MOTIVATIONAL OF THE DAY


STORIES THAT CHANGE US

EVERYone has a story. EVERYone has been through something that has made such an impact on their life that they have been forever changed. EVERYone has had someone in their life who has affected them so significantly that their soul cannot help but have been changed.


When you look at an individual you see what they LOOK like. You do not see what they have been THROUGH. You see the physical manifestation of whatever they have been through internally, and sometimes that is not even the case, for some are masters at masking any personal pain or suffering, choosing instead to present to the world a smile in a carefree manner so that you will never know the affliction in their soul. But you can tell if you take the time to look INTO their eyes, for they cannot keep a blank mask there infinitely, and in the briefest of moments when they might think no one is watching or will notice, you can see their soul there.


Everyone has a story that would make either your heart bleed or your mind relate. Everyone has lived an imperfect life, making mistakes that they might regret, chosen paths they might wish they could unstep, be put in situations they might never wish on others. No one has immunity to life and the chaos that it throws one into.


Everyone has a STORY. If you take the time to stop and LISTEN, to truly SEE a person for the creature they are as a result of what they have been through and what they have chosen to BE because of it, you will see their heart, their strength, their SOUL. You might learn from them, be inspired by them, but above all, you will realize that YOU too are human, and this life WILL change you, sometimes in ways you could never imagine in your wildest dreams, whether through circumstance or the touch of another soul against your own, for better or for worse, not even for a reason but just because it can, to see how you will respond, to see what kind of creature YOU are and what you are made OF.


Everyone has a story. You do. I do. You might not know mine, nor I yours, but it’s time to start SHARING those stories, so that we can create COMMUNITY, a unity that binds the world together in an understanding, moving us all towards the common goal of becoming BETTER than we are, all that we can be, fulfilling our POTENTIAL, and inspiring others along the way.


© 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