Wakeup Breathing

One day a farmer’s donkey fell down into a well. The animal cried piteously for hours as the farmer tried to figure out what to do.

Finally, he decided the animal was old, and the well needed to be covered up anyway; it just wasn’t worth it to retrieve the donkey.

He invited all his neighbors to come over and help him. They all grabbed a shovel and began to shovel dirt into the well. At first, the donkey realized what was happening and cried horribly.

Then, to everyone’s amazement he quieted down.

A few shovel loads later, the farmer finally looked down the well. He was astonished at what he saw. With each shovel of dirt that hit his back, the donkey was doing something amazing.

He would shake it off and take a step up.

As the farmer’s neighbors continued to shovel dirt on top of the animal, he would shake it off and take a step up.

Pretty soon, everyone was amazed as the donkey stepped up over the edge of the well and happily trotted off!

Life is going to shovel dirt on you, all kinds of dirt. The trick to getting out of the well is to shake it off and take a step up. Each of our troubles is a steppingstone….

We can get out of the deepest wells just by not stopping, never giving up! Shake it off and take a step up.

Remember the five simple rules to be happy:

Free your heart from hatred - Forgive.
Free your mind from worries - Most never happen.
Live simply and appreciate what you have.
Give more
Expect less

Are you complaining that your life style is not what you want or that you don’t make enough money?

Let me ask you…

What are you doing to develop yourself?

When was the last time you read a book or what was the last book you read? When was the last time you attended a seminar?

Continuous self improvement is vital for your success. You must become more to achieve more. How can you be different or achieve more if you don’t do more or change what you do now.

When you learn something new and develop new skills, you will position yourself to reach a higher level in life.
Always strive to be the best that you can be. Set your self improvement goals and take action to achieve them.

Continuously, work on yourself. Don’t stop your personal growth. Personal growth is a life long journey. You just don’t arrive
at the of the growth journey. Because it is a journey not a destination.

Learn from the experts, study success and life, and make it a habit to read something to improve your mind at least 20 minutes everyday. And the most important thing is to apply what you learn.

Everyday take an action to expand your mind and develop yourself.

Come up with your personal mission statement like…”Be the best that you can be. Grow and your life will grow.”

Where you are today is simply a reflection of where your attitude and efforts have brought you.

Improve everyday and increase your potential and you can change that reflection.
Your potential is unlimited and you can do whatever you want. You just need to commit yourself to the continuous improvement journey.

Make the decision today to do whatever you can to be the best that you can be……

I wanted to have something a little different this post. You may love it or not….either way enjoy

Ted Nugent outlines the keys to leading a good life in America

Gather around, high school and college graduates, and listen good — real good. What I am about to tell you will help you immensely throughout the rest of your lives if you commit to practicing Uncle Ted’s proven modus operandi for a quality of life.

Work
Nobody owes you a thing. Everything you will get out of life will be based solely on what you put into it.

As humorist Mark Twain said, “Don’t go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first.”

The only free lunches are at the homeless shelter. If you want to dance, you have to pay the band. And you will get what you pay for.

Get a job. If you work hard, real hard, at your favorite craft, you will ultimately succeed. If you are lazy, you will not succeed. Expect to be fired over and over again and aimlessly drift from job to job, your soul as empty as your bank account.

Find your passion in life, your calling, something you crave, that special thing that makes you giddy. Set a goal and never, ever quit. When you get close to the brass ring, move it farther away from your grasp.

Do not complain. Any spineless whiner can do that. Instead, look for solutions to tough problems. This will earn you respect from your boss and get you promoted.

Never do anything for money. Do what you do exceedingly well and thoroughly enjoy, and money will come looking for you.

Be frugal. Live responsibly within your means. Bling-bling is not making ends meet.

Values
Never be afraid to let yourself go and exhibit unbridled raw emotion and enthusiasm. Emotions need exercise. March to the beat of making your own loud and obnoxious guitar breeding noises no matter how many times they tell you to turn down and stop the feedback. Following trends and peer pressure is for mindless sheep that are never happy.

Avoid negative people and slobbering hippies like the plague. They never accomplish anything. Surround yourself with positive people who are better than yourself and will mentor, help and guide you honestly.

If you want to know how others perceive you, look around at whom you associate with. In the end, all you have is your character and integrity. Do not ever compromise or sell them.

Take care of your precious, sacred temple. Eat smart and stay clean. Do not smoke, use drugs, eat or drink too much or chew on glass sandwiches. Partaking in these mindless misadventures will shorten your life.

Find a relaxing hobby to recharge your batteries that has nothing to do with your profession. I have found that peaceful time with family, friends, loved ones and my dogs, fishing, hunting, shooting, setting rocks on fire, giving birth to brass rainbows by shooting machine guns till barrels burn up, and killing sacred protein with sharp sticks recharges my batteries beyond redline. I cleanse my soul as I cleanse the good mother earth by eating her surplus.

Take the time each day to show love and affection for your family and loved ones. The smallest gesture goes straight to the heart.

Never miss an opportunity to say thank you to the men and women in our military and law enforcement. They are the defenders of freedom putting their lives on the line for you so you can reach your American Dream.

Politics
Be intelligently and effectively defiant. Defiance is the very spirit that gave birth to this country when our forefathers fought against overwhelming odds, signed the Declaration of Independence and fired the “shot heard ’round the world.” Lock and load. Really.

Remember Rosa Parks. Be prepared to defy stupid laws and regulations wherever you find them. Raise hell. Vote smart.

If you have not made a few well-deserving idiots boil over in anger by the time you are 25, get busy. We live in a target-rich environment of liberal denial.

Famous philosopher and legendary San Francisco police detective, my hero Dirty Harry, once said, “A man has got to know his limitations.” This is good advice.

Stand up for what you believe. Remain polite and courteous, but never back down. You have an obligation to leave America in better shape than when you arrived. Work to ensure that future generations of America have a better shot at the American Dream as well as more freedom, more liberty and more pursuits of happiness than you did.

Trust your gut feelings. Only trust people who have earned your trust. Trust but verify.

Have fun. Life is not a dress rehearsal. Live smart, live good. Rock hard.

The law of attraction tells us that what we attract to our life what we give our attention to. So we put our attention and efforts toward that which is good for us and not toward that which is not good…….

So is watching 3-4 hours of television every night good or bad for you? Does televison provide some spiritual growth? What are you attracting by burning that many hours a day watching televison. Doing this once in a while is probably not a big issue. But many will spend every night glued to the tv.

I believe television robs us of our creativity and energy. At least newspapers and the internet use you brain by you reading the information. Television by it’s nature encourages us to sit and do nothing but watch the prepared information. Let’s look at one aspect of television, the evening news and see how it can affect your life.

Let’s look at the national evening news. It doesn’t matter which network you are watching because they all say the same. In fact you can put them side by side and see the same news. Every night we are subjected to the lead story, which is the most sensational story of the day. The most sensational story may not be the most important to us. But it is the one that has been determined to get the most people to watch to sell the most amount of products during commercials. If you observe you will see we are also fed a constant diet of fear……………

We are told to fear the weather, fear earthquakes, fear the flu, fear the poor, fear our enemies, fear our school systems, fear foreigners, fear our food, fear children who commit crimes, fear the environmentalists, fear just about everything. This is the “news” that we subject ourselves to daily. I personally do not watch the news on televison because it isn’t news.

Can you imagine if the news only gave us the good that happened everyday? It gave us news that was uplifting and encouraged people to take risks, start a business, write a book. Told us about people helping other people….instead of hurting others.

So I have to ask….What is television attracting to you and is it good?

“When you have come to the edge of all that you know and are about to step off into the darkness, faith is knowing one of two things will happen: there will be something solid to stand on, or you will learn to fly.”

It’s pretty normal for all of us to feel hesitant when we want to try something new. The underlying fear of failure can be crippling. There are even some who fear of getting what they want and finding out that it’s not really as great as they dreamed it to be.

The fear of failure is totally understandable but there are ways to work though your fears. One is to start slow and take your time learning or trying something new. Focus on trying something simple and set a realistic goal. The purpose of the exercise is to build your confidence by reaching some easy goals. By continuing to build your confidence you can set your goals higher and eventually reach whatever goals you have set for yourself.

The second fear can be re-worded as the fear of disappointment and is just as real as the fear of failure. Sometimes an unfortunate event can happen at the same time as something good was happening. From then on we may associate bad feelings with good events. So we avoid reaching our goals because subconsciencely we think something bad will happen.

When this fear becomes uncontrollable it can stop us from attempting anything because we want to avoid disappointment. But if you can recognize that your fear is holding you back there is always room for change.
Small steps of change can add up to dramatic change in your life. A todler doesn’t learn to walk all at once, they take small steps and eventually learn to walk. So it is sometimes with change in our owns lives.

Whatever fear you have, challenge yourself to face the obstacles. Problems are always there and so are the solutions. One thing easy to do that can help a lot is to have some sort of a affirmation like: “I want to be ____ and I choose to do ____ to achieve this.” It verbalizes your thoughts and helps you focus on the correct way to pull it off. There will be times when you’ll get some setbacks but take it slow and cut yourself some slack and try again.

Continuous forward movement will get you to your goal……