The highs, then lows, before the depths, the falling... seemingly endless falling... through the darkness, a vortex of black, not knowing when it will stop, or even if there is a bottom to be reached... a recurring dream since childhood, where you are just falling and falling and falling, through time and the black... BUT... It is just a dream, even as it is not a dream, and all dreams eventually come to an end, when we open our eyes, when we awaken... when we still ourselves enough to come back to our soul to see the blur between dream and nightmare and know both are the same, just different perspective of energy and vision... AND... we know that we can fall up too, maybe not as fast as we fall down, but we can, and we do... and we will rise past everything that we have seen or known as we fell, to a place beyond the point where we fell from... SO... keep going, my friend, dark to night, until night becomes day, that day turns to light... for the strength of your heart to hold onto hope, no matter the circumstances, is a light on its own, and you never know what difference it might make to who or where in your dark... keep a hold on your heart, for your soul, for its power.


Words: © 2018 Rosie Chee

The journey to higher awareness and greater awakening is not one all "succeed" through, but it is one the healing warrior understands only too well. Those moments, the breaking, they are never easy, no matter how many times you go through them, or for whatever reason. They are never easy. And it takes a lot of courage to keep going, to bring yourself to continue showing up in the world when you want to disappear from it altogether sometimes. It takes strength to walk among the calm and show nothing of the chaotic storm going on inside, to give a smile because you know that you never know what another may be going through and it could be the difference they need today. It takes more than many may ever know, to process the pain and accept the lesson trying to be taught through it, because you know that you cannot just accept it but have to know it, truly know, deep down in your soul, not only in your head and felt in your heart.

Words: © 2018 Rosie Chee

I won't let the stain
of tears darken the fire of
the light of my soul

Haiku © 2017 Rosie Chee​

Art by: Daniel Taylor

Stuck inside my head,
the world spins, you disappear;
left alone again

Haiku © 2017 Rosie Chee

Art by: Daniel Taylor

MOTIVATIONAL OF THE DAY


THE WALL


A wall is nothing but an obstacle. And obstacles are always going to present whenever you are chasing your dreams. When one comes to a wall there are several types of people - those who hit the wall and STOP, those who climb OVER the wall, those who see the wall coming and go AROUND it, and those who just keep going right THROUGH the wall.


Those who hit the wall and stop are a great majority. Sadly, these are those who will NEVER achieve anything great in their life, because they are too afraid to take the risk or refuse to see the possibilities BEYOND the obstacles in their path. They are content to sit back and watch life, instead of being a PART of it. Ironically, these are also those who are the most likely to be the ones throwing stones and obstacles in the paths of those who ARE out there taking the risks and doing great things.


Those who climb over the wall are few. They REFUSE to believe that the wall is the end of their hopes and dreams, knowing that there is a way OVER every obstacle set before them. They are the thinkers, the doers, those who step out there and just do what it TAKES to get the task done. They are NOT afraid to fall, trying again and again if they do, because what they want is far greater than the obstacles.


Those who see the wall coming and go around it are also few. They are the ones who are always thinking, always analyzing, always looking AHEAD. They are aware that NOTHING is easy, that there will always be obstacles, and they ALREADY have a plan before they come to any obstacles on how to deal with them, so that they expend as little effort as possible, being as EFFICIENT in the pursuit of their goals as they can be.


Those who keep going right through the wall are rare. They are the ones who refuse to let ANYthing stop them from achieving their goals and dreams, determined to have them at any cost, driven with a passion understood only by like-minded souls, possessing immense strength of both mind and body, believing and having such faith in their heart that NOTHING can stop them. They will do WHATEVER it takes and make every sacrifice to see their dreams made reality, even if it means that they come close to destruction in the process.


I know what I AM; what I DO. What type of person are YOU?


© Rosie Chee

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MOTIVATIONAL OF THE DAY

FIGHT WITH FAITH

Yes, there are some times when life knocks you down. But a true warrior, a born fighter, will CONTINUE fighting, even if it might not seem like it. Getting knocked down is a given, and staying down for a time can be forgiven, but getting back UP is ALWAYS the ONLY “option”. Whatever happens, the highs and lows, NEVER stop fighting, because there is MORE to life than this; there is more than can be SEEN and EVERYTHING is significant, revealed when you are “ready”.

Life is MORE than a “fight”. It is a test, a trial, a race, an “endurance”. There is no true “finish”, for this life will lead onto the next, but it IS a “race” full of obstacles that will challenge even the hardest contender. The “end” should not even be in our mind, for it will come to each in their own time, and it is the WAY the “race” is run that is important.

You need more than willpower and strength to fight, to go on when the odds seemed stacked against you, when hope might seem like the merest glimmer. More than power and might or skill and instinct. You need FAITH, for the belief in something BIGGER than yourself and a PURPOSE for living can carry you through the most struggling times. No matter what happens, how many hits you take, how many times you fall, how much damage you sustain, believe that it is WORTH it and KEEP FIGHTING IN FAITH!

© 2015 Rosie Chee

MOTIVATIONAL OF THE DAY

KEEP GOING

No matter what is going on in your life right now, the emotions coursing through you, the feelings surprising and confusing you, the people in and out, the overall kaleidoscope of everything, KEEP GOING. Remember, it’s ok to break down or have your moments, but you HAVE to pick yourself up and put it back together, because there is NO other option. It’s human to “fall” and “break”, experience highs and lows, but it’s WARRIOR to KEEP GOING, building strength and character in determination and action in moving forward even when we are not quite sure where we are heading.

© 2015 Rosie Chee

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

THE ULTIMATE

Whatever is happening right now is going to happen with or without your permission. The hardest part is being “awake and aware” as it happens, especially when you would love nothing more than to fall asleep and never wake up. As you walk through the hours your mind wants to disappear from the world, float away with the clouds to another part of the world or rise to the stars in the endless blackness of space, to be “free” from the reality of moving footprints being kicked through the sands of time by a hurricane wind determined to rush them to the sea of undoing.

Staying calm in the midst of the hurricane, shrouding your eyes so no one sees the real emotion in the depths, looking to seek solace from the one who should know you the best but remains naïve no matter how loud your soul screams, is one way to keep going. One way to try and make sense of the “breaking”, to forgive yourself for being human and having moments of weakness. One way to stay another day in this world when the closing your eyes and walking down the middle of the highway is an impulse that calls to your bruised mind, easier to envision when you have spent time before sitting there for solitude.

Somehow you must let go of whatever is causing distress in your soul and unease in your mind, no matter how hard; remind yourself that it is not worth “taking” from your life any more than it has, if your heart not precious enough to be cherished, to kill yourself slowly over the one you find crept inside. Close your eyes and refind your “centre”; gather “the world” around you as you seek within and without the whispers of dreams, murmurings of wonders that the future can hold if you let go of the rock pulling you down to the depths of the ocean you find yourself drowning in.

Listen to the words that say “do what’s best for you”, the loudest voice of them all that of the one who walks beside you but cannot hear you; give yourself permission to do as you’re “told” and let it happen without feeling regret or remorse for deciding to look after you and not those who seek only to use you, even as their lips speak beautiful words that are nothing more than mere words, for words twisted to fit actions and not the reverse as professed. You need to let your mind come to terms with the actions, peace with the story unfolding, and let yourself “be”.

© 2014 Rosie Chee