With all the hate and anger that are going on in our lives today, next door, in our city, in our state and country and the whole world, and all the pain and negative events and injustices put upon us, NOW is the time for each of us to stand our ground and have COURAGE. To speak up for our values and what we stand for and also sit down and truly listen to each other, for listening is equally important (although often overlooked) and speaking.
Families, even mine, are splintered by mental and physical pain some members inflict upon others and the same in return.
“Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes
to sit down and listen.” Winston Churchill
I pray that each of you who read this will sit down and truly listen to others and meet in the middle, come to a compromise, share love, and mend broken promises and dreams.
Have courage to make the first move towards peace in your family and the world. Give your love and give peace to others.
“We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.”
Love, Courage, Listening, Forgiving, Inspiring and Dreaming are what makes life worth living.
Thanks for visiting, peace, inspire all those you touch, John
I received this in an email this morning. Complaining, whinning, griping are so easy to do, and often it’s our first reaction to a bump in our road. Trouble is, it’s not productive and it sets up a roadblock to the things in life you want and dream about it.
Here’s what the Secret says:
From The Secret Daily Teachings
If you are complaining about things in your life, you are on the complaining frequency, and you are not in a position to attract what you want.
Get on to the frequency of good with your thoughts and words. Firstly you will feel good, and secondly you will be on the frequency of receiving more good.
May the joy be with you,
Rhonda Byrne The Secret and The Power… bringing joy to billions
Are you stressed out from work, family, problems, set backs, or just plan old everyday life?
Then take some time to regenerate your inner batteries. Meditation helps charge those batteries and can be done almost anywhere.
I wrote this meditation to help with career and work stresses. You can adapted it to any stress you have in life. Give it a try, you’ll feel better.
So here we go………..
Career Stress Meditation
Now we’re going to improve your thoughts and life in relationship to your Career.
Choose and prepare where you will meditate today. Choose a quiet spot where you won’t be disturbed. Lower the lights, maybe light a candle. If you want, turn on some quiet, soft music.
Get comfortable and relaxed, laying down or sitting down.
Take a deep breath and close your eyes.
Relax you body, your shoulders, arms, hands, fingers, legs, feet, and toes.
Breath deeply, inhaling slowly, holding it for a moment, then exhale through your open mouth as if you’re gently blowing out a candle.
Continue breathing, slowly, breathe in and out.
In and out, In and out.
Keep your mind focused on your breathing, slowly, gently, and deeply. Feel each breath going through your body. Do so for two or three minutes.
Now, feel your whole body going into a deep relaxation. Feel your neck, your shoulders, your lower back, your chest, your heart, your arms, your hands, your fingers. Shake them loose.
Take another deep breath, exhale slowly. Now your hips are relaxed, your legs, your feet and toes. Wiggle your toes.
Now, breathing slowly, visualize yourself at your work. Visualize the physical space you spend your working time in.
Notice how you feel, your muscles, your jaw, your neck and back, your mind and your heart. How do you feel being in the area you work in? Is it a desk, your home office, an assembly line, a retail store, wherever it is, visualize and feel that space.
Look around, there’s your customers, your co-workers, your boss. What do you feel like in your space? Are you happy there, stressed, angry, unhappy, unappreciated?
Is it time for change? Visualize and feel where you would be in your new environment.
Take a deep breath and exhale, relax, and breath again. Feel these negative feelings fading. Feel them flowing out of your fingers, the bottom of your feet and all the pores of your body.
Visualize a blue mist surrounding you. The mist is blue as it is the color of truth, serenity and harmony, and helps to soothe the mind. It is good for cooling, calming, reconstructing and protecting. It calms the body and mind, raising your frequency to attract the perfect people and opportunities for you.
From today on you will feel positive and relaxed about your life and career. Life is good today and you’re starting a wonderful new journey.
Stay relaxed, breath in and out.
Now, in this relaxed state, think about how you want to feel at work and career. What needs to change? In your mind visualize being relaxed and happy. Remember, you are bigger than your job. Your identity is not defined by your job. You are a unique, talented, skilled and complete person with a mission in life only you can complete.
Meditate on what you would be doing and how you will feel when you’re on the right path. Take your time, visualizing every element. Focus on how your want to feel, not every little detail. The universe will fill in the details.
Maybe it’s still at your current job and things have changed for the better? Is it somewhere new? What area, country, city or state are you in? Are you inside or outside, with others or alone, are you working with your hands or your mind? How do you feel there? Feel your happiness and satisfaction. Continue visualizing the perfect place for you and feel as if you are already there.
Continue this process until you have created the complete vision. It may take several meditations before you see it clearly. With deep thought and searching you will be able to create your vision, one that is uniquely yours.
Now, take a very deep breath and release it slowly. Feel your new energy and mental clarity.
Breath in and out. You have begun your journey. Keep this feeling alive in your heart and mind and use it daily.
Take a few more deep breaths and slowly open our eyes. Sit for a minute to adjust to the light and energy in the room.
You create your own energy regardless of the situation you are in physically. Keep your energy strong and stay on your journeys path.
Stand up, shake your body loose, now, take another step towards your new life. Life is good today.
Now go into the world and be happy and spread love and acceptance.
Our brain is the most powerful computer in the Universe.
The Words we say to ourselves consciously and subconsciously determine our lives. We must have a constant vigil of our words. Use positive, re-enforcing, motivating and passionate words to create the life you want.
When we say, “I knew I couldn’t do it”, it becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy. But, when we say, “I know I can do this”, that too is a self-fulfilling prophecy! It’s the same number of words, it takes the same amount of effort to think or say. Which would you rather use?
This is a great quote to help you remember the power of YOUR WORDs:
“Watch your thoughts; they become words.
Watch your words; they become actions.
Watch your actions, they become habits.
Watch your habits, they become character.
Watch your character; it becomes your destiny.”
-Frank Outlaw
As your mother used to tell you, “Watch your words my dear!”
Your words can make you HAPPY, or sad, it’s your choice!
(A note before we start. I am very happy for the people of Egypt and their new found freedom. Today, I am using their revolution as a metaphor for an unhappy or unfulfilled personal life. I am in no way minimizing the importance of the revolution and comparing my plight to an entire country.)
The people of Egypt have been under the control of a dictator for decades. During that time their lives have been controlled, their freedom denied, their daily options restricted and their hearts became heavy.
Much like the people of Egypt those of us who work in a corporate cubical, we too can feel controlled, living by the leaders rules, with no regard for our own personal needs and wants. Under these circumstances our hearts become heavy and we become frustrated with pent up emotions and soon, our bodies start to show signs of stress and sickness. In Egypt, a revolution released their frustration. In our lives in a cubicle this frustration leads to sickness such as the flu.
During these times we can review our situation, decide what isn’t working for us, and plan a big, sometimes major, adjustment to our lives. This is the time for inner reflection, then develop a long range life plan, gather our strength and take action. Eventually, something “breaks”, in Egypt a revolution occurs, in our lives we get sick.
The flu hit me hard. The cubicle stress finally became more than my body could fight off. While throwing up and nursing my physical pains I used the time to evaluate my diet, my exercise program (or lack of one) and my mental state of mind and compared my current life to the one I’d dreamed of. Was I doing what I’d planned, what I love and was I doing what I needed to in order to have the life and retirement a want and deserve? Apparently, I wasn’t because I was very sick. Something had to change and quickly.
I spent the week taking care of my basic needs with rest, lots of hot tea and soaking in a hot tub with lavender salts. It took a long time but it helped. As I got stronger I began simple yoga moves and poses and meditation. During meditation I relaxed, healed my body and worked on my mind.
Through meditation I evaluated my current work situation and lifestyle. I learned that I was allowing circumstances at work to make me overly stressed. In turn, the stress caused me to come home at night and neglect my exercise and doing things, like photography and writing, that I’m passionate about. In short, I was neglecting my inner spirit. I wondered if I should take the leap, like the duck in the photo and move on to better things and places.
In order to get better and be happier I used meditation and self affirmations to put my job into perspective. I learned there are parts of my job that I like and I’m really good at my job overall. I would no longer let this job define me. I wrote affirmations focusing on the good things in my work and life and read them many times a day. Soon I was able to go to work, feeling good, and knowing this job is a necessary stepping stone to my long term life goals. From that point on, work was a lot easier and I felt better. Then I was able to look deep inside and find the things I’m passionate about. I found that I am most happy when helping others get the lives they want by writing articles like this and talking to people one on one or in small groups. Also, I enjoy worldwide adventure and luxury travel and photography and being creative.
Knowing what motivates me and what I’m passionate about is a great relief, a great breakthrough for me and meant I now have something to build on and work for. While recovering I set up and exercise plan, wrote a flight plan of how I’m going to get to a nice, comfortable retirement, in a great place where I can feed my creative spirit daily and be true to yourself. From now on I’m living my plan daily and know that I will have the live I want.
The Revolution in Egypt and down time due to sickness such as the flu serve similar purposes, they are a chance to make major changes in our lives that puts us in the driver’s seat of our future. In my situation, the flu started my own revolution and freed me from past constraints. I hope you listen to your body because it’s talking to you everyday. Find out what makes you feel good and passionate. Take care of your Mind, Body and Spirit. Make a flight plan for your future and monitor your progress. Be happy and love your life. Be a positive example for others. Live long and love others.
Are you feeling lost, don’t know what to do with your life, are you at a cross-roads, is something bothering you and holding you back? Maybe it’s time to look inside for the answer.
While exploring the grounds of the Golden Door Spa at The Boulders Resort outside Phoenix, I came across this labyrinth. It is said to be a path to tranquility inspired by ancient Hopi medicine wheels. It is found in most Native American tribes. Many believe they enhance and balance and awaken our inner energy and creativity. They are a place where answers can be found.
The Shaman told me to pick a rock, and carry it as I walked through the twists and turns. Each turn, left and right, allow your brain to use the left side and right side thereby searching and opening both sides of your brain giving you a pure answer to your problem. These thoughts blended with the earth’s energy create new perspective, ideas and answers.
At first I was somewhat skeptical, but as I concentrated and walked slowly through the labyrinth I found my mind calming down and powerful thoughts and feelings arising. When I reached the center, I paused and put my rock, representing my problem, onto the pile of others problems. I released my problem, letting it go away.
After letting my problem or old beliefs go, I walk back through the turns to the beginning while feeling and thinking about the new me, minus my old problem. By the time I reached the beginning I felt a lightness and hope for the future, free of my old problem.
Mother nature and it’s energy and you allowing your mind to slow down can reveal answers you never dreamed of. If you give it an honest try, it might help you too.
