Posted in Master Your Mind, tagged challenge, courage, metaphor, pain, persistence on October 9, 2013| 2 Comments »
Pain is your brain’s way of demanding change. Don’t waste your limited time on this earth trying to run away from it or trying to sweep it under the rug. If you don’t give it due respect, it will come back with a vengeance. You may feel the urge to stuff your face with food, to bury your blues with booze, to marinate your senses with unending titillations. But you mustn’t.
Posted in Master Your Mind, tagged courage, discipline, journey, metaphor, momentum, peace of mind, persistence, story on July 30, 2013| Leave a Comment »
Your path is a blessed one. As long as you walk it, you will be accompanied by 2 guardian angels.
The first angel goes by many names: Your Inner Presence. Your Higher Self. Your Guiding Light. Your Muse.
Posted in Get The Girl!, tagged courage, marriage, persistence on June 24, 2013| 2 Comments »
This weekend I attended my friend’s wedding. It was a beautiful affair with roses, candles, and of course, a deejay. Surprisingly, I found myself paying close attention to details that I thought might enhance my own wedding someday. I say ‘surprising,’ because for most of my adult life, I was cynical of even the idea of marriage. Having been cheated on, having seen so-called perfect couples fall apart before my eyes, having read the sobering statistics on our country’s famously high divorce rate, I wasn’t exactly inspired to tie the knot back then.
Posted in Step Up, tagged action, courage, discipline, happiness, money, patience on June 16, 2013| Leave a Comment »
I’ve known several people who were born into money and I can tell you that most of them are soft. Weak. Undisciplined, and unhappy. They cry at the slightest provocation, give up at the first sign of resistance, and complain incessantly. This is because once you’ve achieved a certain level of sustenance and stability, money can no longer buy happiness, only stimulation. The real currency of happiness lies in your courageous deeds and your positive effect on the world. Through these, your heart will find peace. If you don’t believe me, study anyone who is consistently happy and fulfilled, and you will find that he is constantly focused on his personal growth and his interpersonal contribution. Laziness and selfishness will only beget a restless spirit.
Posted in Step Up, tagged confidence, courage, persistence, philosophy on May 29, 2013| Leave a Comment »
Unexpectedly, I’ve found that the longer and harder I work on my blog, the more frequently and intensely others discourage me. I say “unexpectedly,” because I always assumed that all of my friends would be interested in encouraging me, as doing so would only embolden themselves in the process. Whenever I have supported a friend in their own journey, whether it was going back to school, or getting back into the gym, I have gotten back twice as much by way of my own motivation to be better. Regardless, I got to thinking about how most forms of discouragement arise from only 2 premises. I want to take this opportunity to debunk them so that you will have the antidote to these mental poisons should you need it:
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| Sol Ulbricht on How to Not Be Self-Consci… | |
 | Alexandra Z on Summer Rain |
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 | A. T. Bui on The Vortex |
| A. T. Bui on The Vortex |
Choose to Take the Journey 