It Comes and Goes

My mind fades in and out in ways I cannot control.  Sometimes it seems so raw and fresh, coming from places I don't recognize.  Other times it seems still and silent, having to be confronted as to it's reason for such hibernation.  It's flow, though sometimes completely stagnant, always seems to move again as soon as I am without pen or device to capture it.

Reflection

It is so true that someone's personal space is a direct reflection to their inner state of being. Look around you.......it's true.

When you take on the task of getting to know yourself, it can be a little overwhelming. Sometimes you find much more than you thought was there. Sometimes you realize that it could be very dangerous to be completely who you are. Sometimes you find out that you are capable of more than you thought......but that's not always a good thing.

Stillness Between Words

I started something new today. While people were expressing themselves with words today, I payed as much attention to the silent stillness between the words as much as the content. It was an amazing realization for me. It made me relax into what was being said....as well as what wasn't. The stillness came to mean as much as the content, if not more. Actually, I found myself hanging on the edge of every silence instead of every word. I realized that is was then that I was most present.

Do not thy deceive thyself.....no web is there harder to untangle than that which thou hast weaved within.

Vision Board

I started a vision board a few days ago. Although I'm not finished with it, I have found that everything on there so far has to do with relationships, serenity, peace, cleansing, taking more time to enjoy life, and aligning physical being with inner being. It has been a very enlightening experience so far. When you make a vision board, you are supposed to do it from your core and not from your ego. I have been astonished by the "things" I thought I needed to be content......they were all just representations of the feelings those things would provide for a moment. The things I truly need to be content are much more simple and are directly related to the contentment I pursue, rather than a passing feeling pursuits of the ego provoke and ultimately lose.

Relationships

Emotions run high in every direction when you feel a love connection. There's happiness, pain, and anger. There's your best friend......and there's a stranger.

The Curve

The longer I live, the more amazed I am by the loopy road of life. It never fails to throw me curves. But I have figured out that, if I move slow enough, I can take that extra second to glance off the road and see that the scenery around me is still just as beautiful in the curve as it was in the stretch of straight highway. Curves should slow us down.....we need to slow down. There is beauty in the curve. You should embrace that beauty just as much as any other.....maybe more.

Be

I have finally figured out how to just be in any moment. I wish I had been enlightened like this a long time ago. I have found true happiness and something that gives me an ultimate sense of power over my life. I have finally figured out everything I seek outside of myself I can find in me.

Power

True power is not in control. Power lies in acceptance. Accept what is out of your control and you will find a freedom and power that far surpasses any false feeling that control could ever allow you. Acceptance allows you to let go and gives you space to be free. Now that's true power.

MINE

Making something or someone yours makes it or them possible to lose.

Happiness isn't truly yours unless you find it standing still.

Words Into Thoughts

While many people assume that they are reading something on this blog that is either positive or negative, I would like to ask why it has to be labeled as either. Perhaps it just is where the consciousness of the moment has led. Labels are so limiting of awareness. I have realized that many times what is interpreted as one thing to the reader is actually meant by the writer in a completely different way. It shows the fact that the brain takes in information, labels it through distortion of a perceived "reality" of the reader, and is associated with that readers history.....hence, their "interpretation" of the meaning behind the words. You perceive something as negative or positive because the energy already within you identifies with that perception. Whatever you see outside of yourself already exists within you.

There is a lobby with a chair, but no one ever sits down there.
There is a room with a bed, but I dare not lay my head.
There is a smoke with a match, but I might get attached.
There is a wall with a door....and past that, there is more..........but I just pace the floor.

~Craven~

Decisions for your spirit

Decisions must be made......many of them in a lifetime. Do you have a process that you utilize to make yours, or do you confront them blindly without thought or sound judgement? On the other hand, do you waste many hours (or possibly many years) of your life trying to deliberate which move to make and when to make it? The world doesn't stand still while you spin in circles...it's the other way around. How do you figure out who you are and what decisions to make to keep you in line with the truest version of you? You have one run. There is no second chance. How will the world remember you when you are dust in the ground. It is your spirit that lives forever. What is your spirit? Your spirit maintains you. It sustains you.......and it remains long after you are gone.

Believe to Achieve

"The greater danger for most of us lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short; but in setting our aim too low, and achieving our mark."– Michelangelo Buonarroti

The mind is very manipulative. We must use this to our advantage. Discuss yourself in your mind so that you may excel and exceed your "limits" in every endeavor. You must condition yourself in your mind to achieve greatness in your life.

Time

In time............................................................In time......................................In time..........................Just wait......................................In time....................................you die.

Energy

Energy is internal. It's effect is external. It's significance is eternal.

Simplicity

The word Simplicity often has a negative connotation for most people. Simplicity can actually be a very positive and powerful thing. When someone truly knows who they are, things are generally less complicated. Their clear thinking penetrates into their entire lifestyle. When everything becomes clear is usually when all of the clutter of life is pushed to the side to allow a clear view. Life is simple....we make it complicated. Every day you choose which it will be.

Common Courtesy

What ever happened to common courtesy? People walk all over any respect you use to receive. Think about your actions toward others and how obvious your thoughts and intentions toward them really are. Words are cheap, but deeds are priceless. If you care about someone, they will know........even if you never utter one word to confirm it. The same goes for if you don't. Think more and you can talk less.

Quiet

I love it when it's quiet. That's when I hear the best. I hear my own breath, every small sound I often forget or overlook. I'm reminded of the simple pleasures in the silence that is actually quiet loud when you really listen. You have to imagine that these are the sounds that were heard daily when people stood where they were without a cell phone in their ear or a car radio blasting. It's amazing really, the things you can discover and recover when the quietness enters your ear canals. It's like opening a window in your brain so the breeze can blow freely and freshen your every thought. Everyone could use a little quiet therapy.

How much do we really require of ourselves?

I don't know about you, but when I was growing up there were alot more people telling me what I couldn't do than what I could. It seemed like everyone could see nothing but obstacles in my way in every direction. I did have one person in my life who wouldn't listen to all of those negative words from those same people. While I've always been optimistic about life and my capabilities, I have let those people's words infiltrate my brain just enough to still hear their small voices. The person that didn't listen to these thoughts has always followed his dreams. He always pushes past the you can't to the I will. He doesn't always succeed at what he tries, but he always comes out the other end knowing he gave it his all. He is not defeated, just more determined. On the other hand, I find myself sitting still wondering what if.....maybe.....I wonder. In the end, I don't know if I could because I never tried.

So, my question to you is: IS IT BETTER TO TRY AND FAIL.....OR.......IS IT BETTER TO NEVER FALL BECAUSE YOU NEVER TRIED TO STAND?

I would like you to dig deep within yourself and ask yourself this: COULD YOU EVER BE BOLD ENOUGH TO FORGET ABOUT FIGURING OUT WHO YOU ARE AND, INSTEAD, FIGURE OUT WHO YOU WERE MEANT TO BE?