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Poetry/Free Writing — 3 comments
13
Mar 10

Peacefully Alone: A Poem

A poem I wrote from Arizona, 8 months living on my own, away from my hometown in Southern California.
Enjoy.

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Peacefully Alone

I ran with people that I can lean on and feed off their vibe
Now I stand alone on the way side

I brought people into my world and formed relationships that were high in QUANTITY
Now I seek solitude and find peace in the QUALITY

I ran with static noise that others believed about me
Now I sit in silence and find peace in my own energy

The pressure of knowing so many people at one give time
How can one not feel the need to run away to rest and unwind

A busy world where people come in and out
It came at the very same moment I was busy trying to figure everything out

In a room filled with a large number of people laughing with excitment
When all I really wanted was to find peace in my confinment

So many people surfacing around me with so many demands
So I began to create my own reality from within, and hope everyone eventually understands…

See my path as the most authentic and honest thing you can ever imagine
I am creating my reality at this moment, because I chose it to happen

I began to find peace with the quietness that many people of my past may have found odd
When in reality I was just tuning more into God

In a place where Native American Indians Once walked…
Where you know where someone is coming from without having to talk

I close and I open because my sensing of other’s energies is strong
So although I speak of peacfully being alone, I know it won’t last long…

For this journey is filled with both quietness and sound
The realization of both being alone and having many people around

All I can say now, is that I’m peace with
the realizations I have found

I hope that with my new found inner peace we can all find common ground.
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08
Mar 10

Why Staying Grounded Allows Me To Fly

Arizona: The Grand Canyon ‘09 Photo By: Kimbundance

“My life is my message.”
– Mahatma Ghandi

I continue to fly. I continue to fly, because I am backed with very grounded principles. This may sound counterintuitive or not make logical sense.
How can you fly and be grounded at the same time?

But the reason I can fly now, is because I am continually developing and applying sound and tangiable work and physical effort that allows me to reach this place of “flying.”

What Flying Means To Me
To me flying means that I am in the flow of things. I am doing what I feel I should be doing at the moment that I should be doing it. I am being rewarded financially and in my personal life. Flying to me means my creativity is unlimited and my dreams are coming true in the real world.

When I am flying, I am feeling creative, highly imaginative, and I can write about what I feel is real and honest to me, because I know that they are things I do that work effectively for me. Flying to me is the feeling of bliss and inner peace. This inner peace may come out in the form of laughter with others or may come in moments of pure silence of pure present moment awareness with others. Flying to me is a state of consiousness.

Grounded By Work Ethic

One of the reasons I can fly freely, is because I take one step at a time with my endevours. Although I have very ambitious and high goals for myself for the future, I know that practical action steps in the present moment, is the route that will allow me to get to where I want to go. It sounds like a contradiction to be grounded and fly at the same time. But I really just think it’s just being balanced.

Being Balanced

Can you achieve balance in your own life by acknowledging the need for both the need to fly and being grounded? Granted some people excell more in either being very grounded and are good at taking action. And others are better up in the air creating from that space.

I personally know people, who are very grounded and work very hard at staying at ground level. There is nothing wrong with this. Putting in the work in the real world and getting tangiable results from your physical labor is great. But, if they eliminate their imagination and creative aspects, they miss the magic of life. There is more to life than just what we can touch with our hands and see with our physical eyes.

Also I know people who are “pie in the sky” very creative and imaginative, but never really physically get anything “accomplished.” They run around with great creative ideas, but never take tangiable action to see their ideas become tangiable. This is where the term “struggling artist” comes from. They have all these great ideas, but never monetize on it. So even at that you need to stay grounded, get the work done, and get your great ideas and put them down to the phsyical world and see real resutls, that you can physically see and touch with your hands.

Beng grounded by taking daily action steps on my daily goals, and feeding my creative, imaginative artist is a beautiful balance that I have now come to realize in my life at this moment. Maintaing this balance is how I intend to take my dreams down into the world, and continue to fly. Come fly with me.

Your Own Balance
Are you seeing in your life the need to fly more (develop more creativity, imagination), or to be more grounded (taking more physical action steps) ?

Finding this balance is beneficial to your own personal growth. As you work through this process, you become more self aware, and this self awareness brings you an inner peace and clarity. As you find this balance in your life, you will see how it is possible to fly and be grounded at the same time. It’s an honest and real feeling that only a select few ever really reach. But, if you are reading this post, you are more than likely in that small percentage of people. This would be the ideal, to do what you love and be where you want and have more than enough money to do as you please.

Responsibility

This balance between flying and being grounded, is something that brings positive results in your life, but also comes with a great deal of responsibility. This responsibility is in teaching others around you that can benefit from this as well. The resaon it now becomes your responsibility to teach others this, is because they will see the good that comes from your experience and want to have the very same thing in their life. So keep in mind, that as you find this balance, you will also need to show others the way as well.

Depending on your natural personality, you can decipher for yourself, what you need to do, to balance both these energies. However, there is a technique I use that daily, that helps me with this process of balancing myself…

Meditation

I have found that the daily practice of meditation for me, has allowed me to find this nice balance. There is an abundance of “how to meditate articles and techniques” that you can Google for free, that may help you balance out your energies in an effective manner. This balance of being grounded and flying is an amazing, and truly fuffiling positive experience for me at this current stage in my life.

Creating My Reality,

Poetry/Free Writing — 10 comments
07
Mar 10

Going With The Flow. Yo.

I am the person that goes with the flow. However, this flow that I am now going into at this stage of my development is different. I don’t know I feel like I can touch the sky and fly. This flow doesn’t matter to people who are not in the flow. But I am glad that I’m in this flow because all I know is that this is amazing. I used to think in terms of lack. I used to have self limiting beliefs about what if I just went with the flow, and by doing this, that I don’t get anything in return. But the opposite actually began to happen.

The more I realized that it was my thoughts and limitations that I was putting on myself, the more I realized that there was never anything that I couldn’t be, do, or have. I began to realize several years ago that I was really creating my own reality with the thoughts that I chose to think.I am not here to say that I am better or worse than anyone.

I am just here, living an experience that I created. I am happy and at peace with this. I am here to inform all of you that you can be that which you desire, if you simply begin to change your thoughts. Wayne Dyer renowned writer and speaker, once said “If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at being to change.” I believe that.

I know that many of you reading this have had moments in your life where everything just began to flow, where the more you stayed in this vibration the more of what you were seeking all along, seemingly just began pouring into your existence. Well, this is a beautiful place to be and it begins with being here now.

Allowing the moment to simply be. This is all there really is anyway, so we might as well accept the moment for what it is.

My mind may at times get filled with thoughts of frustration, and fear, but the moment I tap into the present moment all this fear goes away. It is then filled with love, awareness, and truth. These are words that are coming from my inner being, and this is the flow that I am in. I don’t try to censor it or describe it in logical words to try to prove a point. I simply am here, writing and loving and enjoying the process fully. This is where I am at currently. I am in the flow. Yo.

There is no use in trying to be anything other than what I am at this moment. I feel a sense of inner peace that resides from me being here now. I am not concerned with what time it is, or what I am going to type next, I am just here enjoying and living in this moment fully and honestly.

The moment my mind tries to interrupt this flow, the words that I freely type on this page lose it’s honesty. Therefore I stay in this place only to be an honest expression of my feelings of the moment. The moment is allowing me to simply be. With pure attention and presence I can now be. This is the flow. This is what I now know.

Many wish to enter here, but they don’t. As the mind continues to think over and again of how to enter this space, but only when we have completely released any thoughts and allowed ourselves to simply be, can we enter this space of time and energy.

This energy I express here comes from a pure place, there is no need to explain it other than it is what it chooses to be. I can not reach out and touch it for I am it. I am that which I type, I am one. This is the realization that I’ve come to grasp at this very moment. This moment is the flow, I am the flow. Yo.

In The Flow,

Awareness — 3 comments
05
Mar 10

The Art of Living a Simple Life

“The simplest things are often the truest.”
-Richard Bach

This post was inspired by Issac at Lifeissimpler. I appreciate the way his posts are designed to make you start thinking a lot more simpler about your life. Issac’s post really get you to start realizing that life doesn’t really need to be as complex as people try to make it out to be, and that indeed the simplicity of it is what makes life wonderful.

Currently, I can say that I resonate with a lot of the messages displayed on Issac’s blog.

My State of Mind Currently

I live a nice and rather simple life currently, but what I did notice is that to most people in the oustide world, may see it as boring or dull.
There is nothing dull about my life as I see it, however if I told you what I did on a regular basis you probably wouldn’t be “blown away.”

I currently, see my life as like a large puzzle filled with plenty of pieces. These pieces I’m choosing to put together with joy and positive expectation. I don’t even know if the goal is to really get the entire puzzle to be completed in the quickest or fastest time. I just enjoy putting the pieces together and creating my reality.

Sure challenges, and unexpected obstacles come my way, and some pieces just don’t match, but that’s really part of the growing and lessons I can take with me to learn and expand from. I have found when I take a a step back and look at the bigger picture in any situation I’m comfronted with there is always a positive outcome waiting around the corner. This is because I’ve worked on training my mind to see the good in situations.

Simple Life as an Art Form

I believe that there is an art form associated to living a simple life. It requires a certain degree of focus and present moment awareness. This means that the more you can accept the experiences that are happening in the moment for what it is and be aware of the experience, the more beautiful your art becomes.

I have come to the realization that living a simple life in these current times is a lost art. A simple life is a way of being that comes from your soul and it seems like everything out there in the outside world wants you to become filled with complications that contradict what your soul needs. The more you look within for the answers, you will see the simplicity in your day to day life. Going inward, eliminates the clutter of the outside world, and promotes more clarity in your own life.

I am sensitive to the fact also that the moment I begin writing about the “soul” it may force certain people to look away, and say “That is to esoteric for me to comprehend at the moment, I’ll catch up with you later. ” This term seems to be too “far out” or illogical for some people to grasp.

I understand that I lose a certain audience, the moment I utter the words “soul” or “soul’s purpose.”

But, do you see how simple ideas such as speaking about the “soul’s needs” gets so complex quickly for other people? It really is just lack of awareness. People are afraid to go within, because their daily life is too cluttered with the complexity of what society demands from the individual. So I write this with awareness, but with encouragement for each of you to go within more, and see for yourself your own art.

For those of you who are interested on how I go about my regular day please read my effective time management technique here.

Old School Media

The old school media (television and newspaper) seem to want to pull you in the direction away from your own spirit’s truth and knowing. Most of the information presented in the regular mainstream news is based on fear. It seems they want to take away your art, and tell you that it’s not “good enough” or your “not being realistic.”

Traded Books For Television

The moment I came out to Arizona on my own, I made the choice myself, not to watch any more television. I admit the first couple of weeks it was really difficult. I wasn’t an avid televsion watcher to begin with, but for me personally, I knew that watching television regularly for me promoted laziness and a form of unhealthy escape. Today, I’ll catch a Laker game here and there, but I’m not as involved with the television set than I would say a most people are.

Instead, I turned to reading more books that forced me to think for myself, and expanded my mind.

Trading television for reading books, has given me a clearer view on the world, because I can pinpoint where the mistakes happen in myself, and other people’s lives. A lot of it has to do with trying to live up to an impossible model that they see on television to follow. The static noise that came from society kept trying to tell me that what I wanted to accomplish in my life by being a person of service and inspiration as an art form, was “unrealistic.”

It’s Real To Me

To that I say; my art is the most realistic thing, that I’ve come to grips with in all my years of living. Furthermore, I’m convinced that my art is “good enough” because what I am becoming in the process is something I’m proud of and something that I know is making a difference in the world. So, regardless of all the outside static and societal pressure to be what they want, I manage to stay in my space of trusting myself to move forward in expansion and growth. This expansion and growth taking place at this current stage in my life is real to me. It doesn’t really have to make sense to anyone else.

I have found that the less time I spend watching television and getting caught up in what society says I should be, the more I get to tune into my art…The art of living a simple life. This simple life contrary to what many people may first assume, is actually a lot more adventurous and exciting than at first glance. The reason is because the more I get in tune with my true nature and what you were really put here on earth to do, you begin to see the real depths of your own personality and who you are as a spiritual being. This discovery is an art form and it is an awesome adventure.

Living my art,

Vibration and Energy — 6 comments
03
Mar 10

How Using Positive Affirmations Worked for Me

“Every time you state what you want or believe, you’re the first to hear it. It’s a message to both you and others about what you think is possible. Don’t put a ceiling on yourself.”
-Oprah Winfrey

A few days ago I intuitively began writing a list of positive affirmation statements on a piece of paper, cut each statement individually and left them on my counter top.

When I would go outside, I would take one positive affirmation that I have cut out individually. Each affirmation is embeded in a good sized piece of paper that can fit nicely in my pocket. This is a fun way to just remind myself of something positive that I’m either working towards or something that I am grateful for.

My Short Story at two Separate Stores on The Same Day.

On this particular day I picked the written affirmation “Abundance Flows To Me.”I put this written affirmation in my pocket and off I went.

While I was out one time I had two purchases to make at two different stores. I purchased one item at the local grocery store, and the gentleman at the counter allowed me to purchase the item taking out the tax.
His reply, “It’s fine keep the change.”

The second store I entered the very same day was with a lady at the counter gave me a discount on the items I purchased all half off priced. I asked her it there was a special deal they were having today at their store. She responded, “No, our store isn’t offering half off discounts today.” She continued “I just feel like being nice today.”
Pretty remarkable events happening on the same day right? Well, at least I thought so.

Is It Just Plain Luck?

Some may call these two instances pure luck. But I really think it has to do with energy. Our words carry an energy that transmutes into the physical reality. The simple thing of putting that written affirmation in my pocket, may have played a part in me getting discounts on two separate stores on the very same day.
There are many valid logical reasons why these two instances may have happen as well, but I’d like to think otherwise. The simple idea process of writing down an affirmation puts your intent in place, ready to go. You won’t know exactly how that things begin to manifest, but they eventually will.

We Are Energy Beings

I believe that we are all energy beings. Like energy attracts like energy. The important thing I’d like to mention is that I’ve come to believe that our thoughts are magnets that attract either positive or negative experiences towards us. Yes, challenges come and obstacles come, but how we choose to deal with it with our thoughts and belief system is what can alter it or change that challenge into something positive. It is the energy that you choose to bring forth from your inner being that transmutes into manifestation in your physical world.

I urge you to try some of these positive affirmations out for yourself. Anyway you choose to do it, is really up to you and your own creativity. Have fun with this process. My friend Evelyn Lim from Abundance Tapestry has an amazingly creative way to go about creating this fun mini project for yourelf. She explains it here, simplly and easy to follow step by step.

I urge you guys to take action on this fun creative process and see for yourself the amazing little things in your life that begin to manifest for you in a positive way!

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Creating Positive Results,

Updates — 6 comments
01
Mar 10

It’s A New Month, Let’s Set New Intentions!

“The power of intention manifests as an expression of expanding creativity, kindness, love, and beauty.”
-Dr. Wayne Dyer

Today begins the first day for the month of March 2010. At the beginning of each new month I like to set new intentions that I would like see manifest in my life. Whether it be in business, relationships, or spiritual, I make an effort at the start of each month, to clearly write out what I would like to see take place during that month.

An example of an intention that I write out at the beginning of the month is something as simple as the following.

“For the month of March 2010 I intend to provide only the best positive tangiable value to my blog readers and attract $300 in passive residual income for the greater good of all concerned.”

I write out this intention and store it away in my notebook.

February 2010: Short Recap

It seems like last month went by very fast. February 2010 proved to be a busy and productive time for me. At the beginning of last month I set the intention to collaborate more with other amazing personal development/Self help bloggers.

In the month of February 2010, I was blessed to be featured on two blog sites that are doing very well for themselves respectively.
Also I had a wonderful feature article guest post from my friend Therese Miu.

The first site I was apart of was from my last article about the Law of Attraction which featured in Armen’s timeless blog celebrating his 200th blog post! You can read this post here: Timeless Information

The second site I was featured in was from displaying my wealth vision board that Evelyn Lim inspired me to create to bring in the New Chinese Year. You can read this post here: Abundance Tapestry

Third, the wonderful and insightful guest post with Therese Miu can be found on my blog here.

A New Month, A New Canvas

The start of each month for me is like a brand new canvas. Life is our canvas and we can create what we choose by our intentions.

What is it that you want to create this month? Do you intend to develop better relationships with your family? Make extra income? Realize that you are really the creator of your reality. What you choose to focus on expands. What I urge people to do, is really take a look at where they are currently at in their life and accept it. But know, that if you want things to improve and opportunities to manifest it begins with your thoughts which lead to inspired actions.

As you start this month, make it clear to the universe what it is you intend to create. Write it out and visualize it and feel it as though what you desire is already happening. Then go into inspired action and trust that you are being guided. You can have and be what you want, we are all energy beings. It is our vibrational energy that attracts the things we want into our lives. When you are positive about what you expect to receive you will receive it. Understand your own flow. There are also moments when you should completely dethatch from the outcome, but that comes from experience and self awareness and timing. The important thing here to remember is that if you choose, look at the start of this month with clear intentions of what you want to manifest. Be open and receptive to what comes your way.

Let’s set some new intentions for this new month.

Creating my reality,

Vibration and Energy — 3 comments
24
Feb 10

The Difficult Part About “The Secret a.k.a The Law of Attraction ”

“All that we are is the result of what we have thought.”
-Buddah

I live a very blessed life. I have abundance, I write about topics I’m passionate about, laugh often, and find the most amazing things in the smallest things in life. It seems like people that I need to connect with appear to me when the time is just right for them to appear and opportunities come at the perfect times. Life is moving along nicely.
As a matter of fact, one of the intentions I have set for myself at the start of 2010 was to do more traveling. So I’m actually planning a trip in the near future to Costa Rica where I will document my stay there via this blog, and also video.

I have found that applying the tools found in the book/movie The Secret has really changed my life in a positive way.

Is That Real?
When I first introduced this “secret” a several years back to some of my friends, I was met with some enthusiasm, but a lot of skepticism as well. Applying the tools such as creative visualization, thinking positive, and making vision boards just seems “to good to be true.” The mere thought of simply thinking about something you desire and making intentions for it to arrive and sitting back watching it physically come in tangible form, sounds like something good on the surface, but not something that is “realistic.”

Logic v.s Intuition

When I use my logical left brain to truly make an effort to analyze the law of attraction, or the power of intention, I admit it I too find it very hard to believe. How can I just think of something that I want, and all of a sudden it will manifest into reality? Don’t I have to work really hard and face many challenges to get that thing I wanted? The challenges may come up at times, but after I’d say about 4 years of actively practicing how to work with the universe in a natural way, versus against it, I have found my own little space of creating positive outcomes for myself by going with the flow.

Once again, the concept as I understand as the Law of Attraction is something I probably am best just living out instead of trying hard to describe in words. After all, it isn’t something very logical, and if I step into the logic of it, I may just be doing myself and my readers a disservice because both logic and how law of attraction work don’t really go hand in hand.

Example 1

It’s very similar to trying to logically explain how intuition or how synchronistic events work. For example, have you ever been thinking about someone and all of a sudden that person give you a call on the phone, and you are surprised and with excitment tell that person “That’s a coincidence! I was just thinking about you!”

Can you logically explain how that process works? If you can, please leave me a comment below I’d love to read your feedback. But, for the majority of people trying to logically translate the reason that “coincidence” happened would prove to be very difficult right?

The same is true for applying the principles that the law of attraction can help you manifest in your life the things you want, versus the things you don’t want.

Example 2

Let me give you another example, have you ever jumped in the air in this (physical realm) and just stayed up in the air and began to float? Just decided to stay up there for a few minutes, and hang out?

No. The reason you can’t stay up in the air for a few minutes or however long you like is because, there is this law in the universe called gravity that exists. This law of gravity is always there. You throw a ball in the air, eventually it comes back to ground level. Any object that consist of matter will come back down to the ground level.

How many of you actually go into the books, and research logically why this happens? I am sure that if you really tried your very best, you can quantify this law in numbers, words, and the like.

So why can’t I logically describe the law of attraction? Which says that like energy attracts like energy, or what you think about your attract in into your life.

The reason I can’t logically describe it is because that’s not my life path or job here on earth. It’s like when I jump in the air, (I jump very high by the way) I know that I will come back down and land on my feet. It is something I just accept as the reality. I don’t feel the need to go to the books, and find the numbers, theories, or exact logic to define and explain to everyone I know why this happen, it just happens.
The difficult Part About it: Teaching It To Others
The difficult part for me at this stage in my manifestation, is teaching why and how the law of attraction works.

It’s not difficult for me to apply these principles with success, because I have trained my mind and my perceptions to just accept it as real. Therefore what I experience in life at this stage in my life is really amazing and spectacular. The more I apply the law of attraction principles, the more I learn about myself and to be honest the more better results I receive. It’s like a little game I test myself with. However, in my case, this is the game of life.
So it’s a serious matter, but at the same time very fun and exciting.
Life is an adventure anyway, so I decide to experience it that way.

Furthermore, the second difficult part about explaining I also think is because, once you start applying things like creative visualization, affirmations, you begin to see it more of a way of life, versus a “one time thing.” I have found that it allows you take more responsibility for your life, because in essence it is you creating your life.

Law of Attraction as a Way of Life

Seeing the law of attraction is a “one time thing” I think is where a lot of people get hung up on. They start to think that this whole idea is some “hocus pocus” stuff that they will try once and if what they intended for doesn’t come immediately, than according to them it most not work and they begin to slip back into their normal comfortable life where things made more “logical sense.” It’s interesting if you look at very successful people today, they are people who are persistent, and persevere through rejection or failure. How is this idea any different? It really is about alignment. You have to be in alignment with what your life’s purpose is. As you begin to come in alignment with your life’s purpose you will see that the law of attraction is something that is very natural and real in your life.

I have found that people that are out of alignment with their life’s purpose, or have no intention on searching for their life’s purpose, are also those same people that find the need to logically find the reasons why the Law of attraction doesn’t work. Unless of course, their life’s purpose is to be critical, but you get my point.

Have you been applying the Law of Attraction/ The Power of Intention in your life?
Do you experience some difficulties in trying to explain this process with others for the first time? Or do you just live accordingly and hopefully people will just learn from your real life example?
Please send me feedback, I’d love to hear your experience.

Making it happen,

Inspiration — 8 comments
23
Feb 10

The One Common Theme Found in 80% of all Personal Development & Self Help books

I’m a big reader of personal development and self help books. The current book that I’m reading is an excellent book by Julia Cameron entitled the Artist Way, recommended by a friend.
This book is filled with solid practical tips on how to reawaken your inner creative child.
The book gets The Baker stamp of approval.

With that said, I believe that 80% of all personal development/self help books point to one common theme. So, obviously if this large of a percentage is the common theme, it would be really valuable for you to keep this idea in mind right?

Take A Step Back

Before, I go into what this common theme is, let’s first take a step back. Why do a majority of people read a great valuable personal development/self help and then forget about this common overriding theme? Well, the main reason really is because people aren’t passionate enough about their own personal development. They like to read books, get juiced up and leave it at that. There aren’t real tangible results after reading the book because they aren’t really passionate about their personal development. You see to be passionate about your growth, you will notice that in the books that you read there really is no way that you can miss this common overriding central theme found in the books.

The Select Few

I assume that most of you all reading these blogs, are not that group of people that take a really valuable book and forget the common theme. I would say that you are the select few that really care about your personal development growth, so much so that the common theme I’m about to tell you, you are already living. So congratulations on that. Congratulations on being that small percent that is passionate about their personal development and evolution. I respect people that come from a place of truth and honesty with where they are at in life, but truly make honest efforts to consitently try to learn and grow from reading books and applying principles to make their lives better.

The one common Theme Found in 80% of all Personal Development & Self Help Books is:

“Belief in yourself.”

That’s it. Belief in yourself. But, that is such a strong statement and a reoccurring idea we must all continually be reminded of though right? The reason is because we live in a very fast paced society. It is so fast that we forget our “why” we may lose track of our purpose for doing anything. But I’m hear to let you know that you have to continue to believe in yourself, no matter what challenge or obstacle you are currently facing. You see I love people. Some people are supportive with my dreams and some people just plain aren’t supportive of my dreams. I truly appreciate and love all the support I continue to receive, and never take these people for granted.

But you know what keeps me going and pursuing my dreams? It’s the fact that I believe in myself. Simple and plain. There is no other outside force, outside circumstance outside of me that will take that away. I know that if I don’t believe in myself and my life’s purpose, I can easily just slip into a comfort zone, where I don’t grow and evolve as a human being.

That is the reason why 80% of all personal development and self help books stress this in their books in one form or another. They understood that from their perspective, it all begins and ends with you. You can’t blame society, your parents, your friends, how you were raised, or your boss on why you aren’t where you feel you need to be in your development.
It begins and ends with an unwavering belief in yourself.
You create the reality you choose to exist on. You create the change you want to see in the world. You create your wealth and your relationships with others.

You are the end all be all of your own journey. Don’t let people take that from you. Hold strong to your belief and your purpose on this earth. You deserve every ounce of it. When you continue to operate in this manner, you will inspire and empower others to do the same. This is probably the most rewarding part. Believe in yourself, this allows others to believe in themselves.

I also want to mention, I have my very own personal development book for purchase. This book is a good guide to help you find that belief in yourself by moving inward for your own confidence and self image for a beyond successful life.

Continue to Grow,

Passion — 2 comments
22
Feb 10

Opportunity or Obligation What Is Driving You?

The Road Not Taken
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;

Then took the other, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim,
Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
Though as for that the passing there
Had worn them really about the same,

And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
I doubted if I should ever come back.

I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I–
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference

-Robert Frost

When I was living in California, I used to act out of obligation. It seemed like 80% of the action I took I was obligated to do for others.
I managed to still do things for myself that I felt were driven by opportunity, but for the most part 6 months ago I was being driven by a sense of obligation. This sense of obligation was brought about by my needing to fill an expectation of family and society. This made life feel very out of balance for me.

Ever since I moved out here to Arizona, I’ve been feeling a sense of being driven by opportunity. I don’t necessarily feel the need to force myself to do things I choose not to do. However, with this sense of opportunity I have a lot more responsibility for my own thoughts and actions.
This has led me to the law of attraction. Although, many of you reading this now are very familiar with this universal law. You and I have to be sensitive to the fact that 90% of the population aren’t aware of this universal law.

Furthermore, those that are aware of it are not really applying these laws to their benefit. So, if you are a person that is applying the law of attraction regularly, you are actually in a very small club. You are the leaders of this new era. This club makes up for a very tiny percent of people in the world. Activities like creating your vision board, Saying affirmations daily, and creative visualization are some of the basic tools that you can use with the law of attraction.

The Law of Attraction

What I’ve seen in my personal life and from studying high achievers in life is that in order to be driven with a sense of opportunity, one must apply the law of attraction regularly.

The reason for this is because to be driven with a sense of opportunity, there is a chance you may or not “make it.” There is a chance of either success or failure. But to apply the laws of attraction into this, you have a better shot at making it. It takes a lot of trust in yourself, to really be consciously living the law of attraction.

You see, being driven by obligation puts you at the effect rather the cause of your situation. You become the victim in the circumstance instead of the victor. So to ask somebody who has chosen to be obligated to so many things that aren’t true for his/her life path to begin applying the law of attraction in their life wouldn’t make any sense. It doesn’t make any sense to apply the tools that are associated with the law of attraction because the person that is very obligated to the wants and needs of others, society, or their boss is used to the idea of someone else choosing their dream for them.

Granted, I am sensitive to the fact that there steps involved. You may need to be obligated to do certain things on a regular basis to make ends meet. I am not saying don’t do what you need to get done. My point is just, recognizing and being aware of your own timing. Know that although obligation rules the day, if an opportunity comes around and you get this sudden urge to chase a dream you’ve been thinking about many times, it is up to you to decide whether or not to go forward with that feeling.

Expanding In Your Own Personal Development

I can tell you that from my experience, going with that gut feeling is probably the best thing you can do for yourself. This is because it opens you up to a new world of opportunity and from this new state of mind, you begin to have the opportunity to move forward with your true life’s purpose and experience more fulfillment in your daily life. Going with this hunch, or gut feeling is when you really start to understand what it means to grow in your personal development.

It gets very difficult to expand in your personal development when you are taking most of your actions based on obligation. The reason is because, if most of your time is being spent out of a sense of obligation, there are more chances for you to get stuck in a rut, because let’s be honest there is no fun or enjoyment that comes from doing daily tasks that are not aligned with your life’s purpose.

Obligation delays Your Dream
Being partly driven by obligation may delay your dream. However, being soely driven by a sense of obligation your dream goes down the drain. From my observation of highly successful people, many people who have lost this dream may have lost it because somebody else, a well meaning parent, or perhaps their boss chose their dream for them. The truth is if you aren’t living your dream, you are living someone else’s dream.
You are a part of their vision, instead of you creating your own vision.

You see, the moment you say “yes” to an activity that is not part of your life’s purpose, or doesn’t bring you joy, there is a great chance you are taking action by obligation. On the flip side, if you say “yes” to an activity that is in alignment with your life’s purpose and brings you joy, you are usually taking action out of opportunity.

Many people that I see have a lot of potential to do very great things, aren’t consciously making the decision to be moved by a sense of opportunity.
The reason?
There are several reasons but it really is rooted in fear. The chance that you won’t make it, is a bigger fear than staying safe and conforming to what society tells you to be obligated by.
Therefore it is fear, that keeps people being driven and taking action from a place of opportunity.

Opportunity or obligation, what is driving you?

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20
Feb 10

My Blog is Like My Baby

A thought occurred to me at this moment, as I began to write this blog.
I was contemplating about what I wanted to write about. All of a sudden, it dawned on me, how special this blog is to me. This blog to me represents so much of me, and what is going on in my life, that it’s difficult to even phantom how truly remarkable something as simple as typing words on a screen can make such a positive impact on my daily life. The more I get into writing on this blog, the more I learn about myself. This process for me is not like any other process, (other than playing basketball in my teens) that I can relate to. The flow that I get into, and the entire process from thinking of something to write about, letting it flow out of me, and editing my own work has been nothing short of extraordinary. I began to realize how this blog alone has really helped me in my own personal development and growth.

At the age of 25 I am currently single and I don’t have any kids yet. In the future, I’d like to have kids of my own. But at the moment, I do know one thing. I love this blog like it is my own child. I nurture it and give it love, have people send it some love and it’s a glorious experience in my own life.

Nurture
I check up on this blog everyday. I give it attention and love by giving it what it wants, but I’m also disciplined with it. I don’t spoil it, but I do give it my heart and undivided attention. If it needs more ratings I know exactly what to do, if it needs more patience I step back and let it breathe. I know what my blog needs and I nurture it accordingly, for the inspiration and empowerment for all my readers to share and enjoy collectively.

Love
The words I pour out into these amazing posts, are from love. They come from my heart and I follow this guidance. I know that many people have many things they love in life, but at the moment in my own personal development this is where I choose to operate from. I love receiving comments and feedback from many people that resonate and feel my messages at a core level filled with inspiration and empowerment.

Playfulness
Like a child my blog is playful and fun. Sometimes I may not be 100% aware of where it wants to go, but I know that it has positive good intentions. I play with this blog like a pianist plays with his piano. I play and extend joy and fun with what I do on these pages. This playfulness opens up doors of endless creativity. This childlike creativity sparks the imagination of countless others, and brings about a positive uplifting union for other childlike creative artist to rejoice and celebrate with the goodness of life! This playfulness is exciting, fresh, positive, fun, and uplifting.

Appreciation
I appreciate this blog like a father appreciates his son or daughter. I feel so blessed to be able to come up with fresh content on a regular basis. I appreciate my own efforts and creative insight that comes from my higher self. I appreciate also reading top bloggers blogs, as these are tools that give me insight in my own personal development journey. I appreciate the talents I have to express on this blog and the joy that comes from this creative self expression. I appreciate every single reader that comes on my page and recieves tangible, positive, and inspirational value from it.

With Gratitude,

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