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Values

People will change their values instead of chaging their behaviour.

Values are “One’s judgement of what is important in life.”

When my friend first told me about the concept I got it but wasn’t sure how it showed up in life.

Until one incident;

It was already late. As I was getting ready for sleep I heared screaming at my neighbours apartment.

Which is just fine we are all humans.

Then I heared a woman coming outside threatening the guy that she was going to call the police and then the door slamed and the guy went inside.

I noticed that the woman was outside, standing in the cold.

I really wanted to ask her to come in but at the same time I was hesitant.

It was a big discomfrot for me because I thought that she might have screamed at me as well.

And then it hit me that for a second I was ready to change my value rather than my behavior/thinking.

It was aligned with my values that when I think someone needs my help I give it to them.

But becasue it might have been uncomfortable for me for a second I thought about not inviting her inside.

I opened the door anyways, asked her if she needed to sit down or wanted a tea.

To my surprise she was actually pleased with my act. I let her in gave her water and she left when the police came.

We all have our pricniples and values in life. We have to understand them and know them.

We have to put our values first and live according to them.

Little side note, it would be amazing if at the same time we will be open to changing our values. We all learn and realize that sometimes what we think is right isn’t always so.

Write down you values. Sometiems what we know is hidden until we shine a light on it.

Values are like lighthouses; they are signals giving us direction, meaning, and purpose.

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5 Skills Everyone Should Learn

We all choose different paths in life.

We all need different skills for that unique path.

But I observed that there are few universal skills.

No matter who you are or what you do if you get really good at these 5 things you are going to be successful in whatever you do;

1. Be a good listener.

Don’t listen in order to speak. Listen to make a person in front of you feel hared and understood.

2. Be a great communicator.

“You have to speak according to the mind of the person who listens and the ability of that person to receive what you share.”

3. Be infinitely curious.

Be interested in everything and everyone. Ask the right questions and you’ll get the knowledge that you didn’t even know you needed.

“Happiness is being infinitely curious, constantly learning, constantly mastering new and difficult tasks”

4. Be Empathetic.

“The ability to sense other people’s emotions, coupled with the ability to imagine what someone else might be thinking or feeling.”

Be so empathetic that you could almost hear what another is hearing, taste what they taste, and see the world through their eyes.

5. Be consistent and disciplined.

No matter how good you are at what you do, you can never be Great and get the results that you desire if you aren’t being consistent at what you do.

The secret to being consistent is understanding or deciding on your “why”.

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The illusion of love

It makes sense that we fall in love with people who fill some kind of role in our lives.

We fall out of love when we, them, or our reason for falling in love changes.

Don’t get me wrong neither of us thinks about it consciously, none of us have a list of the roles we need to be filled.

It all happens subconsciously.

But what about “true” love, what about butterflies in the stomach?

Researchers say that the “true love” phase, those intense feelings last 18 months to 3 years.

What about falling in love and never falling out of love. What about those couples who fall in love with each other, spend 50 + years together, stay in love together and die with the same intense feelings as they had at the beginning of the relationship.

I think that the love we fall out from is indeed a love that fills a role in our lives temporarily.

I want to believe that there is true love, a love without any explanation, a love where you don’t force yourself to listen and you want to listen, love where you don’t force yourself to appear interested but you are genuinely interested, a love where you aren’t lazy to do things for your person, even more doing so brings joy to you.

Does that kind of love really exist or is it just an illusion?!

Who knows it might exist. And like many great things, it’s just rare.

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Matthew 7:7–8

I love to go to church. I feel great peace and joy when I’m there.

One day I was sitting inside, enjoying the silence.

Suddenly I got the urge to find the icon of Archangel Michael.

I looked around and noticed that there are no names written under the icons. So I went to the icon that I intuitively felt was his.

The next day I was driving and saw a beautiful church. It looked like a palace.

I love to check out new churches so I parked my car and went inside.

After prayer, I sat down on the chair, in the back of the church. I suddenly remembered that I was searching for Archangel Michael. I stood up and started walking around.

Unfortunately, there were no names written under the icons as well. Because I have never seen his icon before I had no idea how to recognize him.

A few days went by. I was driving to a new neighborhood. I saw a beautiful, tiny church. I had the urge to stop, but at the same time, I was hesitant, because I was going to my mother-in-law’s house and don’t want to be late.

But as I saw a convenient parking spot next to the church I couldn’t resist the urge, I parked my car and went straight to the church.

In the country of Georgia, where I currently live, there are small stands inside the church, where they sell candles, all the other holy books, icons and etc. As I was buying candles I had this weird desire to ask this woman a question.

It was strange because I never had this question come up in my mind, I even thought not to ask the question.

But I try to listen to my intuition whenever I can.

Because every church is named after a certain Saint, I asked her the following question;

“Do you know who is this church named after?”

The woman looked me in the eyes and said;

“Archangel Michael”

Everything made sense.

The urge to stop at the church, the desire to ask the question I have never asked in any other church.

Everything was clear now.

I smiled and even teared up.

I bought candles and turned around. In this tiny church was a huge icon of Archangel Michael.

I went to his icon and said;

“I was searching for you and you knew, so you brought me to your own church.”

It was one of the most beautiful stories I had ever experienced.

Mathew 7:7 says;

7 Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:

You will always find whatever you are seeking. What you need to learn is how to listen to your intuition/gut feeling.

That subtle voice inside of you is your guide.

Your intuition is the voice of God. Your intuition is your guidance. Your intuition is the voice of your inner being.

Ask and be ready to receive.

PS. Do you remember when I said this in the beginning; “I looked around and noticed that there are no names written under the icons. So I went to the icon that I intuitively felt was his. “

The icon I felt guided to was Archangel Gabriel’s. Still pretty close.

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20 Things I learned to be True

Real vicory in life isn’t becoming a millionarie, buying a cool house or a sports car.

Real victory is having control over your thoughts and emotions. Real victory is having a self-control and self-discipline.

2. Your success isn’t measured by how much stuff you have, your success is measured by how much joy, love, inner-peace and contentment you have in life.

3. The quality of your life is measured by the quality of the people in it.

4. It’s not about how many book you’ve read or how many skills you have. It’s about how curious you are.

5. It’s not about the knowledge that you have, it’s about the questions that you are asking.

6. People who really matter to you, but bring negativity into your life. Don’t eliminate, Limit them.

7. Before you accuse of anyone being a negative influence in your life, make sure you aren’t doing the same for others.

8. You can’t get away with anything in life. And I mean anything.

9. Don’t play the role of the universe. Everyone will get back their own karma.

10. No matter how mean a person is to you, no matter what he does to you. If you do the same to them, on purpose, you won’t be better than them.

11. Speak up when you see something that you don’t like. Speak up when you don’t like something that is done to you.

12. The art of communication; Speak the way other people can understand. Not everyone has the same capacity to understand.

13. Speak up when you don’t like something, but speak the way and with words you want other’s to talk to you. It shows your character.

14. Having problems in life doesn’t change a person, it reveals it’s true nature.

15. There is nothing wrong with not likeing yourself, not liking your thoughs or your actions. There’s everything wrong with staying the same way.

16. You are a clear canvas and you create your own self. You can always, always change who you are.

17. You wake up one day and who you are and who you want to be becomes one.

18. It’s okay to do nothing. It’s okay to just be.

19. It’s okay to get angry and make mistakes. It’s okay to sometimes not be your best self as long as you are aware of it and make sure you learn from past mistakes.

20. Ask questions to yourself. Ask many questions. Write them down or out loud. If you don’t know who you are, you can’t create the life that you want. Because you don’t know what is it that you truly want.

Every day upon waking up and ask 2 questions;

What do I need to do right now to feel contentment when my head hits the pillow. To be content with my day and content with myslef.How can I improve at least one person’s day today?

It’s not about hwo to create the best life possible or best future. It’s all about how you can create the best day possible.

It’s all about today.

It’s all about this very moment.

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Real Needs

Children don’t need all the fancy toys, clothes, and coloring books.

They need to be seen, heard, and loved.

Parents work so hard to give their children “everything that they need”.

“Everyting” but what kids actually need.

love, presence, acceptance, attenton and fun.

No Ipad, phone or eductaion will give your kids what they really need.

A loving parent who is present in their lives.

Don’t give your kids everything that they want, but give them everything that they need.

Not what you think that they need, but what they actually need.

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Success is…

“Success is a progressive realization of a worthy ideal.”

As long as you consistently take steps forward, towards something meaningful to you, you are and will be successful.

Success is not about getting what you want, success is about the consistent effort towards it.

“We’re successful as long as we’re working towards something we want to bring about in our lives.“

A traveler is not successful when achieving their destination but in embarking on a journey itself.

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Rich and Famous

We all want to find the next big thing that will make us either Happy, Rich, or Famous.

We are constantly watching and listening to all the “secrets” of becoming a millionaire or “finding’ happiness.

Learning from others’ experiences and getting inspired by their journey is wonderful.

I believe the real secret is- Uncovering in yourself something that you really really enjoy doing.

Something you do no matter what. Something you do consistently, get joy out of it, and might even refuse to sleep for it.

In order to uncover your mission/passion/meaning/purpose, you might have to try a million things before it finds you.

It might even take your whole life because you think of it as this huge thing.

Often times the biggest things are hidden in places within ourselves we don’t even look or it’s so obvious that we don’t even think to check.

Often times the biggest things aren’t so big when we look close up.

Detach. Slow down.

You are your purpose.

Just become aware of it.

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Priorities

If you are desperate it’s impossible to bring peace to anyone. If you are miserable it’s impossible to help someone be happy. If you are restless you can’t have a peaceful conversation.

You get the point.

That’s why I think prioritizing yourself is one of the best decisions you will ever make.

We forget one thing though.

Sometimes we choose to put others first. Because they need us and because we love them.

It is okay.

It’s not about only doing the things that we enjoy doing. It’s about finding joy in the things we don’t necessarily want to do but choose to do.

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About Manifestation

Manifestation.

The word we hear everywhere, by everyone.

We all know all the teqnichues nessesary to manifest our “dream life”.

But the most important step gets the least attention.

In order to manifest, you need to be free of clutter.

You need to have space.

Write down, believe, visualize as much as you want.

If you don’t let go of the old that doesn’t allow you to welcome the new, no thing, no person enters your life. (Unless it’s a person sent by universe to wake you up and to force you to finally let go.)

“Ask And You Shall Receive”

But,

You have to know how to ask and also how to receive.

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