The Thrill of the CHASE

The Thrill of the CHASE

o   Have you ever experienced the thrill of the chase / hunt?

o   How did it feel?

o   Did you like it?

o   Have you been experiencing it recently?

o   Are you experiencing it at the moment?

o   If so, how does that feel to you?

o   Who are you after?

o   Who is chasing you?

o   Are you chasing someone?

o   Are you enjoying yourself?

o   Are you having fun chasing someone and / or being chased?

o   What is it that excites you so much about chasing / hunting?

Males vs Females

There are differences between females’ and males’ viewings of the game of chasing. Women tend to be the ones who have been chased after by men who do the chasing! It is a game of love, of longing, of wanting, of desiring, of needing, of wishing, of craving, of being hungry for someone, of being starving for someone, of raving, of stimulating our impulses, of intense sensations, …

Giving & Receiving

The ability / the skill of giving and receiving belong to us all. Men and women.

There has to be a balance between the two. We cannot be constantly giving, giving and giving without receiving a thing back in return. The same applies to receiving. We need to receive, receive and receive in order to give something back to someone in return and keep the balance in check at the same time as well.

Product vs Services

Women provide services and men provide products. Woman is the provider of love, warmth, caring, attention, ‘home’, childcare, housework, cooking, cleaning, gentleness, affection, a listening ear,  happiness,  …

Man is the provider of resources to and for his woman. From financial stability, house(hold), a car, property, a garden, shed, dinners, eating out, cinema and movie tickets, theatre performances, to coming and returning back ‘home’, time, strength, a shoulder, an arm, a listening ear, …

In our lives, we may regret things we did not do, rather than those that we did do!!

What are you making out of your life?

What is it going to take?

What is it going to be and feel like to You?

Please, let us know here….

Thanking you very much in advance!! J

BOREDOM

BOREDOM

v Have you ever been and / or feel bored??

v Are you looking for new things to do when you are bored?

v Are you looking for new actions to take when you are bored?

v Are you looking for new activities to take on when you are bored?

v What are you doing when you are bored?

v What is helping you in order to cop on with boredom?

v Are you looking for new games to play?

v Do you get bored easily?

I always strive to structure and plan my day and days ahead of the time. Make and achieve goals. Being creative, being a committed thinker will help you come up with ideas and positive activities.

Being bored and confused, on the other hand, are an incredible energy wasters. Prevent it as much as you can! Having nothing to do tells your brain that there is nothing in the world so amazing enough, so inspiring, so wonderful, so creative, so splendid, so magnificent that would capture your interest, that would amaze you, that would shine brightly back into your eyes, that would bring your attention back in the game, back in the playing field where you are supposed to be.

Whereas when you take responsibility, take action, things seem to be and go easier.

I always seem to have something on my hands to do! J

HOW ABOUT YOU??

COLLABORATION

COLLABORATION

Synergize

col·lab·o·ra·tion  

/kəˌlabəˈrāSHən/

Noun 1.     The action of working with someone to produce or create something. 2.     Something produced or created in this way.

Synonyms cooperation - contribution

synergize  

Web definitions Synergy in general, may be defined as two or more agents working together to produce a result not obtainable by any of the agents...

Collaborating with 2 and more people brings out the best of ideas and best in every single one each person involved.

Synergizing the minds of people is an unique way to achieve miracles and become geniuses.

WE ARE ALL CONNECTED!!

ü We are here for each other.

ü We need each other.

ü We are here to help each other.

ü We are here to love each other.

ü We are here to care about each other.

ü We are here to support each other.

ü We are here to inspire each other.

ü We are here to develop each other.

ü We are here to learn about / from each other.

ü We are here to grow with and alongside each other.

ü We are meant to live with and alongside each other.

ü We are here to teach each other.

No one is an island. We need help of others, we need support, an inspiration, an advice from others.

Go and connect, reach out and ask!!

Blog to you again tomorrow J

If Your Dreams Don’t Scare You, They’re Not Big Enough.

If Your Dreams Don’t Scare You, They’re Not Big Enough.

Tell You What I Want, What I Really, Really Want.

What do you really want? Boy does this question stick with me.

When was the last time I had asked myself that question and answered honestly?

I’m pretty good at asking but as soon as I go to reply the answer actually becomes “this is what I think is possible” or “this is what I think I should do for my career” or “this is what my friends and family want.”

It’s hard not to let our conditioning and society’s pressures answer the question for us.

What in my heart of hearts do I really want?

What does my soul long for? 

What will satisfy the deep yearning inside of me?

I think the only way to answer this question is to do it spontaneously. 

So here’s what I really want, written in no particular order but with spontaneity and fervor.

I want to sleep in for a month with no reason to get up, no place to be and nothing to do.

I want to wake up every morning and gasp at the incredible and beautiful views that surround me.

I want to ease my way into the day with long cups of Green Tea, good books and quietness.

I want to experiment with my yoga practice for hours at a time, falling, giggling, and conquering.

I want to feel space inside every part of my body and all around me.

I want to fall deeply in love in a way that feels warm and secure and crazy and passionate all at once.

I want to teach all kinds of yoga to all kinds of people and bask in the pleasure of practicing together.

I want to blog my heart out, putting it all out there in the hope that someone feels just the same.

I want to cook beautiful fresh food and feed my body with so much prana it starts to glow.

I want to listen every day to deep silence where all I can hear is the beat of own my heart and my long slow breathing.

I want to ski so madly I can barely breathe.

I want to feel deeply, deeply connected to everything and everyone around me.

I want to feel breathless every day because I am so overwhelmed by what nature has to offer.

I want to hike to such high remote places that I become terrified and exhilarated by the power of the mountains and Mother Nature.

I want to love myself completely every single day.

For so long I have not defined what I really want.

When I look at this list above it hardly seems impossible, in fact it almost seems as if the list is full of simple things.

They say good things come in threes.

As luck, or the universe would have it, the third friend is one who believes in possibility. A belief that in fact means we do not know from second to second what is possible. There are possibilities out there every day that we have not even thought of.

So I write my list of what I really want with the conviction that anything and everything is possible and the belief that just because I do not know all the possibilities does not mean they could not happen.

And so as we all slide or slink into 2013, I make this my year of pleasure, prana and most importantly possibility.

And I choose to believe that all the things I really want will come true.

And I dare you, to write your own list of what you really want and to believe that it is all possible. 

When something ends, something else opens up…

When something ends, something else opens up…

Ø  Have you been sorry for something recently?

Ø Did you ever regret something in your life?

Ø Did you wish for something else to be and feel different?

Ø Did you ever wanted a change of something or to anything?

When you face what you fear you become fearless!!

In order to achieve the goals you have never achieved before, you have to do things you have never done before!!

There are beginnings in our life, there are ends in our life.

What we make out of them, it what our life is going to be about.

Sometimes we look at the closed gate / door for far so too long that we miss out on the new chapters in our life coming up next.

We need to realize that everything that ever happens to us is only for our very good. There never was a reason for it to happen to us to hurt and / or harm us in any way!

There is a reason to and for everything!

Every challenge is a learning opportunity presenting itself to us to be experienced by us!!

GOOD LUCK!!!!!!!!!!

J

The Indian Talking Stick

The Indian Talking Stick

The Talking Stick is based on Native American Tradition

The Talking Stick was a method used by native Americans, to let everyone speak their mind during a council meeting, a type of tribal meeting. According to the indigenous American's tradition, the stick was imbued with spiritual qualities, that called up the spirit of their ancestors to guide them in making good decisions. The stick ensured that all members, who wished to speak, had their ideas heard. All members of the circle were valued equally.

The talking stick has been used for centuries by many Indian tribes as a means of just and impartial hearing. The talking stick was commonly used in council circles to decide who had the right to speak. When matters of great concern would come before the council, the leading elder would hold the talking stick, and begin the discussion. When he would finish what he had to say, he would hold out the talking stick, and whoever would speak after him would take it. In this manner, the stick would be passed from one individual to another until all who wanted to speak had done so. The stick was then passed back to the elder for safe keeping.

Talking Stick Rules

Whoever holds the talking stick has within his hands the power of words. Only he can speak while he holds the stick, and the other council members must remain silent. The eagle feather tied to the stick gives him the courage and wisdom to speak truthfully and wisely. The rabbit fur on the end of the stick, reminds him that his words must come from his heart.

We all know that speaking the truth is powerful. The history of AA (Alcoholic Anonymous) and other step programs and the practice of psychotherapy are all based on this awareness: that speaking the truth is healing. But it is healing for the group as a whole because as each individual listens, in silence and reverence, a whole world of understanding opens up.

There Is No Prince Charming….

There Is No Prince Charming….

I have come to a realization (I assume this would be a good way to start a sentence) and a conclusion that there simply is NOT a Prince Charming of our wildest dreams for us out there waiting!

So we may as well enjoy the journey, savour the moment, go with the flow, be grateful for the process happening...

Well, unless, the one you are having at the moment, is in your very eyes your very own Prince Charming. Then and only then, in that case, YES,

THIS IS A PRINCE CHARMING…..

…. of YOURS, that is!!!

Are you single?

Are you in a relationship?

Are you married?

Are you divorced?

Are you separated?

Are you widowed?

Are you in an open relationship?

Have you been dating?

What does your Mate from Heaven sound and look like?

What does your Mate from Hell sound and look like?

The thing I am trying to point out here is that our minds have been bombarded by pictures of the ‘perfect’ man and the ’perfect’ woman at every corner imaginable.

However what we do have to realize it that no one is perfect. And that is a perfection in itself. Our imperfections are our perfections. We have flaws and that is the way it is supposed to be, that is the way it should and shall be.

The very things that we loved and adored at the begging of the relationship are going to slowly but surely wear off, eventually. Learning to enjoy them, to love them, to embrace them, to cherish them exactly for what they are is a true meaning of loving and respect.

Search for an ideal partner that ‘fits’ you bill. Someone who works alongside you, who loves you and wants you and needs you and respects you and cherishes you and adores you and stands behind you and is there for you for better and worse.

Someone who apologizes and worries about you, who helps you and asks about you and your day. Someone who truly and really wants to spend the time with you, someone who takes you out, who smiles with you and laughs at your jokes, who intrigues you in a cranky way, someone who makes you belly laugh out loud!

Someone who takes criticism deliberately and constructively, someone who is interesting, creative and passionate about what he has been up to in the world!

Someone who actually ‘shows’ you what his love means for you.

Someone who has interests of his own, who is comfortable in his own skin, is healthy, someone who believes in you, someone who you can trust in and who you feel being comfortable around.

Someone who is caring, loving, kind. Someone who is not ego-driven, someone who is generous, giving and compassionate. Someone who shares similar values to yours and has goals planned to strife for.

Trust your heart.

Trust your instinct.

Trust your intuition.

Trust your gut feeling.

So…. What are you after right now??? J

Good Luck!!!

To Love, but not Too Much?!

To Love, but not Too Much?!

Have you ever been in love?

Who has not been?!?

There is no reason whatsoever you cannot have it all!!

To love and to be loved in return.

It may hurt…

You have to be patient…

You want so much to get in touch, to get in contact again and all over again…

Time grows the heart fonder.

The wait is worth it at the end.

Mutual respect between 2 persons.

What would your role model do??

Have you ever had an urge to phone, text, send an email, or in any other form get in contact with someone whom you cared about and / or loved BUT at the same time you knew, you felt deep inside it would be worth the wait if you just could postpone it for a little while as the rewards would be sweeter, more satisfying and more graceful, loving, caring and nicer at the end if you did??

I am all for giving, giving and giving. Receiving in return but not excepting much.

Listen to your gut feeling, instinct, intuition what it is telling you…

Heart really grows bigger and greater and fonder and grateful with each and single every passing day while away from your loved one.

What are your ‘experiences’ in this ‘field’ ??

Much, much love to you ALL……………………

J (-: 

Can you help just one child??

Can you help just one child??

The title, the topic, the subject of today’s post says it all…

If only this book, this post / this blog, etc. would help just one child, it was worth working on, writing on, reading it, sharing it, doing it, ….

THE  STARFISH  POEM

Once upon a time there was a wise man

who used to go to the ocean

to do his writing.

He had a habit of walking

on the beach

before he began his work.

One day he was walking along

the shore.

As he looked down the beach,

he saw a human

figure moving like a dancer.

He smiled to himself to think

of someone who would

dance to the day.

So he began to walk faster

to catch up.

As he got closer, he saw

that it was a young man

and the young man wasn't dancing,

but instead he was reaching

down to the shore,

picking up something

and very gently throwing it

into the ocean.

As he got closer he called out,

"Good morning! What are you doing?"

The young man paused,

looked up and replied,

"Throwing starfish in the ocean."

"I guess I should have asked,

why are you throwing starfish in the ocean?"

"The sun is up and the tide is going out.

And if I don't throw them in they'll die."

"But, young man, don't you realize that

there are miles and miles of beach

and starfish all along it.

You can't possibly make a difference!"

The young man listened politely.

Then bent down, picked up another starfish

and threw it into the sea,

past the breaking waves and said-

"It made a difference for that one."

At times in our lives, we are all the old man, the young man, or the starfish.  Sometimes, as the old man, we don't see the purpose to actions.  Sometimes, as the young man, we persevere and make a difference.  And sometimes, we are the starfish who just need a little help.

In such turbulent times as these, when we may feel alone and small and unable to make any lasting changes we may find ourselves asking "What can I do that will make a difference?" or "What can one small person like me do?" 

In reality we don't have to be rich, talented or even particularly intelligent to make a difference in the life of another. We just need to remember that we ARE here for a purpose, and that making small changes in the world eventually add up to something bigger in the life of another. 

When we become throwers of the stars, we too, have the power to change the world.

A powerful reminder that we should be here for each other, and to seek to help, even in small ways, whenever we can.