MOTIVATIONAL OF THE DAY

BRAVE ENOUGH TO VENTURE

Don’t be afraid to make mistakes. Don’t be afraid of setting off on journey that you aren’t completely sure of. Don’t be afraid to go at it alone.

Some of the greatest successes in life come after making multiple mistakes, not knowing the complete process when begun and finding out along the way, doing it alone because no one else has the faith to see what you see and believe in.

But to achieve those successes, you must first START. You MUST try. You must be determined to see it THROUGH, no matter the cost, time, or effort expended. There WILL be obstacles that you must overcome, sometimes more than moments of triumph as you applaud the next step up the ladder taken. Yet in the end it will be WORTH it.

Are you ready to IGNORE the excuses as to why you “cannot” or shouldn’t do what it is your heart desires to do? Are you willing to make a few mistakes on your path to success? Are you brave enough to venture out and become a PIONEER who will light the way for others to follow because you refused to give in to the thought that it could not be done?

Do YOU want to be GREAT?

© Rosie Chee
 

MOTIVATIONAL OF THE DAY

CHNAGE IS

Change can be a scary thing. It can also be an exhirilating feeling. It can open up your life to amazing opportunities never offered it before. It can take you into the UNknown.

The unknown can cause a sense of FEAR. Fear of what is to come and what it will mean; of failing expectation placed on you by yourself and others; of falling too far down that you might not be able to pick yourself back up. Fear is a natural response to change, but you do not have to let it control you or the decisions you face and make.

Change is a big thing. It can mean many things to different people, but more often than not, it means walking down ANOTHER path than the one you were traveling on. It means trusting in your instinct, in your soul and heart and dreams, having faith in something greater than yourself that this new path is one that will only enrich your life in ways you cannot yet imagine.

Change means GROWTH. Without opening yourself up to it you do not give your soul a chance to grow and “evolve”, and if you always stay where you are, your life will become stagnant and stale, and then you are no longer living but merely existing, which is no life at all. Change brings new life into your own; new people who spark something in you that might never have been sparked by anyone else; new dreams to embrace and build upon; second chances to live the way you always wanted to and be the person you were always meant to be.

Change, whilst initially “scary”, is nothing but wonderful, especially when you reflect and see the path you have trodden, what has brought you to this place and the life that awaits; beautiful because He has gifted you with such opportunity to grow into the butterfly you have potential within yourself to be, and soar to heights of GREATNESS.

© Rosie Chee

MOTIVATIONAL OF THE DAY

LIGHT AND DARKNESS

The most brilliant lights shine in the deepest darkness. The greatest illumination occurs in the complete absence of light. The brightest stars would not be seen if not for the darkness they are surrounded by.

In the same manner, PEOPLE cannot shine without the darkness they experience. They cannot grow without the pain suffered. They cannot know true happiness without knowing the deepest despair. They cannot fully appreciate life in all its beauty and glory without having fallen so far that they know the ugliness and depravity that balances this world.

The greatest people that you know have been through the most in life. You might not always know it, but those with discernment will sense it in their soul. The most beautiful people have the kindest hearts, even if they seem untouchable and distant. The kindest hearts come from having experienced the deepest heartache and never wanting another to suffer through the same or similar experience. Those experiences create in one an understanding, instill empathy for the lost, and allow one to grow into more than they are.

The greatest people that you know have overcome the most adversity. They have faced unspoken tragedy. They have dealt with destruction on a level they would never wish you to know personally. They are great because they have known all that and are still here. They have been broken and yet remain intact. They have been destroyed so much that they have been brought to their knees and yet they stand before you. They stand before you, because in those times, they grew in strength and courage and passion and never failed to hold tight to faith and hope and belief, even if for a time they might have felt like there was nothing left to cling to.

The most brilliant lights shine in the deepest darkness. The brightest stars are only so bright BECAUSE of the darkness.

© Rosie Chee

MOTIVATIONAL OF THE DAY

BELIEVE

Believe in your soul that He only wants the BEST for you. Believe in your heart that dreams DO come true. Believe in your mind that you have only just BEGUN your journey to happiness. Believe with your eyes what a GIFT has been given you.

Believe and never stop believing that GOOD things DO happen. Miracles ARE real and they are EVERY day. He only wants to BLESS you with what you deserve. To TRANSFORM your soul so that you are ready to become the person you were intended to be. The person who will change the world where you are, little by little, piece by piece, touching the lives of those around you, to make what different you CAN.

Believe in your soul that you are destined for GREATNESS. Believe in your heart that you CAN achieve anything you want. Believe in your mind that such joy as you desire is NOT out of reach. Believe with your eyes that the one standing before you is REAL.

Believe in the DREAM you find yourself walking in. Life CAN be a fairy tale is you open yourself up to the possibility. ANYthing is possible for the one who believes with everything they are, giving all they have, willing to step out one more time on the glass ledge and risk that they hold most precious. For NOT to risk is to potentially miss out on the greatest blessing that He ever intended for you to have.

Believe. ONE simple word. So much FAITH. BELIEVE and NEVER stop!

© Rosie Chee

MOTIVATIONAL OF THE DAY

ALONE AND TOGETHER

Alone one can achieve many things. They can stand against an army of disbelievers and naysayer and accomplish the “impossible”. They can hold their ground against forces that seek to destroy them and bring them to their knees. They can walk their own path and look behind only to find that they have followers in their wake. Alone, one can achieve many things.

Yet, those things, when looked at in the larger picture of life, are so very little. As one individual is but a speck in the sands of the desert of life, a drop in the ocean of life, barely a whisper on the winds that traverse through time, so is what they achieve “little”. It might enable something greater to be accomplished, but still…

TOGETHER, one or more individuals with vision can achieve many great things. They can change the world and topple dynasties as they usher in a new era. They can hold power over millions of people and create complete chaos and anarchy at the same time as they bring about the most immeasurable difference in others’ lives for happiness and peace. They can shake the foundations of the world and make it stand up and take notice. Together can be achieved many GREAT things.

There is POWER in UNITY. There is STRENGTH in COMMUNITY. Alone, one can only do SO much, but TOGETHER, such a change can be wrought that it changes the face of all one thought possible. TOGETHER, one sees the PURPOSE of the vision, the image that the tapestry of life forms with all its connecting threads, all the lives intertwined in and through and over and around each other, building something that is ultimately beautiful and hard to destroy.

Alone, there is nothing wrong with walking. But at some point in life, we “need” to walk TOGETHER. We DESIRE to “come in” with even only one other, to SHARE the journey and impact the world just that much MORE. There is nothing wrong with walking alone, but realize the strength that comes from walking TOGETHER.         

© 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

2013 | Day 12: LOVE YOURSELF

MOTIVATIONAL OF THE DAY

LOVE YOURSELF

Loving yourself – who you are, with all your flaws and scars, especially when you know your past, can be one of the HARDEST things to do. It is also one of the most NECESSARY in order to live a happy life and lead successfully by example. It might be something you struggle with EVERY day, but at least make the EFFORT to learn to love who you are. TRY to see what OTHERS see when they look at you, think of you, knowing how they talk about you to others in what you have done and inspire them to do.

Look at your reflection - into those eyes that have seen more than you might ever tell, and try to ACCEPT the soul staring back at you. You can see every weakness, every agony, every experience that has brought you to the now. You know every thought, every action, every word, done or undone, that was in your heart during those times. You know who you are and what you are capable of. You see the ugliness in the beauty that everyone else sees, but know that there cannot be light without darkness, purity without evil, heaven without hell.

You are a COMPLEX and intricate being - PERFECT in your imperfections, BEAUTIFUL with your flaws, COMPLETE without anyone else, and the ONLY one of you there is, was, or will be. Love the AMAZING miracle that you are, reveling that you are still ALIVE and able to live life, given every new day as another OPPORTUNITY to help others recognize the POTENTIAL in themselves and inspire them onto GREAT heights.

If you love yourself, the world will know. If you do NOT, they might not know for a time, but eventually they will. No matter what the world sees, thinks, or feels, YOU SHOULD LOVE YOURSELF, for YOU and no one else, to be able to let YOURSELF live life as fully and completely as you try to inspire others to do. Start with YOURSELF and lead by EXAMPLE.

© 2013 Rosie Chee

2013 | Day 10: IN YOU

MOTIVATIONAL OF THE DAY

IN YOU

When you’re feeling low or down on yourself, wondering what value your life holds and whether you truly matter to anyone, remember that you are important to GOD and that He has a PLAN for your life, a PURPOSE for your FUTURE. In you lies a destiny no one else can fulfill. In you is something that He needs that no one else can provide. You might not yet know yourself what you are capable of and what strengths you hold in your heart, but they are there, and they are there for a PURPOSE, for you were designed with a purpose when you were created.

So on the days when you feel like you could disappear off the face of the planet and it wouldn’t make a difference, know that it WOULD to SOMEone, whether you know it or not. When you wonder if your absence would leave a hollow in anyone’s life, if they would even NOTICE you were gone, think of all the people in YOUR life and imagine what it would be like without the key players, then see YOURSELF in such a role in THEIR lives and understand the TRUTH that you DO matter.

There are things inside your soul far GREATER than you know of. There are gifts and abilities in your being you are not even AWARE of. YOU MATTER. YOU ARE IMPORTANT. YOU HAVE A PURPOSE. When you want to shut your eyes and see nothing but black, remember that NO ONE ELSE CAN BE YOU. Only YOU can be you and do what you do and be who you will be. ONLY YOU.

© 2013 Rosie Chee

2012 | Day 338: YOUR CALLING

MOTIVATIONAL OF THE DAY

YOUR CALLING

Don’t let others stop you from doing what you KNOW you are MEANT to do. Don’t give them the power to take AWAY from your MINISTRY. You do what you do because only YOU can do it; only YOU can give the world what you bring to it; only YOU can be the blessing that you are.

There will ALWAYS be those who will hate what you do – whether simply to create mayhem, or because it touches some chord in them they do not like or want to acknowledge, or some other reason known only to them. Do NOT listen to them. Do NOT let them scare you off. Do NOT let them DETER you from your path, because you KNOW what it is and WHY you are walking it.

Your life and EVER step you take has a PURPOSE, and you are DETERMINED to see it THROUGH to completion no matter what it takes, the obstacles in your way, the difficulties that lie ahead, because you KNOW what He has tasked your heart with. You know that withOUT your gift to the world it will never be, and that would be a tragedy.

What you do has an EFFECT on the lives of others – feed off the POSITIVE energy and know that you ARE making a DIFFERENCE, CHANGING hearts and minds and lives for the BETTER. KEEP on doing what you are doing. LISTEN to your soul and the words placed upon it to be spoken, speaking that POWER out into the world, to be captured and meditated on and nurtured into seeds of greatness in the souls of others.

© 2012 Rosie Chee

2012 | Day 182: ...you gone makes everything wrong...

MOTIVATIONAL OF THE DAY

The Greatest of You and Me

God doesn’t shatter dreams - HUMANS do. And we do that by NOT giving ourselves the opportunities or the chance to become the BEST that we can possibly BE.

When we give ourselves EVERY chance possible to be the best that we can be, we allow ourselves to journey towards being the greatest that we can be. If there is but one thing in life that we CAN control, it is this.

There are NO excuses as to why you cannot be great. EVERYone has the seeds of greatness INSIDE them - just not everyone will ever find, nourish, or allow them to grow and flourish. But when you do, watch out!

So focus NOT on what anyone ELSE is doing - focus on YOU. If everyone realized their POTENTIAL and allowed it to grow, then the world would be one step closer to realizing a true dream. For when the greatest of you and me come together, there is NOTHING that we can’t do, nothing we won’t be able to ACCOMPLISH, no dream we won’t be able to make a reality.

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TRAINING

HIIT Run:
a. 4 min jogging
b. 8 x 20 sec sprint/10 sec easy
c. 4 min jogging

Stretch 20 min

OTHER NOTES

Sleep: Passed out almost as soon as my head touched the pillow.

Energy: Drained. Because I only had to work this morning, was able to sleep again this afternoon, adding an additional ~3 hours to the ~7 hours I got last night.

Quality of Training: Not the best. Body feels very heavy and like lead (likely from the 6.2 pounds I gained from yesterday after all the food I ate last night, especially after having just lost that 6.2 pounds from Monday to Tuesday when my eating was good and resistance training was done). So very hot outside too, which didn't help, as the heat drains me drastically, especially making it hard to breathe. Although I probably shouldn't have, did only a short HIIT session, and also giving my body the afternoon off to recuperate.

Other Notes: I'll be starting back at full-time study in a week with my PostGraduate Diploma in Science, so that I can complete my Masters in a year in 2013 - I'm excited about it (it's been a long time in coming - I wanted to start this in 2009, but coming to the US interrupted that plan for a while, especially since the course has not been available all online re studying from back home - and won't be all available yet until next year). Going to have a full plate over the next 18 months, but pretty confident I can handle it. I know what I want to do and where I want to be, and if I have to whittle it down, I will to the top priorities, I will.