Gratitude

It's so easy to spend many minutes of many days thinking about what I want more of, what I'm not happy about in my life and how I'm going to change.

Enter gratitude journal. It's a book of all the things that are going right and all the little things that need to be given thanks. It's all the people that are wonderful in my life and the roof over my head that I never want to have taken for granted. So each week I try to take time most days to reflect on these things. It's definitely changed my spirit...God truly blesses.

“Don't dwell on what went wrong. Instead, focus on what to do next. Spend your energies on moving forward toward finding the answer.”-Denis Waitley

Thoughts

Try and really let this resonate within you. Think about it for a second.

Your thoughts become your words
Your words become your flesh
Your flesh becomes your actions
Your actions become your character

YOUR THOUGHTS DRIVE YOUR CHARACTER
YOUR THOUGHTS DETERMINE REALITY

Brain Overload II

I try to make it to one national/worldwide convention a year. Yesterday I returned from an educational voyage in San Diego, The 2009 ACE Fitness Symposium. Gosh it was wonderful, I was on cloud nine. I mean, seriously, being in such a positive atmosphere where I can listen to the guru's preach passionately on something I love, love so much. Where do I even begin? My brain hasn't actually processed everything just quite yet so sharing my latest findings from the symposium will be deposited in installments.

The first keynote speaker, Todd Durkin, was absolutely phenomenal. It's the second time I've seen him present and boy it just gets better. From my notes:
-Strive to be 1% better each day.
-The quality of a person's life is directly related to what they want, not what they fear.
-Connect with your spirit.
-Go the extra mile, the "and then some" extra effort. Go over the top.
-Your mind drives everything.
-Give yourself permission to take a day off. (Especially like this one)
-Intention sets reality.
-Focus: give, serve and find meaning.
-Strive for balance everyday.
-Small changes lead to great changes.
-Fuel fire with passion.
-Are you willing to pay the price?
-If you're tired you're not inspired.
-When things get bad, you're one turn away from making it better.

Yes, this is just one tidbit I got from 3 days of 7am to 6pm lectures, workouts, question-and-answer sessions and pages of notes. There is more to come...stay tuned!