Monday, April 6, 2009

R.I.S.E. WORDS: Day 144: Weather Patience

This morning, APRIL 9th, I awoke with a smile (as I always do) and chill (something I don't expect to do on April 9 2009 or any year for the matter). I communed with the Source, God, giving thanks for a new, clean, freshly illumined day. I acknowledged that this day is a gift, brimming with the potential to bring forth my heart's desires and magnificence beyond my imagination. I pledged to be of service to God and others today. I declared that something good is going to happen to me this very day. And then I realized how cold the floor and the air were. Will it ever get warm in DC, I thought to myself. Yikes, the temperature is the 30's. In April!! Then instead of complaining, as I felt myself gearing up to do, I decided to find the lesson or the blessing of the situation. I decided the ending winter embodies a lesson for me; a lesson in patience.



Affirmation:



Now R.I.S.E.; your Good Life awaits you!
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Friday, April 3, 2009

R.I.S.E. WORDS: Day 143: Now Time!

"Take time to make time, while time doth last; for time is no time, when time has past".

This is one of my favorite sayings, a powerful truth as told to me by my mom a few year ago. (She has wuse saying for every situation, circumstance and occasion. It used to annoy me when I was little. Now I love it.) And this one is profound and profoundly important to understand and use if your goal, like mine, is to live life fully and to experience the best of life NOW, not some non-specific time in the future or in the after-life.

Translated, the rhyme says: commit yourself to carving out time now, to engage in the experiences that are priorities for you. Do it NOW, because once this moment in time has past, you cannot recapture it and you cannot be certain that the next time will come around for you. This says, life is now. There is no dress rehearsal. Live it fully.


Affirmation: I am grateful for this moment of time. It is the gift of life to me. I demonstrate my gratitude by treasuring each moment and living it to it's fullest potential.



Now R.I.S.E.; your Good Life awaits you!
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Brought to you by the R.I.S.E. Movement:
REALIZE (your) INHERENT SELF-EXCELLENCE