Create Your Own Striking Thoughts

"THE CHANGE IS FROM INNER TO OUTER...WE START BY DISSOLVING OUR ATTITUDE NOT BY ALTERING OUTER CONDITIONS."

"THE MOMENT IS FREEDOM. TRY TO LIVE FREELY FROM MOMENT TO MOMENT, LETTING THINGS HAPPEN AND ADJUSTING TO THEM."

"THE TRUTH EXISTS HERE AND NOW. HAVE OPENNESS AND FREEDOM...THE FREEDOM TO BE OPEN AND NOT TETHERED BY ANY IDEAS, CONCEPTS, ETC."

"TIME IS WHAT LIFE IS MADE OF!"

All the above quotations were made by none other than BRUCE LEE.

Now Create Your Own Striking Thoughts And Life The Life That Is At Your Fingertips.

Love All Of It

I want focus for a second on our mental attributes. We can't just focus on the physical parts of a person (and that is often what we do), the mental/emotional side are extremely important when shaping and building a strong foundation of the body (completely and truly). You can not only focus on the physical and ignore the mental. Many people will often times attempt to pick one part over the other. THE MIND is a powerful tool and if not trained like the physical part, it can backfire on you, and it will prevent you from succeeding or reaching any goals you may set. For example, say a person wants to lose 10 pounds...physically they are ready for action, but mentally they doubt themselves/deep down they don't think they can do it/they have negative thoughts. The sad thing with this scenario is that more than likely this person will not be able to reach their goals because their mind has taken control of the situation.

When setting goals/dreams you never want to use the word BUT...YOU JUST DO IT! Do not allow anything to come in the way of your vision. You have all the tools necessary to succeed and be successful in your journey. I want to share a piece of information with you that I think is so important and worth talking about. We all have experienced some time or another in our life negative characteristics that can dictate or control our way of thinking about our self and experiences with people that surround our lives. These characteristic are known as NEW FOUND FRIENDS.

Fear, guilt, unworthiness, hurt feelings, anger, and discouragement are really our friends. When you are feeling any of these things in a negative way and these feelings limit you...you must pause for a moment and remember these important points:

1) Fear is the energy to do our best in a new situation.
2) Guilt is the energy for personal change.
3) Unworthiness keeps us on track.
4) Hurt Feelings reminds us how much we care.
5) Anger is the energy for change.
6) Discouragement reveals our courage.

Love it all- the fear/excitement, the guilt/the power of change, the unworthiness/the worthiness, the hurt feelings/the euphoric feelings, the anger/the movement, the discouragement/the encouragement- we must learn from both the good and the bad things in order to fully understand ourselves...it's called LIFE! And it is YOUR LIFE! DISCOVER YOURSELF...YOU WOULD BE AMAZED WHAT LIVES INSIDE OF YOU!!! :)

You Are Meant To Do Something

YOU HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO DO SO MUCH. YOU MUST FOLLOW YOUR HEART. THERE WILL BE SO MANY PEOPLE THAT WILL TRY AND STOP YOU FROM BEING THE BEST YOU CAN BE ONLY BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE THE DESIRE AND THE DETERMINATION TO SUCCEED THAT YOU DO.  YOU MUST NEVER STOP BELIEVING IN YOUR POTENTIAL.  IT IS IN ALL OF US, YOU MUST FIND IT WITHIN YOURSELF AND KEEP STRIVING. I BELIEVE THAT WE ALL ARE  MEANT TO DO SOMETHING AND IT IS ONLY UP TO YOU TO FIND IT!  YOU CAN NOT DEPEND ON ANYBODY BUT YOURSELF.  YOU WILL HAVE PEOPLE THAT WILL SUPPORT YOU AND HELP YOU ALONG THE WAY, BUT IN THE END IT MUST COME FROM YOU AND ONLY YOU.  SO FIND, EMBRACE IT, AND SHOW WHAT YOU ARE MEANT TO BE AND DO IT!  I BELIEVE IN ALL OF YOU!

Believe That Everything Is Possible

"I'm passionately involved in life: I love its change, its color, its movement. To be alive, to be able to see, to walk, to have houses, music, paintings-it's all a miracle."
-Arthur Rubinstein

I think that it is so important that you refuse to allow yourself to have low expectations about what you are capable of doing, creating, and knowing. It is important that you understand what really lives inside you. It is like an imaginary candle flame within you that burns so brightly REGARDLESS of what goes before you. And it's this inner flame that represents the idea that you are capable of manifesting miracles in your life.

We have all had our share of experiences were we had to overcome something that was considered impossible or some type of spontaneous healing. It is through these experiences that each of us at one point or time end up going through a complete reversal of personality. It is important to understand that we must have a sense of self. A mind that is open to everything, which means being peaceful, radiating love, practicing forgiveness, being generous, respecting all life, and MOST IMPORTANTLY, visualizing yourself as capable of doing anything that you can conceive of in your MIND and HEART.

We all have this unique gift that lives inside each and every one of us. We possess so much strength and the beauty of miracles is all around us, BUT we must truly believe and know it within ourselves. It is important that you understand that what you think about expands ("As a man thinketh, so is he"). If your thoughts are filled with doubt and your mind is closed, unfortunately you will of necessity act upon those closed-minded doubts. BUT, if you should decide to have a mind that is open to everything, then you will act upon that inner energy, and you'll be the creator as well as the recipient of MIRACLES wherever you are.

In order to grow and have an open mind to EVERYTHING, you must open yourself up to the spiritual ideas of all people, and listen with an open mind to crazy schemes and ideas that at first seem to be outrageous. If someone suggests that natural herbs can lower cholesterol or that levitation is possible, IT IS OKAY TO LISTEN AND BE CURIOUS. Most of us must let go of attachments to what we have been trained to believe. Open your mind to all possibilities, because whether you believe something is possible or impossible, EITHER WAY YOU WILL BE RIGHT. That is what is so SPECIAL! It is your agreement with reality and all that is possible that determines what you'll become. If you are convinced that you will never lose those 10 pounds of weight or you will never become the person you want yourself to be, you will act upon that inner conviction that prevents you from manifesting what you would really like to do.

So have fun with an open mind and believe that anything and everything is possible. Never close yourself off to the possibilities of what this life can offer you or what you can do for this life. Understand that what you do with your life or how you want to perceive it is your choice. But I believe that if you choose to open your mind to everything in life, you will be granted the miracle of opportunities.


Dyer, Wayne. Secrets for Success& Inner Peace. p.11-13.

Look Inward

"If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself but to your own estimate of it, and this you have the power to revoke at any moment." -Marcus Aurelius

I want to share something I read in this book. It was about this doctor who was working to cure criminally insane patients in a hospital ward using a technique called ho'oponopono. His whole theory was based on, "if we want to change the world, we must first change ourselves." The doctor explained by using this technique, he recognized that the people around him were reflections of something that needed to be healed in himself.  Situations and events involving others may appear as something outside ourselves, but the truth according to his technique is that the world is as we are, and that if we want to heal it we must take complete responsibility for ourselves  and our connection to the world around us.  

I found this absolutely amazing... There was no magic or voodoo performed on these patients.  All he did was review each person's file and then turned inward, into HIS OWN HEART! He kept saying over and over again, "I'm sorry," and "I love you." And most importantly is that his theory was successful.  Some patients who had been shackled were allowed to walk unrestricted and others improved so much that they were taken off their medications.

Sadly but true, we are accustomed to seeing ourselves as separate from the world around us, in which case it is easy to blame others for problems we may encounter, neighbors being too loud, or to a war halfway across the globe.  The exciting message and POSSIBILITY  is that everything that comes into our lives, BOTH GOOD AND BAD, is a REFLECTION, a MIRROR in which to see ourselves.  I think it is important to look at all aspects of ourselves... I have explained in my last few blog entries the importance of internal and external forces that shape our overall body, mind, and soul.  I think it is very important to understand issues and feelings that may arise from situations or people around us.  It is important on how we react, how we feel, how we can change any outcome... YOU HAVE A CHOICE. 

We are surrounded by obstacles and PESSIMISM each and every day... and because of negative problems we tend to limit our expectations, protect ourselves from failure by not trying or reacting, embarrassment, and disappointment.  In our society, people have often given up too fast, stopped following dreams/goals, expected little or nothing... just to PLAY IT SAFE.  But the sad thing about PLAYING IT SAFE, is that many people end up with little or nothing.

On the BRIGHTER SIDE, the idea of OPTIMISM can fill us with elation, strength, and a sense of accomplishment.  You MUST believe in yourself and recognize the wonderful opportunities, possibilities, and joys that life holds for us. You will face obstacles in everything and anything you do, but once you LOOK INWARD within yourself (YOUR HEART)  and UNDERSTAND INWARD within yourself (STRENGTH OF YOUR HEART), you will overcome and start to grow! 

Make your DREAMS COME TRUE... LIFE is like an ECHO-we get from it what we put into it,  and often much more!

NEVER GIVE UP AND FINISH YOUR FIGHT! YOUR FIGHT TO FIND...WHERE YOU ARE? HERE! AND WHAT ARE YOU? YOU ARE THIS MOMENT!

Hawthorne, J. (2007) Be The Change. p260-262.

Ohrbach, B. (1998) You Can. p.6-7

YOU Are The Key To Your DESTINY

How Well Do You Know Yourself? And I mean really know yourself...AWARE of who you are, where you are, and where you want to go. Often times, we tend to live unconsciously, unaware of what drives us, overlooking the opportunities that surround us, and the effect of our behavior and attitude on others. So understand if you are unaware of what is really going on within you and around you...this is probably the cause of extreme strain/stress within you and in your life...derailed by powerful emotions and unknown drives.

There are some things I want you to consider...that will help you create a strong foundation, so you can naturally flow rather than struggle. AWARENESS/BEING AWARE is were it all begins. If you really pay attention to everything around you, you will see that opportunities increase your AWARENESS are present in every moment of your life, and they keep coming around...and coming around....not giving up on you...just waiting for you to realize them.

Once you really become AWARE of how you believe, think, and act...you will move into ACCEPTING the place where you are NOW. And this means accepting yourself with all your STRENGTHS and LIMITATIONS. It is here that you use the present as a place of new beginnings rather than a place of self-recrimination.

What a feeling it is to CONSCIOUSLY mold your life, EXPRESSING YOURSELF with authenticity and power in the way you work, play, interact, love, and connect with others.

As you seek forms of SELF-EXPRESSION that fit you and feel right, you will find what truly gives you PASSION. It is this PASSION that generates excitement...your commitment grows to yourself, to others, and to the greater whole...and things will begin to fall into place for you in your life.

YOU WILL FLOW AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, YOU WILL BE IN TUNE WITH YOUR DEEPEST SELF! KNOW AND ACCEPT YOURSELF WITH LOVE. :)

Always Believe

ONE OF THE GREATEST WEAKNESSES A PERSON CAN HAVE IS....NOT BELIEVING! You must ALWAYS believe that you can do anything that you set your mind to. Each person has the capacity to follow a dream or to recognize that within each of us is a place of refuge. BELIEVE that you can succeed in school, BELIEVE that you can find a good job, BELIEVE that you can overcome a break-up, BELIEVE that you can BE THE BEST! And remember a person who cannot believe in themselves cannot believe in anything else. 

Flow Freely

The Nine attributes that help create your FLOW.

1. Commitment-take a stand for your deepest values, and do everything it takes to live by them.

2. Honesty-a solid commitment to identity and breaking through layers of misconceptions, self-deceptions, emotional scars, internal conflicts, buried dreams and fears.Be honest with yourself, no matter how uncomfortable that may sometimes be.

3. Courage-overcoming our fears by stepping outside our personal comfort zone and following our intuition.

4. Passion- for life, knowledge, for a cause, for a relationship, for truth. Caring deeply about something beyond ourselves. Engaging with it at intense levels.Letting go of self protective caution to involve ourselves wholeheartedly with what we love.

5.Immediacy- living fully in the present. Settle all your attention to each interaction. Fully engaged in in whatever we are doing. State of awareness.

6. Openness- being ready and willing and available to a wide range of possibility.Embrace whatever develops and know that everything we experience has value.

7. Receptivity- ready to take your part in the unfolding of events. Listen to your inner voice, observe all that happens around you...this will lead you to move in harmony with each moment.

8. Positivity- seek out the value in every situation, at every turn, emphasize it, and work actively with it. Through each experience, learn that in the positive side lies the potential for movement.

9. Trust- In yourself, in God, in a larger plan...the bottom line is just plain trust. Trust enables us to proceed with absolute certainty into the unknown.

The Answer In Your Heart

Your HEART is an emblem of truth, conscience, and moral courage. Always remember the ANSWER is within. Don't ever stop seeking.

Natural Happiness

Are you flowing in your life? Then again, what is flow? I am sure people interpret it differently and depending on experiences and situations they may view flow differently...

Flow is the "natural, effortless unfolding of our lives in a way that moves us toward wholeness and harmony. Flow has a tremendous power to transform our lives for the better.

Flow is considered "natural" because we do nothing to cause it to exist. IT JUST IS! And what is interesting is when you are aware that it is there and you trust in it...that it emerges in all its strength and power.

Flow is also "effortless." When we learn to flow, its currents move us easily, smoothly and gently through our life.Stress becomes JOY, struggle becomes PEACE, and uncertainty becomes HAPPINESS.

Last but not least, flow is "unfolding" because it brings us into life as "IT IS MEANT TO BE LIVED," -YOUR POTENTIAL. You will find yourself having an "AHA" moment/feeling of familiarity, rightness, when you're "in the flow." 

Flow has tremendous power to transform YOU and YOUR LIFE. But remember, you must not force or push...you must be aware and allow yourself to flow. Examine who you are and what you want. Stop living by other people's expectations and begin living by your own. Open yourself to new possibilities and ways of thinking. Listen to your intuition and follow what is said.

It is then that "YOUR FLOW" will become your reality. Imagine a time when your life seemed rich and shimmering with possibility. Feeling so connected to something greater and vaster than you can imagine. That negative, pettiness, and worries of life seemed non-existent...instead something deep inside you was touched.

This is what FLOW is all about..it becomes your way of life. Feeling excited and full of wonder, but at the same time calm and at peace. Feeling creative, productive, safe, comfortable, and complete. And each moment that you experience seems perfect in and of itself.

Allow yourself to flow and experience life in a totally different way. Fill your days with meaning, purpose, and ease. YOU ARE WORTH IT! 

Life Again...

Listen To Your Body.

Listen To Your Feelings.

Trust Yourself.

Accept Yourself.

Love Yourself.

Enjoy Life AGAIN.

So I Thought...

Never lose hope. Believe in not. Never stop seeing. Never stop believing.
Stay positively charged, and make a promise to yourself to practice maintaining a positive attitude each and every day...NO MATTER WHAT.
Beautiful song...So I Thought by Flyleaf. Enjoy and Embrace.

BELIEVE

I believe that we are MAGIC, that all things are POSSIBLE, that life is PRECIOUS, that peace is REASONABLE, that laughter is SPECIAL, that blessings are DIVINE, that LOVE IS GRAND. NEVER STOP BELIEVING!

Find Your Peace

Always remember that you are unique. The moment you discover and choose to change your way of thinking is the day your life will change completely. Everyone has choices. Choices to overcome, withdrawal, sink, SUCCEED in very difficult circumstances. We all come across issues in our everyday lives. It is what it is...but you have a choice on how you deal with these issues. Everyone needs to find their own balance in life, some of us lose it, but gain it back over time. Our peace and tranquility is determined by how we deal with challenging issues. Keep moving forward and understand that things present themselves to you in life for a reason. To help you overcome, to help you become stronger, to help you find your purpose. Never lose hope and try to see the good in a difficult situation.

Value Growth

One thing we must realize and understand is that in order to be happy, you must value growth. You must see life as a giant experiment in learning, and no matter what befalls you, you must ask yourself what kind of growth is being called for.

When we value emotional and spiritual growth, life's ups and downs have meaning; instead of bemoaning our fate, we can use every opportunity to become more of who we are meant to be. For you, that might mean becoming more assertive; for me, trusting more. But for both of us, whatever hardship we're facing can become an occasion for growth.

Where are you being called on to stretch beyond your current limits? Can you see the challenge as a chance for growth?

Live In the Now

Life is a MYSTERY. We are all here for special reasons. We each have a purpose in life. You must hold yourself and your life at the highest value.  You must constantly relate to every experience and situation in your life...because each is a lesson to be learned. We live by moving and changing...gain incredible strength as time passes on. We live to express which leads to creating ourselves through each moment, experience, and relationship. Life must be understood from moment to moment. Enjoy your life because life is too short. You must live in the NOW! Live each moment as if it was your last MOMENT!