MOTIVATIONAL OF THE DAY

HOW TO LIVE

Life is a process and we are one within it. Sometimes we can be unsure. Well, not just sometimes, but a lot. Sometimes we can mistrust ourselves so much that we either never take the step we know we should or we hesitate so long that the time for it passes and we are left with the remnant of “what could have been” and a dream stuck in our soul.

However, no matter how long it takes, I believe that we eventually reach a point when we know to LISTEN to that inner voice and trust what it says, because it is His whispers in our soul, the instinct given to GUIDE us “through” life. It may take a lifetime, but the day WILL come when you are in acceptance of your life and everything that has happened up until that point and you will TRUST YOURSELF to know what is “best” for you and “see” the path you are supposed to take.

As soon as you STOP second-guessing yourself you will find that life becomes a “joy”, peace settling over your heart and soul. Decisions become easier as all the “what ifs?” and “buts” fall away to reveal the truth in your soul, the longings and desires, sometimes hidden, sometimes as clear as the sun on a cloudless day, there. The clamour that abounded before becomes a single voice, sometimes still, but always heard, “telling” you “how” to live.

You have to give yourself PERMISSION to listen. You have to trust that your inner compass is directed towards “true north”, the ultimate destination you are headed in, the journey that will teach you the most in life, what you need as it gifts you with experiences beyond your wildest imaginings, even for those of us who have been accused of “living” in our minds and imagination.

So, rise up. Set aside the ashes that have covered you. Rise like a Terminator and step forth from the flames. Let the world see what the fire has forged. Look out the world with eyes that have known more than they should and set your course FORWARD. Like a “machine” following GPS, follow the “call of your heart”, heeding instinct, letting the machine “be human” so that you can have the “best of both worlds”, experiencing everything not through just the logical, but emotional and soul as well, LIVING.

© 2014 Rosie Chee

MOTIVATIONAL OF THE DAY

WILD RISING

There comes the time when your soul says “enough is ENOUGH”, when you decide that no longer will there be ANY allowance of compromise in anything you might do, those who you spend time with, and the dreams that you chase. There WAS a time once before when you were so sure in yourself and the path you were following that you never hesitated for a moment; but somehow you allowed yourself to be “caught”, trust misplaced in what came to be a “keeper”, fighting your instinct in a toxic relationship that eventually took destructive toll on the wild creature that was never meant to be caged, [dreams returning of the time when there was freedom to roam and instinct trusted to guide true].

A “wild creature” might be “tamed” for a time, but in the end its true nature will roar for supremacy and it WILL fight for what it has always meant to be, breaking free [or die trying as it does] of the bonds that hold it captive and seek to prevent it from becoming the powerful force that is its destiny. Wild creatures do not suffer “mistakes” lightly and as soon as they realize thus they “accommodate” them little longer, understanding that there is no purpose in allowing such things to remain and that it only serves to give that which should never have had any, more power.

There was never a time when your soul did NOT have the “power” to walk away from the cage it found itself in, even as it might have taken the lessons of captivity to help it FIND that power and “release” it. Once released and you are “free”, even if in times past you did not endure “fools” easily, you find now that there is even less patience for those who only seek to ultimately be as the one who became “keeper” and deter you from the path your instinct drives you along. Therefore, anyone or anything that “stands in the way” of the truth in your soul is cast from your life as the wild creature juggernauts past them.

There is a new ferocity in the “beast unleashed”, something deeper than “wild” glimmering in the depths and those around it become aware, even as it “feels” different but the same as it was before. The determination is more determined, the strength stronger, the passion more passionate, and the aura for those who can discern it changed, even as it has not. There IS a difference in the soul of a creature once again free and if you do not yet understand it, you WILL.

© 2014 Rosie Chee

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FOLLOW YOUR INSTINCT

Your “bliss” is your PASSION. It is where your heart truly lies. It is the path your SOUL wants to take. It is that inner instinct “guiding” you in the direction of your DREAMS.

Dreams are not meant to be JUST dreams. They are placed on your heart for a reason, no matter how inexplicable or illogical or “impossible” they might seem at any moment.

Dreamers are not alone in their dreaming, but you have to TAKE the risk and plunge out into the UNKNOWN. It is taking that FIRST step of faith that will “open” up the path before you. Once you’re out on that glass ledge looking out over an endless black chasm, seeing no way across and you walk out anyway, you find that there is solidity beneath your feet, an invisible bridge stretching out through the ether, the darkness parting way before you as you approach, making the way clearer and clearer, the night sky above you beginning to twinkle tiny lights like beacons to follow.

The more you TRUST yourself, the belief in your dreams UNshakeable, following your bliss wherever it leads, the more you will see the universe “work” WITH you. Opportunities will open up before you.

Your bliss can lead you further than you might imagine if you follow it. It can take you to worlds and give you adventures beyond your wildest imaginings. All you have to do is FOLLOW it.

© Rosie Chee

MOTIVATIONAL OF THE DAY

BE A VOICE

There are many voices in the world, but for very voice there is an echo. There are followers, people who simply repeat the words of someone else because they have nothing original of their own to say. DON’T be one of those people. Be one of the VOICES. Stand up for what you believe in. Stand alone if you have to against the crowd of the “norm”. Stand by your word and do not let the naysayers and disbelievers sway you from your conviction.

Being a voice can often be a lonely path. You are the one CREATING the path. You are the one braving the first steps into the unknown. You are the one risking your life going over the edge of the cliff first. You are the one who is assaulted first. ACCEPT it. EMBRACE it. Even though it might be daunting, there is SATISFACTION in walking in a different direction than the crowd. CHANGE is created when an individual breaks away from what is known and sets off in another pursuit.

The greatest pioneers of this world were once voices that spoke out against what was. They were voices that talked of dreams and visions and the “impossible”. They dared believe in something other than what they were told to believe in. They traversed UNexplored paths and discovered amazing destinations. They “recreated” the world and changed lives in ways that could not be imagined in their time, but that we could not imagine being withOUT in the now.

Do not be afraid to let the world hear YOUR voice. Do not be afraid to dance to your OWN song. Do not be afraid to walk AWAY from the crowd and find your own path. Do not be afraid to be an INDIVIDUAL. You never know the DIFFERENCE you might make, the ripples of effect of change that your words and actions could bring. LISTEN to the inner voice in your soul and let it OUT into the world, so that it hears too. BE the voice that shouts in the mountains, not the echo reverberating back at you. BE the change!

© Rosie Chee

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CREATE YOURSELF

Are you happy with yourself? Are you happy with WHO you are? Are you happy with WHERE you’re at? Very important questions, for if you are not happy with yourself then much of life becomes a chore, because the one person who SHOULD be happy is not, and if you do not like and love the one person that you are constantly with, then life can be trialing indeed.

So…

Create yourself in the way that you want to. Create a being that you ARE happy with. Create someone that you can LIVE with. Create someone that you can not only live with, but be PROUD of. Create the kind of self that YOU would want to be with. Expect of yourself what your soul desires from another, because in the end it truly all does start with YOU.

I know…

One cannot be happy ALL of the time, but we can FIND something to be happy about, even when life kicks us down. We can CHOOSE to smile because there is something in our soul that cannot repress its thanksgiving for the blessings that life has given us. We can choose to let that unconscious laugh escape because we know it can create a domino effect and change an environment.

We can CHOOSE…

What we BECOME. Who we ARE. We have so much POTENTIAL in everything we can be, but we must be TRUE to ourselves, and in that truth, be someone that we will be happy to live with infinitely. It’s up to US. The CHOICE is there. If you look inside your soul and find pieces that break your heart to see there, then make the choice TODAY to get RID of them and start creating the BEST you possible!

© 2013 Rosie Chee

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LOSING AN ILLUSION

Even before the dust settles, you can begin to have clear vision. Even through the blurry haze in front of you, your instinct will know the truth. What you thought you knew was just an illusion, the suspicions in your heart revealed as truth before you. That final realization, the knot in the ball of your stomach, the racing of your heart and struggle to breathe, uncomfortable as it may be, will pass. The losing of that illusion will pass. And in the end you will be stronger for it. You will not allow yourself to be fooled again. You will listen to your instinct and not go against it because the words spoken into the world appear to ring truth.

It hurts. It hits deep, like a knife taken to your soul, tearing strips in it as one might tear skin from one in torture. You always thought you could trust the rare ones you let into your soul, and to find you were wrong is like waking up to harsh light after walking endless days in darkness. The world beneath your feet wobbles and threatens to destabilize you, but you have to find the strength to focus and hold on, keeping yourself upright, for you cannot let anyone see you buckle. You cannot let yourself buckle, for then what respect would you have left for yourself. What dignity could you hold onto?

Losing an illusion is a soul shattering event. It creates a rift in the trust in your heart that might not ever be repaired, and certainly will never be the same. It causes the wariness to creep back into your soul, a somewhat distant caring of what comes next, the beginning of new walls you’re not sure you will ever want to let be broken down. Losing an illusion, especially if that illusion was so real, will devastate you more than if you ever knew the entire truth from the start, and you have to forgive yourself for being human and wanting to believe in something beautiful, even if it all turned out to be a lie in the end.

© 2013 Rosie Chee

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TRUST AND HOLD

You have a dream. You have an ache burning deep in your soul. You have a vision beyond anything else. HOLD it. Keep it CLOSE. Remember WHY you cherish it thus. BELIEVE in it with everything you have. NEVER let go of something so precious.

It might seem as if your dream is far off. That does not mean that they are never going to eventuate. Some dreams just take TIME to manifest from fantasy to reality. Some dreams require MORE than others, not because they are “impossible”, but because not everyone is yet READY for that reality.

TRUST the process. If you are doing what you can and giving all you’ve got you can do no more. All you can do is be patient and have FAITH that your vision will be. It might not happen as you WANT it to happen, but it WILL happen, just the way it SHOULD be.

© 2013 Rosie Chee

MOTIVATIONAL OF THE DAY

FOLLOW YOUR BLISS

Your “bliss” is your PASSION. It is where your heart truly lies. It is the path your SOUL wants to take. It is that inner instinct “guiding” you in the direction of your DREAMS.

Dreams are not meant to be JUST dreams. They are placed on your heart for a reason, no matter how inexplicable or illogical or “impossible” they might seem at any moment.

Dreamers are not alone in their dreaming, but you have to TAKE the risk and plunge out into the UNKNOWN. It is taking that FIRST step of faith that will “open” up the path before you. Once you’re out on that glass ledge looking out over an endless black chasm, seeing no way across and you walk out anyway, you find that there is solidity beneath your feet, an invisible bridge stretching out through the ether, the darkness parting way before you as you approach, making the way clearer and clearer, the night sky above you beginning to twinkle tiny lights like beacons to follow.

The more you TRUST yourself, the belief in your dreams UNshakeable, following your bliss wherever it leads, the more you will see the universe “work” WITH you. Opportunities will open up before you.

Your bliss can lead you further than you might imagine if you follow it. It can take you to worlds and give you adventures beyond your wildest imaginings. All you have to do is FOLLOW it.

© 2013 Rosie Chee

2013 | Day 33: WHAT YOU SENSE

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WHAT YOU SENSE

Sometimes there is no knowing what comes next. But… There IS a SENSE, something INSIDE you that instinctively knows that the path you are walking on is the one you SHOULD be following. The path you are carving for yourself is the one that you are MEANT to be creating. The uneven surface covered in snow that you find yourself on you were supposed to tread, so that you COULD find your footing even in the most dangerous terrain and learn to TRUST in yourself. The river covered in ice that you just traversed across, hearing the swift currents roar beneath the thin crust between you and a frozen hell, you were intended to cross, so that you could learn to SOUND out the journey and rely on your SENSES. The mountains in their large stillness and covered in a blanket of white terror that you venture to journey into you were meant to pass through, so that you could begin to have FAITH in the compass INSIDE your soul, and in the faithfulness of He who is omnipresent and magnificent.

We all come to crossroads in our lives. We always pass through stormy weather. We all get hit by storms that we could never predict and are left in a world we do not know. That does not mean that we panic, despair, and give up, but that we soldier on, building our strength and courage by doing what we have never done before, going where we might never before have thought to venture, and find in the midst of it all, a greater sense of self and our purpose in this world.

© 2013 Rosie Chee

2013 | Day 11: LEAP OF FAITH

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LEAP OF FAITH

Life is like taking a leap of faith. You never know what the next step you take will bring, what is over the chasm you just leapt over. You have to trust that your instinct and He will lead you true, that you have support on the other side of whatever obstacles are in your way. You have to believe in yourself, in your ability to be able to chase your dreams as far as you can, and then follow the path wherever it may lead you. You have to have faith that the journey you are on is the right one, that you are heading in the right direction and if you are not, that there are people in your life who care about you enough to set you on the right course.

Life is beautiful. It is an endless world of potential and possibilities. It is dreams stretching far beyond your imagination and into the heavens. It is a place of wonder and miracles and being surprised every day by something new and amazing.

Life is just like taking a leap of faith. You take it because you believe. You take it because you have to, knowing that if you don’t, you’ll just stay in the same place, and life is not about staying in the same place, but about moving forward and on with your life, in the direction you are set, in the pursuit of becoming the best version of you that you can possibly be.

© 2013 Rosie Chee

Photo courtesy of Jeffrey Phelps

2013 | Day 9: LET IT GO

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LET IT GO

There are always going to be things in your life that you cannNOT control. You can, however, control how you RESPOND to them. Sometimes the SHOCK of an event or circumstance can throw you off kilter, but you can always bring yourself back to BALANCE. Even if that something you thought long ago let go of, gone from your life, unable to affect you anymore.

When you discover that what you thought your soul had released can STILL elicit intense emotion, it does not mean that you have NOT let go of it. It just means that you are HUMAN. Maybe you have not truly allowed yourself the time to grieve for what you let go OF. Maybe you need to make a DAILY habit of letting go, giving it up to God for as long as it takes for your soul to have peace again.

Sometimes you need to take a deep breath and just BREATHE. Focus on your beating heart, calming your racing thoughts, bringing yourself back to a STILLNESS of mind. Give your soul room to COMPLETE whatever process it must in order to have CLOSURE. Accept that not everything is easy to let go of merely because you desire to.

Understand that life, the people and events that shape us, cannot so easily be forgotten and buried deep within the recesses of our soul, only to be remembered as times in which we underwent great change and personal growth. Sometimes that which plays such a huge role in whom we are lingers longer than it should, because it is important and deserves the respect due its significance.

When you find yourself in a place your soul never desired to be again, a place you thought you had left behind, despite the momentum that it propelled you into, you have to DECIDE to let go. Again, over and over if you have to. But you MUST let go. Take your hands off the steering wheel and have faith, trusting that He will drive you true, where you need to be and with whom.

© 2013 Rosie Chee

2013 | Day 5: CHOOSE FAITH. PURPOSE FUTURE.

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CHOOSE FAITH. PURPOSE FUTURE.

Choose CAREFULLY those whom you not just CONFIDE in, but spend TIME with, for those you surround yourself with can have more influence on you than you might think. Make sure your FRIENDS are those of the SAME soul and mind. Ensure that you are all INVESTED in the future and GROWTH of the other.

KNOW your PURPOSE for your FUTURE. DETERMINE it consciously and work TOWARDS it with PASSION. Even if you are not sure what lies ahead, TRUST in your INSTINCT, BELIEVE in your heart of hearts that He has your BEST interests in mind, and have FAITH that the path you are on will lead you TRUE.

Sometimes FAITH is where it all STARTS. When you have faith in those who walk BESIDE you, in the path you are WALKING, and in what you are DOING, life seems BRIGHTER. When you live BY faith, things do not worry you as much and you have a greater sense of PEACE and HAPPINESS.

© 2013 Rosie Chee

2012 | Day 332: HAVE FAITH

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HAVE FAITH

Worry takes away time. It ages your soul. It creates tears in your mind. It uses space that could be better occupied.

Worrying does not get you anywhere. Worry of what might happen. Worry of the future. Worry of whether or not you are following the right path. All these worries, and for what?

Worry destroys the time you have been blessed with by taking your heart’s eyes off what is happening in the NOW, seeing instead of happiness everything that could possibly go wrong, envisioning the disaster that might occur, remembering the past and forgetting that this is NOT it. Worry takes us from the present into either the past or the future, one that is gone forever and the other not yet upon us, causing us to cease to live in the present. And the PRESENT is what is important, for we cannot change the past nor predict the future, but we CAN control what we are doing NOW.

Worry solves nothing. It does not do a soul good. It does not create harmony in one’s heart and mind. It serves no purpose but to create problems where there are none.

A little trepidation about what is to come is natural, but we need not worry about [nor fear] it. Instead, have a little FAITH that you are right where you are SUPPOSED to be at this point in your life, surrounded by the people you are MEANT to be surrounded with, loved by the one your life has been leading you TOWARDS, writing a future that holds nothing but GREATNESS.

Faith gives HOPE to a soul. It supersedes all worry and fear, giving you calm inside your inner essence that everything will turn out all right, knowing that God would NOT have brought you to this place if He had not intended you to learn or become something from it, if He did not think you could not handle it.

Faith is a POWERFUL tool, a weapon against the worry that seeks to destroy you. It allows you to see the light in the darkness, be able to take that first step out into the unknown, trust that your soul knows what it’s doing, and that your instinct will not lead you wrong. LET yourself have faith and TRUST in it. Trust in yourself and in Him, and know that the world is a wonderful place where ANYthing is possible and dreams DO come true.

© 2012 Rosie Chee