"Circumstances do not make a man, they reveal him." Wayne Dyer
I have been a bit off schedule writing this week with being a bit sick and my birthday. My circumstances right now seem hard. I am struggling. It is hard to write. I can’t seem to articulate what’s going on for me. All I know is that I am aware that something is changing. I don’t know what I don’t know. I am open to the possibilities.
I am going to keep writing and see what comes up for me. My blogs may be short and they might not make a lot of sense but it’s what I got right now. I guess it’s a reminder to us all that the path you choose is not always sunshine and roses, sometimes it time to just turn the soil. It’s all necessary and all part of the journey. I am grateful to have a sense of something bigger in play. I am grateful to all of my friends and family for their sweet birthday wishes!
coming into the present
You cannot find yourself by going into the past. You can find yourself by coming into the present.
Eckhart Tolle
It has been difficult for me lately to be in the present. I have felt distracted like something was weighing me down. I am grateful for being able to come to Palm Springs for the weekend. Coming here is always an opportunity for me to slow down my head and take in all the beauty. I feel peaceful right now and that’s all that matters- is this present moment.
I’m actually feeling a little excited about my birthday, overjoyed that the Saints are going to the Super bowl and what that represents. I think I have my first coaching client, well that’s not family or friend ;) I feel good. How do you feel?
Are you here in the present? Stop and take a deep breath. Practice this often. Don’t get so carried away that you forget you. Getting back to center is the best gift you can give yourself.
Today I am grateful for my Palm Springs getaway and for Cecilia celebrating my birthday all week!
Eckhart Tolle
It has been difficult for me lately to be in the present. I have felt distracted like something was weighing me down. I am grateful for being able to come to Palm Springs for the weekend. Coming here is always an opportunity for me to slow down my head and take in all the beauty. I feel peaceful right now and that’s all that matters- is this present moment.
I’m actually feeling a little excited about my birthday, overjoyed that the Saints are going to the Super bowl and what that represents. I think I have my first coaching client, well that’s not family or friend ;) I feel good. How do you feel?
Are you here in the present? Stop and take a deep breath. Practice this often. Don’t get so carried away that you forget you. Getting back to center is the best gift you can give yourself.
Today I am grateful for my Palm Springs getaway and for Cecilia celebrating my birthday all week!
standing strong
A ship is safe in harbor, but that’s not what ships are for.
–William Shedd
A ship is built to take on the seas, to travel far and accomplish many voyages. Here we have been given this body and this mind and what do we do with it? I know for myself that when I am so focused on what I am not, what I haven’t done, what I don’t have…I miss out on what I do have. I don’t see what’s around me. I miss the opportunity to be and do more.
I have been feeling the frustration of being in one spot wishing I was in another. I built a business that I should be proud of yet I can’t seem to grasp it because I am so busy seeing what I don’t have. I don’t have a coaching practice, I’m not working on my book, and I don’t have my B shirts designed. These are the things that light me up. Yet my focus is on my frustrations.
Someone asked me yesterday, "What drives you?" Thats all it took. It pulled me out of my head. It put me into action. It reminded me of who I am.
I think we set ourselves up when we stand here wanting to be there. It makes one powerless and frustrated. I share because I think in relating to others we see possibility. We see that we are all human, wanting to be better, wanting more. I truly am grateful for the business I have created. And I am grateful to have a passion to follow.
So I’m taking a step and offering coaching sessions to 2 people. I’m ready to get started, are you? Send me a message, let me know if you’re interested and we can work out the details. Send me an email at Ashley@bthechangelive.com. I’m really excited to start this next chapter. I am grateful for the opportunity to inspire you and support you to be the change in your life.
peace and blessings
–William Shedd
A ship is built to take on the seas, to travel far and accomplish many voyages. Here we have been given this body and this mind and what do we do with it? I know for myself that when I am so focused on what I am not, what I haven’t done, what I don’t have…I miss out on what I do have. I don’t see what’s around me. I miss the opportunity to be and do more.
I have been feeling the frustration of being in one spot wishing I was in another. I built a business that I should be proud of yet I can’t seem to grasp it because I am so busy seeing what I don’t have. I don’t have a coaching practice, I’m not working on my book, and I don’t have my B shirts designed. These are the things that light me up. Yet my focus is on my frustrations.
Someone asked me yesterday, "What drives you?" Thats all it took. It pulled me out of my head. It put me into action. It reminded me of who I am.
I think we set ourselves up when we stand here wanting to be there. It makes one powerless and frustrated. I share because I think in relating to others we see possibility. We see that we are all human, wanting to be better, wanting more. I truly am grateful for the business I have created. And I am grateful to have a passion to follow.
So I’m taking a step and offering coaching sessions to 2 people. I’m ready to get started, are you? Send me a message, let me know if you’re interested and we can work out the details. Send me an email at Ashley@bthechangelive.com. I’m really excited to start this next chapter. I am grateful for the opportunity to inspire you and support you to be the change in your life.
peace and blessings
wednesdays blog...
It is not failure itself that holds you back; it is the fear of failure that paralyzes you.
Brian Tracy
I feel like I am really struggling right now. I’m struggling with being ok with where I am. I keep feeling like I should be further along. What comes to mind is “you can only give from the overflow” I can hear that in my head. I feel depleted and I can’t seem to fill myself up. I feel like I can’t catch up.
There I had to say it. This is where I am today. It doesn’t define me yet it gives me a starting place. I guess my point is that you have to admit to yourself where you really are so that you can begin again. One thing I am really clear about is that I will always have moments of uncertainty. It’s about how I handle them. It’s about the level at which they define me. In my struggle I will find my strength. In my fears, lives failure in my hopes lives the strength to keep moving.
Today I am grateful for the strength I feel to keep writing.
Ok now back to Fridays blog, to be posted shortly.
Brian Tracy
I feel like I am really struggling right now. I’m struggling with being ok with where I am. I keep feeling like I should be further along. What comes to mind is “you can only give from the overflow” I can hear that in my head. I feel depleted and I can’t seem to fill myself up. I feel like I can’t catch up.
There I had to say it. This is where I am today. It doesn’t define me yet it gives me a starting place. I guess my point is that you have to admit to yourself where you really are so that you can begin again. One thing I am really clear about is that I will always have moments of uncertainty. It’s about how I handle them. It’s about the level at which they define me. In my struggle I will find my strength. In my fears, lives failure in my hopes lives the strength to keep moving.
Today I am grateful for the strength I feel to keep writing.
Ok now back to Fridays blog, to be posted shortly.
getting out of the shadow
Most of the shadows of this life are caused by our standing in our own sunshine.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
I am just noticing that Wednesday's blog never posted. Interesting....Mostly because I was in a sad place when I wrote it. This is one of those weeks when I feel like I am doing some serious inner work. Nothing major has happened in my life, nothing to feel sorry for myself or any anger to displace. I'm just feeling a bit stuck. The holidays is a big whirlwind for me and then bam its a new year and all the things that I said I want to be doing by the New Year get to be looked at and some are not happening yet. I have to put yet in there. I know I have to acknowledge myself for what I am doing but it sure is hard not to beat myself up for what Im not doing. Can you relate?
Also this last week I spent some time with Marianne, my old boss. That seems to stir me up a bit. Its been 16 years since I worked for her and somehow it has become a measure for what I am to become. I am so hard on myself, I know that. I have these expectations that are huge and I don't want to lower them. I say I want to write a book but I don't dedicate the time to write. I dont feel free in my head to write. I know I am rambling, sorry about that. I feel like I have to purge. It's time to take a step and I'm just not sure which one to take. In sharing I will discover it. I hope it encourages you to do the same. I am not alone. You are not alone.
Today I am grateful for my friends. I admire and respect you. I feel so fortunate to have friends that are family to me.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
I am just noticing that Wednesday's blog never posted. Interesting....Mostly because I was in a sad place when I wrote it. This is one of those weeks when I feel like I am doing some serious inner work. Nothing major has happened in my life, nothing to feel sorry for myself or any anger to displace. I'm just feeling a bit stuck. The holidays is a big whirlwind for me and then bam its a new year and all the things that I said I want to be doing by the New Year get to be looked at and some are not happening yet. I have to put yet in there. I know I have to acknowledge myself for what I am doing but it sure is hard not to beat myself up for what Im not doing. Can you relate?
Also this last week I spent some time with Marianne, my old boss. That seems to stir me up a bit. Its been 16 years since I worked for her and somehow it has become a measure for what I am to become. I am so hard on myself, I know that. I have these expectations that are huge and I don't want to lower them. I say I want to write a book but I don't dedicate the time to write. I dont feel free in my head to write. I know I am rambling, sorry about that. I feel like I have to purge. It's time to take a step and I'm just not sure which one to take. In sharing I will discover it. I hope it encourages you to do the same. I am not alone. You are not alone.
Today I am grateful for my friends. I admire and respect you. I feel so fortunate to have friends that are family to me.
connection
We can smile, breathe, walk, and eat our meals in a way that allows us to be in touch with the abundance of happiness that is available. We are very good at preparing to live, but not very good at living. We know how to sacrifice ten years for a diploma, and we are willing to work very hard to get a job, a car, a house, and so on. But we have difficulty remembering that we are alive in the present moment, the only moment there is for us to be alive. Every breath we take, every step we make, can be filled with peace, joy, and serenity. We need only to be awake, alive in the present moment. Thich Nhat Hanh
I saw Avatar yesterday. I went to the IMAX Theater and saw it in 3D and it was truly amazing and inspiring. It was visually beautiful and the story was equally as beautiful. It spoke eloquently to the energy that connects us all. I felt like I was living in the world of Pandora. When I came out I felt the sharpness of this world.
Yes it was just a movie but the message had merit. It made me stop. We live in this society that is so rushed. It’s all about getting there and never being able to enjoy here. It’s all about acquiring more. I guess the movie gave me that gentle reminder of the energy that connects us all. In the connection we will find peace.
Today I am grateful for my meditation class and the opportunity to connect.
I saw Avatar yesterday. I went to the IMAX Theater and saw it in 3D and it was truly amazing and inspiring. It was visually beautiful and the story was equally as beautiful. It spoke eloquently to the energy that connects us all. I felt like I was living in the world of Pandora. When I came out I felt the sharpness of this world.
Yes it was just a movie but the message had merit. It made me stop. We live in this society that is so rushed. It’s all about getting there and never being able to enjoy here. It’s all about acquiring more. I guess the movie gave me that gentle reminder of the energy that connects us all. In the connection we will find peace.
Today I am grateful for my meditation class and the opportunity to connect.
love can heal
Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into friend.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Martin Luther King stood for something. He stood for equality and justice. I am always inspired when I hear his speeches and see what happened with perseverance and time. Today is a day to honor this man and what he stood for. The question is- what do you stand for? What are you willing to do make change happen in your lifetime. Most people want to do just what is necessary to get by. Most people cant be bothered to stick their neck out. People want to be comfortable.
But today we are reminded what is possible when you stand for something. We all have a voice and we can all use it.
Today I am grateful for all of the people who fight for equality.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Martin Luther King stood for something. He stood for equality and justice. I am always inspired when I hear his speeches and see what happened with perseverance and time. Today is a day to honor this man and what he stood for. The question is- what do you stand for? What are you willing to do make change happen in your lifetime. Most people want to do just what is necessary to get by. Most people cant be bothered to stick their neck out. People want to be comfortable.
But today we are reminded what is possible when you stand for something. We all have a voice and we can all use it.
Today I am grateful for all of the people who fight for equality.
be willing
Are you fit company for the person you wish to become?
- Anonymous
Happy Friday! It’s been an interesting week for me. I am very much aware of my to-do list and constantly battling fear of it. What’s different about my life today is my awareness of it. I am an observer as much as I am a participant in my life. I am watching as I leave my center and panic and then find my way back to center. It’s a dance.
What’s your dance like? Are you aware of your battle with fear? How do you handle it when you become consumed with something you can’t change or accept? How do you take care of yourself?
As we dig deeper and focus more on what’s happening when we leave or centered place it might get a little fuzzy. We tend to get a little ADD when faced with questions that require us to stop and contemplate why we do what we do.
I want to be willing and less resistant. I am open to learning more and growing more. I am grateful for this moment. I am grateful to have a place where I can ramble. In writing I discover more.
- Anonymous
Happy Friday! It’s been an interesting week for me. I am very much aware of my to-do list and constantly battling fear of it. What’s different about my life today is my awareness of it. I am an observer as much as I am a participant in my life. I am watching as I leave my center and panic and then find my way back to center. It’s a dance.
What’s your dance like? Are you aware of your battle with fear? How do you handle it when you become consumed with something you can’t change or accept? How do you take care of yourself?
As we dig deeper and focus more on what’s happening when we leave or centered place it might get a little fuzzy. We tend to get a little ADD when faced with questions that require us to stop and contemplate why we do what we do.
I want to be willing and less resistant. I am open to learning more and growing more. I am grateful for this moment. I am grateful to have a place where I can ramble. In writing I discover more.
smiling changes how you feel
"Happiness is not by chance, but by choice."
Jim Rohn
Are you happy? Really, are you happy? Give yourself a moment to think about that. Where do you look? What question do you ask yourself? Do you look for a feeling?
I think the first thing I ask myself is do I feel light. I know if my heart feels heavy that I don’t feel happy. But I also know that just by asking myself the question it can shift my head space. It wakes something up. There’s the part of me that is so busy trying to work it all out, so busy trying to solve everything and meanwhile leaving me to be at whim of whatever is in the air. I see this today in a way that I didn’t yesterday. That’s what it’s all about right? Today I can hear what I couldn’t hear before. By being willing and paying attention, we are all opening up a little more each day allowing our minds to expand. We are evolving beings with much to learn every day. There is so much that we don’t know that we don’t know. Be open and be childlike.
Today, be happy because you choose to be and no other reason.
I am grateful for the smile on my face.
Jim Rohn
Are you happy? Really, are you happy? Give yourself a moment to think about that. Where do you look? What question do you ask yourself? Do you look for a feeling?
I think the first thing I ask myself is do I feel light. I know if my heart feels heavy that I don’t feel happy. But I also know that just by asking myself the question it can shift my head space. It wakes something up. There’s the part of me that is so busy trying to work it all out, so busy trying to solve everything and meanwhile leaving me to be at whim of whatever is in the air. I see this today in a way that I didn’t yesterday. That’s what it’s all about right? Today I can hear what I couldn’t hear before. By being willing and paying attention, we are all opening up a little more each day allowing our minds to expand. We are evolving beings with much to learn every day. There is so much that we don’t know that we don’t know. Be open and be childlike.
Today, be happy because you choose to be and no other reason.
I am grateful for the smile on my face.
abundant aspirations
"There's enough for everyone. If you believe it, if you can see it, if you act from it, it will show up for you. That's the truth" - Michael Beckwith
Somewhere along the line we were taught that there was not enough. We have adopted this way of life that you have to claw and scratch your way to the top. And if you aren’t doing that then you have resigned to coming out on top. Is this your truth? Have you thought this way? Do you believe that there is limited supply?
All good questions and if you run with the masses most of the answers would be yes. Is it the truth? What is the truth? We believe so many things that we don’t question. I think that we live in an abundant universe. If you aren’t feeling that it’s because your perception of the things around you is skewed. It’s all about your perception. Someone living in below poverty can have an abundant perception where as someone with material wealth can feel lack. Circumstances will not dictate our perception of the world around us.
If I said to you, “take a deep breath” would your first thought be, “I hope there is enough air?” No, probably not. There is plenty right? But when it comes to our desires and our hopes, we are quick to limit ourselves.
In my life I have been vacillating between the two worlds. I feel abundant and then I feel lack. My pendulum is swinging and I think as I keep doing my work my ego wants to hold on to the fear like a warm blanket. I am moving forward and right now I feel like I’m in an ugly stage. They say that’s when you grow the most.
I am grateful for my new meditation class. I am looking forward to exploring meditation and sharing its benefits.
breaking through
Simply pushing harder within the old boundaries will not do. Karl Weick
I have been up against my own struggles of feeling like I’m not moving fast enough. I have felt frustrated by my own limiting mind. I read this quote and it just clicked. I am at the place in my life where I am feeling the old and the new colliding. I am not who I used to be yet I seem awfully familiar. Does that make sense?
It’s a new year and I see some habits that I have redirected and see some that just don’t want to give up on me. In this moment I feel like I’m pushing harder on old boundaries. Where did my energy go? I feel like I am questioning everything. Is it because I am getting closer, closer to being more myself? It is said that the closer you get to change the more the ego flares up to distract you. Well I feel like that is exactly where I am.
Today I am grateful for the meditation class that I am starting this morning.
I have been up against my own struggles of feeling like I’m not moving fast enough. I have felt frustrated by my own limiting mind. I read this quote and it just clicked. I am at the place in my life where I am feeling the old and the new colliding. I am not who I used to be yet I seem awfully familiar. Does that make sense?
It’s a new year and I see some habits that I have redirected and see some that just don’t want to give up on me. In this moment I feel like I’m pushing harder on old boundaries. Where did my energy go? I feel like I am questioning everything. Is it because I am getting closer, closer to being more myself? It is said that the closer you get to change the more the ego flares up to distract you. Well I feel like that is exactly where I am.
Today I am grateful for the meditation class that I am starting this morning.
clearing out the clutter
Freedom comes from letting go.
Have you ever watched the show hoarders? It’s a pretty extreme show about people who have so much stuff that they are no longer able to use rooms in their home and in some cases they are facing eviction or other legal actions. You look at the people and you think how can that happen? It happens little by little. To some degree it happens to most of us. In some area of our lives there’s something that we can’t give up, something we can’t seem to complete, something we are emotionally tied to.
It brings to mind something I heard the other day- If you told a 100 people that they would die in a year if they didn’t change certain things in their life that maybe only 3 people would change. Ouch! So let’s face it change isn’t easy. The hoarding show helps me to see the lengths we go to, to hold on to stuff. Its extreme but it makes me get rid of stuff. It makes me want to streamline. So yesterday I did it. I took every single thing out of my closet and then I painted it. I made a built in shoe rack and I added another spot for hanging clothes. It felt great to let go.
It is so clear that the stuff weighs us down. I think that clutter can be physical and mental. The stuff clutters our mind, it clutters our closets, it clutters our garages, and it clutters every place that we can close ourselves off from. Somewhere we believe that in the stuff we are more. If we have more, do we have more to show for our lives? Are we more important?
You may have a neat home and not a lot of stuff around you but what about on your mind. How much of what you’re dealing with is clutter in your head? Are you obsessing over things that are out of your control? Are you playing and replaying events in your head? Do you worry about everything? Whatever it is that is keeping you from being right here and right now is clutter.
Today I challenge you to clean out that closet you’ve been putting off or the garage that is filled with half projects and stuff you don’t use anymore. By freeing up the stuff you free up the energy around it. If the clutter is in your head, than I challenge you to a day of action. Fill your day with things you need to get done and maybe something you can do for someone else. If you’re in action and you feel productive, than you’re more prone to not have cluttered head space. In action we are able to find fulfillment. Then in the stillness we can have something to reflect on.
Today I am grateful for my organized closet. I am grateful for all of the clothes that I have and all that I was able to give away.
Have you ever watched the show hoarders? It’s a pretty extreme show about people who have so much stuff that they are no longer able to use rooms in their home and in some cases they are facing eviction or other legal actions. You look at the people and you think how can that happen? It happens little by little. To some degree it happens to most of us. In some area of our lives there’s something that we can’t give up, something we can’t seem to complete, something we are emotionally tied to.
It brings to mind something I heard the other day- If you told a 100 people that they would die in a year if they didn’t change certain things in their life that maybe only 3 people would change. Ouch! So let’s face it change isn’t easy. The hoarding show helps me to see the lengths we go to, to hold on to stuff. Its extreme but it makes me get rid of stuff. It makes me want to streamline. So yesterday I did it. I took every single thing out of my closet and then I painted it. I made a built in shoe rack and I added another spot for hanging clothes. It felt great to let go.
It is so clear that the stuff weighs us down. I think that clutter can be physical and mental. The stuff clutters our mind, it clutters our closets, it clutters our garages, and it clutters every place that we can close ourselves off from. Somewhere we believe that in the stuff we are more. If we have more, do we have more to show for our lives? Are we more important?
You may have a neat home and not a lot of stuff around you but what about on your mind. How much of what you’re dealing with is clutter in your head? Are you obsessing over things that are out of your control? Are you playing and replaying events in your head? Do you worry about everything? Whatever it is that is keeping you from being right here and right now is clutter.
Today I challenge you to clean out that closet you’ve been putting off or the garage that is filled with half projects and stuff you don’t use anymore. By freeing up the stuff you free up the energy around it. If the clutter is in your head, than I challenge you to a day of action. Fill your day with things you need to get done and maybe something you can do for someone else. If you’re in action and you feel productive, than you’re more prone to not have cluttered head space. In action we are able to find fulfillment. Then in the stillness we can have something to reflect on.
Today I am grateful for my organized closet. I am grateful for all of the clothes that I have and all that I was able to give away.
what are you for?
Everything you are against weakens you. Everything you are for empowers you. Anonymous
I saw this quote and thought it was beautifully put. There is something ugly and disempowering about fighting against something. There is something beautiful and inspiring about finding what you are for.
How often do you find yourself being against or for something? When we talk about flow and going downstream it only makes sense that when you try to turn around and paddle upstream it weakens you, only to find at some point you’re sliding downstream again. What if you could just let yourself flow downstream? When you find yourself feeling against something, find what it is that you want to fight for. In every situation and in every person, there is something you can find to fight for. Find the great possibility, see the reason why.
Today, I am grateful for this peaceful place I’m sitting in. I had some hard moments this week and I am so grateful to feel peaceful and centered.
I saw this quote and thought it was beautifully put. There is something ugly and disempowering about fighting against something. There is something beautiful and inspiring about finding what you are for.
How often do you find yourself being against or for something? When we talk about flow and going downstream it only makes sense that when you try to turn around and paddle upstream it weakens you, only to find at some point you’re sliding downstream again. What if you could just let yourself flow downstream? When you find yourself feeling against something, find what it is that you want to fight for. In every situation and in every person, there is something you can find to fight for. Find the great possibility, see the reason why.
Today, I am grateful for this peaceful place I’m sitting in. I had some hard moments this week and I am so grateful to feel peaceful and centered.
dust yourself off and keep moving
True abundance is not about gathering more things, it about touching the place in us that is connected to the divine source of abundance, so that we know what we need in the moment will be provided.
Mary Manin Morrisey
Sometimes we confuse the word abundance with having a lot of things. Sometimes we may think we are not abundant if we don’t have a lot of things. Abundance has nothing to do with the amount things you have. Abundance is based on our need not our want.
I am saying this for myself today. I had a challenging day yesterday where I was constantly challenged by breakdowns. Over and over all day long I received information that challenged my knowing that everything is ok. Difficult moments can so easily throw me into a space where I beat myself up and make me want to shrivel up. It’s interesting to see what I wrote about yesterday and then what showed up for me. I felt defeated.
So I here I am writing today and to tell you the truth I didn’t want to write. I was thinking maybe I should take a hiatus. The truth is that I am having a challenging time and if I stop writing then I am defeated. So I’m dusting myself off and I am moving forward. I am putting some space between whats happening and my center. I am not the circumstances in my life; I am the light that pulls me forward. I am abundant. I am grateful for knowing that in this moment.
Mary Manin Morrisey
Sometimes we confuse the word abundance with having a lot of things. Sometimes we may think we are not abundant if we don’t have a lot of things. Abundance has nothing to do with the amount things you have. Abundance is based on our need not our want.
I am saying this for myself today. I had a challenging day yesterday where I was constantly challenged by breakdowns. Over and over all day long I received information that challenged my knowing that everything is ok. Difficult moments can so easily throw me into a space where I beat myself up and make me want to shrivel up. It’s interesting to see what I wrote about yesterday and then what showed up for me. I felt defeated.
So I here I am writing today and to tell you the truth I didn’t want to write. I was thinking maybe I should take a hiatus. The truth is that I am having a challenging time and if I stop writing then I am defeated. So I’m dusting myself off and I am moving forward. I am putting some space between whats happening and my center. I am not the circumstances in my life; I am the light that pulls me forward. I am abundant. I am grateful for knowing that in this moment.
becoming
The highest reward for a person’s toil is not what they get for it, but what they become by it. Josh Ruskin
It’s a new year, a new day and the question is-- Who are you becoming? In the face of what you are being met with today, who are you going to show up as? We tend to not ask ourselves these questions. We tend to wake up and barrel through our day as if a day is indispensible.
Stop and take notice of what’s around you. Stop and notice what you are willing to sweep under the rug. Who are you becoming? Who are you being? Life shows up in many ways and in the moment that you experience something that challenges your calm center, who do you become? When do you say to yourself this is different? It’s that moment that we make exceptions for ourselves to play it small and become irrational that our ego is taking over and calling the shots. In the face of every great tragedy, every disappointment, every time something doesn’t go your way—there lies an opportunity to push through something. The challenge is to do your best to remain calm. The challenge is to refrain from reaction and put space between what just happened and how you feel about it. It’s not that you aren’t going to react, its about the time it takes to get back to your center.
This year let’s focus on creating a peaceful center and learn how to stay there.
Today, I am grateful for new opportunities to grow my business. I am grateful to be my own boss.
It’s a new year, a new day and the question is-- Who are you becoming? In the face of what you are being met with today, who are you going to show up as? We tend to not ask ourselves these questions. We tend to wake up and barrel through our day as if a day is indispensible.
Stop and take notice of what’s around you. Stop and notice what you are willing to sweep under the rug. Who are you becoming? Who are you being? Life shows up in many ways and in the moment that you experience something that challenges your calm center, who do you become? When do you say to yourself this is different? It’s that moment that we make exceptions for ourselves to play it small and become irrational that our ego is taking over and calling the shots. In the face of every great tragedy, every disappointment, every time something doesn’t go your way—there lies an opportunity to push through something. The challenge is to do your best to remain calm. The challenge is to refrain from reaction and put space between what just happened and how you feel about it. It’s not that you aren’t going to react, its about the time it takes to get back to your center.
This year let’s focus on creating a peaceful center and learn how to stay there.
Today, I am grateful for new opportunities to grow my business. I am grateful to be my own boss.
a new day
Be willing to be a beginner every single morning. Meister Eckhart
Every morning we have an opportunity to begin again. We have an opportunity to choose the day we want to have. When you are in a trance, you are robotic and you wake up without a thought of the opportunities you have before you. You are caught in the to-do list of what you didn’t get done.
This is a new day, a new beginning. The New Year gives us an opportunity to cut our losses. It’s a definitive moment and it’s motivating. Let’s use the momentum and begin again. Declare what you want to create in your life.
I started my bucket list last night. I have never actually written down 100 things I want to do before I pass on. I have said that I have things on that list but to actually write them down, it was exhilarating. I am on number 64 and I feel inspired. It became clear while writing that list last night that you have to write down what you want. If you have things just bouncing around in your head, that’s where they most likely will stay- in your head. Start your list and get in touch with your truest desires.
Today I am grateful for the ability to speak freely.
Every morning we have an opportunity to begin again. We have an opportunity to choose the day we want to have. When you are in a trance, you are robotic and you wake up without a thought of the opportunities you have before you. You are caught in the to-do list of what you didn’t get done.
This is a new day, a new beginning. The New Year gives us an opportunity to cut our losses. It’s a definitive moment and it’s motivating. Let’s use the momentum and begin again. Declare what you want to create in your life.
I started my bucket list last night. I have never actually written down 100 things I want to do before I pass on. I have said that I have things on that list but to actually write them down, it was exhilarating. I am on number 64 and I feel inspired. It became clear while writing that list last night that you have to write down what you want. If you have things just bouncing around in your head, that’s where they most likely will stay- in your head. Start your list and get in touch with your truest desires.
Today I am grateful for the ability to speak freely.
Happy New Year!
Success means having the courage, the determination, and the will to become the person you believe you were meant to be.
George Sheehan
Had you told me a year ago that I would be spending New Years Eve with my mom and dad in Long Beach; I would have said you were crazy. But it happened. I just spent three really great days with my parents. Here I sit thinking about what just happened knowing there has been a huge shift in my life.
This thing that could never happen happened. How many things do you write off in your life? How many times do you catch yourself saying, “that can’t happen” or “that will never happen?” We limit ourselves. We don’t want to believe, because what if we believe and it doesn’t come true. Belief is the foundation for our journey. It takes courage to be the person that you know you can be. It takes standing up sometimes when you don’t want to. It takes being calm when you want to react.
Sometimes I think we are standing too close to something that we can’t see the whole picture. We base our wants and needs based on a very finite view. My father coming to visit me here in California after 17 years was what needed to happen for him. He wasn’t ready sooner and maybe I wasn’t either. Life has a way of playing out and when we can let it and not continually react but observe and shift, you can start to see change. You can start to see that everything happens exactly as it is supposed to. My dad came at just the right time. More and more and I am seeing that everything happens at just the right moment. I am accepting more and pausing before jumping to my own conclusions. This space between chaos and peace is widening. Peace is becoming the order of my day.
It’s a wonderful feeling to be at peace. You must first believe that you can have that peace, no matter what the outside circumstances are. Know that who you are becoming is your own masterpiece. You have so many gifts to give the world. So go out and give them.
Today I am grateful for my abundant life. Today I am grateful for having a peaceful holiday season. I am grateful for the love I feel.
George Sheehan
Had you told me a year ago that I would be spending New Years Eve with my mom and dad in Long Beach; I would have said you were crazy. But it happened. I just spent three really great days with my parents. Here I sit thinking about what just happened knowing there has been a huge shift in my life.
This thing that could never happen happened. How many things do you write off in your life? How many times do you catch yourself saying, “that can’t happen” or “that will never happen?” We limit ourselves. We don’t want to believe, because what if we believe and it doesn’t come true. Belief is the foundation for our journey. It takes courage to be the person that you know you can be. It takes standing up sometimes when you don’t want to. It takes being calm when you want to react.
Sometimes I think we are standing too close to something that we can’t see the whole picture. We base our wants and needs based on a very finite view. My father coming to visit me here in California after 17 years was what needed to happen for him. He wasn’t ready sooner and maybe I wasn’t either. Life has a way of playing out and when we can let it and not continually react but observe and shift, you can start to see change. You can start to see that everything happens exactly as it is supposed to. My dad came at just the right time. More and more and I am seeing that everything happens at just the right moment. I am accepting more and pausing before jumping to my own conclusions. This space between chaos and peace is widening. Peace is becoming the order of my day.
It’s a wonderful feeling to be at peace. You must first believe that you can have that peace, no matter what the outside circumstances are. Know that who you are becoming is your own masterpiece. You have so many gifts to give the world. So go out and give them.
Today I am grateful for my abundant life. Today I am grateful for having a peaceful holiday season. I am grateful for the love I feel.
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