Hey, I have a question? How often do you help others? Quite a bit am I right? Well, who’s there to help you when you need it most? Not too many people or nobody, right? That’s what’s wrong with people nowadays, a good majority of us are greedy and only want to do things that will benefit ourselves. We don’t help enough people nowadays, we only care about ourselves and that’s sad because we could honestly change the world if we put others first, we could take a hugeeeee chunk out of the mental health issues in today’s society. We feel like nobody is there for us, so we need to start giving and stop expecting things in return!! Here’s what I want you to do, something so simple, I want you to start by helping one person every single day and if you already help one person every single day or maybe you help more than one people, I want you to bump that number up. I promise it’ll be life-changing!! Together we can change the world!!
Make yourself happy
Often times we rely on others to make us happy, in order to be happy we must first make ourselves happy! When you rely on others to make you happy you will oftentimes be let down, maybe something gets in between the relationship or friendship, maybe y’all have a falling out and then you have to be alone and make yourself happy, which can be very difficult. You have to spend time alone in order to find something that makes you happy, once you do this a few times you’ll begin to realize how much happier you’ll become when you no longer have to rely on other people! Being disabled I go through this quite often and so do many other crippled people, don’t worry I can the crippled because I’m crippled haha. Being disabled you don’t have a whole lot of friends so you have to find out what makes you happy and when people come and go it isn’t that big of a deal, yes it might hurt when people leave or abandon you but you already know what to do to bring yourself back up to the top. I believe that’s a huge reason are so damn sad today, we rely on others way too much and need to work on ourselves. I want you to try to find out what makes you happy, do something that you love by yourself and make it fun, it’ll be tough at first but in the end, the outcome will be better!!
Be Persistent!!
Being persistent is the key to literally everything in life! You want money, be persistent and work hard! You want a promotion, work hard and be persistent in what you do and make the right moves to being persistent! You want the woman of your dreams, be persistent! You want to start a business, be persistent and take the steps necessary to get there! All of these CEO’s, Bill Gates, Warren Buffett, Steve Jobs, Mark Zuckerberg, Oprah Winfrey, Steve Harvey and many more were insanely persistent and they worked harder than everybody else, because that’s what grows a business and company, just starting out is tough but if you’re dedicated enough and have enough persistence, you can literally accomplish much more than you freaking think!! Set all the BS aside and be persistent, have patience and work hard! This is literally the key to success in everything that you do in life, things might be tougher than normal and that’s when you have to dig a little deeper and work hard as all get out!! Here’s a challenge for you, I want you to think of your dream, it doesn’t matter what it is, I want you to literally start the second you have that opportunity and keep at it every single day, it might take a long time for something to come of it but it will happen, that’s where patience comes into play!! You can literally do anything you set your mind to, your mind is your only limitations in life, take that barrier off of your damn brain and take action!! I would also like for you to share this blog with someone that needs to be persistent, patient and needs to be dedicated!! It’ll help their life and your life!!
The Importance Of Goal Setting
It’s very important to set your dreams incredibly high and make smaller goals that’ll get you there! You can have a million-dollar dream but if you don’t have small goals that’ll get you to it, it’s worthless, goals are something that we can accomplish relatively easily and within a short amount of time, without dreams and goals we are nothing! Let’s say that you want to start a business or make a certain amount of money, your goals should be stepping stones that’ll lead you to build your business and or getting a certain amount of money! It will not be easy but it can be done! I want you to think of your dream and set goals that help you get closer to your dream, write them down every single day and work hard to accomplish them! You can do it, I believe in you!!
Is Meditating Worthless?!
Is meditating worthless? No! A few reasons why meditation is good for you and your health is meditation can you help you deal with stress and negative emotions! Multiple studies have shown that meditation can help reduce levels of depression and anxiety, along with helping people tolerate pain better! Meditation could boost positive skills like memory and awareness! Research shows that meditators have unique brains with well developed areas that might be connected to the mastery of awareness and emotional control! Meditating for years is associated with brain changes that help you get along with others! Buddhist monks and other long term meditation practitioners show much more developed brain regions associated with empathy, though the reasons for that are likely complex. Researchers have seen that meditation can also change brain waves, leading to higher levels of alpha brain waves which are generally associated with a state of wakeful relaxation. This can help reduce negative moods and feelings including anger, tension and sadness! Just weeks can change your brain with meditation!! Most of us don’t know how to meditate, including myself, I will list a few things to start with!
1: find a place to sit that feels calm and quiet to you.
2: set a time limit such as five to ten minutes.
3: make sure you’re stable and in a position that you can stay in for awhile.
4: follow the sensation of your breath as it goes in and as it goes out.
5: inevitably, your attention will leave the breath and wander to other places. When you get around to noticing that your mind has wandered in a few seconds, a minute, five minutes, simply return your attention to your breath.
6: don’t judge yourself or obsess over the content of the thoughts you find yourself lost in. Just come back.
7: you go away, you come back, and you try to do it as kindly as possible.
8: when you’re finished, slowly open your eyes. Take a moment and notice any sounds in the environment. Notice how your body feels right now. Notice your thoughts and emotions.
Meditation is a wonderful exercise for the mind and body. I want you try it for once!!
Loyalty
The meaning of loyalty is a strong feeling of support or allegiance! What does it mean to have loyalty? If you’re faithful and devoted to someone or something, you’re loyal! When you’re in a relationship and have your eyes and heart set on that person and that person only, then you’re loyal! If you’re chasing a dream and not going from dream to dream, then you’re loyal! You must be loyal to your dreams and your significant other and here’s why! Loyalty stands for commitment and dedication to another allowing respect and trust to flourish. Loyalty is important in both business and our personal lives. Loyalty is valuable because it allows us to take the risk of predicting the actions and behavior of people that we trust!! Here are a few ways to be more loyal (we all need to work on this) RIGHT OR WRONG, when someone that you’re loyal to is right or wrong, you always have their back no matter what, especially when there is called out about it! BE DOG LIKE! A dog has your back and is completely and utterly devoted to you to death due them part (my eyes totally got watery when I was writing this because I immediately thought of mine). No matter if you’re having a good day or a bad day, they show up every single freaking time, wagging their tail and excited to see you! THEY SHOW UP. THEY ARE CONSISTENT!! And they give their devotion to you day in and day out!! TREAT OTHERS LIKE YOU WOULD TREAT YOURSELF!! When you’re being loyal to someone, you put their needs above yours. So to be more loyal, simply treat the persons desires as your own!! LIKE A MOTHER!! We can become more loyal when we act to the people in our lives as a mother would act to their children. Selfless and compassionate. Always wanting the best for them. THINK BEFORE YOU ACT!! Act in a way that shows the utmost respect for the people you want to be loyal to. INCLUDE THEM!! We can be more loyal by including our friends in things, bring them around everywhere you go. Introduce them in a way that you would introduce yourself. Make them get in pictures they act like they don’t want to be in. Including someone in these types of acts makes them feel simply included (I’ve struggled with this and sometimes still do). And this builds a loyal relationship between you two as they know you have their back. BE LIKE A SOLDIER!! We are simply going to battle for our friendship. So act like a soldier with the people you are loyal to or want to be loyal to. You’re their soldier and they’re the country you’re trying to protect!!
Perseverance
What is perseverance? Perseverance is the ability to keep doing something in spite of obstacles. People who persevere show steadfastness in doing something despite how hard it is or how long it takes to reach the goal. Perseverance, sometimes called “grit” is the great leveler. You don’t have to be the wealthiest, have the most friends, or be the smartest kid in the class; if you persevere, you can reach your goals. You can help inspire perseverance by allowing kids to experience failure in a safe, supported environment. When kids need to recover from a setback, think their way through a challenge, and try again, they develop grit! Being disabled I’ve had multiple surgeries on my back because I have a condition called scoliosis which is where your spine begins to curve, I’ve had to persevere through the pain, through the healing and the rehab, yes it hurt like a son of a gun but my mindset was greater than the pain and I knew that it would only last a few weeks to a few months, all I could do was take it one day at a time! In life we experience obstacles and we will experience many obstacles of all sorts for the rest of our lives, whether it’s a breakup, an injury, an illness, financial crisis; whatever it is we have to keep our minds on the positive side and remember this too shall pass, because it will pass eventually even if it’s hard to believe that right now! You might be starting a business and it’s taking longer than you had anticipated or hoped for, that’s when you must persevere and keep going, take it one day at a time and keep improving. It might be tough to persevere but the reward is so much better because it brings peace, do not give up when things get tough because the second that you give up is the moment that you basically quit and have to start over!! Here’s a challenge for y’all, I’m sure some of you are facing challenges right now, no matter what it is, I want you to work on that challenge every single day and you’ll start to see a huge change in your mindset and you’ll feel so much better when you crush that obstacle!! “Perseverance is failing 19 times and succeeding the 20th”. -Julie Andrews-
Anxiety
The meaning of Anxiety is a feeling of worry, nervousness, or unease, typically about an imminent event or something with an uncertain outcome. Having anxiety is something a lot of people suffer from nowadays, myself included especially with myself being disabled, thoughts fill my brain with what-ifs and the infamous thought “oh shit, what do they or what will they think about me”? It’s gut-wrenching, the stomach starts turning, hands get sweaty, you know exactly the feeling I’m talking about, however, I have gotten better about controlling it and so can you! You see, our minds play these games that make us think negatively about ourselves and in turn, we worry about making ourselves fit into someone else’s mold, we want everyone to accept us and love us for who and what we truly are. You have got to place inside of your mind that you don’t give a rip what everyone else thinks about you, the only thing that matters is if you’re comfortable with being you and living the way that you live, yes there will be judgment from every single person that you meet, whether that’s negative or positive, we won’t know until that moment comes; negative judgment sucks, I have been there more times than I can count and I’m sure that you have been there too. What works for me now is I just simply don’t give a crap if someone doesn’t like me, it is what it is, there’s plenty of people I dislike, more power to ya ol’ son if you don’t like me! When you are in a situation where your anxiety starts to creep up, immediately think of something else, something better, constantly tell yourself that it’ll be okay and put your best foot forward, life is tough but so are you!
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