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.

Feel The Pain

Are you on your journey of life? The journey of discovering what is within you. The journey of knowing that you CAN DO IT. The journey of being YOU.

Work hard and DO NOT settle for anything less. FEEL THE BURN! FEEL THAT PAIN. It is supposed to hurt, if it doesn't hurt PUSH HARDER. If it hurts, EMBRACE IT. Feel that pain every time you deal with obstacles and challenges...it is not your enemy, it is your best friend. Most people can not handle this pain and will stop...TRULY ONLY THE STRONGEST AND TOUGHEST WILL GO THE DISTANCE AND WILL GET TO THE FINISH LINE. DO NOT follow the weak, set your OWN PATH...BE YOUR LEADER! Know that what you are doing is helping you get closer to your destination.

Be UNBREAKABLE...discover your mental toughness. We all have it and once you know it...NOTHING will stop you, I MEAN NOTHING...will take you out of your game of life. Imagine the strength that pushes you through any obstacle or challenge regardless of how hard the task may be. You have it (we all have it)...feel it, believe in it, practice it, and be the powerful person that you are in MIND AND BODY. You truly have the strength and the willpower to FINISH YOUR FIGHT! Be an explorer and discover everything that is within you and around you. Take steps forward each every day and BE SO EXCITED to experience your journey. IT IS ALL UP TO YOU. YOU HOLD THE KEY!

Do It Today...

"Every worthwhile accomplishment has a price tag attached to it. The question is always whether you are willing to pay the price to attain it- in hard work, sacrifice, patience, faith, and endurance."-John C. Maxwell

Do the right thing;
Do it today;
Do it with no hope of return or promise of reward;
Do it with a smile and a cheerful attitude;
Do it day after day after day;
Do it, and someday,
There will come a day
That will be a payday
For all the yesterdays
You spent focused on the current day-
That will not only give value to today,
But will make each future day
Outshine each yesterday.
And what more could you ask of a day?

Maxwell, J. Success And One Day At A Time. Pgs. 65, 71.

Make Use Of Whatever Happens...

"There is only one group of people that don't have problems and they're all dead. Problems are a sign of life. So the more problems you have the more alive you are." -Norman Vincent Peale

As the late great minister points out, problems are endemic to the human condition. No one escapes. The trick is to use whatever problem, difficulty, or hardship you are facing as a vehicle for spiritual and emotional growth. It isn't always easy, and it isn't always possible to do in the moment, but there are always hidden blessings in difficult situations, and when we discover them, we REDEEM OUR SUFFERING. We make meaning out of tragedy and grow more loving, compassionate, patient, and kind as a consequence.

The people I admire the most all say that they are grateful for the hard things they faced because of these opportunities for growth: a heart attack that reconnected them to their feelings, cancer that forced them to slow down, financial difficulties that taught them resilience.

Think about the most challenging thing you are facing right now. How is it an opportunity for you to grow your soul?

Ryan, M.J. Instant Health and Happiness. Pg. 306.

Ride The Wild Tiger...

Life is like a wild tiger. You can either lie down and let it...Lay its paw on your head-
OR SIT ON ITS BACK AND RIDE IT.

The Way Of Yin-Yang

A balance and union. All things are in balance. To take on the idea to not resist nor embrace either side, but to accept both in perfect balance. Understand that one can not exist without the other. Peace and Chaos. Pain and Joy. Light and Dark.

Present Tense

Wonderful song by Pearl Jam- Present Tense. Enjoy and Embrace.

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

No Matter What

I would like to share these deep and powerful thoughts to you, which were given to me...

Love, life, the pursuit of happiness. The shredding of my soul blossoms a new beginning. Utter loneliness swarms me, entraps me. The lost intimacy of a companion. Stepping back from a great friend. I search daily for strength to pull me out of the deep, damp hole. I sit and hear darkness. I see silence encamped around me. My heart drops, and each pounding beat weakens. My thoughts are moving through my head like an undying twister. Confusion is the misty rain, sprinkling down on my body. The journey begins...

Deep within lies the one person that can free my imprisoned emotions. But how will I ever redeem the truth that makes me who I am without hurting who I am? Why me? Why have I been chosen to live the mysterious way that I do? Punishment is my forsaken reward in which I thrive off of. Someone has to be me, so why not me. A gentle love waiting to spring out to the surface. Barriers and walls built daily to protect my fears. Barriers that make me who I am. Someone special took pieces of that wall down with every heart-filled word. With every gesture of love and care. The walls were still there but became transparent. But still exists because of my fear...a society that grows with blinders on to the world. A society that looks without compassion to see only what it wants to see instead of looking within. 

A bird can walk in peace, but fly with fear. The right way is not always the best way. We are all born a certain way. We are given gifts which we sometimes don't like, but learn to appreciate. I have sat and pondered time and time again in my lonely hours. I have concluded that self-respect and self-love are a dominating structure in well being. Letting the barriers down allows me to breathe. Communication is by far the most important thing. Openness and honesty relieves me of my burdens. I believe that when you find happiness and joy, you should never let it go. You should never let that one thing or that person who brings it to you go. No matter how things turn out, the HEART, the MIND nor the SOUL ever let go of that joy. That moment, experience, and understanding will NEVER be forgotten and forever it has changed me to BE WHO I AM TODAY.

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. :)

Shine Your Light

The adventure of life is to learn. The purpose of life is to grow. The nature of life is to change. The challenge of life is to overcome. The essence of life is to care. The opportunity of life is to serve. The secret of life is to dare. The beauty of life is to give. The joy of life is to love. Be all the things that you CAN BE. Find YOUR LIGHT  and let it SHINE BRIGHT for everyone to see.

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.