MOTIVATIONAL OF THE DAY


Are you ready to LEAP into 2016? Leave the past behind, truly and completely, taking with it only yourself and the lessons you have learned and the growth you have made over 2015. Give yourself permission to openly and willingly embrace the ongoing journey of evolutionary and enlightened change that your awakened soul has traversed, striving higher and further than ever, determining that if 2015 was the year of "infinite possibilities", 2016 is going to be the year of "making reality" the possibilities you want and desire. Let yourself FLY!

© 2015 Rosie Chee

MOTIVATIONAL OF THE DAY

BREATHE DREAMS

Every time you breathe, see your DREAMS in your mind. Every breath “releasing” them out into the universe, whispering them into something more than just a thought, but putting them out there so that you are not the ONLY one who knows.

Your dreams are your “truth”. They are the “compass” guiding your soul. And your life’s purpose is often tied up in those dreams, for we are not given the desires in our heart withOUT purpose, but because there is more than simply passion there; a gift that only we can “give” the world.

Take off any “masks” you might have worn or are wearing and allow yourself to be REAL for a moment. Let that moment linger and continue, so that there is nothing but the raw truth revealed to the world. Let them know who you are and what you stand for, the dreams you long for and the purpose you live.

Be PROUD of the soul standing here right now. Know that it is one step CLOSER to every dream it ever desired and already living its purpose as it walks towards those dreams.  As the dawn comes after every night, trust your soul and BELIEVE.

© 2015 Rosie Chee

MOTIVATIONAL OF THE DAY

UNEXPECTED LIGHT

There shines a light in EVERY soul. Sometimes we do not see it within ourselves. But others do and they make mention. Yet sometimes that light can become dark and needs to be relit. In those times the light shining in OTHERS can “respark” our own and see us glow again.

Light can be found in the most UNEXPECTED of places. Sometimes where we might never have thought it could come from. Surprising us with the magnitude of which that light can shine. Yet sometimes that light can become a source of comfort and looked forward to. In those times simply accept where you are at this moment and just ENJOY the warmth of the embers being stoked back to strength.

Light and dark. Sometimes we do not realize which of our “selves” we let the world see. We do not realize when we sparkle so brightly or darken the heavens. Yet sometimes we are more aware than ever of the effect we have. In those times we come into a “soul awakening” and once aware we can never become UNaware.

When your soul has been “woken” from its slumber life begins to OPEN up. YOU begin to see how every aspect of light and dark affects you and those around you. You begin to understand the IMPACT you can have on another soul. You begin to take CONTROL as much as you possibly can over yourself and your reactions to the world. You live CONSCIOUSLY. You seek to make every aspect of your being and the world around you as “healthy” as possible and encourage GROWTH in all areas.

Sometimes it is the most unexpected of lights that can ILLUMINATE the “darkness” in our lives and aid in bringing us to the CONSCIOUS awareness of “self”. Always be thankful.

© 2014 Rosie Chee

MOTIVATIONAL OF THE DAY

WALK ALONE

There are times in our lives when the best thing for us is to walk APART. You might be one who has always walked alone even as you are with others and there’s nothing wrong with that. Sometimes if those you walk with are not walking in the same eventual direction as you are, it’s better to separate and forge your OWN path or risk taking an extended detour or veering altogether from your ultimate destination.

It’s OK to walk alone. There’s a peace in stepping away from the crowd and making your own path, even though it will be harder and you may be criticized and judged harshly for it by those who do not understand it or you. Despite what the world thinks, it’s not about living for their needs, but ensuring that YOUR soul remains intact, as much as possible, because you cannot afford to lose it [again].

There is FREEDOM in walking alone. It can be harder, because you have to hold yourself accountable for every action you make, but when you are walking towards a vision, striding forward with a purpose, doing what you must and making no excuses becomes that much easier, because you know that in the end the only one responsible for where you end up is YOU.

It’s ok to LIKE walking alone and some of us have for much of our lives. Know though, that walking alone does not mean that you cannot allow others to join you on your journey, or that you cannot find delight in the pleasure of another’s company for a time, but your soul understands and accepts that it IS only for merely a moment in the space of infinity, no matter how precious.

Ultimately, you must do what is right for YOU. There is no shame in walking alone and it does not mean that you are isolated, even if you want to be and are for a time. There is no judgment in preferring walking alone and often it clears our soul, creating calm in confusion and reminding us of the reality of our dreams, so that we hold on tighter than ever as we BECOME.

© Rosie Chee

MOTIVATIONAL OF THE DAY

YOU HAVE THE POWER

If you want something in your life, YOU have to go AFTER it. If you want something to change, YOU have to MAKE it happen. YOU have to DO it. YOU have to create your OWN future. YOU have the power to determine your DESTINY.

DELIGHT in the Blessings that have been given to you. OPEN your heart and allow people in. ACCEPT that people change and that sometimes it is time to let them go to allow something better to become. TAKE the chance because it might become something more precious than you ever imagined. NEVER settle for less than what you deserve.

If life is not the way you desire it to be, KNOW what you want and then take the necessary steps to MAKE it your REALITY. You have always had the POWER and you always WILL. If you want something to CHANGE, you have to be the one to INITIATE that change. YOU have to be the one to see it THROUGH. You have to be the one to take RESPONSIBILITY for creating the OPPORTUNITY for your life to evolve and move to the NEXT level.

You should constantly be HUNGRY to become BETTER, never “settling” but always striving to BE the change you want to see. Although you never want to be “satisfied” to stay in one place, happiness is always there is you allow it to be, so enjoy the time you have and the people you have in it, and never take a moment for granted, even if you are not yet where and who you want to be. Life is a mountain that you NEVER stop climbing, but there are always plateaus along the way where you can pause and just ENJOY it, knowing how far you have come. Then you look UP and know that you can choose to stay where you are or keep ON climbing, the choice to continue all on YOU.

Take RESPONSIBILITY for your life. Accept the CHALLENGE to always climb higher. Determine to make your life what YOU want it to be. Know that the POWER to change lies with you. It’s all on YOU.

© Rosie Chee

MOTIVATIONAL OF THE DAY

THOSE IN YOUR LIFE

The PEOPLE in your life can be very important. If you surround yourself with negative and toxic people, you will eventually find yourself dragged down to their depths, and that is not where you want to be. If you are surrounded by people who seek only to limit your potential and are jealous to see you spread your wings and fly, you will eventually either become resentful that you are “stopped” at every turn or you will begin to become negative and toxic. If you surround yourself with people who have been through destruction and pain and can still smile and see the beauty and good in life, then you will find yourself encouraging each other and lending strength when it is needed. If you surround yourself with positive and motivating people who believe in you and support your dreams, you will find yourself enjoying an abundant life full of blessings as you reach further and strive higher with those also moving forward in life.

Who you choose to ALLOW yourself to be surrounded by can make a huge difference in your life. Are those closest to you truly the ones who know and see and accept you for who you are and will only seek to encourage you, yet not be afraid to confront you because they care if they see yourself in a place of destruction and tell you the truth even if you do not want to see it? Or are they those who claim to know who you are, even as they do not understand your truth and purpose and only seek your attention when they want it or have no one else to turn to? Are those you let close holding you accountable and challenging you so that you grow, as you are them, and do they have your best interests at heart, as you do theirs? Or are you simply a passing whim to them, a moment of pleasure or a “novelty” they think delightful until it no longer serves them?

WHO are the people in your life? Who are you SURROUNDING yourself with? Who are you allowing into your INNER circle? Are they true souls or soulless facades? Do they truly listen to you and support you, or do they only criticize and condemn and seek to tear you down? Do they know what makes you truly happy and can they tell the difference, or do they just call you “happy” when you smile?

The negative, the toxic, the limiters, the energy demons, the “stagnant”, the fake – they will all ultimately hold you BACK from tapping your true potential and seeing your dreams realized. But the positive, the supporters, the warriors, the pioneers, the real who see and know your heart – they will walk WITH you into the fulfilment of all you are meant to be and more.

As you ask yourself who you surround yourself with, ask yourself what type of person YOU are and what YOU give to others’ lives. You know who you DON’T want in YOUR life, so if you are not already, choose to be one you WOULD have and seek to make an inspiring and positive difference in the lives of all those you touch.

© 2014 Rosie Chee

 

2013 | Day 59: PUSH HARDER

MOTIVATIONAL OF THE DAY

PUSH HARDER

YOU know what your goals and dreams are. You know what you have to DO to get there. You know what you ARE doing to get there.

You have to push YOURSELF. You have to push yourself HARDER. If you don’t do it no one ELSE might, for everyone else has their OWN goals and dreams. If you want YOURS to happen, YOU have to be the one who makes it happen. YOU have to be the one in the arena fighting the battle. YOU have to be the one hanging onto the side of the mountain scaling it. YOU have to be the one jumping out of the airplane trusting that your parachute will open because you checked it.

Ultimately your goals and dreams are on YOU. YOU are responsible for your progress towards them. YOU are accountable for what you do and do not do. You are the only one who TRULY knows how much your goals and dreams MEAN to you.

It’s NOT enough to have goals. It’s not enough to JUST dream. Nothing ever happened by simply DESIRING it. You have to PUSH yourself. You have to push yourself HARDER than ever before. You have to STOP settling for “ok” and start reaching for the STARS. You have to go PAST what you THINK you can and just get work done. Others may help with motivation, but YOU have to be the one propelling yourself FORWARD.

If you want to be the best, you have to strive HIGHER than you ever thought possible. You have to IGNORE those who say you “cannot”. You have to see through tunnel vision your goals and dreams in your mind and stay FOCUSED. You have to push HARDER every day and leave nothing that should or could be done undone.

© 2013 Rosie Chee

2013 | Day 19: ACCOUNTABILITY

MOTIVATIONAL OF THE DAY

ACCOUNTABILITY

I am accountable to MYSELF first and foremost. Yes, it is important to have others to whom we can hold ourselves accountable, especially when it comes to our goals, but in the end, we must RESPECT ourselves enough to be able to be accountable for our own person in our heart. Being accountable to yourself means being HONEST with yourself. It means taking RESPONSIBILITY for your own actions, accepting that you and you alone made the decision to do whatever it is that you did, and you and you alone are your source of achievement or disappointment. When you are able to do that you are able to GROW. When you are able to grow, you can become an INSPIRATION for others who may have or are struggling with the same issues that you have experienced. It helps you to MINISTER to others, able to empathize with their situation, and offer some source of comfort. It allows you to start being able to be honest with OTHERS. When you are honest with others, it lets them know that it’s ok to be human and be flawed and make mistakes, which in turn might help them be able to open up and SHARE their experiences and hardships with others, to create more COMMUNITY. Community, the coming together of different cultures and people from all walks and ways of life, begins to create a UNIFIED world.

© 2013 Rosie Chee

2012 | Day 258: WHEN MIRACLES HAPPEN

MOTIVATIONAL OF THE DAY

WHEN MIRACLES HAPPEN

You have to TRULY want something, but not JUST want it, BELIEVE that you CAN do it and then do EVERYTHING possible to MAKE it happen, for something to become REAL, YOUR reality instead of just a dream or a fantasy, a want or desire that you see only in your mind or heart. You have to TRULY be prepared to give and do EVERYTHING possible to make it come TRUE. You have to TRULY make the decision that you ARE going to PURSUE your heart no matter the cost and sacrifices that are going to be asked of you along the way. You have to TRULY be ENGAGED in the journey, hold yourself ACCOUNTABLE and accept ALL responsibility, to make the DIFFERENCE required, to equip yourself with the POWER you need to make it HAPPEN.

When you TRULY want it, BELIEVE you can, are PREPARED for what is to come, and are living FULLY in every MOMENT of the journey you have determined to set upon, you are READY to open a NEW chapter of your life, ready to embrace the NEW, ready to step OUT and into the wonders that are waiting for you, the MIRACLES that have been waiting for you to open your mind and heart and soul to RECEIVE, to be BLESSED beyond what you could ever imagine or wish for. When you are TRULY ENGAGED in the experience and are LIVING, miracles HAPPEN, and they happen to YOU.

All of life is a miracle and YOU are one in it, but your heart has to be OPEN to SEE it, and it can only be open when you TRULY BELIEVE and DECIDE to CREATE your OWN DESTINY.

© 2012 Rosie Chee

2012 | Day 247: STOP WITH EXCUSES

MOTIVATIONAL OF THE DAY

You ARE capable of achieving your goals. You HAVE the ability to succeed within you. You have the POWER to accomplish whatever you set your mind to. The only one holding you back is YOU.

STOP making excuses for yourself. STOP allowing yourself the “easy” way out. STOP saying “I can’t do this because...” STOP blaming someone else for why you are not there yet. STOP shifting the accountability away from yourself.

If you have not yet accomplished your goal and you HAVE had the time, then you have no one to look at but YOU for it. No one else is responsible for it but YOU.

So STOP holding yourself back. STOP with excuses. Just get out there and DO it!

© 2012 Rosie Chee

2012 | Day 218: Accept Responsibility

MOTIVATIONAL OF THE DAY

Personal Accountability

There is always going to be someone with more talent, ability, success, or achievement that you. Just like there is always going to be someone who has less talent, ability, success, or achievement than you. No matter what, you are blessed just to have what you do and to have accomplished what you have.

Realize just how much you have been blessed. Appreciate where you have been. Take a firm grasp of the future and where you want to be. Take ownership of your goals. Make your word mean something. Make it mean something not just to others, but to yourself – don’t lie to yourself or allow your mind to formulate excuses for why you might not do what you know you must do. Instead, hold yourself accountable – know that the only person who you will really disappoint if you do not achieve your goals is you.

© 2012 Rosie Chee

Quote for Reflection: “We are all blessed with so much and yet most of us piss those blessings away. Time for change, time for a new you and to start living life. Let go of the bullshit and the excuses. Accept personal accountability in order to self create success.” –Joe Donnelly

2012 | Day 217: DECIDE YOUR LIFE!

MOTIVATIONAL OF THE DAY

Every Day is a Decision

Every day is an endless decision of opportunities waiting for us. Whether we make the “right” decision rests entirely on us, and we can blame no one but ourselves if we discard the path that would lead us to the success we desire. We can choose to step out and grab a hold of those opportunities, making the most of them, seeing where they lead. Or we can sit back, oblivious to them, waiting for something to happen TO us, instead of going out there and MAKING our own reality.

Life waits for NOBODY. If you let those opportunities pass you by, if you ignore them or are too blind to see them, then they WILL pass to someone else - someone who DOES want them and will make the most of them.

You have two choices in life. LIVE it. Or just be IN it. I know what I would rather do. What about you? Are you ready to go after your dreams today, to make the MOST of your life, so that you achieve and be everything you want and know you can be? If you know that you are, then GO OUT AND DO IT AND LET NOTHING HOLD YOU BACK!

© 2012 Rosie Chee

Quote for Reflection: “The day at hand is what you make of it. If you decide to do nothing today then that's the results you'll get, NOTHING. If you decide to go out and do something then your results will lead you to endless journeys of SUCCESS!!” - Ron Johnson

2011: Day 23

QUOTE OF THE DAY

"Whatever task that you undertake, do it with all your heart and soul. Always be courteous, never be discouraged. Beware of him who promises something for nothing. Do not blame anybody for your mistakes and failures. Do not look for approval except in the consciousness of doing your best." - Bernard M. Baruch


VIDEO OF THE DAY

Trailer - Spartacus: Gods of the Arena



I loved Spartacus: Blood and Sand - if this is as good, it's going to make for fun and interesting viewing. Gladiators are warriors in their own way. This is Art! The violence and sheer rawness is stunning, and it shows you the best and worst in mankind, enough to make you cringe and then smile . . .


TRAINING

This week's Day OFF.


COMMENTS

Sleep - Time and Quality: ~5 hours.

Mood/Aggression: NOT happy with my body statistics, but that's primarily my own fault over this last week, so I can accept that. There will be no more of this though - going BACKwards, no matter the circumstance, is simply NOT acceptable!

Energy: On my days off, I am going to have to find something physical to do outdoors for 1-2 hours, just to make sure I am being active - I know it'll make me feel a lot better!

Mental Focus and Clarity: There is no room for not being there today.

Stress: Stress has played a role in my step backwards this last week - everything I have put aside and decided to ignore, that has been seething in my unconscious for the last two weeks, has had more of an effect on me than I thought, all caught up to me. It's time to start booting it OUT of my life!

Libido: When my stress becomes more conscious, this definitely picks up - like it does when I am in a highly aggressive or playful mood . . .

Body Composition and Look: 126 pounds at 11.6% bodyfat. A HUGE difference in body composition this week - +3.3 pounds in bodyfat, and +7.5 pounds in lean body mass (albeit not all muscle, but more likely from food and water weight, since my appetite returned last week). Despite the gains in lean mass, I definitely do NOT like being above 10% bodyfat, and the extra weight is NOT conducive to my athletic performance. The increase in body composition is a step backwards (and although I have been higher re body composition, this is the second heaviest re mass and largest re girths that I have ever been in my life! - something I'm not proud to admit, but hey, accountability, remember), but one that can be corrected quickly - 3-5 weeks to reach 8 bodyfat, and 4-6 weeks to 7% bodyfat (if I can get that low, and damn it I am going to aim for it!)

Other Notes: I've definitely noticed the difference in NOT having Erase and want to add that back in as soon as possible! Started using Alpha-T2 again today. Will also be using Assault on my day off, dosing in the morning.

Competition Notes: 12 weeks until my competition. My first week at this was terrible - WORSE than terrible! - with my nutrition even more atrocious than usual (I was having ~4,000 calorie MEALS instead of ~4,000 calorie days!) and nowhere near what it should have been and what I determined to do. However, beating myself up over it is not going to change what has happened (I'll do it anyway), and I can only put it behind me, add it up to experience, knowing what I do NOT want to be doing, look ahead and make it RIGHT from now on.


FIT TIP OF THE DAY

Accountability is a huge thing in staying on track. There may be weeks where you go backwards (like I did this week), but having that accountability keeps you honest, makes you take responsibility for what has happened, and help motivate you to get back on track. Putting yourself out there is also a part of having a "support network" (touched on in an earlier post), giving to others and having them give back to you, a mutually beneficial relationship in achieving your personal goals.