What’s your Soul’s Reflection?
February 22, 2010 | Filed Under Challenge, Consider this, Inspiring, Moment of Truth, Pay attention, monday motivation | 1 Comment
by Jessica Mann
I just thought about the concept, what if there were no mirrors? No reflections. No cameras to take pictures.
If we walked around, never knowing how we “looked,” would there be such an emphasis on the physical? On the material?
Would we be more inclined to work on enhancing our inner selves versus our outer shells?
Would how a person looks even matter, or would that concept be so trivial and unevolved? In this time, this reality of ours, as a collective, we spend most of our time –days and nights– focusing on enhancing everything on the outside, and barely any significant time on what’s inside…that which, from a universal perspective, in an ethereal sense, is what really has any relevance.
Mastering love
January 22, 2010 | Filed Under Challenge, Consider this, Moment of Truth | 1 Comment
I’ve spent the last few months contemplating love, dysfunction and the relationship between the two. Does the absence of love breed dysfunction? That question leads to several other questions, such as “what is love?” It’s an age-old question that I’m not equipped to answer with absolute certainty at this point (maybe another post), but I know that the two don’t comfortably co-exist, and yet so many operate in a constant state of dysfunction but try to invite love in and see no positive results. It’s both amazing and amazingly sad.
After a failed romantic endeavor, I spent months beating myself up about my ineptitudes, which–aha!–didn’t improve anything. Once I got over myself and was able to sift through all the many lessons, I found this:
- How you love yourself is how you’ll love others.
- Being able to love others only truly happens when you love yourself.
- You learn love from your parents.
- You also learn dysfunction from your parents.
- At some point, you’ll have to sort out your mess from your parents mess and make new agreements with yourself about what you believe to be true.
Great words…
January 6, 2010 | Filed Under Challenge, Rewritable words | 1 Comment
not to shrink into a grain of sand.
Henceforth will I apply ALL my efforts to become the highest mountain of all
and I will strain my potential until it cries for mercy.”
- Og Mandino
Think different
November 13, 2009 | Filed Under Challenge, Inspiring, Watch this | 2 Comments
Authenticity
October 6, 2009 | Filed Under Challenge, Pay attention | 4 Comments
More than anything, I believe that people are looking for authenticity–in themselves, in their lives, in others, individually and collectively. This authenticity should manifest itself in the form of relationships consistently built on and representative of trust, honesty, and acceptance; careers that are extensions of our talents, abilities, and interests; personal lives that echo the visions we have for them. We want to be ourselves, surround ourselves with people who accept us as we are, remain true to our ourselves and maintain our integrity in our careers. In other words, be who we are and do what we want to do. It’s a rather simple idea.
Rebounding
October 2, 2009 | Filed Under Challenge, What My World Sounds Like | 1 Comment
Just a short reminder: it’s not how many times you fall that matters, but how many times you get back up.
Living is synonymous with risk. There is a risk in everything, including in the so-called ’sure bets’ and paths of least resistance. Nothing is guaranteed. Sometimes we risk happiness trying not to risk loss. And sometimes we lose both anyway. But when you fall, get back up. When your spirits drop, pick them up. When you’re surrounded by darkness, be the light and shine bright.
Always remember that there’s purpose in everything. Find the good.
Self-definition and the art of positive possibility
September 29, 2009 | Filed Under Challenge, Read this, Rewritable words | 2 Comments
The ages of youth are classically designated as the time for self-discovery. People are expected to figure out who they are, what they’re about and what they’re going to do with their lives. While up until the age of thirty might be a more pronounced period of self-discovery and self-definition, age is playing a smaller role in this process.
People are waking up and realizing they’ve created lives that no longer satisfy them. Some are finding that they’ve lost themselves in the process of living in the rat race and need to embark upon a process of discovery. Increasingly, there’s obvious financial pressure compounded with a pressure for authenticity and a life representative of congruency between work and home life.
- George Bernard Shaw
Can you reduce your impact, be happy, and not go insane?
September 23, 2009 | Filed Under Challenge, Great ideas, Inspiring, Watch this | Leave a Comment
In 2007, New Yorker Colin Beavan embarked upon a dramatic project: reduce his environmental impact to zero. But it wasn’t just his project–he brought his family along for the ride. No electricity. Transportation limited to walking and biking. Buying nothing but locally grown food. No elevators.
The big question Beavan wanted to answer was could reducing his environmental impact lead to a happier life. The answer he discovered was a resounding yes. During the process, he started a blog, which turned into a book, which turned into a movie and a nonprofit that seeks to help people lower their environmental impact.
The movie is doing a screening circuit right now and looks pretty entertaining. After seeing this, I wonder if I could do it. The trailer doesn’t address how he wrote a blog without electricity. I’m curious because there are certain things in life I’m not entirely willing to give up.
Permission to dream
September 4, 2009 | Filed Under Challenge | 1 Comment
What do you want–really want?
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Carpe Diem!
August 21, 2009 | Filed Under Challenge, Inspiring | Leave a Comment
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