R.I.S.E. WORDS: Day 15: THE COMPANY THAT YOU KEEP

Even the blogger gets blogged down. It's Day 15 of the RISE WORDS blog movement and the blogger is feeling kind of tired. I am ending a long and demanding day. Lots of writing and conferencing and real estate business stuff (you know, or maybe you don't, that I am a commercial real estate developer) and ran 5 miles, i went to the gym, helped lift christmas trees, then went to dinner and now I am home. Home and waiting to lay hold of the R.I.S.E. Words for today. They are hiding from me today. Slipping and sliding in the recesses of my mind. Ahhh yes here they are:

R.I.S.E. WORDS: Day 15:THE COMPANY THAT YOU KEEP

On the path to the "good life" that you are inherently equipped to and intended to have, "the company you keep" is a major determinant of whether you will actually achieve it. Friends and close associates you keep are a good reflection of what you think of yourself and they provide a good indication of the quality of life and life experiences that are likely in store for you. You choose wisely the company that you keep.

Now R.I.S.E. and REALIZE (your) INHERENT SELF-EXCELLENCE.

Live by Design and Not By Default!!
~BarryJ


Writing this R.I.S.E. Words entry reminds me of a profound statement of truth that actor Will Smith made when he was asked on TV One about his outstanding rise to hollywood stardom and wealth. He said something like this: Show me your 5 closest friends and I will tell you about yourself and your future............

It also reminds me of the another saying recently saw in a myspace profile. It said: Travel with thine equals or thine betters; and if there are none, travel alone. Awesome!!! By the way: I hope and assume that the author means equals or betters in awareness, consciousness and intentions and not in some financial or other way that would imply snobbism or eliteism.

So R.I.S.E. by choosing your friends wisely!

R.I.S.E. WORDS: Day 14: BE FIRST, THEN HAVE

R.I.S.E. WORDS: Day 14: BE, THEN HAVE

'I WENT OUTSIDE "TO FIND" A FRIEND AND COULD NOT FIND ONE THERE. I WENT OUTSIDE "TO BE" A FRIEND, AND FRIENDS WERE EVERYWHERE.'

Now R.I.S.E. and REALIZE (your) INHERENT SELF-EXCELLENCE.

Live by Design and Not By Default!!
~BarryJ


I imagine you might be saying, HUH? What does that rhyme have to do with living "the good life" and living life fully and by design. If so, read on:

Today's R.I.S.E. Words are a saying that my Mom taught me years ago and happened to speak again when I was home for Thanksgiving last Thursday. Simple, but profound, these are surely words that hold some real valuable insight for those of us who desire to live the "good life" that we are created and intended to live by Life itself. The message in the rhyme is that I have to take the initiative and be the initiator first in order to see, have, receive, experience. Whether it's friends, love, gifts, health. The first move is ours; then Life responds in kind. Peace.

R.I.S.E. WORDS: Day 13: THE POWER TO NAME IT ALL GOOD

R.I.S.E. WORDS: Day 13: THE POWER TO NAME IT ALL GOOD


Along the path to "the Good Life", challenging people and situations will show up out of nowhere as if to sabotage your intent for good and greatness. Despite appearances to the contrary, it is you and you alone who determines the power and outcomes of these challenges through how you "see" them, "name them" and "respond to them". As the saying goes, it's not WHAT happens that impacts us most, but HOW we respond to what happens that shapes the quality of your life experience.


Now R.I.S.E. and REALIZE (your) INHERENT SELF-EXCELLENCE.

Live by Design and Not By Default!!
~BarryJ

R.I.S.E. WORDS: Day 12: FACE FEAR AND FEAR FADES

R.I.S.E. WORDS: Day 12: FACE FEAR AND FEAR FADES


FEAR is False Expectations Appearing Real. When you finally decide to face your fear, the thing that you fear will often fade into the nothingness from which it came. There's magic in courage and boldness--- and you Life has equipped you with an inexhaustible supply of both, forever flowing within you and waiting to be used.


Now R.I.S.E. and REALIZE (your) INHERENT SELF-EXCELLENCE.

Live by Design and Not By Default!!
~BarryJ

R.I.S.E. WORDS: Day 11: THE SEEDS OF YOUR LIFE

R.I.S.E. WORDS: Day 11: THE SEEDS OF YOUR LIFE

Your ideas are seeds from which the things, events and circumstances of your life emerge. Your mind is the soil that nurtures your seeds. What is the condition of your soil? What is the quality of your seeds?


Now R.I.S.E. and REALIZE (your) INHERENT SELF-EXCELLENCE.

Live by Design and Not By Default!!
~BarryJ

R.I.S.E. WORDS: Day 10: LIVING LIFE FROM THE INSIDE OUT

R.I.S.E. WORDS: Day 10: LIVING LIFE FROM THE INSIDE OUT

Your Life is lived from the inside out: When you change the way you see the world, the world you see will change!
Now R.I.S.E. and REALIZE (your) INHERENT SELF-EXCELLENCE.

Live by Design and Not By Default!!
~BarryJ

R.I.S.E. WORDS: Day 9: FREE and UNLIMITED. PERIOD!

R.I.S.E. WORDS: Day 9: FREE and UNLIMITED. PERIOD

You are inherently free and unlimited to create and live the life you choose to live. Life will meet you on the field of play that YOU choose. Big ball or small ball? Your Choice; Your Life. Now R.I.S.E. and REALIZE (your) INHERENT SELF-EXCELLENCE. Live by Design and Not By Default!!

BarryJ




Now this is a truth to be grateful for. It's simple, it's powerful and it's true. And as Marianne Williamson wrote (and Nelson Mandela popularized) playing small does not serve you or the world.

R.I.S.E. WORDS: Day 8: A NEW TWIST ON THANKSGIVING: GIVE TOTAL THANKS

R.I.S.E. WORDS: Day 8: A NEW TWIST ON THANKSGIVING: GIVE TOTAL THANKS

Today Give Total Thanks; Express Complete Gratitude. Be in a Gratitude State of Mind for the people, places, things and experiences of your life--those past, present, and yet to show up. And here's a new and challenging twist, give thanks for everything --good and "bad". Gratitude is a transformative state of mind that seeks and finds "the Good" in everything, then attracts and magnifies more Good to itself.

Now R.I.S.E. and REALIZE (your) INHERENT SELF-EXCELLENCE. Live by Design and Not By Default!! BarryJ


OK folks, this one begs some further explanation:

Thanksgiving in America is a deeply rooted tradition in which most of us consciously recognize and express gratitude and appreciation for the people, things and circumstances in our lives. And we tend to focus on that which we have already experienced. Furthermore our gratitude is generally reserved for those past and present things which we have named or experienced as good, pleasant, fun or otherwise desirable. And, of course, we should give thanks for the obviously "good" that has been or is presently in our lives. However, I believe that in the process of living the good life, life by design, there is great value in expanding our notion and practice of Thanksgiving along at least 2 lines of thought:

1st: Give thanks for people, things, circumstances, experiences, and gifts of life that are yet to come. It's not just about the past and the present. This is a powerful practice in our goal of living life by design and not by default. The notion of Giving Thanks in Advance invites us to imagine (to design in mind) what we want to come into our lives beyond today. And giving thanks for our visions and deeper desire for our future sets in motion expectation, passion, intent, belief, faith and action which together move us from merely imaging and imagining to having, being and experiencing!!!


2nd: Give thanks for ALL the people, things, circumstances, and experiences of your life--even the ones that we didn't or don't name as good, as pleasant, as fun or otherwise desirable. Yep, we should give thanks even for that which we name as bad, tough, crazy, disappointing and otherwise UNDESIRABLE. Illogical? Yes. Counter-intuitive? Yes. Difficult? Exceedingly. But valuable in creating and maintaining a fulfilled life, the good life. Here's why. Into every life comes the undesirable; it's a factual, inescapable part of the gift of life. But the illogical truth is that "Good" is an inherent part of everything in creation. The Creator, God, Life, Universe Good doesn't have an off switch and doesn't skip situations, circumstances, people, places or things ever. To see the Good in all things requires a shift in perspective and mind set ---a shift to a higher level of "possibility thinking" and optimism, and deep knowing that has within it a power to see beyond the surface and find the good in all things, however tiny or hidden it may be. From this level we can see and experience the "blessings of adversity" and grow and excel even from the most challenging of people, situations and things. A spark of Good can ignite a fire storm of Greatness and Abundance.

So this Thanksgiving: Give Total Thanks as you move threw the process of Living Life by Design and Not By Default

R.I.S.E. WORDS: Day 7: GRATITUDE: An Essential Frame of Mind

R.I.S.E. WORDS: Day 7: GRATITUDE: An Essential Frame of Mind

Give thanks and be Grateful. And do this in this season of Thanksgiving and each day throughout the year because when we are in the gratitude state of mind we can only see Good….. attract Good……..give Good—to ourselves, to those around us and to the world. This is an important element to bringing about your good life.

Now R.I.S.E. and REALIZE (your) INHERENT SELF-EXCELLENCE. Live by Design and Not By Default!! BarryJ


Namaste Reader: Today is Day 7, Thanksgiving Eve (actually day 8 of RISE Words if you count yesterday on which I didn't blog) and I want to start off by reminding myself and you about the purpose of R.I.S.E. Words and their usefulness to us. R.I.S.E. Words supports my belief that we are all individually made to live life fully, in a way that fulfills our needs and our desires--to have the "good life", the abundant life, as uniquely defined by us. We want to live by Design and not by Default. And as more and more people do this, the world will R.I.S.E. I also believe that bringing about one's good life requires a shift in consciousness and perspective about oneself and about life. R.I.S.E. Words is a daily dose of positive, transformative words affirmations that will aid us on this journey of self-discovery, fulfillment and living life by design.

P.S. Regarding the word Namaste, one meaning is: the Light in me, beholds and acknowledges the Light in you. Some substitute the words Divine, Christ, Spirit in place of the word Light. Namaste!


Additional Thoughts on today's blog on Gratitude:

In R.I.S.E. Words Day 2, De'Juan Galloway mentioned the importance of gratitude as a condition and a state of mind in bringing about one's visions, desires and dreams in life. Gratitude is a pure and attracting state; it draws to itself more good, more to be grateful for. It's the gratitude version of the saying, birds of a feather flock together, or best yet, "like attracts like". When you are in a state of gratitude the good is increased and the unappealing is minimized. Here's what I mean: when you are in a gratitude state of mind, it's nearly impossible to be negative or focused on the negative. In a gratitude state of mind you see the best in others and in yourself and you open your self to be the receptacle of more of Life's good. This is becuase of the attracting quality of gratitude that I just mentioned. Gratitude is powerful to seek and attract the good of life in and to and through oneself and other people, other things and other situations.

R.I.S.E. WORDS: Day 6: The Power of Intentions!!

The moment you declare your intention, LIFE moves into action to support your desired outcome. All manner of unforeseen circumstances, occurrences and happenings show up to aid you in manifesting your intention for that desired outcome. It works for good intentions. It also works for the not so good intentions. The Universe does not discriminate. So Declare your intentions wisely.

Now R.I.S.E. and REALIZE (your) INHERENT SELF-EXCELLENCE. Live by Design and Not By Default!!

BarryJ

R.I.S.E. WORDS: Day 5: WHY ARE YOU WHERE YOU ARE!

You are where you are by right of Consciousness, by level of Awareness. So tune your mind, your thoughts, your sight, your hearing and your actions towards the level of life that you desire and away from that which you do not desire. Now R.I.S.E. and REALIZE (your) INHERENT SELF-EXCELLENCE!!! BarryJ

R.I.S.E. WORDS: Day 4: KNOW THE REAL YOU!

Who Are You Really? Over and above your name, you are the phenomenal expression of Life itself; the offspring of the most high. Therefore you have within you awesome attributes and characteristics. Beneath and above your human behaviors your are: Free, Unlimited, Powerful, Creative, Intelligent, Joyful, Healthy, Peaceful, Loving, Love, Creative, Unstoppable and a whole lot more. These qualities can be masked by behavior and pronouncements, but will always be there.

Nothing you or anyone else can do or say can change this DNA of who you really are. KNOWING who you are and living from that knowledge is a major step in realizing the fulfilled life you desire.

Now R.I.S.E. and Realize your Inherent Self Excellence. --BarryJ

R.I.S.E. WORDS: Day 3 IT is Already Yours!

“The Blessings Already Are”, according to an ancient Yorba saying. Every need, Every desire, Every dream, Every outcome --that is rightly yours-- already exists. IT is supplied as invisible substance by Life and by Divine design. In order to see IT, have IT, be IT, you must tune your awareness and your consciousness to the higher level of thinking, seeing, hearing, doing and resting. From that higher level of awareness IT becomes visible! Now R.I.S.E. and REALIZE (your) INHERENT SELF-EXCELLENCE!!!


Let me make that a little realer for you in terms of what it means for the average Joe or Judy. For the most part, there is nothing --no-thing, no-situation, no-answer, no-solution that you are dreaming of that doesn’t already exist or for which the component ingredients don’t already exist. The dream house of 2020 is either already here (it just happens to be owned by somebody else) or if it's not yet built, the component parts or their pre-cursors exist already. For example, the lumber either exists already in the form of a tree, a sapling or seed. Or maybe its the lumber that will result from the harvesting of the tree that will grow as the 3rd generation of a tree that is growing today--tree--> seed-->tree--> seed-->tree--> lumber--> house!

Likewise the love of your life is already here, somewhere on planet earth or will be born of someone who is here if you're like Larry King who's destined to hook up with someone 35 years your junior! Get the point?

In just the same way, the health and healing you seek already exists on the other side of a change in diet you will make or a remedy the doctor will connect you to. Similarly, there can be no more peace or joy than exists today. You simply have to dial up to the level of awareness to connect to it and do your part to bring it forth using your God-given, God-aligned potential and ability to do so. So yea, The Blessings Already Are!!

- BarryJ

R.I.S.E. WORDS: Day 2 All Things Are Possible

R.I.S.E. WORDS: Day 2: In Life, All Things, Yes All Things, Are Possible! From birth you are divinely equipped with all that's required to imagine, create, demonstrate, and transform things and circumstances in your life--small and large-- through right use of your mind, your choices, your words and actions. This truth is powerful and it is unchanging. Now R.I.S.E. [REALIZE (your) INHERENT SELF EXCELLENCE].

A little about today's R.I.S.E. WORDS: I was inspired to write them by a phone call I got around this time yesterday. If you read my blog yesterday, you know that I gave a shout out to anew friend, De'Juan Galloway, someone I described as the coolest brightest 18 year old metaphysician and college junior you'll ever meet. As I blogged his name yesterday, my cell phone rang. (Reminder note to self: there are no coincidences in life). It was De'Juan calling to share an amazing experience of prosperity and abundance that he'd just had. For DeJuan the experience was a category 5 experience with major repercussions and huge consequences for him. There is so much empowerment to take from his story. But, for me it's a great example of the relationship that exists between knowing who you are (a spiritual being -with unlimited power and potential- housed in a human body to have earthly experiences) and using that knowledge and potential to co-create desired outcomes --tangible and intangible--with God, the Source. And so, with DeJuan's permission I am offering you his own R.I.S.E. WORDS:


A Note from De'Juan Galloway to Students Attending the TMCF Leadership Institute.

Hello All,



How is everyone? I hope all is well in life, in studies and beyond. I
wanted to take a moment to reflect on an incredible weekend at TMCF
Leadership Institute. I am still raving to family and friends about
the connections and new friends I met. I think we could all agree that
the weekend was very POWERFUL, from start to finish. Each time I
stepped into the room with the participants of this event I knew I was
apart of something that was larger than life and I was most thankful
to be amongst such an outstanding group of people.



There was a seminar we all attended that had a lasting impact on all
of us; Mr. Barry Johnson's presentation on living by design and the
power within each of us to shape the circumstances of our lives. The
power and significance of his message was evident in the response from
the students; many who stayed an hour to two hours after to speak with
him on this 'life by design' course, where he not only taught us how
to create our lives through positive thought but also discussed the
inevitability of these laws that lie within the universe. I was
particularly drawn to his message because I have been applying these
laws to my life for sometime now and continue to practice to stay in
positive thought and feeling. Consequently, the divine force has
blessed me significantly--today, in fact. It is by this delivery from
the universe I share my story.



I attended Pace University which is a very expensive university. When
considering the financial background I come from one may consider this
selection in school overly ambitious. However, I was determined. I
landed at the University in September 2006 and would have to exit a
year later due to difficulties funding my education. When I left I was
unable to obtain a copy of my transcripts to continue with my post
secondary studies due a $12,000 balance. No universities/colleges
would accept me without a transcript and I was $12,000 away from
getting them. Instead of losing hope I met the Director of Student
Accounts, who after I pleaded knocked off $6,000 of my balance.
(Divine blessing number 1). However, there was a remaining $6,000
balance. Instead of losing hope I use the laws that I am all so
familiar with. I began visualizing having the money for the balance
and sometimes even the subway ride I would take to get the university
to give them the check for 6k. I then told myself that I already had
the money but making it's into my life. I followed by feeling positive
about my visualizations and thoughts. I replaced the word association
with balance to credit, as balance indicates debt. I began doing this
frequently...



Today, I received a call from a mentor of mine who informed that an
NFL player by the name of Joey Galloway (whom I only share the same
last name, no relation), of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers heard my story
and sent a check on my behalf in the amount $6200. I am now able to
give this credit to the university, obtain my transcripts, transfer
back into the university and reclaim the scholarships I initially went
in with. I am so very thankful; gratitude is another important aspect
in practicing these laws: it allows for more blessings and greatness
to flow your way. It was a must I share my story because these laws
are so power and life changing. Often times, a testimony can inspire a
movement and I hope my story is influential in your application of
these laws in your life. Through your practice you have the power to
create limitless and abundance lives through the laws of the universe.


Glad I can share my story.



Best,



De'Juan Galloway

R.I.S.E. WORDS: Day 1 Stepping Boldly!!

5, 4, 3, 2, 1, Blog lights on!!!!!!!



Welcome to my inaugural blog of the ALL R.I.S.E. Movement, an a-political, non-judgmental, non-denominational movement committed to enlightening, encouraging and enabling everyone to live a life that reflects their inherent unlimited potential and to begin doing it NOW. (For more about the Movement see the “What Is” link to the right)

As the philosopher Goethe said, and I paraphrase: ‘ The moment you declare your intention, all the universe conspires with you to bring about that which you intend.’ The launch of my blog today is really living proof that Goethe kind of knew what he was talking about.

After speaking in New York on November 4th to a gathering of 40+ college students visiting from colleges around the nation about their life-given power and potential to create and live abundant, fulfilling lives, I decided I needed to provide a daily dose of awareness, light, encouragement, insight, direction that I could draw from my own experiences. And I decided to begin it by publishing a daily message, some R.I.S.E. words, that will get distributed each and every day of the week. Frequency is packed with the potential to influence, as I well know from my former role as a music marketing exec with Sony Music and BMG. We needed high frequency and heavy rotation to influence musical taste and purchases. Similarly, we need high frequency and heavy rotation of messages to remind us of our potential, our power, and the endless possibilities of life. The R.I.S.E. words, affirmations will be published here each and every day starting today. Eventually they will be published via facebook, myspace, email, mobile text and on a live web TV program---all coming sooner than the winter solstice. Tha’s my commitment; so bank it

There's another saying I really like (I think I first heard it in the movie Sleepless in Seattle): Great things happen all at once; good things happen over time. I am declaring that this movement and effort is Great, as it's certainly coming together all at once. So I have to give some respect to a few people who have motivated (read: pushed) me in the last 96 hours to step boldly and launch this: Kevin Nakao digerati, wireless, music hipster and all around amazing friend and task master; James "KeyInfluencer" Andrews the most techno-aware pop culture, marketing guru I know; DeJuan Galloway the coolest brightest 18 year old metaphysician and college junior you'll ever meet; Marullus Williams my claire voyante, sharp-as-a-dagger, techno wizard, tell-it-like-it-is friend and business partner; Moonbeam Hall my brother and friend, advocate, motivator, challenger and rapidly becoming A-student. And don’t forget Mom and Dad!!

All right. I AM EXCITED. I'm trying to stay subdued and chilled. But I just had a brain rush, realizing that this is a big moment in time.


So I will close with the R.I.S.E. Words for today Wednesday, November 14. 2007:

You are the son or daughter of the Creator, of Life itself, complete with immeasurable potential, overflowing substance and unlimited possibilities. The greatest names in history and the most famous among us now, are simply Life's demonstration of the magnitude of the unique potential that is inherent within you; and only you can activate it.