What is a friend?

A friend is someone who will always be there to stand in your corner.  They are someone who listens, they do not judge us for our actions and regardless of our stupidity, ignorance, ups and downs they still love us and accept us for who we are.  A real friend is one of our soul mates causing us to stretch by challenging our thinking.  A real friend wants us to grow and become everything we are meant to be!  A real friend desires the best for us to live beyond the status quo of society stretching and reaching to the realms of greatness in every area of our lives.  They too, are unafraid to grow and listen to our own suggestions for growth.  Mutually, we both want to bask in great success in every area of one another’s lives. 

A friend is someone who shares!  A friend shares happiness, optimism, excitement and exhilaration.  A friend knows how to connect with us and love us, respects us and our children.  A friend is able to lift us to new heights by believing in our dreams, and would never step on them, rather choose to be our greatest encouragers.  A friend realizes we have unlimited potential and wants to fly along with us to the greatest of heights. 

A friend listens, even when they are tired of doing so!  The reason is one day they’ll need us too to also listen.  A friend never frets about us, rather encourages us to look at every alternative leading towards a path for success.  Our friends are unafraid to dare us to grow, rather than to continually argue about what we can and cannot do, there are no objections only encouragement to defy the mediocrity of the masses and to live boldly with bravado.  A good friend’s encouragement and embrace is the bright dazzling light of our day, as we too should be a vivid of light of hope and peace to them.

A friend believes in potentialities!  This is why it is so important to choose the right people in our lives to become our friends.  Real friends believe in our potential and who we are becoming and choose to grow right along with us. 

Real friends are unafraid to say, “I love you!”  The love shared is based upon respect, true caring and a depth of mutual understanding.  We share the knowledge of always being there no matter the situation, elation and happiness, death and despair, to always be there.  There is an unsaid respect that binds us. A real friend is fearless, undaunted as they share tears, deep thoughts, laughter and many smiles.

A real friend - a true friend is the greatest of all gifts!
 

I love you!

I love you!  Is that so hard to say?

I love you… that will never change.

I love you… touch my face

I love you… kiss me!

I love you… hold me!

I love you… never let go of my hand!

I love you… just because I do.

I love you… I hope you love me too!

Where do you stand?

Tonight I went walking in the woods gazing up at the sky.  I couldn’t help but notice the silhouette of the trees along the horizon and enjoyed lurking through the tall pines at the twinkling stars.  As I came upon the lake it was quite evident just how vast the night sky truly is looking up over the hills and into the dark abyss.  It magnifies our presence of living now, and makes one realize the vastness of eternity.  Maybe in our western world we are too busy to look up and see what the rest of the world views each night without all trappings of our harried culture.

I haven’t watched the news in awhile, and stopped for just a few minutes to investigate the report of young children being slaughtered in the streets.  They are in their own neighborhoods believing and longing for safety and security where others who disregard the value of life just kill for the sake of killing.  Why?  We sit here worrying about our dining choices, how to pay for a new car or vacation without realizing the dire need of those who so desperately long for peace.  We are so blind, perhaps truly apathetic and uncaring.

So, you are probably inquiring how is it that Rob is connecting a walk in the dark woods gazing at stars to the value of little children lives a half a world away.  Maybe if you have read a few of my writings then you know the depth of my soul.  I truly care, I truly long for the world to experience peace.  Sometimes to find peace we have to make decisions to concede, to live with the status quo, or to fight.  In the case of the little children and the merciless condition of their enemies, I think we should fight.  How do we do so, by choosing to stand for peace!

I will not apologize for standing up for little children, they do not deserve to witness tragedy, they do not deserve to be pawns in a sick game.  I believe in life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.  The question is… does the rest of world, and does the rest of my country know the true meaning of those words and willing to take a stand, or continue to live with blind apathy?  Sadly, I think I already know the answer.

So where do you stand?

I want you!

Two Souls looking in the same direction!

I want to love you more than I should!

I want to love you more than I ought!

I want to love all your fears away.

I want to see the real smile underneath the façade.

I want to hold your hand.

I want to touch your face.

I want to pull you close.

I want to touch your lips.

I want to lie down next to you.

I want to listen to you breathe.

I want to know the real you!

I want you to know the real me…

I want you to know the me who cares and loves, who longs to hold you tight!

I want you to long for my tenderness.

I want to touch you how I would like!

I want you to smile when you see me.

I want you to know I think you are precious!

I want you to express the freedom within your soul.

I want you to let yourself go.

I want you to be who you really are…

And I want you to know who I really am.

I want to love you…

And I want you to love me too!

Embrace the Moment!

I want to write to you today and tell you to go live your life!  Now is your time, this very moment you breathe the oxygen in the atmosphere, this very moment you drink the water from the ground, this very moment you decide to accept your destiny in the chronicles of humanity.  We who live in the western world have so much to be thankful for, so much we accept as normal without realizing the precious opportunity we have to live and enjoy such great lives.  Today, this day please make the choice to really live and step outside of yourself and be everything you are capable of becoming.  Living on a higher plane means sometimes making choices which may seem contradictory to the norm of society, but to those who live with real heart and gusto, it makes all the sense in the world. 

Today, decide to challenge yourself to stretch in several areas of your life.  Amplify your level of consciousness to encompass realizing the potentialities of which you are capable.  Make the decision to live with drive and embrace life doing all the things you ever desired.  Jump on a sailboat, out of a plane, into the ocean, underneath the sea, or climb a mountain… go and live.  This is your life!   This is your life my friend, make it everything you ever desired.  Please do not die with all the music left inside your soul, rather choose to live this day sampling all the flavors of the world.  Smile and laugh more, worry less, love without restraint and deeply, make your life a model for all humanity. 

Believe the Best!

Recently, I have listened to several speakers in regard to living our lives the way we want them to be, and it is interesting how each of them have similar theoretical logic.  Each of the speakers shared we are to amplify our thoughts to line up with only what we want.  We are to let go of negative emotion and only concentrate on the positive and tell the story of our lives as we feel they should be.  Many great successful people have believed no matter what setback to befall them that they would succeed.  We too, should follow their example believing the best about our lives staying the course no matter what adversity, and we will without question reach our destination.

It is very easy to become discouraged or temporarily disenchanted when circumstances appear dire or contrary to our beliefs, schedule or timing.  We should rather realize that people, events and happenings are taking place as they should to prepare us for the bounty that lies ahead.  Sometimes through perseverance we grow wiser, more mature and become more able to handle what life has to offer.  We are able to command more and realize greater profits monetarily and spiritually.

Today, live telling your life story they way you want.  Expound upon every desire no matter how outrageous realizing this is your life, this is your moment, and this is your time to live as you choose to live.  Decide to be happy, decide to believe the best about yourself and others.  This very moment the forces of the universe through your thought patterns are bringing you great abundance of love, happiness, health, and wealth.  There is nothing or no one that can stop you from living the large life you deserve except yourself.  Today, choose to believe the best!

Think and Feel the Best!

Today is a great day to release all your fears and realize everything about God is about faith, trust and love.  We are His children created in His own image.  What is His image?  And what is ours based upon the fact we are designed as a mirror to Him?  We as humans many times allow the devil, the world and our flesh to overtake our thoughts, and thus destroy the perfection God has provided us.  This is a great day to realize by choosing to live and making His thoughts our thoughts, these lives of ours will be much easier to live and we will realize the greatness He has provided to us through our baptism.

We are God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved.  Think about that thought!  With this being the case, is there anything we are not able to accomplish with our lives?  Remember Philippians 4:8:  “Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable--if anything is excellent or praiseworthy--think about such things.”

Today, eliminate all negative thoughts by believing and thinking only the best of yourself, all whom you encounter and decide to make a difference for others in this life.  Choose to live for God by carrying His banner removing all the obstacles out of the way in this old world so He may be able to move forward where He wants to go. 

There is a song I love which has some great lyrics, here are just a few to share with you. ‘We live in a beautiful world no matter how crazy it seems, the sun is shining, can you feel it?   Hearts are open, can you feel it?  It is a beautiful world, the fog is clearing out, fears are lifting, awaken the spirit can you hear all bells that are ringing, things are changing for the better stand by me, stand by you because together we are going to make it.  Baby, it is a beautiful world together we are strong, it is time to move to a place which is much brighter, the love that I feel is beautiful, bright and deep.  It is a beautiful world, it is a beautiful world.  It is a beautiful world no matter how crazy it seems.’  These words heard in repetition over and over makes one realize today is a new day, we live in the present, no matter how crazy things appear by choosing to higher thoughts, believing in yourself and others, opportunities will be showered upon you and we will live lives of great destiny.   

In life, we manifest what we desire by our feelings, so choose to think the right thoughts, express the best feelings consistently and discover the changes you desire in your life.   

Go and Love, Go and Live!

We cannot live in the past, we cannot live in the future, we can only live in the now!  So with this knowledge… are you living in the now?  Living in the now means you are willing to mentally separate yourself from your past, those moments of triumph and moments of despair.  Are you are ready to realize you can do nothing about the future, except for impacting your life with what you do with your time now.  What is it you seek…fame, fortune, accolades?  Now is the time to make a difference in your life with how you organize your mind, your thoughts and your life.

Are you in love?  Do you seek love?  How do you love?  Today, choose to make a difference by deciding to be a lover of others.  This day choose to embrace, kiss and respect others more.

Are you wealthy?  Do you seek wealth?  Do you value your personal resources?  Today, choose to make a difference by deciding to value your abilities and talents.  This day choose to work smarter, more effectively, and provide greater service to others than you ever have before.

Are you healthy? Do you seek health?  Do you value your body, mind and soul?  Today, choose to make a difference by deciding to value your physical body.  This day choose to walk, run, swim, play and workout.  This day choose to make good food choices and live exuberantly with a more lively step.

Are you enlightened?  Do you seek enlightenment?  Do you value your life, your soul, your true life force?  Do you believe in God Almighty?  This day choose to meditate, pray, clean your brain of mindless chatter, and believe with powerful intention the way you want your life to be and discover the truth of all the universal principles.

Today, this day is a great day to decide to choose to live.  Decide to cover your past with a sheet, and do not fret or long for the future.  This day choose to embrace this moment with all the power of your internal life force.  Decide to live for you by giving yourself away to the world and in doing so, discover so much more of who you are, and become what the world seeks.  This day choose to become life, love and happiness.  This day make your presence the most magnificent gift anyone could ever receive.  Make a difference by becoming a difference solely for you.

Go and love, go and live!

"Nothing Ventured - Nothing Gained!"

Tonight, I felt compelled to write just a few words about relationships, no I am not an expert, nor do I purport to be, however there are some thoughts I would like to share.  First of all, when you truly respect and admire someone you are unafraid to expose who you are.  We all have faults, and we all have positive attributes.  When we find ourselves opening up and revealing the truth of who we are with others and share our deepest feelings, we then we are able to create unbreakable bonds.  As an individual, I am very fortunate indeed to have many close friends who love me and I them.  If I called tonight in the early hours and asked for real help, I know they would come, as I would for them. 

When it comes to male and female relationships, we sometimes must realize not everyone is at the same place in their being-hood.  Some individuals are still grappling at handling hurt, others are prepping themselves for a relationship, and some are truly ready to spread their wings and immerse themselves completely into a new venture with a willing partner.

I was reading a book talking about living life like an ant.  We must carry our weight, be patient and take things one step at a time in our stride.  There are many people who want to rush the steps A, B, C to Z, versus realizing there may be a few more steps in between.  Others are afraid and paralyzed by the hurt they hold from the past.  The real reality of our lives is we must be brave, bold and courageous.  Remember the cliché, “nothing ventured, nothing gained.”  So here I am today like a modern day Ann Landers providing advice:  do not be afraid, do not fear, rather believe the best about others, about yourself and realize this is your life to live today.

I believe in love.  I have been in love many times, and even though I also have experienced hurt and caused hurt; I am still unafraid to march forth.  This life of ours is a very precious gift, and we must realize the sanctity of what we have.  Today is a good day to take a few steps just like those little ants.  Today is a good day to tightly embrace one of your friends, verbally express your love, admiration and respect. It is a good day to believe.

Our feelings and emotions are quite powerful, quite convincing to this ‘ole universe we live in, and I pray this day, that we all are able to live with great faith expecting only the best. 

These thoughts are good first steps to creating the kind of lasting relationships you seek in your life.  My family and friends are the most important people in my life as I am sure they are in yours too.  So, today decide to make a difference in their lives.  Decide today to do something good for someone to affect their life for the better. 

Some of you who read my words, I know quite well.  Some of you, maybe we have met maybe once or twice, and for many of you, we have never seen the whites of one another’s eyes.  Regardless, tonight, this night in mid-May, I want you to know that I admire you, some of you I truly deeply love maybe more than you realize.  I pray your lives are fulfilled, you find happiness, real love and true peace of mind.    

Be strong, live and love!

Be aware to never compromise your life, it is the only one you have.

Decide to live, really live.

Choose to love.

Choose to forgive.

Choose to live with peace in your heart.

Your heart leads your mind.

Make your decisions with your heart and your life will be more rewarding.

Boldly love.

Boldly live.

Peace to you my friend.

I am praying for you today.

I am loving you at this moment.

Heart intelligence supersedes the brain.

Your heart can heal.

Your heart can change the world.

Your heart can change the universe.

Believe with great feeling!

You are the master of your life.

Be strong, live and love!

Live Unselfishly!

A good thought is to live unselfishly, to give your whole self away to the world!  The best of relationships is when two people are completely unselfish.  They give of themselves without the thought of receiving a reciprocal benefit.  They love and forgive, forgive and love, and give and give.  Love flows easily!  They do not seek perfection in another, nor do they feel the need to always prove themselves to a level of perfection to their lover or friend.  They are able to be themselves in all ways and express all their emotions:  happiness, sadness, ecstatic elation, moments of upset, and feelings of vigor, strength, kindness, amorous feelings and true flowing love.  They are accepted for who they are, and feel compelled to share their mutual feelings of optimism, light, life, and happiness.  They do not trample upon one another’s dreams, rather share true encouragement, and realize not every dream is to always be shared, but definitely supported by their friend.  Two people persuade one another to live their dreams, not allowing the past hold them down like an anchor, but to hoist it away and live expecting this day, today - to be a day of triumph and manifestation of their dreams.

Living unselfishly is to realize we are to be our best, not to worry, hold on to fear, rather faith knowing all things will be as they should.  It comes down to a knowing deep down inside of our souls that giving our best selves always places us in control of creating lives of great destiny.  The destiny we seek is to be our best for ourselves, and in doing so shower others around us with kindness, optimism, feelings of confidence, respectfulness and true love.

All this may seem altruistic for some, but they have not chosen to live up to their best, but rather choose mediocrity over a life seeking excellence.  True fulfillment is choosing to realize our dreams by giving away ourselves to others. 

I write this today, to you my friend, because I know deep inside the core of who I am… when I give myself away, that is when I am best.  And, I know for you, the same holds true.  The true fulfillment of our lives is realized when we think and believe the best of ourselves and others; and when we give away the best of who we are.  In doing so, when we abandon the selfish negative feelings we cling to, we will experience feelings of mutual euphoric pleasure.  A feeling felt only when two souls connect recognizing the best in one another.

When we give ourselves away, we experience the greatest of all feelings including approval, pleasure, happiness, fulfillment, contentment, agreement, true liking and love.

Today is a good day to clean up your soul, forgive and love.  Today is a good day to dress up your soul by respecting yourself.  Today is a good day to share smiles, express your feelings of affection to others with tight embraces, living your lives expressing the truth of who you are and who you are becoming by submitting your life to God to change the world.

Godspeed!

Be Thankful!

Last evening while walking in the woods and high up in the hills, I was pondering many things.  It was apparent to me while hiking down into the valleys between the peaks of the hills, looking down both sides of the trail, there is always a deeper valley below.  The significance of this is no matter how our life situation may feel at a given moment; the valley could be deeper and darker.  As I looked below the ridges where I stood, the valleys seemed much darker below and in some places the forest floor was beyond sight.  It made me realize there are people who have more difficult life situations than me, and with a good mind, physical body and spiritual power there is nothing beyond the realm of achieving.

This past week while shopping for groceries, I was bemoaning a situation like we all do, and then I noticed a message from God.  A man was being helped out of a van, his mother was lowering him down on a ramp, he was in a wheel chair, an empty look upon his face, he was missing a hand and he had very little hair and looked as if his life was totally dependent upon the help of others for his basic functions.  It was at that very moment, I was reminded and realize how God has blessed me.

The message I want to convey is no matter how badly we may feel, someone else may have it worse.  No matter how difficult things may appear, we have the internal power to overcome any situation and live more vigorously.  We must maintain a positive outlook, realize opportunities are everywhere and choose to live with optimism and positive expectancy.  We must only think of what we want, truly want in our lives in regard to everything and in doing so, move closer to living a life of fulfillment in all ways.

We are powerful creatures with much potential, and there is so much more we can accomplish with our lives.  God has great plans for each and every one of us.

Dear Heavenly Father,

Thank you for opening our eyes, thank you for the capabilities and power you have instilled in us all to live lives of great expression.  We ask you place your hand upon us as we walk along this day to clearly see how we can make our lives better and help others whom we meet.  In Jesus name we pray, Amen.

You can change the world!

The world needs you!  You are very valuable, you are needed to help change the world.

You must become what you want in this world.

If you want love, you must be love.

If you want to feel cared for, you must express caring.

If you desire peace, then become peaceful.

If you desire honor, then honor others, all life and the earth.

If you need to feel value, then value others and you will become more valuable.

You are precious.  Life is precious… live your life as if it is a precious gift.

Pray with belief and create the world the way you want it to be.

When you seek, you will find.

If you want to be healed, choose to be a healer for others.

Feel peace

Feel love

Feel wealth

Feel health

Feel fulfillment

Feel life flow through you.

Pray for God to empower you with the truth of the power that lies within you.

Love God and you will feel His Love

Love yourself and discover your inner-self and who you are.

You are precious

Feel your value, express your kindness, express your love and you will be showered with real love.

Feel the kindness and tenderness from others and discover peace.

God loves you, He made you and He is within you.

You can change the world!

Forgive and Live...

Life is a learning experience! 

I was listening to a speaker about forgiveness, healing and living and wanted to share some of the insights gained with you.

Some of our greatest set-backs, hurts and heartbreaks are the best of our learning experiences.  The best thing we can do is to forgive and allow our lives to move on quicker.  The faster we forgive the faster we are able to make it out of the valley to a place where we can see clearly.  Forgiveness is about a sense of personal honor and integrity to ourselves and allows us to improve our journey.

The most important point is the five steps of healing according to speaker and author Caroline Myss is as follows.

1.  Force yourself to forgive, holding to hurts, damages you more than the other person

2. Redefine healing for yourself, it is not perfection, but a day to day task and gradual transformation

3. Stop asking why things happen, doing so causes your spirit to not move on

4. Chart a new course for your future

5. Have people witness your wound three times, and then       let it go

When you begin to step outside of yourself and look at your life, you begin to be able to view your life in a more profound way.  The challenges do not seem to be as overwhelming and we are able to move on and live our lives.

All things change when we do!

Sometimes we must decide to change to recover our soul.  Sometimes we must realize the decision to forgive allows us to regain our lives as we cannot live in our past.  The most important thing we can do for ourselves is choose to heal ourselves by diving into a higher understanding of truth.  We are only defeated when we become bitter.  The decision to become more enduring and compassionate is the only choice we must choose.  Forgive those who have harmed you.  It is through forgiveness we find love.  Forgiveness is the most extraordinary healing force in the universe!

Giving up the past is not easy, theoretically, everything we need is right here, now in the present.  We must embrace the moment realizing the future will take care of itself.  We must think about only what we want rather than what we do not want.  Whatever we give attention to manifests itself into our own reality, so therefore, be brave and live a life communicating the full expression of the best within your soul.

There is so much love within, so much incredible passion to release and convey upon the world within ourselves.  We must choose to release it. 

I have a dare for you today, are you up for it?  I dare you to magnify your personality by seven times and see what happens.  I dare you to smile more, smile at everyone you meet, tell everyone you encounter hello.  I dare you to share more hugs and embraces, to touch more, to kiss more and tell those you love, your mate, family members and friends that you love them.  I dare you to say you are sorry more often, to write your feelings and engage your own self to attempt a journey you have longed to take.  Decide today is the day to take that first step.  Dress the way you want to exude confidence and spill the best of who you are over the whole world.

I dare you today to express the best of your emotions, to live as nothing can stop you.  You see my friend, I love you.  I really do, that is why I write these words for you to make an intelligent choice to live a new life.  There is so much that awaits you and of course, you only deserve the best.  We have only one life to live, so make your story beautiful and magnificent.  Write down your dreams, think about them every day and only believe the best about yourself and what you want.  In doing so, each day we live becomes a new adventure, and we find serendipity takes place, and everything we long for begins to manifest itself into our lives.  Make the choice to only concentrate upon what you want in your life.  Choose to make a difference in this world, be true to yourself by excelling at only being your best.  You will then awake to a new reality of which your life, your dreams and those in it exceed your expectations.  Please take my dare, and you will find when you change, so will your life!

“As a man thinketh in his heart, so is he.” – Proverbs 23:7

Believe

I believe in love

I believe in hope

I believe in possibilities

I believe in miracles, yes they are real

I believe everything I want is coming to me now, and I know why!

I believe in God, I believe in myself and I believe in you.

Life is to be lived

Life is to be embraced

Life is to be cherished

Don’t derail your dreams with unbelief

Dream large and hugely

Dream with abandon

Believe everything is coming together now, and it will

I believe

Believe with me too…

Let Your Soul Shine!

Who I am today may not be who I am tomorrow!  As my life races ahead towards the future, I hope to be someone better.  It is my intent not to live a life concealing my thoughts, talents, love and the expression in my soul.  Rather than to live a suppressed life hiding in the shadows of mediocrity and remaining a latent soul  obscured from the greatness that lies deep within, I would rather emerge from the darkness and reveal the beauty of my light to world.
My light as yours is bright, powerful and vibrant and is able to connect to others in many universes.  This may seem a little too metaphoric for some, but in each of our human minds there are many universes in which we dream of utopic lives. 
My life as yours has meaning, great meaning and it more than just to trudge along in an attempt to procreate and leave some semblance of our lineage’s progeny to prolong a bloodline.  Our lives have so much more incredible value, each of our souls are important.  We must realize the significance of our thoughts, beliefs and actions as the results will spring forth great consequences either positive or negative.  And in my opinion, we each were born for true greatness and rather than decide to merely exist, we must choose to live our vision by the choices we make today.
What is it you seek in your life…. love, happiness, health and wealth?   We all measure our success based upon our own standards, foremost, the greatest quality to possess is peace of mind.  When we are able to possess freedom from fear, anger and guilt, then we have accomplished much.  So many in today’s society hang on to anchors which only hold them back from receiving real joy prevalent in the same universe.  We must decide to live in harmony with ourselves, reconciling with the discord in our life, calling for a true armistice quieting our souls.  There of course, may be many steps to take and some time involved.  But, rather than wait, today is the day to take initiative and to begin a new journey.

Who I want to be is a true adventurer unafraid of great heights or depths, willing to accept and understand many cultures, unafraid to express my feelings regardless of social morays.  I am a great lover, and capable of great compassion, and caring.  We cannot give what we do not have, and it is my contention to attain much to give much.

For you my reader, this day, go and live!   Live with zest, be unafraid, I believe in you, better yet God believes in you!  Go and live, live the life of your dreams by taking the next step.  Be unafraid to change, you do not have to be who you were, decided to be who you want to become and then become that person.  Remember, the light within your soul is bright, vibrant and far reaching.  Let your soul shine and become who you want to be.

Simple Pleasures

Driving Down the Road with the Top Down

High Overlooks

Swimming at Night

Listening to the Crickets

Holding Hands

Kissing in the Rain

Listening to Distant Conversations

Locking onto the Eyes of Someone Special

Gazing at the Moon and the Stars

Long Embraces

3:00 a.m. Thunderstorms
Conversations about Nothing and about Everything

Holding a Baby

Chocolate Anything

Homemade Ice Cream

Riding Horseback through the Woods

Walking in the Forest

Long Naps

Sidewalk Cafés

A Short Funny Story

Laughing

Lying in the Sun

Listening to the Leaves

A Long Hot Shower

Dreaming of Travel

Walking in the water along the Beach

Sunsets

Gazing into a Fire

Special Friends
Sleeping Next to Someone You Love

Caring… Because it is Who You Are

Live Fearlessly!

Every day when we awake, we are recharged with a boundless amount of energy to accomplish something great.  The accomplishments may be large or small, but none the less, they are great accomplishments.  We fool ourselves to believe that small steps are not great accomplishments because it is the small steps that lead us closer to the ultimate goals we hope to attain.  Some of us are more enlightened to realize this-others are still stuck on a track to the oblivion leading to a black hole.  Today, my dear reader, I want you to recognize and appreciate your propensity to achieve.  There is an amazing life awaiting you, it is up to you to make a decision to choose the best path for your life.

We must set get goals and create daily to-do lists to fill our lives with more accomplishment.  Some individuals find making themselves accountable difficult to do; these lists may be written or kept in our mind.  The key is to always remain keenly aware of our goals keeping them top of mind staying conscious to the need to complete our daily lists.  When we strike each item off our list, we begin to find fulfillment in our lives and notice we are on the road to a great discovery.

Harnessing our energy to achieve goals is the key to living with more fulfillments in every area of our lives.  Here are some suggestions to provide a starting point for you.  Begin to remove all clutter from your life, the less clutter you see the easier it is to free your mind to see great possibilities.  There is definitely a correlation, and this is a great suggestion.  Decide to forgive others who have hurt you, this is not always easy, and I realize how difficult this sometimes can be, but at some point we must forgive.  The reason for forgiving is to release our past and the connecting ties which may holding us back keeping the realization of our greatest accomplishments and relationships encumbered in a dark cell to never be revealed.

My point today is we our responsible for messing up our lives, and we are responsible for empowering our lives.  We must make a conscious decision to rise above all things holding us back and forge ahead with a pocketful of dreams and great love in our hearts digging deep to exert more energy acknowledging there is so much more to who we are and make our dreams come true.  We must be unafraid to release our hurt so our true personalities may be uncovered from all the heartbreak, anger, disappointments and other negative baggage.  Today is our day for a great awakening, now is our moment in eternity to live, and live boldly without fear.

We must purge all our hurts from our minds, all self-defeating thoughts and all unbelief in our ability to achieve anything we desire.  There is nothing stopping us, and nobody who truly can stand in our way except ourselves.  Are we moving forward or standing still?  Stagnation is clearly not a choice for those who choose to live boldly.  Today, realize the energy you possess, the power stored within the recesses of your mind and gallantly step forward to be counted as one who chooses to really live. 

The next step is to take action, take action – take action!  We must actually work towards achieving our daily goals.  We must eliminate procrastination from our lives and choose to stretch ourselves in areas where we need to grow, to be daring when we feel fear, and to resolve ourselves to remain confident.  Remember in the story of your life, you are the hero, the one who is brave, fearless, and intrepid living courageously each day.  There is nothing cowardly about you at all, so don’t allow your own thoughts, the hurt you value so much, negativity, or the brutal influence from others to cause you disparagement. You are valiant!   

Believe

It is essential we have faith in our life.  We must recognize the importance of this essential ingredient to lead us down a path of manifesting what we desire and believe.  Too many people allow themselves to think life just happens, life just does not happen.  The intent we place in our minds creates a powerful force to draw what we desire into our lives.  It is so important to be careful of what we think, what we believe because we create the situations in our lives to bring about what we think.

There have been many books written about this subject, teachings and writings throughout the centuries, and during this period of time in which live, we must too harness the power of this truth.  We must only think about what we want and truly desire.  We must cast aside doubts, self-defeating thoughts and negative thinking in exchange for real belief, uplifting thoughts and positive thinking.  The result of changing our expectations in all areas of our life creates an ocean of possibilities to achieve what we desire.  We must overcome our own stumbling blocks to realize this truth.

Today, I want you experiment believing there is a certain goal or desire you long for realized in your life.  Take a moment to visualize this picture of your desire and capture the feeling of all your senses once you have what you want.  Paint a very vivid picture in your mind and using all five senses to  imagine how it feels to touch, taste, smell, see and hear the outcome of your desire, the more vivid detail you create, the more likely you will feel as if you have already experienced the realization of the result.  It is like making a movie of your desires with you as the main character immersing yourself in your feelings of realizing your dream.

Another action step towards developing a mind-set of receiving what we long for and bolstering our faith is to evaluate who supports our dreams.  The most important relationship we have in our life is with ourselves, so we must decide to be positive, optimistic and expectant.  We must choose carefully the relationships we have with others to support our dreams.  Do our co-workers, family members and closest friends support who we want to become and what we want to embrace in our lives, or are they a deterrent to achieving our aspirations?  We need to only associate with people who embrace our dreams and are willing to empower us to move the obstacles out of our lives to manifest our utmost desires.  They are not jealous or envious of what we seek rather realize our achievements elevates our relationships to a higher level of understanding.

We must decide to love, to care and to embrace others and their dreams.  The more we love others, I believe the greater the propensity for us to realize what we seek in our lives.  Love is one of the strongest emotions, and when we decide to love someone we give them a part of ourselves.  It is through this act of giving ourselves away that the universe opens our hearts to receive.  There is no need for us to complicate the understanding of this matter.  All we have to do is believe, feel and love and in doing so, we will initialize the momentum of the realization of our dreams.  It all begins with faith.

Believe!

Some Thoughts...

We cannot have grace if we continue to live in sin.  I read a verse tonight from Romans 6:1-2, where Paul writes how can grace abound if we continue in sin?  During the past few years, I have prayed intently, and realize the outcome of my prayers is due to the fact that in part that I have not lived without sin in my heart.  During my lifetime, I have broken every commandment.  I am not without sin; my heart has held malice towards others of which I have not been ashamed.  But it is wrong, very wrong and unfortunately, I am fool. 

Like all humans it is so much easier to hold resentment rather than to admit our own fault forgiving others so God’s forgiveness may work in our hearts.  It is so easy to become judgmental, rather than to live on a higher plane.  There are times in our lives when we must let go.  We must decide to let go of the past and let go of the hurt relinquishing whatever we feel in our heart and trade it for a new beginning.

For some it seems so easy to toss their past into the fire and walk away, and for others there is a greater struggle to embrace the possibilities of a new future because their vision is so clouded with memories, hopes and possibilities of what could have been.  I am one who has always been counted in the later crowd.  So today, I look ahead with great anticipation to a brighter future based upon the possibilities of what might be as envisioned in my heart, mind and soul.

Living a righteous life or one marred by giving into sin is based upon our daily choices.  God wants us to choose righteousness clinging to faith of what great possibilities lie ahead rather than to stumble into a quagmire which prevents us from receiving the evidence of living with His hand upon us.  We can pray all we want, believe all we want, but if we do not live as He desires, than all the praying and all the believing are for nothing. 

We must have faith that as we walk upon this earth, the greater our trust, the bigger our vision the more likely we will evidence the results of His grace upon us. 

Dear Heavenly Father,

We praise you for your abounding grace, for the miracle of salvation, and for the peace you offer to place in our hearts.  We confess unto you that we are sinful, that we have rendered ourselves powerless by worshiping others rather than you and trusting in our works to bring harmony in our lives.  We have witnessed heartbreak, upset, discouragement, and realize you have something greater in store for us.  We are thankful for your wisdom, for your grace in all areas of our life, and for your son and our salvation.  We pray this day you provide clarity in our hearts so we may release the past. We ask that you give us vision to see the positive possibilities of our future.  We also ask for your strength to propel us to live unflinchingly this day and in the future believing the best for our lives.  In Jesus most holy name we pray, Amen.

New Discoveries!

Discovery… that is a good word discovery!  It is a good descriptor to express a more progressive depiction of living an advanced life.  It is through discovery we learn who we are, where we are going, and what we are seeking.  Sometimes we make discoveries without the intent to even do so, most the time these findings are positive and could be the cause of a breakthrough in our lives.  However, unearthing sorted details of a dark cloud may be cause for undue controversy we never intended to mine.  Needless to say, living an advanced life living on the edge of innovation and discovery is much more interesting than existing in an enclosed universe of nothingness.

I believe you are reading these words because you choose to be an explorer rather than living a life void of creativity, ambition and challenge.  You realize your life is about making a difference, leaving a mark; it is not just about existing, but fulfilling a purpose for your existence.  Of course your days will not be filled only with serious stoic intentions, but smiles, laughter and joy.  You find gratification in pleasure and achievement and base the value of your life upon the realization of your own happiness.

You choose not to be selfish, rather selfless and give the best of yourself to others.  People are thrilled to meet you, excited about working with you and enjoy engaging you in conversation.  These same people feel more successful just knowing you and feel a greater level of encouragement because of your acquaintance.    You bring joy to the world.  In fact, bringing joy to others is one of your mantras.  It is not because you always are bearing gifts, instead it is because you bring many smiles, hope, belief and are convicted to genuinely care for others as it is your true nature.

Being an explorer in life requires we always look for new discoveries.  These discoveries are new friends and acquaintances we meet, ideas we read about, concepts we learn, self-realization of the facts in our life, and of course the influence of others upon our lives to affect positive change.  Today, I want to challenge you to increase the stretch of your reach, to decide to live up to your capabilities, to possess a zest for learning and live with passion fueled by an inner enthusiasm to live voraciously.  Make this your mindset and today you will make a new discovery.

You are Alive!

Life is an adventure!  So many times I hear individuals remark that they really are not that adventurous.  However, we are all explorers living lives of great adventure attached to this rock called the earth. We all are spinning fast around the sun in our galaxy traveling throughout space in our own little part of the universe.  We are all born with only so much time, and in the time we are given, our purpose should be to live all-out full speed ahead!  It is amazing that so many choose to live quiet lives of a mere existence rather than with true bravado.  We owe it to ourselves to live a life filled with adventure.

Our adventures can be many leading us down great paths filled with outrageous love.  So many are scared to reveal the inner nature of who they really are.  They are great lovers who long to pour out the passion in their soul, display their affections and love with true authenticity.  Inside of them is an overflowing spring and those so lucky to encounter these individuals are showered with a cascade of true affection refreshing their hearts with a deluge of caring.  If only these lovers would outwardly reveal their true appearance.

For others, sincerity springs forth from their souls in their attempt to make the world a better place to live and their mark is felt everywhere they trod.  Those who encounter them are filled with peace and long to learn more about them, and are happy to stumble upon their presence.  They build others up, lead with ambition pouring out their energy creating societies and leaving in their wake improved conditions in the hearts and minds of all they meet.

Life is an adventure!  My dear explorer, please choose to live this day and be unafraid to pour out who you are on this world.  You are needed and the love in your heart will never be exhausted.  God will constantly refresh you.  Shower your love everywhere and if you feel it is not reciprocated this day, it is okay, because at some moment if you choose to live expressing the freedom in your heart, you too will feel the rain drops of love upon the aura of your soul.  Your skin will be refreshed and you will be led to a roaring river causing you to stretch yourself and as you move downstream into the delta that leads to the sea where the waters will calm your spirit and you will find yourself in the clutches of another new day.  A day in which you can live with more courage, provide more love and realize your choices will lead you to a greater life.  A life to share with others, a life to dedicated to your own self-improvement in hope to be the change this world so desperately seeks.

Be daring, be bold and live!  You are alive…