Inertia – Break the Barriers

Ever felt like you hit a wall?
Tired… Frustrated… Completely over thinking about what it was that made you get started in the first place?
Ever thought to yourself – it would be so much easier to throw this in the ‘too hard’ basket. Things aren’t that bad anyway. Why would I need to change my circumstances…..

Yep, I’ve been there too!

But lets stop for a moment to think about this so-called ‘wall’ that I had been faced with… There was no physically presence. I couldn’t touch it. It was only felt – Ahhh! Ok, It was just emotional.
I could work with that!

So in conclusion; the wall I was experiencing was not a wall at all! It was merely a new area of existence within my own spirit that I was yet to explore…  AND if I took another few steps back….. it was actually coming to the edge of its borders. The end of its existence. Creating new habits for myself was tiring because it was redoing everything within me that I had been doing for the last 27+ years!

You see; (I had come to realise that) By default, my unconscious behaviors try to keep me where I am at. What I had really come up against is a simple scientific law of physics; I hit my inertia.

Inertia comes from the Latin word iners, meaning idle, sluggish.
The principle of inertia is one of the fundamental principles of classical physics that are used to describe the motion of objects and how they are affected by applied force. Or lack there of for that matter.

Newton’s First Law of Motion states that an object not subject to any net external force moves at a constant velocity. Thus, an object will continue moving at its current velocity until some force causes its speed or direction to change.

How interesting this new discovery was to me!
In a microwave generation that we live in. Everything evolves so quickly around us that we expect a matter of success to be the same. We want our goals NOW. We want to have a new car NOW. A new house. A better work / life balance. Why? Because I read a book that said the law of attraction says that if we think about it – it will happen! RUBBISH!
Our world might be changing but the laws of the universe were forever printed in the stars.

So yes,
Things take TIME to change.
It requires EFFORT
It means we wont always FEEL like it.
It means there will be times when we want to QUIT
& You better believe that YOU WILL BE TESTED to make sure you are worthy of the things that you are going after.

Why?
Because our basic instinct is to return to the space from which we came. Our comfort zone of laziness & to be honest with you – insignificance.

But hold tight, because the miracle is a few more steps into your discovery.
When we learn that the law of resistance is a good thing. Then there is nothing to stop us moving forward.

Break the barriers.
Break the motion that you are stuck in.
Break the inertia that is holding you where you are at!
Keep. Moving. Forward.
Until the momentum of your actions breaks the inertia! Leaving it with no choice but to follow the direction is which you are going.

Here’s to Living a Life of Significance!
With Love, Express

Absence of Resistance

In a world that tells you;
Hold tight.
Protect your rights.
If you want it, be prepared to fight.

How free would we be… If we just let go.
Let go of all control, and wonder.
Just to be; like a stream that has no need to take demands from the breeze.
It keeps flowing down the river, no resistance…. Just peace.

Not opposing the strong.
We can all take notes from those who have weathered the storm;
It’s the resistance you experience, to change.
Resistance of your hidden man.
Change creates a window, to see if your worthy of the name.
Worthy of the status you so proudly put in your own way.

We are called to step up. Far above our vision can carry.
Innately hearing Gods call – the way is already paved.
Hear the truth;
Or forever justify the pain.
Allowing fears to continually returning us to the space from which we came.

Brothers, Sister, Believers and Curious Seekers;
I hear the call for more, I know its in you. I know you see it too….
Why resist when it’s for the benefit of us all?

 Celebrate, the Absence of Resistance.

Igniting the Passion

Where does Passion come from?
Why do some people have a zest for life whilst others compose a state of exhaustion from every day living?
How do we live with passion?

Vital questions that get you living a life by design rather than by default.

Design – (noun) a specification of an object, manifested by an agent, intended to accomplish goals.

Default – (noun) in the absence of opposition or a better alternative.

So there you have it! Default and design consist of one little difference. Goals!
The intention of writing down what it is you want. Let me draw a little more attention to the last two words of the last sentence – YOU.WANT.

Not, what others want from you or what your parents intended for you. No, what you want. Your specific gifts and passions in life which come alive when you take the time out every day to meditate on them. 

eg.
Serve
Create
Inspire
Love
Focus
Build
Preach
Teach

Whatever it may be for you ! Write them all down and look at them every day.
Go over them to really see (not just look at) what is within your heart. You see, everyone’s answers will be different. So if you can feel them as they move from pen to paper, then they can manifest into your reality. (It’s already within you to do so)
There are plenty of distractions out there turning you away from your calling; 

TV
Radio
Work
Music
Traffic
Billboards
Internet
FACEBOOK! (Argh!)

It is so easy to lose focus! There is a million things a day trying to take your focus and put it onto theirs.
So be bold! Be deliberate in focusing on the matters of your heart as much as you can get distracted by the next thing.

I happen to be doing mine right now!
Curled up with a bunch of feather blankets on an overcast day, pillows supporting my head and laptop cradled closely on my stomach as my fingers allow the rhythm of my heart to do the typing… Passion! It is created by doing the things that make you most happy. Most at peace.

So, how is it that we lose that passion? … By living out someone else’s dream & goals.

Depression – severe, typically prolonged, feelings of low spirits from loss of hope or courage.

When its hard to find the courage to face the day, generally it comes down to a series of days when you haven’t been living authentically for yourself. Life gets much easier once we reach out and take a risk on ourselves. No, it is not selfish. Selfishness is the inability to be happy for someone who has found peace in their life because you haven’t found yours.

So how can you ignite the passion?
Start by finding 20 min to sit down and ask yourself – what do I want my life to look like?

The answers we seek are already within us….

Much Love & Peace xo

What Do You Desire?

I have a question, that could change your life. He says confidently.
Smug  & a little Abruptly.

I lean into the whisper as its given so softly.
“Little one, Oh doubtful one… With all this pain enclosing….
Tell me, What do you desire?….”

A breath of free air surrounds me. An answer from me to whomever it may be,
Erupting Chaotically, I say..

“I was born to write. To rhyme with the universe. To move. To flow in its majestic rhythm. Words touching spaces that have yet to be created. It’s a freedom found in a piece within me.

I want to dance, to live life loving others. Flowing through them like a river running deep. I can feel the Water rising as the moon guides me feet.

I desire to stand out. To be one of my own faces.
Hold my hand out to those with the courage to restore balance to the forsaken. Strengthening a world of captivity. Giving out keys to those that believe.

 I want to live a life, with desire that is flowing…. Incessantly….  Perpetually!!”

Confused and amused. In turning to go, I see a smile left in the breeze… I am all alone.
I can’t believe I knew the answer all along…

Then another person walks up to me and I cant help but say…

So, tell me dear fellow… What do you desire?

Just Do It

You know, Nike really hit it on the head with this slogan.
Life isn’t what happens when you sit in a park thinking about your life, ponder the exquisite nature of the universe…. As fun as that can be !

Life, is in the starting. The decision followed through by a step – Just, Do becomes – “It”!

I will be the first to admit. I can be the greatest procrastinator of all time…

By default, I will need to have all my ducks lined up in a row before I start to move, and if they aren’t….. I will generally spend another month figuring out another way to get them lined up. All the while, not realising that the thinking is more exhausting than the action.

In taking a lean on “Doing”, we are actually propelling our faith in ourselves. There is sub-consciously a shift that starts to believe in the steps we take. Configuring ways to make your dreams and goals a reality. Generally there is a fair bit of re-calculating and pivoting in the beginning and that’s ok. We are going to pivot and change until it becomes clear – just what it is you are actually supposed to be doing to get you towards those goals, faster.
Catch being, you will never come to this spot if you don’t start, starting.

Lately, I have felt the fear of committing to a goal and following through. But, you know what it has shown me more than anything? The only thing worse than not committing, is wondering what happened… All those months that were not put to good use, I am now seeing in a new light.
It doesn’t even matter what the steps are. Stop calculating. Stop strategizing. Stop pretending as though you are too busy. Just move. Just be forward with what you want and just believe that things are going to get better.

We are never a product of our thoughts – (if that was the case, my life would be chaotic!) 
We are however, a product of our actions… Keep it Simple. Just Do it!

Love, Express

 

Run with the Seasons

This summer has been a big one. I have been immersed in personal growth, big personalities and possibly the greatest test of my life… thus far:

The challenge of knowing and then following through to the doing.

What I learnt the most is that we all have ‘seeds of greatness’ within us. Not just me, but you – the reader, and everyone else. Even say, that annoying borderline alcoholic relative that ruins christmas consecutively every year. Yes, we ALL have seeds of greatness in us. We just need to follow a 5 point structure to watch them grow and evolve into something bigger than what they started as.

“Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.”

— Helen Keller

THE SEED OF GREATNESS JOURNEY

1) Plant it in good soil.

Toxic environments chock the life out of any great person. Without a solid environment to feel safe and secure in, your hopes and dreams can be crushed by criticism and misunderstanding. Even the relatives who generally love and care for you – they want the best for you (genuinely).. Yet, still speak hurtful truths of them not believing you have the ability to grow the heights of your dreams. E.g I just don’t want you to give your HOPES up.

Life is not about giving up. We all have a destiny which implies we have a destination – correct?

2) Water it!
Learn, practise, study, fail, get back up and then try it all again – consistently! If we don’t add the effort to what we want then we will be paid for our foolishness.

3) Pull out the Weeds..

We all come across fear, doubt, sensitivity and negativity on the way to achieving what we want. If your heart truly believes this dream is your destiny, than by no means do you EVER give up. Pull those thoughts out and throw them well away from your greatness. Continue to grow and understand you will experience thoughts of doubt – but never act on them.

4) The Seasons.

Summer, Winter, Fall, Spring…. Some seasons are all bright and sunny – some are daft and rainy. You have to work with the seasons you are given – knowing a better day is around the corner. Seasons happen for a reason. You have to appreciate the good after the bad otherwise we become arrogant. Work through the hard times and be grateful for the easier times.

5) Enjoy the fruits of your labor.

“An oak tree is nothing more than a NUT that held it’s ground” Bear Grylls

HOLD YOUR GROUND! Be sure that your destiny is YOURS. No one else can take it down – but you.

I personally, have had to overcome many challenges in my earlier years which leaked into the inability to grow up as a young adult. I blamed so many people for my downfall and my inability to finish something once I started.

Any one else relate to being good starters but bad finishers?

Reality is : we are the gate keepers of our own destiny. I believe that we all settle for less than we deserve. Make a decision today to start accepting that bad will come, but high spirits will outlast it all.

Run with the seasons… 

Enjoy the Fruits of your Labor…

I believe in you all.

Love Express, You Are Self

What It Means To Be Free

What does it mean to be free?

It means you can dance.

It means you can dare to cry outside the knowing eye.

It means you can love another, even while they’re still living a lie.

It means you can laugh.

It means you can hold an outstretched hand.

It means you can choose to be outspoken, without threatening your fellow lad.

Freedom is a choice.

We have the right to be free.

Beggers welcome to withstand

For within your right.

You are given a righteous hand.

Stand tall. Be your all.

Freedom is calling.

The choice is yours!

Hearing the Heart.

Dearest readers, one thing better than writing (for me) is hearing what others have to say. My opinions are merely a collective total of little bits and pieces in which other people have inspired me to write about. Yes, I have my own opinions, emotions, thoughts & actions taken from all of the above. However, the biggest lesson that I have received from all my outside teaching is simply this:

You have to hear the message first rather than the words that describe it.

Everyone has been brought up differently. We have all been taught with different beliefs, defense mechanisms & emotional boundaries. The classic quote of  ‘Don’t judge until you have walked a mile in their shoes’ sums it up. We really can’t judge another at all. We never see the heart ache, pains and lessons that have been taught along the way. When you start to get to know another you develop some form of compassion for where they may be coming from – but you never know the full story like they do.

In moments such as these, I enjoy putting the student cap on and letting my mind open to another persons world views and beliefs. This rule of thumb applies so widely to everyday relationships – hearing what’s been said not just the way in which is said. In my humble opinion – Everyone of us came from the loving father that is God. We were all born with these abilities to communicate in our own individual ways and yet we can so easily get mixed up with trying to be understood rather than trying to understand.

Over the past few years I have opened my mind to friendships and people who were exact opposites to me on the outside, but when listened to, were almost similar on the inside. In opening my mind to this new probability, I have become well aware of when the heart is speaking rather than the exterior that is being generically produced. I can see the difference between what’s been taught & the real person within. Everyone’s heart breaks, is prone to anger, jealousy & rage. But we don’t all display the same behaviors in relation to that emotion.

Hear the real message of the heart.

I am not a big sports fan but I am well aware that, when one of my sport fanatic friends inform me of detailed scores n replays – it is their way of including me into their world. I hear that invitation & so I sit to listen to the message. I may not fully understand the words, but I acknowledge it.

Seek to understand your fellow-man and give them the time of day to understand who you are. When the heart talks over the head, it is such a beautiful moment that it can feel like heaven on earth. Everyone’s life is a search for some form of understanding – a place to belong. Why not give somebody else that benefit today. You must give to receive. Seek to understand the real message, from the heart – Not just the delivery – And not just seeking to find out how it affects you. Seek to understand the real person inside….

Never settle. Be better..

We are all worthy of a standard that we shouldn’t go any lower than. Whether that be in business, in relationship or personal development. If you have set a certain standard for yourself, NEVER doubt yourself enough to lower that.

A ‘standard’ can be a boundary in which you set for yourself for the benefit of your well-being. For example, it can be your style: what you will, and what you won’t wear.  What you believe you are worthy of receiving financially in the work place. Who you will and won’t trust in order to express your inner most feelings. How much you can cope with, emotionally in everyday circumstances.

Your standards are the outline in which you stand for. What you know as personal boundaries and lines of protection to your inner being.

The reason I speak of such things is due to a job that I took on all but a few months ago. I saw it as an easily picked up opportunity that would suit my lifestyle nicely. After battling out the first week, I was informed of the low (somewhat illegal) pay rate. The immediate, rather offended reaction that came forth first, was to leave. This was not fitting to my standard at all! But something held me back… I felt a little confused and unsure of myself by the shock of this news, especially seeing as though I had already worked a full week for them. It felt as though this wasn’t just my pay rate – this was my worth on offer. My self-confidence was surely a miss in order for me to walk out the door. I was lacking the posture to tell these people that hired me, that I was worth more than what they had on offer. So, I took the hard, bitter & broken road and agreed to settle for less.

This followed on to be the most intense emotional couple of months. I despised the fact that it had come to this. I felt trapped in my own self pity. (Big no no!) In lacking my self-worth worth due to my own actions – I lost my passion for life. I felt no better than this measly $14 an hour job (before tax) that I was residing in.

This went on for a few months… Until, one day, I decided to make a break from the coast. I took the time to clear my head for a weekend away and I felt a ‘shift’ back into consciousness. I realised –I was making myself miserable! In the beautiful city that was Melbourne, I started to feel the difference between genuine joy and the sacrifice I had back home.

So I gave my notice last week… (*clears throat* WOOOOOO HOOOOOOOO!!!)

🙂

I feel rejuvenated, alive and back in tune with myself. I have more energy to spread joy and love into my life and into the lives of others. I have a message!! That message today being: Never, ever, ever, EVER settle for less than your worth! You are worth more than the standard you originally set for yourself anyway. Why go lower? Its time to aim at the stars and pursue a passionate life. As the good lord says “Go forth and multiply!’

Multiply the people you interact with a smile and a genuine heart. Be 100% present in you, so you can give that 100% to help another. Never settle for less than you believe yourself to be, because then you WILL receive less than you deserve. Have faith that there is a better way. Have faith in you! In God! In the Love of the universe for each and every individual person. Including the people who try to take away your self-worth. They can only try. Never doubt yourself enough to let them.

God Bless

The Key To life is….

Happiness! Joy within a smile. A real sense of belonging. Fulfillment. Love, care, compassion – all that makes your heart beat a little faster, with the temperature rising one degree higher. Within all of us – there is a possibilty to feel these warm and delightful emotions.  However, for those who have trouble accessing them – there is another side of the spectrum. The capability to feel all the negative emotions – such as: anger, rage, disappointment, resentment, loneliness & etc…

Between these two worlds of raw emotion is a silver lining dividing them. Want to know what you call that silver lining? Free will!

Free will give’s us free rein to do whatever we wish with our life. Great News! We can choose to be happy! 😀

When things are bad, what’s stopping you from refusing to left this absorb your attention? We can choose to see past our current circumstance. On the other hand, we can feel a negative emotion towards another & take it to the grave – is it healthy? Hell No! But none-the-less, it is still your choice!

Our minds are very powerful tools – never underestimate the use of it. Thoughts, you have little to no control over – but the continuation of those thoughts and feelings is totally in your control.

I write with passion because I am well aware of what it is like to be stuck in a rut that leaves you more disappointed in yourself than any one else. When in that place, it can feel helpless. I am not here to prove anyone wrong, I am here to try to persuade those in that state of a better option.

I found the key ingredient to a successful life when I went on a journey -not find right or wrong answers, or greener grass upon the other side – but to find myself. I realised there was a few missing links in my perception of realty. That I had created the negative environments around me due to my poor perception of being no better than and settling for less than I deserved.  Once I configured this formula, I took small daily steps to attract more goodness into my life. Go figure – Like Attracts Like! 😉

Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived in order to be understood – Ralph Waldo Emerson

Dearest Readers – What emotion are your mirroring today? What small daily step can you take to benefit your life for the better?

Try smiling at a stranger. Not only will it bring some sunlight into their day – it will mirror that smile back into yours.

God Bless