Imagine lighting a stick of incense. A silver ribbon of smoke cascades from the stem and fills the room with a sweet fragrance as it fades into the ceiling. Now imagine lighting a cigarette. The same thing happens, a strand of smoke rises into the air and fades away. But the smell is different. It’s not pleasant or sweet. It stinks and clings to your clothes like a scarlet letter. Your thoughts are the same. Constant and free flowing, Read more…
Paulo Caulho said, ““Anxiety was born in the very same moment as mankind. And since we will never be able to master it, we will have to learn to live with it—just as we have learned to live with storms.” It is okay to have a bad day; you are human. Sometimes I feel anxiety creep in like a tremor to my core, even when I’m in a good mood. Reassuring myself that it is okay Read more…
It is okay to cry. I know life feels ruthless; a constant pummeling of discourse and emotional distress. It’s okay to break down. It’s okay to reveal in yourself your flaws and mistakes. It is okay to fail. Hear these words, however… failure is a beautiful thing. Mistakes are a natural wonder. With mistakes come growth, and with growth comes the person you desire to be. Failure is an option. Quitting is NOT. Fall down Read more…
Picture a spool of ribbon. One side of the ribbon is green and the other is red. When you wake up every morning, your ribbon is unspooled. Throughout the day your thoughts and emotions causes the spool to roll one way or the other. As you are feeling these thoughts, the spool is rolling in a certain direction. When your emotions gain momentum, an avalanche of thoughts enters your mind, causing you to feel either good or bad. When Read more…
Maybe you’re new to the neighborhood and are looking for some friends, or maybe you’re trying to land new clients, or maybe you’re tired of being single and want to start dating. The key to succeeding in meeting people and maintaining a solid relationship is to be likable. Below are some of the basics of being likable to help maintain friendships and relationships and to help jumpstart you into changing yourself for the better. BE Read more…
Life happens. Sometimes swift and sharp; other times gradual and painstaking. Turmoil happens in life and can easily sweep you into a current where there isn’t ever a grasp to what you’re enduring, and before you know it you’re in a great deal of suffering. Everyone experiences the hurt in their soul; it can be through hearbreak, being fired, or rejection. I know I’ve felt it. Work puts the stranglehold on me sometimes and it Read more…
Individuality is a beautiful thing! Finding yourself, your niches, and your persona is the beauty of growing up. Everyone has something that makes them different and it’s not uncommon that when seeing someone succeed who is doing something different than you, one feels discouraged. Jumping over the edge of something new is a wondrous difficulty in our reality and when doing so it is best to allow consistent defeat for yourself before the success. The Read more…
Learn the secret to joy and abundance in life The Law of Attraction states that whatever is like unto itself is drawn. In other words, like attracts like; positive attracts positive; and negative attracts negative. These are thoughts that we’re talking about. Thoughts give off frequencies, like a radio, sending out signals to like minded frequencies. These frequencies, or vibrations, are then relayed back to you and your life experience. We’ll call it your point of Read more…
Let’s preface this with me saying that I haven’t garnished tons of awards, yet; and I haven’t gained a ton of followers on my blogs, yet; and I am not a millionaire, yet. These lack of accomplishments, though, haven’t left me jaded and feeling like a failure. Actually it has made me realize a lot of the other small successes I’ve gained in my life and to understand gratitude better. And doing that has strengthened Read more…