HAPPY, happy New Year friends! I hope you’re looking forward to 2018!
The holiday season is almost over. Hopefully youâve done more than put on a few pounds. đ
Itâs was a good time to catch up with family and friends. Itâs also a great time to GET CLEAR about what is important to you in this coming year.
Forget the idea of it being a struggle. Donât just go and re-live last year. (more…)
Feeling the need to be real in our lives, be it in love, at work, with friends, or with your family can be stressful, if we are not used to opening up.
Fear is the biggest thing that stands in the way, specially if weâve been hurt or had bad experiences after we tried to open up or be real with others in the past.
Have you found yourself thinking some of these thoughts? (more…)
I donât ever want to hear another success or personal development quote again. When I get FRUSTRATEDÂ by seeing so many cliche quotes and sayings out there, I FEELÂ that way.
If I was to follow them all, Iâd never DOÂ anything.
But then, all you need is just the right one to CONNECT to exactly the results youâre looking for.
If there is one Iâd have to pick, it would be:
[shareable cite=”George Addair”]’Everything you’ve ever wanted is on the OTHER SIDEÂ of fear.'[/shareable]
Bet you anything, thing tripping you up is the word âWANT.â âIâm easy going. I donât want anything,â would just be an excuse for not FACING your fears.
It is like that sometimes. Remember my story about rollercoasters? I didn’t WANT TO FEEL the fear of dropping and rolling.
What most people don’t realize is that there is an amazing reward when overcoming most fears. What we think we want is rarely what we DEEPLY DESIRE. It’s just beyond your fears.
[shareable cite=”Abe Stone”]What we think we want is rarely what we deeply desire. Move beyond your fears.[/shareable]
Itâs hard to describe until youâve DONEÂ it, but the bliss of swimming effortlessly in the water, the happiness of having and raising children, the rush of riding a roller coaster, the accelerated heart rate at the moment of a first kiss are worth any fear or apprehension.
You may or may not have been interested in any of these things, but if you’re like most of, I know youâve ENJOYED the EFFECT or you will.
Do that thing youâve wanted to do or take up that CHALLENGEÂ you say you donât want. Youâll love connecting to the BLISSÂ youâve been missing.
[reminder]See you on the other side of fear. I’d love to hear YOURÂ story.[/reminder]
I love Will Smith’s story.
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[shareable]I free myself from all destructive fears and doubts. #affirmation[/shareable]
I love this one! “Your task is not to seek love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it.”
It must take a lifetime to learn what love is. Â Sometimes I wonder if I’ve ever truly felt love.
“IÂ am yours. Don’t give yourself back to me.” – Rumi
“Reason is powerless in the expression of love.” – Rumi
“Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing, there is a field. I will meet you there.” – Rumi
“My heart, so precious, I won’t trade it for a thousand souls, yet your one smile takes it for free.” – Rumi
[shareable cite=”Rumi”]The soul of the soul of the universe is love.[/shareable]
“If light is in your heart you will find your way home.” – Rumi
“Love is the bridge between you and everything.” – Rumi
“Your task is not to seek love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it.” – Rumi
“While the mind sees only boundaries, love knows the secret way there.” – Rumi
“Lover’s don’t finally meet somewhere, they’re in each other all along.” – Rumi
“Open your hands if you want to be held.” – Rumi
“Whenever we manage to love without expectations, calculations, negotiations, we are indeed in heaven.” – Rumi
“Love rests on no foundation. It is an endless ocean, with no beginning or end.” – Rumi
[shareable cite=”Rumi”]Through love thorns become roses.[/shareable]
Honoring a person who changed our world makes their work and sacrifice live on. Effective communication was a skill Martin Luther King Jr. employed with passion.
We can all become better communicators by paying close attention to these MLK’s quotes:
[reminder]What is one of your favourite communication quotes?[/reminder]
Asking for that raise, working through the rough times in a relationship, smiling when you feel like crying, being there for others when they don’t notice, or putting yourself out there everyday because you believe in what you are doing takes courage.
It all comes down to having the courage to be who you are and be willing to see something through because you believe in what you are doing.
Courage is going ahead in spite of fear. – Abe Stone
I’m often afraid and I’ve struggled with the ideas of fear, FEARLESSNESS, and courage.
I’ve always avoided saying, “be fearless” because it seems we will always EXPERIENCE fear from time to time, and if say we don’t, we are probably not being honest with ourselves. đ
Hi friends! I hope you had a FUN week with Halloween spooks and DRESS UP parties.
This post is for everyone but I want to give a quick shout out to ANYONE who is in transition. Good luck and STAY focused.
You may remember that I’m in currently transition, moving from China to US. During this PROCESS I’ve been working very hard to keep my focus on the big picture but now the holiday is upon us already.
ALL OF US can tend to  feel overwhelmed once the HOLIDAY SEASON hits. There just seems to be one event after the other with increasing demands on our TIME and WALLET.
It can be so easy to slip into AUTOPILOT and let everything and everyone else’s demands crowd out our PRIORITIES and our GOALS. Getting through the holiday’s with your integrity intact requires some focus and that focus needs to be on YOUR VISION.
How do I do that? How can YOU do that? Watch and find out.
Abe
P.S. Â I’m reading and awesome book called The POWER of HABIT. It’s amazing. I’ll be sharing some of the insights I’ve connected to in upcoming but if you wanna read just click here. đ
