MOTIVATIONAL OF THE DAY

THE MAGIC OF BEGINNINGS

It’s the dawn of a new year, a new era, a new age. It’s the time for a fresh start, a clean slate, a new opportunity, a BEGINNING. It’s the moment to let go of everything that has gone before, accepting that it has moulded you in experience to be part of your testimony, but that it no longer has any power over you or in your life; no strongholds that it can hide in to ambush you at a later date. It’s the day that you EMBRACE the destiny that awaits you.

Your soul knows when it’s time, the start of a new year or not. It may have known for a while and yet you still found it clinging to remnants past, but now it’s time to walk AWAY from all that; everything that has caused destruction and despair and tears. It’s time to step into something NEW, full of opportunity and the promise of dreams, with renewed hope for a wish your heart has long held onto, the glimpse of your reality a dream no longer so far out of reach.

You KNOW and your soul rejoices, flooding final healing through your being much as the ocean washes over the shore and leaves the sand smooth and unbroken. The light that spreads through your essence is from the lifting of the darkness of everything that was “tainting” your soul - the burdens you took on that you should never have, the hurts that wounded you far more than you ever would admit, the toxic people you had let into your life - forgiving yourself and releasing it all.

TRUST your soul, those whispers in its depths, and know that it only wants what is best for you, instinctively already knowing what you need and what must happen for it to be. There is a magic in your soul that wants to be let out, given life with your first breaths of the new dawn and the aspirations that whirl inside your mind. Every “new” beginning is another evolution of your soul, one step closer to the ULTIMATE you, even as you always seek to become better and never should want to stop “becoming”.

© 2014 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.

 

© 2013 Rosie Chee

 

MOTIVATIONAL OF THE DAY

LIKE A DIAMOND

You are a TREASURE. SEE yourself as one. Take a step OUTSIDE your own mind to see yourself through someone else’s eyes. You’d be surprised by what you find there, the way another views you, the things you might never even see in yourself. ACCEPT that you are beautiful in your own unique way to another.

The way we see ourselves is coloured by our EXPERIENCE and what we are constantly told, the affirmations that may never even have been affirmations - only condemnation that we might have accepted as truth because we didn’t know any better, and when we did, so ingrained in our minds that it can take a lifetime to remove.

CHANGE the way you think. See yourself as a being of VALUE. Remember that you are PRECIOUS - if not to yourself, then to someone else, and even if everything in your life seems to be bleak, you are always shining bright in someone else’s eyes, a BEACON OF HOPE to them, so hold onto life and open your eyes to what is TRULY going on around you and the effect that you create.

YOU are a treasure. See YOURSELF as one. See yourself for the DIAMOND that you are and use the prisms of your soul to SPREAD AND ILLUMINATE light into the lives of all you meet and touch and connect with. SHINE bright in your sphere, so that the world cannot help but NOTICE you for the gem that you are.

© Rosie Chee

MOTIVATIONAL OF THE DAY

BE A STAR

Have NO fear in being DIFFERENT. Have NO apologies for wanting what YOU want. Have NO qualms about walking ALONE from the rest of the world determined to be the same. Have NO hesitation in standing OUT.

 

To accomplish YOUR dreams, sometimes you HAVE to walk APART. Sometimes you have to go where no one else is WILLING to go. Sometimes you have to bear the criticism and condemnation from lack of understanding and judgement of those who are too scared to venture outside the bounds of comfort and possibility in their OWN lives. Sometimes you have to be the one who makes others BELIEVE.

 

To be a STAR, you have to do your OWN thing. You have to do what it TAKES when you are the only one who is willing. You have to hold onto your faith in your determination to see it through to the END. You have to be the LIGHT in the darkness of the world and let others see you for the miracle that you are.

 

A star is a MIRACLE. YOU are a miracle. Not everyone believes in miracles and YOU are the one who might CHANGE that perception. Be who you ARE and DO what you do and walk your OWN path.

 

Shine a light for OTHERS in the darkness and let them know that fear is NOTHING. Let them know what is POSSIBLE. Let them know that dreams are not JUST dreams and can become REALITY if they truly desire it. Be the one who makes that DIFFERENCE.

 

© Rosie Chee

 

MOTIVATIONAL OF THE DAY

THERE IS MORE

When you look at your life, what you’re doing, who you’re with, do you ever feel that it is supposed to be DIFFERENT, that there should be MORE to it? If you do, then you’re NOT wrong, because there IS more to life than where you are right now. There is an ENTIRE universe out there waiting for you to EXPLORE, endless OPPORTUNJITIES waiting for you to seize them, precious MOMENTS just waiting to be created and lived as a waking memory. There is FAR more than what you see NOW. There is ALWAYS more for the one who wants it and PURSUES it.

That does not mean that you are not “content” with what you have and where you are now. It simply means that you KNOW you exist for something more, to fulfill a HIGHER purpose, a destiny that calls you to ALWAYS be moving FORWARD and becoming BETTER, and in doing so, spreading your light, your life a LIVING testimony of what can be done when one’s soul is in tune with everything, so sensitive to the vibrations running through it, always humming, whispering of “greater” things, ways to make as MUCH “impact” on the world before that light is extinguished.

There IS more out there for YOU. You just first have to realize and UNDERSTAND it, then SEEK the “more”, follow the path where your heart and dreams take you, the gentle murmurings of your soul “guiding” you. Your life does not exist in a vacuum, but an INFINITE universe of desires waiting to be manifested as reality, waiting for you to take the FIRST step towards them, reaching out a hand to touch them, pull them from your mind and bring them forth into your world and life as you know it. If your soul is “restless” with your life, knowing that there “should” be something more than it is now, then it is RIGHT, and it is on YOU to go out there and “find” that “more”.

© 2013 Rosie Chee




OTHER NOTES

Gladiator Assault Challenge was yesterday in Lake Geneva. FIrst "race" of the year, fraught with obstacles and "danger" in ice and mud, snow and hail the prevailiing weather. Starting out with gusto, smilling in excitement, laughter ringing through the course at random times because of surprising events, and ending with mud-covered and painful bodies, albeit still with a smile. A lot of fun and looking forward to more such events coming in 2013!

Photo courtesy of Becky Senobe

2013 | Day 56: LIGHT AND DARKNESS

MOTIVATIONAL OF THE DAY

LIGHT AND DARKNES

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.

© 2013 Rosie Chee

2012 | Day 360: THE BEST DREAMS

MOTIVATIONAL OF THE DAY

THE BEST DREAMS

Dreams are wonderful. They give us hope, light and something to look forward to. But dreams are just that – dreams. They exist in our minds – inactive and sleeping. For the most part . . . LIFE itself is a dream – a miracle, MAGIC waiting to happen, sitting patiently outside the door to your soul, for you to SEE it for what it truly is.

Dreams come true. Life ITSELF is a dream – each day that you live, the people your life is blessed with, the love that fills your heart with hope and light. Dreams when you are sleeping are nice, but the ones that happen when you’re AWAKE are so much better. The dreams that manifest when you are conscious and fully aware are the ones that are MIRACLES.

Dreams GIVE life. Life itself is a DREAM – one borne OF dreams and one that we perpetually live in, a fairy-tale of immense proportions, for the creator of this dream is omnipotent and magnificent, desiring only to see a SMILE in our soul, that smile flowing from inside, OUT into the world to BLESS others and give them a glimpse of the LIGHT inside you, of the potential and wonder that you are, that He is.

Dreams create BELIEF. The greatest miracle in the world was the birth of a special baby, for that miracle is what ultimately came to give us the chance at NEW life, salvation, life BEYOND this life, limitless dreams manifesting as reality. Believe with all your soul, heart, and mind in the POWER of dreams, but know that the BEST dreams are not the ones hidden inside, but the ones we LIVE.

© 2012 Rosie Chee

HAVE A BEAUTIFUL & BLESSED CHRISTMAS!!!

2012 | Day 349: SPREAD LIGHT

MOTIVATIONAL OF THE DAY

SPREAD LIGHT

You can BE the light in the world or you can be the mirror REFLECTING the light of change that you want to see. Are you a leader or a follower? Determine what you are, because that will influence whether you are the light or the reflection.

BE the change you want to see. BE the light you want to see illuminated in the lives of the people you touch. BE the difference you want to make. BE the example you want others to follow. BE the one that CREATES the change, the one looked up to, the one who inspires POSITIVE effect.

If you do not have it within you to be the one that stands up and out, but you want your life to make a difference, to illuminate the light that is in your heart, be a MIRROR and reflect it out into the world, spreading the light of hope and faith that way.

You are stronger than you THINK. You have MORE within you than you believe. You CAN be the light if you desire to be. It’s YOUR choice. Either way SPREAD the light of life and hope and faith and change out in the world and MAKE a difference. Always remember, I DECIDE!

© 2012 Rosie Chee

2012 | Day 348: BE A STAR

MOTIVATIONAL OF THE DAY

BE A STAR

Have NO fear in being DIFFERENT. Have NO apologies for wanting what YOU want. Have NO qualms about walking ALONE from the rest of the world determined to be the same. Have NO hesitation in standing OUT.

To accomplish YOUR dreams, sometimes you HAVE to walk APART. Sometimes you have to go where no one else is WILLING to go. Sometimes you have to bear the criticism and condemnation from lack of understanding and judgement of those who are too scared to venture outside the bounds of comfort and possibility in their OWN lives. Sometimes you have to be the one who makes others BELIEVE.

To be a STAR, you have to do your OWN thing. You have to do what it TAKES when you are the only one who is willing. You have to hold onto your faith in your determination to see it through to the END. You have to be the LIGHT in the darkness of the world and let others see you for the miracle that you are.

A star is a MIRACLE. YOU are a miracle. Not everyone believes in miracles and YOU are the one who might CHANGE that perception. Be who you ARE and DO what you do and walk your OWN path.

Shine a light for OTHERS in the darkness and let them know that fear is NOTHING. Let them know what is POSSIBLE. Let them know that dreams are not JUST dreams and can become REALITY if they truly desire it. Be the one who makes that DIFFERENCE.

© 2012 Rosie Chee