Stop and Look Inside

    What I'm about to tell you is an absolute truth - everything you need is already inside you.  You don't need to have heaps of life experience to be wise, nor do you need to receive love to feel and share it.  The tools that can grant you with the life you've always dreamed of are nestling inside yourself.  You just need to take the time to let them speak to you.

    I had never really understood what meditation meant before I took part in Oprah Winfrey's 21 day meditation challenge.  I had heard her mention in several interviews, that she is "1000%" better after she has meditated.  I was instantly curious as we all know that Oprah does not recommend something unless it is genuinely enriching to a life.  After recently completing the challenge I can share with you the logic behind meditation.

    Meditation brings you back to the core of yourself - by relaxing your mind, you are giving yourself an opportunity for the true self to shine.  By freeing your mind of all distractions and thoughts you are letting yourself express what is naturally there.  Have you ever been in a fight with a friend? Or have been accused of doing something wrong? Or have had someone make you feel bad? A part of you always knew that you are not a bad person, that your intentions were good and you most likely were doing the best you could in a given situation.  That gut feeling, or voice is your true self.  You are good, you are pure, you are love, you are wise and you are perfect.  We are so disconnected from what is real and what is true that we often get caught up becoming a person that is totally opposite from who we really are.

    When we get in touch with our true selves through meditation we radiate truth.  We are able to express ourselves.  We are beacons for love and we are connected in a universal way.  Everything in life becomes clear and the journey towards higher expression, happiness and success becomes an unforced and effortless journey filled with joy.
    If I were to tell you all the ways my life has changed for the better in merely a month, it's possible you wouldn't believe it.  Like Oprah, I am 1000% better in every aspect, and I mean every single one.  I have even felt a very strong connection with a higher power of the universe which I have chosen to call God.  

    The resources for meditation are very easily accessible.  I invite you to please bring the joys of meditation into your life, so we can all stand together as powerful and loving beings as we were meant to be.

Namaste (The divinity in me, bows to the divinity in you)

Kiesza's "Hideaway" Reviewed by Francis Brake

 Kiesza's "Hideaway" music video is an immaculate depiction of good, real fun.  There are so many great things about both the song and music video on so many different levels.  Had I heard this song without seeing the video I would be instantly obsessed.  The fact that it's paired with a fresh and bona fide music video is a real delight.

I watch this video and I want to meet this girl.  I see a fun person who
is outrageously sexy in an unforced, poised and yet funky way.  She seems both approachable and relatable. 

The fact that this video is one steady camera shot is undoubtedly impressive.  The preparation and organization that takes is laborsome, yet it does not read as rehearsed or robotic.  It is so fresh, original, true, crisp and most importantly - fun.  Each person in this music video looks like they're having the time of their lives and that attitude is contagious.  It depicts an energy that I personally can never get enough of.

Her fashion is so true to the young generation of today and you can tell it totally embodies her.  I feel like she went to her closet and simply
picked out a fun urban street outfit and it totally works.

I love how relatable this music video is.  It has the richness and heart of a yet to be discovered garage band playing for their friends and family, and the professionality of a hollywood music video.

This video will be on replay until I soak up every bit of it's joy.  Kiesza, whom I had never heard of before this song, in this video, is both an inspiration and representation of what I perceive to be happy, youthful, and funky.

Activia Yogurt - Saturday Night Live

Check out this HILARIOUS skit from Kristin Wiig on SNL.  Her abrupt reaction! SO FUNNY HAHA

Introduction

Introduction

Thank you so much for taking the time to read my words.  I really hope that you will enjoy what I've written and if I can help any one life in any way, then there will have been no better usage of my time and energy.  

My dream will have been realized through this blog if I can help even one person realize their full potential.  Each one of us is special, unique, valuable, deserving and worthy of a truly exquisite life.

I hope to enlighten with the simple use of education and logic.  I truly believe that anything is possible, and through education and sheer logic we can bring ourselves to any mind set, any place, any desire, or to any dream.  We can even bring ourselves closer to God or whatever it is you like to call it.

Everything you need is already inside of you.  Each of us has an amazing tool kit inside just waiting to be utilized.  But for many reasons we often become stuck.  There is not enough light inside of us to even see ourselves, yet alone take advantage of this fantastic tool kit. 

 
I have been blessed with being able to filter out my darkness inside.  I am not even going to say I am better because of it, because to say I am better, is to say that I was somewhat the same.  What I am now, is me, and what I was before, was lost. 

If I can effectively share what I have learned using the very tools that got me here, then that's just fabulous.  I'll end this with a wonderful quote from the beautiful Oprah Winfrey.

"Everything is going to operate based on how you are feeling about yourself.  To become everything you want to be - it's just waiting there for you."

 

Power

Power

Power, I've learned, is a term that is wildly misunderstood.  When we hear power, we often think of money, status, or physical strength.  We believe that we need to succeed on some performance level to gain it.  However, true power has nothing to do with a pay cheque, nor from a first prize trophy, and not from a career promotion (However, these things are attainable with the use of true power).  Power is something that is innate in all of us and can be accessed a lot easier than most would think.  

To me, true power is born out of love and acceptance.  When we love, when we care, when we accept, and when we understand we gain the most powerful tool of all; trust.  Think of the boss that dictates, and then think of the boss that acts as your support system, which of the two would you most likely feel comfortable around?  Which of the two would you more likely share ideas with? If you were fired, in which instance would you truly learn from your mistakes and take heed to criticism?  What real power does a boss who commands have over you?  They may have influence over your work chores, but would you really respect their opinions at the end of the day? In which instance, do you think, creates for a more effective, positive, and profitable working environment?

We all have this power inside of us that can lead us to wherever it is we want to go.  When we give love, we receive love.  When we dig deeper into how the people around us feel, and when we put ourselves in their shoes, we gain their trust and companionship.  Sometimes, you can gain that from just a friendly smile or conversation. What greater power is there than having an army of people standing at your side?  To motivate you, to encourage you, and to present you with endless opportunities.

Ironically, the definition of power that most of us seem to believe, is actually defined by the absence of power.  A person without power is the person who is overly confident, has a dominating attitude, bullies others, and who is dismissive or egotistical.  When love is not present, there is only fear.  That is where a lack of true power comes from - fear.  

Believe in yourself, and know that  you can accomplish anything in the world if you approach it correctly.  Be the person who holds their hand out, and not the person who points a finger and you will quickly discover how far you truly can go.