Quote of the day ... Nov. 9, 2012

“The secret of life…is to fall seven times 

and to get up eight times.”

~Paulo Coelho

I believe wholeheartedly that with every fall there is a reason to get back up.  A reason to start fighting again. Even when you feel defeated it is important to continue to get up.  As with everything in life, it is often questioned "Why is this happening to me?" when the question should be "What is the lesson is this?"  It is not the why, but the what. What is the lesson? What do I see? What can I do differently this time? What will I be able to take from this situation and take to the next?

Life is a never-ending path connector.  One path leads you another, then another, then another, etc. Sometimes you end up going back down the same path, sometimes you end up at a fork in the road and both of these situations pose questions that you need to answer for yourself.  No one can tell you the answers to your life path, only you. Some people can help guide you, but the answer already lies within you, you just have to pick yourself back up, and trend forward.  That last fall is always the worst, but getting back up, is always worth the pain.

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Quote of the day ... Oct. 26, 2012

"If you scratch some saints you will find the devil."

~Austin O'Malley

We all  have a good side and a bad side.  There's no point in trying to hide that fact.  What is important is which side we CHOOSE to have on prominent display for all to see.  The choices you made in the past do not necessarily have to mean you are still that person today.  And there's not point in regretting those choices either.  There is a lesson in every choice you make.  Your past, whether good or bad, has made you who you are today and the choices you make today will determine who you evolve into tomorrow.

There should be no shame in having made poor choices in your life.  Every person has made at least ONE poor choice at some point during their life and the person who tells you otherwise is probably the biggest offender who just doesn't want to admit it.  But when it comes right down to  it, if you have a bad side that you wish to keep at bay, don't hide it, don't run from it, face it head on and start to make the choices you know you should be making so that you are almost always putting your best foot forward.  Yes, I said almost because let's face it, what fun would life be if we are ALWAYS being good???? 

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Quote of the day ... Oct. 19, 2012

"Service to others is the rent you pay 

for your room here on earth."

~Mohammed Ali

How often do you help others? Do you help when you are asked? Do you offer help when you know someone is in need? You may not even realize it, but your every day actions may be helping another person.  I recently was told by someone that I was a mentor to them and I have met this person maybe twice, simply by my posts on social networks.  I was shocked, honored and a bit proud of myself as well.  Proud?, you may be asking ... yes, proud.  Proud because by me, just being me, I have, even if it was in the smallest form, help someone else become motivated about their own life.  Someone who is almost a stranger.  Think about that.  How many people are you really helping just by being ... YOU?  No matter how big that number, the point is you are being of service to others, whether it be mentally, physically, emotionally, near or far, you are helping people.  That is <insert whichever higher power you believe you in here>'s  plan.  To be of a greater good is to be of service to those around you as well as yourself. 

Even a smile can be the highlight of someones day, the uplift they needed, even if you don't get one in return.  Holding the door for the mother with the stroller so she doesn't have to struggle or helping that little old man who is having trouble getting his hands to work the way they use to.  It takes a very minimal amount of time to help another, and even if it takes longer then you anticipated or expected, remember that everything happens for a reason and the delay was to prevent you from choosing another path to go down at that particular moment.  Being of service to others brings us back to a point in time when things didn't move so quickly.  When life had meaning and people valued others. The more you help others, the better YOUR world will be.  Being the change you wish to see does not have to be on a global scale, it simply has to begin ... and end ... with you.  

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Quote of the day ... Oct. 17, 2012

"Are you really sure that a floor can't also be a ceiling?" 

~M.C. Escher

I firmly believe that life is what you make of it and the situations that you stumble upon onyour path.  There comes a point in life, at I'm not entirely sure it can be pinpointed, when you realize that all you need is a few really, really, amazing and fabulous friends in your life.  It is almost always at that point when you also stop drawing over-dramatic people and situations into your life, or at least you want to stop. 

I hear people complain all the time about how life is hard, things are never easy for them, they wish they could just get a break. If you are one of those people, then I'm glad you are reading this.  Here's a little secret ... it doesn't have to be that way.  The laws of attraction are at work for you, you get what you put out to the universe.  Negative thoughts are your enemy, by negative I don't mean thoughts where you are constantly thinking someone needs to die, I mean that in which you have a negative basis to your thought.  For example, you start feeling a bit run down and your first thought it is "Oh great, I better not be getting sick!" You don't even realize it but you have just put a negative spin on your thought.  Your thoughts should immediately go towards what you want ... in a positive way.   By saying "I better not be getting sick" you are actually sending out to the universe "I want to be sick".  Still with me?  Good.  Try this instead: "I want to be healthy. I have this party to go to this weekend and I want to be able to make it."  Now, go drink your 4 gallons of orange juice, take your Airborne tablets, get as much rest as you want ... just the same as you would have with your first thought, and chances are, if you believe that you want to be healthy and  you aren't just saying it, you will not end up with that 3 month long cold that you get every winter.  

The point is, you have to put your thoughts on positive.  All of them.  When you start to have a thought, consciously stop and think about what you are saying or thinking, then find a way to put it in a positive manner.  Then WORK for it.  Nothing is ever just handed to us, we all have to work for what we want, it's just a matter of how many road blocks you are setting up for yourself by your own thoughts.

The concept of the laws of attraction is not a difficult one to understand, it is, however, not always easy to put into practice unless you are making a conscious effort at it.  You can free yourself from the gates you are gnawing at ... give it a try.  Get a life coach, talk to the experts on the laws of attraction, do yoga, start meditating ... anything to put yourself in a better frame of mind about what life can offer you.  You won't be sorry. I can guarantee that. 

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Quote of the day ... Oct. 12, 2012

"Anyone who takes himself too seriously always runs the risk of looking ridiculous; 

anyone who can consistently laugh

at himself does not."

~Vaclav Havel

How much fun do you have in life?  Do you take everything too seriously? Do you live like it's your last day?  

I can remember a time, not too long ago, where I was always more concerned about what is going to happen next, rather then what is happening NOW.  Through much support and sharing, I learned to live in the moment, to let my free spirit soar in the moment of the here and now.  I no longer worry about what tomorrow will bring, because, well, quite honestly, tomorrow may never come.

I have always tried to never take anything or anyone for granted.  It is so easy to get caught up in every day life that we tend to forget to tell those whom we love just how much they mean to us.  We get caught up in the trivial things that occur on a daily basis. We forget to "stop and smell the roses."

What if ... becomes a norm in our thinking. 

If only ... becomes the excuse of why we have become complacent.

Has your vocabulary been filled with "what if" and "if only" lately?  It's never to late to find new words and replace the current ones. 

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Quote of the day ... Oct. 11, 2012

"Choices are the hinges of destiny."

~Pythagoras

You have choices. Every day, many a choice are placed in front of you to decide upon. Even when you choose to not make a choice, you are, in fact, making a decision.  The choices you make ultimately affect the overall outcome of your life. They lead you down one to path, then another, and another, until, eventually, you end up at that pivotal fork in the road that most people dread.

It is here, at this fork in the road, where you have either learned from the lesson that had been presented to you and you turn left where a new lesson will be presented to you, or you turn right, again, only to be faced with the same trials and tribulations of an unlearned lesson.  

The choices you make are what make you who you are. They are what others look at to make the judgement on you.  Your choices build your character, even if you don't intend on it.  Be the person you want others to know you as and the choices you make will always reflect the best of you. 

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Quote of the day ... Oct 5, 2012

"Nothing is a waste of time if you use the experience wisely."  

~Auguste Rodin

Every chance you take on life provides you with a lesson, one you can either choose to learn from or ignore.  Ignoring the lesson put in front of you leads you blindly down the next path, which will only lead you back to the same fork in the road.  Taking the time to really see the lesson and what it's value is on your life will take you to the next path you are to be headed down.  

How do you handle your lessons? Do you embrace them and learn from them or do you ignore them and continue down the path to come back full circle only to wonder why you keep having the same thing happen over and over again?  The change you wish to see begins with you and only you.  No one else is responsible for your choices.  

Embrace your lessons.  Walk blindly no more. 

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