MOTIVATIONAL OF THE DAY

KEEP GOING

Sometimes we are at a loss for what has happened or is happening to us, not quite sure HOW it happened or why, desperately seeking to understand it and coming up short or empty. Sometimes there is NO explanation – at least, nothing that makes sense – and we must accept that and move ON.

Whatever has happened has happened and is now PAST and you must let it STAY in the past. You must leave it behind - even if the consequences of it linger with you for a time – and focus on what you are going to do NOW.

You might not feel the best. You might be struggling. You might be discouraged by events. This is NOT the time to “give in”, but to stand UP and REmotivate yourself. Look AHEAD and know that you have ALREADY achieved what you want to – you just need to get there!

KEEP going – there is NO other way. Keep going THROUGH and stay true the course you know you must and you WILL “come out the other side” faster than you think. Find your SMILE and keep it on as you go, reminding yourself that even in hell there are still blessings!

© 2015 Rosie Chee

MOTIVATIONAL OF THE DAY

LIVE AND LOVE LIFE

Life is full of CHALLENGES. It is full of OBSTACLES. It is full of DISBELIEVERS. It is full of OPPOSITION. For every supporter you have, there is a hater. For every beautiful moment in time, there is a memory that crushes your soul. For every mountain climbed, there is a canyon to cross. For every star that is born and rises, there is another that falls from the heavens and dies in a blinding flash of light.

Do not allow the negatives in life to outweigh the POSITIVES. Do not let the moments of sadness overcome the incredible periods of HAPPINESS. Do not let the challenges prevent you from living life COMPLETELY.

LOVE life, no matter what happens. Love what you DO. Love the fact that every day is a NEW chance to start OVER. Love those who love you and never let a moment go by that is opportunity to let them KNOW how much they mean to you.

LIVE AND LOVE LIFE. COMPLETELY.

© Rosie Chee

MOTIVATIONAL OF THE DAY

THERE IS ALWAYS A SMILE

You might wake to sunshine or rain. Your first thought might be one of joy or despair. Your heart might be light or crushed. No matter how you wake, it’s the start of a brand NEW day.

Another day is another chance: To make the changes in your life that you want to see happen and bring about, to look for the light in the darkness and the hope in the torment, to KEEP going even if you feel like you cannot or do not want to, to find a SMILE and to give ANOTHER that blessing.

No matter how you wake, there is ALWAYS something out there to smile about. Always someone who can make you smile simply by thinking about them. Something that can happen to you that will make your smile grow wider and bigger. Something that can amaze you so much the memory of that smile imprints on your heart forever.

No matter how you wake, the thoughts in your head, what is going on in your life, remember that there is ALWAYS going to be a smile tucked away, even if you think not. You just have to shake your head, close your eyes and reopen them to look at the world in a different light, from a new perspective, see the beauty and let it touch your soul, having faith in the hope that your dreams are on their way to becoming tangible.

© Rosie Chee

MOTIVATIONAL OF THE DAY

PRETTY AMAZING

OPEN your eyes to the world you live in. Open your HEART to the blessings you have been given. Allow the WONDER of everything to seep through your soul.

Think of the MIRACLE of life. Think of all the POSSIBILITIES that exist. Know that you are BEAUTIFUL in this world filled with ugly.

Believe that everything happens for a REASON. Believe that you CAN make a difference. Embrace the experiences that life has given you and the love you are surrounded by.

He knows your heart. He knows your mind. He knows infinitely more about you than you could possibly fathom.

When you open yourself to the fullness of everything, open your mind to the potential of anything, and open your soul to believe in the glory of Him and all you have and are, you will see that life truly is pretty AMAZING. REVEL in that knowledge, that feeling, the emotion evoked in the core of your being. Revel in it and LIVE it – an amazing life!

© Rosie Chee

MOTIVATIONAL OF THE DAY

DIFFICULTY CREATES OPPORTUNITY

Sometimes all you can see is what is going on NOW. You can so OVERWHELMED by your circumstances that you do not see the “good” in the bad, the “wonder” in the “heartache, the “opportunity” in the difficulty.

Roads to the best things in life are not always CLEAR. Sometimes they are fraught with devastation and destruction. Sometimes they are hidden behind obstacles and “road works”. Sometimes they are “over the hill” and out of sight. Sometimes they are disguised as “tests” that determine our true POTENTIAL.

Any time you find yourself in a difficult situation, no matter how small or large the situation, there is an OPPORTUINTY. That opportunity is for GROWTH. It can be mental, physical, psychological, or spiritual, but all intended for one purpose: To make you BETTER.

Every difficulty IS an opportunity to see what you are made OF, to perceive if you have what it TAKES to succeed at what you want in life, to determine the STRENGTH of your desire for the dreams you harbour in your soul, to know if you are on the “right” path to BECOMING.

“Becoming” is a CONSTANT journey, a perpetual purpose that you can spend lifetimes trying to fulfill. And lifetimes it WILL take, as many as is required to create a soul worthy of the potential bestowed upon it. Opportunity knocks on the door of that potential in EVERY difficulty, to see if it will answer, or be discovered and USED.

Sometimes it takes those overwhelming circumstances to see the path ahead, your next step, and to UNDERSTAND just how blessed you truly are. USE your difficulty to make you STRONGER and BETTER than ever.

© 2013 Rosie Chee

MOTIVATIONAL OF THE DAY

INNER FLAME

We all get tired. We all come close to losing hope. We all have times when we have tried our hardest, only to have everything we do flung back in our face as if was nothing. We all have those times we feel something inside start to fade and in some instances, almost to black.

It’s human to have your inner spark go out. It would be unnatural if our inner light never grew dim. It would be perfection if we never experienced the darkening soul and no human is perfect.

In that we are human, so it allows us the chance to “reconnect” with others. Sometimes the simple nudge of another soul against our own can light the spark lying dormant in us. Sometimes it can gently brush the smile out of hiding. Sometimes it can breathe new life into us, invigorate as it inspires.

Those people are our angels and you never know when or where you will meet them. Just be grateful for their silent blessing in our life. Be thankful that you can see light again.

© 2013 Rosie Chee

MOTIVATIONAL OF THE DAY

YOUR FOCUS

What you focus on can often determine the “outcome” of your life. At least, how you perceive it, because when you focus on something, even if you’re unconscious of doing it, you gravitate towards that which surrounds that focus, almost as if you’re “bringing” it more than ever into reality.

Life is tough. We all know that. We all live it and deal daily with struggles and personal battles. We all experience loss in some form or another, grieving in our own way as we try to cope with it. We all have times that test us to our very limits, when we are crushed to the ground, and sometimes BENEATH it, pushing desperately up, to grasp onto something that will stop us from continuing to fall. We all have heartache and tragedy, events and people and circumstances that rip our soul to pieces and tear us apart from the inside out. We all make mistakes that cause us to question what we are doing and why, moments when we wonder if our life even means something to anyone.

But…

We also all have beauty in our life, blessed with the people we choose to call family. We all have dreams that make our heart hope and cause our souls to dance with excitement, looking forward to another day and another chance to make progress towards making those dreams reality. We all have such capacity in our being for growth, and in our growth, “evolving” into higher beings, our life an infinite journey of betterment. We all have loved and love, sometimes so much that we wonder how we could have survived life withOUT the presence of that precious and special individual who made us believe again, our soul finally finding peace amidst the chaos of life.

We all have things that tear us apart, causing such pain that we are not sure if we will get through, or even if we WANT to. But we also have things that keep us TOGETHER, holding us to this world, making us determined to keep going and get up every morning, the “glue” that is more than faith alone.

Definitely easier said than done, make the effort to start focusing on that which makes your heart smile, your soul sing, your dreams awaken, that which makes you come alive and hold you together. It doesn’t mean that your life won’t have difficult times, but it WILL make you appreciate the blessings you do have, encouraging and creating understanding as you develop strength, keeping the fire inside you alight even if only a barely glowing ember, so that you can go on and use your story to help inspire and make a difference in this life.

© 2013 Rosie Chee

MOTIVATIONAL OF THE DAY

LET YOURSELF HEAL

Grieving is a NATURAL process. It is unfair to ask one who has experienced loss NOT to grieve. It is cruel to expect them to feel nothing for something that was so very PRECIOUS to them. Even if you do not understand the importance, give them the time that they need to HEAL. Give them the support that they might need in such a time, just to let them know they’re not alone.

In the same regard, you need to LET yourself heal. If you have suffered such tragedy in a loss that renders your soul in pieces, you cannot continue to go on as if nothing has happened. You cannot lie to yourself as well as everyone else and pretend that you are fine and ok, and that the sudden hole in your heart does not affect you in ways that you could never imagine it would.

It is OK to be sad. It is ok to GRIEVE. It is ok to take TIME to let yourself heal. No one can know the depths to which the loss you have suffered affects you. Only you know that, once you have moved past the denial and let the pain touch your soul. When it touches your soul and floods you with the dreams you suddenly realize your heart held, you need to grasp onto them and know that even in death, they are STILL alive.

The loss of a loved one, even one you have never met or who had yet to draw breath, has an IMPACT on your soul. Especially the loss of a life you had living inside you, whether you were ambivalent about its existence or not. EVERY life is precious and the loss of even a sliver of it is a tragedy, even if it takes time to “catch up” to the emotion felt in its wake.

You NEED to let yourself heal. You need to let yourself FEEL. You need to let yourself understand the dream you had buried so deep in your soul that it took such a loss to fully realize that it IS one you want, something secretly and desperately desired, and hold tight to your faith, hoping with all your soul, that it is a dream that will live on until it has been FULFILLED.        

© 2013 Rosie Chee

MOTIVATIONAL OF THE DAY

THANK YOU

Thank you for being WHO you are. Thank you for the TIME that you gave. Thank you for what you SHOWED me. Thank you for OPENING my soul. Thank you for UNCOVERING my heart. Thank you for risking my MIND. Thank you for giving me the opportunity to step INTO who I am meant to be. Thank you for HURTLING me towards my destination. Thank you for the EMOTIONS. Thank you for digging DEEP into the psyche of the beast to find the beauty. Thank you for the LOVE. Thank you for EVERYTHING that has changed me in ways I never thought I could ever change. Thank you for whom without I could not be where I am TODAY. Thank you for making me UNDERSTAND who I am better than I might ever have known.  Thank you for forcing me to make a CHOICE. Thank you for the heartache that caused STRENGTH. Thank you for the tears that created RESOLVE. Thank you for allowing me to see the BLESSING in the pain. Thank you for the EXPERIENCE that determined the path my life now walks on. Thank you for YOU.

© 2013 Rosie Chee

2013 | Day 89: REALISTICALLY EXPECTING MIRACLES

MOTIVATIONAL OF THE DAY

REALISTICALLY EXPECTING MIRACLES

Today those thousands of years ago was a MIRACLE. The events that transpired were UNbelievable and yet they HAPPENED; it canNOT be disputed. LIFE itself is a miracle and one to be CHERISHED, valued above even the most precious of things. Life RESURRECTED, a SECOND chance at giving it another shot, is to be valued even MORE, PRICELESS beyond measure and the most AMAZING of miracles.

Rising from DEATH – shedding of the old skin of the life lived before, life breathed from within the heat of the flames of the fire, rising majestically from out of the old – is nothing to be laughed at. A SECOND chance is nothing to turn your head from. The chance to live AGAIN is the ultimate blessing.

Just as dying for the sake of another is the ultimate SACRIFICE. Yet it was KNOWINGLY done, another miracle altogether and something few would be willing to do, CHOOSING to give their life for another, let alone those they do NOT know. But HE did, and because of that, we are given a chance at SALVATION, a shot at ETERNITY

We have been given a GIFT, a miracle. We have been shown that NOTHING is impossible when you stand on the side of He who created life. We have been given the greatest miracle of all – life. We should make the MOST of it, using the life we have been given as an EXAMPLE of His glory, realistically expecting miracles, as we living, breathing proof of one.

You might not believe in miracles. How can I NOT? I have lived many, seen many, and experienced such revelation of them, that I know NOTHING cannot be UNconceived in reality. Every moment air is drawn into your lungs is a moment of OPPORTUINTY for a miracle to transpire, so always keep your soul OPEN for it.

© 2013 Rosie Chee

2013 | Day 55: FRESH START

MOTIVATIONAL OF THE DAY

FRESH START

There is hope at the start of every dawn. Light spreading its way through the world and your heart. Faith infused in your soul believing in the future. Gratitude overflowing from that deep and secret place inside so far down no one else can see it. For what you have been given. A new day. Another chance. A fresh start.

Be thankful that He deemed you worthy of such a gift. That He is not the only one who has forgiven your transgressions. Waste not every opportunity that comes your way to show how much you care. To show how much you love. To leave no room for doubt of your devotion.

Let the hope that rises with the sun stay with you far after the sun has set. Let it linger in the depths of your soul. Let it surprise you with its joy. Let the quiet comfort it affords breathe calmness in your spirit. Let it help your mind relax. Let it keep the light of life alive inside.

After the darkness of a night without stars comes the most beautiful of dawns. Turn your face to the sun and let its warmth seep through your being. Soak up the beauty of its aura. Capture the promise of its magnificence. Remember always the joy it gives to your heart and never let it go.

Use the new day that you have been given. To do all that you can. Leave nothing on the table. Give it everything you’ve got. Be thankful for everything He has blessed you with. Be thankful for everything He has given back that was taken away. Be thankful that you took the risk and flew. Now fly higher than you ever have before!

© 2013 Rosie Chee

2013 | Day 31: APPRECIATE EVERY MOMENT

MOTIVATIONAL OF THE DAY

APPRECIATE EVERY MOMENT

EVERY single moment in your life is SIGNIFICANT. There is SOMEthing to be learnt from EVERYthing you experience, no matter how small or large it is. Sometimes the BIGGEST life lessons we learn come from the SMALLEST things, events that we might not even recognize at the time.

Life throws things at us we are not always PREPARED for. It knocks us down when we LEAST expect it. It takes the wind from our sails just when we thought we were sailing on SMOOTH seas. It does this so that He can see how we RESPOND. He wants to see what we are made OF.

There is a LESSON in EVERY experience we go through, every PERSON we encounter on our journey of life, every time we FALL down, every time we make a MISTAKE, every time we get HURT and feel like we will break, every time we come to a crossroads and realize that we ARE only human and cannot do everything on our OWN. The lesson might be one in HUMILITY, ACCEPTANCE, GRATITUDE, or something else, but no matter WHAT it is, it is VALUABLE in our mission to become the BEST that we can possibly be.

You might not always UNDERSTAND it at the time. You might not always ACKNOWLEDGE what is happening. Just remember that EVERYthing happens for a REASON and in time, if not now, you will SEE that reason and KNOW it.

APPRECIATE life. APPRECIATE every single moment that you have on this earth. APPRECIATE every breath you take, every morning you wake to a new day and are given another chance to “get it right”. APPRECIATE those around you and the love that you have. APPRECIATE that you are special to HIM and He values you. APPRECIATE and you’d be surprised at the way your life can CHANGE.

© 2013 Rosie Chee

2012 | Day 336: THIS MOMENT

MOTIVATIONAL OF THE DAY

THIS MOMENT

This moment is your life right NOW. It is the BLESSING you have been given. It is the SMILE in your heart. It is the LOVE you are surrounded with. It is everything from the past and present culminating in this single MOMENT, a moment you might never have imagined you would ever have, but now it is HERE. It is for YOU.

Be HAPPY for this moment. Be GRATEFUL that He deemed you worthy of having it. Be APPRECIATIVE of the pain and heartache it took to bring you to this place, for withOUT it you would not have grown as you did and would never have allowed it opportunity to happen.

See the path TO this moment. Know that everything you endured was for a REASON, and that reason is NOW. That reason was to create in you a new HOPE, uncover denied and long-hidden desires and DREAMS and transform you into the person you were MEANT to be, who COULD accept that this moment IS real and for you.

Be HAPPY in this moment, for right now, in THIS moment, this moment is YOUR life, and it is REAL!

© 2012 Rosie Chee

2012 | Day 287: EXTRAORDINARY MOMENTS

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EXTRAORDINARY MOMENTS

Sometimes the “magic” one is or might be looking for is right in front of them, in the people, the moments, the things that can seem so insignificant and are often overlooked. Take the TIME to appreciate your life, the simple gestures one offers, the smile they might bestow, the words of encouragement, the walk alongside you up the mountain of life. Sometimes you can be doing the most random things, tasks that you might never have thought could be anything other than what they appear to be, and all of a sudden life is breathed into them and you discover that joy can be found in unexpected moments.

Joy is not about trying to find it. You ALREADY have it, hidden I know in some of us, but lying in your soul, the potential for unlimited happiness sitting inside you just waiting to be ALLOWED freedom. Sometimes the right people can open that up and you see the EXTRAordinary in the ordinary, take pleasure in the “mundane”, making every day just that little much brighter and something to be looked forward to.

It’s not the places nor what you’re doing that makes something extraordinary, but those you spend your time WITH, and you never know who can suddenly bring a smile to your soul, a moment of peace to your weary mind, or give that motivation to allow you to pick up the pieces of your heart where it has been scattered throughout time and space. Recognize those moments and those people, thankful for them in your life, the difference they make, and know that you are blessed.

© 2012 Rosie Chee

2012 | Day 279: WHAT REALLY MATTERS

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WHAT REALLY MATTERS

You might have once taken it for granted, but you no longer have that luxury, because it is gone from you, and now you understand how important it was, how essential it was to your being, how valuable it was to you, and it is lost from you forever. Makes you think about what you really care about, who you hold dear, what you have and how you treat it, whether or not appreciation is something you have for it each and every day. If it is not, then START APPRECIATING what you have WHEN you have it, for nothing lasts forever and you never know when what you can suddenly realize you cherish the most will be no more.

As we move through life and change, what matters to us also changes, but there are always going to be fundamentals to us personally that might never change, even if we are not completely aware of what they are at the time, the secret desires hidden in our hearts that sometimes come to the surface when we are faced with a loss or circumstances that force us to evaluate where we are and what we are doing.

Do NOT let yourself become so caught up in life that you forget or are not aware of what REALLY matters to you. Never let a day go by when you do not APPRECIATE what matters to you. Be THANKFUL for and understand the BLESSINGS that you have and are given. No REGRETS!

© 2012 Rosie Chee