MOTIVATIONAL OF THE DAY

BE GOOD TO YOURSELF

Sometimes we spend so much time looking after and out for others that we forget to take care of OURSELVES. We work ourselves into the ground trying to do everything for everyone else, being strong for everyone else, making life work for everyone else, that we neglect to take care of ourselves. We allow our energy to be drained in our service to others, our strength to be used to nurture others, our minds to be consumed by thoughts of how to make things better for everyone else, but ourselves. And when that happens, you have NOTHING left for yourself. You drain yourself dry. You don’t nourish yourself, or replace what is being used, giving back to yourself so that you do not lose of yourself.

It’s fine to give, but it’s NOT fine to give and give and give until that’s all you’re doing, not taking care of yourself, not looking out for YOUR best interests, not accepting help from others because you have to be the one doing everything, until eventually you find yourself collapsing, shattered and broken, with nothing left to help yourself, empty and alone.

You have to be GOOD to YOURSELF. You have to nourish and feed yourself – whether it be taking time out every day just for YOU and no one else, meditating, filling yourself with the Spirit and refreshing your soul, speaking positive words of encouragement and empowerment over yourself and your life. You have to relax and recuperate – whether it is having a day off doing everything for everyone and focusing solely on you, so that your body and your mind stays strong and doesn’t run out of energy or spirit. You have to learn to be selfish and say “no” sometimes, because you cannot do and be everything to everyone all of the time, and you need to learn what you CAN do, what you cannot, and accept that, instead of piling all the world’s burdens on your own shoulders.

You have to be GOOD to YOURSELF. When you are good to yourself, then you can be good to OTHERS. You are better equipped to deal with others and their demands, and you will not bleed yourself dry in trying to manage those demands.

You have to be GOOD to YOURSELF to be of any use to ANYONE ELSE! So, if you are not and know you must be, start today! BE GOOD TO YOURSELF!

© Rosie Chee

MOTIVATIONAL OF THE DAY

LIVE STARTING NOW

Nothing like a reminder of how short life really is to motivate you to make the most of your life NOW.

Follow your heart. Chase your dreams. Never stop believing. If they rest insistently on your soul they're there for a reason, and sometimes it's only in the DOING that the reason becomes clear. Listen to your heart. Live your dreams. Never give up. Whatever you love to do you love for a purpose, and sometimes only YOU can fulfill that purpose.

So go out into the world and live unapologetically as your soul is led, the sparkle from your heart shining in your eyes as you live loving life and all that you do, being open to and seeing the magic come alive in every moment in the beauty surrounding you. Live so that come the time your ability to do so fades, you will have lived so completely and ultimately that you have no regrets, because you will have done all that you can with all that you are, become more than you ever thought you could and made all the difference only you possibly could have.

Make the MOST of your one, precious life and if you are not already, start doing it NOW.

© 2014 Rosie Chee

MOTIVATIONAL OF THE DAY

INEVITABLE

Dreams are placed in your heart for a reason. They rest insistently on your soul for a purpose. A dream that stays with you is not yours alone, but is meant to BE, shared by more than you. He knows your heart, your soul, your dreams, the things you have always secretly desired, the things you have desperately wanted and let go of, the things that make your soul smile and your heart break. He knows everything, but He would not allow a dream to STAY with you if it was not intended to be at SOME point in time.

Sometimes the dream that you have seems impossible, like it will never come to pass, the obstacles to attaining it and making it tangible more than half a world of separation. Yet you know that it is not something so easily forgotten, that if you look for the possibilities, a way can and WILL be found to overcome anything thrown at you to prevent you from seeing that dream a reality. The “one day” becomes MORE than a dream harboured in the shelter of the innermost depths of your soul, but suddenly a chance, a new risk, RENEWED hope that its improbability was all in your mind, that eventually, because you held it so sacred, so precious to everything that you are and hold dear, that it was only ever meant to be INEVITABLE in your life.

But what happens when a dream that has been kept so close for so long becomes inevitable? What happens when the reality of it leaves your heart unable to breathe, your mind grasping for ways to express the emotion? What happens when the reality of that dream would topple the reality that you have started to build when you “let go” of that dream?

Sometimes you must make a decision that will render your soul in half. Sometimes you must take a hard stand that will seemingly destroy you for a time. Yet in the end, you know that the destruction to come will be far less than the devastation that is inevitable if you stepped into that dream and allowed it to play out in your life. It is inevitable that you will have to CHOOSE between a dream that has meant so much to you and kept you going for so long and the dream that now sustains you and gives you light and life.

Inevitable. Such a small word. So much meaning. So much IMPACT. What will you choose when you come to make that decision?

© Rosie Chee

MOTIVATIONAL OF THE DAY

SOMETHING WONDERFUL

Life is full of miracles and wonders. Life is full of beauty and majesty. There is ALWAYS something that can – and will – amaze and surprise you, especially when you LEAST expect it, often when you have given up on anything of the like [for you].

Live life like it IS a miracle – because it IS. Live life like something WONDERFUL is going to happen to YOU – because it IS waiting to be. Live life APPRECIATING the beauty of the souls and hearts and of those who surround [and love] you. Live life knowing what majesty created this world and give THANKS for it.

Life loves to SURPRISE you, to create DELIGHT in your soul, by AMAZING you with WONDER. It loves to bring JOY to your soul in the most UNexpected of ways, through the most UNlikely of people. It loves to RENEW the HOPE in the hearts of the broken and weary, giving them something to look FORWARD to after the cold and dark night of tragedy. It loves to RESTORE the FAITH of those who have all but lost it, giving them glimpse of the future and what could be.

Life is full of everything you could ever imagine and MORE. It might try to beat you down and bring you to your knees, but it can also be truly wonderful, and sometimes you have to look past the pain and ugliness to see the beauty and wonder of it. You have to accept that there is a BALANCE and you cannot have one withOUT the other - they will always COexist, just as there exists light and dark within the human soul. The soul holds more power and strength than you might ever know, so always believe and never forget, that something wonderful is about to happen [just when you need it the most].

© Rosie Chee

MOTIVATIONAL OF THE DAY

BECOME AN INSPIRATION

You are alive for a PURPOSE. Do NOT waste the precious breath you have been given on frivolous pursuits. Instead, let your life MEAN something. DO something with it. Devote yourself to the “service” of others, that you may INSPIRE in them a desire to be GREAT. HELP them to see the greatness hiding inside them, their POTENTIAL for ultimate success and the achievement of all their heart’s passions.

Live to INSPIRE others. Inspire them to become BETTER. Inspire them to want MORE out of life, to seek for DEEPER purpose, to discover what THEY are here for, and all that they are meant to be. Inspire them to PUSH the boundaries of what is “possible” and create dreams IN reality. Inspire them to more than they might have ever dreamed OF and in that, have them see that it is only just the BEGINNING.

Inspire those AROUND you. Inspire those you have NEVER met. Inspire those whose souls you connect with on a plane out of this dimension of time and space. The world is VAST, but we are all connected somehow in the tapestry of life, in ways we might never know of. Your stretch is further than YOU will ever fathom, and EVERYTHING you do impacts someone somewhere.

Live FOR something. Make your life FRUITFUL. Let the world SEE your passion. Let them FEEL it and know that it comes from a true heart of “wonder”. This life is not about you alone, but about the DIFFERENCE you make in the lives of OTHERS. Live to ensure that the difference YOU make has a POSITVE impact, seared on the souls of those you encounter, so that in turn, THEY live to inspire with their own “story”.

© 2013 Rosie Chee

MOTIVATIONAL OF THE DAY

ADDING TO THE WORLD

Every day is ANOTHER chance to make a difference; to give hope to someone who might have little left; to encourage one who has all but lost faith in their dreams or who is close to achieving their goals; to make a sad heart smile or a lonely person feel that for a moment they are not alone. It is another opportunity to put yourself out there and take the risk of living, and in your living, IMPACT another life in ways that you might possibly not be able to imagine.

You are one in a sea of many; a single grain of sand in the endless desert of life, not even a teardrop in the vast ocean of life; but one thread in the tapestry that weaves all lives and destinies together. One does not mean insignificant, for one CAN change the world if they but have the courage and the heart and the determination to go out there and do what they CAN in their sphere, for who knows what domino effect or ripples might spread from the actions and words of that one.

Every day is another chance for every single soul out there to create a memory that will last a lifetime in another soul; a difference that might be THE difference and change a life beyond anything they could ever fathom. Every day is another opportunity to be a light to the darkness that surrounds you; a message to those who desperately need to hear it; an example that He will be proud of. What are YOU going to be adding to the world today?

© 2013 Rosie Chee

MOTIVATIONAL OF THE DAY

[POSITIVE] IMPACT

Sometimes the quality of our lives correlates directly to that which we GIVE others. The IMPACT we make: Positive [OR negative] – it affects not only the people we encounter, but our OWN psyche.

CHOOSING to do what you can for others when you do not even know what direction you are walking in is not always just “activity” to “fill space”, but it can also help you realize your own path, and in doing so, set you on a course that may be far DIFFERENT than what you expected. When you help someone else, guide another on their journey, give a smile or offer a hand – EVERYTHING you do creates an impact.

Some say you get out of life what you put into it. Not always true, but reflects karma – what you do comes ultimately BACK to you. The actions, words – impact made on others affects YOU too, whether now or in the future.

What impact do YOU want to make? What DIFFERENCE do you want YOUR life to be? What LEGACY do you want YOUR name to leave in this world? YOU choose what you do with your life. You know what you WANT – now just go DO it!

© 2013 Rosie Chee

MOTIVATIONAL OF THE DAY

THE ONES YOU LOVE

When you love someone, you don’t keep them in a cage. When you love someone, you give them FREEDOM. You let them OPEN their wings and give them the space they need to FLY. If they want you to soar with them, then JOIN them. But if they have to do some things alone, LET them.

For some, this is a fearful thought. They fear that the one they love will fly away and not return. If they love you, they WILL return. But you also have to create something for them to come BACK to. Together, you have to set down ROOTS in the life that you are BUILDING together. You have to give them something to WANT to come back to.

After having flown above the world, there must be something that will hold them to the “home” you have together. They must have a reason to STAY with a single being in a stationary place when they have had the freedom to be around multitudes and ever moving. You must be able to “keep up” with them and GROW with them, your love constantly EVOLVING as you both evolve, flying as you both fly, and never be something from which they might desire to flee.

© 2013 Rosie Chee

MOTIVATIONAL OF THE DAY

STRONGER THAN YOU THINK

What you’re going through now – God didn’t give it to you because He knew you couldn’t handle it; He gave it to you because He knew you COULD. He would NEVER have given you something He knew was NOT in your capability to handle, if the strength you needed was not already inside you just waiting to be found and used.

Sometimes we are given struggles so that we might FIND our strength and realize that we had it all along. Sometimes those struggles are given to DEVELOP the strength dormant in us, the strength we never might have thought we had; or maybe the strength we were not sure we wanted to see. Sometimes our struggles only make us realize just WHAT we have within us.

What faces you might seem daunting. You might not be able to share it with another soul, or only one other, and it is tearing you apart – such are the tests of life, the trials that “make us” when we REFUSE to break. Know that whatever the circumstances, He KNOWS you ARE strong enough – you might just have to get down on your knees and cry out for it, trusting that He will “give” it.

When life delivers such a blow, crippling your soul so that you feel like darkness is your only escape route, wanting to run and hide from the world for a time or maybe forever, understand and take some comfort, hard as it might seem amidst the pain, that though it is not a way YOU would have chosen, you are “given” the life you lead BECAUSE you are strong ENOUGH to live it.                       

© 2013 Rosie Chee

MOTIVATIONAL OF THE DAY

BECOME AN INSPIRATION

You are alive for a PURPOSE. Do NOT waste the precious breath you have been given on frivolous pursuits. Instead, let your life MEAN something. DO something with it. Devote yourself to the “service” of others, that you may INSPIRE in them a desire to be GREAT. HELP them to see the greatness hiding inside them, their POTENTIAL for ultimate success and the achievement of all their heart’s passions.

Live to INSPIRE others. Inspire them to become BETTER. Inspire them to want MORE out of life, to seek for DEEPER purpose, to discover what THEY are here for, and all that they are meant to be. Inspire them to PUSH the boundaries of what is “possible” and create dreams IN reality. Inspire them to more than they might have ever dreamed OF and in that, have them see that it is only just the BEGINNING.

Inspire those AROUND you. Inspire those you have NEVER met. Inspire those whose souls you connect with on a plane out of this dimension of time and space. The world is VAST, but we are all connected somehow in the tapestry of life, in ways we might never know of. Your stretch is further than YOU will ever fathom, and EVERYTHING you do impacts someone somewhere.

Live FOR something. Make your life FRUITFUL. Let the world SEE your passion. Let them FEEL it and know that it comes from a true heart of “wonder”. This life is not about you alone, but about the DIFFERENCE you make in the lives of OTHERS. Live to ensure that the difference YOU make has a POSITVE impact, seared on the souls of those you encounter, so that in turn, THEY live to inspire with their own “story”.

© 2013 Rosie Chee

 

2012 | Day 243: HOLD ONTO HOPE

MOTIVATIONAL OF THE DAY

When your feel your light start fading, your star fall from the heavens towards the hard earth, your eyes wilt like a flower past its bloom, disillusioned with life, HOLD ONTO HOPE. DON’T GIVE UP. NOT YET. It ’s NOT OVER YET. There is so much MORE to live FOR. There is so much more to DO. Your life has a PURPOSE, meaning to many even if your mind does not see it in that moment, and to deprive the world of your light would be a terrible thing. So hold your head up high, find that strength in your soul, and resolve to CONTINUE living, keeping the Faith and holding onto Hope, as if you have nothing else left if need be. When your heart despairs remember His Promises of wanting only the Best for you, of a BRILLIANT future waiting to be stepped INTO, opportunities waiting to be taken, love waiting for you to have let go of what you must before you can have the full beauty and joy of the one He has in mind for you. Life may be a fairy-tale written by HIS hands, but it is YOUR sketchbook, to create and make designs of your own, watch the reality of your dreams come to life before you, so hold onto hope and know that everything will be OK.

© 2012 Rosie Chee