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

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THE POWER OF YOUR SOUL

There is GREAT POWER in your soul. There is FAR MORE than you could ever possibly imagine hidden down in the depths of your soul. There is MAGIC WAITING to be released into the world and create the most wondrous experiences. There is such capacity FOR LOVE that we are so often not aware of until someone awakens in us the secret desire for it.

Even when a soul has suffered the greatest tragedies and been through the most terrible destruction, it has the power to pick itself UP and see the BEAUTY in life, that they are still ALIVE and have LEARNT so much, know the extent to which they can fall and not let themselves be completely destroyed, still having FORGIVENESS in their heart to let go and KEEP GOING.

There is MORE POWER in your soul than you can ever dream of. There are more DREAMS in your soul than you will ever know of, just waiting for the right time, the right moment, the right person to creep inside your heart and bring about their discovery. There is so much POTENTIAL in your soul, that when you have been through what you have and known what you do, loved the ones who brought your world crashing down around you, and then found your soul carried gently in the arms of one who seeks to protect you, you allow it to be RELEASED, given room to GROW and BLOSSOM.

ALWAYS be grateful, thankful for the people in your life, especially those of the past who have taught you so much and caused so much pain, for withOUT that your soul would never have been opened to the WONDER that is WAITING for you, the FREEDOM of the life you were MEANT to live and love, and the one who you now find walking BESIDE you.

© Rosie Chee

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OPEN TO THE POSSIBILITIES

Your life is NOT yet over. There is STILL air in your lungs, even if sometimes they feel like someone has crushed them beneath the weight of the world. There is still hope in your heart, even if sometimes it feels as if you’re clinging to it by the MEREST of slivers. There is still faith in your soul, even if sometimes you wonder why and ask yourself what you are holding on FOR.

There is still LIFE in your life, even if sometimes you cannot see the way or know what the next step to take is. There are multitudes of POSSIBILITIES swirling around you, just waiting for you to open your eyes to see them for what they are; to see them standing there in front of you wanting you to see them, as you want yourself to be seen.

There IS love out there for you. It might have had folded arms and guarded smiles, but it IS there; as cautious as you because it has been hurt over and over, scars it wears proudly because it still has the courage to believe that it WAS meant for this life, beauty that only another soul who sings the SAME tune can see and appreciate.

Life is FULL of infinite possibilities. Endless opportunities call YOUR name. You could walk in ANY of myriad directions. You could traverse far MORE than one ocean. YOU could live a life of untold wonder and unimagined joy. You just have to SEE it. You have to realize it and understand that it IS there for you. You have to be OPEN to it. You have to step INTO it.

Taking that FIRST step is always the hardest. Walking AWAY from what you know for what you don’t is always apprehensive. Opening up your heart and soul again for something new is always a RISK. But all the risk in the world is WORTH it, because without it, you would never truly know what it is like to be blessed, to live happiness, to experience peace, to grow and evolve, and to REALLY live.

© Rosie Chee

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HERE NOW WITH THE POWER

You are NOT the person you were yesterday. You are not YET the person you will be tomorrow. You are here NOW, today, part of the old, to become the new, and have the power to CHOOSE what you will take with you from the past into your future.

You are HUMAN. You’ve made mistakes. You’ve got regrets. Welcome to life. The beauty of it is that you are not defined by your mistakes or regrets. You can move past those and embrace the promises and opportunities waiting for you to step INTO.

TODAY is up to you. Tomorrow today will become part of your past. It will be one step closer or one step further from where you want to be and the person you were meant to be. The choices you make, the memories you hold onto in your heart, the lessons you bring with you from the past, the experiences you allow to “shape” you, WILL mould you for tomorrow. Therefore, be wise in what you will and won’t allow, the battles you choose to fight and leave alone, the people you surround your heart and mind with, for it will all play part in the future.

You are what you ALLOW into your soul. You develop BECAUSE of your mistakes and regrets, the consequences that follow, the struggles that you battle. You want the darkness to ILLUMINATE the light, so that you come out BETTER than ever.

Your soul is the most PRECIOUS “thing” you have. It is your own and no one can make it into something YOU do not give permission for. Determine today WHO you want to be and filter in or out anything that has no role or purpose in that vision.

© Rosie Chee

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BEAUTIFUL MADNESS

No one is perfect. In fact, it is our IMPERFECTIONS that make us WHO we are, that make us BEAUTIFUL, that make us stand OUT. Besides, who wants to be perfect? If you’re perfect you never change, you never grow, and you never become better. And life is all about change, growth, and building on what is already there, layer upon layer, creating the complex and beautiful being that we are and were intended to be. Beauty is not in perfection; it is in IMperfection.

We all see the world differently. Therefore we each define the world and the way we experience it differently to everyone else. The world cannot be put into a small, square box, like some would will it, neat and clean and tidy and specifically labelled as something. Our DIFFERENCES make us unique. What some call “madness” others call “genius” and just because others have a certain perspective of you does not mean it is truth. All genius is discovered and created from what is always seen as “madness”.

Life is meant for LIVING. Dancing and laughing in the rain just because you can. Loving when all seems impossible, because the greatest happiness comes from dreaming and following our hearts. Taking the odds because you’d rather risk than play it safe. Standing OUTside the circle of others, because carving your own path is better than blending in and losing yourself.

Life is for making an IMPRESSION. On ALL whose paths you cross. And there is no greater impression left than that of one who KNOWS who they are, completely confident in it, striding through life with passion and purpose, imperfectly beautiful, the sparkle of mad genius like a halo around them, so wonderfully and unexpectedly different from the rest of the world that they are never forgotten, leaving a small part of themselves in the soul of all their lives touch.

© Rosie Chee

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HEART ADVENTURES

Sometimes things happen that you are UNprepared for. Sometimes they hit you, like a train crashing into you and you wonder how you could have been so blind all this time. Sometimes they are more subtle, like the lighting of a butterfly upon your finger. Either way, some of the most wonderful things in life and greatest adventures you embark on in life come from places you never would have expected, but that your HEART knows is RIGHT. They begin as tiny whispers in your soul, reaching out skeletal fingers towards your heart, slowly but surely creeping their way in like the mists of time, until you do not know when you cannot remember such longings and desires NOT being there, when your entire being did not shiver with delight at the way your life is unfolding and the miracles happening almost daily before you. And when you realize how PRECIOUS the dreams captured in the confines of such a small space are, you hold ONTO them as tightly as you can, hoping and wishing for their reality and to never end, because you cannot imagine your life without them in it, so dear do you cherish them.

Your life has taken a turn in a direction you might never have thought possible, twisted down a path you might never have considered to wander, floated over an ocean you might never have crossed, all because such an “adventure” began in your heart, filtered into by your soul, where your instinct and essence dreams and breathes. EMBRACE the life coming at you, the unknown, the wild, the scary, the passionate, the love. Embrace it and LIVE, knowing that there smiles in your soul satisfaction of being exactly where you are supposed to be, grateful for having listened to your instinct and steered from danger that might cause horrific devastation upon destruction already wrought. Now your soul is giving you a chance to HEAL, and it is healing you through a life of adventure, of love that is real, of companionship before only thought to have existed in fairy-tales and dreams. Embrace it, deep down in your core, in your heart where part of you lies hiding, and open yourself up, knowing that vulnerability is NOT a weakness, but in the end will only make you STRONGER and more APPRECIATIVE of life and all He has given you.

© Rosie Chee

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SOUL DANCE

You know what: Life is short. TOO short NOT to chase your heart or take the risk on something or someone you can’t stop thinking about. Who cares what the world might think? It's YOUR heart, your happiness, your future, your POTENTIAL. So let loose your soul to dance in the rain and have companion souls join you, beside you or to their own tune, each of you creating a beautiful melody no one but those who “see” might understand.

If you want it, SAY so. Forget timidity or fear. Put aside "what ifs" and "buts" and set yourself out there where you can be SEEN. Yes, you might be vulnerable, but in vulnerability you open yourself up to an abundance of blessings you might never have thought could be.

You want to let your soul dance? Then LET it dance. And pull those you wish to dance with alongside you, feel the magic in the moment and make it last a lifetime not forgotten. Hold onto the moments granted, for you know not when they might be gifted again.

Life is too short to be spent in hesitation, wondering, wanting but never doing. Before you know it the moment could be gone and you never know if with it with it your chance for something great or “once in a lifetime”. So, LISTEN to your heart. OPEN up your soul and set it free to DANCE throughout your life with a smile in its step and a glow that spreads light wherever it reaches, rippling through life making the difference that only YOU can make.

© 2014 Rosie Chee

 

MOTIVATIONAL OF THE DAY

THE HARDEST THING

The things that are going to make the MOST change in your life are the things that are going to be the HARDEST to do. They’re also going to require the most RISK and cause the most HEARTACHE. They will fill your heart with happiness, whilst at the same time dripping tears down your soul. It might be hard to LET GO, but it is HARDER to hold onto something that is not meant to be. Life is meant for LIVING, so even if it means saying GOOD-BYE to something you love more than life itself, to HEAL your soul sometimes you MUST.

If you have to, cry yourself to sleep at night and put on a SMILE for everyone in the morning, so that they don’t know any different, and go about your life in a way that MAKES a DIFFERENCE in others’ lives. It hurts when the one you love the most loves you back, but is too afraid to take the risk you would give your life for in a heartbeat, and sometimes the only way to hide that pain is to do your best to help ease the pain of OTHERS.

It may not make any SENSE, but in the end the pieces will all come together for you to see the BIGGER picture, and everything will be CLEARER than ever. You might NOT want to do it, but you might HAVE to, in order to prevent regret from letting the pain of it all stop you from living as you were MEANT to, depriving your LIGHT and INFLUENCE from the world. Do not let your hurts prevent you from helping heal the hurts of others.

Do not let your pain cloud your heart and shut all POSSIBILITY out. Do not think that it is over, because there is so much MORE out there for you, so much BEAUTY, so many BLESSINGS, so much more than you could ever have IMAGINED, all just WAITING for you to open your arms and EMBRACE it, ACCEPT it, and just let it HAPPEN.

© Rosie Chee

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TROUBLED WATERS

If you’ve ever been in the ocean on a stormy day you’ll know what it’s like out there - how rough, the waves pounding down, pummelling the shore, hard and heavy, even in the deeper waters, debris washing ashore, taken from far out to sea. Storms cast wide nets, troubling not just the shore but the HEART of the ocean itself as well, stirring it into a frenzy of confusion and distress.

But storms are not all horrible - they can be BEAUTIFUL and refreshing, and you find your CALM in the midst of all the chaos, clearing your mind of trouble. Amidst that storm, in all the cacophony of thought and action in and around you, you can find an inner STILLNESS, an inner sense of peace, a cleansing touch to wash AWAY the debris from your life and your heart.

We NEED the troubled waters to learn how to survive. We need them to show us how to stay AFLOAT. We are never meant to be there to flounder and struggle, and if we do such, only so that we discover HOW to swim, to TRIUMPH against the odds and come out VICTORIOUS. Troubled waters are just another test, another obstacle we must battle through in life.

In troubled waters we often FIND ourselves, discover what we are truly capable of, what we are willing to do just to stay alive. For none of us want to drown, even if we might think we do - all we want is to know that we’ll be ok, that we are NOT alone in our struggle. Sometimes we must experience that struggle to UNDERSTAND who we are and what we value in life, what we are living FOR and desire with all our soul.

Troubled waters make us do one of the hardest things in the world to do - look INSIDE ourselves and see what is there. Is it a soul worth saving? Of course it is. Is there anything that needs to be let go of and left behind for good? Absolutely. Is there more than we thought possible hidden deep down in the depths? Yes, just waiting for the right time to reveal itself and come into its own.

Troubled waters give us an OPPORTUNITY to say yes or no to life and determine in our hearts how we will LIVE that life if we choose to save it; to see what we are truly made of and capable of being and BECOMING; to see life from a different perspective, CHANGED from the inside out. Troubled waters CLEANSE us and prepare us for what is to come, the future and all the Blessings it has WAITING.

© Rosie Chee

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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

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HOPE

Hope [dreams and faith] keep us alive, give us something to look to, a thought for the future, there for all of us when we have nothing left and feel like we are all alone in the world, so broken and beaten that we fail to see to see even the faintest glimmer of light in the darkness.

Hope gives us a path to light the way, a direction to head towards on our journey through life, until we know where it is that we are going and are in a place to make our own decisions with conscious thought, taking back what is ours, ownership over our hearts, minds, and lives.

Hope is always there, holding out its hand to all those who have the strength to reach out a fragile hand to reach it, touch it, grasp it, and hold it closely to their hearts, letting its faith seep into them and lighting an even brighter fire within.

Hope lies in each and every heart, no matter how many layers it is hidden beneath, sometimes taking drastic and dramatic measures to reveal it and bring it to the fore, and is all I have left tethering me to this world, my heart desperately holding onto a dream that it longs for as a reality.

© Rosie Chee

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YOUR ANGELS

Too often we take the people in our lives for granted, failing to see the blessings they are until they are gone from us, until we have “lost” them and realize what a hollow they create with their absence. Everyone is a reason, a season, or a lifetime, and no matter how short or long their stay in our sphere of life, they EVOLVE some aspect of it, of US - whether they make us more aware of who we are and what we are capable of, give us experiences that cause either tremendous pain or joy so that we learn the meaning of what it is to truly grieve or be happy, or simply teach us to appreciate life in ALL its facets of perfections and flaws and ACCEPT ourselves in it.

Sometimes we recognize too late the “angels” we have been given to guide us through or walk beside us in and on our journey through life. The awakening of such awareness as it is HAPPENING is not something everyone gets, but if you are lucky enough to have such a GIFT, especially as your life is intertwined with another, be grateful for it, thankful for what they ADD to your life, taking pleasure in and acknowledging the DIFFERENCE that would not be thus without their presence.

Angels come in many forms and guises, not always as you might expect and almost always impossible to forget. When your soul is OPEN you will know them, seeing with your HEART instead of through physical sight or analysis of logic and reasoning, and when you see you canNOT go back - only FORWARDS.

Learn to be AWARE and realize how good life is, how WONDERFUL a place the world can be, how faith and hope can be RENEWED in a heart almost gone dark, and APPRECIATE the true value of every soul who touches your own.

© Rosie Chee

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OPEN TO THE POSSIBILITIES

Your life is NOT yet over. There is STILL air in your lungs, even if sometimes they feel like someone has crushed them beneath the weight of the world. There is still hope in your heart, even if sometimes it feels as if you’re clinging to it by the MEREST of slivers. There is still faith in your soul, even if sometimes you wonder why and ask yourself what you are holding on FOR.

There is still LIFE in your life, even if sometimes you cannot see the way or know what the next step to take is. There are multitudes of POSSIBILITIES swirling around you, just waiting for you to open your eyes to see them for what they are; to see them standing there in front of you wanting you to see them, as you want yourself to be seen.

There IS love out there for you. It might have had folded arms and guarded smiles, but it IS there; as cautious as you because it has been hurt over and over, scars it wears proudly because it still has the courage to believe that it WAS meant for this life, beauty that only another soul who sings the SAME tune can see and appreciate.

Life is FULL of infinite possibilities. Endless opportunities call YOUR name. You could walk in ANY of myriad directions. You could traverse far MORE than one ocean. YOU could live a life of untold wonder and unimagined joy. You just have to SEE it. You have to realize it and understand that it IS there for you. You have to be OPEN to it. You have to step INTO it.

Taking that FIRST step is always the hardest. Walking AWAY from what you know for what you don’t is always apprehensive. Opening up your heart and soul again for something new is always a RISK. But all the risk in the world is WORTH it, because without it, you would never truly know what it is like to be blessed, to live happiness, to experience peace, to grow and evolve, and to REALLY live.

© Rosie Chee

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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

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IMPERFECTLY BEAUTIFUL

Life is never going to be “perfect”. There are always going to be perfect MOMENTS in a world that is in destruction. There is always going to be BEAUTY in the deep dark ugliness of a world that is becoming more dangerous by the day. There is always going to be LOVE amidst the hate that seems to surround some. And it is that love that we should HOLD onto. It is the love we should focus ON. It is the love that we should see as beautiful in an imperfect world, making it “perfect” for the moments frozen in time in your mind as memories that cannot and will not ever fade away, no matter how long passes.

The world is never going to be “perfect”. No one IN it is ever going to be perfect. But there CAN be someone who is “perfect” for YOU. There IS someone who fits the other half of your soul like they were the piece of a puzzle you were in; the piece you never even knew was missing until they came along. There is someone who UNDERSTANDS your soul and loves you for who you ARE, not what you can do or give or be, or any potential to come (even though they will always PUSH you to your potential, because they only want to see you become all that you CAN be), but for who you are, deep down in the most inner sanctum of your soul that no one but they ever get to see. That IS beauty in a world that will always sit beauty alongside the beast.

Life, the world, people, AND you, will always be IMperfect. But that does not mean that it cannot be “perfect” in pieces, that there cannot be beauty in the imperfection, that it cannot be a place where HAPPINESS resides inside your soul. Perfect moments will always exist in an imperfect world. Looking for the moment creates spontaneity. Freezing the moment captures the memory. Getting lost in the moment is LIVING it. And life is meant to be lived, and lived to the FULL, as best we can, as we LOVE.

© Rosie Chee

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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

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DEAR GOD, THANK YOU

For what has BEEN – I might not have completely understood it at the time, but I do now, knowing it was NECESSARY to bring me to this point. For the experiences given – without which my soul would not have been changed that my heart would be able to be open enough to share, and in the sharing be able to touch lives in ways I might not have been able to before, making room for more difference to be made and a hand that would never before have been offered to be given. For the intertwining threads – the souls allowed to touch mine have marked me far more than they will ever know, impacted me more than anyone might ever see, created strength that can be sensed by those who have known me, changed me in both beauty and pain but ultimately for the BETTER.

For transforming my SOUL – I will always be what I was, but not what I was as I move FORWARD through life, living and learning, the old ways of survival still would work but now not what I want to use, knowing their weaknesses and taking only their strengths with me into the future I am walking into; having fallen and risen, broken and rebuilding, lived and died and been reborn for the second time, an even newer and wiser creature emerging from the flames, not the Terminator I started out as or the Warrior I became, but an Angel of neither white or black; standing alone but not alone, the integral fundamentals unchanged even as everything is changed.

For EVERYTHING that is – TRANSFORMING my soul as it needed and needs to be, so that I can be everything that I need and should be, so that I can do and be everything I am meant to; all of it for Your glory, proof that prayers do get answered and miracles do exist, the lost can be found and the hardest of hearts made soft, walls can be broken down and ice can be melted, blank masks can become genuine smiles as life continues and opens up before me; stepping forward in faith across the invisible bridge over the chasm below.

© 2013 Rosie Chee

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NEW

A year ago this date a pretty significant event for me occurred. It was significant in the mere fact that I even LET it happen. What followed began the journey of a heart opening up to life and the possibilities and dreams it had never dared before. A different type of strength was born, and emboldened by that strength a NEW creature began to emerge.

It is funny how fast time goes and how quickly everything can CHANGE even as nothing changes. I can look back and smile and feel that warm glow in my heart, even as that journey has ended and that creature no longer exists. I can look back and smile BECAUSE of the strength that still exists, even as it has developed and grown into something more than would have been imagined this date a year ago.

For this day is not this date a year ago. It is a NEW day. It is not a time for looking back except to remember fondly the happiness in such moments that were and learn from the experiences that sprung forth from them. It is a time for NEW strength to be moulded and new words to be written in a new chapter of this life.

With EVERY new day that dawns comes the opportunity for new adventures to begin, new dreams to be realized, new thoughts to be created, new strength to be born. It is a chance for RENEWAL of your soul, heart and mind, releasing what we have no control over to Him and taking accountability to change what we can make a difference in.

Every new day is the chance to CHOOSE to accept that the past no longer is, but that the lessons learnt are valuable. It is a chance to EMBRACE the new waiting, taking the strength you know exists and allowing it to let your smile be real, your heart to still hope, your faith to truly believe, and you to simply “be”, even as you will not let yourself stand still, constantly desiring forward movement.

As the new day starts take a moment to still your soul. Breathe in deeply and clear your mind. Seek the strength of your soul and pull it close. As it rises from within let it push away anything that would hinder your heart in moving FORWARD. Let your mind follow it, new footprints on sands wiped clean from the waves, new thoughts with new COURAGE at first a tiptoe and then a running leap becoming bounds.

New day. New strength. New thoughts. New beginning. New creature. BETTER YOU.

© 2013 Rosie Chee

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NUMINOUS

It has been a month since my life changed in a cruel twist I never saw coming but that my soul sensed months before it happened – a twist that destroyed the world I had been building and the future I had started planning. Cruel, perhaps, because the pain was senseless and could have been diminished considerably had it occurred well before it did. But inevitable and ultimately necessary for my eyes to be opened – to bring me to my knees and cause me to see what I had let happen to myself: How far I had drifted from His embrace and the woman I had been becoming, when my soul had glowed so brightly that others noticed and I had peace in knowing I was on the right path.

It has been 10 days since I left the home I lived in – the home that had felt like a home, but then I just a stranger on the outskirts of the family I had been blessed with. 10 days since I stepped out on my own – moved into my own place, an empty house, a skeleton with so much potential. There were times when my soul was saturated with unbelievable sorrow at what I was leaving behind – love and family, before it was reminded that it was all an illusion that had taken me from the path my life was purposed for, albeit teaching me several very valuable lessons and giving me the ultimate happiness for moments that will now only ever be memories of what a fairy-tale feels like.

It has been mere hours since this once bare place truly became a “home” – lovingly setting up each room, the unlimited freedom to infuse my personality into it, creating harmony and knowing in my soul that I finally had my sanctuary. Smiling as hours passed in the doing – an open and easy smile accompanying spontaneous dancing and that hum that lets you know when a woman is truly happy. For the “wandering soul” desiring to set down roots and create a home is a “scary” experience – having a “home base” and not leaving with the wind or on a whim can feel like a cage to the soul who never lingers long anywhere, but I am excited, knowing I am now in His will.

So comes one “circle” to a “close” – one chapter of my life ended, the brief interlude passed, and a fresh page waiting for the next stage of my journey to start. Once again I am living on faith – not knowing but trusting, because now my soul is back in “alignment”. It is a freeing feeling and I feel like I have “come into my own” again - the creature I was has reemerged, the same but different: The love and carefree delight of life and happiness of a spirit at peace that was once loved has returned, but the sparkle is brighter, the light a more mature hue for the pain that has purified it, the smile and laughter holding nothing back for this soul has truly realized the power of inspiration.

Everything that has led me to this moment has not been without reason - it took time to see what was for what it was, but now my eyes are clear. There is a weightlessness in my soul I have experienced rare times in my life – the complete peace I feel allows me undeniable acceptance of where I am, understanding that sometimes indescribable pain is required for us to break so much that in the moment of our deepest despair, when we are stripped of almost everything we have held so precious, we cry out to Him, reminded that He is the cornerstone on which everything in our life is built, surrendering so that our soul might be healed and renewed, empowered like the phoenix to rise and become all we are meant to.

© 2013 Rosie Chee

2013 | Day 83: PAST PRESENT FUTURE

MOTIVATIONAL OF THE DAY

PAST PRESENT FUTURE

The past has GONE. LEARN from it. Do NOT dwell on it. Look back on it only to TAKE from it lessons that have moulded you into who you are TODAY.

The present is HERE. It is a GIFT. It is a chance to live IN the moment. It is your “second chance”, a time to get it RIGHT. It is your opportunity to create the life you WANT to live.

The future is COMING. It has YET to be determined. It will become what you start NOW. It is your MOTIVATION to “becoming”. It is your VISION of reality, the one you see in your soul.

You canNOT go back and CHANGE the past. You cannot change the moments ALREADY gone in the present. But…you CAN change what will BE. You can turn your heart to those dreams and desires and set your mind and actions on the path that will LEAD you to their manifestation.

You CAN change the way your life is going. You CAN change the future you are determining NOW. You CAN become and be all that you want, all that you have the gift and potential for. You CAN.

It’s YOUR choice WHAT lessons you keep in your soul. It is YOUR choice what blessings you SEIZE and hold onto and never want to let go of. It is YOUR choice what DIRECTION you walk in.

Know that in the end everything comes TOGETHJER to create what you have been BUILDING. Your past taught what you do and do NOT want, gave you the tools you need to get through whatever life throws in your path on your way to reach the stars. Your present is STILL giving you gifts, the people to walk beside you, the love that burns brighter with you, the drive to continue on, even as your past falls away. The future you are reaching out FOR, reminding yourself why you do what you’re doing, justifying the actions that lift you towards the stars you seek.

Know your SOUL. Know your DREAMS. Now CREATE them!

© 2013 Rosie Chee