"Accept - then act. Whatever the present moment contains, accept it as if you had chosen it. Always work with it, not against it." Eckhart Tolle
Look around you! You have chosen every part of your life. You have chosen who is in it, you have chosen what you to do for a living, you have chosen where you live and you have chosen every circumstance. How does that make you feel? Does it make you feel powerful? Does it make you feel frustrated?
You really can create anything you want, but you have to believe that. It’s easy to believe that things just happen to you and you have no control. You always have the power of acceptance. If you treat everything coming at you as part of the plan and work with it rather than against it, you life will change. Things will be apparent to you that maybe your limited thinking doesn’t always know what’s best. If we work with the flow rather than against it then you will see how everything happens exactly as it is supposed to. By not reacting and giving something space you get to see something differently. By accepting it, you accept you and from there anything is possible.
Today, I am grateful that everything always works out.
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one step
It's not what you do once in a while, it's what you do day in and day out that makes the difference.
Jenny Craig
It might take me many many hours to walk from Los Angeles to San Francisco, but one step at a time I can get there. We can accomplish big things, one step at a time. It’s easy to get overwhelmed and feel defeated but if every day you can take one step towards your goal then you will get there. It will happen. The key is you can’t stop. It’s the day to day that can mess us up. We get clouded and we forget where we are headed. We get sucked into drama and stopped by our fears.
The difference between you and someone who did it, whatever it is……they took the step, they committed and they never gave up. That’s the only difference. You have what it takes and I have what it takes. So let’s not give up, let’s take a step and move in direction of the thing we once thought unattainable. It is yours to have. So everyday make that your first thought. See what it is you are walking towards and know that you are moving closer every day.
Today I am grateful for the book I am reading and I am grateful for the steps I am taking every day.
Jenny Craig
It might take me many many hours to walk from Los Angeles to San Francisco, but one step at a time I can get there. We can accomplish big things, one step at a time. It’s easy to get overwhelmed and feel defeated but if every day you can take one step towards your goal then you will get there. It will happen. The key is you can’t stop. It’s the day to day that can mess us up. We get clouded and we forget where we are headed. We get sucked into drama and stopped by our fears.
The difference between you and someone who did it, whatever it is……they took the step, they committed and they never gave up. That’s the only difference. You have what it takes and I have what it takes. So let’s not give up, let’s take a step and move in direction of the thing we once thought unattainable. It is yours to have. So everyday make that your first thought. See what it is you are walking towards and know that you are moving closer every day.
Today I am grateful for the book I am reading and I am grateful for the steps I am taking every day.
finding your peace
Set peace of mind as your highest goal, and organize your life
around it. Brian Tracy
Peace is the thing I strive for most in my life. It’s a word that has so much meaning, for me at least. I am learning that putting peace first changes everything. If you make it your way of life to live in peace then you get to choose peace in the face of engaging in gossip, getting upset because someone cut you off or the many other ways we get set off.
If you want to be truly happy in your life then choose peace for yourself. If you’re at peace, then circumstances don’t matter. You can have inner joy because you feel the effects of just being. We think we need to get fixed. We think that if someone just tells us what to do that or how to do it that we will then be ok. The answer is not on the outside the answer is on the inside. If you can find that peaceful place within you, you will know the answer.
I am grateful for my peaceful place.
around it. Brian Tracy
Peace is the thing I strive for most in my life. It’s a word that has so much meaning, for me at least. I am learning that putting peace first changes everything. If you make it your way of life to live in peace then you get to choose peace in the face of engaging in gossip, getting upset because someone cut you off or the many other ways we get set off.
If you want to be truly happy in your life then choose peace for yourself. If you’re at peace, then circumstances don’t matter. You can have inner joy because you feel the effects of just being. We think we need to get fixed. We think that if someone just tells us what to do that or how to do it that we will then be ok. The answer is not on the outside the answer is on the inside. If you can find that peaceful place within you, you will know the answer.
I am grateful for my peaceful place.
freedom
You don't drown by falling in the water. You drown by staying there. Unknown author
I guess the topic of being uncomfortable in your life hit home for many. I think I will continue my thoughts on it.
So you’re in this place and it feels frustrating. You don’t know how to get out of it and you don’t know how to live in it. And here’s the thing, your old bag of tricks won’t work. Who you are today is not who you were yesterday. What worked five years ago is not going to be the thing that works today. The you of today is new, and this is your opportunity- right now to first realize that you get to have a life that works for you. You get to have a life that you love. Whatever you have settled for, you have created. It takes courage to speak your truth. It takes courage to change. It’s easy to just keep talking about it and never make a move.
What do you want for your life? Are you willing to get honest and take responsibility? There is so much freedom on the other side of this fear. The question is- what are you willing to do about it? Willingness is the key word. You have to be willing to look, willing to be wrong, willing to stretch. Think about what you really really want and let's get you there.
Today I am grateful for this peaceful moment and grateful for my brother being sober.
I guess the topic of being uncomfortable in your life hit home for many. I think I will continue my thoughts on it.
So you’re in this place and it feels frustrating. You don’t know how to get out of it and you don’t know how to live in it. And here’s the thing, your old bag of tricks won’t work. Who you are today is not who you were yesterday. What worked five years ago is not going to be the thing that works today. The you of today is new, and this is your opportunity- right now to first realize that you get to have a life that works for you. You get to have a life that you love. Whatever you have settled for, you have created. It takes courage to speak your truth. It takes courage to change. It’s easy to just keep talking about it and never make a move.
What do you want for your life? Are you willing to get honest and take responsibility? There is so much freedom on the other side of this fear. The question is- what are you willing to do about it? Willingness is the key word. You have to be willing to look, willing to be wrong, willing to stretch. Think about what you really really want and let's get you there.
Today I am grateful for this peaceful moment and grateful for my brother being sober.
let it shine
Anything in life that we don't accept will simply make trouble for us until we make peace with it. Shakti Gawain
It’s easy to find yourself living in struggle and accept that. It’s easy to wake up after years and find yourself not at all where you want to be. It happens slowly, you accept something and don’t speak your truth and you do that over and over until you find yourself lost. Have you ever been there? Are you there now? This is what you have to remember, no matter what you are feeling in this moment, no matter how bad it seems, no matter what your circumstances are, you can get out of this place. You can reclaim your life. It is your life and that’s the first thing to get clear about. Get quiet and first accept exactly where you are. Look around you and accept that this is the life you created, no one else. Take responsibility for all of it and then take a step.
If you are reading this and its ringing true then know that I am writing it for you. It is my intention in life to support people to become more of who they really are. You were put on this earth to shine. Sometimes we dim our light and we forget who we really are. I am here to remind you. You are so much more than a dim light.
Today I am grateful for the bright lights around me.
It’s easy to find yourself living in struggle and accept that. It’s easy to wake up after years and find yourself not at all where you want to be. It happens slowly, you accept something and don’t speak your truth and you do that over and over until you find yourself lost. Have you ever been there? Are you there now? This is what you have to remember, no matter what you are feeling in this moment, no matter how bad it seems, no matter what your circumstances are, you can get out of this place. You can reclaim your life. It is your life and that’s the first thing to get clear about. Get quiet and first accept exactly where you are. Look around you and accept that this is the life you created, no one else. Take responsibility for all of it and then take a step.
If you are reading this and its ringing true then know that I am writing it for you. It is my intention in life to support people to become more of who they really are. You were put on this earth to shine. Sometimes we dim our light and we forget who we really are. I am here to remind you. You are so much more than a dim light.
Today I am grateful for the bright lights around me.
gratitude
If you limit your choices only to what seems possible or reasonable, you disconnect yourself from what you truly want, and all that is left is compromise. Robert Fritz
Today I am grateful, just grateful.
Today I am grateful, just grateful.
a new day
What we think or what we know or what we believe is, in the end, of little consequence. The only consequence is what we do. John Ruskin
It is our actions that define us. We can talk all we want and say what we believe but at the end of the day, what did you do? How did you treat people? What difference did you make?
I heard something really great yesterday about believing versus knowing. When you believe in something there is a need to have other people believe in it as well but when you know something, you just know it. And more importantly you don’t have to spend all your time convincing anyone of anything.
I think knowing who you are and being to express that is what we are striving for. At the end of the day it’s what you do about it. It’s about what you made happen. You can talk and talk and talk and that will never get you anywhere. It might get you through some things but action will make the biggest difference in your life.
Today I am grateful to begin again.
It is our actions that define us. We can talk all we want and say what we believe but at the end of the day, what did you do? How did you treat people? What difference did you make?
I heard something really great yesterday about believing versus knowing. When you believe in something there is a need to have other people believe in it as well but when you know something, you just know it. And more importantly you don’t have to spend all your time convincing anyone of anything.
I think knowing who you are and being to express that is what we are striving for. At the end of the day it’s what you do about it. It’s about what you made happen. You can talk and talk and talk and that will never get you anywhere. It might get you through some things but action will make the biggest difference in your life.
Today I am grateful to begin again.
its within you
"I cannot tell you any spiritual truth that deep within you don't know already. All I can do is remind you of what you have forgotten" Eckhart Tolle
We go to great lengths to find the answers. We travel to far places, we read books, seek counseling, we look and look for the answers. And the truth is that we already have them. We already know what we should so but we look for someone outside of us to tell us, to validate us. I’m not saying we don’t need guidance or support. I’m saying we just need to be still more and be available and willing to listen to what is going on inside.
You know that if you want to look good and feel good then you need to eat better and do some form of exercise. You know if you want to be successful than you have to work at it. You have to be committed and diligent about what you’re doing.
We know all of these things yet we struggle. What is that? Why? Is it our environment? Are there just so many distractions that you can’t focus? Or are you looking for the easy way? I guess at any given time it could be any of these answers for me at least. It’s interesting when you write it out. It seems so simple.
So what if I was to say you have everything you need and you know everything you need to know to create a life you love, today! Not tomorrow, not when you get your ducks in a row but today. Did you immediately go to what you don’t have? You have all of the answers and you know what you need to do. Me too! So let’s do it!
Today I am grateful for my morning meditation.
We go to great lengths to find the answers. We travel to far places, we read books, seek counseling, we look and look for the answers. And the truth is that we already have them. We already know what we should so but we look for someone outside of us to tell us, to validate us. I’m not saying we don’t need guidance or support. I’m saying we just need to be still more and be available and willing to listen to what is going on inside.
You know that if you want to look good and feel good then you need to eat better and do some form of exercise. You know if you want to be successful than you have to work at it. You have to be committed and diligent about what you’re doing.
We know all of these things yet we struggle. What is that? Why? Is it our environment? Are there just so many distractions that you can’t focus? Or are you looking for the easy way? I guess at any given time it could be any of these answers for me at least. It’s interesting when you write it out. It seems so simple.
So what if I was to say you have everything you need and you know everything you need to know to create a life you love, today! Not tomorrow, not when you get your ducks in a row but today. Did you immediately go to what you don’t have? You have all of the answers and you know what you need to do. Me too! So let’s do it!
Today I am grateful for my morning meditation.
acceptance
Wherever you are, be there totally. If you find your here and now intolerable and it makes you unhappy, you have three options: remove yourself from the situation, change it, or accept it totally.
Eckhart Tolle
I named this blog Abundant Aspirations because I wanted it to have a feel of abundance and all that I and you aspire to be and yet sometimes the shoes feel too big to fill. Sometimes I just feel like I’m trying to get a boulder up a hill with one hand and slippery shoes. So on those days I feel like I don’t have anything to give. I feel like my writing is skewed. So I’m just calling myself out. I like to do that. It gives me room to breathe.
I’m feeling lighter today. I can easily get overwhelmed by everything I have yet do and more importantly yet to be. I get caught up my own expectations of how things “should” move along and where I “should” be. I have discovered even though I have almost eliminated the word “should” from my vocabulary it is still very present in my internal dialogue. I’m a work in progress, that’s for sure.
So today I am feeling my abundant aspirations and I am grateful to be a work in progress. I am grateful for the acceptance I can give myself when all seems so daunting.
Eckhart Tolle
I named this blog Abundant Aspirations because I wanted it to have a feel of abundance and all that I and you aspire to be and yet sometimes the shoes feel too big to fill. Sometimes I just feel like I’m trying to get a boulder up a hill with one hand and slippery shoes. So on those days I feel like I don’t have anything to give. I feel like my writing is skewed. So I’m just calling myself out. I like to do that. It gives me room to breathe.
I’m feeling lighter today. I can easily get overwhelmed by everything I have yet do and more importantly yet to be. I get caught up my own expectations of how things “should” move along and where I “should” be. I have discovered even though I have almost eliminated the word “should” from my vocabulary it is still very present in my internal dialogue. I’m a work in progress, that’s for sure.
So today I am feeling my abundant aspirations and I am grateful to be a work in progress. I am grateful for the acceptance I can give myself when all seems so daunting.
Four Agreements
When you take things personally, you feel offended, and your reaction is to defend your beliefs and create conflicts. You make something big out of something little, because you have the need to be right and make everybody else wrong. Miguel Ruiz
I dont have a whole lot to say. So I bring it back to basics and basics for me is the four Agreements. Today Im gonna listen and pay attention to my reactions, to what I am taking personally, and to my expectations. Today is about observing the part that I play and how much of what I am experiencing is reaction. Today I am grateful for the Four Agreements.
I dont have a whole lot to say. So I bring it back to basics and basics for me is the four Agreements. Today Im gonna listen and pay attention to my reactions, to what I am taking personally, and to my expectations. Today is about observing the part that I play and how much of what I am experiencing is reaction. Today I am grateful for the Four Agreements.
dreams and possibilities
The best way to make your dreams come true is to wake up. Paul Valéry
Wake up and do something about your life. If you have time to complain then you have too much time. I notice that when things aren’t going well for me it’s because I’m sitting in what’s not possible. I am analyzing everything that doesn’t work. When I am in action and doing what I can with what’s in front of me, everything shifts.
I have learned the value of having an intention about my day. When you set out with an intention it gives you a direction and a purpose rather than a lofty goal. If you ask yourself, what is it that you want? You can create a long list. If I ask, what is your intention for today, you get stopped, right? What does it really mean to have an intention? I think without it there is no basis for what you say you want. Think about that today.
Today I am grateful for new possibilities.
Wake up and do something about your life. If you have time to complain then you have too much time. I notice that when things aren’t going well for me it’s because I’m sitting in what’s not possible. I am analyzing everything that doesn’t work. When I am in action and doing what I can with what’s in front of me, everything shifts.
I have learned the value of having an intention about my day. When you set out with an intention it gives you a direction and a purpose rather than a lofty goal. If you ask yourself, what is it that you want? You can create a long list. If I ask, what is your intention for today, you get stopped, right? What does it really mean to have an intention? I think without it there is no basis for what you say you want. Think about that today.
Today I am grateful for new possibilities.
unconscious ego
The ego isn't wrong; it's just unconscious. When you observe the ego in yourself, you are beginning to go beyond it. Don't take the ego too seriously. When you detect egoic behavior in yourself, smile. At times you may even laugh. How could humanity have been taken in by this for so long? Above all, know that the ego isn't personal. It isn't who you are. If you consider the ego to be your personal problem, that's just more ego. Eckhart Tolle
It really helps me to identify the ego in my life. It helps when I can identify this urge to want to hideout in life. “The ego isn’t wrong, it’s just unconscious.” I like that line. It’s funny because I think when I realize I am acting out of my ego; I immediately make the ego wrong. It’s like the ego is this bad thing inside me that’s trying to make me bad. Interesting, I never really thought about that way until this moment. I think you can make the same assumption about people in your life who you believe aren’t doing the right thing. We make them bad when maybe unconscious is the appropriate word.
We all have unconscious moments when we believe that life is out to get us or that something doesn’t feel fair. The moment that we are separate from our source, whatever that source may be, we are letting the ego drive. The ego wants tell you that you are alone and that the world is bad. The ego wants to keep you safe but under the guise that safe is being in fear. What do you think about that? I am thinking about it myself. It just came out of me. I think the more we can identify fear in our life the more we can work through it, acknowledge it and let it pass.
I am changing everyday trying to be better and live a more peaceful existence. I guess it’s all about getting clear on what “better” is. The question to ask, what is my intention for my life, what is the intention for your life? The better our questions get the more we are in tune with what we want out of life. If you don’t have time to ask the questions and the patience to be still then I guess the bigger question is, Why do expect anything to change?
Today I am grateful for the resources in my life that continually challenge me and ask the tough questions.
being thankful for what you do have
“When you are grateful fear disappears and abundance appears”
Anthony Robbins
I tried this the other day. I was deep in fear about things working out the way I needed them to work out and suddenly I just started saying what I am grateful for. I started looking around the room and pointing out that I have a home and food, furniture, hot water, clothes to wear, and so on. I got very specific about the abundance of things that I have around me. We treat these things as if they are insignificant and trivial. I think we get so focused on what we don’t have that we don’t stop and appreciate what we do have. And I really believe that when you focus on lack you create more lack.
It all takes practice. Every day we are challenged to live in fear or to live in hope. In the moment that we choose fear and get tunnel vision we lose all hope. We get cynical and life becomes mundane. We don’t need to wait for a tragedy to wake up. Start looking around you right now and say what you are grateful for. Embrace your life as it is and be thankful for what you do have. Life will start to shift for you.
Today I am grateful for my healthy body, my eye sight, and all my limbs.
Anthony Robbins
I tried this the other day. I was deep in fear about things working out the way I needed them to work out and suddenly I just started saying what I am grateful for. I started looking around the room and pointing out that I have a home and food, furniture, hot water, clothes to wear, and so on. I got very specific about the abundance of things that I have around me. We treat these things as if they are insignificant and trivial. I think we get so focused on what we don’t have that we don’t stop and appreciate what we do have. And I really believe that when you focus on lack you create more lack.
It all takes practice. Every day we are challenged to live in fear or to live in hope. In the moment that we choose fear and get tunnel vision we lose all hope. We get cynical and life becomes mundane. We don’t need to wait for a tragedy to wake up. Start looking around you right now and say what you are grateful for. Embrace your life as it is and be thankful for what you do have. Life will start to shift for you.
Today I am grateful for my healthy body, my eye sight, and all my limbs.
trust your hopes not your fears
If you listen to your fears, you will die never knowing what a great person you might have been.
Robert H. Schuller
Fear, it’s the thing that cripples us. We don’t even see it when it’s gripping us. We think this is life and I must endure. Fear is just the way our ego expresses itself. Our ego does not want us to leave the box that we live in. Our ego wants to contain us and keep us small. Our ego is the thing that tells us we can’t. It’s the thing that says we are bored or I don’t feel like it. We live in an epidemic of fear driven beings all around us. And at any given moment it is us. So how do we live in that? How do we rise out of the fear and trust something else, like our intuition or have hope?
This is where I believe it is crucial to surround yourself with people who support you. I also believe that watching the news is a way to stay in the fear. I don’t watch. I get CNN updates to my phone; they are one sentence and just give me the facts. You see you have to make a choice about what you want to enter into your space. You do have a choice. I choose also not to participate in conversations that are fear based. We are so susceptible to everything around us so when we can choose, we must. You have to protect yourself and take hold of your life. This is your life, only you are responsible for what you make of it.
Trust your hopes not your fears. This is an ongoing challenge which you will face for the rest of your life. Sometimes you will give in and get stuck in the fear and that’s ok. It’s all about how long it takes for you to remember again, who you are and what you are capable of. I am remembering again and for that I am grateful. There is something in you that is waiting to emerge, spread your wings and enjoy the flight! Peace and Blessings!
Robert H. Schuller
Fear, it’s the thing that cripples us. We don’t even see it when it’s gripping us. We think this is life and I must endure. Fear is just the way our ego expresses itself. Our ego does not want us to leave the box that we live in. Our ego wants to contain us and keep us small. Our ego is the thing that tells us we can’t. It’s the thing that says we are bored or I don’t feel like it. We live in an epidemic of fear driven beings all around us. And at any given moment it is us. So how do we live in that? How do we rise out of the fear and trust something else, like our intuition or have hope?
This is where I believe it is crucial to surround yourself with people who support you. I also believe that watching the news is a way to stay in the fear. I don’t watch. I get CNN updates to my phone; they are one sentence and just give me the facts. You see you have to make a choice about what you want to enter into your space. You do have a choice. I choose also not to participate in conversations that are fear based. We are so susceptible to everything around us so when we can choose, we must. You have to protect yourself and take hold of your life. This is your life, only you are responsible for what you make of it.
Trust your hopes not your fears. This is an ongoing challenge which you will face for the rest of your life. Sometimes you will give in and get stuck in the fear and that’s ok. It’s all about how long it takes for you to remember again, who you are and what you are capable of. I am remembering again and for that I am grateful. There is something in you that is waiting to emerge, spread your wings and enjoy the flight! Peace and Blessings!
trust your intuition
Believe nothing. No matter where you read it, or who said it, even if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense. BUDDHA
Learn to trust your intuition….That’s what I hear when I read this. How often we adopt someone’s opinion as our own? How often do you hear something and pass it on like truth. What is truth? I guess is a better question? Words can have so much power over us because of the meaning we give them. This meaning affects us and causes us to react in ways that make us doubt who we really are. Truth is based on your perception.
My truth is that the more I stay centered and don’t get distracted by what other people say and believe, the more peaceful my life becomes. It takes a lot of practice to trust your intuition. It takes belief in oneself.
Today I am grateful for a more peaceful day.
Learn to trust your intuition….That’s what I hear when I read this. How often we adopt someone’s opinion as our own? How often do you hear something and pass it on like truth. What is truth? I guess is a better question? Words can have so much power over us because of the meaning we give them. This meaning affects us and causes us to react in ways that make us doubt who we really are. Truth is based on your perception.
My truth is that the more I stay centered and don’t get distracted by what other people say and believe, the more peaceful my life becomes. It takes a lot of practice to trust your intuition. It takes belief in oneself.
Today I am grateful for a more peaceful day.
releasing worry and guilt
Throughout life, the two most futile emotions are guilt for what has been done and worry about what might be done. Wayne Dyer
How much time do you spend obsessing about what might happen? How many times have you relieved a past event in your head, beating yourself up more and more as you replay it? I don’t know anything about either one of these emotions. OK maybe a little bit ;) When I read the quote I put it aside and was resistant about posting it. Maybe it was striking a cord with me and I didn’t want to look at it. When I am living in my worry I certainly don’t think there is another way through other than time. This one is tough for me and almost hard to write about because it is such a part of me. I know how to white knuckle through something knowing that I will come out the other end. I have accepted struggle as something that is natural. This is what I want to focus on.
I will give myself credit for being calmer and holding on to less but I am still in struggle when it comes to moments in my life where peace is not easily attainable. How do you have peace in the face of inner turmoil? I know I am getting to some good stuff. It feels messy which is hard for me because I like being able to define something and put it in a nice and tidy package. I am embracing this time and grateful for this moment to explore it.
How much time do you spend obsessing about what might happen? How many times have you relieved a past event in your head, beating yourself up more and more as you replay it? I don’t know anything about either one of these emotions. OK maybe a little bit ;) When I read the quote I put it aside and was resistant about posting it. Maybe it was striking a cord with me and I didn’t want to look at it. When I am living in my worry I certainly don’t think there is another way through other than time. This one is tough for me and almost hard to write about because it is such a part of me. I know how to white knuckle through something knowing that I will come out the other end. I have accepted struggle as something that is natural. This is what I want to focus on.
I will give myself credit for being calmer and holding on to less but I am still in struggle when it comes to moments in my life where peace is not easily attainable. How do you have peace in the face of inner turmoil? I know I am getting to some good stuff. It feels messy which is hard for me because I like being able to define something and put it in a nice and tidy package. I am embracing this time and grateful for this moment to explore it.
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