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Archive for the month “November, 2011”
Good or Bad The Past is Over…Nothing is Worth More Than THIS Day!
I took a chance
Could have loved you today
But you’re trapped in a moment
Frozen in yesterday
Time standing still from
That moment on
Living in glory days
The worst kind of hell
Everything stopped just for you
While the world kept on turning
Alive yet not living
I can’t live that way
(Cause) nothing is worth more than this day
Loving each minute
A gift
With so much to give
Listen to me
Find the way
To escape from your prison
If you’ll take the key
Unlock that door
Step into your life
Start learning to live again
I can tell where you are
By the clothes that you wear
When you stopped living
By the style of your hair
And what you confess
when you open your mouth
And speak a few lines
You tell me the truth
In spite of your lies
And it breaks my heart
Cause you’re so much more
Then you did back then
It’s all up to you
But you’re missing so much of your life
My friend
Leave it behind
Listen to me and believe
Today is much better
Than all that’s behind you
Try it and see
You’ve just got to believe
Amy Lloyd 2008
Down to Earth
Took that leap of faith,
thought I’d learn how to fly.
Lookin’ for rainbows
and dreams passing by.
Searchin’ for answers
to a whole bunch of lies.
Thought that no one
could love the real me.
As I crashed to the ground
Here’s truth that I found:
Learned I must bend,
so I won’t break.
How to get real,
not ever be fake.
It is the best way,
to smile through my pain.
Each moments a choice –
it’s never too late!
These things were so grand,
life was more than I planned!
Now I’m flying so high,
while I’m walking around,
cause the sky doesn’t end
till it reaches the ground.
Living each day now,
each step by faith.
It’s so good to be
right here in this place.
Don’t need all the answers.
It’s time to be free.
I will never be perfect,
I don’t want to be.
Who I am is enough,
yes, it’s great to be me!
I just want to give love –
Cause love’s what we need
Now I’m walking on sunshine
Hooked on the feeling
On top of the world
Yes, I’m one happy girl
Cause I’ve…
Learned to find rainbows –
right in the rain.
Found out I had more,
the more that I gave.
Chose to be happy,
not to complain.
Live life with passion –
I know what it’s worth,
cause life doesn’t start
Till you get down to earth!
Amy Lloyd 8/08
Reflecting on the Miracle of Life
The world is an amazing place. I am in awe of all the miracles every day. On a special day like today, it’s important to just take a moment and reflect on all the amazing things that have happened in your life so far.
To give you a starting point, just think about this:
T
he exact person you are, born to your parents, on the date and time you were born, with the DNA structure you have has about a 1:400,000,000,000 (that’s one in 400 trillion!) chance of existing.
If you don’t call that miraculous, then I don’t know what is!
One of my favorite quotes is from Albert Einstein, and I find it interesting that a genius with such a scientific mind would be talking about life in this way:
“There are two ways to live: You can live as if nothing is a miracle; you can live as if everything is a miracle.”
Life…unfolding
There is so much that can unfold in your life. You are exactly where you need to be right now and all the things that you’ve experienced have led you to this place. But the future is a blank canvas, waiting for you to choose the outcome you desire. Once you understand how you truly are a creator in your life, and take responsibility for all that you have experienced, you become liberated to dream your biggest dreams. You become empowered to know that the world is ever-expanding and your dreams can come true.
Taking responsibility for your actions in your life means understanding that you have created a lot of your experiences by default. When your worst fears become your reality, it’s because you’ve spend so much time focusing with fear, worry, anger, hurt, shame or any other emotion that is rooted in fear. Most of us do create our lives by default…until we learn that it can be another way.
The emotions based in love include:
- Contentment
- Optimism
- Excitement
- Passion
- Joy
- Love (of course)
When we are feeling those positive emotions, we are in a vibrational level or frequency to attract our dreams and goals.
I have a tool that I’ve developed called the Joyometer, which is a simple scale to check in on your emotions. (You can download one at ) It’s what I call a mood management system. When you fall into that downward spiral of negative emotions—those based in fear—you are taking a back seat and allowing your life to happen on a reactive basis. When you are in a positive frame of mind—in the emotions coming from love—you are the master of your universe. You make a conscious choice on how to react to situations. You are proactive and aware of your canvas and what you are putting there.
Life…unfolded
Just as a boat without a rudder will be tossed and turned in the ocean by the waves, living in fear has the same effect. But when you put that rudder down into the water, you can suddenly steer the boat and choose what direction you want to sail. Love is that rudder.
One of the definitions of a rudder is “something that guides or directs”. When you choose to live your life coming from a place of love, miracles can become common in your life. It’s time to understand just how powerful we are as individuals and harness that power to create our dream lives.
Just remember: You are a walking miracle.
Take some time today to reflect and be truly grateful for this wonderful life you have.
Karin Volo is an expert in career and personal development, she’s known as a Tough Transition Specialist and a Dream Life Mentor. Karin is the transformational author of the Bringing Joy series and one of the best selling authors of Turning Points. Her passion is enhancing peoples lives by inspiring and teaching strategies to thrive through tough times, live joyfully, and create their dream lives.
life is sweet!
Joy
Julie Cadwallader-Staub
Who could need more proof than honey –
How the bees with such skill and purpose
enter flower after flower
sing their way home
to create and cap the new honey
just to get through the flowerless winter
And how the bear with intention and cunning
raids the hive
shovels pawful after pawful into his happy mouth
bats away indignant bees
stumbles off in a stupor of satiation and stickiness
And how we humans can’t resist its viscosity
its taste of clover and wind
its metaphorical power:
We yearn for a land of milk and honey
we call our loved ones “honey”
all because bees just do, over and over
again, what they were made to do
Oh, who could need more proof than honey
to know that our world
was meant to be
and
was meant to be
sweet?
Joy by Julie Cadwallader-Staub (www.juliecspoetry.com) used by permission, all rights reserved.
What’s Your Shadow Look Like?
Afraid of dying, we avoid living.
We sleep a sleep of fear,
dark nightmares pulled up around our chins.
Thinking we must survive now,
we wait to live later.
But the present moment is constantly being destroyed,
swept away into the past,
taken by a thief
who leaves another.
Life is transitory.
Each day, in fact, can be our last.
So wake up,
and live in the present moment.
The thief steals only what you have kept,
not what you have spent.
What calls out in your life?
What song needs singing,
what person needs loving,
what risk invites the investment
of all of yourself?
Child, awaken.
Rise to this day.
If you love someone, tell them,
before the moment to do so
is burned in a flash.
If you have a gift,
give it before the moment
vanishes like a dream.
__________________
Steve Garnaas-Holmes
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