Impossible is a word ....

Impossible is a word only to be found in the dictionary of fools. ~Napoleon

You are no fool!!!

So let's look at this another way..

it's always a good idea to get another prospective. 

I  M POSSIBLE

No power in society, no hardship in your condition can depress you, keep you down...

No power in society, no hardship in your condition can depress you, 
keep you down, in knowledge, power, virtue, influence, but by your own consent.  

~William Ellery Channing, 1838



Life throws some pretty bad stuff at us, it's not easy for anyone. It's out of your control. 

You do have a choice everyday...sometimes that choice involves any of the following empowering steps:

• Ask for help
• Accept assistance from others
• Get informed
• Take a step to distance yourself from people, places or situations that are not to your benefit.
• Recognize and accept past error(s) as valuable lessons for the future, not a failure dictating who you are and will be. 
• This may be cliche to many but--it makes a difference in reality--Be a positive influence on yourself..say something positive everyday, build yourself up.  Your mind believes what you tell it..and your body reacts to that message.   

... the beauty that still remains.

I don't think of all the misery but of the beauty that still remains.  

~Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl



In light of the tragedy of this day many years ago, these words are appropriate not only in their meaning but also from whom these words are attributed to.   With tragedy comes sorrow, anger and disbelief.  Yet in order to survive and prevail, the beauty  that still remains must be appreciated, protected, and championed. 

Every thought is a seed.

If you plant crab apples, don't count on harvesting Golden Delicious.  ~Bill Meyer

Excellence is not a skill. It is an attitude. ~Ralph Marston

"Excellence is not a skill.  It is an attitude." ~Ralph Marston

I am convinced all of humanity is born with more gifts than we know.

"I am convinced all of humanity is born with more gifts than we know.  Most are born geniuses and just get de-geniused rapidly."  ~ Buckminster Fuller


How can we release that inner unbound creative power and knowledge?   

The mind is an amazing thing..from the imaginations of many are created the world as we know it.   We should encourage and accept one's ability to step out of the box, to use natural talents and  creative thinking.    Make it acceptable to be who you are and not support a
system created through classic education and society's norms, standardizing everyone, creating undue judgement and a resistance to change.   

It's not who you are that holds you back....

It's not who you are that holds you back, it's who you think you're not.  ~Attributed to Hanoch McCarty


So who do you think you are not?  Sometimes we are getting the message from others that we are not..........not good enough, not strong enough, not loving enough,  just not enough.  Sometimes we are telling ourselves this story.  

Make a list of your thoughts.   No really make a list, please!!! Just write down 3 things?  And if you don't have 3 things to say that's OK.   We are going to start off with just one anyway.


Once you have your list, look at each word or phrase separately and answer these questions>

Start with one item on your list:
1. How important is it to you to be this ..........?   If it isn't that important to you then let it go.   If it is important to you then move on to the following questions and actions.

2. Ask yourself why is it important?  It is something you want for yourself or it something that someone has told you you should be?  Is it truth or perhaps a story you have been lead to believe.  Do you want to be that person? 

3. If this is something you want for yourself then create a plan for change.  Perhaps you need assistance in making the change or perhaps not. Reach out for help, if you do.  Actually reaching out may be your first step to change.  

Beginning your plan
a. What is your goal?  What do you want to do, be or change?
b. What is one step or action can you take to make that change? Think Baby steps
c. Set a time when you will begin to take that small step.
d. Do it.      
e. Repeat the process. 


4.  And very important NOW MAKE A LIST OF WHAT YOU ARE..yes all the things you are and believe to be true of you.   Circle all the positive things about you.   There lies your strength.  

Confidence comes not from always being right but from not fearing to be wrong. ~Peter T. Mcintyre

Confidence comes not from always being right but from not fearing to be wrong. 
 ~Peter T. Mcintyre

Fears can be a pretty big part of life.   Fears can stop you from taking action on every level and aspect of your life.  There are clinically diagnosed fears, situational fears and there are the everyday fears and anxieties.   Things like judgement of others and self.   Not meeting your own expectations or what you perceive as the expectations of others.   

This quote really speaks to a concept that can make a marked change in one's outlook on life.   What if it was OK to make a mistake, or not be the absolute best (that's a value judgement), or accepted yourself for who you are?   

Confidence is a wonderful thing.  It gives you the permission to take action and know that if even if things don't go exactly as you intended, you have the ability to take action again.....learning along the way that you can make a change, you can gain new knowledge and skills, and that you can accept yourself.     

When the grass looks greener on the other side of the fence, it may be that they take better care of it there. ~Cecil Selig

Are you taking care of your side?   Are you doing anything to nourish your body and mind..are you taking care of yourself?      Here are a few suggestions:

• Drink more water- it not only sustains and cleanses the body but it also helps your brain to function better.
• Go outside and get some fresh air everyday.  Walk for 5 (10, 15) minutes if you can.
• Give yourself a scheduled time for quiet and peace.  Close your eyes for a moment and breathe.  
• Practice forgiveness…don't let anyone live you your head rent free.  

Your problem is you're... too busy holding onto your unworthiness. ~Ram Dass

Your problem is you're... too busy holding onto your unworthiness.  ~Ram Dass


Let it Go!!  Give it UP!!!  Stop beating yourself up about the past, or the lies you have been told…. 

You are worthy.   Say it…"I am worthy.."

If you are going to doubt something, doubt your limits. ~Don Ward

If you are going to doubt something, doubt your limits.  ~Don Ward

Maybe it's hard to believe that you have unlimited power in your life.  But you do…you have the ability to believe, image and create the life you desire.   I'm not saying this is magical..that creating an image in your mind will make it appear before you in real life… but your thoughts do have an overwhelming affect on your body and state of mind…. if you believe in the limits that someone else has placed on you or that you have placed on yourself, then those limits will control every decision, action and effort you make in your life.    Ask yourself…."what do they really know?  How can I be sure?"   Test these limits.  It will take effort, work and time..but you'll be surprised how far you will go. 

You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them. ~Michael Jordan

You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them.  ~Michael Jordan

Are you giving yourself a break today…I don't mean taking it easy or not working…I mean are you giving yourself enough credit for all that you do everyday..in a positive way?  Are you building yourself UP, by appreciating the things you do well or have attempted to do.  The risks you have taken, taking that first step…because if you have…then you are building the confidence in yourself to expect more…visualize whatever it is you want to do, have or be….. expect it from yourself…. 

We do not remember days; we remember moments. ~Cesare Pavese, The Burning Brand

We do not remember days; we remember moments.  ~Cesare Pavese, The Burning Brand


It is the moment, the word, the look, the aroma, the sensation that affects us.  Etched into our subconscious mind.  Many moments are life changing..although at that moment you have no idea the affect it will have on your future self..some moments are kind, others not so much.. You have the power to release the moments that have affected you in a negative way through forgiveness.  Unconditional forgiveness…this is for you…no one but you.

…... alter his life by altering his attitudes. ~William James

The greatest discovery of my generation is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitudes.  ~William James

Create your own Miracles..

"Anyone who doesn't believe in miracles is not a realist." ~David Ben-Gurion

Would you consider a scientist a realist?   Yes?  Maybe yes, maybe no.. Scientists look for the proof, the facts, yet they also are the most creative, visionary people in the world.. looking beyond what has been achieved in the past..toward a future they have imagined. What a combination left and right brain functioning in synchronicity.   

Candice Pert, PhD has written about the healing power of words and music.  She says that “what you think can be identified as networks of brain cells that fire together.  The threshold of a neuron firing .. depends on the state of sensitivity of the many thousands of receptors on it’s surface....ion channels.  Each of these canals ..are either open or closed, never in between. Spoken words, just like music vibrate these channels to close or open; thus regulate how often a neural network fires. ...the more often a neuronal network fires together the more the thought pattern is fixed at the cellular level.”*    The more this interaction repeats it’s self the more this thought pattern is engrained and extends to all cells in the body.  The thought either, positive or negative, will create a reality you either want or don’t want...In simple words..your words affect your wellbeing.  Create your own miracles. 

* Everything You Need to Know to Feel Go(o)d) by Candance B. Pert, PhD. page 111

When one lets oneself go..

One's suffering disappears when one lets oneself go, when one yields - even to sadness.  

~Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, Southern Mail, 1929, translated from French by Curtis Cate

If you keep on saying things are going to be bad, you have a good chance of becoming a prophet. ~Isaac Bashevis Singer

If you keep on saying things are going to be bad, you have a good chance of becoming a prophet.  ~Isaac Bashevis Singer

Isn't that a self fulfilling prophecy that people talk about?   Does it really exist?   
I believe so.  The more I read, work and watch my friends and colleagues live their lives, the more I see this to be true.    Everything you think creates the framework for who you are and how you see the world.    You have a choice to see and thus operate in a world that is full of  joy, challenges to be met, possibilities and success*  or you can see the world as defeating, oppressive and worthless.  I’m not saying that life isn’t a challenge, that we never take missteps, that we don’t have to work hard or have a plan..WE DO.. Just know that you can make your life into whatever you truly “believe” it will be.   A Belief is a thought.  What do you think?

* the definition of success as it means to you.
Suggested reading-- Napoleon Hill,  Think and Grow Rich  -  it's available for free 
on Gutenberg Press   http://www.gutenberg.org

"Grains of sand" a roadblock in Life

It isn't the mountains ahead that wear you out, it's the grain of sand in your shoe.  ~Author Unknown

That grain of sand is not any different then the limiting beliefs you may consciously or subconsciously hold in your mind.  Recorded in your mind, whether you realize it or not, is everything that has ever been said, done or occurred to or around you.   Some of this may have been meant for you, some not.   Some may be real, some not.   In any case, these beliefs shape who you are....these beliefs create a framework for what you do....the problem is that these beliefs can be damaging, especially when they are based on childhood events....and you are still listening to and living your life through a child wisdom.   Clear the messages, through forgiveness and EFT.

You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes.

You have brains in your head.
You have feet in your shoes.
You can steer yourself in any direction you choose.
You're on your own.
And you know what you know.
You are the guy who'll decide where to go.
~Dr. Seuss

Could we change our attitude, we should not only see life differently, but life itself would come to be different. ~Katherine Mansfield

Could we change our attitude, we should not only see life differently, but life itself would come to be different.  ~Katherine Mansfield

You can make a change, but perhaps it's a fear of change that stops people from taking the step to get the help or find the method that will enable them to live a different life.  We are naturally prone to adapting to a pattern and no matter how uncomfortable the pattern (lifestyle) may become, the unknown can be more intimidating.....taking the steps to adjust your point of view will create a new life for you.  "You may not have control over the condition of the world but you do control the condition of your thoughts."  ESC