Today’s Affirmation:
Life Affirmation: As long as there’s breath, there’s life. As long as there’s life, I will live it to the fullest!
Do you remember? Do you remember who and what you were before the trouble, before the stress, before the heartache? Do you remember what lives within you and drives you forward every moment of your life?
This cool 3 minute video I came across on YouTube will remind you. Enjoy.
Stay inspired!
Ray
Today’s thought is:
“Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.”
~ John Wooden
I often encounter people who look at the world in horror and say, in desperation, “I want a different world, but what can one person do?” Similarly, there are people who feel powerless to change their own lives for the better. They allow what they cannot do to stop them from doing what they could do.
The problems that face us individually and collectively can be overwhelming at times. Their enormity depresses some, makes others apathetic, and still others angry.
The amazing thing is that these same conditions inspire others to strive for something better, more complete, more empowering. The key is to focus on what we can do rather than what we cannot.
John Wooden’s accomplishments, while not world-changing, are staggering in sports terms. He led the UCLA Bruins men’s basketball team to 10 NCAA national championships in 12 years between 1964 and 1975. In that span his teams, went undefeated four times. Only one team in men’s college basketball has completed an undefeated in the 33 years since.
As a revered coach, Wooden’s words have become legendary. Today he is 97 years old. Someone who has achieved that level of success in any field and that scale of longevity bears listening to.
Coach Wooden tells us not to let what we cannot do interfere with what we can.
The fact is that you may not reach the mountain top today. That does not mean you stop climbing. For these days when you worried, stressed, and strove over your goal, will be “the stuff” the dream is made of when you do achieve it.
Follow your bliss! Experience your bliss! Become your bliss!
Ray
Ray Davis is the Founder of The Affirmation Spot and focuses on empowering minds to think positively, achieve goals, and live dreams. He is author of the ebook The Power to Be You and the forthcoming The Power to Be You 2: 1001 Power Thoughts for Daily Life.
2009 Affirmation
“This year I am absolutely committed to being the person I came here to be!”
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(Originally posted January 2, 2008)
Today’s affirmation is:
“I make each day a unique and special time in my life.”
Our lives are about more than our jobs, our roles, our tasks, and our responsibilities. Each day of our existence has some unique place in the tapestry that makes up our lives. If we’re not careful, we may just miss the meaning.
It’s easy for days to slip by in our lives without us taking notice. Giving each day a special meaning is one way to keep that from happening.
Over the years, I’ve used a number of strategies to add meaning to each day. My favorite is to assign a positive attribute to each day of the week. This is not necessarily a novel idea. In the western world, the days of the week are generally named for the known celestial bodies and the god associated with that object.
In English Sunday is Sun-day. Monday is Moon-day. In French, Mardi (Tuesday) is Mars-day, Mercredi (Wednesday) is Mercury-day, and Jeudi (Thursday) is a translation of the Latin Jovis (Jupiter) or Jupiter-day. Saturday in English, obviously, is Saturn’s Day.
You can do something similar to add meaning to each day of your week. Try associating a positive emotion, attribute, or thought for each day. As the week’s cycle through, you will find that you look forward to focusing on the meaning of each day. The theme for each day becomes your own private meditation for the day.
You can associate anything you want with each day. The goal is to embody or focus on that attribute as you go through the day. The concepts should resonate with you and your life, but here is an example to give you some ideas.
Other possible themes include hope, forgivness, relaxation, joy, frugality, learning, or love. The possibilities are endless and limited only by your imagination.
Coincidentally, there are seven days of the week and seven colors in the rainbow. You might also try associating a color with each day/positive emotion to create additional significance.
Create calendars (regular or cyclical) that detail your themed days of the week. As the weeks pass, you begin to look forward to your “day of peace” on Sunday or your “day of take it slow” on Saturday. Try writing a more detailed descriptions of what each day means to you and how it contributes to your life.
Be creative and have fun with it. Maybe you make every Monday “laughing day”. You learn to laugh at yourself and others for taking life so seriously.
Most importantly, you will add significance to each grain of sand slipping through your 2008 hour glass. By the end of the year, you may find your life has more meaning.
Happy New Year. Thank you to each and every one of you who reads this blog, downloads affirmations, or takes a moment to write a kind word about what we are trying to accomplish at The Affirmation Spot.
Be peaceful Be prosperous.
Ray
2009 Affirmation
“This year I am absolutely committed to being the person I came here to be!”
Today’s affirmation is:
“My choices create my world. Each and every day I am creating my world exactly as I want it to be” (Click to download this affirmation in MP3 audio)
Where does wisdom come from? Who possesses it? We often think of great spiritual teachers, self-help gurus, or political leaders as sources of wisdom. In truth, wisdom resides in each and every one of us. It’s right there for us to access whenever we urn off the noise of the world long enough to listen.
There is a new documentary coming out called The Philosopher Kings. The film is produced by Greg Bennick. The movie’s tagline is “Wisdom is found in the most unlikely places.” The movie tracks the lives and philosophies of people working as janitors. Found three trailers and an NPR interview about the movie.
Definitely one to be watching for this one. In the meantime, here are a couple of trailers posted on YouTube.
Stay inspired!
Ray
2009 Affirmation
“This year I am absolutely committed to being the person I came to the planet to be!”
Today’s Affirmation:
“Aging gracefully…I am aging gracefully. I am gladly trading youth for wisdom.”
(Click the affirmation to hear the mp3 version)
Life is a fragile thing – yes – but an incredibly powerful tool in the hands of an able artist. If you are such an artist – and you are -, remain true to your passions and follow your bliss. When you do so you will be rewarded with experiences that put your wildest dreams to shame.
Stay inspired!
Ray
2009 Affirmation
“I am absolutely committed to being the person I came here to be.”
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