Rise and Shine

It's funny how people try to maintain you down when you fall, instead of lifting you off your feet they become your personal scavengers and fly around waiting to take a piece of you. When your life seems to be going wrong and you feel like nothing else could go wrong that’s when you need to assure and secure your faith so that you can rise and shine above it all.

This reminds me of the growth process of the Chinese Bamboo tree. When you plant the seed nothing happens for the first year, neither on the second nor the third year but on the fourth year the Chinese Bamboo tree sprouts 90 feet in just six weeks!! Isn’t this amazing! And in the same way as the bamboo takes longer to grow than other trees so does our personal growth, our endeavors, dreams and goals also take time to sprout and grow to unbelievable heights. Sometimes life is discouraging but we need to keep moving forward with faith knowing that blessings are on their way, knowing that soon we’ll be reaping the rewards. As the bamboo tree reaches insurmountable heights so shall we reach new heights in our lives. You just have to BELIEVE, RISE & SHINE!!


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Seasons Change

There's a beautiful sad song from the 80's I can't get off my head. It's called Seasons Change  and the group's name is Expose. As I remember the lyrics they go something like:

Some dreams, are in the night time
And some seem like yesterday
But leaves turn brown and fade
Ships sail away
You long to say a thousand words but
Seasons Change.
It feels, like it's forever
No reason for emptiness
But time just runs away

Then it goes on and on, saying "seasons change, feelings change, people change". And that is so true! (Hey, didn't the 80's have the best music?  Really?) Anyway, you guys know how I'm always getting my inspiration from music so this won't come as anything strange when I refer to lyrics that just keep circling my mind. 

Time goes by, well actually, time flies or as the song says "time runs away" especially when you're not aware of what has priority, and I'm referring to the essentials in our life. Have you asked yourself lately what is a priority in your life? The dreams, goals and priorities that you had yesterday may not be the same ones that you have today or will have tomorrow but we still need to keep dreaming, we still need to pursue them and we still need to live to our full potential. We must strive to reach our highest potential so that we can live more fulfilling lives. People around us change, their feelings toward us change and our feelings towards them also change but acknowledging is the first step. Then to correct what is faulty and/or missing is the second step which is necessary in order to move on. I ask: can you make a decision today to correct this? What decisions will you make today or this week that will affect your life or the people around you? So often we refrain from making decisions because of fear. Fear of what others might say,  might think or what others might feel towards us. I say living in fear is not living at all. That is not the life God wants for us and that's not the life we should settle for. You should understand you are priceless, you have so much value and you can do so much more. Understanding we are not here by mere accident and that God has us here for a purpose is stepping in the right direction. There's no reason to just settle for something that's good enough: say, staying at your job because even though you don't like it, it's good enough and for now you can pay the bills, and trust me I could think of a thousand more excuses we give ourselves on a daily basis just because... We should change our way of thinking and directing our lives. Let's stop, take a deep breath and think for a moment: what's my main desire? or better yet: what's my purpose on this life? what's my calling? what makes me truly happy? Once we know the answer to these questions we can move forward with ease and the emptiness we tend to feel from time to time will fade away. I believe we can live a life full of blessings, full of light and love, which is far most the greatest quality of all. Because when we feel love we can see the world from another perspective. Start by giving yourself the love you need, as it has been said by centuries, in order to better love others we need to love ourselves first. So show the LOVE!!
Good Day Mates!!

Releasing

In my last entry I explained how important it is to trust, how it's an ability we must acquire in order to live more confident lives. But today I want to explain how trusting goes hand in hand with releasing or simply put, letting go. When things don't go the way we want them to or unexpected situations arise that prevent us from getting a promotion, a salary raise, reaching a new level, achieving goals and dreams we become frustrated, negative and that's when we need to trust that everything has a divine plan, God has a purpose already. But often times, more than usual we persist on our ideas and don't let go of what it is that we want and things certainly don't go our way. We can throw a fit and still nothing happens. That's when we need to learn to release and let go. I'm not saying we should give up on our dreams but we should let go of the anger, the frustrations, the negative thoughts and bad attitude. God is in control and what we want will come to pass when it's the right time, His time, and His time may not be ours. We're all living our part in this divine movie. When we learn to trust and release we live not only more confident but also more fulfilling lives. Things happen for a reason or so they say so this must mean we can trust we are equipped to handle the load we are being given because nothing is by mere chance. As Joel Osteen would say "we are not victims, we are victors". So let's begin recognizing our full potential and put it to good use. Have a great day my friends!!

The Ability to Trust

The ability to trust that all will be alright is a quality almost not found on people today. We put so much stress on ourselves to reach our goals and dreams that when we don't reach them we get frustrated and everything around us falls to pieces, or so we think. Instead of realizing it was probably for the greater good we start to fuss over everything. Instead we should begin thinking there is something much better out there for us it's not the end of the world, we just feel that way because we're not confident. This is where the power of trust comes in. We need to trust there is a bright future waiting for us, we need to trust when things don't go our way there is a better way, when a door closes there is another one that will open. When you think there is not a way God already has a way, and the only thing we have to do is trust there is a much better way for us. That's all we need to do. When we can sincerely trust we can feel confidence in our future and when we feel confident good things start to happen, doors begin to open, the right people come into our lives and our divine destiny starts to unfold.

It's A Beautiful Morning

It's funny how I'm always getting inspiration from songs, people and places to write my blog. The joy a song will bring, a beautiful bright sky, and the smile of that one person you love from near or afar are all inspirations that come from the outside and go to the inner corners of our soul. I ask myself when should we stop looking and searching for things to give us joy and inspiration on the outside when everything is already inside. We should search inside to find the everlasting joy, happiness and love. This is precisely the journey I've decided to embark on. I want to find what has been lost, and once found be able to treasure it and keep it not just for myself but so that I can better love, help and serve others.
This is my personal journey from within.

Meanwhile, enjoy this song it was my inspiration when I woke up this morning!
 

Winning Some & Losing Others

Everyday we face battles, both internally and externally, and we go about our days not knowing that we can choose our battles. We can decide whether we want to commit to an ongoing argument which could result futile or if we can decide to  let go and lose the argument for the sake of saving us the tantrum, the anger, the fury and sometimes even the hatred that lurks behind the curtain of our heart. To put it simply we have the power to take control of our lives and sometimes don’t even know it. As Roberto Pérez, Peace Ambassador for Argentina,  says “we tend to react to our surroundings instead of respond” to our surroundings. I believe I emphasize so much but not enough in the need to live consciously because by doing it we live thinking in our neighbors and not in ourselves. We start to live to serve and love others instead of using and taking advantage of others.

Living to serve and love our neighbors should certainly be on our  to do list.

What’s on your list today?

Human Nature

Every day people hurt us, mark us, classify us and even crucify us and we just say that it's human nature. Doesn't it sound weird to accept that hurting one another is just part of our daily lives. Isn't it strange that we expect others to treat us fairly but we're not even able to treat others the way we wish to be treated.

Shouldn't we start treating others the way we want to be treated first? When can we start? Can we even start at all? I certainly hope so. I know so.

Many people make to do lists, (I admit being a part of that group) and we write all sort of things: do the laundry, take the garbage out, clean the bathrooms, but what about adding:

    Things to do:

1. Be courteous
2. Be loving
3. Be amicable
4. Smile
5. Do the dishes
6. Do the laundry,etc..

Let's say your not like me and don't like making lists but you can definitely decide in the morning what you will and will not do during the day and I can assure you, this will make a difference in your day and in your life.

Make it your human nature to make a difference! Like the late Michael Jackson sang: 

"I'm gonna make a change,

for once in my life

It's gonna feel real good,

gonna make a difference

gonna make it right..."



Love you guys!! Have a great day!

P.S.
By the way the song is
"Man In the Mirror"
 

As good as it gets

Is this as good as it gets?

No.

 

The answer is plain and simple: this is definitely not as good as it gets or should get. It would be depressing to know we can't achieve anything more than what we have right now. It would be sad to know there are so many things out there and that we cannot even dream of getting or touching or  feeling. What kind of a disturbing world would it be? Thank God it's not like that at all. We can dream of something bigger, brighter, better in our lives and in the lives of those we love. Isn't it wonderful that we can evolve each day into better human beings? 

We can be whomever we wish to be.

We can be whatever we want to be.

And we can be wherever we want to be.

We just have to be, simply BE, and our lives will unfold in front of us. Those yearnings, desires, dreams that we hold close to our hearts can be made into reality. It's not about just wishing it's about believing, it's about knowing and trusting it will simply come to pass. Forrest Gump's mother said "life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you gonna get" but I differ. When we live consciously you can tell what your gonna get, it's like streaming a movie, when you choose to download Forrest Gump you are going to get that movie, exactly that one. So when you decide to stream thoughts of victory, of a brighter future and a prosperous day that is exactly what you will be streaming. It's what you are attracting into your life that opens the correct door, that unfolds the creases that have been made over time and that brings light where there were once shadows. So, if this isn't as good as it gets think about what you really think is good and set out to get it. It's just within your reach.

Trust me, it really is.