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?
In a dreamers episode, Living The Dream or Tail Between The Legs, one of our producers, Ari Perez, opens up about his transformational experiences achieving his dream. Put together, they demonstrate real and conceptual differences between
having a dream
achieving the dream
and living the dream.
"I am just lucky to have that," he said, acknowledging his achievement, "and to smile, laugh, dance. I wish that for a lot of people." Then came his awakening: Living The Dream!
Many who dream, strangely, never get there. They are left staggering along byroads - queasy, apathetic, weary, disoriented - largely because of unrelenting noise pollution: internal noises (garbled communications between their body and mind and spirit), environmental noises (mismatched messages from infiltrating influences), reverb noises (unending echo-chamber bounce-around of same-old-same-old growing ever louder).
There are dreamers who press through having a clear vision, who regularly raise and respond to three consequential questions along their journey:
1. Are my thoughts, actions and relations properly aligned (am I headed where I'm going)?
2. Have I created the relational space necessary for continuous freedom of action (am I stalled, chained, blocked in, or maneuverable)?
3. Is my next action aligned, as best I know how with what I know now (is my brand of courage intentional, intelligent and inspired, or infected)?
Some dreamers are stalled by a different question: what happens when the dream is achieved? Could that question be the hidden obstacle blocking your progress: a secret fear of having to actually live what you dream; an aroused sense of unpreparedness to be as you imagine you ought when you arrive; a suspicion that fullfilment would be the end, the precipice of a downhill, a clear sight of an abyss? Shockingly, secretly, that hidden question iswhy many dreams stay closeted, cushioned under a blanket. A sweet fantasy! An uninterrupted pleasure. An eternal dream. Easily excused as destiny; if it was to be it would've been; not all dreams come true; unlucky!
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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Experience a full moonlight sonata - a welcomed pause - a full quiet - the musical beats of a resting heart?
It happens differently to every human. For some it never happens. How, when and where it happens is contingent on an array of factors: birth (how, where, when and through whom one enters our world), for example; environment (the nature of one's exposure to life); community (the level of one's absorption of their environment); information; comprehension. Whatever the formula, whenever the enlightenment, eventually it registers: I AM FREE. At that awakening, the terrain that person is occupying lights up. Across that landscape, at the level of insight, features designed to curtail freedom become apparent. Questions surface. This happens differently for every human: decision!
Create and optimize transferable value for a life of lasting significance regardless of endeavor.
We define profitable exchange to be 'value for value' offered in the arena where stakeholders are satisfied, causes are advanced toward individual and common good, and lives are experiencing wholeness and enjoying significance.
We are exploring alongside exceptional creators, influencers and producers. As a barometer, during each of these episodes we are applying a relevant value-set of one or other of RyoSports Athletes pivotal cornerstones - fierce, flexible, fun, friendly, free, fashionable - to guage health, wealth and wellbeing, and will encourage you to do likewise.
Hop on for a fun and fruitful ride.
Today's pivot QUESTION: were you to conclude that a) what you put out from your mind and body and spirit matters every bit as much as what you take into your body and mind and spirit, and b) what has become you is not only what you consciously took into you
- what would you do to optimize your physical, mental and spiritual health in order to achieve what you've decided toaccomplish?
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Healthy Mind, Healthy Body, Healthy Spirit
The very act of living challenges our mind, body and spirit. Whether one stays put (resigned) or presses onward (invigorated), we find that the mind, body and spirit are continuosly challenged by its environment and by the elements of the terrain that person is occupying or traversing. This ongoing interaction is inseparable from the processes of being and becoming. This is life. This is living. It is the challenge to which, for the best benefits of our being, we rise. Also, as is regularly discovered then re-discovered to be the case during the achievement and sustainment of a healthy body, it is equally true for a healthy mind and a healthy spirit. We experience the full impact of whatever elements we select and by whatever measures we pluck those elements from our environment to nourish our being. We experience the effects of the manner (the recipe) we use to prepare those elements for our intake. Some recipes destroy the inherent benefit of its ingredients. Some recipes enhance those benefits. For those of us who are inspired, motivated, moved or progressed by the proper intake of healthy varieties, we find it enormously beneficial to learn from each other's experience, and to share our experiences, and to allow ourselves the fullest freedom to test, accept, or reject, and that, we do, clear of conscience while being fully cognizant of the consequences of our decisions and choices. It is simply a smart thing to be able to do. It is mature. It is healthy. With wisdom, we do what we need to do to go where we want to go to get to where we want to be to have what we choose to have in acceptance and appreciation of this gift of life. This is living. To abdicate that responsibility is foolish. But it is not the whole story.
Let's for artistry sake say we are to select four convenient elements (ingredients) to create a healthy lifestyle recipe that will satiate our mind, our body and our spirit as well as facilitate an enriching personal experience during this week, what elements would you select? How about, as an example, these four lifestyle elements: self-assessment; self-regulation, empathy and compassion? So, what might this do for us? It would put us in tune with our intentions and emotions. It would enhance our situational awareness. It would allow us to expereince the power of our words and actions on those within our environment, as well as, awaken us to the impact of their words and actions on our wellbeing. It will most likely improve our overalll effectiveness doing what we do. It would definitely raise our value and lift our values into the spotlight. It would position us nicely for our next move, just as an example! How about your choice of ingredients? What four would you choose? Have a feast!
"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
Effective communication - internal, external, intramodal, 'preternatural' - is a prized skill. It is especially more prized in noisy environments, where any and every message can be easily distorted, truncated, misappropirated, and misrepresented. What is delivered is not always what is received. Intelligence is a vulnerable organ. Effective communication seems the kind of skill that requires repeated learning with no graduation date, if we are to optimize the viabliity of delivered intelligence, maximize the efficacy of received intelligence, minimize the impact of disruptive transmissions, and mitigate the damages of corrosive pollution. It is a smart thing to be able to do. And this is not easy.
We impact our environments. Our environments impact us. To resign ourselves to the state of any environment in the belief that it just is what it is, and is destined so to be, is to abdicate our responsibility as living conditions of our environments. Not only that, defaulting ourselves that way has so far always proven to be reckless, and always more sufferable to the vulnerable. Who is exempt?
In light of that awareness - aware of your vulnerability, knowing what you want to accomplish - what will you do next?
beneficial - useful - advantageous - helpful - of use - of service - valuable - productive - worthwhile - rewarding - fruitful - enriching - illuminating - informative - well-spent.
Those who know better are better positioned to be better!
Action Options for those who are free!
Develop a deep and abiding unerstanding of what you want to accomplish and why you want to accomplish it
Develop & practice acute awareness of your
emotions
strengths
weaknesses
values
and personal drivers
Develop & practice responsible ways of redirecting disruptive emotions
Develop the skills to accomplsih what you want to accomplish
Go and accomplish it; starting with the very next required step
Remember: It 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!
Cherish The Moments - It's Profitable!
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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.
Masterpiece
a work of outstanding artistry, skill, or workmanship.
Your best performance is probably the one in which you bring the best of you with the best of what you've learned, know, and are able to do in the moment of your performance. Do you! If you don't like you, learn to like you (body, mind and spirit), then do you. Let your body feed your mind. Let your mind feed your body. Let your spirit shine through. Freely. Billboard Question in The Arena: You've lived to be a thousand years and you're still totally healthy, and now comes your last performance for all the world to enjoy: what will be your performance?
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. It is very unwise to underestimate the adhesive strength and the distructive power of basic hatred. Look. Listen. Learn. STRETCH! (A Place Called Ah.)
Breathe.
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Balance - Focus - Rhythm
BE EVER REMINDED:the life you are living is YOUR life; ONLY YOU can live it!
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