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Passion Party #176 - The Shift

Posted: 9 March 2010, 6:29 am - Passion Party

Why do I do this every morning?
It is to share a moment of silence with my self
to feel my breath
to accept the darkness of the morning
to sit and breathe
until my mind becomes still
and I can feel
the warmth coming from my heart
the energy flow through my body.

It is not that I am looking for an answer
I want only to be open to the possibilities
that will be presented to me today
My heart is open
and I am willing

This is the biggest shift that has taken place
my days have moved from
Fear - Hard Work - Shut Down
to Trust - Possibilities - Sharing My Open Heart.

Passion Party #175 - Risk and Reward

Posted: 8 March 2010, 6:22 am - Passion Party

Great Love and Great Achievement involve great risk.
This is evident when we watch Olympic athletes
and it is evident when a child is born.

In finance and investing
there are books and books and books
written about this risk/reward ratio
attempts to calculate and quantify the balance between acceptable risk and the resulting return on investment.
Our current financial crisis in part stems from a flawed belief that great rewards could come to many people without any risk.
You bets your money, and you takes your chances.

But with Great Love and Great Achievement
when you know in your heart it is right
the risk is worth it, we make the move.
It is impossible to have it all figured out
We risk
We take that leap of faith
and often
Great Love and Great Achievement will follow.

Passion Party #174 - Be Gentle

Posted: 5 March 2010, 6:25 am - Passion Party

There are things we do for money
and things we do for love
Things we do for passion
or to thank the stars above

But one thing I must remember
for my actions to have worth:
Be gentle with myself
and be gentle with the earth.

Passion Party #173 - Letting Go

Posted: 4 March 2010, 6:34 am - Passion Party

My business is full of things I cannot control
My life is full of things I cannot control
So I have a choice
1) Try to manage things out of my control
2) Let go

There are people in my life that don't do what I think they should do.
I have a choice
1) Try to make them more like me
2) Try to accommodate them
3) Let go

As I am letting go
with acceptance, compassion, and love
I notice
my mood lightens
I can focus on those things that I can complete
I create space for more good things to enter my life
Better clients
Better relationships
And some people that I let go
come back
with a new understanding.

Passion Party #172 - Imitate, Emulate, Innovate

Posted: 3 March 2010, 6:09 am - Passion Party

The first thing I need to do
is just imitate
find someone already successful at what I want to do
and copy the model.
The KEY is to find the model that fits for you:
it has all been done before,
don't re-invent the wheel,
just find the wheel that fits

The next step is to emulate
to aim to exceed or surpass
what was created by the people who taught me

Only after I have fully integrated
what has already been proven
can I consider innovation.
Trying to introduce something new
when I don't even have it "right"
is a road to disaster.
Once I totally have the system wired and perfected
only then can I begin to do it in a new way.

Passion Party #171 - Love and Cooking

Posted: 2 March 2010, 6:31 am - Passion Party

Love and cooking are very similar

Both need to be approached with reckless abandon
Both get messy at times
Both require focus
You don't want it too spicy, or too bland
The more your pay attention, the better the results
Reading the recipe is OK, but things get even better when you know the ingredients
and you start to improvise.

Passion Party #170 - Wishes, Prayers, Action

Posted: 1 March 2010, 6:38 am - Passion Party

Years ago I learned the correct way to pray
and I didn't learn it in Religious School.
The Hebrew prayers I learned were rote memorization of a foreign language
and alphabet (alef-bet).
When translated they mainly were just saying
"God is great"
and
"Do this to supplicate to God"
and
"Thank You God for giving us bread or candles, or whatever".
And then my prayers in English were really wishes,
"I wish I had a million dollars"
"I wish I could find True Love"
"I wish I was in a famous rock band"
"I wish my dog wouldn't die".

Then I learned a better way to pray,
to ask to be able to do God's will.
If I wanted something more specific, I could say "If it is your will, please..." and I could close my prayers with, "Thy will, not mine, be done".
And I learned that God is a pretty busy guy (or gal, or whatever), and that if I really wanted something to happen, I can't wait around for it like waiting for a bus to show up, I would have to take action to make it happen.

The moral of this story is:
Spend less time developing your wish-bone
and more time exercising your back-bone.

Passion Party #169 - The Three Rs

Posted: 26 February 2010, 6:25 am - Passion Party

We grew up in a world
where school was based on the three Rs:
Reading, 'riting, and 'rithmatic.
But I would suggest
that school spends way too much time teaching "facts" and how to pass tests
instead of teaching how to live a purposeful and successful life.
In high school they will teach you calculus, but not how to balance a checkbook.
Our brains are full of information, but not so full of knowledge.

Today I will practice
the three Rs of life:
*Respect for self
*Respect for others
*Responsibility in all my actions

Everything else will follow from that.

Passion Party #168 - Share Knowledge

Posted: 25 February 2010, 6:16 am - Passion Party

There are days like today
I feel so small
The world is dark and cold
All I want to do is
crawl back under the covers.

It is times like this that I need to get quiet
listen to that inner voice
and then focus on my expertise,
on what I am best at,
on what I know best,
and be willing to share it.

Today I can be a teacher
Not perfect
but fearless
to share what I know is true.

Sharing knowledge is the greatest gift
more precious than jewels
I have heard that sharing knowledge
is a way to immortality.

Passion Party #167 - My Heart Is Open

Posted: 24 February 2010, 6:29 am - Passion Party

Today
I can be of service
Today
I can walk in beauty
Today
I can practice patience and understanding
I can see the good in others
My heart is open
to serve, to share beauty, to be patient and understand
that we are all on of this Path of Life together.

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