| 3/9/09 | Immortal Beloved
"there comes a point in your life when you realize:
who matters
who never did
who won't anymore
and who always will.
so don't worry about people from your past ~
there's a reason they didn't make it to your future."
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3/6/09 | | |  |
I look into the window of my mind
Reflections of the fears I know I've left behind
I step out of the ordinary
I can feel my soul ascending
I am on my way
Can't stop me now
And you can do the same
What have you done today to make you feel proud?
It's never too late to try
What have you done today to make you feel proud?
You could be so many people
If you make that break for freedom
What have you done today to make you feel proud?
Still so many answers I don't know
Realise that to question is how we grow
So I step out of the ordinary
I can feel my soul ascending
I am on my way
Can't stop me now
And you can do the same
What have you done today to make you feel proud?
It's never too late to try
What have you done today to make you feel proud?
You could be so many people
If you make that break for freedom
What have you done today to make you feel proud?
We need a change
Do it today
I can feel my spirit rising
We need a change
So do it today
'Cause I can see a clear horizon
What have you done today to make you feel proud?
So what have you done today to make you feel proud?
'Cause you could be so many people
If you make that break for freedom
So what have you done today to make you feel proud?
What have you done today to make you feel proud?
What have you done today
You could be so many people?
Just make that break for freedom
So what have you done today to make you feel proud?
H. Small
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3/4/09 | You are the smartest person in the world in your own special way. You see life from a perspective that is all your own.
There is great value in all you know, in the things that interest you, and in the experiences you've accumulated. Think of all the ways you can put that unique and irreplaceable value to good use.
See each challenge as an opportunity to be creative. Look for what you can do to contribute something positive.
Though there are many forces beyond your control, there is always much that you can do. And life at its best is about making a difference.
Conditions change from day to day and year to year, yet there is something you'll always have. You can look at life from your own unique vantage point, decide what must be done, and take effective action.
In this way you can transform it all into treasures that you'll hold dear. Be you, and be a light that shines brightly. |
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 | God only makes perfect people, we all have great value for sure. Some go through life with blinders on and never know their true value, then others see all what life can be and make life a joy for themselves and others. Artists can make "magic" happen and express so much for us all to enjoy. Your art is extraordinary! | -- Gladys Brandwood (England), 3/5/09
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| Thanks, Randy...I needed that big today | -- Me, 3/4/09
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1/3/09 | I have had a very powerful mentor who does his magic usually without ever knowing it. Usually just words from his daily life power me to act, to show up, to try one more day. This is a recent post from his blog. I found it very powerful as I do most of his posts. Isn't it amazing when people are mentoring you and not even knowing it on a given day? I call him "Inspiration Man" for a reason. Here's one of them.....
You can either be desperate or you can be powerful. How would you prefer to be?
You can ignore your responsibilities and continue to let yourself fall more and more behind, until you have no choice but to desperately take action. Or, you can push yourself a little bit more each day, grabbing every opportunity to make progress, and put yourself firmly in control of your own circumstances.
Use time as it comes, to be productive and creative and effective. The more wisely you use your time, the more control you'll have over all the aspects of your life.
Get in the habit of doing what is best instead of merely what is easiest. In fact, seek out the difficult challenges and deal with them on your own terms rather than waiting until they find you.
If you wish, you can come up with plenty of excuses for not taking action. But those excuses will add nothing of value to your life.
Instead, go ahead and do what must be done, then take the initiative and do even more. Live life on the highest level by working your way upward each chance you get.
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1/3/09 |
Dear God, Spirit, Divine,
On this day I ask You to grant this request ~
May I know who I am and what I am, every moment of every day
May I be a catalyst for light and love
and bring inspiration to those whose eyes I meet
May I have the strength to stand tall in the face of conflict
And the courage to speak my voice, even when I’m scared
May I have the humility to follow my heart,
and the passion to live my Soul’s desire
May I seek to know the highest truth
and dismiss the gravitational pull of my lower self
May I embrace and love the totality of myself ~
my darkness as well as my light
May I be brave enough to hear my heart ~
to let it soften so that I may gracefully choose faith over fear
Today is my day to surrender anything that stands between
the sacredness of my humanity and my divinity
May I be drenched in my Holiness
and engulfed by Your love
May all else melt away
And so it is
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1/3/09 | | My dream is that you are free from the bondage of your wounded ego's needs, fears, doubts and greed in 2009 and that you wake up every day and see the goodness in yourself and in others. My dream is that today you accept the past for what it is -- the past -- and you open up to a whole new future unlike anything you've seen before. My dream is that this year you will love like you've never loved before, that you love your brothers, sisters, mothers, fathers, children, neighbors, and even enemies in ways that you didn't think were possible. And that you devote yourself to living in peace and prosperity by telling yourself and others the G-d's honest truth. And, of course, my greater dream is that all nations lay down their arms, deal with their shadows, and resolve their conflicts |
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8/8/08 | | |  |
It's so easy to give our artistic power away to oblige our partners or console our families. But if the choices we make rob us of too much of our private time, if they deprive us of our joy or our inner peace or prevent us from expressing our creative gifts, then ultimately they are violations we are perpetrating against our own souls. These violations do not affect just us in negative ways, they affect all those around us. When we don't take care of ourselves because we are trying to make others happy, we build up resentment toward the very people we are trying to please.
The Right Question "Am I standing in my power or am I trying to please another?" allows us to stand in our power and to be clear about our priorities. If I choose to ignore myself when I am in desperate need of my own attention, I will resent those I have deemed more important than me. Even though I might spend the day trying to be happy and pleasant, underneath I will feel angry because I have made a choice that depleted me. This underlying resentment will inevitably come out no matter how hard I try to deny what I feel.
We set ourselves up to lose every time we give away our power and minimize the importance of our own needs. Many people I work with truly believe that they don't matter. They think it's okay to abandon themselves as long as they are making someone else happy. They tell themselves that they are strong enough to withstand the neglect as long as it's in the name of making someone else happy. Or they tell themselves that it's their job to be the sacrificial lamb. This is often what we were taught when we were young, and it sets us up to violate ourselves and play the part of the martyr. Each time we ignore our own needs to please another, we disconnect from our own ability to love and nurture ourselves. Please remember that pleasing another is not the same as caring for another. The important thing to realize is that we can't really care for another if we do not first care for ourselves. By consulting ourselves to see whether the choices we make come from a place of standing in our power or one of needing to please another, we are forced to confront the subtle and not so subtle ways in which we violate ourselves.
This Right Question will support you in reclaiming your power in every aspect of your life. You may feel that you have your power in some areas of your life, but certain people and situations are bound to come along that will temporarily blindside you. It is precisely at those moments that I invite you to remember to breathe deeply, check in with yourself, and ask yourself this important question: Am I standing in my power or am I trying to please another? From my teacher, Debbie Ford.
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| yes I went to the same conclusion, about taking care of myself, thank you then if you give me the opportunity to advertise my work, we have parallels road. | -- Ruellecyrilart.Com, 12/8/08
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8/7/08 | Water overcomes the stone;
Without substance it requires no opening;
This is the benefit of taking no action.
Yet benefit without action,
And experience without abstraction,
Are practiced by very few. |
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It doesn't matter who we are -- how rich, famous, talented, or educated. At some point each of us will face the choice of claiming our power or giving it away by trying to please someone else.
Pleasing others is a habit that some of us developed when we were young. We learned that if we did something special -- if we were cute, danced, used good manners, or received good grades in school -- we would gain the affection and the approval we desired. Some of us learned that we had to forsake our own needs to fit in with our families. We kept our opinions to ourselves. We stayed silent, even when we longed to share our views. We followed along with the crowd rather than making waves. For most of us, this pattern of behavior began in our interactions with our parents. Now this habit is embedded deep in our psyches. We've learned to give away our power for the approval of others. We deny ourselves the gift of our voice, our opinions, and our authentic expression. Obligations, "shoulds", and guilt become the dictators of our actions. From my friend, Debbie Ford. |
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8/5/08 | We must live with hope, yet we cannot live by hope. It is fine to hope for the best. Yet, that is not enough. We cannot just hope, we must take action.
It is sad how many things are tolerated in the hope that they will improve. Hoping for the best won't do anything. Working and taking action, with hope in your heart, will bring about results. That's a powerful combination. Hope works in your favor only as long as it is accompanied by action and commitment.
Hope cannot replace action. Do what needs to be done, hope or no hope. Hope for the best, and do everything in your power to make it happen. To me this is hope. Things will get better -- when you make them better.
Start each day with hope and maybe some coffee, then get busy working. Let your hope inspire you, rather than console you. Hope for the best, and then do whatever it takes.
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