/qa-a-married-man-falls-in-love-with-another-woman-is-that-cheating.html

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He's married and in love with someone else....
Q&A: A married man falls in love with another woman…is that cheating? http://shar.es/WznOb

If you go looking for a friend, you're going to find they're very scarce.
If you go out to be a friend, you'll find them everywhere.
-Zig Ziglar

Is he going to leave her? Should you wait?
Q&A: “He says he is leaving her for me but never does, what’s going on?” http://shar.es/WAlEz

Is it possible to TRULY love two people at the same time?
Q&A:“Is it ever possible to love two people at the same time” http://shar.es/WAjpt

If only we'd stop trying to be happy we'd have a pretty good time.
-Edith Wharton

If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.
-Dalai Lama

Are plants and animals under the Law of Attraction, or is it exclusively human?

Answered here:
http://features.beliefnet.com/areasontosmile/2012/01/qa-are-plants-and-animals-under-the-law-of-attraction-or-is-it-exclusively-human.html

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Attention PET PARENTS:
Q&A: Are plants and animals under the Law of Attraction, or is it exclusively human? http://shar.es/WZ3Ve

Seeing a horrible even on the news can make people really sad, but it can also inspire other people to take action. So is mass media diffusion of horrifying and unjust realities more of a good thing or a bad thing?

Answered here:
http://features.beliefnet.com/areasontosmile/2012/01/qa-so-is-mass-media-negativity-a-good-thing-or-a-bad-thing-video.html

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Worried that the mass media is brain washing everybody?
Q&A “So is Mass Media negativity a good thing or a bad thing?” http://shar.es/WZaPi

Is the Secret to the Law of Attraction being excited, or peaceful?
Buddha vs Tony Robbins; Or, finding the middle way http://shar.es/WJOG6

Worried something is wrong with you?
I have good news for you:
You’re perfect but incomplete; Or, made in God’s Image http://shar.es/WJDaN

“If history repeats itself and the unexpected always happens, how incapable must man be of learning from experience."
-George Bernard Shaw

All things are difficult before they are easy.
-Thomas Fuller

Rise UP with B. Dave Walters starts at 1 am PST/9 am GMT
Tonight: How to change ANYTHING
Listen live at http://ping.fm/qteIp

You know he is bad for you, why can't you let him go?
http://shar.es/W4D19

Are you stuck in a bad relationship and don't know how to get out?
The myth of ‘Forever’; Or, tainted love (Video) http://shar.es/W48iI

The first step in forgiveness is the willingness to forgive.
-Marianne Williamson

Is there someone or something that's hurt you that you can't get over?
Getting over it; or, finding unconditional love http://shar.es/W6lli

‎"Worrying is praying for something that you don't want"
- Bhagavan Das
(Thanks to Carole Lynne for this one!)

There is no love without forgiveness, and there is no forgiveness without love.
-Bryant H. McGill

But who prays for Satan?
Who, in eighteen centuries, has had the common humanity to pray for the one sinner that needed it most?
Mark Twain