Essence of Well-Being

Well-being entails a lot of various aspects. The dictionary defines it as: a contented state of being happy, healthy and prosperous. And though this is a good definition, it is quite vague and lacking substance. It is so much deeper in scope than this definition implies. And even though it's a broad topic, The Essence of Well-Being can be summed up in a nutshell. It is looking good, feeling good, having an abundance of energy, as well as a healthy self esteem and self concept. But it is even a bit more than this. It is loving life, feeling purposeful, being infused with vigor and having a zest for living. It is being well, or healthy and whole in mind, body and spirit and fully understanding the connection of these three integral parts. You really cannot have imbalance in any of these areas and still maintain a thriving sense of well-being.

Wellness is certainly more than looking and feeling good on the outside. Its scope is much wider, encompassing a rich life of wholeness, completeness and inner contentedness. Those who attain this great jewel are indeed wealthy and blessed, for arriving at this station is rare indeed. It is not an easy road and is more or less a way of life. It requires an enormous commitment and discipline to self care and self nurturing. The Essence of Well-Being is synonymous with personal responsibility. You and only you can choose it for yourself. And only you can maintain it on a daily basis as well.

Living close to God/Spirit, Zen, or the Tao is the closest link to wellness and/or well-being. And finding or making time for strengthening your connection will prove to be a work of priceless worth. The blessings you will reap for cultivating health and wellness are substantial and indeed medicine like remedies for life's maladies. The beauty of wholeness is this, when you learn how to fill yourself up, you have more to give away. The bottom line is simple, a healthy life equals wellness, happiness, harmony, peace, balance and tranquility.


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Be You and Do it With Style

Who you were designed to be is exactly who and what you are suppose to be.  There is nobody else you need to be but you.  And no matter what anybody tells you, you don't ever need to change who you are to be loved or accepted.  If you really want to be true to yourself and live authentically, then you had better forget trying to please others and be what others want you to be.  Many people spend their whole lives in a popularity contest trying desperately to fit in, begging for others approval and longing to be accepted.  This is a foolish way to live and will only bring you immense heartache and pain in the long run.  Consider this, if you are constantly trying to bend yourself to fit the shape others want you to be, one day you just might break. And besides, the very people who can celebrate you for exactly who you are right now are the only people you really want to have as friends anyways.  
   

The blueprint for you is unique and something which cannot be replicated.  So rather than trying to fit in and blend, why not just Be You and Do it With Style?  Ralph Waldo Emerson once said, "To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment." The person you are at your core is incredible, beautiful, vibrant and powerful.  And the talents that you bring to this world are distinctly yours. What makes you a star is being fully who you are, not trying to copy another.  The music that you hear, the thoughts that you think, the way you dress, your unique way of expressing yourself are all what makes you fully you.  Never stop doing what you feel in your heart and soul you are meant to be doing, for this is your dharma.  This is what gives you purpose, power and direction. 


In life just be you fully, on purpose, intentionally.  It takes courage to be who you are, regardless of what people think or say about you.  And sometimes walking to the beat of your own drum, the drumbeat only you may hear is downright scary.  But oftentimes it is the people who risk it all, who gain the most in this life.   Instead of running from who you are, honor and embrace who you are.  For it is only when you stop trying to fit in and just decide to be YOU, the REAL YOU that your true power awakens.  The truly great people in this world are only great because they stay true to themselves and carve out their own paths.  Be real, authentic, living to please you.  Do what you love so that you can love being you. You shine when you are being joyfully, uniquely, inspirational you.


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Becoming a Deliberate Creator of Your Life

"Ask and It is Given" is a popular spiritual idea and concept these days. But I will assure you it is more than just an idea. We live in a highly responsive universe, a universe that is always responding to our wishes and requests. The grand essence, God, divine energy, whatever you want to call it, is always listening to you. The power to summon energy is always at your fingertips. It is definitely something you have to be careful with though, because whatever you ask for either consciously or unconsciously is always given.

The thing about human beings is we never stop asking and we never stop creating.  This is in essence due to the fact that we are all creative beings.  The question is are you doing this on purpose (consciously) or by default (unconsciously)?  Here's a good question for you though. Why not choose to ask deliberately and create purposefully and thus become a deliberate creator of your life?  It's a much better choice than creating by default I will assure you.  The choice is always yours to make.  You do this by your thoughts, by your continual focus, by the feelings and emotions you are emitting and feeling on a daily basis as well as by the vibrational energy you are sending out into the universe.


Becoming a Deliberate Creator of Your Life is your birthright.  The creator who designed you, designed you with the power, ability and creative energy to shape your own life and experience. So don't be foolish, use your God given magic.  Don't you dare let it go to waste. Choose what you want to have, who you wish to be and what you choose to experience in this lifetime, and then go ahead and create it with the magic that is already inside of you. 


I think we easily forget our magnificence, our extraordinary ability to fashion our lives. None of us are victims of circumstances unless of course we forget the marvelous power that resides within us.  Always remember YOU are a magnificent creator and you are fashioning your very life experience. 


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Believing and Receiving

We are living in a radical new age of awakening and revolutionary thinking. If you choose to be an active part of this new era, then it is completely essential that you learn to choose your thoughts consciously and wisely first and foremost. It seems as a human species we are finally starting to understand the correlation between our thinking and what shows up in our lives. Many of us now understand that thought not only changes things, it has the power to create and destroy lives, for whatever you believe is true literally becomes true. One of the most enlightened quotes ever written was, "I think therefore I am" by Rene Descartes. This phrase is a brilliant and extraordinary concept which holds amazing keys to unlocking the code to your destiny, for whatever we hold as true for ourselves literally becomes our truth.


In life, whatever you think you are and whatever you think you're capable of achieving will often become your ultimate reality. Whatever you can see yourself doing is what you can accomplish. Conceive it, believe it and you can achieve it. The beliefs you hold in mind, whether true or false, eventually form the world you one day will experience. Rhonda Byrne said in her book, The Power, "Your imagination is more real than the world you see, because the world you see comes from what you imagine and believe!" Basically whether you think you are pretty, unattractive, intelligent, average, humorous, dull, worthy, undeserving, talented, hopeless, limited or unlimited is exactly what you are. And by the same token, your beliefs determine how the universe responds to you as well. "I think therefore I am" becomes almost a self fulfilling prophecy. There is such an overwhelmingly, incredible correlation between Believing and Receiving. Life responds to your beliefs. It can only give you what you believe you are worthy and deserving of always.


There are basically two types of people in this world.  There are the people who get everything they want out of life and others who want what these people have. The people who get what they want do so by practicing fundamental things such as cultivating positivity and utilizing powerful belief systems. They practice the art of believing, until they can see visibly whatever it is they are trying to manifest. They learn to harness the power of belief, until they can move mountains with their beliefs. Successful people are like rocks. They are solid, unshakable, durable and unmovable when it comes to never giving up on their hopes or visions. You too can learn to be like this.  Hidden in your beliefs is the power to stir life into motion. So remember, choose your beliefs wisely for they will ultimately determine everything which shows up in your lifetime.  Whatever you can believe wholeheartedly enough, you can most certainly receive.  Great thoughts and beliefs=a great future.

 
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Chasing Your Passion

Everybody has dreams and goals, but not everyone really goes after them wholeheartedly. In fact, I have met many highly talented people over the course of my life who are letting their dreams sit idly on a shelf collecting dirt.  But passions are not meant to sit on a mantle collecting dust, they are meant to be expressed and pursued.  I think what makes people great is following their passions! Extraordinary lives are not born from shrinking back from your greatness, but rather out of pursuing your gifts and talents, out of igniting that inner spark in yourself which wants to become a torch burning brightly for all the world to see. 


But here is a little secret just FYI-you shouldn't just follow your passions, you should chase them. You should chase your passions as if your very life and breath depended on it, because in all actuality it does.  In order to keep your life flowing with energy and inspiration you have to utilize your passion.  Your passion is what fuels your life.  It is the electricity that keeps you fully charged.


The day you really commit to going after what you were born to do is the day your life will blossom. Never stop believing in and practicing your own magic.  Your unique gifts and way of expressing yourself is your magic.  And if you're not sure what it is for you, just keep on following the things that make you feel alive and on purpose.  These things will never lead you astray, rather they will keep you on purpose, on target.
  

Your calling, your purpose is dependent on you staying after, or pursuing the very things that make you come alive and dance.  So keep on keeping on, Chasing Your Passion down whatever path it may be leading you on.  When you develop the hunger to live true and authentic to your life purpose, you will find a great deal of inner satisfaction.  You will also experience life's glory and magnificence in a way you may have never thought possible.  Man was not born to merely survive in an unfulfilled life experience, man was born to reach for the stars, to feel highly alive, to be full and overflowing with passion, the nectar and essence of life.
  

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World Peace Begins With You

When you really stop to think about it, world peace is actually an inside job. It's quite apparent that all of the fighting around the world just creates more turmoil, more hatred. The bottom line it seems is that anger and violence promote more anger and violence. Peace doesn't come from fighting. It never has and it never will! I beg to differ when I hear people say, "Freedom isn't Free." And please hear me out...  It's not that I am being disrespectful to the many veterans and military men and women out there. I am highly appreciative of their sacrifice and service to our country. It's just that I firmly believe, "Real Freedom" is free. I believe true freedom is a condition of the soul. It stems from inner peace, from a connection to source. And once you find or achieve inner peace and inner freedom, no one or nothing can take it away from you. In my book, inner peace and freedom are synonymous, and they are both wonderful gifts of the spirit.



Real peace is not something you have to fight for, rather it is something you can naturally attain with a dedicated spiritual practice. And most of the time anyways, we don't really fight for peace. We fight for power, dominance and control, which is really the opposite of peace. With that being said however, there are always two types of power operating in the world: authentic power and false, ego-based power. Authentic power results from being in harmony with your inner, sacred self and your higher power. It is based on love, mutual respect and reverence for all of life. False power on the other hand is based on fear and intimidation which is why it is a lesser power. Authentic power is the only kind of power that can and will transform the world as we know it.



Peace is a perplexing and sometimes trivial thing, but once you find it within, you'll find it everywhere! World Peace Begins With You. And real peace that is attained within oneself spills over onto the community and then eventually out to the world abroad. It starts from the soul and radiates outward. The way to peace is not war. The way to peace is not one religion trying to convert the entire world to its way of thinking or believing. Peace happens when you fully commit and surrender to the ways of spirit. Peace is the way to peace. Choosing peace is also a moment to moment choice we all have to make as well. If we want to transform the world, we have to first transform our inner selves. The more people who do this, the more powerful the collective consciousness for change becomes. If you really want to see peace and transformation on this planet, then you must do as Gandhi said, "Be the change you wish to see in the world." 



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Become Unstoppable in Life

The moment you realize you are powerful, that your life is in your hands, and you don't have to settle for less than you deserve, you Become Unstoppable in Life. When you start exercising your personal power to act and truly decide what it is that you want to have and do and then really go after it, you become on fire.  With this much focus and zeal you're bound to achieve whatever it is you are trying to achieve. In fact, when you live in this manner anything and everything is possible for you, for you are no longer at the mercy of life.  Living in this fashion you become the one who is directing your life and defining your purpose, you become like a warrior, walking with power, purpose and passion.


When you Become Unstoppable in Life, life will give you whatever you want, for you become the one who is shaping your destiny. You will more easily command respect and attention. You will no longer choose to play it safe or play small, instead you will play hard, get your head and heart into the game and make monster plays. In the game of life, people that make big plays think big, act big and live big. They take risks and gamble on the side of their own strengths often. They aren't afraid to get muddy on the playing field. They give it their all and even get knocked on their butts from time to time. But they keep playing the game with heart and dedication.  They don't quit. 


In life you can either be assertive and move where you want to go, or be timid and be moved by others who are directing you where they want you to go. It's your choice. When you know where you are going, powerful things can and will happen for you. I'm sure you've heard the phrase, "Life moves out of the way for the man who knows where he's going." It's not even a matter of where you are at now that matters most, but rather where you are going and where you are committed to ending up. There is much power in having a clear purpose and knowing where you are headed. 


The will to win in life will take you a lot further than merely the will to survive. What would you do if you really believed in yourself? I'll tell you what you would do, you'd bust down the walls standing in the way between you and your dreams. You would push yourself beyond what you can humanly conceive. You would become a warrior and fight with all your strength and might for what you believed in. You would stop letting menial things stand in your way. You would live your dreams period, no excuses and life would open marvelous opportunities for you and reward you for your noble commitment to your grand purpose. 


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