the bamboo that bends is stronger than the oak that resists. Japanese Proverb
Resistance is futile. Resistance breeds more muck so to speak. I think about the moments when I have resisted what is and fought to keep something the same. It's never pretty.
I liked this quote because it made me take a deep breath. It made me stop and remember that this life of mine is ever changing. It's fluid and the more I live into that, the more peace I feel inside. I'm just here to remind you that that peace lives in all of us. The stillness awaits us but we must take the first step. We must silence our mind and be still. The voice that says you can't is the oak. Stop resisting if at least for this moment. Bring to mind one thing to be grateful for and just take a minute to be still with that thought.
Today I am grateful for my opportunities in both work and school. They challenge me to be better.
comfort zone
Life begins at the end of your comfort zone.
I read that quote and it excites me and scares me in an instant. I know that the greatest moments in my life have been those where I stepped through the fear. There is something very powerful about doing something that scares you that challenges you to the core and makes you question who you are. We have this notion that who we are is fixed. We may say "oh no I don't do that" or "no thats not my thing", says who? This little piece of goodness can free you. You are so much more than you allow yourself to be. We place these limits on ourselves and then seal it in concrete. We relate to our limitations as if there are real. They arent real, they are fear hardened that's all. And in an instant, can be freed.
You can be free. Life is so amazing, yet we live in the limits. We play it safe. You can be physically safe but don't be mentally safe. Don't let yourself talk you out of trying new things. Don't put a limit on what you can do or what you or good at. Feel the fear and do it anyway.
Today I am grateful for shadow boxing class I'm about to attend. It scares me and pushes and makes me want to quit yet I'm gonna do it anyway.
I read that quote and it excites me and scares me in an instant. I know that the greatest moments in my life have been those where I stepped through the fear. There is something very powerful about doing something that scares you that challenges you to the core and makes you question who you are. We have this notion that who we are is fixed. We may say "oh no I don't do that" or "no thats not my thing", says who? This little piece of goodness can free you. You are so much more than you allow yourself to be. We place these limits on ourselves and then seal it in concrete. We relate to our limitations as if there are real. They arent real, they are fear hardened that's all. And in an instant, can be freed.
You can be free. Life is so amazing, yet we live in the limits. We play it safe. You can be physically safe but don't be mentally safe. Don't let yourself talk you out of trying new things. Don't put a limit on what you can do or what you or good at. Feel the fear and do it anyway.
Today I am grateful for shadow boxing class I'm about to attend. It scares me and pushes and makes me want to quit yet I'm gonna do it anyway.
tread softly
I have spread
my dreams beneath your feet. Tread softly because you tread on my
dreams.
W.B. Yeats
W.B. Yeats
Ooooh I love that. Tread softly. I will tread softly. What if we all tread softly with high regard for each other and for the planet. There is room for everyone to express and be seen. We have more than enough so why do we get so scared. why do we fight what is? why does life seem like a struggle sometimes? Its a good question to ask-- are you treading softly? Are you holding your life in high regard as if it's a beautiful treasure or are you careless?
I feel like my life has been a project and in moments like this one, I am grateful to have a voice for it. There is a common thread that runs through us all yet we often think we are alone. Humanity is pretty awesome and what a gift this life is. I feel so fortunate to have seen and experienced so much and still run my self into a corner and find that realization AGAIN that I am ok, Always. That is message, you are ok, really, you have an opportunity right now to tread softly and speak kindly and love greatly. See how that will effect your life. Be your own experiment and do it differently. Be what you always knew you coulde. Be brave. Be willing to try.
Today I am greateful for school. I am grateful to have the courage to go back. I am grateful for the knowledge and the discipline.
Inspiration
“Our chief want is someone who will inspire us to be what we know we could be.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Beautifully put. I love Emerson. (Thanks C) I could write about how I havent written or I can just write. I choose the latter.
The quote comes at a great time for me. I crave for someone to tell me what to do for someone else to show me the path and I will follow it. Right. Do you ever feel that way, where you just want someone to tell you what to do? Ofcourse until you don't. :) We want to be guided but not controled, loved but not too much that we suffocate. We want freedom but want to know we are wanted. It's such a fine line of perfection. Makes me laugh. Just funny how we are as human beings, playing tug of war with life. When I look at it that way and read what I write it gives me great freedom. I know for me that life is best when I stop trying to control or pretend that I know anything. I find that the greatest peace comes in the form of being open and flexible. So here I am now practicing what I speak and in the face of my fears of things not lining up the way I think they should, I am letting go. I am doing what I know to do and that is to share, write, and be open. I know that I have been put on this planet to help people realize their own potential. I know that what lights me up is seeing someone else lighting up, breaking through or even opening up to the possibility of life working.
So here I am writing again. Never give up, right?
Today I am grateful for the always adventourous life that is mine. :)
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Beautifully put. I love Emerson. (Thanks C) I could write about how I havent written or I can just write. I choose the latter.
The quote comes at a great time for me. I crave for someone to tell me what to do for someone else to show me the path and I will follow it. Right. Do you ever feel that way, where you just want someone to tell you what to do? Ofcourse until you don't. :) We want to be guided but not controled, loved but not too much that we suffocate. We want freedom but want to know we are wanted. It's such a fine line of perfection. Makes me laugh. Just funny how we are as human beings, playing tug of war with life. When I look at it that way and read what I write it gives me great freedom. I know for me that life is best when I stop trying to control or pretend that I know anything. I find that the greatest peace comes in the form of being open and flexible. So here I am now practicing what I speak and in the face of my fears of things not lining up the way I think they should, I am letting go. I am doing what I know to do and that is to share, write, and be open. I know that I have been put on this planet to help people realize their own potential. I know that what lights me up is seeing someone else lighting up, breaking through or even opening up to the possibility of life working.
So here I am writing again. Never give up, right?
Today I am grateful for the always adventourous life that is mine. :)
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