Stressing out...

I really feel overloaded and overwhelemed by the amount of things i still  have to do: moving out, preparing the 8 months trip and perparing the one and only marriage i'm gonna have
Moving out is happening next wednesday so we just need to pack and wait
The trip is almost ready: the tickets,  the visas and the vaccinations, still remains filling up the bags
The marriage is not ready at all: we picked the place and the date, but still no dress and no invitations….

Today...

My brains is still sleeping

My body constantly freezing

From the window i watch the snow falling

And it creates inside me a shivering

My to do list is not shrinking

My motivation to work on it is almost unexisting

My favorite activity is procrastinating

And all this feels unexciting

What to do when the weather is sucky

How to work when the job is yucky

Two more days to finally be free

But my gathering is really not nearly ready

Shall i sleep in the office tonight?

Or just fight until i flight

I really can't grab another bite

For even my stomach doesn't feel right

Thank God for the dream of a better future

It's so close I can hear the crow of the rooster

I am ready for change it's not really peculiar

I am so excited, it really feels super

Goodwill hunting

Every once in a while i am just shocked at people's behaviors…

Actually it happens once every couple of years

Some people tell me that it is just my crazy brain going neurotic or that I am stressed and need holidays

But what I really thing is that those people just don’t have the ability to control their mood and thus their reactions

I believe that our society is suffering from a virus: the toxic people's virus

But luckily we are not all infected

Actually, there are some ways and methods to prevent that and to guard our good heart intact and thus be happy during our stay on this earth

I believe in therapy and in reading good thoughts, but there are many ways to get that same effect

While growing up, I had a pretty tough adolescence, I didn’t have the right tools to face the many issues that I was encountering and the social development during that period was violent. I felt that it was hard to flourish from adolescence to adulthood, with a good self image and a healthy self esteem.

Now looking back at that period I just smile and say that it could have been easier for me but still I did it my way and I am still on the path .... 

I guess we all carry injuries from the past and the key is not to bury them but to heal them whenever we feel ready to do it

So this is christmas

Make a wish and close your eyes tight,
Sprinkle this on your lawn Christmas Eve night,
As Santa and his reindeer roam,
This sparkly dust will lead them to your home,
The reindeer will love their oatmeal snack,
While they are waiting for Santa to come back.

639 days ago.......

Vote Vote Vote and then relax :)

 

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2012872548/dont-panic-ipad-case-stand-and-sneaker?ref=live

Learn to get comfortable while being uncomfortable - by Christine Kane

There are scary moments in the journey of business and life.
But there’s nothing quite as intense as the moment of clarity when you suddenly see what’s REALLY possible for you.  You see how SMALL you’ve been thinking.  You realize that you can play a wildly bigger game.
The question arises: Can I be this big? Can I let myself do this?
In other words…
I think I’m ready to release these old limitations.  I think it’s time to quit worrying about the opinions of others.  I really can stop hiding.  Am I up for it?!
Many people ignore these questions and go back to their old comfort zone. Don’t be one of them!
As my students are still reveling in the inspiring energy from last week’s Uplevel LIVE! Retreat – I invite you to use our mojo to re-ignite, re-inspire, and re-invigorate your visions and dreams before the new year begins!

Here are five steps to help you stop playing small and start living BIG in 2012.

1 – Mind your Mind
Your thoughts are things. They can be powerful tools, or devastating weapons.
It’s not always quick to clean up years of negativity.  AND the truth is you are the only one who can begin to do just that.  If you constantly berate yourself, doubt yourself, or obsess about the opinions of others, set your intention to turn that around.
Listen to upbeat audiobooks in your car.  Post affirmations in visible spots.  Start a gratitude journal.
Remind yourself: “Energy flows where attention goes,” and place your attention on gratitude, love, and joy.

2 – Take Action
Back when I first got the idea to offer events and retreats, I kept waiting for self-esteem to appear before I would take the chance and just do it.
Guess what? That’s not how it works!
Instead, my coach and mastermind made me commit to a date on paper – and then offer my first event to the world.  (I’ve since done this many times!)
What I discovered was this:
Self-esteem shows up BECAUSE you take action.  Not before!
What one action-step can you take toward your dream today?

3 – Radiate Success
Do you complain to anyone who will listen?  Do you tell your sad story to get people to feel sorry for you?
Living big means you radiate success.
Stop tweeting about how miserable you are.  Don’t moan about your current challenges with your clients.  Refrain from whining to your friends about how hard it is to run your own business!  (Save that stuff for your coach if you need to get it out of your system.)
Remember this: Like attracts like.  When you radiate success, then success is drawn to you.

4 – Exit your Comfort Zone
“If you do what you’ve always done, you’ll get what you’ve always got!”
This is one of my favorite expressions.  Cuz it’s true!
I’ve worked with hundreds of people as a mentor, coach, and leader of retreats. The ones who create breakthroughs are always the ones who are willing to exit their comfort zones.  They let themselves get scared. They say yes to new opportunities. They take time to ask themselves what they want next and how they can create it.
People who live big have one thing in common:
They learn to get comfortable being uncomfortable!

5 – Surround Yourself with Support
I hired my first coach ten years ago.  I paid him more per month than my mortgage at the time!  I’ve since been a part of many coaching groups and masterminds – continuing to invest in this model of support and training.  I swear by it!
Many people don’t do this. Instead, they take a “duct tape” approach to their own support and training, hoping they can continue to get away with their same old fearful behavior, always promising themselves that “some day” they’ll get some real support.
It never works. They stay at the same level. (After all, that’s where it’s comfortable!)
Surround yourself with encouraging believers who are, like you, fully invested in their success, and who want you to succeed.
Many people live and socialize in toxic environments.   If this is you, then step out of your comfort zone and actively seek out positive people who want to create and attract their dreams.  Surround yourself with people who want to live big like you!

Sick of being a doormat

Sometimes in life, for not apparent reason, people just walk all over you.

“For though a righteous man falls seven times, he rises again...”
(Proverbs 24:16, NIV)

Life is full of things that try to push us down. We all face disappointments and setbacks. Maybe you received some bad news about your health or perhaps a relationship didn’t work out. That was a setback. It’s easy to get discouraged or lose your enthusiasm or even be tempted to just settle where you are. But if we’re going to see God’s best, we have to have a “bounce back” mentality. That means when you get knocked down, you don’t stay down. You get back up again. You have to know that every time adversity comes against you, it’s a setup for a comeback!

There is no challenge too difficult, no obstacle too high, no sickness, no disappointment, no person, nothing that can keep you from your God-given destiny. If you stay in faith, then God will turn what was meant to be a stumbling block into a stepping stone, and you’ll move forward in strength, full of faith and victory!

A PRAYER FOR TODAY

Father in heaven, thank You for setting me up for success in everything I do. I choose to trust and rely on You knowing that Your plans are for my good. I know my best days are ahead of me and look ahead to the blessings You have in store for me.

— Joel & Victoria Osteen

So many things to do......commit to doing them!!!!

                                              http://cherieiam.blogspot.com/2011/05/little-overwhelmed.html
 
Time is flying and tasks are accumulating ....what to do to solve that dilemma????
Hmm… make to-do lists, or better: will-do lists

http://litemind.com/will-do-lists/

and try not to procrastinate (which i have a natural tendency to do)

There are two important principles to keep in mind about this new list:

1. It’s a list of commitments

Your goal should be to complete 100% of your daily will-do list, every day. Remember that these tasks are commitments: if you’re not serious about crossing off each and every item from your will-do list, there’s no point in creating one. Therefore, you need to be extremely careful in putting just a few items there: when in doubt, be conservative.

(I usually don’t book more than 2 hours’ worth of daily will-do tasks, or I am unable to sustain the 100% completion rate for too long. I also usually tackle my daily will-do list as soon as I can, using highly-focused time boxes.)

2. Once set, don’t add any more items to it

The will-do list is intended to be a closed list: once created, don’t add anything to it during the day.

That means that the only possible thing that can happen to your list is that it will get smaller. And that is the big trick: your list is not a moving target, but a finite and measurable workload that you can actually finish. That is much better for your motivation than the sight of endless to-do lists. Can you still remember the feeling of crossing off the very last item of your task list?

Of course, you should still add items to your master task list as usual. But unless the new items are extremely urgent (and they usually aren’t), you must avoid as much as possible adding them to today’s will-do list.

Be like the fruits

Be Like the fruits, beautiful on the outside and healthy on the inside...Have inner beauty

Why?

Because we dont see things as they are, we see things as we are

How?


Art therapy...... it is a process that uses the creative act of art making to improve and enhance the physical, mental and emotional well-being of individuals of all ages.

It is based on the belief that the creative process involved in artistic self-expression helps people to resolve conflicts and problems, develop interpersonal skills, manage behavior, reduce stress, increase self-esteem and self-awareness, and achieve insight....oh yeah!!!!

Revelation

Lately i have been all about understanding life more gently, and i am beginning to think of problems as opportunities to become a better and more knowledgeable person …

I believe there is an inner space within each and every one of us that guides us and that tells us what we need to do …of course we can choose to listen to it or not , but i do..

This inner voice is just the proof that we are a combination of physical and spiritual being and it shows us that we dont have to use black or white but that there is a wide range of colors in between...

this might lead me to making mistakes but its ok , i would rather do what is right and proper than what makes me feel good at the moment
 

1 Corinthians 13

 ¹ If I speak in the tongues^[a] of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. ² If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing. ³ If I give all I possess to the poor and give over my body to hardship that I may boast,^[b] but do not have love, I gain nothing. 

 ⁴ Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. ⁵ It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. ⁶ Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. ⁷ It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. 

 ⁸ Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away. ⁹ For we know in part and we prophesy in part, ¹⁰ but when completeness comes, what is in part disappears. ¹¹ When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put the ways of childhood behind me. ¹² For now we see only a reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known. 

 ¹³ And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.

Damage control

I always took it for granted to have a no-guilt no-should cancellation policy.

What that means is that whenever i make plans, if anything at all comes up (even just feeling like staying home and reading) i allow full cancellation with no guilt required. this relaxes me and makes  me see relationships differently than contractual work, and i beleive that it gives permission and even tests the depth of the love...


I think that love sometimes means letting the other person be disappointed. But NEVER means doing anything out of “should” or guilt, i mean this is how i used to act with my mom...and i'm sure many people disagree


Apparently many people get upset with me for this, but since i accept it for the people i love they should be able to accept it for me…

That type of day.....

love your neighbor as yourself

L'amelie poulain suisse et masculin

Le projet semble un peu fou : distribuer gracieusement en tous-ménages, du 7 au 11 novembre, un livre sobrement intitulé « Être bien ». Au total, 100.000 exemplaires seront destinés à la Suisse romande, mais pas moins de 75 000 pour la seule région de la Côte. Un livre blanc, à savourer quand tout va bien ou à consulter plus attentivement quand la vie vous malmène. « C’est comme un livre de recettes faciles à suivre qui, je l’espère, aideront le plus grand nombre de personnes à mieux vivre, à s’aimer soi-même, à aimer les autres, à aimer la vie », explique son auteur, Joseph Stutz. « C’est le fruit de toute une vie d’expériences, de réflexions et de découvertes personnelles, que j’ai cru bon de partager. »

Dans la grande villa nichée sur une colline de la campagne vaudoise, on pourrait croire que le philanthrope est un privilégié, isolé dans sa tour d’ivoire. Et pourtant, né en Suisse alémanique d’un père jardinier et d’une mère femme de ménage, Joseph Stutz a traversé des épreuves parfois professionnelles, mais aussi familiales, la plus dure étant le décès de sa femme en 2008, après huit années de descente aux enfers, dues à la maladie d’Alzheimer. « J’étais dévasté, mais j’ai fait le choix d’accepter l’épreuve, de ne pas m’effondrer et de continuer à aller de l’avant. » En décembre 2006, Joseph fait la connaissance d’Anna Wälti-Berti, maman d’une fille autiste et créatrice de la Fondation Le Cube de Verre qui vient en aide aux enfants atteints d’autisme et à leurs familles. Sensible à cette cause, il lui apporte son soutien financier pour construire à Arzier un foyer pouvant accueillir une vingtaine d’enfants autistes. « Mon but est aussi de faire d’une pierre deux coups, confie Joseph Stutz, et je glisserai dans le livre un bulletin de versement en faveur de cette Fondation. Peut-être que des lecteurs auront, eux aussi, envie d’aider cette institution qui ne reçoit aucun fonds de l’Etat et qui a besoin de la générosité privée pour exploiter son foyer. » La compassion, la volonté d’aider son prochain, l’ouverture aux autres comptent sans doute parmi les clés du bonheur et de la joie de vivre dont nous parle Joseph Stutz dans son livre. Dans les premières pages, on y lit cette dédicace : « Cet ouvrage est dédié à tous ceux qui souffrent ».

How to be jolly and bubbly in this holiday season

It's Christmas and everyone is happy, the streets are well dressed with their best accessories and i just feel like a kid amazed at all this beauty

It's just the best time of the year, where it can be winter but you just don’t mind, I might even say I am glad for the cold and the snow, it smells like spices and potpourri everywhere

But Christmas or no Christmas some people can be really disappointing or some life events, how not to let that get to you?

I guess it's hard but doable….

Standing for what we believe in is important, positioning ourselves strengthens us and pray pray pray

Self-love, however, is what you're searching for at work, in your relationships and your life. Sadly, people spend most of their time thinking someone or something else can give them what only they can give themselves. To be truly fulfilled in life and relationships, you have to find the love within you and give it to yourself. No other person, material possession or accomplishment can do it. It's up to you.
Especially when it comes to relationships, self-love is essential. One of the best gifts you can give to the people around you is to love yourself in a genuine way. As my mom used to say to me when I was young, "You can't love anyone else until you love yourself." By Mike Robbins