Why Survive when you can THRIVE?
“The best part of life is not just surviving, but thriving with passion and compassion and humor and style and generosity and kindness.” – Maya Angelou
On meaning, John wrote:
Meaning is not something you stumble across, like the answer to a riddle or the prize in a treasure hunt. Meaning is something you build into your life. You build it out of your own past, out of your affections and loyalties, out of the experience of humankind as it is passed on to you, out of your own talent and understanding, out of the things you believe in, out of the things and people you love, out of the values for which you are willing to sacrifice something. The ingredients are there. You are the only one who can put them together into that unique pattern that will be your life. Let it be a life that has dignity and meaning for you. If it does, then the particular balance of success or failure is of less account. (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jacqueline-novogratz/how-to-thrive_b_5037607.html)
Though I don't often fill a blog post with other people's word and ideas we all have a lot to learn from each other - myself included. This is not a cop out therefore it is sharing and disseminating some fantastic ideas and information today!
Step One: Discover your soul and its path.
Align your personality with your soul. Until that happens, you won't be able to give the gifts you were meant to. Remind yourself daily of the following:
What does it mean to thrive - to become very successful, happy, or healthy. Imagine this. Seriously close your eyes and imagine yourself thriving - whatever health, happiness and success mean to you.
Now read some of what one of my all time favorite journalists wrote on this topic - Arianna Huffington... she is talking about one of her mentors - a man named John Gardner, founder of the citizens group Common Cause, Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare for Lyndon Johnson, and architect of many organizations in the social sector. "My mentor was a man named John Gardner, founder of the citizens group Common Cause, Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare for Lyndon Johnson, and architect of many organizations in the social sector."
Meaning is not something you stumble across, like the answer to a riddle or the prize in a treasure hunt. Meaning is something you build into your life. You build it out of your own past, out of your affections and loyalties, out of the experience of humankind as it is passed on to you, out of your own talent and understanding, out of the things you believe in, out of the things and people you love, out of the values for which you are willing to sacrifice something. The ingredients are there. You are the only one who can put them together into that unique pattern that will be your life. Let it be a life that has dignity and meaning for you. If it does, then the particular balance of success or failure is of less account. (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jacqueline-novogratz/how-to-thrive_b_5037607.html)
Though I don't often fill a blog post with other people's word and ideas we all have a lot to learn from each other - myself included. This is not a cop out therefore it is sharing and disseminating some fantastic ideas and information today!
Finding Meaning and Purpose in Your Life (http://www.oprah.com/spirit/Finding-Meaning-and-Purpose-in-Your-Life)
Do you wonder about your life's purpose? How do you become happy? How do you find inner peace?
Step One: Discover your soul and its path.
Align your personality with your soul. Until that happens, you won't be able to give the gifts you were meant to. Remind yourself daily of the following:
- You are a soul first and a personality second.
- You are worthy. You are not on this Earth by accident. You have a reason to be here. There's a difference between accepting that in your mind and accepting in your heart.
- It's not an "it" that you're looking for—it's your life that you're living.
- You are here to create an authentically empowered life. There is no guarantee you will do it. It's up to you.
Step Two: Be aware of what you're feeling, because your feelings are the force field of your soul. Use the following techniques to embrace your feelings:
Experience everything you are feeling, even when it's anger, sadness or jealousy. Underneath anger, for example, if you stay with it long enough you will find pain. If you feel it, you can deal with it!
Let the feelings go, but use your will consciously. When you feel depressed, jealous, sad or angry, understand that these are the things that you must heal in order to go where your wholeness is calling you to go.
Step Three : Conquer your fears.
Allow yourself to consider this possibility: There is no tragedy in life, and there are no victims. In this consideration lies your own empowerment.
How can there not be tragedies?
In many ways, your enemies can teach you much more than your friends. You can't have control over what happens to you in this moment, but you do have control over your response to it, and over the context in which you put it. In the case of rape, there are many people who will go through traumas and see themselves as victims. And others who will find compassion and understand that anyone who is doing violence is hurting very much.
Get in touch with you. Learn the four things every soul needs ...
1. Harmony. The perception of power as external that separates nations is the same that exists between individuals. The love, clarity and compassion that emerges within the person that aligns themselves with the soul is the same that will bring harmony to other people's lives.
2. Cooperation. We are together because we want to be together, not because we have to be. Realizing together, co-creations emerge.
3. Sharing. Share what is important to you—not possessions. Give yourself.
4. Reverence for Life. Reverence is a level of protection and honor about the process of life so that while a person is maturing toward the journey and through the journey of authentic empowerment, he or she harms nothing.
I share this because I find it poignant and there is a lot here foe me to work on - I hope you will join me in this journey - never stop learning and never stop seeking out your meaning and purpose!!! Have a happy and healthy day my friends. PEACE, Audrey
How can there not be tragedies?
In many ways, your enemies can teach you much more than your friends. You can't have control over what happens to you in this moment, but you do have control over your response to it, and over the context in which you put it. In the case of rape, there are many people who will go through traumas and see themselves as victims. And others who will find compassion and understand that anyone who is doing violence is hurting very much.
Get in touch with you. Learn the four things every soul needs ...
1. Harmony. The perception of power as external that separates nations is the same that exists between individuals. The love, clarity and compassion that emerges within the person that aligns themselves with the soul is the same that will bring harmony to other people's lives.
2. Cooperation. We are together because we want to be together, not because we have to be. Realizing together, co-creations emerge.
3. Sharing. Share what is important to you—not possessions. Give yourself.
4. Reverence for Life. Reverence is a level of protection and honor about the process of life so that while a person is maturing toward the journey and through the journey of authentic empowerment, he or she harms nothing.
I share this because I find it poignant and there is a lot here foe me to work on - I hope you will join me in this journey - never stop learning and never stop seeking out your meaning and purpose!!! Have a happy and healthy day my friends. PEACE, Audrey
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