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Give Me The Courage To Create The Energy I Need To Thrive

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Today as I walked on the treadmill a vision as clear as day popped into my head. I saw myself floating on an inner tube in the ocean. The water was choppy and dark and it took all the energy and courage I had just to stay afloat. I didn’t see any way out but at the same time I would not give-in to my demise. Somewhere deep inside I held onto hope, the hope that I would survive this ordeal. At some point I saw a well lit boat in the distance. I prayed for strength to move towards the boat and it seemed like eternity before I reached the boat. Once there I saw a rope being tossed down to me and all of a sudden I felt exhausted. I told myself that I had used up all my energy just to get there, but I knew that I was absolutely afraid of what was on the boat’s deck, the unknown. You see I was familiar with my struggle just to survive in the ocean, but now I’m presented with something new and unfamiliar. I looked back at the ocean which was dark, deep and vast and my heart shuttered. I then looked up at the boat and my curiosity grew. I reached within and mustered up courage to energize my body to climb the rope and once I reached the deck I knew instantly I was where I was supposed to be.

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IT’S EASIER SAID THAN DONE

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I’m currently going through some major changes in my life and even though I understand that change is constant, and to not change and grow is to die mentally, spiritually and eventually physically. Even with this knowledge I still feel a slight bit of discomfort in letting go of the known and embracing the unknown. So I find myself becoming patient with myself. To rush myself into accepting change is no different than resisting the inevitable, they both create tension. So I give myself permission to move at my own pace knowing that everything is already alright.

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KNOW WHEN TO WALK AWAY

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There comes a time when there’s no need to explain, no need to complain, and no need to let yourself be the object of another’s hatred and blame. It may be a simple disagreement or a major philosophical difference on how you view the world. Please understand that the energy it takes to defend your position could be used on something more Creative and Magnificent. Listen to your body, recognize tension and recognize unrest. This is not your natural state! So simply walk away knowing that the path you have chosen is filled with Grace.

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Don’t Wait To Do You!

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I just read a tweet by Russell Simmons that said “Don’t Wait To Do You”. I understand this so well because each and every day I consciously release the negative self-talk that says “stop wasting your time … this will never work” and I deliberately write my words, speak my truth, paint my pictures and sing my songs. And I will do this as long as it takes to quiet/SHUTDOWN my EGO and freely be Me!

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Living Is The Journey And The Journey Is The Destination

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Perfection on this Life Journey doesn’t exist but the pursuit of perfection is always obtainable.

As long as we continue to live, we are on a Life Journey. This Journey will present many opportunities disguised as challenges along the way. How we maneuver through these opportunities will determine the type of life we live. Many of us focus on what is wrong with life instead of the fact that we have been given Life. We focus on the lack and limitations, instead of the abundance life provide us on a daily basis (air, sunlight, rain).

When we start to realize that Living is the Journey and that the Journey is the Destination, we will welcome every challenge because it’s an opportunity to move closer to our Perfect Self.

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Honor Your Feelings

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Just the other day I had a long and painful conversation with someone. They keep beating themselves up for not having provided, what they thought was, a better life for their children. They talked about wanting to crawl into a hole and just disappear for a while, I guess somehow thinking things would be better when they reappeared. After listening to them beat them self up, complain and blame others and cry incessantly, I interjected a few words of encouragement.

I briefly mentioned that everything they were experiencing they created, but I knew this was too much for them to digest right then and there. So I told them to honor what they were feeling at that precise moment.

When you’re in the midst of a crisis the last thing you should do is ignore what is going on within you. Whatever you are feeling is real and to deny those feelings is to deny yourself.

Denying what’s going on doesn’t make it go away. To the contrary, it festers and grows eventually showing up as a major life crisis. My advice is to give yourself permission to feel everything to the fullest, all of the sadness, pain, blame and whatever else you’re holding on to. Give yourself permission, but also give yourself a time limit on how long you will exist in this state. Once that time has expired, Move On with your life!

I remember my mom trying to wean my brother from sucking a bottle. Brilliantly she gave him control by allowing him to throw away the bottle once he was done. He watched the garbage truck empty our trash can and drive away with his bottle. Later when he started to cry for his bottle my mom reminded him that the garbage truck carried it away and he would stop crying.

Just like my younger brother, once you’re finished with those feelings put them in the trash can and let the truck carry them away never to be manifested in your life again.

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Take Off The Blankets

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In life we don’t want to be seen as incompetent, weak, or unsuccessful. So when something arises that we deem unacceptable to others we cover it up (with a blanket) so nobody can see it.

As more unacceptable things happen, the more blankets we cover ourselves with. Eventually we are covered in so many blankets that we become over-weighted, over-heated and disoriented.

The only solution is to remove the blankets and expose your True Self. You will feel lighter, cooler and see things so much clearer.

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Stay In Your Own Lane!

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Just the other day I was having a conversation with someone who was trying to live-up to the expectations of others. They were struggling with:
1. Trying to figure out what the other people expected of them,
2. And how to execute the expectations so that these other people could be happy with them.

I also had this same conversation with someone a few months ago where they were trying to comply with a list of requests placed upon them by another person, but somehow kept falling short on completing this list to the satisfaction of that other person.

I submit to both of these people that you will NEVER EVER be able to satisfactorily live-up to the life expectations of others. Reason being is that their expectations have nothing to do with you and vice versa. The list is subjective and will continue to be vague because it has nothing to do with you!

I like using the analogy of two traveling cars, destination at the discretion of the driver (YOU). How you drive your car is your own business! You may like going fast while I like traveling a bit slower; you blast your pop music while I vibe to reggae; your car maybe spotless while mine haven’t been washed in months. No matter how much you want to change how I operate my car, you can’t because it’s not your car. The bottom line is, Stay In Your Own Lane!

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Honor Your Truth (Part II)

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I felt the need to expand on this earlier post because it’s really important to live an Authentic Life, in other words to be REAL!

What you THINK is your Right path to travel comes straight from the Head. The head holds all of the information you’ve received, over-time, from your environment, parents, friends, teachers, encounters, and so on. Your mind holds all of this information in its database and when something new or different enters your life, you search your database to generate:
 how should I feel
 what should I do, or not do
 when should I do it, or not do it

What you FEEL is your Right path to travel comes straight from the Heart. The Heart is the portal to where God resides. When you tap into this space and place nothing seems to follow the logic we are accustom to, but at the same time there’s a serene lightness that exist in the body temple that words can’t explain. Everyone has experienced a time (if only briefly) where you just felt good but didn’t know why (with no major changes in your life). That’s the feeling I’m talking about.

You don’t need a preexisting database to live your Truth. You just have to be willing to get out of your Head and into your Heart.

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What’s in your cup you get to keep and the over-flow is for the cups of others

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I remember going through the mental process to stop seeing my cup as half-empty, but instead to see it as half-full. This process took a lot of self-talk and mental discipline. However, with a half-full cup I didn’t feel totally full. How can I with a half-full cup? So I decided to start seeing my cup as over-flowing. Over-flowing with good health, wonderful wealth, love, gratitude and so much more. What I discovered with this over-flowing cup is that not only was I full but I was able to allow the over-flow to fall into the cups of others. Let your cup Runneth Over!

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