Motivation
Reminding your spirit of your own wisdom
Don’t Fight the Waves… Ride them
Life is about changes and the catalysts that lead up to those changes. One moment we are needed in one area only to find soon later another shift to present itself. We can deal with changes in two ways. We can either fight the waves or we can ride them.
If we fight the waves, we are trying to control something we essentially have no control over. We eventually have to succumb to the laws of motion and go towards the change. Fighting the waves and fluctuations in life only lead us to spiritual and mental exhaustion. Our energy can be used more efficiently for better purposes and be used to shape our own mental clarity versus destroying it.
Keep in mind that no knowledge or experience goes to waste. It only prepares us for the next journey, the next lesson. When we accept change and are willing to ride the waves, we allow the Universe to place us where we belong. We accept our own evolution to go forward.
Happiness Without Prescription
As life and lifestyles speed up, so does the growing increase of the sense of longing, wandering just what else is there for ourselves, our families. Some
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people address their thoughts and feelings as valid and some do the exact opposite, they act as if those questions don’t exist.
For those that avoid the inner questions, they tend to feel uncertainty, depression, and weighed down. Then they seem to wonder what is wrong with them. The truth is, nothing is wrong, their bodies are doing exactly what they were intended to do… alert you that something in your life needs attention.
Our bodies are amazing because they really do work together with our personal well-being. When we take care of ourselves, our bodies function as they should naturally. When we subject ourselves to negative behaviors and lifestyles, our bodies pay the price. You may not be able to always see the repercussions of negative behavior right away, but it does take its toll in the long term.
Our behaviors can trigger messages from our bodies. Ever wonder why you get sick after being stressed? Or why being around negative people leaves you feeling exhausted? This is just your body’s way of sending out a warning sign that your well-being is being subjected to something that causes imbalance.
Some people stop and listen to their body’s signals and others choose to try and prevent them without getting to the root of the problem. They try to “numb” their instincts with outside stimulants, which leads to an additional source of negative behavior.
If we take the time to hear what our mind and bodies have to say, we just may find that the answers we were looking for were right in front of us, we were just too busy looking around to see.
Taking Ownership of What You Become
We often make excuses for our behaviors as if someone else was responsible for the choices we ourselves made. Somehow perhaps we find comfort by
placing blame on others for our own ill ways, when in reality, there is no one to blame, but yourself.
You can choose to struggle in life or you can choose to live. The choice is up to you. If you think for one moment that having someone in your life will allow you to become responsible for your actions and choices in life, think again. If you want perfection, then you have to become it. If you want that “perfect” mate then you have to “perfect” yourself. You have to brush off the dirt and allow yourself the purity to know who you are, before you invite someone else in.
The beauty of life and of its lessons is that we are guided towards completion. If we feel discomfort then we are guided towards having a sense of “longing” that we would like a change. If you don’t feel good about how you are living right now then there is a reason for that. There is a reason for your own self mistreatment and that reason is not always someone else.
You are responsible for what you become. Make no excuses for what brought you there, and make no excuses for where you intend to be. If you don’t have goals, get some. Even small successes in life can turn around to feel big. Each step you take working towards goals and actually setting them down onto paper, the closer you become with yourself. Taking time to invest in something positive, instead of something negative can allow you to establish your own sense of self worth. If you don’t have a positive outlook then that is your own choice, but even that choice is not permanent.
You have the ability to change your mind. You have the ability to escape your own darkness and bring yourself into light. Despite your background, despite your feelings of emotional instability, you can change your perspectives in life, and you can become loving and considerate of your own needs, instead of wasting time trying to tune them out.
Understand that you do have a gift, but it is your responsibility to uncover that gift. It is your responsibility to fight off any obstacles that stand in your way from achieving your higher self. If you have had negative experiences in life then do something to make them positive. Use your experience to help others. Use your experience to help yourself, after all, isn’t that your responsibility?
When We Make the Right Decisions for Ourselves
It is amazing how much our own choices and free will can determine our quality of life. Everyone has a path in which they can follow; however there are many
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different forks in the road that can allow us to become sidetracked from our true destination. It is our own free will to travel these courses and our own choice to participate in whatever these paths have in store for us.
We may stray from our course from time to time, but if we are fortunate, we will recognize what feels right to us and what does not. Sometimes the line that separates the two can be difficult to determine when we are in a clouded state of mind. However, once that cloudiness clears, we are then able to feel a specific pull towards a positive decision, one not made out of will, but rather out of instinct. This is a very empowering moment of discovery because our awareness is aligned with our purpose.
When we make the right decision for ourselves, we go through stages. At first we may feel indecisiveness as we do not yet own the actions we are preparing to make. Second, we go through a grievance period, where we are being asked to let go of the old path. You come to a point where you can’t stay in the same situation, but yet you do not know how to go forward. Embrace this moment, as this is part of the universe’s way of guiding you through the transition and into your new role in life. Even though your old situation may feel comfortable, you can come to the conclusion that it no longer suits you. Then you are faced with the choice to either continue the same situation or venture out into the unknown.
You can determine a situation is no longer beneficial to you by analyzing your thoughts and feelings. Think about how your body reacts to the environment or situation you are subjected to. Think of how your well-being is impacted. Are you happy or are you sad? Do you feel free or do you feel confined? Are you able to be yourself or do feel as though you must hide? Look at all the factors and answer these questions honestly to yourself.
Perhaps the life situation suited our needs at one point in our lives and now it does not. This occurs frequently because people change and so do the situations that they involve themselves in. Once we reach this particular stage, where we feel stagnant or blocked, it is our responsibility to take control and make a change based on what we know and how we feel. Give yourself time to rest on your decisions before you take action. Some people need a month to think their decisions through and others may choose to take six months to a year. Whatever your time period may be, just pay attention to how you feel and become in touch with your mind-body connection. You will know in your heart what choice to make.
Once you have gone through your waiting period, then you are ready to take action and put a change in motion. You can start out with baby steps or you can take giant leaps of faith. Do what feels right to you and what comes natural. Remember it does take a lot of courage and strength to embark on a change, so expect to feel emotions during this time. Once you have taken action, if you have made the right decision for yourself, you should feel relieved. Even despite the onslaught and struggle, you should feel like you are released and ready to embark on your future.
How will you know if you made the right decision? After any leftover emotions have subsided, you will begin to see and experience major transformations in yourself and in your life. The universe will validate your choice and let you know that you have done the right thing by opening up doors that were once closed. This is an amazing confirmation that starts occurring almost immediately.
Trust in your instincts and pay attention to what guidance the universe provides. If there are blockages in your life, look to see why, and then wait for your answers. All will be revealed at precisely the right moment, to prepare you, to make a right decision.
Happiness Without Prescription
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As life and lifestyles speed up, so does the growing increase of the sense of longing, wandering just what else is there for ourselves, our families. Some people address their thoughts and feelings as valid and some do the exact opposite, they act as if those questions don’t exist.
For those that avoid the inner questions, they tend to feel uncertainty, depression, and weighed down. Then they seem to wonder what is wrong with them. The truth is, nothing is wrong, their bodies are doing exactly what they were intended to do… alert you that something in your life needs attention.
Our bodies are amazing because they really do work together with our personal well-being. When we take care of ourselves, our bodies function as they should naturally. When we subject ourselves to negative behaviors and lifestyles, our bodies pay the price. You may not be able to always see the repercussions of negative behavior right away, but it does take its toll in the long term.
Our behaviors can trigger messages from our bodies. Ever wonder why you get sick after being stressed? Or why being around negative people leaves you feeling exhausted? This is just your body’s way of sending out a warning sign that your well-being is being subjected to something that causes imbalance.
Some people stop and listen to their body’s signals and others choose to try and prevent them without getting to the root of the problem. They try to “numb” their instincts with outside stimulants, which leads to an additional source of negative behavior.
If we take the time to hear what our mind and bodies have to say, we just may find that the answers we were looking for were right in front of us, we were just too busy looking around to see.
Power of Change
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Life changes. Nature changes. All things go through this process of metamorphosis, where we begin as one thing and transform into another. We constantly go through cycles and levels of awareness.
Once we have settled into the arena of thinking that this is all there is, we are then challenged to turn the page and realize we are at the start of a new chapter and not at the end of the book.
Sometimes change comes to us by choice and other times it comes to us by situation. It is often a surprise guest in our homes, an unexpected invitation to become better than what we were yesterday by waking up and realizing what we are right now.
Change is not always welcomed, but however uncomfortable it may feel at the time, it is a necessary reflex of nature and the evolution of the human spirit. Sometimes change feels great and sometimes it hurts. Whatever our reaction, it is a mandatory transition that we must encounter to evolve and move forward.
To be that of the wise, we must recognize that doors open and doors close and they revolve quickly when needed to do so. Our challenge is to recognize when change approaches us. When we make the right choices and decisions along our path in life, beautiful things can begin to happen even in the midst of the turmoil and upheaval that changes may bring.
Take hold of change with an open mind. Go where you feel guided and listen to your instincts in the process. Allow the transformation to unfold however it should and then embrace the opportunities that become presented to you. Even what can feel like an emotionally challenging event could just turn out to be a well-guided blessing, we just don’t know it yet.