When did time become friendly?

Time waits for no one. Time is not on our side. Time is to be used as effectively and efficiently as it should be. None of us have time to waste. It just keeps going and going. Each second turns into a minute that translates into an hour that registers to a day, that adds up to a month that will ultimately end off another year.

What are you doing??? How many years are starting to pass you by?

When next year comes are you going to be a year younger? Are you regressing? Do you possess some special secret that allows you to sit and not fulfill the dreams you have had for yourself? When will you start? Why are you waiting for someone else to HELP YOU. Or maybe, you think that the relationship and connections that you need will just come knocking on your door without you going out and networking and marketing yourself. Maybe you feel that someone is home thinking just about you and that if an opportunity does arise, that person, who could help you get there, will have YOU on their brain without YOU following up with them, nagging them, showing them your hunger...MAYBE.

I know for a fact that time is the most precious thing that we all have. It can belong to us. It can be mastered. It is what we do with it. Do not tell me you have to go to a dead end job every single day because you have to pay bills, OK, go to that job and utilize every ounce of that place to help you get to the next step in your plan. Make a plan. Don't tell me you have to get married now because you are getting older, yet that person is a knockoff of the authentic mate you really want. Get the mate you really want, that makes you FEEL like you are sailing through galaxies blind..CRAZY LOVE. Don't tell me you have a god given talent, (sing, dance, draw, write, act) and you are not USING it! Don't tell me you don't know HOW to use it...just USE IT..ALL THE TIME...and watch the blessings come.

Sit down and map out what it is you want in your life, It is very easy. You know what you want just secure it and get it. It CAN BE DONE! Who told you it could not?

Stop pitying yourself, crying and complaining about what you do not like about the space you are in and just switch it up. It really is that simple. I promise. It can be done in a matter of a thought. Make up your mind to be where you want to be, that is it. Start your journey. I cannot stress how EASY this is.

I did not realize how easy this was until I started practicing it all the time. It is funny. When you decide to do this, you start to worry about what everyone is going to say, how they will react and how it will affect them. When those are the wrong questions to ask yourself. Change those "everyones" to how will "You" feel and the answers come so easily. Then you realize once you make that jump you wanted in your heart, you feel so free! You feel so much more alive and you can appreciate the goodness of what LIFE really is.

I hope for everyone to live their best life and be the person they want to be no matter WHAT that is. We all deserve it. Life comes and goes....every day. Make the best of your time while you still can. Be an example to the young ones around you. Smile and spend time with those who matter. Tell the ones you love..I LOVE YOU. Go out your way to make someones day. It should be your goal to be able to say at any time "There is no place else I rather be, than right in this moment, doing what I am doing now".

Practice makes perfect....He who practices often is always prepared to win. Start NOW

ENVISION...LIFE

I love to speak my future into existence! It is one of the best practices I have done and it is always worth it if you really focus and immerse yourself in your thoughts. I started doing this last year after I was going through some personal matters, I had also just finished watching the Secret and reading it, and saw all these testimonials from people partaking in this act of having a "Vision Board".

When you first hear something like this you automatically start to think skepticism, but the truth is what we think about with all our heart will manifest. You think you are broke, you will stay broke. You complain about a person in your life and what they DON'T do ..they will continue to do that..nothing. You hate your job, you stay there and continue hating it.

Buddha once said ""All that we are is the result of what we have thought. The mind is everything. What we think, we become." Try taking the flip side and actually thinking hard about all that you want and where you want to see yourself and I can guarantee you that some of it will start to happen gradually. You will start to see see your future even clearer.

Have a wonderful Weekend! Be Happy, LIVE and LOVE!

XOXOXOXO

Give me a reason why the cage bird should sing?

It is funny, when a fish lives in a tank his own life, or a bird lives in a cage, they think the magnitude in which they can swim or fly is just in that small area. They learn to move in that space to perfection, not risking too much, just making sure they don't bump into anything they know will already be there.

They don't have to think too hard because they know their environment like they know how to breathe. They are well adapted to everything in it, they pretty much can predict every second that is to happen...they are comfortable and have no worries.

BUT...what happens when you take that fish out the tank and drop him into the ocean? What happens to the bird who manages to fly out of that cage into a vast sky above him. A new world lies before them. A world that always existed but they never were able to explore, because they were confined to a space that was beyond their control. I say in that case, is it not the fish nor the bird's fault in their entrapment, it was never their choice to begin with.

What is your excuse?

Why do you stay on the block all day or chill on your couch when you can get on the train, in your car or walk to learn something new? Why do you sit behind a desk for a company that you hate when you can jump out the window for what makes you want to get out of bed everyday? Why do you stay in a stale relationship with someone that does not make you feel celebrated? Why do you continue to change yourself short in so many aspects of your life, when you are FREE to do as you please!

You are not the fish, or the bird, you actually have a say in your destiny. You are a child of GOD that actually can do ANYTHING that you want to do if you put your mind, effort and focus to it! Of course the road won't be an easy one. Nobody said anything that is worth it would be easy, but, I am sure that once you initiate some real centered purpose into your life, you will feel so much more meaning for it.

There is no excuse for being healthy and being lazy. It is an insult to those who are bed ridden, ill and unable to make decisions for themselves. Start holding yourself accountable for all the things that you want and desire and bring the richness of what life is supposed to be into fruition!

The caged bird has no real reason to sing in actuality, for he is stifled and trapped to his environment.

The willing and able individual who works hard, through blood sweat and tears and sacrifices much to get what it is he claimed a goal for, is the one who should lead the choir in a song and dance. That is a great reason to sing, celebrate and be proud!

Have a productive, insightful, fabulous sunny Tuesday!

XOXOXO

Dee...

How do you kiss your future if you're still hugging up on your past in the present!

It is soooo easy to think that something that you once had, may it be a job, a relationship, or a living situation is so much better than what you have at the moment. Have you ever been in a situation that seems to be JUST right, everything fits in its place, but something from the past creeps into your current space and seems to throw EVERYTHING off. That is not by accident. It is supposed to throw it off, because it does not belong!

I know many women and men in relationships who have everything they need right in front of their nose, but they are holding on to some idea and emotion that they shared with someone else from their past and it prevents them from fully living and embracing the possibilities that this new, fresh love has to offer them. They do not even think about the leaps, bounds and heights that a new love, a new career or a new lifestyle can bring to their world if they just let it.

I was watching Sex and the City re-runs last night...(one of my all time favorite pastimes when I have some down time), and I was looking at the episode in which Carrie was just starting to date "Jack Burger", a fellow writer that she recently met. Everything was just PERFECT between them. They both laughed at the same things, he "got her" and she "got him", they could go on and on, about topics for hours, but what was happening was her ex "Mr. Big" was calling her every so often and having conversations with her that you would not usually have with your "friend".

She would entertain it and this would continue to go on until she finally had to say "STOP", I am seeing someone new and we cannot continue to carry on like this if we are "friends".

This happens all to often, all the time in reality. We do not fully close chapters and shut the door on experiences that left us vulnerable, unhappy and wanting more out of what it had to offer, yet we will allow those experiences with those people to gain re-entry into our lives, even when we have something FABULOUS already. Is this just the natural human tendency of greed, or are we saying we just cannot let go of the memories and feelings we once had for people and situations. Are we that mushy?

I don't believe the latter. I know for a fact that it is possible to close a chapter and leave it where...back there..but this takes time and it is a strenuous process. It does not happen easily and it really almost always just clicks with your spirit without you even knowing it one day. Something just moves you to say that "this is over, and I am fully through with that". You can try to force yourself into believing this before the magical click but the truth is YOU will get there when YOU are really and truly ready.

Sometimes...you keep something waiting on a string for you or close by because in your heart you really want to rekindle something with that individual, even through you tell yourself NO...you do. This even proves itself in Sex and the City, when Carrie ends up ultimately with Mr. Big. She let him be a painting on her wall for years, through his marriage, through her finding some pretty incredible men, through his move from NYC, through her engagement to someone else...and Still what was meant to be WAS "Them"!

This is the piece of the pie I think we all forget. When something is destined it is destined. Does not mean the road will be a swift one, and it may be easier for someone else to get where you are going, but if its meant for you to get to that point...you will get there and the person who is SUPPOSED to be there with you when you get there will be there, because the universe will make sure it happens that way. How...I don't know. Life is funny, but there is a master plan.

This is how I have started to live me life. Just having the ultimate faith that whatever the powers that be have in store for me, God will bless me with the wisdom, patience, and understanding to get through, and to do it gracefully. Whoever is supposed to be my sister girl, my companion, my heart strings will be naturally and whatever service I am to do will unfold and touch those around me with a positive effect. This is all that is important, how we help and inspire one another.

We make things sooo complicated in life sometimes when in actuality it is really just easy living that makes it all work.

EASY = doing what you love....it never feels like work, but it has the biggest payoffs!

EASY = embracing your emotions and being real with your feelings, not lying to yourself, but allowing your spirit to let you LOVE who you want to LOVE because you need to NOT because you HAVE to or you are supposed to.

EASY = Living life out loud! Being bold and moving like no one is ever watching! Free to be who you are with no restraints.

EASY = Putting fear in the incinerator and leaving it there! How can you embrace anything if fear walks with you always!

EASY= Smiling, Dancing, Laughing, Talking, Creativity... being HUMAN naturally!

Start living in the moment and taking advantage of all that the PRESENT has to offer! Life will happen!

Love you all!

Have a blessed weekend and LIVE it up!

XOXOXO