Just Quit Complaining - Be Grateful

 

Be Grateful for Today. 

Today Will Never Come Again. 

Develop an attitude of gratitude and you will be given more to be grateful for.

Let Go of Looking at Your Problems.  Let Go of Complaining.

What are you are GRATEFUL for today?

Just Quit Living Small...Remember Who You Are

Do you know how big the UNIVERSE is?

Not the City you live in.  Not the State.  Not the Country. Not the World.  The UNIVERSE.

You are currently a part of the UNIVERSE.  How special is that!  Don’t forget that.  You are here for a reason.  You are.  You HAVE to be, or you wouldn’t be here.

Who AM I?

Think about what it took for your parents to conceive you, for them to decide to keep you and to let you grow. Think about being born, making it through your childhood (and it’s craziness — we all went through some craziness),  BUT here you are… STILL here.

Stop looking at your current situations, circumstances and thinking that this is all there is. Stop wondering how on earth you got to where you are.  Maybe you’ve made a couple of wrong turns, just learn from them and move on.  Maybe you can’t see what the future holds for you, that’s no problem.  Once you come to the realization of  two things then things start to change:

1.  Being grateful for what is — right now — as it is. 

Don’t judge, just be grateful for who you are, where you are, what you have, who is  in your life, where you came from, what your dreams are.  JUST BE GRATEFUL.  It opens up some sort of portal that transports you into your purpose for being here.

2. The you that you think you are is not WHO you are. 

The thoughts that you think is not WHO you are. The emotions that you have is not WHO you are. The identities that you’ve attached to yourself is not all that you are. There is something much bigger happening behind your eyes, in your body, and in your mind.

Look in the mirror and look directly in your eyes and ask yourself:

“Who Am I?” 

When you do this for the first time you will come back with all these identities that you “think” is all that you are.   Your name, your sex, your ethical background, your occupation, your profession,  your title, your parental status, on and on.  You’ve attached yourself to these identities.  Go past all of those identities and ask again…“Who Am I?” 

The final answer will amaze you!

 

 

 

Just Quit - Set Yourself Free

Let Go – Just Let Go

“Sometimes you’ve got to let everything go – purge yourself.

 

If you are unhappy with anything…whatever is bringing you down, get rid of it.

Because you’ll find that when you’re free, your true creativity, your true self comes out.”

~Tina Turner

Just Quit Thinking That Because Your Dreams Haven't Come True Yet...That They Won't

Your vision will become clear only when you look into your heart.

He who looks outside, dreams.  Who looks inside, awakens .

~Carl Jung

What are your dreams?

What did you dream your life would be like?

Are you where you dreamed you would be by this time in your life?

Have you given up on your dreams?

Do you still know how to dream?

Awaken

Do you still believe that your dreams will come true?

Have you let life, circumstances,

other people (fill in the blank) defer your dreams?

Have you stopped  dreaming because things haven’t gone the way you hoped that they would?

If you have stopped dreaming, it is okay.

Don’t beat yourself up.

Only you know your story.

Only you really know what you’ve gone through,

what you’ve been told about what is possible,

what you’ve experienced…only you really know.

This is your life.

  This is the one life that you’ve been given to live in the body that you are in.

All that you have gone through and experienced has brought you to where you are today, and it is okay.

You are where you are,

who you are and it is o-k-a-y.

What is NOT okay is to stay where you are today.

One way or the other things will change. Everything changes.

Be apart of the changes that are coming in the world and in your life.

Use your experiences to not only dream again, but to take it to a new level and to awaken to the fact that everything that has happened to you has brought you to this place, this time, and this century to do SOMETHING.

It is up to you to figure out what that SOMETHING is.

Once you finally get on the track that you are supposed to be on, things will open up.  In order to get on that track you have to wake up.

Wake up…

The Time to Wake up is Now

 Can you see the future that is before you? 

Can you see that you ARE enough?

Can you see that THERE is enough?

Can you see that you need to stop looking at what or who is or has been “holding you back”

and move everyday towards your future…

the future that is available to you…

but you have to look at it with fresh eyes, new perspectives in order to see it.

It is not too late to live the life that you’ve imagined.

It’s not too late.

  

Tired, Tired, Tired. Are You Tired Enough to Do Something About It?

I’m tired of working for a place that doesn’t care about its’ employees.  They treat us like we are just cogs in the wheel, easily disposable and replaced. 

I’m tired of standing up all night on a midnight shift.

I’m tired of inhaling smoke and dealing with mean and rude customers.

I’m tired of not doing anything with meaning and purpose. 

I have a bachelor’s degree and don’t feel I should be a cashier at a casino.

This job doesn’t even pay all of my bills yet.  I travel 45 minutes away from my house to only pay half of my bills, so there is a lot of stress around not having enough money.

~Worker Living in ILLINOIS

It is okay to be tired.

Actually it’s more than okay to be tired.

Until we get so “tired” of this and that we will stay stuck denying there is a problem.

• We won’t change.

• We won’t make the preparations to “Just Quit”.

• We won’t take action and move forward.

“Tired” helps you to decide on a better way of life and take actions to move towards your reason for being.

You are reading from the book “Just Quit” & Live

Embrace the Suck

“Embrace the Suck” is a military term.

Occasionally I heard military stuff  while working in a law enforcement environment with guys who were or are still in the military in some capacity.  “Embrace the Suck” is a fascinating concept actually.  When they are in a war like Iraq or Afghanistan, things are going to suck  from time to time.  They have to get through it whether they like it or not.  They can’t avoid it.  They have to deal with the stuff that sucks.

One of my guru’s Joseph Campbell said the same thing (albeit a little more eloquently):

“We’re in a free fall into future. We don’t know where we’re going. Things are changing so fast. And always when you’re going through a long tunnel, anxiety comes along. But all you have to do to transform your hell into a paradise is to turn your fall into a voluntary act. It’s a very interesting shift of perspective . . . Joyfully participate in the sorrows of the world and everything changes.”

A battery does not work without a positive AND a negative charge…just like life…you need both “positive” and “negative” experiences. Use the “negative” not as “bad’ but as a charge to MOVE you forward.

So, “embrace the suck” in your life.  Something sucks in your life.  Maybe it hasn’t reached the point of a crisis or depression, but we’ve all been there and know that when it DOES reach that point you can go into a pity-party-for-one that can be completely debilitating.  You can’t see a way out. You feel stuck.  No one can help you.  Nothing makes sense anymore. Nothing is working out for you. Life really sucks.

If you are in a tailspin – EMBRACE THE SUCK.

This perspective turns EVERYTHING on it’s head.  Just say:

Okay, this is how it is, this is what is happening in my life, in my relationships, on my job, with my finances, with my health, etc…it’s bad…actually it SUCKS…now… just embrace that.  This IS how it IS.  When you can “joyfully participate”  in “the suck” like you “joyfully participate” during the wonderful times in your life… when things are going well…when you are in love, when you get the job you think you want, when you have money in the bank, when you have friends, etc…it’s good…actually it’s GREAT…now try to embrace “The Suck” JUST LIKE THAT…it’s GREAT. How do you act? What do you do when you are “happy”  when things are “positive”?  Just START doing some of those things. For some of you it might mean to JUST GET UP OUT OF THE BED.  Nope, it’s not something easy to do, but it provides a release.  It’s like a relief valve.  It actually feels like you are cheating the “negative” things from allowing you to stay stuck in them and seeing them as “bad”, or just replaying how much things really suck over and over and over again in your head…instead of understanding and appreciating that it’s just a part of life….your life…your story…

What about your life currently “sucks”?

Identify it.  Admit it.  Take a good long look at it.

Embrace it.

This blog is about letting go and you CAN’T let go of something that you are denying and pretending is not there.  You have to fully embrace what is not working in order to make a change.

Note to Self:  There is NO WAY I could have written this post today if I had not Embraced The Suck…The Many, Many, Many Sucks that are going on right now in my life. I’m looking forward to posting about this time once I’m on the other side of yet another dark and dank tunnel of change.

Jump The Chasm

As you go the way of life you will see a great chasm.

Jump.

It is not as wide as you think.

— Native American Wisdom

“Jump” is what Letting Go (of what is) to Let Come (what wants to unfold in your life) is All About 

Just

Understanding

My

Purpose and Aligning With It

JUMP TODAY