Be brave little one

meditation by Release Your Wings

“If you only do what you can do
You can never be more than what you are now”
Says Shifu to Po


I cannot agree more
But it’s so much easier to stay 
In the comfort of the familiar


You can navigate around
Even with closed eyes
You always have a lifeline to call


And it is hard to go
To the unknown
Brave unchartered territories


What if I fizzle out in the sun
What if dangers lie beyond
What if I fail


But what if you meet your best self
What if the grass is greener on the other side
What if the experience will expand you


They say the next worst thing to failing
Is not even trying
Won’t you at least try


P.S.  I talk to myself- a lot.  This is one of those instances.

 image from thewastedwanderer

Just do it!

image from timemanagementninja.com

Some things hit you like a cold shower when you're barely awake.

I've been browsing through the book Heal your Mind and Body by Dr. Chandrashekhar and Azeem Dana.  The chapter on  psychosomatic diseases catch my attention.  Since, I have colds right now I quickly check if it's part of the list. In bold letters, it says:

COLDS
Indecisiveness, need to make decision and not doing so, feeling sorry for self and wishing to delay activity.

Pak! I felt like I was given a cold shower.  

I admit it, the words went through me like a sword.

Instead of going through my usual process of looking inward, asking myself, analysis and over analysis, I simply stopped the barrage of questions, got my phone and made the call I've long been stalling.

Today I learned that even if the plans are not perfectly laid out and I'm still doubting yourself, I have to make a move.  

meditation by Anthony Strano

How to Kill an Addiction

Cartoon from http://lastlemon.com/harolds-planet

I'm usually a sensible person.  I'm in and out of facebook- making sure I'm not scrolling the newsfeed for more than 30 minutes on the few times I log in (and that's goes for other online social media- youtube, twitter, etc), I never play online games (or any video game for that matter), I've said my goodbye to the dvd player and videostreaming a long time ago but for some weird reason the tv just got me hooked (Please see The TV Took Me Hostage to know the full story).  I couldn't quite put my finger on it.  So, I did more soul searching to understand why I am doing what I'm doing (since I'm a self-development junkie, I just really need to know).

So, I looked back at my previous patterns.  I saw that if there's something I couldn't handle- I sleep.  If I came across a roadblock- I run away.  If  a bigger-than-life opportunity comes my way, I cringe.  

After facing myself squarely, I realized that I allowed the TV to take hold of me because I couldn't quite pull myself together.  I was not powerful enough to turn the remote off because I am afraid of facing the opportunities in front of me.  I lacked the will and strength to change so I revert back to an old habit.  Also, I wanted to reach the goal but I don't like to put in the work involved to get there.  Like infamous Juan Tamad (Lazy Juan), I opted to sleep under the guava tree hoping that the fruit will miraculously fall straight to my mouth.  I took the easy route- stall and escape!

The TV allowed me to go just that,  lull my mind and go brain-dead for a few hours.  It allowed me to simply dream of the fruit and prevented me from climbing the tree so I can get the guava right away.  It brought everything to a halt just like sleeping.

In actuality, the culprit's not the TV afterall, it's my fear and laziness. 

Yay, now I know the root cause!  Since realization is the first step to change, now, I only need to gather the courage to do the right thing -again and again until I form the habit of just moving forward towards the goal, not minding the hurdles.

Cartoon from http://lastlemon.com/mahoney-joe