We are what we believe.Think positive

As I sit at the airport in Philadelphia waiting for transportation and time to hit the 3 pm mark, I can’t help but observe people as they walk by.  I read an earlier post about people watching and character development.  I must admit I never thought about it in those terms.  I agree, character development in some of our writings require observation.

I am glad I had the time to sit, observe, and think.  It allows me time to enjoy the moment and treasure each step. I have learned a lot about publishing, marketing, writing, public speaking. In the hussle of business it is nice to sit, be, and observe the interaction. The family waiting for a loved one, the lady visiting Philadelphia for the first time much like myself, the workers coming and going.

It is time for me to keep walking. This is the first experience in a state I had never visited before. Life is like that. People come and go, they stand they sit, catch a flight, flash a smile. Life is built from moments and we choose our moments much like we choose the characters we write about.

Excited to learn

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The library, the place I learned about history, biorgraphies, fiction, non-fiction, magazines, newspapers, poetry, motivation, encouragement, leaders. The library was a safe place as a child for me to escape into a different world, learn about current events.  My mother was the first person to encourage and develop the hunger for knowledge and literature.

Sweet memories of my mother would be the books she encouraged us to read, watching her read every day, she would sit outside by her flowers as the day was about to end, lost in her literary world, a right she deserved and earned after a long day of taking care of us.

As I entered highschool, and I decided to try out for basketball she was reluctant at firs.  My father did not approve with my choice at the time.  He did not believe that a girl should play sports.  My mother was my biggest supporter.  She believed in me and encouraged me with words, “do your best” “you are smart” “don’t let anybody tell you that you can’t” “be humble, but wise.”  Was she perfect, no, she thought me that imperfection is not an obstacle, imperfection is a stepping stone to becoming a better version of yourself.  The words of my mother.

The Shoes she decided to wear were not always perfect, but then again neither were mine. We can only choose to learn, live a better present, and as a consequence improve our future. 

So on this mother’s day thank you mom for you.

Obstacles are the things we see when we take our eyes off our goals!!

I am taking the book marketing challenge.  I have learned that in this business becoming an author is part of the equation of having success as a writer.  I am thankful for other authors that share their journeys to success, as well as business leaders, speakers, artists.  My work is still a work in progress, but I have to credit myself for taking the initiative to learn and double credit the people that have inspired and assisted my education along the way.

Thank you to all who follow, comment and blog. I appreciate your thoughts. 🙂

Thankful for the turning point in my mind that made that choice possible. The situation anyone finds themselves in at any given point does not change, however Life goes on regardless.

     Have you ever had a dream that left you bafled??  Have you ever had an experience that made you question, turn, or think what in the world??  As an author, writer, dancer, artist or actor, the ability to create art allows you to put yourself in a realm of expressed inner sentiments, thoughts, dreams. The ability to develop, lyrics, movement, photography, art and creativity in general,  expressess the vision of what is otherwise ingrained in an indiviual’s mind. It is the expression of those sentiments and deep inner thinking that moves and allows for expression in some form

  As mentioned before the idea of Six Things to Trash, Six Things To Treasure was intitally a dream.  I had a dream about my father and I watching a basketball game.  In my daily mantras, thoughts, and journey my focus is to think of those things I need to continue to treasure in my life and the things, I need to trash.  The list of things to trash is thankfully a revolving thought process as it should be.  As I think of those concepts within myself that I don’t care to carry, I trash them.  Self-doubt, Fear, lack of voice, perfectionism, responding to negative stimuli.  I keep them in check understanding that the awareness allows me to free myself if ever they decide to creep as an identity.  It allows me to understand I can change that, and move on the next improvement as I see it surface in the present. 

  The things I treasure, forgiveness, self acceptance, acceptance of others, my son and daughter my rocks, my family.  The never ending list of those people that have gone out of their way to help me, forever thankful.   I understand I take steps that are short and steps that are long at times, nevertheless steps.  I also see myself learning, growing, developing, journey, Metamorphosis. 

  I have learned that forgiveness is freedom of your soul and self, the chains that bind the negativity of the energy of resentfullness and bitterness is released as a choice is made to focus that energy into positivity and encouragement for a greater purpose. 

 I have learned that faith and believing in God or a higher entity for that matter is peace, liberation, acceptance, for if God loves me as I am who am I to judge.

  I have learned that self acceptance is a gift, and a long overdue realism to myself.

I have learned the power of allowing outside negativity in words and actions to remain as a moment, that is all that moment deserves.  To give it any more time then that would be wasted energy.

 I have learned that life is a gift, and thank you Mr. Tolle for your expressions in words I could not think of myself,  Surrender allows for freedoom to become reality.

My father’s dream last night, he is my angel.  I never think of him with anxiety or sadness, it is a comfortinig thought to me.  In my dream, he came, sat by a park benck under the Tree of Life to kiss me on the forehead once again.  His words.  “With great power, comes great responsibility.”  I woke up, I think and sat up in my bed, or I dreamed about it.  I am not sure.  I did wonder to myself, why is he talking in English?  I do not understand some of the things that happen in my life, but surrender has thought me, I don’t have to.  I continue to learn, grow and move forward in this journey called life.  Thank you for teaching me and for all your patience and support.  Peace to all, Love.

Live, Laugh, Love Motivate and Inspire

I know I will

Today, I am thankful.

We bloom and grow in our own ways. Life may determine the soil and terrain, but essentially, our development at any given time is a gift to our existence.

Quotes I Enjoy.