One of the best gifts you could ever give someone is your support. Without the support of others it is extremely difficult to accomplish what you would like to. They say “the support of a good woman is all you need,” while that would be an incredible asset there are other people out there in the world who could offer you the support needed to help you accomplish your goals. The problem is finding others who share your vision or at least have the mindset to see the possibilities of what you are trying to achieve.
How much could you accomplish if you had the encouragement and support of everyone around you? Wouldn’t it give you the powerful feeling that you could achieve anything? Just imagine how many creative individuals have given up on their hopes and dreams due to the lack of support they’ve received from their inner circle. I wonder how many ingenious inventions never came to fruition due to this same scenario. What has the world missed out on?
We all need encouragement and support in our lives. There are too many people out there who will put you down (even if they secretly agree with you) for the simple reason that they don’t want you to succeed, because your success makes them feel like failures. Even people who love you and want the best for you may have a twinge of jealousy that keeps them from fully supporting you, it’s just human nature.
There are different avenues out there to find the support you need. Most likely you could go online and find a multitude of clubs or organizations that could offer all the support and guidance you’re looking for. The best way to expand and develop your ideas is to surround yourself with open-minded individuals looking for the same encouragement and support that you are. Don’t give up on your dreams, if you can’t find the support in your current inner circle search elsewhere, you’ll find it if try hard enough, persevere!
Monday, August 3, 2009
Just for Laughs!!!
“Violators Will Be Prosecuted”
When you see a sign that says “Violators Will Be Prosecuted,” have you ever pictured a lawyer behind it with dollar signs above its head? Picture this, a lawyer standing in front of a prison reading a sign that says “Prosecutors Will Be Violated,” you think that would make their sphincter tighten?
When you see a sign that says “Violators Will Be Prosecuted,” have you ever pictured a lawyer behind it with dollar signs above its head? Picture this, a lawyer standing in front of a prison reading a sign that says “Prosecutors Will Be Violated,” you think that would make their sphincter tighten?
"Cats and Dogs"
One day a dog was chasing a cat when suddenly God appeared before them. God asked the dog why he was chasing the cat, to which the dog replied “it’s my natural instinct to chase cats.” The Lord went on to tell the dog and cat that he never instilled such a negative reaction in them and that they could live a much more peaceful and happy life if they just chose to get along. The cat then asked God “why don’t you tell the humans this?” The Lord thought for a moment and with an exasperated look on his face said “I’ve tried many times, but I guess I didn't give them enough sense to listen.” And we call cats and dogs dumb animals!
“Find the good in everyone, and hope they find the good in you!”
“Find the good in everyone, and hope they find the good in you!”
Monday, July 27, 2009
"What's on Your Mind?"
They say a mind is a terrible thing to waste. Well, our minds are by far our most valuable, yet most underused assets. Let’s use our minds and think about this for a second, what drives us to do or accomplish anything and everything in our lives? Our minds!
Have you ever really stopped to think about how important your thought process is in your daily lives? Your thoughts and decisions are what make you, you. If you’re not happy with whom you’ve become or any of your habits, there is only one way to change it, you’ve got to change your mind. Actually, your thought patterns are what you need to change.
Just think about all the great accomplishments in the world! Anyone who’s gone above and beyond their perceived physical capabilities has done so because their minds told them they could. We put limitations on ourselves, or should I say, society has taught us to put limitations on ourselves. Imagine what we could accomplish if we didn’t fear failure! If Edison didn’t fail all those times and instead gave up. While eventually someone else would have come along and had the fortitude to keep trying until they succeeded, how long would we have had to wait?
Look at all that Helen Keller was able to accomplish despite her many physical limitations. There are incredible stories everyday about someone overcoming seemingly insurmountable odds or perceived physical limitations and accomplishing amazing feats. What is it that they have that most other people don’t? The answer is nothing! They just choose to look past what everyone else sees as limitations.
Most of us are told at a young age that “you can do whatever we want to do.” Yet as we grow up we are told by society, “you can’t do that,” “that isn’t right.” Talk about mixed signals, it’s no wonder we are all so messed up. Do your kids a favor, stop limiting their beliefs. Let them see what they can accomplish. Without trial there would be no error, but without error, there would be no solutions! Watch out though, if you shoot for the moon you just might get there!
Have you ever really stopped to think about how important your thought process is in your daily lives? Your thoughts and decisions are what make you, you. If you’re not happy with whom you’ve become or any of your habits, there is only one way to change it, you’ve got to change your mind. Actually, your thought patterns are what you need to change.
Just think about all the great accomplishments in the world! Anyone who’s gone above and beyond their perceived physical capabilities has done so because their minds told them they could. We put limitations on ourselves, or should I say, society has taught us to put limitations on ourselves. Imagine what we could accomplish if we didn’t fear failure! If Edison didn’t fail all those times and instead gave up. While eventually someone else would have come along and had the fortitude to keep trying until they succeeded, how long would we have had to wait?
Look at all that Helen Keller was able to accomplish despite her many physical limitations. There are incredible stories everyday about someone overcoming seemingly insurmountable odds or perceived physical limitations and accomplishing amazing feats. What is it that they have that most other people don’t? The answer is nothing! They just choose to look past what everyone else sees as limitations.
Most of us are told at a young age that “you can do whatever we want to do.” Yet as we grow up we are told by society, “you can’t do that,” “that isn’t right.” Talk about mixed signals, it’s no wonder we are all so messed up. Do your kids a favor, stop limiting their beliefs. Let them see what they can accomplish. Without trial there would be no error, but without error, there would be no solutions! Watch out though, if you shoot for the moon you just might get there!
Saturday, July 25, 2009
"Tell Them You Love Them"
One thing I’ve always done is to tell my kids I love them. I tell them all the time, no matter what they do or what happens, I love them. It may sound corny but I never want them to question if they’re loved. Too many times throughout the years I’ve seen or read about some teenagers who got into trouble say they didn’t feel loved.
There are too many parents out there who seldom or never tell their kids that they love them. Why don’t they? Maybe the father is too macho; he feels any show of affection is a sign of weakness. Perhaps the mothers are afraid to let their emotions show.
Whatever the reason for not saying it, there are many more reasons to say it. You never know when your last chance will be. Accidents happen every day. Why wouldn’t you want to give your kids the strength and security of knowing they have someone they can count on?
This can be applied to everyone you love, your spouse, your parents, brothers, sisters, grandchildren, other family members, or even your friends. Don’t be too proud or feel embarrassed to show it or say it. Tell them you love them!
There are too many parents out there who seldom or never tell their kids that they love them. Why don’t they? Maybe the father is too macho; he feels any show of affection is a sign of weakness. Perhaps the mothers are afraid to let their emotions show.
Whatever the reason for not saying it, there are many more reasons to say it. You never know when your last chance will be. Accidents happen every day. Why wouldn’t you want to give your kids the strength and security of knowing they have someone they can count on?
This can be applied to everyone you love, your spouse, your parents, brothers, sisters, grandchildren, other family members, or even your friends. Don’t be too proud or feel embarrassed to show it or say it. Tell them you love them!
Monday, June 29, 2009
“A Better World”
Why can’t we all just get along? It is fine and good to have pride and try to help your own race, but why does this have to be at the expense of other races? Can’t we see that putting down others just to make ourselves look or feel better is counter-productive? Does it really make you any better? Of course it doesn’t, instead I believe it is just a way for us to try to justify ourselves and use the belittlement of others to make us feel better, superior.
My belief is that we all feel anger, resentment, and jealousy towards others. These emotions just fester and eat away at our insides causing unwanted stress on both our mind and body. Having such a closed and prejudicial mind can only cause unneeded pain and suffering to ourselves and others. These feelings lead to wars, terrorism, and all types of misguided violence.
People shouldn’t be grouped together by their race. All people are different, good, bad, crazy or sane. Categorizing an entire race as either good or evil is equivalent to suggesting that all the members of one family are basically the same. I don’t know about you, but I have four brothers and three sisters and each one is completely different from the other. I also have two children who are completely opposites of each other.
I believe it's not our race or even our bloodlines that make us who we are. Instead I believe it is a combination, of how we were brought up and who we spend our time with. The importance of our friendships and the type of people we align ourselves with can’t be underestimated, they form our beliefs and values. Maybe you notice how when you are around someone who curses a lot, you find yourself cursing more. Do you think being around someone who is very racist may even have a slight influence on you and your perceptions of different races?
Please try and keep an open mind, realize that everyone is different and judge them for their own deeds and personalities. Life is hard enough without the added self imposed pressure of hate without reason. See everyone for who they are, individuals, not an identical clone of others in their race or even their families. Be blind to race and color and see how many friends you can make, get a look at the real world through the eyes of others, and maybe you’ll achieve a more enriched, exciting life.
My belief is that we all feel anger, resentment, and jealousy towards others. These emotions just fester and eat away at our insides causing unwanted stress on both our mind and body. Having such a closed and prejudicial mind can only cause unneeded pain and suffering to ourselves and others. These feelings lead to wars, terrorism, and all types of misguided violence.
People shouldn’t be grouped together by their race. All people are different, good, bad, crazy or sane. Categorizing an entire race as either good or evil is equivalent to suggesting that all the members of one family are basically the same. I don’t know about you, but I have four brothers and three sisters and each one is completely different from the other. I also have two children who are completely opposites of each other.
I believe it's not our race or even our bloodlines that make us who we are. Instead I believe it is a combination, of how we were brought up and who we spend our time with. The importance of our friendships and the type of people we align ourselves with can’t be underestimated, they form our beliefs and values. Maybe you notice how when you are around someone who curses a lot, you find yourself cursing more. Do you think being around someone who is very racist may even have a slight influence on you and your perceptions of different races?
Please try and keep an open mind, realize that everyone is different and judge them for their own deeds and personalities. Life is hard enough without the added self imposed pressure of hate without reason. See everyone for who they are, individuals, not an identical clone of others in their race or even their families. Be blind to race and color and see how many friends you can make, get a look at the real world through the eyes of others, and maybe you’ll achieve a more enriched, exciting life.
“F” Me? “F” You!
“F” stands for “FANTASTIC” in my world. No negative connotations here! The trick is to stay positive, find the good in everything. Being pessimistic only brings feelings of depression and worry. This is a self-destructive mindset, creating misery and exhaustion, it is a self-defeating premise.
Think about it, does telling yourself (something will probably go wrong), make you feel good? I very much doubt it. Why then do so many of us constantly tell ourselves and whoever will listen, just how bad things are or probably are going to be. The world is full of so much negativity that gets thrown at us every day in the news. Do we really need our minds piling on?
Let’s try to turn this around. Instead of seeing all doom and gloom in everything, how about looking at it from a different point of view? We’ve all heard the old saying “If life throws you lemons, make lemonade.” Stop and think what this is really trying to say, if some unexpected or unwanted circumstance is put in front of you, take it as a challenge and brainstorm ways of either improving on your endeavor or sitting back and relaxing with a nice cool glass of lemonade. Just kidding! What I meant to say is taking what’s been thrown at you and making any adjustments necessary to either improve or alter your plans to make the best of the situation. Look at every situation in a positive light, see opportunity in every obstacle.
Think how fantastic you’d feel, how incredibly creative you could be. Change happens every day, in everything. Nothing ever really stays the same in this world. You may not notice the changes because they move so slowly (every journey begins with one step), or are so small (remember the snowball effect), or because you just aren’t paying attention, but the changes are happening just the same. You are changing all the time whether you realize it or not. Why not put forth a little effort and concentrate on the positives in life? Change happens, and change is good, help change along, let it work for you!
Every day is a new day, if you don’t like something from yesterday make any necessary changes or adjustments today in order to reset your life to follow the path you choose. You may not be able to repair it immediately, but the sooner you start to make the adjustments the quicker you’ll see the results.
If you have a tragedy in your life such as the loss of a friend or loved one, instead of dwelling on what you’ll miss or other negative thoughts, think of what you’ve gained from just knowing this person or the experience you’ve learned from the situation. The best way to honor someone is to make use of whatever you’ve learned from them and come to the realization that their teachings stay alive as long as you use them or impart them to others. Your actions will mean more to them then your inaction. Their death will truly remain a tragedy if nothing that was learned through their life is made use of and passed on to others. Keep their spirits alive by keeping their teachings alive. Something positive can be learned from every situation, you just need to look hard enough.
The loss of a job just gives you the opportunity to take what you’ve learned and expand on your options. Experience gained from your former job can be used in your next job or occupation. There is something to be learned from everything, if you don’t learn from every experience you are simply wasting time and life is too short for that. It’s never too late to learn and never too early to make use of what you’ve learned. Get started today, it’ll make your tomorrows brighter.
The trouble with starting something is that once the initial excitement is over, we tend to lose our enthusiasm for the project and many times the project stagnates or just disappears. An example would be starting an exercise program. One day you’re excitedly working out, feeling good about yourself for having the drive to put forth the effort to get into shape. Not many days or weeks later you tell yourself “I don’t feel like working out today, I think I’ll just skip it today and get back at it tomorrow.” The thing is, tomorrow never comes, all the hard work you’ve accomplished to that point goes for naught.
What if we could prolong that initial startup excitement and hold onto it forever? Do you think we may be able to accomplish a little more of our original goals? With the ability to keep, and build on that excitement, we could do some astounding things. How do we accomplish this feat?
Let’s take every day one day at a time. Treat each day as the start of a new project, it may not be a new project, but since everything is in a constant state of flux the situation has had to of changed at least somewhat. No two days are exactly the same, and we have no idea how this new day will lay out or what new and exciting things may come about. If you started an exercise program yesterday, make today the first day of the workout, and then make tomorrow the first day of the workout. Continue doing this every day, tell yourself, “I’m excited because this is the start of my exercise program.” They say that it takes 30 days to create a habit, let’s make it a good habit, and by starting fresh every day let’s continue to keep that initial enthusiasm and see our projects through to completion, and beyond!
Use this same concept for anything you want to accomplish in your life. I used the exercise program as an example because it’s something that everyone could relate to. The whole idea is to keep that child-like; Santa is coming excitement, in everything you do. Wouldn’t life be fantastic if everyday felt like Christmas?
Speaking of Christmas, how much better off would the world be if everyone had the Christmas spirit every day? Think of how you feel when it really hits you! You slow your life down and take the time to really see the beauty and wonder in the world. A feeling of joy and contentment fills your insides, and you feel as though everyone is your friend. You feel a warm glow from within you and can’t help but smile. Others around you see your smile and pleasant manner and smile back at you.
Happiness can be infectious! I see a world of one race, no color, no prejudice. There is only one true race after all, the human race! If we all treated each other in the spirit of Christmas this world could indeed be a paradise.
Think about it, does telling yourself (something will probably go wrong), make you feel good? I very much doubt it. Why then do so many of us constantly tell ourselves and whoever will listen, just how bad things are or probably are going to be. The world is full of so much negativity that gets thrown at us every day in the news. Do we really need our minds piling on?
Let’s try to turn this around. Instead of seeing all doom and gloom in everything, how about looking at it from a different point of view? We’ve all heard the old saying “If life throws you lemons, make lemonade.” Stop and think what this is really trying to say, if some unexpected or unwanted circumstance is put in front of you, take it as a challenge and brainstorm ways of either improving on your endeavor or sitting back and relaxing with a nice cool glass of lemonade. Just kidding! What I meant to say is taking what’s been thrown at you and making any adjustments necessary to either improve or alter your plans to make the best of the situation. Look at every situation in a positive light, see opportunity in every obstacle.
Think how fantastic you’d feel, how incredibly creative you could be. Change happens every day, in everything. Nothing ever really stays the same in this world. You may not notice the changes because they move so slowly (every journey begins with one step), or are so small (remember the snowball effect), or because you just aren’t paying attention, but the changes are happening just the same. You are changing all the time whether you realize it or not. Why not put forth a little effort and concentrate on the positives in life? Change happens, and change is good, help change along, let it work for you!
Every day is a new day, if you don’t like something from yesterday make any necessary changes or adjustments today in order to reset your life to follow the path you choose. You may not be able to repair it immediately, but the sooner you start to make the adjustments the quicker you’ll see the results.
If you have a tragedy in your life such as the loss of a friend or loved one, instead of dwelling on what you’ll miss or other negative thoughts, think of what you’ve gained from just knowing this person or the experience you’ve learned from the situation. The best way to honor someone is to make use of whatever you’ve learned from them and come to the realization that their teachings stay alive as long as you use them or impart them to others. Your actions will mean more to them then your inaction. Their death will truly remain a tragedy if nothing that was learned through their life is made use of and passed on to others. Keep their spirits alive by keeping their teachings alive. Something positive can be learned from every situation, you just need to look hard enough.
The loss of a job just gives you the opportunity to take what you’ve learned and expand on your options. Experience gained from your former job can be used in your next job or occupation. There is something to be learned from everything, if you don’t learn from every experience you are simply wasting time and life is too short for that. It’s never too late to learn and never too early to make use of what you’ve learned. Get started today, it’ll make your tomorrows brighter.
The trouble with starting something is that once the initial excitement is over, we tend to lose our enthusiasm for the project and many times the project stagnates or just disappears. An example would be starting an exercise program. One day you’re excitedly working out, feeling good about yourself for having the drive to put forth the effort to get into shape. Not many days or weeks later you tell yourself “I don’t feel like working out today, I think I’ll just skip it today and get back at it tomorrow.” The thing is, tomorrow never comes, all the hard work you’ve accomplished to that point goes for naught.
What if we could prolong that initial startup excitement and hold onto it forever? Do you think we may be able to accomplish a little more of our original goals? With the ability to keep, and build on that excitement, we could do some astounding things. How do we accomplish this feat?
Let’s take every day one day at a time. Treat each day as the start of a new project, it may not be a new project, but since everything is in a constant state of flux the situation has had to of changed at least somewhat. No two days are exactly the same, and we have no idea how this new day will lay out or what new and exciting things may come about. If you started an exercise program yesterday, make today the first day of the workout, and then make tomorrow the first day of the workout. Continue doing this every day, tell yourself, “I’m excited because this is the start of my exercise program.” They say that it takes 30 days to create a habit, let’s make it a good habit, and by starting fresh every day let’s continue to keep that initial enthusiasm and see our projects through to completion, and beyond!
Use this same concept for anything you want to accomplish in your life. I used the exercise program as an example because it’s something that everyone could relate to. The whole idea is to keep that child-like; Santa is coming excitement, in everything you do. Wouldn’t life be fantastic if everyday felt like Christmas?
Speaking of Christmas, how much better off would the world be if everyone had the Christmas spirit every day? Think of how you feel when it really hits you! You slow your life down and take the time to really see the beauty and wonder in the world. A feeling of joy and contentment fills your insides, and you feel as though everyone is your friend. You feel a warm glow from within you and can’t help but smile. Others around you see your smile and pleasant manner and smile back at you.
Happiness can be infectious! I see a world of one race, no color, no prejudice. There is only one true race after all, the human race! If we all treated each other in the spirit of Christmas this world could indeed be a paradise.
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