Today's Inspiration: Living Out Loud

It's been said that the Spring time is the season that kings often go to war ... and although I am no king , I know what this scripture is talking about... I sure hope that buckling down and paying attention to the way that I train today so that I can build upon my disciplines tomorrow is enough...   Because I know that everything that comes "at" me and pull "on" me these days don't come from outside .. But from within ...  The War Within ... Keep training my friends... -Chana

... One person asked me if she should " stay friends " with someone after  the relationship was over ... and I couldn't help but wonder how she could split up the two... as my experiences of relationships have taught me how, although the circumstances in our relationships change, the reality of us having a relationship with another person  does not .. . For we may no longer be within the same frame of that picture together, but the "content" of it is what always lingers and remain. . I can personally attest to my relationships living and continuing to live in some of the most intimate parts of my thoughts, memories, heart and sometimes other relationships... long after I've parted ways with people... So it becomes very important to me to internally and eternally stay friends ... because I know relationships never really ends...

I consider myself lucky to have had the chance to speak with a woman today because of a response that I left on Amazon's website about a book that I ordered..  Who knew... I had the thought that we were supposed to talk today...  and noticed how beautiful the thought was that I didn't know this when I first woke up this morning... and neither did she...  My response became  more beautiful when I tried to make peace with her thinking that she was responsible for my book arriving later than I would have liked… I thought to myself... Oh, how beautiful would it be for her to change her thinking... or to "at least" " notice " it... It was quite the moment for me to have... I was  enjoying these thoughts and this stranger whose thoughts I knew too well... As I too used to believe thoughts that told me that  I was responsible for things that had nothing to do with me... And that's when I noticed t...

Something poetic whispered in my thoughts today about balance… and since I was open, I got what it said… It said: I am in balance... in balance, in balance... I am there … And right then, I got it... I used to believe that balance was something I found... something to look for (even)...  or something that I simply needed to do in order to be ... But I was wrong... As I find that balance is more so of who I am … We are in balance because we "are" balance... And if ever we get too far to some extreme (outside of ourselves), God will arrange our lives to come right back to the center of where He is... Just so we can live inside ourselves again... In Balance … a nd I think it's really cool...

In view of staying connected, I wrote this piece on my whiteboard located in my kitchen. It says: "To stay connected, you have to stay away from the people and things that causes you to not show up in all of your splendor... because "you" should be here". Stay Connected." Although easier said than done, I know that to not make way in this area "of doing" is really time wasted... as we all should be committed to having a better relationship with ourselves and to having better experiences in life. For there is nothing like the feeling of being disconnected from the life that you were sent here to live. Please stay connected and take care.

Below is a collection of my self-reflections, collected over the year.  Enjoy. 'There are times in my life when things go so well that I know (without a doubt) that I was born to do this... But then there are times when things turn out so bad that I begin to question if I ever knew anything to begin with...' 'It's really easy for me to stand behind my gifts and be received in people's hearts... but it is a challenge sometimes to stand in front of them and hope to reach their hearts still...' 'It amazes me how much we can sit and talk about much of what's really  nothing  and very little of what's really  everything  and you barely know the difference... but I wish you did...' 'Sometimes focusing too much on myself can cause me to miss out on people... But focusing too much on people can cause me to miss out on myself ... So I've learned how to just be alone “together"...' 'I believe a...

I've learned to find the patience that enables me to sit back and “ live the questions"... the questions that I have concerning life...And it took me quite the time to start to  love the questions in which I have to live ... But the answers really didn't come my way until I was ready live the answers.. And I'm glad... because living them is a much better experience.