Love can be unexpected. It can be unsuccessful. It can be incredible. The individuals may not be entirely perfect, but when combined, they can produce perfect love. Then they can produce real love.
The chemical process of falling in love is parallel to the chemical process that occurs in addiction. For this reason, when we’re in love it can feel like it’s an addiction. Real love, opposed to fantasy love, has to be able to withstand all things. It has to be strong enough to love when loving is hard, understand when understanding is confusing, listen when listening is difficult. It’s the fortress of a successful relationship. Love really is an addiction. But if the two work together, it can be a healthy addiction.
We weren’t put on the earth to be alone. We were put on the earth to find someone to work our lives with; to share our days with, to be an important, stable part of someone’s life. We grew up learning how to love because of the role we played as a child. The unconditional love a parent places on his or her child is an unintentional lesson. Studies have shown that the more love shown, the more successful future relationships the child will have.
We learn to love, and we learn from love.
We make mistakes, and we mend mistakes.
We fight, and we make up.
It’s important to find real love in a relationship and let it build.
And then get married one day and begin the rest of our lives <3
“I tried to control it, tried to maintain it, tried to contain it.. This wild heart of mine.”
Thursday, October 13, 2011
Monday, September 12, 2011
Stress and a Breath.
Sometimes when things seem to be completely overwhelming, we stress ourselves out. And when we stress ourselves out, it can lead to tearing ourselves apart. We doubt. We doubt ourselves, our ability to complete whatever it is we have, and we doubt time. Nothing in life is in our control when stress consumes us. Time flies by and we seem to get nothing done, and the list never grows smaller. Can’t seem to work through the stress when you’re overanalyzing every single thing. When we don’t know the answer to something, we freak out.
Breathe. Breathe, damn it.
Inhale deeply, let it out slow and steady.
Feel the chills run down your body, let your head rock back, close your eyes.
Three minutes pass, it feels like three seconds pass. Four minutes, four seconds. When we’re stressed, everything seems to be a huge problem. Especially the clock. It’s a four digited line, tormenting the mind. It laughs. As each minute passes, it smiles in a different way, the colon as eyes and the number following glimmering in its selfish power to change the sequence of numbers, eventually starting the process over again after each hour has passed. Damn time, damn stress. Trust. Quit the tearing apart, influencing yourself to believe it can’t be done.
BREATHE.
It can be done. Because if you really think about it, what motivates us more than time? It keeps us on track with what we have to do, where we need to be. The same goes with stress. Without it, we wouldn’t be able to feel. We’re so complex. We have these abilities to experience so many emotions and be the master of them.
We really can’t let them overwhelm us. We have to resist the urge to let them overwhelm us to the point of stressing out, freaking out, and just let it all go. Let the time pass as it may. We should be able to have a trust in ourselves and our abilities to complete anything that comes our way. It’s tied in with confidence. We have to be confident in our abilities and know when and how to deal with problems or conflicts that arise. Doubt lacks confidence. Stress lacks trust.
We lack much more when we have such a tunneled vision of what can and can’t be done. Just breathe and work it out.
Breathe.
Breathe. Breathe, damn it.
Inhale deeply, let it out slow and steady.
Feel the chills run down your body, let your head rock back, close your eyes.
Three minutes pass, it feels like three seconds pass. Four minutes, four seconds. When we’re stressed, everything seems to be a huge problem. Especially the clock. It’s a four digited line, tormenting the mind. It laughs. As each minute passes, it smiles in a different way, the colon as eyes and the number following glimmering in its selfish power to change the sequence of numbers, eventually starting the process over again after each hour has passed. Damn time, damn stress. Trust. Quit the tearing apart, influencing yourself to believe it can’t be done.
BREATHE.
It can be done. Because if you really think about it, what motivates us more than time? It keeps us on track with what we have to do, where we need to be. The same goes with stress. Without it, we wouldn’t be able to feel. We’re so complex. We have these abilities to experience so many emotions and be the master of them.
We really can’t let them overwhelm us. We have to resist the urge to let them overwhelm us to the point of stressing out, freaking out, and just let it all go. Let the time pass as it may. We should be able to have a trust in ourselves and our abilities to complete anything that comes our way. It’s tied in with confidence. We have to be confident in our abilities and know when and how to deal with problems or conflicts that arise. Doubt lacks confidence. Stress lacks trust.
We lack much more when we have such a tunneled vision of what can and can’t be done. Just breathe and work it out.
Breathe.
Monday, February 21, 2011
Fear.
Sometimes it’s hard to reach beyond what you believe is reachable—sometimes you stay put, dismissing the possible opportunities that lay just beyond your reach. But sometimes, you stay distant because you’re afraid of what lies ahead.
Fear is defined as many things. In reference to the common dictionary definition, it is “a distressing emotion aroused by impending danger, evil, pain, and so on, whether the threat is real or imagined,” “a specific instance of or propensity for such a feeling,” and “reverential awe.”
Fearing something only makes the concept of fear that much stronger. Fearing danger, fearing pain, fearing evil, fearing of losing control, fearing yourself, fearing something as big as the belief in a god, it’s never necessarily more than a figment of your imagination. Fearing such things only makes you more prone to fear other things.
However, fear enables you to feel. It enables you to experience an emotion so dense, so dimensional. It enables you to respond to situations in an entirely different way than you would without fear present. It tricks your mind, twists it in so many different ways, all to make you ultimately fear the emotion itself that much more. The more you allow fear to enter your life, the more powerful it gets. The more you allow fear to enter your life, the more real it gets. It can easily get in the way and make you become paranoid of the smallest things. You become paranoid to be alone. You become paranoid of your own mind. It overtakes you. And fear, what a small emotion it is, becomes an everyday ordeal.
“Fear is a darkroom where negatives develop” - Unknown
When you allow fear to overtake you, become bigger than faith, you lose sight of the possibilities ahead. You allow negatives to come into your life more than the positives. You can become pessimistic to the point where you find yourself in a rut of depression, which has more facets than even fear.
Faith can act as the opposite of fear. Faith can comfort you in hard times. A belief in something not seen can act as a stronghold. If you believe faith isn’t possible for you to build, stop fearing it. The more you fear, the more you cower away. And having strong faith in something is possible for anyone.
As inevitable as fear may be, you can overcome it. Just as you must work to gain happiness, you must work to dismiss irrational fear. With irrational fear, you can’t reach your full potential. Without irrational fear, you can reach anything. Without irrational fear, you can be faithful. Without irrational fear, you are limitless.
Fear is defined as many things. In reference to the common dictionary definition, it is “a distressing emotion aroused by impending danger, evil, pain, and so on, whether the threat is real or imagined,” “a specific instance of or propensity for such a feeling,” and “reverential awe.”
Fearing something only makes the concept of fear that much stronger. Fearing danger, fearing pain, fearing evil, fearing of losing control, fearing yourself, fearing something as big as the belief in a god, it’s never necessarily more than a figment of your imagination. Fearing such things only makes you more prone to fear other things.
However, fear enables you to feel. It enables you to experience an emotion so dense, so dimensional. It enables you to respond to situations in an entirely different way than you would without fear present. It tricks your mind, twists it in so many different ways, all to make you ultimately fear the emotion itself that much more. The more you allow fear to enter your life, the more powerful it gets. The more you allow fear to enter your life, the more real it gets. It can easily get in the way and make you become paranoid of the smallest things. You become paranoid to be alone. You become paranoid of your own mind. It overtakes you. And fear, what a small emotion it is, becomes an everyday ordeal.
“Fear is a darkroom where negatives develop” - Unknown
When you allow fear to overtake you, become bigger than faith, you lose sight of the possibilities ahead. You allow negatives to come into your life more than the positives. You can become pessimistic to the point where you find yourself in a rut of depression, which has more facets than even fear.
Faith can act as the opposite of fear. Faith can comfort you in hard times. A belief in something not seen can act as a stronghold. If you believe faith isn’t possible for you to build, stop fearing it. The more you fear, the more you cower away. And having strong faith in something is possible for anyone.
As inevitable as fear may be, you can overcome it. Just as you must work to gain happiness, you must work to dismiss irrational fear. With irrational fear, you can’t reach your full potential. Without irrational fear, you can reach anything. Without irrational fear, you can be faithful. Without irrational fear, you are limitless.
Thursday, December 2, 2010
Guaranteed Impact
Life isn’t guaranteed. We aren’t promised another month, another week, another day, or even another hour. Anyone can be taken any given hour. A best friend, a loved one, a family member, no one is promised. A car accident, a wrong turn, a threat, an attack from the body, any which way, something can happen in a split second. This world, especially in today’s world, comes with chances, possibilities, changes, and risks.
Because of this, everything we do should be full of energy.
When you think, think hard.
When you sing, sing loud.
When you write, write with passion.
When you read, read as if you’re in the story.
When you smile, smile big.
When you leave, leave with loving words.
When you return, return with open arms.
Our time on Earth is limited. It isn’t guaranteed. No one knows how our lives will be lived but us. No one knows when we’ll be taken from here but God. No one can be affected if you don’t try to make an impact.
Put aside the danger of risks, because what is life without a good couple of risks?
Put aside the nag of worry, because what is life without concern for others?
Slow down and appreciate everything, but always remember to put liveliness into all things you do. Sometimes, that can be impacting in itself.
Because of this, everything we do should be full of energy.
When you think, think hard.
When you sing, sing loud.
When you write, write with passion.
When you read, read as if you’re in the story.
When you smile, smile big.
When you leave, leave with loving words.
When you return, return with open arms.
Our time on Earth is limited. It isn’t guaranteed. No one knows how our lives will be lived but us. No one knows when we’ll be taken from here but God. No one can be affected if you don’t try to make an impact.
Put aside the danger of risks, because what is life without a good couple of risks?
Put aside the nag of worry, because what is life without concern for others?
Slow down and appreciate everything, but always remember to put liveliness into all things you do. Sometimes, that can be impacting in itself.
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
Defeat
Don’t give up even when it seems the easiest option. Even the strongest people have had their ultimate low points. Let yourself cry it out. Let yourself punch it out. Let yourself do whatever the hell it takes to come out of a low point. Do whatever you have to do.
Don’t be afraid of vulnerability. Don’t be afraid to be weak. Don’t be afraid to be angry. Let go of all your fears. Let go of everything holding you back.
Find what’s hurting you most and grab hold of it. Grasp it with both hands and don’t let it go. Look it straight in the eye and defeat it. Don’t let it take you over. If it already has, diminish it from your mind, surroundings, life. Don’t give up on yourself. You’re stronger than that; we’re all stronger than that.
There will always be a voice in your head. Sometimes it’s right, other times it’s wrong. But what’s more important than that voice is your gut. When the voice whispers you can’t do it, your gut knows you can.
More than a matter of mind it’s a matter of life.
When you know you can do better than what your voice screams out, prove it wrong. Let it know you’re better. Prove it wrong.
Become the bigger person. Defeat your fears. Defeat the worry of not being good enough. Defeat the notion where giving up is the only alternative.
Take your goals and make them grow. Grow them bigger, greater, more out of reach. Make them so far and so big that you have to work your ass off to get to them. If you desire it enough, it’ll be well worth it. If you really desire it enough, you won’t give up. You’ll pursue it, hit it on full force, and persevere even when the biggest complications throw themselves at you.
Defeat is more than a deliberation. It’s an action.
More than a matter of mind it’s a matter of life.
Do whatever you have to do to better yourself. Go against what everyone else says. Go against the voice in your head. Be the stronger person inside yourself. Let go of fear. Let go of everything holding you back.
Go for whatever it is you want. The only one stopping you is yourself.
Don’t be afraid of vulnerability. Don’t be afraid to be weak. Don’t be afraid to be angry. Let go of all your fears. Let go of everything holding you back.
Find what’s hurting you most and grab hold of it. Grasp it with both hands and don’t let it go. Look it straight in the eye and defeat it. Don’t let it take you over. If it already has, diminish it from your mind, surroundings, life. Don’t give up on yourself. You’re stronger than that; we’re all stronger than that.
There will always be a voice in your head. Sometimes it’s right, other times it’s wrong. But what’s more important than that voice is your gut. When the voice whispers you can’t do it, your gut knows you can.
More than a matter of mind it’s a matter of life.
When you know you can do better than what your voice screams out, prove it wrong. Let it know you’re better. Prove it wrong.
Become the bigger person. Defeat your fears. Defeat the worry of not being good enough. Defeat the notion where giving up is the only alternative.
Take your goals and make them grow. Grow them bigger, greater, more out of reach. Make them so far and so big that you have to work your ass off to get to them. If you desire it enough, it’ll be well worth it. If you really desire it enough, you won’t give up. You’ll pursue it, hit it on full force, and persevere even when the biggest complications throw themselves at you.
Defeat is more than a deliberation. It’s an action.
More than a matter of mind it’s a matter of life.
Do whatever you have to do to better yourself. Go against what everyone else says. Go against the voice in your head. Be the stronger person inside yourself. Let go of fear. Let go of everything holding you back.
Go for whatever it is you want. The only one stopping you is yourself.
Monday, August 9, 2010
What You May Be
Self-realization plays an important factor in success, as we perceive it to be. It takes work to make anything happen, make anything successful.
In Piero Ferrucci’s What We May Be, he says, “The only way to accomplish valuable results in the work of self-realization is by being realistic about our human limitations.”
By working for something, by working on yourself above all things, new ideas are uncovered. Limits you have. What can really be reached and what cannot. It all comes with working with sacrifice. Putting other things aside to work on the most important thing in life. Working on something that will ultimately bring you success.
One reference from the book relates working on the inner self to a kaleidoscope. When you first look into it, the colors inside are all shaken up, all jumbled. But when you get it steady, the colors all form a beautiful pattern.
Time spent working for success is valuable. In most cases, a transformation isn’t even recognized until it’s already long begun. Therefore, becoming self aware through hard work brings you a great success.
Practice knowing yourself. Practice it hard enough and you can realistically create that happy ending that’s molded in the back of your mind. Practice it hard enough and through learning your limits, you can reach for an ultimate goal. When you get that far uncovering new things about your inner self, it pays off.
That’s when you know that what you may be depends heavily on who you are.
In Piero Ferrucci’s What We May Be, he says, “The only way to accomplish valuable results in the work of self-realization is by being realistic about our human limitations.”
By working for something, by working on yourself above all things, new ideas are uncovered. Limits you have. What can really be reached and what cannot. It all comes with working with sacrifice. Putting other things aside to work on the most important thing in life. Working on something that will ultimately bring you success.
One reference from the book relates working on the inner self to a kaleidoscope. When you first look into it, the colors inside are all shaken up, all jumbled. But when you get it steady, the colors all form a beautiful pattern.
Time spent working for success is valuable. In most cases, a transformation isn’t even recognized until it’s already long begun. Therefore, becoming self aware through hard work brings you a great success.
Practice knowing yourself. Practice it hard enough and you can realistically create that happy ending that’s molded in the back of your mind. Practice it hard enough and through learning your limits, you can reach for an ultimate goal. When you get that far uncovering new things about your inner self, it pays off.
That’s when you know that what you may be depends heavily on who you are.
Friday, August 6, 2010
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