Merry Christmas

May Peace and Love be your constant companions this Christmas and every day after.

May the causes of true joy find you,  each and every day of the New Year.
May your ears ring with the sound of laughter
and your heart swell with Hope.

Merry Christmas to you all.

Your Very Best

Be all you can be every day, do all that can be done in each day, fill your day and be Full. Each and every day is an opportunity for you to mould your life, your life is made of moments and days – fill both with your very best.

Each action you take must be to your best standards, then quantity is not as important as quality. Know the difference between many poor acts as opposed to few great acts.

Take each single act and make it a success, then stack such single great act to lift you up to your highest standards, your very best.

Greatness; one single act at a time. Put your all into each act, mind and body and spirit. This way permeates throughout your life.

Having your mind in one place, your body (action) in another leads to lesser acts and weaker results.

A weakening of the spirit is born of a distracted and disjointed mindset.

Self-action

All challenges and obstacles you face, serve only to force you into self-action. Problems teach you to cease being a creature of reactions, a being of circumstances and a slave of desire and fear. You must master your world, impact it, let your will be felt.

Without such self-action, man would become lowly, a victim of chance, a reactor to all that life throws at him – this is not what man is for.

Man is Power, Man is a creator, Man can be the master. All men and women have it within them to be this, no one has what no one else has. Self-action, is the path to ultimate freedom, happiness, and Power.

Tomorrow

Tomorrow is the playground of your dreams! But today is the HQ

The art of living

To compare to others

You undermine your own self worth.

To conform

Is to deny your uniqueness.

Set your course

By yourself and not by others.

To live a full life

Live fully each day.

Don’t rush about too fast

Take time to be

and to perfect the art of living a great life.

It is

It’s not what you gain

It’s what you give.

It’s not how high you get

It’s how high you lift others.

It’s not the money you can count

But the true friends.

It’s not about reaching for the stars

But of touching hearts.

It’s not who you know

It’s knowing who you are.

Hold onto the incredible

Create the impossible.

Make a difference.

Commit

Better to act with courage and conviction

Even if the way is unclear.

Commit your mind and body now

To the task of changing what must change.

Spread Happiness

Happiness heals. Spread the happiness. Be truly happy in yourself and radiate this. You become a warming fire to the cold.

Happiness transforms all. My calling is to spread the smiles of happiness.

When you are happy it over rides all thoughts, emotions, actions and decisions. You are healthier and more caring when you are happy.

Many are not happy because their happiness is reliant and tied to externals – this is a huge mistake.

OK

There will come a time when you won’t have an answer, this is OK.

Asking for help is the true sign of wisdom. Those who have most answers have asked the most questions

Your garden

Sow your garden before you are hungry!

More

Be quick to discover where you can give or do more in order to be more.

Never be slow in doing more in the pursuit of your goals. What is demanded – you can give.

Patience

Be sure that the world will give you what you need. Be patient, it will happen. You may be in a rush, this world is not and what it does – it does perfectly. Patience and all comes.

You can sense the power of the world at work, if you only be still long enough and connect with it. Patience is a bridge.

Support Team

Have one, nourish and cherish it. A group of people who love you deeply, who can hold you when you can’t hold yourself – this is a support team.

Be together often.

Your Pace

We can be “driven” to burnout, by our base-self’s needs and desires, by others demanding more, by our own minds.

Stop, take time-out. When ”driven” we can often lose touch with our higher self and its guidance, with others and the “stuff” of life. “Stuff” is not something you can truly “live” with.

Relax, take time out, all will be done, does all need to be done? The frantic intense “busy-ness” has consumed many - save yourself. Don’t let it quench another spirit’s light.

Be guided first, focus on what is absolutely vital, then do it at your pace. Your pace, your race, your life, your path.

Spirit Song

Laughter is Medicine. When you are in need of healing and uplifting – laugh. Open yourself to humour, many only laugh on rare occasions. Look for something every day to laugh about.

Laughter is your spirit’s song.

Get Out

When you feel trapped by worries, negative thoughts or problems, escape to the big spaces – the great outdoors.

At times when we feel trapped we begin to see nothing other than our cage, this is why we must (in such times) get out. See more, see the bigger picture.

Get out, breathe, take it all in, be inspired, be free.

Truth

Truth simplifies – all else complicates.

Truth heals – all else hurts.

Truth frees – all else imprisons.

Truth is light – all else is dark.

Truth is life – all else a death.

Truth is the real you.

Spirit Resuscitation

Tickle your spirit. Do what delights, search out fun and wash in it. Laugh and daily find what uplifts you.

This is not denial – this is spirit resuscitation. Lift yourself daily.

Cheer yourself on

Encourage yourself, support and cheer yourself on to further and greater heights. If you are not on your side then who is? If you are not your best supporter who can be?

The relationship you have with yourself is the most important one. If you are not cheering – you are booing. If not strengthening – weakening. If not support – sabotage.

What you say and how you behave towards yourself is far more important than what others say and do. It also serves as a guide, showing others how to treat you.

So cheer yourself on! Cheer on. Your life, your happiness need you!

Think on fact

All too often we can get carried away with emotions, with winning, with distractions of all sorts. These serve to remove us from the facts of the matter. Not seeing the facts paralyses us in our decision making and problem solving.

In a world where solutions are prized above all else, it is best to think on fact, then act on fact. Here lies the most direct route to problem solving.

Trappings – trap

Do not confuse the trappings of life for happiness and success. Trappings and possessions can come and go, to hang your joy on such, would leave you feeling exposed, uncertain and powerless.

When you have to work hard to maintain such trappings, you don’t have them – they have you.

Your happiness is an inside job, when you realise this, no one can touch your happiness. Trappings can be pleasant, but they must not be the only source of your happiness.

Silence

I firmly believe there can be no wisdom without silence.

From silence comes contact with a wisdom so ancient and powerful. It is not often encouraged today to go and silently meditate on a problem and yet it is what most great minds actually do.

Silence is the womb of creation and solutions – get to know it well.

A mind or life that has constant noise activity has no space to settle or deepen in serenity.

Giving

The greatest generosity amongst friends is the giving of oneself.

Wages

Love what you do and excellence is your wage.

Lost

The further you remove yourself from your true nature, your dreams and others – the more lost you become.

Find your way back! The further we are from Nature – the more lost we become. The further from our inner wisdom and happiness we stray – the more lost we become.

Turn back! If you have lost your way, just return to yourself.

Action

Focus on empowering action, allow thoughts and emotions to float by like clouds. You just focus on action. Here lies the path to success in any area of your life.

Bliss

Do not put your happiness on hold, do not make your happiness conditional – just be happy. Learn to do this daily and you get closer to bliss.

Great

Be rid of mental inhibitions and taste reality. Be free of all that keeps you “small” and bathe in your own glorious light.

It is your true nature to be great, all else is a delusion.

Connect

Connect and defeat loneliness.

Teacher

All you meet is a teacher. Some you like, some you don’t. Some you listen to, some you ignore. They all teach, it’s up to you to learn.

Surrender

Surrender your control, surrender to your inner higher wisdom, be at peace.

Be obedient only to your inner wisdom, let go the burdens that cloud your awareness and surrender to yourself. Get out of your own way!

Beauty

We recognise beauty in others only because it is an expression of an inner beauty we already know.

A truth

Empty speeches

are not as valuable as a single word that brings peace,

Know this.

One gift

that brings relief is greater than many which bring

distraction.

The man who masters himself

is a greater warrior,

Than those who try to master the many.

Making offerings and granting recognition

to the high and mighty,

Is weak compared to the offerings

given to the needy.

A single day lived with virtue and awareness

is far greater than a thousand years

lived in want and without discipline.

A single act of kindness and compassion

is superior to years of talk without action.

A day of great effort

is better than a life of idleness.

A single day of life

aware of the deathless state,

Is worth more than a hundred years

lived in fear of death.

See the truth

and live worthy.

As you go

Live your life leaving no trace

like the swallows path in the sky,

Be free from obsessions

and live clearly.

Leave only compassion

bring only understanding,

Peaceful and unshakeable

in mind and body.

Seek not recognition

for this can slow your journey,

Walk with feet kissing

the ground and continue on your way.

Befriend the forests

speak with the moon and stars,

Laugh with the animals

and give gratitude to all.

Where there is greed

give generosity,

Where there is pain

give comfort.

Where there is hate

give love.

Where there is anger

give compassion.

Be as the welcomed breeze

passing yet soothing.

Follow what & who?

Do not follow the unwise

with their low habits,

They will lead you astray

be discriminating

choose the wise to follow and spend time with.

The wise mould their character

the unwise mould yours.

The wise like a deep lake

still and clear will show you many things,

The unwise like a mudflow

hide much.

Cling to nothing

do not talk aimlessly,

Forsake sensual pleasures

and devote yourself to

Cleansing your mind.

Avoid the boiling pot of confusion

that is born of grasping for this and that,

Proceed on the path of brilliant light

and you too shine brightly.

Be Aware

Mindfulness will bring you

everlasting life,

Negligence will bring you

struggle everlasting.

Supreme happiness

comes to the meditative man,

He looks on the sorrowful masses

as the eagle looks down from the sky.

Be vigilant

in what you allow your thoughts rest upon,

Advance like a fire

burn out the chains of ignorance.

Shape your mind

as the blacksmith does metal,

Be strong, patient

and skilful.

Your mind will want to wander

it can become unruly,

The wise pay attention

guards it well and controls it,

Thus the wise man is fearless.

An uncontrolled mind

will do much harm,

A well directed mind

is like a true arrow – feeds and protects.

Be true to you

In any given situation ask yourself ,“am I being true to myself?”. Let this guide you on your path through life.

I believe the closer we are to this truth, the happier we are. The further away from this truth the unhappier we become.

Being true to yourself is the ground upon which we stand. Do you feel safe, secure, happy, strong, confident and sure while standing on quicksand? No indeed!

So let this be your compass in decision making, in relationships, career and on your journey through life.

“Am I being true to Me?”

Focused mind

A focused mind is very powerful indeed. Like holding a magnifying glass to the sun, you concentrate its rays and it becomes laser like.

When your mind is here, there and everywhere it can become weak. You will find it difficult to do anything. Focus your mind, concentrate its power on this moment and this task at hand and you will witness your greatest “power-tool”.

Be closed to distractions that do not matter in this moment and do not help in this task, for these weaken you. What others think is of no concern to your inner power.

This takes practice , perseverance and discipline – the pillars of excellence.

Accept yourself

No strings attached. GO beyond behaviour, “negative and positives” and all other labels. Self-acceptance grants you a serenity and strength of such immense depth.

Do not rate or compare, for these are games you will never win and are very unfair, not at all based in reality.

It makes no sense in focusing on one piece of a puzzle and trying to judge based on this alone. The human being is a complex, creature with so many different attributes and characteristics, we must accept ourselves wholly.

Stretch yourself

How can you know how strong you are unless you test yourself? How strong you feel has a direct effect on your coping skills and confidence.

Do not settle, stretch and push yourself. Move on bravely and change your comfort zone daily. Challenge your limits and perceptions.

How else will you know how great you can be?

Life rewards action.

You can think, dream, wish and hope all you want in life, however, you will only get rewarded for what you do.

So action must be your number one activity everyday. You can say, or you can do – what you do speaks louder.

You warm yourself by your actions. Many walk around cursing the pebble in their shoe, stop and just remove it.

Align your goals.

Like the wheels of a car, if your goals are not aligned, they can drag you off course and exhaust you. For example, if your first goal is to spend more time with your family, and your second goal is to start your own business, then you are  setting yourself up for failure and frustration.

Set goals which compliment each other and become stepping stones to the ultimate goal – your happiness.

You don’t always have to win.

People who go around wanting to always be right, be first, to have the last word, to win all the time, are seldom happy.

It is indeed great to say to others, “ you know what? You are right”. This does not mean you allow others walk all over you. You can pick the battles you want to win.

You would be amazed at how calming and empowering this can be.

Use a plan for happiness.

Life is far too short to leave your happiness up to chance. Hoping and wishing that happiness comes your way is not good enough. If this is your strategy or plan, expect your happiness to be up and down like the stock markets.

You must have a plan to make yourself happy, and do something each and every day that makes you happy. Do it yourself. Do not wait for others or external factors to do it for you. Your happiness is your responsibility alone. What is more important than how you feel? Nothing! So treat your happiness with the importance and urgency it deserves. Happiness is an inside job as well as a DIY (do it yourself) job.

If you desire more happiness so more things that make you happy. Keep it simple and keep following your bliss.