We can only respect ourself when we act, love and speak what we really think and believe. As soon as we “speak fake” we send a shameful message to our brain calling ourselves a fake. Be true to you by being who you believe that you should be. Be you!

“I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination. Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.” – Albert Einstein.

A visionary sees things as they could be, not as they currently are. They can imagine, and then take steps to change life into what they see in their mind, in their dreams, and turn them into reality. They see what isn’t yet and then they make it become a truth. Anyone can do this. In fact in many small ways you are already doing this.

During hard times we learn from making wrong choices. We make corrections and then go in a better direction. We learn right from wrong. Learning right from wrong is maturity. Knowledge alone will not help us, the world is full of very well educated failures. Wisdom is putting all that knowledge that we have learned from people, books and experience together to help us decide the right paths to take in the future and to understand what is right or wrong etc.

Loving someone doesn’t need a reason. If you can explain why you love someone, it’s called “LIKE” and if you cannot explain, its simply called “LOVE”. – Author Unknown.

Cherish your visions, cherish your ideals, cherish the music that stirs in your heart, the beauty that forms in your mind, the loveliness that drapes your purest thoughts, for out of them will grow delightful conditions, all heavenly environment; of these, if you but remain true to them, your world will at last be built. – James Allen.

“I don’t know what’s out there beyond those hills, but if you ride yonder, head up, eyes steady, heart open. I think that one day you will find that you are the hero you’ve have been looking for!” – Jimmy Stewart – Fieval Goes West.

President Lincoln was once asked about his attitude toward his enemies. “Why do you try to make friends of them?” asked an associate. “You should try to destroy them.”
“Am I not destroying my enemies,” Lincoln gently replied, “when I make them my friends?”

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A year-and-a-half ago I was about to make the biggest mistake of my life: Commit to marrying the wrong guy.

The venue was booked, the dress ordered, and the invites mailed. Everything was ready—except I was not. Out of nowhere, I started to notice an odd feeling. I couldn’t sleep or eat, and I struggled to focus at work. I was feeling emotional, yet numb. I couldn’t figure out what was wrong, until I realized my intuition was trying to get my attention.

Out of the blue, I knew in my heart and in my gut that I wanted to cancel the wedding and leave the relationship. I had never been so sure of anything in my life. Although I tried to rationalize the reason, it was impossible: We didn’t have any problems, rarely argued, and wanted the same things for the future. Yet one day I woke up and realized that we weren’t meant to be.

The hardest part was explaining things to my then-fiancé and my family. Everyone kept asking, “But why?” and my answer of, “I just know,” didn’t put anyone at ease. But when I had made the decision and told the people around me, it was like the weight of the world had been lifted off my shoulders. I felt free again.

Within weeks, my close friends told me how I looked happier and lighter again, like I had turned from a dark cloud into a ray of sunshine. To this day, I have still never been so sure of anything as I was about that decision. I trusted my gut and I am so glad I did. I have never been happier.

How did I know?
How could I have been so sure and confident in making such a massive change in my life?
Psychologists posit that the unconscious mind dictates decision-making more than we think. Even when you try to base decisions purely on logic, your subconscious mind nudges you with extra information.

– S Halonen.

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Whatever you believe, here are 3 reasons why you should listen to your intuition:

1) Your intuition is shaped by your past experiences, and your existing knowledge which you gained from them.

The more experienced you are in the domain you’re deciding on, the more accurately your intuition can offer you the most optimal decision. Although it can be useful to seek counsel from others, remind yourself that they don’t necessarily know what is best for you. Take their advice into consideration, if they’re more experienced than you are. In the end, your heart knows best. You lived your life and fully
experienced it, making you the best person to decide what to do next. When it comes to life decisions which involve a lot of feeling and heart, like relationships, only you know what’s in your heart. Trust that you have all the knowledge and experience you need to make the decision that’s right for you.

2) Your intuition is encoded in your brain like “a web of fact and feeling.”

This is why intuition is so much more powerful than taking advice from someone else. Your intuition connects your body, mind, and spirit, and how those three elements have digested everything from your past. This web of fact and feeling makes you feel expansive, excited, and nervous about a new challenge if it’s right. On the contrary, you will feel deflated, lethargic, and terrified if it’s wrong.

3) Your intuition connects you with all the nerve cells in your body.

The butterflies you feel in your tummy—sometimes referred to as a “gut feeling”—before an important decision are a result of feeling the millions of nerve cells in there. The subconscious part of the brain sends signals to the nerves in the tummy to feel that way. What better way to make a decision than to listen to your full being (and not only your mind)?

The key to mastering what I consider the sacred gift of intuition is learning to listen to it. The more attention you give it, the more powerful and accurate it will become.

– S Halonen.

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You will know a person’s heart by how they treat others who are physically and mentally weaker than them.

You will note that a good soul will not hurt the weaker people and animals, but will instead protect them, and do it will honour and courage.

One who loves others will sacrifice themselves for the others if the need arises.

A good character defends the weak, and strengthens the needy so that they will grow and become people who will help the needy.

Good characters are not frightened of people stronger than them, or people who have a higher intellect than them. Instead they will encourage them, and help them grow stronger and more capable and that brings more benefit to their company, church or family.

Good people do not fear others talents, or abilities. Instead they want to join them and see if they can progress together.

A good person will try to understand their enemies. They will understand that the enemy could have been them if they were born that person, so they have real sympathy for their enemies, and they want to see their enemies find the truth of their mistakes. But the good person will not condemn them, instead they will encourage a new decent, kind and good character to comes from that enemy, and
eventually that enemy will become a good and worthy friend who they can rely on.

A good person is responsible, and does what needs doing because it is the best thing to do for everyone. The good person will make right the things that they did wrong in the past.

A good person respects another person’s home and does not speak out of line or cause troubles.

A good person never takes advantage of another person’s weaknesses. Instead the good person helps teach that weak person how to become strong, capable and courageous.

A good person does not charge for things that should be done with love. Money should never be used to pay for love, physical or spiritual. Love should be sacred.

A good person gives from their heart and soul. And a genuine true good person gives away their excess to the poor and needy and does not hoard their wealth.

A good person is charitable, and knows that charity is love in action. The good person delights in seeing others happy from the good person’s efforts.

A good person is instinctively kind and loving. They don’t need to stop and think about being kind or loving, they are naturally what they are and that shows in that person’s actions and life.

A good person knows that in order to change the world that he or she must first change themself and then reach out to others as a new complete loving human being.

All the best
from James M Sandbrook.
June 3, 2015 at 11:33pm.