Curiosity – a key ingredient to wellbeing.

Are you open and curious or do you hold on to rigid expectations?

Being open to new (and old) experiences and open to continuous learning, having a growth as opposed to a fixed mind-set, has a great effect on every aspect of your happiness and well-being.

Research is showing that having a growth mind-set rather than being fixed in how we see the world is an important distinction between people who thrive and those who don’t.

People with a growth mind-set never stop learning.  Your ability to adapt and learn is a key component of your happiness and well-being.

We all face challenges and change, and having an attitude that embraces personal growth happens when we are willing to learn. Setbacks and failure are opportunities to improve and grow. People with a growth mind-set love challenges and new experiences.

Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.

Love Yourself for Goodness Sake and Spontaneously Create Love for Others

It's amazing how Samoa Girl Scout cookies wake me up right when I'm about to fall alseep

I swear, they put drugs in those cookies, they're so delicious

Love Yourself for Goodness Sake is a campaign we launched recently at our Loving Abundance site, emphasizing on the need to use our power of creativity to produce a better life for ourselves and others by first loving our self.

Dr. Deepak Chopra was one of the many teachers who inspired us to take this move. In his book The Spontaneous Fulfillment of Desire, he spoke of the 7 Sutras that help us recognize the miracles that happen everyday of our lives and our capacity to manifest our dreams.

The Sutra, Tat Tvam Asi meaning "I see the other in myself and myself in others", caught my attention deeply. As I went further into understanding the concept I realized its value in my life and spent weeks meditating about it and going through the exercises given in the book.

Here's how it went for me. I discovered that the very qualities I

loved about others were the same qualities I loved about myself and the very traits I hated in others were the very same traits I abhorred in mine. The realization kept me dumb founded for a time. It was to no wonder now, why I loved certain people and detested certain types.

 I found myself being more aware of how my spirit was responding to everyone one I met, be they online or “live” in my midst. It became clearer to me then of why certain people rubbed me the wrong way. It was not to their fault really, it was more the fault of how I viewed myself. Soon I was able to identify the attributes, habits, practices, and manners that I found hard to accept in myself. Yes, apparently, I found many things about me hard to swallow. I tried to deny its presence in me. I rejected any semblance of them in my daily life which of course extended to the people around me, be they family, friends, clients or acquaintance. Can you imagine therefore, the many ways I was actually rejecting people in my life without me knowing about it?!

The more I thought of this reality the more I became determined to correct this error and use the power of creativity to help me along the way. Self acceptance would be the jump off point.  The Carpenters aptly displayed this need when they wrote the lyrics; "You’ve got to love me for who I am for simply being me” Accepting the good in us together with the not so good and everything else in between in our self is full acceptance of who we are. But then again, how can self acceptance come easily. It doesn’t --- unless we first start with unconditional love. Unconditional love knows no boundaries. It sets no limits. It demands not a single criterion. Unconditional love simply is. Unconditional love accepts what is, as is, period.

Our creative juices began to flow and the next thing we knew we were on to spreading the need to love the self with unconditional love through video campaigns and articles. It made sense. Encouraging love of self is tantamount to encouraging the love for others as others are mirrors of our selves. In this scenario self acceptance becomes easier.

A poet once said “a man born blind can never know the meaning of darkness for he has never seen the light”. These lines explain the necessity of accepting both our ‘good’ side and our ‘bad’ side as they serve as a measuring tool with which we can gauge our personal growth.  In a place where there, inside us is the quiet co-existence of both pleasant and unpleasant sides -- we are also able to recognize the reality that each one of us is “a work in progress.”

Love yourself for goodness sake and create a more loving relationship with others.

Caaaaaann, anybody

Where the heck did March go?

I could've sworn it just started

This week is gonna be nuts

Every week has been nuts

Next week will be chill

Next next week will be absolutely ridiculous

Can anyone come up with a catchy slogan for me?

uhmm...or just missing my chocolatessssssssssss????hehehe^.^>

Hello, is it me you're looking for?

I'm happy but feel like I shouldn't be happy when people I know and love are sitting and crying because they're worked so hard just to have their accomplishments taken right out of their hands and thrown to the ground.

But I'm so thankful!

I feel so blessed to have such wonderful people around rooting for me, encouraging me, being there for me. So incredibly blessed!

I know I've said it a hundred times already, but THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!

Thank you mam Marj for making me go around and talk to people during lunch

Thank you mam Juliet for making me feel alright every time I am sad and for giving me an encouragement.

Thank you Gliven for sharing your experience that make feel exciting and interesting word.  

Thank you Nanny for being the most amazing mentor, friend and writing that amazing speech.

And above all…to our beloved father.

Thank you to everyone

Thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you

From the bottom of my heart

Wow, I'm tired. Have a good dayJ

:(

I'm happy, don't get me wrong?

But I there's a part of me that wish this whole thing never happened

That I never made it on exec 

So that I wouldn't have to hear of the frustration, the bitterness, the sadness, the negativity that seems to be oozing out of every single corner

So that I wouldn't have to see my closest friends cry, to see them get mad at me, to see them contemplate on how one rejection characterizes them as someone they're not

So that I wouldn't have to deal with all this crap getting thrown at my face

But it's done, it's set and stone and ready to go

So I guess I have to be okay with it

Or at least pretend to be okay with it

Because someone has to be strong and maintain a positive attitude

Someone's gotta do it

And although I don't feel like it right now, I'll do it

Someone's gotta do it

It just breaks my heart to have people I know and love angry and depressed

It makes me angry and depressed to see them like that

It's not fair, it's not right, it's shouldn't be that way

I wish people didn't care as much

So the hurt wouldn't be so severe

So that everything would be just fine

Pretty pretty please with a cherry on top?

What lies out there no one know/ the tide can bring in anything/ so steady as he goes...

Love is a scary thing.

A really really terrifying thing.

You attach yourself on to one person so much that handsome soon, everything revolves around them, and you can't imagine what life is without them anymore.

And then there's the realization that this may not last as long as you want it to,

And it's miserable. 

But then there's also the immense joy that the person can bring you, and you remember all the good times that you've have together, and you try to hold on to that and cling to it with all you have. 

But what if it's not enough?

But then, what if it is? or am  going to use “if else”

God makes everything happen for a reason, and I believe that with all of my being.

But gosh, it would be so nice if it didn't have to be such a roller coaster.

Still, whatever happens, it's for the best. And I know I'm happy right now (really, I am!), and I also know that it may not last, and the thought of that literally makes me feel as if someone is punching me on the left side of my chest. But everything happens for a reason!

Love is a scary thing. But you know what? I'm in. And I'm trusting God to take this wherever it's supposed to go. And we'll just have to see where that it! Hmmhmhmh…..:)

Manifesting Abundance: Power of Positive Thinking

Manifesting abundance is easy!  I declared aloud to no one in particular.  On second thought, I needed to say that aloud for myself to hear.  Masters and teachers have told us over and over that thoughts have power; and that the power of positive thinking can change our lives dramatically.

Do I really believe that a hundred percent? Can I truly say at this point in my life that I am using the power of positive thinking all the time?

Thought check: Hmmm…sometimes yes.  And sometimes no.  I have to be honest with you that there are days when I am not that positive.   Not all days can I draw forth within me that inner resolve to shift focus when things go awry.

But…but…but the wonderful thing is that I have improved a lot more than I was before years ago.  And so when I am almost about to beat myself with no good thoughts like, “there you again being a dumb ass” I catch it before it escapes my lips!  No, no, no you don’t!  And I snatch the thought and replace it with a more positive one!

I would then laugh aloud in triumph like a child playing a game of catch!  Well, I have decided to turn this into a game of sorts.  You know this makes it less of a struggle for me and less painful too.

Hear ye! Hear ye folks of all ages! This is my informal announcement to you and to the world at large that I have chosen to believe in manifesting abundance in my life.  And I begin this journey with a positive expectation that my life will tremendously be blessed in every moment of now.  This is a powerful example of positive thinking, right?  Right!

Yes, manifesting abundance is easy!  I declared aloud this time with more firmness and belief.  I desire to manifest abundance in my relationships, in my health and well-being, in my spirituality, in my finances, in my thoughts, in my emotions, in my work, in my writings, in this website and in making my dreams come true.

I write all of this with joy in my heart because the very first step for manifesting abundance is to know what you want.  And for me, everyday has become a discovery of this beautiful awareness, an unfolding of who I am.

As you journey with me, as you read through the words and share in my experiences, it is my heartfelt wish that you may find your light and may it be your guide you as you too experience all the loving abundance that life has for you.

I declare for the umpteenth time:  manifesting abundance is easy!  Declare it now wherever you may be.

Changing Seasons Give Me Joy

The things that bring me joy are the simple things that come with the dawning of each new moment. It is the wind and the water, the sunlight and the fresh air, the sunrises and sunsets and all of nature with her different seasons that bring with it different joys.

The simple joys are everywhere as seen in the falling autumn leaves on this beautiful autumn day. Dressed in her splendor of color she reflects on top of the water. I come here often for the simple beauty, quiet reflection, where joy can find me way and spring forth without much effort.

To everything there is a Season and everything is made beautiful in its time.

There is a Winter season. A time when your roots grow. There is no harvest now!

There is a Spring season. It is a time for planting. There is no harvest now!

There is a Summer season. It is a time for great activity and growth. There is a minimal harvest now!

Finally comes the joy of Autumn. This is life’s harvest time!

So whatever the occasion may be, the changing of the Season is always a joy for me!