Cure A Bad Mood

Here's a quick tip:

Don't take anything personal.

Hey, I work in an office with 75 women. I have perfected not taking anything personal. There's just so much that happens in every person's personal or profesional life everyday that no matter what they say or do... or fail to say or do to you, it probably has nothing to do with you anyway! It could be a angry phone call they just had, a sick family member, physical sickness or emotional pain of some kind, some bad news... you never know.

Then again, it might be because of you, but as long as you do the best that you can in every single moment... that's all anyone can really ever truly ask of you.

And if that's not good enough, well, you can always use the simple and powerful mantra from Ho'oponopono:

I'm sorry. Forgive me. Thank you. I love you.

Say all of it or part of it and repeat it (while relaxing your breathing) until you feel better. That means that you have released that stress from your body. It also means that you can now be in your best state for work and play. God knows I use it ALL the time! I do work with over 75 women after all...

And put a smile on their face everyday. Doing silly things works really well too. Hehe.

Hey, it's possible, just bring yourself back to your center of love and power with some kind of technique to let go of negativity (like the mantra above) whenever it hits you during the day. This helps you NOT transfer your bad mood to others as well because you let it go as it comes up.

Try it. You'll see. It really works. If you allow it.

CHB

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You Can See, But Do You Have Vision?

A few years ago I saw an ad in a magazine with this caption:

It's easy to see what is, it takes vision to see what could be.

It struck me as being incredibly profound at the time and I put the saying on my wall. Why is it so profound? The way I see it (pun intended), most people all around the world are involved in the basic act of seeing things as they show up. Some people are really out of it and don't even see what's happening in front of their eyes at times but most can recognize something as it happens or after the fact (hindsight is 20/20). The challenge is to see something before it happens. That's what we call VISION.

Vision is great because of two main reasons:

1. Avoiding painful/negative circumstances
2. Embracing joyful/positive oportunities and experiences

When you can see farther ahead, you can prepare yourself better for what's coming.

This can be applied in a myriad of ways, for example, with the economy (sure it might drop for a while but it will rise again and higher than before - are you ready for now and for then?), with exercise & health (if you follow through with your plan, how will you really look and feel?) and with interactions with people. When seeing them you have the physical characteristics of the person, the way they make you feel and a certain knowledge of their past and accomplishments. With vision however, you see past their visible exterior and cloak of fear into their soul. You feel everything that they could be, do and have if they allow themselves to awaken to the god within. This allows you to realise that they are you and you are them. Our exteriors are different and varied but at the very deepest level we have the very same core from which our personality is built around.

But if that seems too profound for you at this moment, let's look at the wheather!

This week in Edmonton, we had a fierce blizzard. Temperatures dropped from 23 Celcius last weekend and wearing shorts and sandals to nearly -20 this week with the windchill and putting on our tuques and mittens. Talk about climate change!

What I hear on the radio and all around me is people complaining. We live in Alberta. Drastic wheather changes are common, so why all the complaining? Well, this is an example of people only seeing what's in front of their face. If they exercised their vision, they would hold the image of sunny skies and green grasses in their minds and patiently prepare for the true arrival of spring.

When people are surprised by something that happens or can happen it means that they were not using their vision.

Always see farther and deeper than the darkened skies or empty pockets of the moment. LIVE fully in the moment, letting go of needing to change it, AND allow the wonderful experiences flowing to you to come into and THROUGH your reality without resisting them.

If your far-seeing vision tells you of some kind of impending calamity, gently (or fiercely - if need be) move onto a path leading to a healthier and more positive outcome. It's pretty simple as long as you are aware...

Fix your sight upon a star and you will always find your way.

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Something to Live For

Just a quick little note today.

You will never be done.

You will never find yourself in a place where everything is absolutely perfect (unless you realise that every moment is perfect as it is).

You will never have it all worked out.

You will never stop learning and growing.

If you do, if you decide that you are and have everything you ever wanted... then you die.

I don't write this to scare anyone, only to help you realise that waiting for everything to be perfect or hoping for a time (ie: retirement) to finally relax is saying to yourself that when all is in place you will have finished your life and that's it.

When the energy of life, and love and discovery stop flowing, the body and mind start to break down and decay. If you have something to live for, you will live. If you don't...

So learn and grow forever!

You might be surprised at how tremendously long and happily you continue to live...

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P.S. Here's something to ponder, read Bruce Lee's affirmation below (written in 1969, 3 years before his death at 33) and make up your own mind about how it changed his life:

"I, Bruce Lee, will be the highest paid Oriental superstar in the United States. In return I will give the most exciting performances and render the best of quality in the capacity of an actor. Starting in 1970, I will achieve world fame and from then onward till the end of 1980 I will have in my possession $10,000,000. Then I will live the way I please and achieve inner harmony and happiness." - The Bruce Lee Story by Linda Lee (his wife)