reselienece

We are tested and tried

And may even fail that vital test

But its important to rise up, never look down

For the real test is how you look forward

For the real test is if you hold a grudge

For that tear in your eye

Will forever hold you

From truly seeing what love friendship and wisdom are

challenges, fears, to grow into your own

I think its essential to be open to receiving. You wont actually achieve inner happiness until you are open to receiving, that goes to say, receiving criticism, feedback, gifts, money, pleasure, success, anything.

I wish to embrace challenge and embody it, empowering myself. I want to take the challenge on, cut its head and wear it as a crowning glory. I want to face my fears, my inner most. I have a feeling that my inner most fear is to never really challenge myself, because of my fear of failing. The fear grips me, it becomes more of a fear than it really is.


action is the sword one needs to use. positive visualisations are the keys to breaking open that door - and once that door opens, several open almost at a default.

i want to be not only learn and get better and best at manifesting into my reality what i want but also to understand why i want what i want and then work out exactly how i am going to achieve it. do not be afraid.

if you are not dead you are winning. the race is with yourself, not really with anyone else. external factors dont matter, winners brains are constantly challenging themselves. it could be trivial challenges such as rising from bed early one morning, and changing your outlook on life. i wish to actually make my mornings very productive.

productive in every sense of the word. At work, with my inner most self. set yourself up for the reality you want, and then the actions you must take to get there.

thats all that really matters

reflecting

When I reflect back to my "young" days, I wish I had known the following



exercise and fitness makes you feel better, irrespective of what you feel - it empowers you, gives you momentum. I wish i had been more sporty and into fitness when I was growing up. It doesnt only streamline basic body requirements such as nutrition and sleep but also empowers the mind, putting you into a very positive state of mind.


you are in control of your feelings, thoughts, and thus actions. thoughts become actions.


do the work - gain momentum. no one can take that away from you. not even God. It is in the action that you measure yourself. Action is the measure of all intelligence.


what have you learn over the course of your life that has taken you in great stead presently? what is something you wish was taught in school?

I wonder exactly what goes on physically in our brains with new actions, new ways of thinking. are these changes neuroplastically speaking, temporary or permanent. what happens to cells before and after an inspirational ted video.

what exactly is perception.

how exactly does our brain put together certain associations with our life - both negative and positive.

i wish there was an app or device which one could tune into to remind oneself about all the different yet important aspects of ones life. these aspects include work and career, personal goals, self care and social life. within these are sub domains.

sometimes i think that i overanalyse overthink it. its best to just start. start something. action is the best measure of intelligence.

isnt it upto us how we percieve something, after all, no matter what happens, we are in control. noone else. there is no escape.

what then is the real you?

i think our mind is built to always be stimulated. what comprises stimulation and what meaning you derive from that is upto you.

Born to Give

Its amazing how some people associate happiness with giving. They will relentless give, it gives their soul peace I assume. My inner scientist begs the question: what makes some of us born givers and some of us born takers? intriguing, a crucial human sentiment, is it not? Perhaps the animal kingdom has its own version of giving.

Perhaps perception is what beholds us; what if our perception dictates exactly how we feel, exactly the emotions we experience, yet to the giver, its merely their duty. They do not feel any different.

What does it take for you to be a "giver". In what capacity do you "give" - love, strength, support, advice, guidance? Are we giving enough? To give money is great, but is it really reciprocating the action you wish to conduct? Does it replace giving love, emotional support, a shoulder to cry on?

We as humans are all vulnerable at some stage in our lives. So how does giving really effect you and your world? Does the act of giving make you gain that much more strength and resolve? Does the act of receiving - always, make you feel the opposite?

To Give - it doesnt cost much. Yet it represents a whole new world. Are you giving anything away? A thought to ponder over..

Labelisation

Continuing from my last post of categorization being the death of daily life (socialising, work, play (activities), I have come to realise that we are living in a world where labelisation is everywhere.

What do I mean by Labelisation?

ok, so the first thing you ask or get asked at an event, cocktail party or at work is: "so what do you do"? Those 5 words are echoed throughout the world, no matter what culture, religion, age and geographical location we live in.

No wonder we suffer from mid life crisises - we get bogged into labelling everything in our life: be it at work, home, relationships. Why cant we just live, without having to resort to saying "oh I am a scientist", as if there is nothing else you do with your time?!

In my opinion, you aint going to get nowhere if we reduce yourselves to a mere label you wear on your sleeve. There is way more to life than meets this label - do you paint? do you exercise? do you think? do you blog? do you debate? do you love? yes ofcourse we all have interests that sit outside our 9-5 working days. We cook, we play with our kids, we bike, we get stressed, we email, we chat, we cry, laugh and even fart! Then why do these 5 words dominate today's culture so much? I cringe at the question each and every time. Because in my mind, one cannot be reduced to this label.

In a world of social media networks, networking, working lunches, breakfast meetings, collaborative meetings and innovation like never seen before, we cannot be labelled at every turn of our lives. Sure, you need a work to describe what you do FOR A LIVING? or do you need a word/subject to ensure you "belong" to a group/category, to ensure that your time has been well accounted for.

I propose a world where we ask this question: "so what do you (to live a life of passion?"? - now this to me rids the need to categorise and label ourselves into the "doctor", "engineer", "scientist", "journalist" boxes, allowing rather a continuum of responses, one which makes us all level minded,

..so we may respond by saying something much more of interest, something that really details what it is that we humans get upto during our "busy" times: "I do science, I blog, I bike, I volunteer in my local community, I tweet and facebook, I run my own firm, I write/journal, I work in the media communications industry"..

So next time we ask someone at a party "so what do you do", re-consider the lame responses, and start to formulate, if you will, a rather smooth collaborative speal of what it is that you really do (to live a life of passion)...

..so What do you do (to live a live of passion?)