To conquer oneself is a greater task than conquering others"

We all desire the same thing in life; to fulfill our inner well-being and live to express our most genuine version of ourselves. In addition, we all seek reconciliation within ourselves, with others, and with posterity.

Change is constant; I applied some points to my world from reading "No ordinary disruption: The four global forces breaking all the trends" ...is resetting the way we operate. There are ever-evolving forces around us that we must adapt to and reset our intuition to keep up with the trends and transformations. This teaching has compelled me to do the work and research the knowledge I needed to strengthen my weaknesses, constantly cycling through and releasing the old negative emotions.

Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt

Pain is subjective; we all feel and experience pain differently. Past pain holds us back from being in the present and from better days ahead. We subconsciously avoid the pain within because we get hung up on what we're currently feeling. Likewise, we fear new emotions (different would feel disruptive & foreign) or distract ourselves to escape this pain. 

Pausing allows us to have a healthy relationship with pain; paying attention provokes purpose and a personal philosophy that will guide us through healing and surpass pain vs. suppress pain. The painful pathway is where we ascend into purpose and create our philosophy; pain becomes pale. 

Mukdahan, Thailand

"I am not free while anyone is unfree, even when their shackles are very different from my own." - Audre Lourde

"Touching one heart at a time with love, let the fire in our soul lift others up from the dark and the low. Let the winds of the universe help guide us all to being whole!" -Susan Vee

A compass guide us when we're lost.  In life, this comes in many forms and can be the people we are around, places we visit, books we read, or the things we sense, our inner compass is what guides us on our path, our internal guidance. I will help you listen to it better.

Cappadocia, Turkey

 Confusion and chaos are rarely comfortable, but it leads to clarity.

Are we feeling caged or capable?

Our mind seeks to be clear with some certainty. In the process of mindset change, chaos is a step to climb towards clarity. Chaos is where our heart and head is trying to communicate. This gap in communication compels us to work through what constructed the situation into confusion. We can calculate steps for the next challenging climb. 

When life feels very dark and with so many reasons to fall back, know that it is ok to process through this space. Remember, this is the crucial moment to decide if this is where you want to stay or learn from to bounce back better! 

 "It is OK to be confused. Confusion is the route to all the clarity in the world."

- Shah Rukh Khan

Santorini, Greece

Tears of joy.

Tears of pain.

Tears of fear.

Tears of gratitude. 

Through any tiers of tears, researchers show that crying actually benefits the body and mind.  

Some of us think that crying in front of others is a weakness. However, crying is a mind, body, and soul-cleansing method. It helps us cope and balance the positive and negative emotions inside us.

As a matter of fact, it was one of the things I was never afraid to do. Crying is one of the most significant healing components that strengthened me, a toxin scorching its way out of my soul to release the pain within me. 

I've had many years of healing tears.

Paris, France

"If you can conceive it in the mind, you can believe it and achieve it." 

- Napoleon Hill

Most of us seek to follow our beliefs and goals. These beliefs and goals represent who we are as human beings. However, life slows us down, and outside forces get in our way and make us forget ourselves and what we seek in our life.  

Sometimes, we forget how to believe in ourselves and give credit for everything we have accomplished. There's a lot to be proud of in our journey through life! 

"To declare war on one of dangerous enemies is cynicism, when that creature sinks in, it will cloud your clarity and compromise your integrity, lower your standard, choke your empathy and sooner or later, cynicism shatters your faith..." 

- Oprah

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

"Show up at the Colosseum of Life"

-David Goggins

"Ruin is a gift, Ruin is the road to transformation. We must always be prepared for endless waves of transformation; we think we need to stay because we're afraid of what would be destroyed if we don't." - Elizabeth Gilbert

"When you're careless with others, you bring ruin upon yourself" -Jenny Lind

This picture provokes so many favorite words! It helps me gain so much wisdom from the internal wounds I've survived.

Trusting the Gold...by Tara Bach

"As children many of us were criticized, ignored, misunderstood, or abused, leading us to doubt the gold within us...we cover the gold as we seek approval and to measure our worth...the gold of your true nature can get buried beneath fear, uncertainty, and confusion...the more you trust this loving presence as the truth of who you are...

I am here to guide you through the ruins in your world, grow with you and find your inner gold.

Rome, Italy

There are many roads to success; are we sitting on it or swinging into it? Of course, this all depends on our perception, right?

Success means something different for each of us. The success I knew, chased, and lived in did not align with what I deeply wanted inside my heart.

Because I understand sitting on my dreams, I was also sitting on my success. 

Are we living a good life if we have to subconsciously ask ourselves if life could be different?  I knew everything I've experienced became my foundation to understanding success in more depth.

I wanted new success, spiritually.

To become more successful, we must surround ourselves with success.

To become stronger, we must surround ourselves with strength.

To become wiser, we must surround ourselves with wisdom. 

Cappadocia, Turkey

Our dreams begin in our minds.

We must stop allowing self-sabotaging activities, fear, procrastination, and self-doubt to get in the way. 

It's normal to be fearful of the unknown, fearful of being hurt and disappointed, and fearful of failing. But we can start with being kind and forgiving ourselves and others. The key to opening the door to faith. Why do we expect ourselves to be perfect? Where did we learn that from? 

We feel it most when we are alone, especially when we lay our heads at night, confusing thoughts racing through our minds with emotions that won't subside, torturing ourselves with all the things we think we should do in fear of the unknown versus living in faith and doing what our hearts want to do.  

"Faith and fear both demand you believe in something you cannot see.  

You choose!"

- Bob Proctor

To new beginnings and harmony in life!

Osaka, Japan