Our World Revisited: Timing v.s.Opportunity

                                          It really sucks missing out on things! What's worse is knowing that if you had done one thing or many things differently you would have had a better chance or the opportunity would have led to breakthrough. Many people believe that timing is an extremely important factor to consider when taking advantage of opportunities and this goes back to the ideal belief that "time is money". The truth is that time is one of the many things that man would like to control. Unfortunately, time is one of the things that will always be out of the control of humanity. One of the reasons why things go haywire in the life a control freak is because one of the things he tries to control is time, among a ton of other life factors that was here before he even existed. Here's the catch! You can also be drastically right of the fact. Sometimes we shy away from things we can't control and this is often where opportunites are originated! Although we cannot control time, we can control timing! Well, the difference between the two is that timing is how we make time beneficial to us in how it is given and how it comes. For example, Suzie would have more time to study if she would nt watch television for so long. This is timing. As a result of Suzie not watching televisin for so long, she now has more time to study which helped her to pass the class and graduate! Timing in this example has been beneficial to Suzie even though she and everyone else on the planet is not able to control time itself. Suppose Suzie had done the opposite. Even though the opportunity was given to her to graduate, she missed the opportunity because of timing (what she had done with the time alotted to her). Another example would be people who own stocks or other investments. Timing for them is key to taking hold of any opportunity for advancement in there interests because just as they are concerned and express dire interest in their funds, so does the millions of other people across the globe who invest as well. The person who does not use their time wisely in investing will not be able to access opportuities quick enough before they vanish into the hands of someone who understands timing quite clearly and is it fair? Absolutely not if you're thinking in the terms of qualification because just as education qualifies you to recieve an opportunity, wisdom gives you the ability to take advantage of those opportunities.
                                    A common reason why timing in relation to opportunity is misinterpreted because the easiest way to think and interpret situations is irrationally. When under pressure, duress, or direct/indirect conflict the most common view or to have or express is the irrational one. To the irrational person, timing is not an important factor in any decision or opportunity. In their view, time revolves around them, causing them to miss out on many things in their lives. In our society irrational thinking is strongly encouraged due to the high emphasis on acting from emotions and feelings and not logic. This tactic is used by the media and our society inorder to keep things in place and running. The irrational person is often the wrecklessly emotional person who spends consisitently for temporary internal satisfaction rather than out of necessity, which stimulates the economy greatly. The irrational person is also the person easily swayed or provoked, angered, or enticed, increasing crime rate and the "notion of needing to be protected or secured". Thus, the rich get richer...and well....you know the rest. The direct way to seize opportunities is dominantly through timing and thinking rationally increases your relationship with time, how you view it, and use it in your life. Its time for you to stop missing out on opportunity. Wouldn't you agree?

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Our World Revisited: Understanding the Bigger Picture

                                            Having a small perspective of the world around you is the easiest thing to do. Its easy to observe what is before you and make statements about the obvious. There is no need to look any further or think any deeper than whats right in front of you and this is the trap! Think of it as a prison in your mind. Whatever happens in your mind also happens in the outside world so think of how many opportunities you may miss because your perspective just wasn't wide enough to see them. Its not your fault. Society conditions us to think about the here and now and pushes us along in a cycle of small views where we only see just above the rim of our troubles. Think bigger! Grasp the bigger perspective! Here's some ways you can help yourself see and understand the bigger picture in every situation. Once you start changing the way you see situations in your life, the bigger picture will reveal itself to you and in this lies true freedom!
                                         The first way you can see and understand the bigger picture is to take what you need and leave the rest. Do not harbor or hold onto the unnecessary information you come across in life. These things are feelings, emotions, doubts, spiteful words or deeds, etc..These things have to be as the wind in your life. As we breathe we receive oxygen from the air, but we do not hold on to this air. We take what we need from it and then we let it go. Find the good, the things you need in what life presents you and all the rest you must let go of it because if you don't it will cloud your view of life's bigger picture and also cloud your thinking, your judgement, and your character. Trust me, its not worth it!
                                     Another way to see and understand the bigger picture is to see above the actual situations in your life. Never look directly at them, look above them because our reality is only projected by what we really think about our lives and ourselves. Always see every situation as something in your own favor because then this changes your reality. Look above the feeling that you are misunderstood and see how unique you are. Look above the notion that your plans are taking longer than expected and see that you are working up to something bigger than you've ever dreamed or imagined! Remember that whenever there is a problem there is always a solution to that problem and most of the time you have to look above it in order to see the solution.
                                      A third way to see and understand the bigger picture is expectancy! Whatever you expect to happen will happen, no matter what it is that you expect. Situations occur in every one's life but they only serve as distractions from whats really happening and whats really happening is what you expected to happen all along! Sounds kind of obvious, right? Expecting the best possible outcome, expecting the best possible reasoning to be truth, expecting success by all means holds the power to unlock many opportunities in your life and widens your perspective and your views on certain situations, thus bringing you closer to the bigger picture! Never look at where you are now or where you've been. Look at where you expect to be. Look at the bigger picture!

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Our World Revisited: A Path Called Following Your Dreams

                                            Dreams! How special and rare they seem to be these days when all that we think and feel comes from the society we live in, the media, and our culture. Dreams imply the want for something greater than we can imagine, bigger than the norm and what we are capable of doing on a regular basis. They carry us to a place where anything is possible and is the home of the unimaginable. A dream is always the beginning...the awakening. However, we live in a dream-killer society. The everyday pressures and woes of our world choke out our dreams like weeds choke out a lovely garden full of orchids. Though it is rare that we will run across anyone who has the audacity to confront us about our dreams, often it is just the existence of pain and hurt around us that keep us from taking flight. Its called "the real world". In my opinion, this should be called slumber, for we are kept from awakening to our true potential. Dreaming has become a lost art, and many times viewed as a distraction because with all that we take on in life, our daily tasks and challenges just don't make room for dreaming about what could be, or what we want to happen in our lives. This is where we must fight for it! The path called following your dreams is one that requires you to fight in faith, believe, and be consistent. Dreaming is the awakening from the slumber of reality.
                                     It may seem like hard work, and sometimes it may even seem worthless. Fighting to keep the faith, to keep your dreams and stay on the paths they bring is not an easy task but a worthwhile one. No matter how you feel inside and no matter what people tell you, your dreams matter and if you fight hard for your right to do so, your dreams will come true! That is no cliche and definitely not a fairytale! Dreams do come true and giving up on them means surrendering to slumber and resorting to the reality around you, helplessly going along with the beliefs of society because you feel you can't do anything to change them. Fighting to keep hold of your dreams may seem hard at times because it requires sacrifice. Many things you once believed will be called into question and must be thrown out with all other doubt and unbelief. Sometimes this can even mean the people we know who do not believe in you and who do not encourage your faith but bring you nothing but worries and reasons. Sacrifice could also mean making choices now that would lead you closer to your dreams. The path called following your dreams will be crowded sometimes and lonely at others. You will pass many situations and circumstances on your way. This is why you must fight to be strong, to take courage, to sacrifice. Its worth it in the end!
                                            It is easy to believe in yourself when everyone is rooting for you, when you have a support system and the people who matter most to you in life believe you can do anything you try...but what about when you don't? What about the times when you feel there is no one who believes in you, the times where you don't even believe in yourself? These times are scattered here and there on the path called following your dreams because believing is key! Here's a tip; Believe in you unconditionally. Whether you win or lose, whether you're appreciated or under appreciated, liked or disliked, recognized or unrecognized, keep believing! Remind yourself of only the things that qualify you as being a winner, not those things that disqualify you. Constantly believe that your dreams are within your reach and they will be! Its a proven fact! Another tactic to help you believe is to do your best at everything. Always put forth 100% effort in everything you try because this helps you to believe that you will achieve what you are working so hard for. It is important to believe. It is the boat that carries you to your dream.
                                            Stick to it! If you believe in yourself today, believe in yourself tomorrow. Become consistent because success is not about being strong or swift. Success is achieved when effort is put forth consistently. The path way to your dreams may be short or long. It may have twists and turns, dips and pits...it may not be as you think it should be or how it appears to be for others. This is where consistency comes into play. One way to be consistent is organization and planning, scheduling, and preparation because those who fail to plan, plan to fail! Keep doing what you know to do and stick the race out til the end. You have been given a dream for a purpose and you are truly fortunate! Life to you has become a place of limitless possibilities so cherish it. Dream on!

Our World Revisited: The Simple Things

                                  Life, no matter what stage of it you're in, has a way of reminding you of the basics, the simplest of things that we are either ungrateful for, unaware of, or wish was something more. Sometimes it's the simple things that save us from spinning out of control in our constant greed for success and gratification. They keep us grounded and focused on what really matters other outside of the glitz and glam of society's propaganda. The simple things of life take many forms but generally hold the same meaning. They are those in life that we would never buy, sell, or trade, that which never loses its value to us and remain at the core of our happiness. A person who is ungrateful for, unaware of, or constantly wants to add to the simple things in his life will always collide with anxiety, self consciousness and self esteem issues, mental and social issues. This is because when you do not acknowledge your life as having a core, a foundation to all the things that surround you, this is like drowning in the murky waters of your own mind or being carried along the waves of life with nothing to bring you back home, and everyone needs to come home sometime in their lives.
                                               Each of us were born with this yearning for something more, something better, success! However this yearning has a root and it stems outward from the core values of family, friendship, love, and happiness. Its possible to lose track of these values and have our vision distorted by the major deciding factors in our lives that originate from the media, societies views, and our constant need for gratification. Its easy to become ungrateful with how these things are represented to us. Like for instance, the person who has the noisy, boisterous, family may get tired of being around them and consider their presence a nuisance when there are millions of people who live their lives without the presence of a family or someone to show them love and affection, no matter how loud and crazy they are! Or how about the person who does not have all the things they want in life yet they have been content up until they passed by Alex's new home or Martha's new car? Immediately, this happens turns into ungratefulness because they have lost sight of the simple things in life that allow us to enjoy life and see it as something special.
                                               Often times there exists those of us who have never had or was aware of the simple things in life or it's core values! This is a different situation to handle because you're starting from a place later on in life and this is mean its much harder to grasp. Perhaps you lived a sheltered life where the core values such as family, love, friendship, and happiness didn't exist. Perhaps you have been on the other end looking in on what life is really all about. The great thing about our universe is that it is always changing and is always making room for you to change your point of view! Its never to late to look inside yourself and your life and find what roots you to being the person you are today. Look around you! See life as you've never seen it before and don't be afraid to modify or reevaluate your thinking. Remember, you determine your own destiny!
                                              As human beings we always feel the need to improve, make greater, or increase the value of something. However, we must learn that addition does not always mean progression. Just because you have added some external entities to your definition of love, family, friendship, and happiness, for example, this does not change its meaning or its value in your life. With or without all the money you can spend, friendships should never die and love should always be experienced. You should always be happy and enjoy meaningful relationships, a healthy state of mind and productivity no matter what is added or taken away from you because the core values of your life are at the center of life itself. So stop. Breathe! Accept the simple things in life. Enjoy them! You have to appreciate the simple things in life before you can understand and identify with the complex! http://www.inspirationalblogs.com/blogs/life/Are_You_a_Person_of_Substance_or_Pretense.html

Our World Revisited: Can A Day Without The Media Be Healthy For You?

                                      Many people wouldn't be able to and it's actually a bit of a feat! In today's society going a day or even 30 seconds without being in some way connected to the media is not normal and often times viewed as an unfortunate thing surprisingly. Whether the news, horoscopes, your favorite TV show or a social network (which is an addiction itself), we all have found ourselves in some way connected to the media as often as we can and its become a normal as tying your shoes. However, what is rarely considered are the benefits of being without this superficial deity we rely so frequently on called the media. What causes us to be so diligent and loyal to the media anyway? Many would argue that in so many ways our views and opinions are handed to us by the media We're constantly being told what to look like and how to appear to others, and we're even made to change our lives based upon it. By no means am I bashing the media and its propaganda...I'm merely shedding light on how the media has a powerful influence on our lives so much so that being away from it in some way makes us feel alienated from our world or out of the norm. How beneficial can this be to us? Can a day without the media be healthy for you?
                                       Well let's be rational first. The media is one big source of reactivity. You receive information, the information is registered into your brain, and then what? Reaction! So you may be thinking now that reaction can happen with anything...not just the media. You're right! On the contrary do you believe and trust all the things that you can react to like you believe and trust the media? Is your life revolving knowingly and unknowingly around them like it does around the media? Let's be serious. Sometimes we believe in people or things we see and hear in the media more than we believe in ourselves or anyone else around us. How else could you explain the billions made by telemarketing, broadcasting networks, and social networks which is now the media's biggest business as of now? To go a day without the media's influence would mean being forced to be proactive instead of reactive. No longer will you be able to kick back and have your thoughts and ideas handed to you at the sacrifice of your own creativity. You would have to think for yourself! Gasp! Say it isn't so!
                                           The entertainment industry thrives from us being addicted to the media so on this special day where you are completely disconnected from it, you would have to find another source of entertainment. You would probably have to physically involve yourself in some source recreation. How inconvenient! You'll have to develop a hobby, something you like to do that was born of your own creativity and pro-activity that is done for your enjoyment and sometimes as a source of revenue. Entertaining is always better than being entertained because it has the benefit of lasting as long as you what it to and you have more flexibility, which means this can turn into something that can dramatically change your life! A television program or your favorite social network can only give you so much satisfaction within yourself, not mention it leaves you mentally spent. Doing something you love to do can only leave you mentally energized and searching for the next opportunity to use those creative juices.
                                       So I would actually have to go out and meet people? Yep! A day without the media means no Facebook! You would have to hold actual conversations with people in person because telephones are a source of media, believe it or not. This would be torture to some people because they do not have the comfort of being someone their not. You would actually have to embrace who you are as a person and hope that others will as well, because you are a human being...not a status update. For some of us this mean losing relationships with people we normally wouldn't identify with and people we secretly dislike but long to know whats going on with. You would actually have to ask questions about someone when you meet them. They won't be just a profile to you.... for just this one day of a "media-free" life experience.
                                        So how can I sum this up? Having a healthy state of mind is not deemed as important as it should be and in this day and age life is all about what we see, hear, and feel. As long as the media feeds us our daily meal of views, opinions, thoughts, and perceptions, we are satisfied. This should not be the case for outward success depends greatly on having a healthy state of mind. Would it be healthy to live a day of complete freedom from facts and unnecessary information, conformity and propaganda? Would it be a beneficial thing to be the source of what you want to experience in your life and make proactive decisions based not on the media's expectations? Can a day without the media be healthy for you? It certainly can!

Our World Revisted : Breaking Away From Mental Abuse

                            Realized or unrealized, mental abuse can effect anyone. Mental and physical states do not make you immune to this type of abuse and no one or anything can compensate for being abused. Going through mental abuse can and will effect your life in some way and often times we feel that words have no effect on our lives or how we feel...that somehow it's just apart of life, we deserve it, or we can drown it out. This is untrue and if not realized it can cost you your entire life! If you do not understand the full capabilities of mental abuse, you will not notice its effect on life and how you feel. You will become naive and unsuspecting while your relationships and endeavours suffer. Any form of ridicule and de-characterization is mental abuse! Surprised? You should be. In our society we are made to believe that the more you cover up an issue, the less it exists. The truth is the truth and just because you scratch some attributes off your definition of abuse does not mean that it is in fact not abuse. This is where all the oxymoron's we have created come into question, like constructive-criticism or tough love. Criticism can never be constructive. Telling someone what they did wrong is to critique. Telling someone how to fix it is instruction and this is constructive. Love can never be tough. It is amendable, bendable and extensible. If not how could it reach across cities and nations and unite hearts of different races and faces, and most importantly how could it have reached you? To break away from mental abuse does not mean that you will stop it from being experienced. It means you will know what to do and how to stop its effect on your life.
                                              The first major and most common effect of mental abuse is the shift in the way you see yourself and others. Relationships suffer tremendously as a result of this shift yet we naively pretend that it is because of others or outward circumstances. How you see yourself can be compromised by mental abuse from people we love and care about, or even from people we don't know. Do not accept it. Its as simple as that. Many people accept mental abuse thinking that they can somehow turn it around for good. This is untrue and also very unwise, because you cannot change something without first believing in it. Do not even believe in it. Develop beliefs about yourself from your own perspective. Think of the positive attributes of your life and focus only on these things. Become strong in who you know you are and how you feel about you. Once you have done this, be consistent. Never let your belief be swayed and you can do this by repetition. Continuously remind yourself of who you are and the great qualities you possess. It must become a second nature to you. Once this happens, anything that you hear or feel that tells you otherwise will just sound silly and absurd.
                                            The second major effect of mental abuse is that it is contagious. People who are abused abuse others if they are not aware and are not careful. It is because what you think about is what will be produced in your life. This is the reason why you must not let people or circumstances determine what you think. The fruits of mental abuse are negativity, doubt, depression, discouragement, anger, and bitterness. If these are the fruits of your life, maybe you should analyze how you think and why. At some point, these attributes have been instilled into you whether knowingly or unknowingly, and whether you want to admit it or not. If you are not aware you can pass along this abuse you've experienced and this person in turn will produce the same fruits. To break away from this effect of mental abuse you must take responsibility for your actions. You must know that how you have been treated must not determine the way you treat others and that the buck must stop with you! Do not feel that you have the right to mentally abuse others or that somehow you will be compensated for your pain through hurting others because this is also untrue. You will only become more aggravated by the outcome of your decisions and remain the victim of your own mind. Take responsibility for the way you feel and think. Don't shift your pain onto someone else because you think you have the right to for if you want to break away from mental abuse you can't justify it and spread it abroad.
                                        The third major effect of mental abuse is that it will cause you to go as far as you need to in order to feel a false sense satisfaction with yourself and others. This is dangerous. When mental abuse has taken root in your life, your barriers of morality could become compromised and both logical and rational reasoning is at stake. Soon you will find yourself taking drastic measures and going farther for satisfaction than is healthy. Ever heard of a simple argument escalating into murder, or irrational thinking costing someone their life? You must gain control. You have to break away from mental abuse and you must do it inside you. This is the only true way! Distancing yourself from it does not erase it from your mind and heart. It hides it until you least expect it.

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