Have you noticed that people who are actively engage in pursuing their passion are seldom distracted by the little thorns of life? On Saturday my son flew from West Palm Beach to New Jersey. This is the beginning of his summer vacation and he was excited about spending time with his grandmother and cousins. He had a connecting flight in Charlotte, North Carolina. Upon his arrival in Charlotte, his connecting flight was delayed for twelve hours. He periodically texted me (have you notice that kids don’t talk anymore, they text?) to let me know the status of his flight. (more…)

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Life is staring me down, Like Malcolm Gladwell waiting for me to blink

Everything is on the line and in this game of nerves, I’m trying hard not to flinch.

And just then I stop and think

That by the yard it’s hard, but inch by inch everything is a cinch.

And just by memorizing that one line, that one little rhyme

I’ve come to realize that the most effective way to eat an elephant

Is one bite at a time.

So I don’t have to be on point

No, not every day from June right back until May

All I have to do is manage my decisions…just for today

Just for today

I will prepare for my future

Because I know you either get good at sowing in the spring

Or begging in the winter

So today I’m keeping it moving like a marching band drummer

Because I know there will come a time when winter will ask

What have you been doing all summer? (more…)

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“Everybody soon or late sits down to a banquet of consequences,

Ironically we spend a lifetime preparing the menu but are often dissatisfied

when the meal is finally served”

Robert Louis Stevenson

Sometime ago I wrote a blog explaining that our thoughts are manifesting much faster than they used to. The magnetic fields of the Earth have been reduced and now thoughts are coming back at rapid speed. Not only are thoughts retuning to us and we’re meeting the ‘Word’ as ‘Flesh’ but Karma is returning at lightning speed. (more…)

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For the past month, I’ve felt an overwhelming need to clean out my closet. Not that it was filled with junk, just a little disorganized, and I had quite a few items of clothing that I no longer wear. Yesterday, I finally put my schedule on hold and spent most of the afternoon cleaning and re-organizing my closet.

I was able to pack some stuff away into a couple of Glad Garbage Bags and called the Salvation Army to come and retrieve the contents because they no longer served me and I am sure they would be useful to someone else.

The process didn’t take too long and it wasn’t a tedious effort, but I guess that I procrastinated for a month because I knew that the ‘cleaning of my closet’ was a symbolic move for what needed to be done in my life. There are a few people in my life that no longer serve me, they’ve become the emotional clutter that was stored away in the closet and I decided that now is the best time to “make the cut”.

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Checking in and making your declaration is what you’re doing with your journal and scrap book. Most people spend all their lives at the airport, never checked in, then at sixty five they declare, “This is not where a wanted to be.” Checking in is simple and it’s easy, for God’s sake, better yet, for your sake, please check in. (more…)

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In the movie, ‘What the Bleep!? Down the Rabbit Hole’ a scientist stated that the brain process 400 billion bits of information per second, (Good God from Zion, that’s a lot!) but we are only aware of 2,000 bits. So the brain has to decide what is important, and allow that information to be filtered to the conscious mind. It also has to decide what is not really relevant and send that information to the sub-conscious mind.

How is the brain able to make such a distinction? Well, we tell it what’s important by our words and our beliefs. Here’s an interesting example, let’s assume that a woman grew up in an environment where her father was abusive to her mom. He was constantly unfaithful and made no attempts to hide his infidelity. Let’s further assume that this little girl would over hear her mom complaining to other women that men are basically no good and the other women would always validate her mom’s point. This young girl starts dating only to find that her boyfriend has been unfaithful, so she subconsciously develops a belief system that ALL men are dogs. (more…)

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I wrote this poem about a decade ago in the attempts to examine why it is so difficult for me to let go and allow myself to love, and be loved. In my next few blogs I’ll be dealing (in details) with the issue of how we allow our past to imprison our future happiness. I will also give you some tools to help break this wall that was constructed by fear. As usual, this is given with great love.

My Past Keeps Kicking My Ass

They say that a cow never knows
The use of its tail until he loses it,
And a fool, once he finds love,
Sure as hell abuses it!
Well, I be that fool, and I am that cow,
Because some way, somehow
I find “New and Improved” ways
To destroy the love that we’ve built,
Before you know it, I’m off to the next “Vic”
Leave you standing with the guilt.
I have you thinking that it was something you said
Or maybe even the things that you do,
When, in fact, a fool like me
Doesn’t deserve to be loved by you! (more…)

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But if anyone had ever taken a sample of Bob’s lyrics it would be crystal clear that this man was indeed of God. It would be obvious that this man embodied the consciousness of Christ. He just did not look like a “child of God”. But if memory serves me correctly (and I’m sure that it does) Jesus didn’t look much like a King of Kings either, and was pretty much chastised by the religious community of his day.

Here’s a small sample of Bob’s lyrics:

“We don’t need no more trouble, what we need is love.”
“Speak happiness, it’s sad enough without your woes.”
“I want to love you and treat you right.”
“Until the philosophy which holds one race superior and another inferior, is finally and totally discredited and abandoned, there will be war.” (more…)

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If you’ve been following my latest blog entries you’ll notice there’s a common theme that has been consistent for the past two weeks. All I’ve been writing about is, ‘YOU.’ Gently reminding YOU that you’re so much more than you’ve been told. The goal is to get you to take responsibility and control of what has been going on in your head. I’ve mostly written about thoughts and how they manifest.

What we’ve been doing is preparing the ground. This will ensure that when we move on to the next step of planting the seeds of greatness in this fertile soil, your harvest will be guaranteed.

For years I’ve invested tens of thousands of dollars in inspirational/motivational self-help products, trying to dig myself out of this emotional grave which I’ve created. I noticed that I was motivated while I was reading the book or attending the seminar, but a few days later the effects would fade. (more…)

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