happiness
Happiness, defined; things that help you find happiness, keep it, and share it with others.
True Light
Don't try to run away from the beautiful light that emanates from the most beautiful corner of your heart. You were born to live between lights. Painful shadows will never completely steal your light. You are a beautiful being, born to heal the wounds that rancor has left them. Fly with your beautiful wings. There is no darkness that is able to stop the light that comes from you. Take your time and disconnect for a while from all the noise around you. You deserve to be at peace with yourself, beautiful child of the sunlight. Do you really know it?
By Patricia Pixie6 years ago in Motivation
Striving
Having a pair of eyes and a mind of my own. Having a functioning & healthy body, 2 arms and 2 working legs that allow me to do oh so much. š§āāļøš Being more than capable of creating the beautiful world I want for myself each day. Living, is what keeps me moving. Everyday that I wake up is a blessing, as clichĆ© as that sounds it's true. I tell my google mini to play Positive healing music on spotify, as it sets a beautiful tone for my morning, I then make my bed, wash my face, and write in my manifestations/visualizations/dream book. I write 3 things I am grateful for, it helps me remain humble and it reminds me of the gratituiy I have for even the littlest things. I then write down where I envision myself in the future. I write in present tense as if I am already there,(perhaps Ireland) I close my eyes, imagine and feel that I'm there... and it is so blissful. The law of attraction and manifestation is something I whole-heartedly believe in. Whenever I have crazy, intense or inspiring dreams I also write that down. Watching my family working hard & smart daily for their dreams is what inspires me. Maintaining a good relationship with my family whilst recieving their constant support has been so impactful, because after all, who you spend your time with most is who rubs off on you most. Getting to know myself better and becoming a better person each and everyday, looking back and reflecting and journaling on past experiences and emotions has really gotten me to understand myself better. I've realized that the only person you shoulf be comparing yourself to is the one you were yesterday, or even a year ago. Having so much time to myself during this quarintine has definitely had it's pros + cons (as most things).. I've found myself feeling more anxious than ever, feeling more lonely than ever, and in so much fear than ever with everything going on in the world amongst other personal things. Yet I decided to pull myself through and make the best out of what feels like long and dreary days. After all it's all about your mindset and outlook on life... it really is. šššIt's about the way you choose to interpret and react to life. I began all the projects and courses I never made time for, or never had time for. I found my true loveā¤ļø, my passion... which is music producing. And haven't felt this fulfilled like this in quite some time... the mini music studio I'm creating in my room is still in progress, and is about 75% done. I finished a photography course and bought a camera + gear, something I'd been wanting to do since I was about 8, and I began a videography course on Udemy, if you've never heard of it you should check it out, they have a variety of online courses for great pricing! I cleaned out my entire closet and just began planning designs for clothing of mine I'm going to flip and re sale on DePop and other sites such as poshmark, etsy, etc. I'm eventually going to create my own clothing business by simply reusing clothes I already have or thrifted and touching them up. I began to read more and watch more videos to further my education on various topics such as the environment, politics, physical + mental health, as well as products I've been using on my skin and hair!! (Everyone should definitely check out the Think Dirty APP) if you haven't already, for it has the list of ingredients in the beauty/skin care products you use or want to buy. It lists what harmful ingredients it may contain, etc. You would be veru surpised in what you find that you're using on your own hair or skin. I began watching more documentaries and high rated movies, for there is usually some sort of teaching in most of them, and knowledge is power. 90% of the time after watching a good movie or documentary there is always a lesson gained from it, something valuable that you can apply to the way you live life or to the way you look at life. For example, I recently finished 13 Reasons Why and although it was probably the most depressing series I've ever watched, I truly learned so much from it. One of my favorite lessons taught from it was in Clay's graduation speech when he basically says that no matter how low or depressed you're feeling to just remember to "keep moving", and to "choose to live...cuz even on the worst days there are people who love you, and there's new music out there for you, things that will blow your mind" and that entire speech really hit me hard, because it's true. These are words that haven't left my mind since. We often get so caught up in how we are feeling in the moment we forget that there's so much out there for us, there are people in our lives who love us truly and would do anything for us. There are so many things in life we have not yet seen or experienced that are meant for us to discover, see, and feel...and there are so many people out there who are meant to be in our lives and are meant for us.
By katelin goldstraj6 years ago in Motivation
By 16, I had no reason to beĀ happy, but this happened...
Life as you know it, was never the sameā-āthatĀ night. My worst nightmare came toĀ life I was speeding for my life, swerving, changing lanes where there was no laneā-āpraying I make it home alive. He wanted me dead that night.
By Loading...6 years ago in Motivation
Happy Feet
I would love to start this ramble off with a little science lesson. Endorphins, also referred to as natural pain relievers, are neurochemicals produced in your central nervous system and pituitary gland that when released can take you as Drake would say ā0 to 100 real quickā. How do we get these bad boys released you may wonder?
By Julia Alfred6 years ago in Motivation
A Garden Plot
FROM SPA TO FARM So I'm thumbing through the pages of a spa magazine between massages. It's a typical Sunday in Aspen, Colorado at O2 Aspen. Lately, I had come upon a new artist named Edgar Allen Isokov. I don't really know how I came upon his music, but lately it has inspired me. I found him late one evening a couple months back as I'm hunkered in my room and the darkness outside is making me feel the Colorado winter blues that can occasionally present themselves between skiing on occasion. His song "San Louis" comes up on my Youtube feed. I click the link and immediately the anxiety is lifted. He instantly became a big inspiration after that and a cover that my band had to learn. Rewind back to the spa and as I'm flipping through the pages I come upon his picture in the spa magazine! The article will soon reveal to me that the artist is in between touring is and has been an organic farmer for many years and now practices his green thumb for about four months of the year between tours. The article goes onto interview him and I take away that his music has been very much influenced by the soil and the growth of all things plant like. Later that year I would discover the band "Khrungbing" and find how their music is influenced by cows, but that's another story for another time, although life progression would have it that my grandma is currently moving out to Texas with a lot of my Dad's side of the family to live on a farm there. It's then that the wheels in my mind start turning as I've learned that coincidences are equivocally always miracles.
By Sound And The Messenger6 years ago in Motivation
The World Is Your Playground
We are currently living in some difficult times with covid-19 entering all our lives and interruping our normal daily routine, and over the past few months we have had to create new routines to adapt to our circumstances. Majority gyms have been closed leaving us to find other alternatives to stay active and fit. If your life is anything like mine, that may be a difficult task with trying to balance a full time job working over 60 hours a week, being a parent as well, and also being in a relationship. People would ask where do you find the time to do anything else with the little time you have in between that. Itās simple you make the time for it. There is an old saying that goes āpeople make time for the things that they really want to doā. That old saying is true. If you are really passionate about doing something you will find the time in your busy schedule for it and that includes being active!
By Carlos Oates6 years ago in Motivation
Find the sunshine
There's a gray day on the surface, we've all seen it once or twice. The moment we awake, we see the clouds looming down upon us. We are hurdled into what is wrong, each stress we think we have. The good goes out the window like the sun that wasn't there.
By Lee Naylor6 years ago in Motivation
We Just KEPT TRYING
There once was a summer that tried to take every thing away from us. Leaders in our world, family of all ages, places that we felt were sacred, things we didnāt realize we touched as much as we did, hope, faith, strength, kindness, and the warmth of hugs. But, instead of giving in, most of us did the most radical thing we could do during this time: Kept Trying. We had professional photoshoots through windows. We held virtual music concerts and poetry slams. We constructed family meetings over FaceTime. We changed laws and lives by walking the streets with strangers. We fell in love from a distance, literally. We meditated and had church online as one, from different countries. We redecorated stores and communities with powerful artistic messages. We reinvented ourselves and the way the world has been shaped. We. Did. That.
By Alexis Dean Jr.6 years ago in Motivation
My Peace
My motivation is my āpeaceā of mind. Oftentimes, I feel like the majority of the world is on āautopilotā. Most people live day-to-day, going through the motions - so absorbed with work, kids, their social life, bills, etc. - that they forget to take the time to love themselves. We tend to get so caught up in things that donāt make a single difference to anyone but us: the kind of car we drive, the size of our house, what model our phone is. When we all inevitably reach the end of our lives, will any of that really matter? Should we strive to make those insignificant things our legacy or strive for more and dig for something deeper- like our SANITY?
By Ari Pedroza6 years ago in Motivation
Exhale
The world in which we all inhabit, is packed so full of impressions, fast forward mindsets, mindless scrolling, destinations to explore, goals to reach and days far too short for everything that needs to be done: thus we are robbed of our presence; our peace and our joy of existing in the journey towards the morrow; to create the memories weāll one day look back at. I found that for me to remain sane in this world, I needed a pause button.
By Catharina Solli6 years ago in Motivation
Childhood Memories
I am grateful for all the hours of my life, but that does not mean I relish in recalling them all. Yet there is one, distinct minute of a memory often neglected that is worth recalling: that moment when your imagination is ignited by the landscape.
By Sophie Wakefield 6 years ago in Motivation
