Life in Small Bites

Socrates teaching the Elders

Tell yourself—you’ll figure it out.
Not “maybe.” Not “hopefully.” You will.
You’ll wake up tomorrow with fire in your chest and answers in your hands. The ideas will strike like lightning. The solutions will be so obvious you’ll wonder why you ever doubted yourself.
Tell yourself—you won’t complain.
You won’t whine. You won’t pity yourself. You’ll take what you have and make it work. You’ll find a way, because that’s what you do.
Tell yourself—you won’t fold.
You’ve taken the worst life could throw at you before. And you’re still standing. You don’t break. You adapt. You carry on. You turn pain into power and pressure into diamond polish.
Tell yourself—you’ll find a way.
There is always a way. Always. Others quit? Let them. Others hesitate? Good. That leaves more for you.

You’ll keep moving forward until the walls crack, until the doors open, until the world bends to your will.
Tell yourself—as Marcus Aurelius did,
“What happened could have happened to anyone, but not everyone could have carried on without letting it distress him.” 
Tell yourself—you belong in any room you walk into.
You don’t chase. Your good energy attracts and connects. People feel your divine presence before you even speak. Your words don’t just fill silence; they charm and command attention. They linger. They impact.
Tell yourself—good things will happen.

Because you refuse to accept anything less. Because you’ve decided to be great. Because doubt is a disease and your self-belief & diligence are its cure. Because when you say something, it’s not a wish. It’s a fact waiting to happen.
Now go! Get what you want.

Following wisdom is taken from Terry Hershey’s ‘Sabbath Moment’ – https://soundcloud.com/terry-hershey/i-want-to-hear-the-music

Intentions vs Actions  

“Be ‘Mindful’ not to fall into the trap of ‘forever intentions’ and ‘procrastinated actions’. Well-intentioned or not, ‘nursed regret’ only puts more padding between the present moment and me—which includes the people, projects, and choices that are in my life today.”

Poet Mary Oliver, “Tell me, what is it your plan to do with your one wild and precious life?”

Ask and answer, If you are going to embrace the sacred present, you might as well excel.

http://lifeinsmallbites.com/integrity-is-the-key-compassion-is-the-answer-3/

“If you’re the smartest person in the room, you need to find a new room.”

MEDITATION

Use an app. It’s much easier to start a meditation practice with a little help. A number of apps — Headspace, Calm, Ten Percent Happier and Unplug — offer free trials and programs to get you started. Apps also offer a lot of variety. Unplug has “meditation quickies” and quirky topics such as a meditation for “before you send that email that you wish you didn’t send.”

Below is a summary written by Brian Johnson, CEO of Heroic Benefit Corp, of Ray Dalio’s book, “Principles”.  See more info on Heroic at:

https://bit.ly/4c0nDBS

Our Job/Challenge is to continually and consistently move toward our Best Self. It is our true Opportunity and Purpose.