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6/28/2020: Daily Dose of Inspiration

“The marvelous richness of human experience would lose something of rewarding joy if there were no limitations to overcome. The hilltop hour would not be half so wonderful if there were no dark valleys to traverse.”

~ Helen Keller

We learn and grow through life’s challenges and often the knowledge gained is proportionate to the struggle undergone. After all, a triumph isn’t much of a triumph if there wasn’t any struggle. This is how we gain the clarity, strength, smarts and wisdom necessary to climb mountains.

All of life’s contrasts help us to shape our future. Just keep in mind, the old “been there, done that, and not going there again” statement is loaded with power but it’s incomplete. While it’s good to know what you don’t want, it’s best to know what you do want.

Use your energy wisely, my friend, climb only the mountains you want to climb.

6/27/2020: Daily Dose of Inspiration

“Perhaps all the dragons in our lives are princesses who are only waiting to see us act, just once, with beauty and courage. Perhaps everything that frightens us is, in its deepest essence, something helpless that wants our love.”

~ Rainer Maria Rilke, Letters to a Young Poet

What if this were true, my friend? What if?

Well? Why not act as if it is?

I’d hazard to guess that what you’d have to gain is far greater than anything you’d stand to lose.

Take heart, my friend.

6/26/2020: Daily Dose of Inspiration

“Because I was more often happy for other people, I got to spend more time being happy. And as I saw more light in everybody else, I seemed to have more myself.”

~ Victoria Moran, Lit From Within

Happiness is contagious, my friend. Ever noticed? When you’re around someone who’s happy, smiling, vibrant, you can’t help but start feeling good yourself.

Unless you’re bothered about something, that is. Are you letting something get the better of you? If so, then maybe it’s time to start appreciating all the good things going on around you, even if they’re not your own successes. If it can happen to someone else, it can happen to you — if you’ll let it.

It’s always your choice whether you focus on the positives or the negatives. And it’s worth it to take heed, my friend. The end result is like the difference between night and day.

6/24/2020: Daily Dose of Inspiration

“I didn’t see it then, but it turned out that getting fired from Apple was the best thing that could have ever happened to me. The heaviness of being successful was replaced by the lightness of being a beginner again, less sure about everything. It freed me to enter one of the most creative periods of my life.”

~ Steve Jobs

There you have it, my friend. Every ending is really just a new beginning and most often of bigger and better things.

Embrace the beginner’s mindset and let your creative juices start flowing. When you have a blank canvas in front of you anything is possible. You get to decide, what would you love?

And you know, my friend, whether you’re facing an ending or not, any moment can be a new beginning. All it takes is you deciding that it is.

6/23/2020: Daily Dose of Inspiration

“When you get up in the morning, you have two choices – either to be happy or to be unhappy. Just choose to be happy.”

~ Norman Vincent Peale

It really is that simple, my friend. Everyone has things in their life to be unhappy about. And everyone has things in their life to be happy about. You may think they’re simple, little or basic things, but don’t overlook them.

Not everyone has running water. Not everyone has a roof over their head. Think on these things and be grateful, my friend. Your gratitude will make you happy.

6/22/2020: Daily Dose of Inspiration

“At first, keeping all the different parts of your body in alignment is like herding wild monkeys. Plus, in the beginning, it may hurt, too, so beginners are often afraid to do it.

“This leads me to one of the most important lessons America has ever taught me: “No pain, no gain.” In India, we express the same sentiment as “No money, no honey.” Of course it hurts! Contrary to popular belief, pain often means that you are doing something right. Be grateful and patient. Nobody’s telling you to be a martyr or a masochist; I’m just talking about going one small step beyond discomfort. Stretch to the point at which you feel pain, the threshold, and learn from it. Each day that threshold should recede and you’ll have to go farther and farther to reach it.”

~ Bikram Choudhury, Bikram Yoga

Have you ever noticed how you’re more proud of the accomplishments that took time and effort to achieve?

Keep this in mind as you practice your yoga. Taking your body or your mind into new territory requires effort to create the change and diligence to maintain it.

Little by little, my friend. Appreciate the incremental changes; these are the ones that will last.

6/20/2020: Daily Dose of Inspiration

“Courage is fear that has said its prayers and decided to go forward anyway.”

~ Joyce Meyers

Though it may appear that you lack support, you never go it alone. Relax, my friend, all you need to do is harness your courage by doing the following:

1) Ask for guidance;
2) Be open to receiving it; and
3) Let your vision propel you through the fear.

And yes, it also helps to know that there is no such thing as failure.

Remember, my friend, the rewards are on the other side of your fear.

6/19/2020: Daily Dose of Inspiration

“That’s been one of my mantras — focus and simplicity. Simple can be harder than complex: You have to work hard to get your thinking clean to make it simple. But it’s worth it in the end because once you get there, you can move mountains.”

~ Steve Jobs

What does it take for you to get your thinking clear, my friend? If you’re like most people, you probably have too much garbage in your head! How can you focus clearly on what’s most important with so many distractions?

This gets to the beauty of BeneFIT’s yoga. In just 50 or 90 minutes, you train your mind to focus on one thing at a time.

Yes, it’s hard. And, yes, it’s hot. And, yes, it’s an incredible workout. But where else can you work and heal both your body and your mind at the same time? This one stop shop does it all!

Moving mountains, my friend… You can do it!

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