"Don't let a mad world tell you that success is anything other than a successful present moment."
Eckhart Tolle
The world tells us a lot of things that will lead us to a path of self destruction. This is why we must strengthen our center. There are so many distractions to keep us focused on getting something or acquiring more. “If I get that job or if I make this money or if she/he changes” There are so many things that we tell ourselves that keep us from the success of this present moment. We constantly live in the past or the future never touching down in the present. We live as if life itself isn’t good enough, like this moment that you are living isn’t IT. That’s the humor of it. This is the only IT that you have right now and it will be followed by another IT. We place the significance on everything that happens around us and deem what is worthy versus what is to be tossed aside. We do it so quickly and maybe even recklessly. Stop the machine that is running you and take a deep breath.
Today, listen closely and pay attention to what’s happening in this present moment. Nothing else is as important as what’s happening right now. Give it the attention that you give your past and see what happens.
Today I am grateful that I feel like a participant in my own life. I feel like I’m making my own way and that feels empowering.
thoughts about thoughts
A thought is harmless unless we believe it. It’s not our thoughts but the attachment to our thoughts, that causes suffering. Attaching to a thought means believing that it’s true, without inquiring. A belief is a thought that we’ve been attaching to, often for years.
I don’t let go of my thoughts- I meet them with understanding. Then they let go of me.
Byron Katie
We have thousands and thousands of thoughts every day. They came in so fast that we often don’t even realize what’s happening. Our mood can change because of something that has entered our mind from left field and yet it becomes something that is real. We believe our thoughts and carry them as if they have some value.
What if a thought could just be a thought? It comes in and it goes out? It’s just information. Try it today and see if you can stay unattached from your thoughts.
Today I am grateful for a wonderful visit with my brother and his family.
I don’t let go of my thoughts- I meet them with understanding. Then they let go of me.
Byron Katie
We have thousands and thousands of thoughts every day. They came in so fast that we often don’t even realize what’s happening. Our mood can change because of something that has entered our mind from left field and yet it becomes something that is real. We believe our thoughts and carry them as if they have some value.
What if a thought could just be a thought? It comes in and it goes out? It’s just information. Try it today and see if you can stay unattached from your thoughts.
Today I am grateful for a wonderful visit with my brother and his family.
loving what is
The only time we suffer is when we believe a thought that argues with what is. When the mind is perfectly clear, what is is what we want. Byron Katie
This is from a book I am reading called Loving What Is. I am really enjoying it and most of all enjoying turning the page. I usually listen to audio books which I love but sometimes I think you just need to feel the paper. Anyway I realize that I haven’t been writing much lately and I don’t want to beat myself up for that. I want to feel free to write. I am changing so much in my life and it feels great. I have made the decision to return to school in the Fall and I am slowly pulling away from computers. I am doing my work in Big Bear and will be getting my first Life Coach Certification in August. It feels great to say it all. I am excited to be right where I am. And so the question is- what changed? I want to be able to share my journey in a way that makes you think about yours. In asking yourself the right questions you can change your life. It’s not hard to do one thing. It’s hard when you look at the whole thing. How many times do you stand back and look at something you want to do like get your Masters or run a marathon or make any big change in your life and look so daunting that you say you can’t. We do that in life with conversations we are afraid to have and things we want to accomplish- they just look too big and feel too uncomfortable. Well I think if you’re too comfortable in life than you’re not growing and learning and tapping into all the gifts that you have to give. And please don’t mistake the words comfortable for enjoyable. Life is enjoyable and the greatest part of it is that we get to keep growing and keep learning more until the day we pass on. Being comfortable in a way that you don’t ever push past what is keeping you stuck will make you someone that is merely breathing. You have a voice and you have a gift and an abundance of possibilities all wrapped up in you. Don’t hold them in. Don’t waste your time in fear. You are good enough. You have what it takes, share it!
Today I am grateful for a day with family. I am grateful to be emotionally available.
This is from a book I am reading called Loving What Is. I am really enjoying it and most of all enjoying turning the page. I usually listen to audio books which I love but sometimes I think you just need to feel the paper. Anyway I realize that I haven’t been writing much lately and I don’t want to beat myself up for that. I want to feel free to write. I am changing so much in my life and it feels great. I have made the decision to return to school in the Fall and I am slowly pulling away from computers. I am doing my work in Big Bear and will be getting my first Life Coach Certification in August. It feels great to say it all. I am excited to be right where I am. And so the question is- what changed? I want to be able to share my journey in a way that makes you think about yours. In asking yourself the right questions you can change your life. It’s not hard to do one thing. It’s hard when you look at the whole thing. How many times do you stand back and look at something you want to do like get your Masters or run a marathon or make any big change in your life and look so daunting that you say you can’t. We do that in life with conversations we are afraid to have and things we want to accomplish- they just look too big and feel too uncomfortable. Well I think if you’re too comfortable in life than you’re not growing and learning and tapping into all the gifts that you have to give. And please don’t mistake the words comfortable for enjoyable. Life is enjoyable and the greatest part of it is that we get to keep growing and keep learning more until the day we pass on. Being comfortable in a way that you don’t ever push past what is keeping you stuck will make you someone that is merely breathing. You have a voice and you have a gift and an abundance of possibilities all wrapped up in you. Don’t hold them in. Don’t waste your time in fear. You are good enough. You have what it takes, share it!
Today I am grateful for a day with family. I am grateful to be emotionally available.
Live now!
Do not wait; the time will never be "just right". Start where you stand, and work with whatever tools you may have at your command, and better tools will be found as you go along. Napoleon Hill
It’s right now that matters. What are you doing right now? What are you putting on the back burner? What are you avoiding? What do you think you aren’t ready for? Where in your life do you think, “You’re not enough?”
How often do we use this moment to sabotage the next moment? We do it so mindlessly that we don’t realize and see how much time in life that we spend waiting, waiting to get all the ducks in a row. What a crazy saying, you’re never going to get all the ducks in a row, THEY ARE DUCKS! But we say it, I say it but at least when I hear myself say it now I know I’m full of it. I’m in some sort of fear. But if I say that I am getting it all together then that sounds like preparation and that always sounds good. Right? Sure we all know how to talk the talk and make ourselves sound better or more or whatever it is we want to portray but I’m talking about the conversation we have with ourselves. Where do you put your hopes,dreams and passions? Do you give them a voice? Or do you cut them at the knees?
You have everything you need right now to be everything you want to be. The idea that you need to acquire more is the ego keeping you in check and fear keeping you small. It’s a battle and I think we can win. Hear the voice of possibility and know that you have all the tools to start right now and you will acquire more as you go along. Don’t be afraid to live now. It’s all we’ve got. NOW
Today I am grateful for all my needs being met.
It’s right now that matters. What are you doing right now? What are you putting on the back burner? What are you avoiding? What do you think you aren’t ready for? Where in your life do you think, “You’re not enough?”
How often do we use this moment to sabotage the next moment? We do it so mindlessly that we don’t realize and see how much time in life that we spend waiting, waiting to get all the ducks in a row. What a crazy saying, you’re never going to get all the ducks in a row, THEY ARE DUCKS! But we say it, I say it but at least when I hear myself say it now I know I’m full of it. I’m in some sort of fear. But if I say that I am getting it all together then that sounds like preparation and that always sounds good. Right? Sure we all know how to talk the talk and make ourselves sound better or more or whatever it is we want to portray but I’m talking about the conversation we have with ourselves. Where do you put your hopes,dreams and passions? Do you give them a voice? Or do you cut them at the knees?
You have everything you need right now to be everything you want to be. The idea that you need to acquire more is the ego keeping you in check and fear keeping you small. It’s a battle and I think we can win. Hear the voice of possibility and know that you have all the tools to start right now and you will acquire more as you go along. Don’t be afraid to live now. It’s all we’ve got. NOW
Today I am grateful for all my needs being met.
assumptions
Don't Make Assumptions. Find the courage to ask questions and to express what you really want. Communicate with others as clearly as you can to avoid misunderstandings, sadness and drama. With just this one agreement, you can completely transform your life.” Don Miguel Ruiz
I took some unintentional time off from writing. So for any of you that assumed that something was wrong ;) no worries everything is good. I’m feeling excellent, well actually marvelous. I have a lot going on and I am excited about all of it. Yesterday I got to surf for the first time this year and it was everything and more than I remembered. When I’m out there on the water I feel more alive than ever. I see everything so clearly. I feel so much gratitude for my life and what it isand what it is becoming.
I am always honored that anyone reads this blog. I have so much to share and sometimes I have to figure out what that is before I can write it down. Today I want to share about the sweetness of life. It is very easy to make assumptions about everything and everyone around you but when you can truly embrace the idea of a new day and see someone with new eyes, you get the opportunity to begin again. Life is so beautiful when you have the freedom to live it. We are quick to assume what’s going to happen or how someone is going to be but it’s all based on our past experiences. We want to hold people to who they were yesterday. What if we can be here- now and make our decisions based on our current wants or dislikes? What if you can choose what you want because you choose it? Doesn’t that sound freeing? Freedom is where we want to get to. Freedom in this moment gives you the power to create the life that you really want.
Today, I am grateful for my loving and supportive friends and family.
I took some unintentional time off from writing. So for any of you that assumed that something was wrong ;) no worries everything is good. I’m feeling excellent, well actually marvelous. I have a lot going on and I am excited about all of it. Yesterday I got to surf for the first time this year and it was everything and more than I remembered. When I’m out there on the water I feel more alive than ever. I see everything so clearly. I feel so much gratitude for my life and what it isand what it is becoming.
I am always honored that anyone reads this blog. I have so much to share and sometimes I have to figure out what that is before I can write it down. Today I want to share about the sweetness of life. It is very easy to make assumptions about everything and everyone around you but when you can truly embrace the idea of a new day and see someone with new eyes, you get the opportunity to begin again. Life is so beautiful when you have the freedom to live it. We are quick to assume what’s going to happen or how someone is going to be but it’s all based on our past experiences. We want to hold people to who they were yesterday. What if we can be here- now and make our decisions based on our current wants or dislikes? What if you can choose what you want because you choose it? Doesn’t that sound freeing? Freedom is where we want to get to. Freedom in this moment gives you the power to create the life that you really want.
Today, I am grateful for my loving and supportive friends and family.
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