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Take Responsibility

The unacceptable behavior of people in your life has nothing to do with you. The people you pick to remain in your life however, has everything to do with you . Yogi Baggan

The gift of free will!
More than likely you may have heard that we have full responsibility for our lives. Which simply means that we have the ability to respond.There are some things that we cannot control but betcha we have the ability to respond in any situation. And herein lies our power

How do you respond to people who treat you in a way which does not honor the divinity in you?
How do you respond to a crisis?
How do you respond when he or she decides to leave and you do not understand why?
To bankruptcy
To job loss?
or whatever it is

We have the ability to choose but we are either not taught that, forgot it or choose to play victim. Someone must save us or must act right or whatever it is you have decided. 
I learnt that taking responsibility for my life can be eye opening because it really indicated not only that I can choose to be a victim or not but the level of power that I have in my choosing and response.

Taking full responsibility does not mean going through life alone, it brings out our self trust. How much do we trust in our own abilities, our own divinity, our own power. It means the willingness to accept the consequences/effects which are related to you. It is a constant practice and will become the norm because practice makes masters

There  are people and things in your life that you kow you must take responsibility for making a change, what's stopping you?
Peace

I walk with an army of love

Simply by never using weakness to direct your actions, you have given it no power ACIM
One of the best things I ever heard about "showing up" was from the great Dr Maya Angelo. She talked about how we can never be alone when we step into any room, any situation, any circumstances simply by calling on not just our ancestors but every single person who we knew ever loved us. She said when she was about to enter the room, she would say "come on, let's go, we have something to do and somewhere to be" then she showed up and people would say "oh my, such charisma you have" she said, it was all the love in the room. I loved that so much. From the day I heard that I knew for sure that I could never be "alone and lonely" in doing anything. I even have to learn to balance it because I really spend quite a bit of time in my own companyWhen I step in a meeting room, on a stage, wherever I have an army of love with me and that feels super duper awesome.Give it a go and let me know how it feelsPeace

You cannot fail

You cannot fail. You can resist, procrastinate, delay, deny, worry, avoid, but you cannot fail, do you hear me? When you step out to do the thing you have come here to do and you are on purpose and following your passion, you cannot fail. You can create drama, you can bring along people who you know are not supposed to be on the bus with you, you can sabotage yourself, you can doubt yourself, you can undermine yourself, you can be disobedient, but you cannot fail. When you step out to do what to do what you are supposed to do you cannot fail. When you pursue your desire, your dream, your passion, when you do the thing that makes you tremble with joy and excitement, when you undertake it with a pure intention of bringing yourself joy you cannot fail! You cannot fail!  - Iyanla


Happy 2017 to all of you! 

For as long as I can remember on the 1st day of the year wherever I am I sit down with my favourite breakfast and look ahead at to what is to come, I write down my desires, wishes and goals for the year and how I intend to achieve it
I must admit the contents of these lists have changed dramatically over time, before I was obsessed with things and looking good to the world, because of my own insecurities about failing and being a failure now I focus on how I want to feel, what dreams I want to accomplish and how I can serve
Takes the pressure off me I can tell you that!

For the first year I did not do my ritual on the 1st because my grandma asked me to come to her house to spend the day, the decision was a no brainer, I changed the day, I woke up early went to run with a friend of mine, watched my beloved Arsenal play then hit the road to be with the family. Another change of mind set, before no way, the ritual had to be completed and there was no flexibility around it. Thank God for time and perspective! I am happily doing my breakfast and dreaming session this morning with a big ole's smile on my face
Rooted, yet flexible!

Sometimes it really is good to let go and go with the flow
I'm off to my breakfast,holla at ya on the flipside


Peace

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Unveiling 2017

As the curtain falls on 2016, I am grateful. Grateful for the lessons, the triumphs, the trips, the friends gained and lost, the lessons and the love.

My most telling lesson was do absolutely nothing with the intention to prove and do it all in love.
From that space everything follows.
I made a many decisions in fear, fear of what would happen to me, fear of what people would say or not day and it left me drained and draining. I have surely learnt my lesson.
I am looking forward to this year, I love the uncertainty, I love it, it is so exciting knowing that anything can happen at anytime and all of it, yes all of it is FOR me and I have the awesome ability to make another choice, to change my mind, to choose with love
I want to thank everyone who has read my blogs, come to my events, bought my books, watched my Ted Talk, watched my videos, shared lessons on the journey and just supported
I thank you
I love you
Peace

Blessings to you and yours for a wonderful 2017 and beyond
muah


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It's a Balancing Game

Be mindful not to forget that which needs to be remembered. Be sure to remember to let go of what no longer needs to be held. It's a balancing game. Align self everyday - Natalie Stewart
How do we use what we have to make where we are a better place than how we found it?My simple answer is Be Yourself, and by that I mean not be an ass and inflexible - saying this is who I am take me or leave me. How do you pull out the best YOU? Acting in service of yourself in love. Acting from a place of love firstly love of yourself which it all starts from
I have learnt, self love contributes to EVERYTHINGFoodFriendsEntertainmentRelationshipsyou name it!?Every.single.ting.
Start therePeace

Decisions

I found that every single successful person I’ve ever spoken to had a turning point and the turning point was where they made a clear, specific, unequivocal decision that they were not going to live like this anymore. Some people make that decision at 15 and some people make it at 50 and most never make it at all.”
You must constantly ask yourself these questions: Who am I around? What are they doing to me? What have they got me reading? What have they got me saying? Where do they have me going? What do they have me thinking? And most important, what do they have me becoming? Then ask yourself the big question: Is that okay? Your life does not get better by chance, it gets better by change.”Jim Rohn
As 2016 comes to a close I have been making some firm decisions, like really really firm ones, about what I want and what I will be leaving behind.
I'm on it! On it like I want it
Finances - big big one - Never ever again I want to be here in this position where its like scraping the bottom of the barrel - been there before not fun, nope, better choices in 2017Give to get don't be a selfish bumhead and give thanks for everything.
Boundaries - set some, end of story.
Health and Wellness - pretty happy about my discipline and commitment - I managed to add fruit to my daily life wherever I was in the world and it made a huge difference. 
Friends -  Surrounding myself with people who are sincere and kind, and cherish the ones who already are. I love my tribe I must tell them more often
Relationships - no need to run behind anyone not at anytime is that ever happening ever again.  Notice the signs and act on them. Decision made

That's it for nowTo be continued....Any that you wish to share? Feel FreePeace



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Unveiling 2017

Elevate your mind free your soul Soul to Soul
Stand guard at the door of your mind was one of the best pieces of advice I have ever received. Watch what you let in to your mind,watch what you let out tooMy thoughts I have learnt manifests itself into my life, when I want an idea of what I am thinking I look at my life, and sometimes I smile, I celebrate I say wow and other times I use the famous saying "What on earth were you thinking?"I do my best to organise my thoughts in a way that works for me, to remind myself that thoughts make thingsWith that in mind I want to share with you Unveiling 2017. It's free, download it, share it, link it. From me to youPeace
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How do you choose to respond?

Listen, every day comes with countless opportunities for you to go nuts, to be upset, to judge, to feel sad and small and hopeless or whatever. If you want to go there, you can. But what not enough of us realize yet is that there is another option available. You can also go into your day remembering who you are - an extension of God, here to spread light and love. And when something or someone triggers you, you can choose,  Nope I'm not gonna go there. I'm gonna stand my ground and be the most kind, loving, forgiving and compassionate person I can be. All that darkness coming my way - I'm just gonna let it slide right off and participate in spreading the light. Elisa Lionne
How do you approach the day? Every dayFree will allows us the opportunity to respond in any which way we can. What a beautiful thing. How we show up, How we respond makes up the story of our life. Remember that in this holiday season and even after, you always have a choice on how you respond, on how you approach the day.What will you choose?Have a happy and safe holiday season I wish you and your family love, peace, blessings and morePeace

What you focus on grows

Many times we focus on what’s missing, what we don't have and all that does is draw more of the same on to you. And when that happens, we beat up ourselves, with that the cycle continues. Excerpt from What Did I Learn Today? Lessons on the Journey to Unconditional Self Love
What do you have?What is good?What makes you smile?Focus on that today, especially in this season of giving, it can be daunting to focus on what is missing - love, money, sunshine, friends, family and the list goes onWhile that is the case they may indeed be out of the picture for now there is always something good to focus on, be grateful for and smile aboutMy request to you today is to focus on that because as the law proves, what you focus on growsPeace

EveryTHING is fleeting

Our attachments are always based on fear. We stay attached to a job, a belief system, a relationship, a city, behavioral patterns, addictions or negative mental thought processes ~ that no longer serves us ~ because we are afraid of the unknown, the what if's... and we don't want to step out of our comfort zones. Sabrina Reber 
Are you willing to lose it all to gain it all? As soon as I heard the question is jolted me out of my sleep walking state. I mean, who will be willing to lose it all I asked myself? Are you willing? Willing in this case means prepared to doAre you prepared to do that thing which is required to gain it all, which can include losing it all?Fear keeps us stuck in one spot, it halts us in the same position because of the unknown.We know what we have and the unknown is not guaranteed. It is pretty scary to lose what you have without a guarantee that something better will replace it, and that is the battle we face
We want guarantees now, evidence of what is to come
Newsflash - ain't gonna happen
We have all the tools available to build the life we want but it takes courage, it takes willingness and there are no guarantees that it will turn out exactly the way we want it to, it all the time turns out better - the lessons, the people, the journey- is always worth it whether we believe it or not
There is really nothing outside of us that can complete us - because everything is fleeting and for a time on your journey
Peace

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