Faith outperforms fear

Strong belief in your vision creates possibility and momentum.

Weak or fearful thinking invites failure.

Do you have faith or fear?

What do you “radiate”?

Without changing your expression, look in the mirror.  

What do you radiate?

What do you feel?  Others can feel it too.

The world is your reflection.

A person who has grievances and thinks the world is unfair and cruel – finds the world that way.

A person who radiates joy and hope and positive expectancy finds the world that way.

So – what do you radiate?

Foregiveness unlocks freedom.

I heard someone talking about living forever and “Why would you want to do that under the weight of collected wounds and the weight of accumulated disappointments as you get older”…

Carrying grievances, regrets, and being a victim truly holds you down.  

Forgiveness unlocks freedom.  

Letting go of past mistakes – both yours and others – clears mental space and energy for new possibilities.

Forgive yourself.

Forgive others – they don’t even have to know about it – they could be living or dead.

Forgiveness is about you not the other person, because holding on hurts you, not them.

Lighten your load, truly leave it behind, and move on clean.

Thoughts turn into things.

Thoughts are creative forces.

Your mind isn’t just observing reality – it’s generating it.

What you dwell on manifests in your life.

Want to get rid of something in your life?  Stop thinking about it.

Want to create or attract something in your life?  Think about it – a lot.

“Cosmic Insignificance Therapy”

Today I post a link that Tim Ferriss put up to a free chapter of the book “Four Thousands Weeks – Time Management for Mortals, by Oliver Burkeman.  I found the chapter to be great thought provoking reading.  Check it out.

Tim says – “One of my favorite chapters from the book is titled “Cosmic Insignificance Therapy,” and you can find it for free here. It left me with a profound sense of calm that lasted several days. It sticks with you.”

Peaves make lousy pets.

Going around with a chip on your shoulder about what ticks you off is not a good way to present yourself.

Being upset only hurts you – literally.

Control the controllables and let the rest go – and be happy.

Say “YES!”

Someone says –  “Do you want to go to the climbing gym on Saturday?”

“Do you want to go the Lake and try out my electric surfboard?”

“My brother’s band is playing Saturday night.  Do you want to go?”

“Do you want tickets to the play?”

“Do you want to come to the public maker space lab at the University with me?”

“I can show you how to change your own brake pads if you want?”

“I can show you my garden. Would you like to see it?”

“Would you like to ride your bike 25 miles in the fundraiser?”

“Do you want to come to the shooting range?”

What is your most common answer?  Do you say “no” a lot?

No is dead.  There is nothing past no.

Yes can lead to a lot.  You can discover what you love.

You may be passionate about things but you don’t know because you never tried.

In 1998 my younger brother Rick asked me if I wanted to come to the sand pit and try his dirt bike.  I said yes.  The rest is history.  It totally changed my life.  

I could give lots of examples.  

Of course, not everything will ignite a life-changing path.  But it’s always interesting and you will learn something that will be useful, or lead to something or someone else.  

A life of adventure opens with lots of yeses.

Try it.

Say “YES!”

Don’t argue, talk.

Have a problem with someone?

If you argue you get resistance and get a negative reaction.

Now it is even more difficult, because you made the problem worse.

Drop the intensity.  Use your words.  Be nice and communicate.

It works so much better without the relationship hangover.

There are no side effects, only effects

Seth Godin said this and it struck me.

There are no side effects, only effects.

There is much discussion that can be had around this idea – with the environment, health, relationships…

I know if I do the work, don’t take shortcuts, be kind and valuable to people, eat and sleep well and exercise, good things will happen.

If I observe the effects, dismissing none as acceptable harmful “side effects”, and continue to make adjustments so I do not get unwanted results,  I will get better, and thus, my world will too.

What “side effects” have you experienced? 

Can you see they are not side effects, but direct effects?

Creation needs clarity.

Creation needs clarity. 

Clarity often comes after a crisis.

When a path or decision you thought was right turns out to be “clearly” a mistake, it creates clarity for what to do now.

Drop all the disappointment and negative emotion/ego from trying it wrong, and embrace the clarity it revealed.

In another example, sometimes I procrastinate because I am not clear in my mind on what/how/when to do a thing.

If I spend a bit of time thinking about it, maybe on paper, and get clear in my mind, it becomes easy and so much faster.

From the invisible, comes the visible.