Realized.

I've been thinking alot about Colbie Caillat's new song 'Realized'. I believe that even though we try to be tough, we let our guard down and let people into our lives. Taking that risk, sometimes pays off and other times, it doesn't. Is it worth all the trouble putting yourself through? I don't think so especially since others don't really gives a damn!


If you just can't realized what I realized,
That we'd be prefect for each other
We'll never find another
Just realized what I realized
We never have to wonder
It's not the same
No, it's never the same
If you don't feel it too
If you meet me half way
If you would just meet me half way
It could be the same for you

Money $

I was reading this book on the 'Choice' we make in our lives. How these decisions we make affect our entire life. Whether for the better or worse! It can be scary to even think maybe our decisions are wrong ones and that our lives could be better if along the 'road travelled' we made other choices and followed another path. Would we still be here? Would I still be here? Where I am?



Then I was thinking about money. I don't think that money is the most important thing in life, I don't. But I do believe with money, many dreams can become a reality.



Even though money isn't the most important thing in life, it does affect the most important things in our lives. It affects our stress level, which affects our relationships. It affects the kind of car we can afford, which affects our safety. It affects where we live, which affects our family.



Like it or not, our freedom is a function of money. The main reason we work, sometimes even on weekends is because of money.

I read a newspaper story of a man in UK who won millions of pounds, but all he wants in this life is more time, not more money. Time to spend with his family as he is dying.

Like others, I have two thoughts on money! But I do like 'Graham Nash' quote: "Is the money you make worth the price that you pay?"

Crossroads

Robert Frost once said: "Two roads diverged in the forest, and I took the one less travelled by, and that has made all the difference".

In life we are often presented with life's crossroads, and we have decisions to make.

These decisions are not easy ones, as a series of consequences and experiences await us along the chosen path.

It is the ultimate lesson in cause and effect.

Now the trick is to anticipate what is inherent in the choice prior to making it...sounds easy right? Not really..

Hence, we need to choose our paths wisely - a purpose driven path filled with adventure, fun, excitement and fulfillment.

It is this path which will lead to our best life.

Feel Good Thoughts

"Nothing can come into your experience unless you summon it through persistent thoughts".

The importance of our feelings cannot be overstated. Our feelings let us know what we're thinking. Our feelings are the greatest tool to help us create our life.

Do you believe that our thoughts are the primary cause of everything that happens in our life? Everything we see and experience in this world is effect and that includes our feelings. The cause is always our thoughts.

Our feelings tell us very quickly what we're thinking. Our feelings are an immediate signal for us to know what we are thinking.

So the next time you are sad and depressed, it's because you had bad thoughts! Thus, be careful of what you think!

The First Paradoxical Commandment

I like to look at the Paradoxical Commandments as the modern day 10-Commandments that people general try to live up to in their everyday lives.

The first Paradoxical Commandment is: People are illogical, unreasonable and self-centered. Love them Anyway! This is really something reasonably hard to do.

I remember reading in a Peanut cartoon strip created by Charles Schultz : Lucy, one the 'characters' of the Peanut cartoon strip once said "I love mankind. It's people I can't stand"!
Pretty interesting yet so very true with many of us.
People can certainly be difficult. Some are hard to love. Some make it hard for us to love them. Some just don't deserve to be loved.

However Theodore Roethke once said "Love begets Love". Do you believe that love can transform people and make them more lovable?

We need to learn to enjoy the immense personal meaning that comes from giving and receiving the gift of love.

It's a Crazy World...

In life sometmes; who you know is often more important than what you know.

Go ahead, you can say it; the world is crazy beyond words. If it doesn't make sense to you, you're right. It doesn't really make sense.

The point is not to complaint about it. The point is not to give up hope.

The point is this: the world doesn't make sense, but you can make sense!.

It is possible to find personal meaning in life. It's all about finding personal meaning in a crazy world.

For the rest of your life, you can do what you believe is right and good and true becos' "it makes sense to you".

If you do what is right, good and true, you will often be appreciated for your contributions.

But if you can find personal meaning without the world's applause then you are free.

You are free to do what makes sense to you, whether or not others appreciate it.

You are free to be who you really are.

You are free to be who you were meant to be.

You are free to find meaning that others miss

And when you find that meaning, you will find a happiness than any you have ever known.

Swimming against the odds

I was reading this article the other day about swimming against the odds in life. Pretty interesting article I would say. Basically it teaches people to believe in your own abilities as it is the key to achieving your goals in life.

The most vital aspect of success is self-belief. The lack of self-belief was what caused people to think negatively and fail. Once you expect to fail, you will tend to choose the actions that take you towards failure. That is the way our brain works. This concept is very much what the Law of Attractions is all about.

If you do not change your negative thought processes, you will end up getting just what you expected in the first place, which is failure.

If you can raise your self-belief, you will start to expect success and will therefore take the actions that eventually lead you to success.
So don't spend your energy looking for reasons why you can't cope but work on your self-belief as it will always lead you to success.

Anyway

So one of the books I'm currently reading is called 'Anyway: The Paradoxical Commandments'. Believe it or not, I actually bought this book at a flea market for RM5. This book cost less than my everyday lunch.
I just started reading this book so I can't actually give a complete review of this book however the introduction really caught my attention; it's pretty interesting. Could the rest of the book be awesome reading? Only time will tell.

Anyway, The Paradoxical Commandments should be looked at as a challenge in life. The challenge is to always do what is right, good and true even if others don't appreciate it. Making the world a better place can't depend on applause.

You have to keep striving no matter what because if you don't, many of the things that needs to be done in our world will never get done.

There are some pretty unreasonable things in this book; for example: Even if people are illogical, unreasonable and self-centered; love them anyway.
And maybe the good you do today will be forgotten tomorrow. So what??? You have to do good anyway!