Like any good mother, her desire was to have her child grow bright and bold, and to be full of good humor and wit, and to be generous and courageous and kind.
For, being such, how could anyone not have the most beautiful story?
After all, what is the code and concept of life, of living, of humanity, if it is not to find one's calling and to have that calling be greater than one's self; if it is not to pursue that calling and complete it with joyous self-respect?
Wherever you go, whatever you do, you take yourself with you. Everything else is dressing.
Beyond The Hero there is a precious urgency. Not fanaticism! A learned determination (rhythmic diligence); an earned tenacity (focused balance).
The sky is clear.
This certain person stumps his big toe . . . face-plank!
This other person stumps his big toe a fourth time . . . face-plank!
This person sees the stone!
Those three journeys do not occupy the same space under the clear sky.
We discover something: living is learned in many a different way - up-up-up to developed capacity - come patterned wind or shine from yesteryear. Time and again, it is proving wise to embrace one's prevailing truth (regardless) THEN to ink the next passage past there. (Powerful. Peerless.) There, each life owns its story. Ah, so Cain killed Abel. (Both had plenty. One had envy.) Storms are communal. Grief is personal. Some parse sunlight. Some parse rain. Breathe. The view is shrivelled through tears.
Beyond The Hero something else remarkable is evident. Confidence! Not like it was before the hero's journey. Exit the cave. Confidence!
The sky is clear.
bright-eyed bushy-tailed unaware naive
in debt
harassed
unsafe
guilt-ridden
accepted protected
provided
unburdened - free
Those three stories, each rich in its unfolding, are not etched on the same patch of breeze, though under the clear sky they breathe. Breathe! Life is lived in many a different way - up through elected priority - come patterned wind or shine from yesteryear. Some clouds sit long. Some swiiftly disappear. Life, regardless, is poetry there, where wisdom lives naked and love is not asleep. Breathe: inhale; exhale! We've discovered something worthy.
These, Beyond The Hero, embrace the challenge confronted. Uncertainty. They harvest trials and harness recoveries. Resilience. They buffer blustering: discouragment and distraction. They were not awakened by the noise of a storm; they came through its rumble, grittily, greased, bruised and healed, passing learnings along like batons unseen at the dawn of an explosion of innovation and ingenuity.
Welcome to episode three of BEYOND THE HERO - confidence - curated by Neville DeAngelou. It is a three-legged stool on which laurels do not rest. Let's explore its workings where hope is high and hearts are heard through lifted chests.
Noise disrupts communication, destroys harmony.
Enjoy actionable discoveries continuously shared - smartly - particularly those that uplift, inspire, promote harmony, expand opportunities, exemplify beauty, and reveal wonder, in other words, those proven to strengthen our emboldened exercise of genuine love through all of love's fertile dimensions, supplying those of us who are blessed and inspired to take action with necessary skillsets to be awesome in our real world. Namaste. Share.
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BE SMART
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Miracles of mind-over-matter and follies of matterless minds are enormously edifying.
There exists amongst us a breed BEYOND THE HERO - not some sort of stereotype. Time and again, we have leaned on brilliant examples from amongst our Wonder Women to facilitate transformation and growth and achievement. This will continue to be so in this segment. Learning never stops. Beyond where growth stops, the news is not good.
In our new segment, however, we will primarily be highlighting four critical elements of the RyoMale, which we will use to explore, examine, exemplify, and work out in order to expand amongst our ranks a) more of our brand new breed BEYOND THE HERO and b) effective emergent leaders (of all stripes) apopros to the better values of our times.
We are OPEN - Our World Needs Each Of Us, that much better at our best!
Today's pivot QUESTION: you are wise, you are smart; you've taken deep breaths and centered yourself; you reflected, re-evaluated and recalibrated; you're refueled; you've come to an awakened realization: alas, despite a thousand butterflies busy in your belly, this is your moment; it's time for ACTION:
- you KNOW that you need to learn or figure out how to breathe life into your awesome revelation, what will you do next and when?
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The Art of Bouncing Back
BEYOND THE HERO, resilience, which was nurtured, toughened and flexed through the many lessons and skills absorbed along a hero's journey, is here bolstered and boosted by the primacy of the new vision, the promise of a just cause, and the efficacy of honest effort. In this way, challenge is a rejuvenator. One's resilience - no matter its reliability or strength - does not remove challenge, resolve challenge, nor shield from grief, disappointment, or the pain of defeat; it is an emboldening ability; it boosts confidence. It does so upon one's decision to get up and go on. In getting-up strength is achieved. One must then be resolute.
"Keep your thoughts positive because your thoughts become your words. Keep your words positive because your words become your behavior. Keep your behavior positive because your behavior becomes your habits. Keep your habits positive because your habits become your values. Keep your values positive because your values become your destiny." _ Mohandas Gandhi
No substitute for a strong heart.
"You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, 'I lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.'" Eleanor Roosevelt.
Confidence is a cool freedom.
It is not conceit.
It is not hubris.
It is not bravado.
It is not arrogance.
It is a certainty based on evidence of ability.
It is freedom from diffidence or embarassment.
NB: Confidence in no way of itself implies courage, suitability, profitability, morality or acceptability, but for each and all of those (properly exercised) it is a necessity.
Have you a cause so compelling your being exists precisely for it? Is your cause SO JUST it is worthy of the time, space, and efforts required to achieve it? Does your cause keep you fired up, does it give you a reason to rise into every fresh new day grateful? How confident are you?
Learn something new - maybe a new language / an online course
Re-acquaint yourself with nature - bird-watching - hiking - gardening
Make that new recipe or invent one
Do puzzles / board games for families (or homies)
Call that person! Call that person! Call that person!
Drop a dish / Leave a note / Let someone know you're available (if you are)
Count blessings
Remember: this is YOUR LIFE; only you can live it.Live purposefully; that is profitable.
Take Action
"Know what you own. Understand what you claim. Believe you can achieve what you conceive then call it by its name. Mine! The extent to which you have this clarity of mind, this purity of understanding, this strength of belief, you have the fire, the fuel, the impetus, the passion, the determination, the willpower you require to pursue and retrieve your truest desire. But do not claim what does not belong to you. It will not keep you . . . it will suffer you but for only so long."
You are valued. You are important. What you experience is important. Your intention matters. You are a whole being. You are a true wonder. You diminish yourself whenever you pit valued elements of who you are against vital elements of who you are: your intuitive self against your intellectual self, your rational self against your emotional self, your gut against your heart against your head. Don't be put at war against yourself: you are a masterpiece. An intricate being. Human!
Communication Is Key
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Life: it is a dance. It gets better with practice; its music is in your heart and in your soul and in your blood and in your bones. Life; it is a dance. It gets better with practice. You have a partner – your spirit. You can have a party if you like, but choose smartly who you invite, for life – your life – is a dance. It gets better with practice, unless you stop the music or so crowd your dance floor there is no space to move or be moved within it. Explore. Yes, life; it is a dance. It gets better with practice until the dance becomes the dancer and the dancer becomes the dance and life and all of existence becomes a singular flow. Yes, life; it is a dance. It gets better with practice. Dance.
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Put The Junk Out
Home is a special place. Love resides there. The best journeys take you there. Hope lives there. Home leaves no question about belonging. Friends belong there. Dreams thrive there. Home is a place of forgiveness. There is no rejection there. Home is a place of rest and recuperation and rejuvination. There is laughter there. Life takes you to unexpected places; love brings you home. At home you are free to flourish. It is where you birthed your wings. Are you there yet? Let joy in. That's awesome.
Out beyond ideas of right doing and wrong doing there is a field. I'll meet you there.
When the soul lies down in that grass, the world is too full to talk about.
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live laugh love
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let your light shine
Come, let us all be friends for once,
Let us make life easy on us,
Let us be lovers and loved ones,
The earth shall be left to no one.
Across the nation and around the world there is a long rumble.
It is a rumble so loud it strikes ready ears as a distant clap of a fierce thunder. It is a rumble so low, it rides beneath the noise of a thousand human fears; it can no longer be heard. Fear of flight, fear of heights, fear of sand, fear of snow, fear of monsters in the closet, fear of bugs in the pillow, fear of cats, fear of bats, fear of strangers at the door, fear of being lost, fear of being laughed at, fear of being stuck in the toilet bowl, fear of whites, fear of blacks, fear of browns, blues and yellows, fear of nakedness, fear of the unknown, fear of being hurt.
Smile. Live. Love. Laugh. Look. Listen. Learn. Be awesome. You are powerful beyond measure. You are not alone. You can do all things. I am you. You are me. We are one. Keep Sharing.
May our light shine on sprinkled seeds along The Journey.
"Live Your Life - Live it well. You are worth it."
Listen. Learn. Lead.
"I have the audacity to believe that peoples everywhere can have three meals a day for their bodies, education and culture for their minds, and dignity, equality, and freedom for their spirits. I believe that what self-centered men have torn down, men other-centered can build up." Martin Luther King Jr.Look. Listen. Learn. STRETCH & SAVE! (A Place Called Ah.)
Breathe.
We are accompanied.
Balance - Focus - Rhythm
BE EVER REMINDED:the life you are living is YOUR life; ONLY YOU can live it!
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