Look for it

Budding youth have an advantage; even though the older may feel wiser, and are more seasoned, it's true - young minds who are bursting fourth with fresh new ideas have the advantage of not yet being jaded by the world or being held back by limitations that sometimes might be felt by those who have been there, and done that.  This is a great advantage because it enables them to accomplish things that others might just leave behind. I think this is one way in which our world perpetuates itself. Without our bright youth shining their eager beaver ideals forward, moving headlong into their future, we might give up on some important things.  Or, we would have to look past our limitations, our previous dismal findings, or our otherwise discouragement and push forward, doing what might sometimes seem pointless, or that we have just given up hope on.  Sometimes there is hope.  We just have to be willing to find it. We just have to remember to never stop looking for it.  I want to make it my resolution this year to remain positive and seek out ways to improve.  I want to look beyond the daily routine, and find the MORE that is out there.  It is always there, waiting for you.  You just have to reach out and find it! :)

Wake Up and Grow!

What is wrong with people of today... why don't they wake up more often, and come out of the shell of the daily grind, and look at the bigger picture around us all?  There is a huge, vast world and there's a lot more to it than just waking up and going through your daily routine, going to bed, getting up and doing it all over again the next day.  Wake Up! :) 

Enhance your senses... smell the trees... feel the sunshine, breathe the air.  Not just breathe it, but really feel it in your lungs.  Pet an animal, but not just a pat on the head, but truly share love from you to it, and feel the love it returns to you. 

Open up your awareness of other people in the world around you, and soon you might feel you've been so oblivious before your moment of awakening your conscienceness. Be more aware of other people around you and your interactions with them. Nothing irritates me more than someone who is totally immersed in their own little bubble and barely take notice of others around them; and by that, I mean in their day-to-day lives, not at times such as holidays in remembering to give gifts, etc.  Pay attention, for example, to other people on the road. Often it seems that others out there barely offer notice, or care, to the fact of others around them.  It's as if their minds are too cluttered with the daily this-and-that's they're busy with to look beyond and see the bigger picture of life.

Remember that every feeling, both good and bad, are what make us human.  Relish each and every emotion, every feeling, every sensation.  Life is a precious gift that should not be wasted!  Enjoy it, and live it to its fullest, for it is far too short.  Accomplish as much as you can with all that you have!  For most of us, ourself is our biggest limiting factor. We forget to live. We forget to keep pushing beyond our boundaries.  Examine every aspect of your life and see if you can spread your wings and fly.  Some of us are already soaring, but could fly even higher and farther by moving things to the next level!  Never be complacent, for when you become stagnant, you stop growing.  You have the capacity to keep growing up until the day you dye.  Though not physically, your mind has the vast expansion space to last you a lifetime, and beyond.  Use it. :)  Appreciate it.  Fill it up, and share it with others.  For without each other, we would never grow as fast or move as far as we will from sharing in each other. Learn from others, and absorb their knowledge. Combine it together, then mix it with your own to yield something far greater than either alone would normally think of. Perpetuate what you know forward by teaching it to others, and to your children. Give them the tools they need to do the same.  For without this, we could never advance.