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2010-03-10T06:53:00.000-08:00

"CHANGE? PAY IT FORWARD"

2009-07-11T07:27:00.001-07:00

i cry for the world is not in a happy face.. make a better place for ourselves. start it with you and pay it forward. we need you for us to be empowered for the total change of our world. "Heal the world.It starts with you and me." God bless you!

☺LiFE is full of benidictions☺

2009-05-15T06:13:00.000-07:00

10 Tips for Creating a Life and Living Your Dream

1. Stop doing things just because others expect them of you.

Your heart must be in it to finish the race. When we do things just because we 'should,' we eventually reach a place of resentment, anger, and rebellion.

2. Get your priorities straight.

Spend your time, talents, and resources with the people, activities, or things that are meaningful to you. Stop wasting these on people or things that are not adding value to your life or that keep you from moving forward towards what you want to be or do.

3. March to the beat of your own band.

The most satisfying experiences in our lives are when we are engaged physically, emotionally, spiritually, mentally, or intellectually. Life is meant to be effortless. If you're tugging and pulling, and everything feels like an uphill battle, then you're doing the wrong thing.

4. Do what you're good at and the money will follow.

Whether you're a brain surgeon or a dogwalker, be the best you can be at it because you love it. Your enthusiasm and love for what you do is what will make you successful in the long run. Enthusiastic and positive people attract others to them who want that too.

5. Share your dream with others, but be discerning.

Realize that not everyone you share your dream with will be thrilled for you. Avoid the nay-sayers and focus on those people who can support you even if they don't agree with you.

6. Stop making excuses and just do it.

The reason (excuses) for why you have not taken that first step does not matter. What matters is that you take that first step NOW.

7. Determine what your ideal life looks like.

Most people's initial response to this is 'I don't know.' If you did know, what would your ideal life be like? Who would you want to live with, who would you like to meet, where would you like to live, what activities/shows/parties/places would you like to experience or be with?

8. Identify the stumbling blocks that can be turned into stepping stones.

Your past experiences and adversity can create opportunity for you. It's all in how you look at life and how you choose to use those experiences so that you eliminate the blocks and move on in spite of them. Victory is yours!

9. Reduce your learning curve.

Learn from the experiences and mistakes of others. Instead of reinventing the wheel, take what you can apply from the trials and challenges others have overcome then tweak the process to fit your own situation.

10. Align yourself with a role model/mentor.

Having someone who's 'been there and done that' is one of the best ways to get yourself on track with what you want to accomplish or be. A mentor will be supportive, offer the benefit of his/her expertise and knowledge, and will listen to you when you need the support the most.

Ask the Questions That Will Help You Find Yourself

2009-04-23T06:47:00.000-07:00

There is an assumption by some, that people who get on the wrong life path got there by mistake, wrong thinking or planning. They might have an unconscious or conscious fear of living the life of their dreams. Those are only some of the reasons. Anyone can wake up to find themselves on a path they never intended on walking even if they met all their life goals in the process.

Losing your way can occur for all the right reasons. We can take the wrong path out of love, a sense of duty, a sense of responsibility or as the result of illness, accident, and even tragedy.

When you wake up and find yourself on a path that isn't what you wanted in life it can be a horrible feeling. You can feel trapped, imprisoned, isolated, depressed and frustrated. You can feel like you have wasted your valuable time and feel angry at those around you. Well, take a deep breath and relax. Getting back on track is as easy as taking the first step in the right direction.

What is that first step? It is the same if you are a homeless person or stuck in someone else's or your own mansion. The first step to live your life and make your own dreams come true is to ask yourself some very important questions.

When you ask yourself these questions give yourself plenty of time to answer. Go somewhere quiet. If you can not get away do your best to tune everything else out and allow yourself to hear your own voice. Stillness is the key.

These questions can be answered with a single sentence or pages and pages each. The important thing is you get it out and on paper. Even an ill thought out plan is better than no plan at all. These questions are not your plan. These questions are the foundation for your plan so your honesty and knowledge of yourself play into this. The more you know yourself the easier your journey. You may want to review these questions and think about them for a long time before you write a single word. In any case these questions are the first step.

These are the questions asked by the best in the field of life coaching and will help you get yourself back on track. Allow yourself to think big. Write it out, look at it and then increase your dreams in writing, ask more of yourself. If you start low you will end low so think big! Go for it!

Welcome to your dreams!

1.) What will you get if you achieve your goal of__________________? Is it money or fame or peace or a new career or housing? What do you want? It can be more than one thing. Write down everything if you feel inspired to do so.

2.) How would your life be different than today if you achieved this goal?

3.) What is standing in the way of your ability to achieve your goal?

4.) What are the solutions to those obstacles? Who can help you? Where could you find help?

5.) What are the three most difficult things you are willing to do to achieve your goal?

Now, go back and look at your answers. How are your actions in line with your answers? How are they different? Are you willing to make adjustments?

What is going on in your thoughts about what you have written? Is there a lack of commitment to your goals? Are you coming up with reasons why you can't do this or that? This is the challenge.

Change those negative thoughts and obstacles into things you are willing to work around, overcome or drop. Reorganize those values and do something you know you need to do to live the life of your choosing. Do it today. It can be as small as writing the answers to the questions. Commit to doing the things that will lead you to the life path you desire. If it is a class takes a class, if it is filling out an application do that, if it is doing something creative, do that. If it is reading a book on the topic do that. Join a group with similar interests; build a network that will lead you to your dreams.

As you can see getting back to who you want to be is as easy as taking your freedom where you have it and building on that little by little or even all at once. Watch your choices. Hold yourself accountable. Are the choices you make leading you a step closer to your goals or are they leading you away from them. Keep these notes with you and make sure you read them daily. When making any decision ask yourself are you sacrificing what you really want for what you want now? If so, rethink your decision. If you get off track, and you will...use these questions to help yourself get back to you.

You Can Be Whatever You Want To Be!

2009-04-22T06:55:00.000-07:00

There is inside you

All of the potential

To be whatever you want to be;

All of the energy

To do whatever you want to do.

Imagine yourself as you would like to be,

Doing what you want to do,

And each day,

take one stepTowards your dream.

And though at times it may seem too difficult to continue,

Hold on to your dream.

One morning you will awake to find

That you are the person you dreamed of,

Doing what you wanted to do,

Simply because you had the courage

To believe in your potential

And to hold on to your dream.

☺SUCCESS☺

2009-04-20T06:27:00.001-07:00

SUCCESS

My friend asked me a question
I could not readily answer.

"Why do people who lie and cheat
Always seem to do better in life
Than people who try to do the right thing?"

A philosophical answer would not do;
She needed a practical response.

A theological answer would not do;
She already knew what that was.

We examined a specific case that troubled her.
An employee was told to fake product test results,
If he lied, people might be harmed.
He could not lie so he was fired.
Someone else faked the results;
The product was made.
The company is successful;
The former employee is bitter and destitute.

Her question to me:
"Why was evil rewarded and good punished?"

She wasn't satisfied with the standard answer:
"The case isn't over yet;
We don't know the final outcome."

It wasn't the final outcome she cared about.
"Why did doing the right thing
Produce such bad results?"
And more importantly,
"Why does that always seem to be the case?"

I couldn't give her a quick response
But her questions made me wonder.
Is apparent success true success?
Is it incorrect for me to think
That outward and inner success could be different?
Is it really true that the pain of doing right
Ultimately prevails over the ease of doing wrong?
How long will it take for the fired employee to believe
That what he did - in the end - was best for him?
What if he never believes that it was best?

I can listen to quick, standard answers:
Doing the right thing is always right.
Without suffering you can't experience true joy.
Striving is the essence of life.
You can only gain after you experience pain.
Everything always works out in the end.

Yes, I know that getting to the end that matters,
But how I get there matters most.

I have learned
The quick, standard answers are true
But they don't ease the day-to-day struggle.
They don't give me all the help I need to live my life,
For living life is no simple matter.

I'm just beginning to understand the adage
"Wisdom comes with age."
A successful life
Always incorporates good and evil,
And in the struggle
Sometimes evil seems to prevail.

But while I'm in the midst of the struggle
I cannot say that evil has won.
Only when I cross the bridge to the other side
Of the conflict can I call the results.
Only after I have experienced the entire event
Can I say which side has won.

That takes time -
Sometimes a lifetime.

☺THE ONE☺

2009-04-19T06:53:00.000-07:00

Our Father knows what's best for us,
So why should we complain ...
We always want the sunshine,
But He knows there must be rain.

We love the sound of laughter
And the merriment of cheer;
But our hearts would lose their tenderness
If we never shed a tear.

Our Father tests us often
With suffering and with sorrow;
He tests us, not to punish us,
But to help us meet "tomorrow."

For growing trees are strengthened
When they withstand the storm;
And the sharp cut of the chisel
Gives the marble grace and form.

God never hurts us needlessly,
And He never wastes our pain;
For every loss He sends to us
Is followed by rich gain.

And when we count the blessings
That God has so freely sent;
We will find no cause for murmuring
And no time to lament.

For Our Father loves His children,
And to Him all things are plain;
So He never sends us "pleasure"
When the "soul's deep need is pain."

So whenever we are troubled,
And when everything goes wrong,
It is just God working in us
To make "our spirits strong."

~ Helen Steiner Rice ~