MOTIVATIONAL OF THE DAY

I AM ENOUGH

The world will always entertain a thought process that seeks to enslave you, to try causing you to think that you need something or someone to “complete” you, wanting you to be reliant on others to survive, searching to capture souls to manipulate. But it is wrong, because you do NOT need anything or anyone else to be COMPLETE, and life strives to prove that by throwing obstacles in your way to get you to dig deep WITHIN YOURSELF, to bring forth the TRUE spirit of you.

Those who are not strong enough will not withstand the pressure, but those who are, even if they might never have thought it, will discover in such times their true STRENGTH and learn that they ARE ENOUGH. They will know that they are enough on their OWN, that they CAN stand alone and be ok, that standing alone IS ok, even if the world frowns upon it and seeks to take away their independence and freedom, to trap them in a cage it hopes they will settle in.

I AM ENOUGH on my own. I do NOT need anything or anyone else to complete me. I KNOW who and what I am and I am OK with that. I am COMFORTABLE in my own skin and need no one’s reassurance to stay that way. I am my OWN person, independent and free-spirited, always have been and always will be. I know what I want and will not accept anything LESS than I DESERVE. I CHOOSE to follow a path I cut for myself, whether the world “approves” or not, no matter how “alone” I may be on it.

That said I can WELCOME the presence of another, understanding that life seeks to create bonds between souls that will only STRENGTHEN who they are, both as individuals and together, bringing together like-minded souls who ADD a depth and richness to the other’s life that they cannot give themselves. This does not mean I am incomplete alone, only that I accept there ARE some things I can never give or experience by isolating myself.

I CAN now allow another into my world because I KNOW WHO I AM. Not everyone will be allowed in, rare few indeed, but those few will always be treasured for the INVALUABLE GIFTS they are, the BLESSINGS I realize He is bestowing on me. We may be able to be complete on our own, but we were not meant to WALK alone, and I know that now. I am enough on my own, but with another I can become so much MORE, as can they, desiring and seeking to unfold each soul to its full and complete potential.

© Rosie Chee

MOTIVATIONAL OF THE DAY

LISTEN

The ground beneath you is unstable, threatening to collapse beneath you, but you have NO fear because you know that it NEEDS to for you to rise to the NEXT level of your life. Your eyes are OPEN to see the outstretched hands above you, knowing now that there ARE those who care and WANT to see you move FORWARD in your life, who want to walk WITH you through life, not because they want something from you, but because they SEE you and “get it”. They get WHO you are and understand where you have been, knowing where you are GOING, desiring to be a part of the NEW life that God is opening up and creating for you to step into.

You need no one to tell you what you want, because you suddenly REALIZED it, waking one morning to find that everything had CHANGED, that little voice in your soul whispering truths you had until now tried to deny to yourself, thinking that if you ignored them, they would go away and be less real, but now, knowing that they are NOT, nor wanting them to disappear, READY to allow them opportunity to GROW and FLOURISH in your life, the one you are stepping INTO.

You know now that you are NOT alone. You know now your HEART. You know now what you SEEK in your future. You know now that you are READY. This is YOUR time, to take a chance on something you would never have risked for before, to give yourself more room to GROW and OPEN your soul to the wonders He has waiting for you. There is no better time than NOW. LISTEN to that inner voice, ACCEPT and reach for those outstretched hands, and LET yourself live life the way you were always INTENDED to.

© Rosie Chee

MOTIVATIONAL OF THE DAY

LIGHT UP THE WORLD

You were created for a PURPOSE. Your life has a MISSION. You were born to LIGHT UP the world. You were meant to make a DIFFERENCE.

You are UNIQUE. You are different from EVERYONE else. You stand ALONE in your gifts and abilities. You and only YOU can shine the light that resonates from your soul.

Smile. Laugh. Love. Live.

The glow of your smile can shimmer over any heart, filtering in down into the darkest of crevices, and spark another glow that could become a powerfully burning flame in the world. The sound of your laughter can pierce even the most distraught heart and turn on a smile that could become the next light spreading hope in the world. The way that you love can touch a heart once thought ice and long dead of all emotion and feeling, and create a desire to step out into the world again. The life that you live can be the example that someone else needs to know that everything will be ok, no matter what their world looks like now.

There is something IN you that has tremendous power for GROWTH. Not only for YOU, but for OTHERS. Live your life as a shining EXAMPLE of what a MIRACLE is. Light up the world with your smile. Light up the heavens with your laughter. Light up the souls around you with your love. Light up all that you can with your life.

You were created for a purpose. Your life has a mission. Make the most of who you are and what you have and the time you exist in to FULFIL your destiny of “light”.

© Rosie Chee

MOTIVATIONAL OF THE DAY

UNDER CONSTRUCTION

You’ve “remade” yourself more times than you can count. You’ve sculpted your body numerous ways over the years as goals and priorities change. You’ve transformed yourself like a chameleon. And now you’re about to do it AGAIN…

It’s a new season. The perfect time to “reinvent” yourself in the model that you want to be, the version of you that will best REPRESENT you in the days ahead, the example that you want to give and BE to the world. Today starts a NEW day, a new week, a new SEASON. It is your chance to start “over” and create the you that you want to be and see. It is your time to get it “right”, with no falling off the trail or veering from the path to another destination other than the one you have set yourself.

The signs in the road you’re walking on say “under construction”. It is true of life and it is true of YOU. From this day forward YOU are UNDER CONSTRUCTION, piece by piece, one step at a time, minute inspection of the being you are and calculating the length of time to the endpoint in your mind. It is time to put up the mental signs to keep you “on track”, pull out the demolishing equipment, and whittling away the parts of you that have NO place in your future.

It’s not just your BODY under construction, but your MIND as well. The way you think, how you perceive the world and that which is in it, your place and role in life, exploring the ULTIMATE version of you inside AND out, so that, come the end of the season (or however long it takes you to build your masterpiece), you are everything you WANT to be. And then some…

Your new body is under construction. Your soul is undertaking the hardest journey of all in making the mental parallel of that physical “transformation”. YOU are beginning from the very start the life and you that you always dreamed of being and are MEANT to be.

© Rosie Chee

MOTIVATIONAL OF THE DAY

THE REST OF YOUR LIFE

TODAY marks the FIRST day of the REST of your life. What are you going to DO with it?

What happened yesterday has PASSED. Today is a world of OPPORTUNITIES waiting to be stepped INTO.

Yesterday might have hurt. It might have caused pain beyond belief, but that pain does NOT have to linger. It does not need to dwell on your heart and CONTINUE into today. Choose to let GO of that pain. Give it up to God and allow Him to HEAL the wounds in your soul. Let Him fix the broken parts of you, so that you can look at the world with eyes of WISDOM and know that even though there is pain in life, it is BEAUTIFUL.

No matter what state we are when we come before Him, He CAN fix it. He can make us WHOLE. He can COMPLETE what was missing, what was damaged, what we thought impossible to repair in a lifetime. He works MIRACLES in our favour, because He wants us to LIVE.

To live we must be able to see the beauty in the dawn, the hope in the light of the sunbeams streaming across the vast expanse of sky that crosses this world, and know that the dawn is another CHANCE. Another chance to RISK, to love and let those we love KNOW how much they mean to us, to start OVER and begin anew if we have to. We might have been broken in the past, but we do not have to carry that into the FUTURE. We do not have to live it TODAY.

Today is a NEW day. It is the FIRST day of the REST of your LIFE. Make the MOST of it.

© Rosie Chee

MOTIVATIONAL OF THE DAY

EYES OPEN, MOVING FORWARD

Even if you have NO idea what the NEXT step in your life is, CONTINUE on your journey, one foot in front of the other, the only way OPEN to you – FORWARD. Keep your forward MOMENTUM, your eyes CONSTANTLY open, observing life around you as you pass it by or entangle in it, for while YOU may not know what you are supposed to be doing next, SOMEONE does.

Someone is watching OVER you, observing YOU, the way you walk, how you interact with the life around you, the people, the ripples you make, difference you create, and they are planning the next step of your journey, even if you might already be starting to do that yourself. You might not know what you’re supposed to be doing, but you are forming an idea, a notion, a PLAN, because everything that happens to you MEANS something, a piece of the puzzle in the fabric of the masterpiece that makes up your life’s tapestry.

You begin to see that what you NEED is right there in front of you if you allow yourself to think OUTSIDE the normal scope of vision used by man. The tools you need to accomplish your tasks are hidden, but where your INSTINCT knows how to FIND them, when you truly need them and are prepared to give in to your intuition and that something else greater inside you. The words you LEARN to form and express your need with, grasping from the life surrounding you, RESPONDING to it as you ACT with and in it. Your eyes are OPEN, physically, psychologically, and spiritually, all aspects of your psyche and self in TUNE with one another.

No matter WHAT happens, create that HARMONY withIN yourself and see life OPEN up in more ways than you could ever have imagined, paths spread before you in a choice of myriad journeys, opportunities given that might never before have been possible, and all of it READY for you to just step INTO, taking the chance, RISKING all you are and have now for something far GREATER, a PROMISE of the FUTURE and the person you are MEANT to BE.

© Rosie Chee

MOTIVATIONAL OF THE DAY

THE DIFFERENCE

Whether you believe it or not, there IS a difference between “giving up” and “starting over”.

When you give up, you GIVE UP you stop trying; you lose motivation; you refuse to see that you are closer to the end than you think; you allow negativity to control you and dictate your actions; you might never have had the passion and drive to begin with to see your goal through to the end.

Starting over is NOT giving up. It is realizing that some things are better UNdone than together, broken than complete; that not everything is meant to be or intended to happen, regardless of how much we might want it to be. Starting over is ACCEPTING that and giving yourself room to begin ANEW. It is giving yourself a second chance to get it right, to live your life the way it SHOULD be lived in order that it is complete and fulfilled as possible.

Others may see your “starting over” as “giving up”. It simply means that THEY do not yet know the difference and have yet to learn to meaning. Give them time; not everyone learns life’s lessons at the same rate, and some never want to know or acknowledge them. What matters is that YOU know it, and this is YOUR life, so LIVE it!

© Rosie Chee

INTERVIEWS WITH ROSIE

ShreddedRevolution Interview

Thank you to Andy for the opportunity to be interviewed. Share to Inspire!

Image courtesy of Tony Mitchell

To read my interview please see: ShreddedRevolution Interview: Rosie Chee

MOTIVATIONAL OF THE DAY

SURROUND YOURSELF

Be a DREAMER. Be a DOER. Be a BELIEVER. Be a THINKER. Be someone who makes things HAPPEN.

See your dreams in your heart and ACT on them. Believe in the hopes of your soul and think CONSTANTLY on them. Forget about fear of the unknown and just GO for it.

There is GREATNESS within you. In your dreams and hopes, the way you see the world and the uniqueness of your soul. Sometimes you may not feel like there is, but there IS, and when you feel thus it is important that the company you KEEP is one that KNOWS this and ENCOURAGES you FORWARD.

The world can be a cloudy place, shades of grey, and sometimes we can lose sight of our vision and our path, wandering until we find it again. Having around you those who know AND understand your heart is imperative in ensuring that you do not completely lose that along with your way, so that no matter what happens or how you feel, you can always RETURN to the source of your strength.

Thus, make sure that your inner circle, even if only one or two precious individuals, have such a SOUL as you. Make sure they are DREAMERS. Make sure they are DOERS. Make sure they are BELIEVERS. Make sure they are THINKERS. Make sure they have the power to INSPIRE and REIGNITE the spark when it burns low or almost disappears. Make sure they are TRUE. For then TOGETHER you can AND will get through ANYTHING, pushing each other to become BETTER as you find and exert the greatness inside.

© 2013 Rosie Chee

MOTIVATIONAL OF THE DAY

THE LIFE WAITING

When I was younger I was one of those people who had their future mapped out – the next year, the next five years, even the next TEN years. I knew what I wanted to do and had set in motion events for where I wanted to be, having spent my entire college years preparing for what I had PLANNED on doing when I left school. But…

Sometimes God has OTHER plans. Due to unusual circumstances, I was unable to “be there” when I should have been for what I wanted to do. So I decided to take a year off and start working my way towards what I had planned on doing when I was there. In that time I reached a point where everything changed and suddenly my life was going in a completely different direction, one I would never have considered or fathomed before. I was structured, regimented, preferring to know what was going to happen and controlling the situation, the DRIVER, never having before being “driven”. Yet…

For some reason, I “let go”. I followed the path I had suddenly found myself walking on. And that path led me to another. And then another. The place I ended up is NOTHING like the one I had PLANNED on being in 16-17 years ago, but another reality altogether. But…

It is the RIGHT place for me. I can look back and see all the twists and turns, all the milestones that have led me to this place, to “creating” me into the person I am, and know without a doubt that had I lived the life I planned, I would be nowhere close to being who I am today. I would have stayed the way I was, possibly reinforcing the walls that today have been broken down. I would not have discovered the dream that lay buried deep inside and stepped out after it. I would never have met the people I have, who have changed me so drastically, so significantly…

The life I had planned was not a “true” dream. It was what I THOUGHT I wanted, even though I know that deep down it was not an “ultimate” dream, but just something to do, what was expected, a path that used skills and some abilities, instead of a path that followed passion and made a difference, uncovering hidden talents and desires.

The life I now live, the life I stepped into, not through mere course of fate or coincidence, but many choices, several heartbreaking decisions, allowing the whispers in my soul voice and freedom to be heard, chasing them and listening to instinct, is the life that was always WAITING. It is the life that was “meant to be”, but could not have happened if not for all that was. When I look back and see all that brought me here, to this point, to this place, the dreams and the ones I hold dear, I know they HAD to be for me to BECOME.

Sometimes we do not see what CAN be. We see what we think SHOULD be. We allow OTHERS to have some decision in the life we “choose” to lead. But…If you “let go” of the “control” and allow your life to “follow” your SOUL, you will end up in a place you might never have ever been able to imagine. And that place is so much BETTER than anything we could ever “plan” on doing and being.

© 2013 Rosie Chee

MOTIVATIONAL OF THE DAY

THE DECISION TO TRY

Nothing great that was ever accomplished was done “suddenly”. It did not “happen overnight”. It was not a “random act”. It was not a “coincidence”.

EVERYTHING great that was ever accomplished was accomplished because someone had a VISION, a dream, a “goal”, and they put ACTIONS to that vision and moved TOWARDS it. They decided to TRY.

You have a dream I have a dream. We ALL have dreams. Not every dream will ever come true, because not everyone is WILLING to try. Not everyone is prepared to “take a chance”, play the risk and see what happens.

EVERY dream, no matter how “impossible” or “improbable” HAS the possibility of coming true. It might take time – days, weeks, months, years even, but it has the POTENTIAL. If it is a dream stamped with “greatness” or a dream that could inspire multitudes, its reality is INEVITABLE, but still, the FIRST step to “making it happen” is to make the decision to TRY.

© 2013 Rosie Chee

MOTIVATIONAL OF THE DAY

START STRONG. END STRONGER.

YOU have a goal. You have a DREAM. You WANT to ACHIEVE it with ALL that you are. It is IMPORTANT. It MEANS something. It SAYS something about you.

You STARTED with a PASSION. You went HARD out of the gate. You covered the PLAINS, went OVER the mountains, found your way OUT of the trenches, and now you can see the END in SIGHT. Your pace has wavered as you journeyed, slowed since you started. But…

You are going to dig DEEP and pull EVERYTHING you have. You are going to do WHATEVER it takes. You are going to PUSH yourself until you can push no more. You are going to strive HARDER than ever. You STARTED strong. But…

You are going to end STRONGER. You are going to cross the “finish line” and have NOTHING left. You are going to be able to say you truly gave it ALL you had and held NOTHING back.

© 2013 Rosie Chee

ROSIE CHEE FITNESS NEWSLETTER :: THE PUSH HARDER EDITION

Not only is May my birthday month, but it is also the month I am getting back into training again (the past few months have seen maybe twice a week training at best) and really focusing on getting my health AND fitness in order...When you wake up you WAKE UP and this is my time. Plus, it's getting into the nicer weather and is time for everyone to PUSH HARDER than ever towards the achievement of their goals and dreams!

This month in the 'Training' section, I have given several tips to increase the intensity of your training.

In this month's 'Nutrition' section I have outlined a couple of ways on how to adjust your diet for the warmer weather.

Check out the May 2013 edition HERE

MOTIVATIONAL OF THE DAY

PASSION

PASSION is what moves you. It DRIVES you. It creates in you the desire to do and be MORE. It becomes such a powerful FORCE propelling you towards your destiny that you cannot HELP but follow where your soul leads.

There is NO “if” or “but”. There is only “WHEN” and “HOW”. It is what you ARE doing. It is the MOMENT you start to allow your passion VOICE in the world and let others see your true heart.

Passion stirs your soul for a REASON. It comes out of dormant slumber for a PURPOSE. That purpose may not yet be apparent to you as it is to your unconsciousness, but it WILL be. It will be known to ALL you cross paths with.

In the moment when you let your soul FREE to follow your passion you open your life to the endless POSSIBILITIES waiting for it. In the RISK you give yourself the chance to soar HIGHER than you’ve ever gone before. You embrace the BLESSINGS that have been standing in line waiting for you to OPEN your heart. You set out on the journey that will eventuate in your evolution to the person you were always MEANT to be.

LET your passion be your guide. Let your SOUL awaken fully from its rest and heed the butterfly murmurings floating through it. Let yourself find the PEACE that will let it live awake within you and not want to hide. FOLLOW your passion and trust it to lead you TRUE.

© 2013 Rosie Chee

MOTIVATIONAL OF THE DAY

STAY STRONG

Wherever you are in your life, difficulty WILL happen. It is inevitable and how you REPOND to it will determine how it affects you not just now, but in the long term. FACE your struggles and accept them for what they are, even if you do not fully understand and see them only as “tests” or “lessons” for what you are not quite sure you are yet supposed to be learning.

Life is a battlefield and we ALL come across a mine in our time. You might have stepped ON it, see it and cannot stop the movement that will result in your contact with it, or it might already be too late and you did not realize what happened until it blew up and left you destroyed. Your decisions from this point forward will determine your destiny, the path that you’re walking on, who you’re walking it with, whether you stay or go, run or hide, fight or flee. Your choices in this MOMENT will start the process that “creates” who you will become.

Stay STRONG and analyze the situation in the time that you have. See the solutions, no matter how “undoable” they may seem and EMBRACE the “challenge” that now opposes you. Use it to test your mettle, your INSTINCT, your desire to SURVIVE. From the depths of your soul will rise a will to LIVE, for it cannot accept defeat, that this is all life has for you, knowing that there is MORE out there and you were intended for GREATER purpose than this. You just have to get THROUGH now to get there.

Breathe DEEP and try to stay calm. Attempt to allow your soul to RELAX, because you need your logic and reality to act on the blink of an eye, knowing that sometimes even the ILLOGICAL and most improbable solution is the “answer” you need to “pass”. Instinct and FAITH, “letting go” of what it “appears” to be and “seeing” what it really is, TRUSTING that this challenge will only bring you out stronger AND better than before, preparing you for that to come.

STAY strong. This is but a MOMENT in a LIFETIME of “moments”. This is but ONE of many “mines” you will stumble across. This is but one decision you will have to make that could either break or create the future you are heading towards. Hold TIGHT the vision of your future, the dream, in your mind, and know that He and your soul will lead you TRUE towards it if you ALLOW it and BELIEVE it.

© 2013 Rosie Chee

MOTIVATIONAL OF THE DAY

LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL

The chirping of the birds in the morning, as you lie in bed, singing to each other and letting the world know that a new day has begun and it’s time to open your eyes. The sun streaming in through your windows or an overcast sky of grey, the air warm and gentle, welcoming you as you step out into it. The sounds of others in the house as you begin to move around, your morning routine so habitual it happens without thought, as you listen with a smile and watch fondly, the ones you love. The feel of the cold ground on your feet, harsh with tiny stones and sand, grating at your tender feet, the soft grass sharp contrast, each one required and sought at times. The whisper of the wind through the trees, past your cheek, lifting your hair, a swift moment of calm before the heat of the day sets back upon you. The sheer magnificence of God’s creation, nature in all its glory spread before you like a live film, the lakes in the distance, the cliff edge stood upon as you take a moment of reflection in the beauty before you.

Life is all around you. It is in front of you, beside you, behind you, in you, and it is BEAUTIFUL. Yes, there are times when the weight of the world and the burdens you bear alone can bring you down and you want to rest, to sink to your knees and just stay there awhile, maybe even sleep, if it could bring you peace, but if you OPEN your eyes, you will see that the world around you, amidst all the darkness and pain, is BEAUTIFUL. LIFE is beautiful, and you can filter out the aspects that cause your soul despair, focusing on the wonder before you, the expanse further than you can see but that you know of, the promise that is around the next turn or down the next drop, the smile as you look back and see the ones in your heart right there with you.

The ones that you LOVE make life beautiful. They make it worth living. They give you something to HOPE for, and when you hope, life has endless POSSIBILITY, magic just waiting to be discovered and explored, a lifetime of wonder set aside just for you. The life that you have, the life you have been given, and the life you create, will all come together in a tumbled mess, but it is a BEAUTIFUL mess and from it, God will fashion a MASTERPIECE. SO no matter what lies on your mind or body, let your soul take flight and soar up and over those cliffs, into the atmosphere of infinite dreams, and see that life is indeed BEAUTIFUL.

© 2013 Rosie Chee

MOTIVATIONAL OF THE DAY

DREAMER

To dream is to create another REALITY in the dimension of your mind. That dimension is a POWERFUL one, for from it the one you exist in can be CHANGED. When you dream you set in motion EVENTS that cannot help but play out. You have made a fate from choices that have ALREADY been decided in the future. For the one whose dream is real and so meaningful to them that they will live their life working to make it their LIFE. In their mind lies the POTENTIAL for a destiny of their own making. In their heart is the determination to make it happen. In their soul the seeds for the dream is planted and it cannot help but sprout and grow through the years, fueled by desire and passion, until it becomes a towering giant that has to manifest in the world.

To dream is to MAKE yourself. It is to hold the ink that WRITES the story of your life. It is to have the POWER to become and do anything that you can envision and imagine. It is to give perpetual hope and light faith in ALL who you cross paths with. Your CONVICTION in your dream will change lives. It will change others as it changes YOU. It will become an unstoppable FORCE that can only move forward in the direction that will lead to its inevitable fruition. It WILL become tangible in the world if you pursue it as voraciously as it grasps at your soul.

To dream is to BELIEVE in something greater than what you can see. It is to know without doubt that there are things this world will never understand, but that it does NOT have to understand for it to be real. It is to make a DIFFERENCE in the balance and structure of what is possible and what is not. It is to show that everything brought to life STARTS with a dream. BE A DREAMER AND DREAM YOUR DREAMS!

© 2013 Rosie Chee

MOTIVATIONAL OF THE DAY

SUPERSIZE, NOT SHRINK

Your DREAMS are the MOTIVATION of your SOUL. Do NOT “shrink” them for ANYONE, no matter WHAT. Care NOT about the opinions of others on whether or not your dreams are “for” you. YOU decide your dreams and no one else, for your dreams are YOUR soul speaking to you, and when your soul speaks, you had better LISTEN.

NEVER give up your dreams for the vision of another. Never let GO of your dreams because it might seem like the world is against them. Dreams are placed in your heart for a reason; they are a part of your soul for a PURPOSE, and if you DON’T follow them, you are going to miss OUT on something INCREDIBLE.

When the world says “nay”, “supersize” your DETERMINATION. Gather your strength and “supersize” your COURAGE. Take heart in your ABILITIES and know that whatever obstacles you may come up against, you DO have within you the power to OVERCOME it.

Never give UP your dreams for the world. NEVER let go of your dreams because someone else thinks you should have a different dream and live your life heading in another direction. Never “shrink” your dreams and allow them to become a shadow because you get lost in striving to achieve someone ELSE’S dream.

Instead, LIVE your OWN dream. Reach for the STARS in your OWN soul. “Supersize” your soul and know that if you have a dream inside that you canNOT let go of, you have the backing of the greatest of them all, and HE keeps His promises, faithful to those who stay true to their purpose.

© 2013 Rosie Chee

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.

© 2013 Rosie Chee

 

MOTIVATIONAL OF THE DAY

ORDINARY TO EXTRAORDINARY

All of us are born a masterpiece and yet we are all “ordinary”. When we open our eyes for the first time, we might have an amazing destiny “planned” for us, but we have yet to step into that destiny, for it is determined based on the choices we make throughout our lifetime. Prince or pauper, when we come into this life we are the SAME. We are helpless and weak, reliant on others to “guide” us on our life’s journey.

As we get older this CHANGES. We can either choose to STAY as we are, or we can rise above what happens to us, for circumstances are not always easy and this world is cruel, determined to take each one of us and wear us down until we are nothing but dust. Those who REFUSE to let themselves be overcome by the “plague” of the world and fight back, digging in their heels and pushing back against the forces of “darkness” coming at them, taking a stand, are those who “transform” from “ordinary” into “EXTRAordinary”.

You become “extraordinary” by taking CONTROL of your fate, by determining your destiny YOURSELF, instead of letting the world “dictate” what and who you should be. The world is going to do all it can to “test” you, to put you in the most destructive circumstances, to see if it can break you and leave you bleeding on the cold, stone pavement for all to trample over as they pass. The “ordinary” who look inside themselves and find something GREATER than where they find themselves become something else altogether as they “transcend” their circumstances.

All of us are born “ordinary”, with the POTENTIAL to become “extraordinary”, a “masterpiece” on the walls of time, for others to look up to as an example of how life should be lived, how hardship can be conquered and that what happens to us does not determine our destiny. Hardships, the burdens the world tries to sink us beneath, are all there to see WHO will rise above it and become those “extraordinary” leaders that others emulate and follow.

So no matter where you find yourself, no matter what your past has been like, no matter what you have seen and done, know that you can CHOOSE to use it all to make you into a “higher’ being, a better version of you as strength is sought and found, willpower is caught and caged, determination and passion are unleashed alongside each other in your “fight” against the world, in your “battle” for life.

All of us are ordinary masterpieces. Some of us stay as we are and some of us “evolve” into something else altogether. What do you WANT to be? What will you CHOOSE to be?

© 2013 Rosie Chee