You Can Do ANYTHING!

Hello Beautiful Souls 💖

I won’t be before you long- as I’ve heard many men of the cloth say but it was never true. 🤣

I just want to take a few moments to encourage some and remind others of this undisputable fact:

You can do ANYTHING you set your mind to do.

That is an actual fact. Think about that. Understand it. You can literally do anything you set your mind to.. as soon as you take the limits off of yourself. Anything.

Because when you set your mind that means that you are locked in. You are diligent, and you are focused on this thing. You apply time and energy to this thing daily.

And when you do that- the roadblocks crumble.

The obstacles move, and you formulate a way to do that thing in your mind.

And then you go do it. Then, you come back to step one. You focus on something else. Set your mind on it and repeat the process over again.

You can do anything.

So…what are you gonna do?

Feel free to comment and let me know what you plan to do!

Until next time, beautiful souls 💖

Strawberries

Hello beautiful souls 💖

I was thinking about a meme that I saw on Instagram some time ago. It said something to the degree of ‘you could be the juiciest, sweetest strawberry in the world. There’s still gonna be some people that don’t like strawberries. And it hit me.

Again.

This is information that I already knew, but at the time I needed to be reminded. Sometimes self depreciating thoughts and ego creep in and try to cause me to revert back to my old ways.

I’m still relatively new to this stage in my life where I speak and think freely without fear of rejection or repercussions. The stage where the best isn’t yet to come; the best is here and now because I create it with my mind. I am here. In this beautiful stage where I dare to be my happiest and most authentic. I dare to be who I am- unabashed.

And this stage has become a permanent place.

I am grateful to have reached this place in my life where I finally realize that I can be myself. I live in a liberating state where I don’t feel the need to explain how and why strawberries are awesome. I find joy and solace in who I am. I love my uniqueness. And the dislike or disapproval of others does not change that.

I am a sweet, juicy strawberry. Not everyone likes strawberries.

And that’s okay.

To all my other strawberries out there; stay sweet!

Until next time beautiful souls 💖

Gratitude

I’ve been on a journey for the last two months. I’m all about self improvement and being positive, but I had been having a hard time remaining in a positive state…until now. (This is my disclaimer: this journey is not for the faint of heart. ) It isn’t a magic remedy. It does take some work. But I kid you not when I say that this has been the best two months of my life! ‘What is this journey?‘ You ask?? Well, it’s two things that go hand in hand: Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) and Law of Attraction (LOA) .

To be honest, I heard about the law of attraction several years ago. I’m only exercising it now because; well, quite frankly, I was too skeptical and close-minded to try it. But on my niece’s birthday (also New Year’s Eve) I received a visit that basically changed my life. My cousin, whom I will lovingly refer to as Miss Blue, came over and she was absolutely radiant! Don’t get me wrong; she’s a beautiful person, but there was something different about her. She exuded such a positive energy that I thought to myself; I want what she has! And she, being the person that she is; let me in on her secret. She herself had been on this journey for over a month. She told me that she had been practicing LOA and that it was really quite simple.

I listened intently as she told me how simple it was and that there were YouTube videos all about it. So it doesn’t cost you a dime to try! 🙂

And for the most part, it is simple. When I issued my disclaimer; I simply wanted to make my readers aware that this may not happen for you overnight. There are a few things that you should know.

You must be willing to honestly evaluate yourself.
You have to recondition and reprogram years worth of beliefs.
You have to be consistent!
Life still happens, but you’ll be more prepared for it.
You must have gratitude!!

If you are willing to do and accept those things, then you are already well on your way to greatness.

The first week was touch and go for me. I found myself complaining about random things and then remembering that I wanted something different for my life and going back to gratitude. Gratitude is essential in both NLP and LOA.

After the first week, I began to immerse myself in as much positivity as I could find. I watched YouTube videos – my favorite is “Learn How to Control Your Mind (Use this to Brainwash Yourself)”. It has some really great information in it! I’ve also added motivational content onto my iphone by Fearless Soul. This helps me get my mornings started. I also took a LOA/NLP course on groupon by Sharon Bolt. She had some great insight, and an inspiring story about how the Law of Attraction changed her life.

**Just in case you don’t know, NLP is basically reprogramming your way of thinking and the way you communicate with your brain. LOA is the belief that you attract the things that you think about. So, if you think about having a bad day at work, you will have a bad day at work. However, if you go in to work believing that your day will be great; then your day will be great. That’s the Law of Attraction. I learned while watching my aforementioned favorite LOA/NLP video that our brains are currently programmed to respond and react to memories. This essentially means that we spend each day living in the past. We don’t do certain things because we have a memory of something similar. We accept that we are going to have a bad day at work because we had a bad day yesterday. NLP teaches you to tell your brain something different. Don’t expect a bad day because you’ve had bad days in the past. Each day is new and you can decide what type of day you’ll have! Happiness is a choice.

The cornerstone of this lifestyle is gratitude. Take some time to look around you. There are so many things to be grateful for! My eyes are open to the beauty of this world and how blessed I really am. This is not to say that I will not strive for more- because I definitely will- but I’ve learned that success cannot be acquired without gratitude.

I’m still at the beginning stages of my journey, but it’s authentic. I feel the change on the inside and that’s exactly what I needed. I am evolving from the inside out and I can’t wait to see where this journey takes me! Happiness is a choice; and I choose happy. So remember, stay grateful and be great.

Bye for now, beautiful people.