Add the numerals of today’s date (1-22-2022)
In numerology 11 is a Karmic number associated with spiritual awakening. This number is said to offer insight, higher energy, inspiration, and creativity. How true this week.
Lately I’ve focused on here and now, living day to day. However in the past week I reconnected with friends from around the world rekindling my purpose.
Purpose will make you realise the reason of your existence, it will restore your mind sight, you will start to dream and you will see visions. Dreams lead you to set goals, goals lead to mission accomplishments and vision takes you to the higher places. Euginia Herlihy
First, think big. George Lucas said You can’t do it unless you can imagine it. And then you shall find the way. Abraham Lincoln. Stay focused. You’ve got to think about big things while you’re doing small things, so that all the small things go in the right direction. Alvin Toffler Then Hold the vision and trust the process. Esther Hicks
My 2022 will be a year to remember. What about you?
Commitment is an act not a word. Jean Paul Sarte
Motivation births an idea, Commitment transforms it into reality. Abraham Lincoln
Free Solo documents Alex Honnold’s climb of El Capitan in 2017. For years he planned and prepared with unwavering dedication to achieve the Holy Grail of climbing while many thought he needed to be committed for daring to attempt it. You watch in awe as his Commitment unlocks doors of imagination, allows vision, and gives him the right stuff to turn his dream into reality. James Womack
Tony Robbins says stay committed to your decisions, be flexible in your approach. For Alex, Success was a matter of hanging on when others would have let go. Anon And When challenged, the committed heart will search for a solution, the undecided seeks an escape. Andy Andrews
The movie is not for the faint of heart. It does exemplify that The quality of a person’s life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence regardless of their chosen field of endeavour. Vince Lombardi. No one said it would be easy, for The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary. Vince Lombardi Remember, it is the courage to continue that counts. Winston Churchill
I have committed my life to my family and to Red Doors, what are you committed to?
Spontaneous
Spontaneous –being natural and instinctive, a thing said or done without planning resulting from a natural impulse or tendency.
To celebrate Dylan's graduation we embarked on an iconic North American style road trip by getting in a car and heading west. Accompanied by a good family friend, my son, daughter and I set out to cruise our way to Graceland.
You either make a decision or circumstances make a decision on your behalf.
My first instinct in Atlanta was to buy a map. Being a strong MBTI "J" and boy scout my comfort level is knowing where I am at all times. But do you have any idea how hard it is to find one? So with only i-phones and an app we set off. We talk to locals to find 'the' things to do and where to eat. We've swum in the best watering hole in North America, walked through a cypress swamp, eaten catfish and fried green tomatoes, as well as the infamous hot chicken, learned of the losses of the civil war and of local heroes, and of course the music. Booking hotels only minutes before arriving in a new town frees us from adhering to a schedule.
Seneca says, Travel and change impart new vigour to the mind. And, So much of who we are is where we have been. William Langewiesche . My personal goal is to die with memories, not dreams.
In order to do so requires permission to Decide without thinking to know what your heart says. Fathima Gani It requires an open mind and an inherent desire to be unusually random, unplanned and spontaneous. After all, The purpose of life is to live it, to taste experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without fear for newer and richer experiences. Eleanor Roosevelt
Dr. Andrew Weil wrote a book saying that spontaneous happiness is the new path to emotional well being and Dolly Parton warns us to Never get so busy making a living that you forget to make a life.
So tonight I leave you with a song from the movie Pochantas where she realises each moment is unique and can only be lived once, she wishes to achieve her dreams and instead of choosing the familiar she chooses the unknown that lies Just around the river bend . Which do you choose?
Happiness consists of living each day as if it were the first day of your honeymoon and the last day of your vacation. - Leo Tolstoy