EACH NEW MOMENT (PART THREE)

EVERY DAY SHOULD BE LIVED EXACTLY THE WAY WE WOULD LIKE TO LIVE IT. WE SHOULD SPEND HALF OF OUR LIVES MAKING GOALS AND DREAMING, AND SPEND THE OTHER HALF ACCOMPLISHISHING AND FULFILLING THEM. EVERY MORNING WE SHOULD LEAP FROM OUR BEDS EXCITED TO FILL THE DAY WITH ONLY THE BEST MOMENTS. WHY WASTE EVEN SOMETHING AS MINISCULE AS A MOMENT DOING SOMETHING WE DO NOT WISH TO DO WHEN WE CAN NEVER BE SURE HOW MANY MOMENTS WE WERE ALOTTED BY THE MAKER? AND WHY SPEND EVEN A SECOND REMEMBERING SOMETHING THAT OUGHT TO BE FORGOTTEN WHEN WE HAVE THE OPTION TO LEAVE THOSE THINGS BEHIND AND MAKE NEW, BETTER MOMENTS? EVEN THE THINGS THAT WE ARE OBLIGATED TO DO SHOULD BE DONE HAPPILY KNOWING THAT THE MOMENT WAS NOT WASTED, BUT WAS SPENT BUILDING AND PREPARING US TO ACCOMPLISH THE NEW DREAMS WE HAVE FOUND AS WE SLEPT, TO CONQUER THE CHALLENGING GOALS WE HAVE SET FOR OURSELVES, AND TO EXPLORE THE CURIOUSITIES THAT HAVE INTERESTED OUR MINDS.

EACH NEW MOMENT (PART TWO)

LIFE IS INDEED, EXACTLY WHAT YOU MAKE IT AND WE HAVE THE POWER TO BE EXACTLY WHO WE WISH TO BE, IT IS NEVER TOO LATE TO CHANGE. A PERSON HAS THE ABILITY TO, AT ANY MOMENT, TO DECIDE TO MAKE THE NEXT ONE A BETTER ONE THAN THE LAST. EVERY PERSON HAS A CHOICE WHETHER THE CIRCUMSTANCE, THOUGHT, OR FEELING AT HAND IS ONE THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO TAKE WITH THEM INTO THE NEXT MOMENT, OR IF IT ISONE THEY WOULD RATHER LEAVE BEHIND. NOTHING AND NO ONE REQUIRES US TO TAKE OUR PASTS WITH US INTO OUR FUTURE. THIS IS NOT TO SAY WE SHOULD FORGET EVEN THOSE THINGS THAT MAKE US WHO WE ARE, BUT RATHER TO ENCOURAGE THE THOUGHT THAT IT IS NOT A REQUIREMENT THAT WE REFRAIN FROM DOING THINGS WE DESIRE TO DO BASED ON SOMETHING THAT HAS HAPPENED BEFORE, NOR IS THERE ANY BARRIER THAT CAN BLCOK US FROM MAKING THE AWESOME DECISION TO DO SOMETHING NEW. WE SHOULD BE TAKING WITH US INTO EACH NEW MOMENT ONLY THE THINGS THAT CAN SERVE AS TOOLS TO HELP US IN OUR CONSTANT PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS AND THE BETTERMENT OF OUR BEING. THE MAN THAT LETS AN OLD MOMENT OF NEGATIVITY TAKE PRECEDENCE OVER THE MOMENT OF "NOW" IS ONE THAT HAS MADE A PERSONAL CHOICE TO PURSUE NOTHING BETTER THAN WHICH HE HAS ALREADY ALLOWED TO BEAT HIM BEFORE. EACH MOMENT IS A CLEAN SLATE, A BLANK CANVAS THAT WE CAN USE AS WE PLEASE.

EACH NEW MOMENT (PART ONE)

PRESENT TIMES ARE EVER-FLEETING. A MOMENT LASTS BUT FOR LESS THAN A HUNDRETH OF A SECOND. SO, TO ALWAYS "LIVE IN THE MOMENT" IS TO UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF FORWARD MOTION, TO EMBRACE CURIOSITY, AND TO CONSTANTLY PURSUE HAPPINESS. IN THIS THOUGHT, THE EMOTION THAT LIES IN A MERE MOMENT IS ALSO EVER- FLEETING, AND BECAUSE THERE IS NO WAY TO RETURN TO A MOMENT PASSED TO MAKE A CHANGE OR RE-CAPTURE AN EMOTION, EACH MOMENT GRANTS US THE OPTION TO DO OR FEEL SOMETHING DISCOVERED, A NEW HAPPINESS OR DESPAIR THAN THE MOMENT BEFORE, GOOD OR BAD, WE CHOOSE. FUTHERMORE, BECAUSE TIME AND CHANGE HAVE THE ABILITY TO SHARE A NEAR-SYNONYMOUS, YET BITTERSWEET RELATIONSHIP, WE ALSO KNOW THAT NOTHING BUT OUR OWN MEMORY ATTACHES US TO OUR PAST, AND NOTHING BUT OUR OWN MINDS CAN STOP US FROM MAKING EACH NEW MOMENT AN IMPROVEMENT FROM THE ONE BEFORE.

Learning... 8/10/09

What I've Learned...

Covet the best gifts,
Love who you are but take suggestions for positive change,
Blot out insecurities with self-acceptance.

Always be actively working towards a better you than you were the year, month, week, day, hour, minute, second before...

grateful 8/4/09

"I am grateful that, now I can see, that I am apart of everything, and everything is apart of me. You're amazing..." -India.Arie

For my life, health, happiness, love and the pursuit of these things, and even for all those things I forget to be grateful for ... Thank You

Paralysis ...8/4/2009

WHEN WE CAST OUR FEARS OFF INTO DARKNESS IN EFFORTS TO RID OURSELVES OF THEM, THEY THEN APPEAR IN OUR SHADOWS TO FOLLOW US, CONSTANTLY ON THE BACKS OF HEELS OR THE TIPS OF OUR TOES... I'VE FOUND THAT THE ONLY WAY TO ESCAPE OUR SHADOWS IS TO TURN OFF THE LIGHTS, SO WE CANNOT BE AFRAID OF THE DARK... FEAR IS A DILEMMA, THERE IS ALWAYS A CRITICAL DECISON TO MAKE
...EITHER ACCEPT YOUR SITUATION OR CHANGE IT, WHATEVER YOU CHOOSE, DO SO KNOWING THAT IT TAKES AMAZING COURAGE TO OVERCOME THE PARALYSIS OF FEAR.

Unispired... 7/18/09

"WHERE DID MY BABY GO?
I WONDER WHERE SHE WENT OFF TO
I MISS MY BABY SO,
I'M CALLING BUT I CAN'T GET THROUGH

PLEASE TELL THAT GIRL IF YOU MEET HER,
SOMEONE'S LONGING TO SEE HER,

WHERE DID MY BABY GO I WISH THAT SHE WOULD GET BACK SOON
GET BACK SOON..." -JOHN LEGEND


Where is my inspiration? Where has it gone?
Is it vacationing? Will it be gone long?
When it leaves me, where does it go?
And when it returns, how will I know?