Your Morning Thought

Today was not a guarantee, stop acting like it. For everything in life there is a lesson, some of them harder than others.  If you have read my writings in the past you will know that the death of my brother John is something that impacted me greatly.  It took me a long time to figure out what his death meant to me.  I know it clicked for me one day and I took the time to write this. "It took me a long time to figure out what your death brought to my life. I will honor your existence by be as honest, open, and loving as you were. You were truly fearless brother. You inspired a greatness in me. Your death will not be in be in vain. You will now live through me." There were a lot of events after his death that impacted me as well.  I would go down and console my grieving mother.  Help my little brother as we coped together the best way we could, it meant getting pissed at several local establishments.  Taking care of half the funeral tab so...

Accept the good things in life. When presented with an opportunity to do something that could change your whole entire life, just say "yes".  I know in today's "me, me, me, me, me" society is can be difficult to understand that there are good people who want to help.  Seems like every time we turn around we hear about another type of scam out there and while we should be cautious, if you have nothing to lose, well, go for it. The opportunities that are presented to us in life are no coincidence.  God, the universe, karma, whatever you want to believe in, will present us with many paths to go down.  We must pay attention and do the will.  The greater power needs us to do certain things in life, for by doing them, the greater power gets much joy.  As we continue to develop these skills, we will have more and more opportunities to do his will.  Everyone that has accomplished anything has done so with practice.  Even by accident, the law holds tr...

What Can I Give? People that know me outside of this little blog, well most people, know that I have been through the worst kind of breakup you can go through...Divorce. I try not to bring up my past too much in this aspect because it is not something I am proud of, I was at one time, but I realized that I had a long way to go if I was going to get back into a successful relationship.  What I know now is this:  I never want to go through that kind of pain again.  I don't think we quite prepare ourselves for the emotional trauma one will endure when going through that kind of loss.  But I do believe sticking it out for the sake of longevity is foolish.  There is not medal for staying in the longest, most miserable relationship.  I stuck to my guns and even with a lawyer involved I worked out the final decision with my former spouse.  It was my belief that lawyers are only in it for one thing and it is not YOUR best interest, it is theirs.  So I ...

You Are Attracting The Wrong People Take a look around you.  Everything in your life that you have,  you have attracted it.  One way or another everything in your, good and bad, is there because of you.  If you are overweight, you ate the food.  If you are in an unhappy marriage, you attracted and married that person.  The key to happiness is becoming the person that attracts good things into your.  Sounds simple, eh?  Well, it's a process and like any other process, there is some pain involved. That day when you finally say "I have had it!" will be the greatest day of your life.  This is when you can begin to change.  When you have finally had enough and you aren't going to take it anymore.  After that you can finally start taking a real good look at your life and the people in it.  But, what you must realize is that it is not enough to simply remove these people from your life. There are a couple of ways to go about cha...

Unlock Your Mind, Unlock Your Potential It wasn't too long ago that I was an obese, smoking alcohol abuser.  I didn't have much going in my life and really didn't see too much for my future.  I didn't really concern myself too much with it.  I did what made me feel good and didn't really care about much else.  "Do what makes you happy."  That is a dangerous line of thinking, especially for those of us who like to indulge in the immediate sources of "feel good". I am all for doing what makes us happy, but what we must realize is we should focus on the long term happiness, not the short term happiness.  If we focus on what makes us happy right now, that is all we will chase. But, onto the root of the matter.  Our thoughts.  Our thoughts and words have power beyond what we could ever imagine.  Everything we have on this earth that is man made started as a thought.  We have the power to create whatever we want.  We have the power...

By taking care of loose ends No matter what we do in life it leaves a trail.  This can be used as an advantage if we allow it to or it can lead to some pretty big complications later on in life.  We must be careful of the seeds we plant today as we will reap the harvest later on in life.  This is so true.  Think about even the smallest things you do in life and how it shows up later on.  So, what we can do is plant seeds today to bring us the right kind of yield we want in the future. This has become very hard to do in our "feel good now" society.  We are convinced that we shouldn't feel the least bit of pain or suffering in life.  That we shouldn't have to wait to feel good.  Food is ready in seconds, porn is available right on our phones, if we have a slight ache or pain there is a pill for it.  Listen, life is pain...we are meant to feel it.  Certain things should feel bad, we should not feel good all of the time.  There is ...

It Is Always A Good Time To Give Thanks This is an interesting topic for me.  At one point in my life I got very proud of my accomplishments.  In my mind, I had done it all!  We all know these people in our lives.  Those people who have done everything and anything.  They constantly trump your accomplishments with their accomplishments.  I wasn't exactly one of those people, but I do have a lot of experience in different areas because I love trying new things.  What I was doing though was reveling in it.  As I would soon learn my accomplishments didn't mean much in the eyes of others.  I would also learn that no one really cares about what you used to do.  "What have you done for me lately?" I would soon lose everything that I had worked so hard for.  All of my accomplishments, monetary and otherwise would be taken.  Most traces of my work would be covered up and/or removed.  My money would be taken, my motorcycle, mos...