Life in Small Bites

Live. Love. Smile. Hug. Laugh. Dream!

Do.

Create.

Have fun.

Be intense.

Be audacious.

Be unreasonable.

Act impeccably.

Breathe.

Be you.

Be different.

Be patient.

Get paid to do what you love.

Dance in your underwear on your way to work.

Why not?
Ditch the tie.

Escape the cube.

Leave the 8-5.

Trash the resume.

Ignore the critics and the cynics.

Burn the corporate ladders.

Laugh at the ceilings.

Quit the bitching.

Open your mind.

End the laziness.

Overcome the fear.

Transcend the conditioning.

Why not?
Move the world.

Change the world.

Push the human race forward.

Whatever you call it, go out and do it.

    When?         Now!

Exercise in Discovery and implementation:

1.  Read the passage below from Kierkegaard.

2.  What Insights are provoked?

3.  How does this Apply to your life?

4.  What Actions are required?

5.  What will I Do Now?

“What I really need is to get clear about what I must do, not what I must know, except insofar as knowledge must precede every act. What matters is to find a purpose, to see what it really is that God wills that I shall do; the crucial thing is to find a truth which is truth for me, to find the idea for which I am willing to live and die.” – Kierkegaard

I’ve noticed that I shortchange possibilities by not pushing through to expand flashes of insight or creativity.  I will have an insight or new thought with its exciting charge of new energy – but too often I drop it after the ‘flash’ and fail to do the work of expanding it to more fuller discover or application.

Flashes are temporarily exhilarating.  They come in an instant without effort. Yet I am learning that their greater value is only realized when I do the mental work of asking and answering “What could this mean?”  “How might this apply to me?”  “What actions can I take to unleash and embed the new learning?”

Constantly bombarded with ’flashes’ I struggle with harnessing their greater potential power.

What strategies or processes have you used to capture and activate the power of your flashes?  Your suggestion will be greatly appreciated.

Thank you in advance.  – Jim

by Brian Johnson

Speaking of shadows, another really powerful way to deal with that dis-integrated murky stuff we project onto others is this little game I often play:

Think of someone who recently annoyed you. Identify what it is about them that *really* bugs you.

Are they greedy? Hyper-ambitious? Impatient? Do they cut people off in mid-sentence and never really listen? Do they act like they know it all?

What is it about ’em that gets you all wound up? Got it? Sweet. Now, ask yourself: “How am I that?!?” 🙂

And make that a practice. What you’ll notice, if you’re like me, is that we tend to be most annoyed by people who are demonstrating qualities that we are still working on.

Debbie Ford says it’s kinda like having electrical sockets on our chest. If we’ve recognized and accepted our own greed/selfishness/impatience/whatever, it’s as if we’ve put one of those child-proof covers over the socket and no one can “plug into” that energy—we may notice a certain quality in people but we’re no longer triggered by them.

BUT, run into someone who demonstrates qualities we *haven’t* integrated in our lives and yikes! They “plug into” that open socket and we get all pissy.

Again, the solution is (relatively) simple: Notice when you’re being super critical of other people and know that you’re just observing something within YOU that you need to address. Then celebrate the opportunity to grow as you count how many fingers are pointing back at you, attend your own lectures, and ask: “How am I that?!”

by FinerMinds Team

Have you ever done a Law of Attraction Meditation? It’s kinda like having a double shot of manifestation espresso – only different, of course. Here’s one that’s easy, fun, and lets you be the artist and director of your life – painting your dreams and then jumping right into the scene. Give it a try and see how quickly what you want to attract comes rushing your way.

1. Go on a Rampage

Okay, first things first: to manifest something you want (as opposed to something you don’t want), you’ve gotta feel good. And the quickest, easiest way to do that is to go on a ‘Rampage of Appreciation’. So your first step requires pen and paper, and about 5 minutes (or more) of your time. Just start writing down anything and everything you appreciate. Even itsy-bitsy things like clean fingernails or a pair of shoes that fit. I’m not kidding here folks. The more little stuff you can find to say ‘wow!’ about, the easier it is to get on a roll looking for the bright side of mediocre and even annoying stuff.

2. Settle In

Once you start to feel your mood lift to a place of joy and positive expectation, get yourself comfy and ready to meditate. This can be in your fav chair, sitting like a yogi on the floor, or anywhere that you feel good and your spine is relatively straight. (Try to avoid your bed though. It tends to have the distracting capacity to put you to sleep).

3. Choose your Target

Okay, now start focusing in on exactly what it is you want to attract to you. Maybe its an experience, a resource, an opportunity or a thing. Warning: when it comes to other peeps though, you’ve got to honor free will. So if you want love, imagining the ideal mate, rather than a specific person, is key.

4. Paint the Picture

Now it’s time to become an artist. Create the image in your mind of some aspect of what you’re attracting to you. If it’s a new car, of course, you’ll get specific on the image and details. If it’s a home, you’ll literally ‘paint’ each room.

5. Put yourself in the Picture

Next, insert yourself into the scene. This means you start experiencing with your 5 senses. What do you feel, see, smell, taste and hear once you’re ‘in’ the picture? Get specific, break it down into detail.

6. Action!

Time to live the experience! Take the still-frame ‘shots’ of what you want to manifest and turn it into a movie. If it’s a car you’ve been drawing, start driving it. If it’s love, walk down the beach, hand-in-hand. If it’s a house, cook a dinner or entertain friends. Whatever it is, make it LIVE.

7. Send it with a Kiss

When you feel complete with this ‘movie’, imagine it folding in on itself like a beautiful heart (or whatever shape makes you smile). Then let it shrink down so it fits into the palm of your hand. Hold it there in your hand for a moment and then gently blow it off your hands and into the Universe, knowing that what you’ve sent forth will begin coming back to you.