Infuse the Fun

What a wonderful life I've had! 

I only wish I'd realized it sooner.  

~Colette

Infuse the Fun
Lately some serious situations have been swirling around bringing down your energy.  You feel like a giant elephant is sitting on you and no matter how hard you try, you can't get up.  But not anymore.  Not for one more day or for one more second are you going to let anyone or anything keep you down.  You are a beautiful being that is supposed to be shining your light in this world.  You need to laugh a lot more, love even bigger and infuse the fun whenever and wherever you can.  It's time to shed the burdens you have been carrying and let it go.  There are wonderful things around you and even things that will make you LOL so stop turning away from happiness and turn towards it.  Embrace the idea that you have a choice to have fun and be the fun throughout every single day.  So on this beautiful Friday, go on and let yourself be full of joy. Infuse the fun into your life today and then every single day after that.

Holding On

As your faith is strengthened you will find that there is no longer the need to have a sense of control, that things will flow as they will, and that you will flow with them, to your great delight and benefit.  

~Emmanuel

Holding On
We tend to hold on to things pretty tightly.  Whether it's our opinions, our experiences, our pain, unhealthy aspects of our lives, our jobs, relationships, whatever it is, we think that the tighter we can hold on to it, the more control we have over it.  Here is where it gets difficult.  See, the tighter you hold on to something, the less control you have on it.  You stop allowing flexibility to come in by having such a firm grasp.  Plenty of times life has the solution waiting for us right along the sidelines but we get in the way of seeing it clearly or letting it in because we are too focused on our grip.  The more we can loosen the hold we have, the more we allow miracles to happen.  It's finally time to put down the control, take a step back and let life do what it does best, flow in with abundance and solutions that we could have never dreamed of ourselves.

Impact

If you want to touch the past, touch a rock.

If you want to touch the present, touch a flower.

If you want to touch the future, touch a life.

~Author Unknown

Impact

Every single one of us was put here to make a positive impact.  You have a purpose, whether you are aware of it or not, and your entire life is meant to be one giant lesson that allows you to grow.  By ignoring your instincts, shying away from your calling, fading into the background and giving everything you have to others (and nothing to yourself), this keeps you further away from your personal truth.  Surrounding yourself with negativity, toxic people and unhealthy relationships perpetuates this cycle of not stopping to pay attention to what the universe is trying to say...that you are worthy of a bigger and better existence.  You are meant to make an impact.  You are meant to be great.  You are meant to help others.  You are meant to be powerful.  You are meant to be caring & compassionate.  You are meant to lift up others as well as yourself.  You are meant to make your mark all over this world.  So do it!



Karma

How people treat you is their karma; how you react is yours.  

~Wayne Dyer

Karma

The energy you put out into the world is already coming back at you.  That's what karma is.  By understanding this you will quickly realize that only you are responsible for the energy you surround yourself with and exude every single day into the world.  If all you do is put negative energy out, how do you expect anything else to come back at you?  If you whine, complain, treat people less than, are nasty, blame others for your pain and lead with a "woe is me" attitude, how can any positive flow of energy penetrate that wall you have built around you?  Not only is that wall hard for good things to get through but you have surrounded yourself in a negative "bubble" of energy that you carry around you all of the time and that's certainly not going to make you feel any better about yourself, others, or even life in general.  It's not hard to be vulnerable, to lead with love, to release control and to connect to everybody and everything but you have to be able to put aside your fears and just go with the flow of life.  It's time to cleanse your karma and as you walk forward in the world, do so with gentle footsteps and an open heart.

Helping Hand

How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment 

before starting to improve the world.  

~Anne Frank

Helping Hand
Always be willing to lend a helping hand to anyone or anything that needs an extra special push in the right direction.  It just might save the day!  Please check the amazing video that's attached.  Happy Friday everyone. :)


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9v14m0Gxh8

Cheers!

If you want to touch the past, touch a rock.  

If you want to touch the present, touch a flower.  

If you want to touch the future, touch a life.  

~Author Unknown

Cheers!
How long has it been since anyone told you that you are great?  That you are beautiful?  That you are smart?  That you are a rock star?  Well consider this your day!  Actually, consider ever day to be "your day" to shine and to make a difference in the world.  Don't stop yourself from being the great being that you were meant to be.  Let yourself be the powerful being that you truly are full of love, laughter and gratitude.  So on the beautiful day, cheers to all that you are, all that you do and all that you will be!

You are Worthy

“Life is an obstacle course. You succeed at one thing and then you move on to the next. When an obstacle is tough, you try harder. When an obstacle is insurmountable, you change course. But you never sit down and refuse to finish.”

 ~Bethenny Frankel

You are Worthy
You have put yourself on the sidelines for far too long, cheering everyone else on as they reach goals and dreams, yet you never put yourself in the lane to run the race of life.  You make signs for everyone else, jump and down and scream at the top of your lungs encouraging words so that they know they have support and that they can do anything.  But have you ever stopped to wonder why you are not in the lane sprinting to the finish along with them?  For far too long you have been a cheerleader and not the player in this experience called life.  You have put aside your dreams and as of today, no longer!  Only you have the capacity to change your life and this is your calling to change that right now.  Stop yelling from the side of the road and jump into the race.  Start living every single day to your highest capacity.  Stop making excuses, stop taking care of everyone else's needs, stop compromising your values and stop pushing yourself to the back of the pack.  Just for being alive makes you worthy for all of the abundance life has to offer you.  Now isn't it about time you go for yours?

Forgiveness is Healing

Forgive all who have offended you, not for them, but for yourself.  

~Harriet Nelson

Forgiveness is Healing
We will not be able to move forward until we let go of the past.  Holding on to resentment and anger creates invisible strings that connect from the person who caused us pain to our spirit.  These connections hold us back from being the great human beings that we were each meant to be.  Typically it's hard for us to let go of the past hurt and sometimes people because we are afraid of moving forward.  We know what pain feels like.  We have carried it around for years.  What would happen to us if we finally let it go and be free?  But isn't it about time we try?  Isn't it about time we push through the fear and see what's on the other side?  Being able to let go of the past will widen our future.  It doesn't mean we forget about it or are willing to let it happen again to us.  It just means that we no longer give that pain any power and therefore we will truly be free and unburden our soul.  Try it today.  Forgive, let go and move forward!

Never a Mistake

Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without.  

~Confucius, Analects

Never a Mistake
With everything you do and all of the decisions that you make, know that you do not make mistakes.  They are all just life lessons.  You are made in the likeness of God; an all perfect spiritual being that is having a human experience right here, right now.  This experience comes with both challenges and triumphs but it all happens to move you in the right direction of finding your true lifepurpose.  Relax into the realization that you do the best you can at each given moment.  If you don't like what's happened to you or it doesn't feel right anymore, know that you have the ability and power to change it.  Do not spend time dwelling in the past.  For if you do you will miss out on the future that's staring you right in the eyes.

Quiet

It is only when we silent the blaring sounds of our daily existence that we can finally hear the whispers of truth that life reveals to us, as it stands knocking on the doorsteps of our hearts.  

~K.T. Jong

Quiet
There are times when you mind, body and soul need silence to stop the chaos swirling around you. Being quiet with your soul let's you tap into your truth and your strength. It gives you clarity when there seems to be too much noise and negative energy coming your way. Sitting in the quiet and being able to relax into it will help ground you. It will help guide you. It will help clear away the chaos and show you the truth. It will lead you back to your spiritual center and that's where you will find love.

Epic

ep·ic

adjective

1.

noting or pertaining to a long poetic composition, usuallycentered upon a hero, in which a series of greatachievements or events is narrated in elevated style.

2.

resembling or suggesting such poetry

3.

heroic; majestic; impressively great

4.

of unusually great size or extent

Epic
Your life was meant to be EPIC.  Not ordinary, not safe, not generic but outstanding and full of adventure. You are the hero of your own story.  You don't have to battle dragons, just your own demons in order to gain the clarity you need and the peace you deserve.  Let yourself fully engage in your life. 

• Love big
• Forgive even bigger
• Do the thing that fears you the most
• Write in a journal
• Go back to school
• Sing at a Karaoke bar
• Have bigger dreams

At the end, and even as you lay your head down each day, you should want to say to yourself, "now that was truly EPIC!"  Give yourself permission to commit fully to your life, to your dreams, to your goals, to your relationships and to enjoying this ride right until your very last breath.

Anger

For every minute you are angry, 

you lose sixty seconds of happiness.  

~Author Unknown

Anger & Fear
When you are angry at someone, something or even the world, that energy shifts who you are meant to be.  Anger comes from a place of fear.  So what about this situation or person is making you feel that emotion? Do you fear being vulnerable?  Do you fear trusting?  Do you fear not being in control?  Do you fear being abandoned?  Do you fear being hurt?  When you get frustrated, mad and upset, it's time you do one of the hardest things in life ~ take a long hard look in the mirror.  Ultimately this situation is supposed to make you learn about yourself, not about the other individual.  Situations and relationships are intended to make us grow but if all we do it point at everyone else then we are missing the lesson. Here in lies the challenge for us all.  Before you let anger continue to breathe life into your soul, take some deep breaths in and go deeper with that emotion.  You will feel the anger leave and fear creep up with the truth about what you are feeling.  Own it, look at it for what it is and take the lesson so that you can move forward healed.  Anger does nothing for you but perpetuate more bad feelings and ruin your day.  It's time to get out of your own way, let go of the hurt, deal with the pain and release it so that you can walk forward with peace and love.

Blocking

When I saw others straining toward God, I did not understand it, for though I may have had him less than they did, there was no one blocking the way between him and me, and I could reach his heart easily.
It is up to him, after all, to have us, our part consists of
almost solely in letting him grasp us.

~Rainer Maria Rilke

Blocking
Great things are surrounding you right now but due to the blocks you have put up, they can't get in.  What kind of blocks?  The ones that form a barrier between what your beliefs are and what you manifest. 

• Are you living with regret about decisions made in the past?
• Are you greeting each day with a grunt and not gratitude?
• Are you playing the victim all of the time?  (You know, that everything that has happened to you is someone else's fault and you have had no control over anything in your life)
• Are you wishing for a better partner in life but are not willing to be the kind of person that someone else would want to be in a relationship with?
• Are you not being congruent? (talking the talk AND walking the walk)
• Do you blame other people for your unhappiness?
• Have you been unforgiving but expect other people to overlook your mistakes?
• Do you complain about how other's treat you yet you have nothing nice to say about anyone?
• Are you living your life based on fear (but what if it doesn't work out...) and not love?
• Are you wanting your life to be "different' yet you are not changing your actions? 

More often than not, we block ourselves from the miracles and abundance that life has to offer each and very one of us.  We are quick to put blame somewhere else but the truth is that it's you who creates your journey here.  So get out of your way!  Start looking at the blessings that life is giving you.  Acknowledge the beauty, the good in people and be grateful for what you DO have.  When you shift your focus you shift your life for the better.  Stop blocking and start living.

Miracles & Blessings

Where man sees but withered leaves, 

God sees sweet flowers growing.  

~Albert Laighton

Miracles & Blessings
There are miracles and blessings all around you but are you keeping your eyes open wide enough to see them?  On this weekend of holidays, take the time to widen your perspective.  Realize that wondrous situations are happening all around you.  It's time to acknowledge them.  Some might be big and others might be small but nonetheless, they are all around you.  Miracles and blessings might come in all shapes and forms from a impromptu get together with old friends to a hug from your child.  Be open life and all of its glory and you will not only broaden your viewpoint but you will also allow abundance to flow freely to you.

It's All About You

Your cup should be overflowing. That which flows out of your cup is what you give to others but you must keep your cup full for yourself. When you empty it for other people, you will have nothing left to give to yourself nor them.

~Iyanla Vanzant (paraphrased)

It's All About You
Today is a day to make it all about you. You spend so much time putting your energy out there for other people and hardly take any time to fill up you own soul. You give and give and give some more and are left feeling tired, drained and not well.  For what?  What good could you be for anyone else if you don't feel vibrant, well, energetic and full of life?  Taking care of yourself, feeding your mind, body and soul is the best way you can treat your body as the temple it truly is. First fill up your own life and then you can be of service to help someone else with theirs.

Lead with Love

Love one another and you will be happy.  

It's as simple and as difficult as that.  

~Michael Leunig

Lead with Love
In every breath, every smile, every heartache, every challenge, every celebration and every interaction, lead with love.  If you let love fill you and guide you at your core, you will never get steered in the wrong direction nor will you let the difficulties that come your way break you down.  See everything through the eyes of love and compassion, even when it's hard to do.  By changing your focus to a place of love, brightness and warmth, you will change your entire perspective.  Every single day, lead with love!

Negativity Diet

All television is educational television. 

The question is: what is it teaching? 

~Nicholas Johnson

Negativity Diet
Have you ever felt on the verge of a major shift happening in your life but something always seems to "get in the way"?  Well that something just might be you!  It's time to go on a negativity diet.  When we surround ourselves with negative or low energy, we push away our manifestations and thus we make it harder on ourselves to receive abundance.  Starting today, go on a negativity diet.  What is that?  Well it's pretty simple yet for some it might be the ultimate challenge.  Stop surrounding yourself with people who are negative and bring chaos into your life.  Stop reading gossip magazines, websites, news articles and headlines that bring your energy down.  Don't engage in negative comments, feedback on social media sites, at work or in your personal life.  Stop watching (this might be tough) shows that cut people down, back stab, fight and are just about people being nasty to each other.  Clean out the clutter that surrounds your living space and work area.  Make every area of your life as harmonious as possible.  Be in charge of the energy that you allow around you.  Go on the negativity diet for a few days and see how cleansing your space will allow your soul to breathe.  Watch how much goodness you are able to manifest in your life during these next few days.  Sometimes all it takes is for us to push the off button to all of the chaos and nonsense.

Judgement

If only closed minds came with closed mouths.  

~As seen on a button at evolvefish.com

Judgement
It's easy for us to look at another person and judge them from head to toe.  We may not like what they are wearing, their tone of voice, their opinions, how they live their life, who they are in a relationship with or event better, what they have chosen as their career.  It's easy to cut someone down with your words, especially those that we have never met like strangers passing us by on the street or public figures.  But why do we judge? What good ever comes out of putting another person down or sticking your opinions on them?  Would you want every single person you cross paths with today judging every ounce of your being?  That would be very uncomfortable because nobody is walking in our shoes and has had the experiences we have.  Well then why do it to somebody else?  Make a conscious effort today to STOP the judgement and instead come from a place of love.  Judgement equals fear and we don't want to live our lives based on that emotion!  Always choose love when about to judge!  

Spirit

"You are a spiritual being having a human experience."

~Deepak Chopra

Spirit
You are more than your body and mind ~ you are a spiritual being. You have and will always be connected to everyone and everything. Your actions don't just effect your life, they effect others and ultimately cause a ripple in the universe. The faster you can grasp this concept, the more forgiving you can be of yourself and others. When you operate from the place of spirit, you quiet the chaos around you. You silence the doubt and noise in your own head. You realize that only you are in control of your destiny. What a freeing feeling! Don't push your spirit aside or ignore it. Let it be your guide to the happiness that you seek.