American Muscle

STRONGER THAN YESTERDAY!!!

MIND BODY SOUL

ONLY A FOOL STOPS IN HELL

EVERYONES LIFE HAS A SEASON RIGHT? SPRING IS MY NEW FAVORITE SEASON.. I LOVE THE NEW GROWTH AND HOPE.

IF YOU ARE GOING THROUGH A WINTER IN YOUR LIFE I PRAY YOU KEEP MOVING FORWARD… IF YOU ARE GOING THROUGH A SUMMER OR SPRING I INVITE YOU TO SINK DEEP INTO IT. MANY GO THROUGH LIFE WAITING FOR “ THE OTHER SHOE TO DROP “ WHAT A PESSIMESTIC ATTITUDE… I SAY WHEN LIFE IS GREAT PAUSE.. SINK IT… THIS TOO SHALL NOT LAST FOREVER AND WHEN IT IS BAD THIS TOO SHALL PASS.

22 DAYS ALCOHOL FREE THIS JANUARY

I TOLD MYSELF I WOULD GO 22 DAYS THIS MONTH TO HIT THE RESET BUTTON… I WILL PROBABLY GO LONGER.

SOME BENEFITS I LOVE :

  • QUALITY OF SLEEP TOP OF MY LIST

  • SAVE MONEY

  • CLARITY

  • MORE ENERGETIC DAYS

  • FEEL BETTER

  • QUALITY TIME WITH PEOPLE

  • I GET MORE DONE :)

  • HOPE THIS FINDS YOU WELL AND AS AN INVITATION TAKE A 30 DAY BREAK FROM WHATEVER YOUR BIGGEST VICE MAY BE THIS YEAR!!! COOKIES, ICE CREAM, NEWS, TV, WHATEVER YOU INDULGE IN… HIT THE RESET BUTTON :)

COMPASSION

EVERYONE WE MEET IS GOING THROUGH SOMETHING WE KNOW NOTHING ABOUT. KINDNESS AND COMPASSION ARE PRICELESS!!!!!!!!!

I HAVE DECIDED THAT IF I CANNOT LIFT SOMEONE ELSE UP… I WILL AT LEAST LEAVE THEM WHERE THEY ARE… I NEVER AIM TO TEAR OTHERS DOWN.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND GOD BLESS :)

I VIEW EVERYTHING AS A MIRACLE

I DO NOT GET CAUGHT UP IN LABELS. I WANT TO KNOW WHAT, GOD, THE UNIVERSE, MOTHER NATURE, BUDDHA, SHIVA, WHOEVER YOU TALK TO: I WANT TO KNOW HOW. GIRAFFES, RHINO’S, HUMANS, LEAVES, LADYBUGS. HOW DID SOMEONE, SOMETHING, CREATE ALL THIS BEAUTY, AND EVERYTHING WORKS TOGETHER. THIS LIFE AND THIS PLACE IS A PURE MIRACLE TO ME.

PRACTICE MIRROR TALK

ONE THING I HAVE TRAINED MYSELF TO DO IS SAY I LOVE YOU IN THE MIRROR EVERY MORNING TEN TIMES. I THEN ASK MYSELF “ WHAT CAN I DO TO MAKE YOU HAPPY TODAY? ‘ TODAY’S ANSWER WAS TO BE NICE TO ACE.. MY SON.

MANY OF US GET IN FRONT OF MIRRORS AND INSTANTLY START LOOKING AT OUR FLAWS. I AM NOT SURE WHY WE DO THIS… HOWEVER, PRACTICE IS LIKE A MUSCLE… GETS STRONGER AND STRONGER THE MORE WE USE IT.

TODAY AND ALL DAYS AIM TO BE NICE TO YOURSELF AND OTHERS.

COMPASSION

EVERYONE WE MEET IS MISSING SOMEONE THEY LOVE

SOBER OCTOBER :)

SOBER OCTOBER IS GOING REALLY WELL. FRIDAY WAS THE FIRST EVENING I WANTED A BEER… HOWEVER OF COURSE I DID NOT CAVE AS I HAVE ALREADY MADE MY MIND UP… GOING UNTIL THE 27TH.

IT IS FUN TO TEST THE WILL POWER.

MY WAISTLINE LOOKS BETTER :)

WE VOTE WITH OUR WALLETS... AND ALSO OUR EYES

ONE MAJOR REASON I STOPPED WATCHING THE NEWS IS… I FOUND OUT THEY PREY ON FEAR.

I HAD ONE CLIENT LEAVE A NEWS COMPANY AFTER THEY WERE EXCITED AFTER AN ACCIDENT… THEY SAID “ IF IT BLEEDS IT LEEDS “, SHE WALKED OUT THAT DAY NEVER TO RETURN.

I WAS HOPING TO START A TREND WHEN I STOPPED WATCHING THE NEWS IN HOPES IF ENOUGH OF US DO THAT THEY WILL BE FORCED TO SWITCH THEIR AGENDA.

DID YOU KNOW PHARAMACEUTICAL COMPANIES USED TO NOT BE ALLOWED TO ADVERTISE?

SO WHETHER YOU ARE WATCHING CNN, FOX NEWS, OR ANY OTHER COMPANY… YOU ARE LITERALLY SUPPORTING THEM.

SOME PEOPLE ARE SUPPORTING WHAT THEY REALLY DO NOT LIKE… SEEMS INSANE.

MANY TIMES THE POLITICIAN WHO IS DISLIKED ACTUALLY WINS BECAUSE THEY ARE GETTING THE MOST ATTENTION.

SO I SAY VOTE WITH YOUR HEART, WALLET, MIND.. IT ALL.

BE CONSIOUSLY AWARE OF WHAT COMPANIES ONE IS SUPPORTING.

DID YOU SPEND TIME IN NATURE TODAY?

DID YOU LAUGH WITH A FRIEND TODAY?

WHATEVER WE FOCUS ON GROWS…WHATEVER WE GIVE OUR ATTENTION TO.

DID YOU PRACTICE LOVE

ARE YOU WISE ENOUGH TO KNOW WHAT COMPANIES ARE THRIVING OFF FEAR AND EMOTION… THEY KNOW WHAT THEY ARE DOING… DO YOU?

ARE YOU PRACTICING SELF LOVE?

CONSISTENCY IS KEY

DO THE LITTLE THINGS OFTEN AND WITH LOVE.

WHETHER IT IS HULA HOOPING, PLANKS, WALKS, DO THEM OFTEN, STAY CONSISTENT.

IT IS GOING TO BE EASIER TO GO BACK TO THE OLD WAY OF LIVING.

BREAK THROUGH THOSE WALLS AND KEEP MOVING FORWARD.

PICK UP A 30 DAY CHALLENGE… THEY WORK BECAUSE OF CONSISTENCY.

STAY CONSISTENT MY FRIENDS :)

LIVING IN APPRECIATION

DID YOU GIVE THANKS TODAY FOR YOUR HANDS, FEET, BREATH, EYES IF YOU ARE BLESSED WITH THEM?

DID YOU SAY A PRAYER FOR SOMEONE ELSE TODAY?

DID YOU OPEN TWO GIFTS… YOUR EYES?

DID YOU THANK GOD FOR THE ROOF OVER YOUR HEAD OR FOOD IN THE FRIDE?

DOCTORS, NURSES, CONSTRUCTION WORKERS… WE ALL NEED EACH OTHER IN SOME WAY SHAPE OR FORM :)

EMTIONAL INTELLIGENCE

CAN YOU BE THE ONE TO TALK AWAY IN A MOMENT OF ANGER AND TAKE SOME DEEP BREATHS OR GO FOR A WALK? CAN YOU STOP YOURSELF IN A MOMENT OF JEALOUSY AND TAKE A DEEP BREATH AND CHANGE YOUR THOUGHTS? CAN YOU BREAK THE CYCLE? ARE YOU STRONG ENOUGH? CAN YOU MAKE THAT CHOICE?

WE DO NOT HAVE TO ATTEND EVERY ARGUMENT, VICTIM FILLED DISEMPOWERMENT, OR COMPLAINING CONVERSATION WE ARE INVITED TO.

STAY SOLUTION ORIENTED MY FRIENDS.

STAY EMPOWERED

DON’T STOP!!!

DON’T STOP MOVING FORWARD, LEARNING, BEING KIND TO OTHERS.

WE ALL HAVE PROBLEMS AND ISSUES. KINDNESS AND COMPASSION GO A LONG WAY.

RELIEF

RELIEF IS ONE OF THE MOST PRECIOUS EMOTIONS. EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE IS SOMETHING I RESEARCH AND PRACTICE.

I FIND RELIEF IN KNOWING, I WILL NEVER KNOW IT ALL AND I WILL NEVER GET IT ALL DONE. THIS EMPLORES ME TO BE A LIFELONG LEARNER.

I ALSO FIND RELIEF IN KNOWING SOMETIMES I AM WRONG. I MAKE SURE MY APOLOGIES ARE SINCERE. JUST LIKE I TEACH MY STUDENT AHTLETES… ONE WOULD NOT WANT TO MAKE EVERY SHOT IN BASKETBALL OR A HOLE- IN -ONE FOR EVERY GOLF SHOT. LIFE WOULD BE BORING IF WE WON ALL THE TIME AND KNEW IT ALL.

FAIL FORWARD MY FRIENDS.

KINDNESS AND COMPASSION

THE MAJOR DRIVING FORCES FOR ME ARE:

  1. WE ARE ALL GOING TO DIE… ALL OF US… THAT SHOULD BE ENOUGH.

  2. EVERYONE WE MEET IS DEALING WITH SOMETHING WE KNOW NOTHING ABOUT.

  3. LIFE WILL KICK YOU IN THE NUTS FROM TIME TO TIME, WHO KNOWS HOW THAT PERSON DAY IS GOING.

  4. LIFE CAN BE CHALLENGING ENOUGH

  5. THIS IS SOMEONES FIRST HOLIDAY WITHOUT A LOVED ONE.

  6. IF THIS WAS THE LAST TIME I SAW THIS PERSON I WOULD WANT OUR INTERACTION TO BE HARMOUNIUOS.

  7. 90 % OF US ARE ALREADY OUR OWN HARSHEST CRITICS… MOST PEOPLE DO NOT NEED HELP BEATING THEMSELVES UP… MANY WANT A LISTENING EAR AND OR ENCOURAGEMENT.

SOBER OCTOBER

EVERY YEAR I PIC BETWEEN 27 TO 39 DAYS TO SET ALCOHOL ASIDE!!!!!!!!!

POSITIVE BENEFITS ENLUDE :

MY FAVORITE, IS IMPROVED SLEEP :)

I SAVE MONEY

I GIVE MY BODY A REST

I HAVE AN ABUNDANCE OF CLARITY

I HAVE AN ABUNDANCE OF ENERGY

ALL POSITIVE :)

IMAGINATION

PRACTICE IMAGINING THE BEST CASE SCENARIO.

I RECENTLY HEARD WORRIE IS LIKE A NEGATIVE PRAYER AND THAT RESONATED WITH ME!!!!!!

WHATEVER WE PRACTICE WE GET BETTER AT.

I OFTEN FIND IT IS BETTER THAN WHAT WE WERE THINKING.

BE A WARRIOR NOT A WORRIER

DO NOT LET THE WORRIES OF TOMORROW TAKE AWAY TODAY’S PEACE

STAY ZEN MY FRIENDS :)