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Namasté Matthew ✌🏼
Happy Tuesday!
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Matthew
Very well said ❤️
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Matthew
“Hope is like the sun, which, as we journey toward it, casts the shadow of our burden behind us.” ~ Samuel Smiles
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Matthew
“Today I choose life. Every morning when I wake up I can choose joy, happiness, negativity, pain… To feel the freedom that comes from being able to continue to make mistakes and choices – today I choose to feel life, not to deny my humanity but embrace it.” ~ Kevyn Aucoin
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Matthew
“Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth.” ~ Marcus Aurelius
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Matthew
“Not everyone is going to know how to appreciate everything you’ve done for them. You have to figure out who’s worth your kindness.” ~ Unknown
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Matthew
“Don’t waste a minute not being happy. If one window closes, run to the next window – or break down a door.” ~ Brooke Shields
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Matthew
Ready…Set…GO!
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Matthew
“Dream as if you’ll live forever. Live as if you’ll die today.” ~ James Dean
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Matthew
“Love has nothing to do with what you are expecting to get – only with what you are expecting to give – which is everything.” ~ Katharine Hepburn
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Matthew
“Start by doing what’s necessary; then do what’s possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible.” ~ Francis of Assisi
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Matthew
“As a single footstep will not make a path on the earth, so a single thought will not make a pathway in the mind. To make a deep physical path, we walk again and again. To make a deep mental path, we must think over and over the kind of thoughts we wish to dominate our lives.” ~ Henry David Thoreau
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Matthew
hey you. yes, you. stop being unhappy with yourself, you are perfect. stop wishing you looked like somebody else or wishing people liked you as much as they like somebody else. stop trying to get attention from those who hurt you. stop hating your body, your face, your personality, your quirks. love them. without those things you wouldn’t be you. and why would you want to be anyone else? be confident with who you are. smile. it’ll draw people in. if anyone hates on you because you are happy with yourself then you stick your middle finger in the air and say screw it. my happiness will not depend on others anymore. i’m happy because i love who i am. i love my flaws. i love my imperfections. i love my quirks. they make me me. and “me” is pretty amazing.
BELIEVE IT!
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Matthew
Day 28 – The 30 Day Personal Growth Challenge
‘Everytime I dance, I turn into a better version of ME’ ~ unknown
🔆 HAPPY MONDAY 🔆
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Matthew
Day 26 – The 30 Day Personal Growth Challenge
To blindly follow the crowd, without question, is the fear of being different; the fear of being YOURSELF.
It doesn’t matter the crowd; society; country; religion…
When you follow YOUR heart and do what’s right, instead of what is ‘socially or religiously acceptable’; YOUR thoughts, words, and actions begin to align. This is the first step toward true wisdom…and that’s personal growth 😊
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Matthew
Day 25 – The 30 Day Personal Growth Challenge
⭐️ Never forget how Amazing ‘YOU’ Really Are ⭐️
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Matthew
Day 23 – The 30 Day Personal Growth Challenge
“What lies behind us and what lies before us are small matters compared to what lies within us. And when we bring what is within us out into the world, miracles happen.”
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882)
Go Out and make Miracles!
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Matthew
Day 24 – The 30 Day Personal Growth Challenge
Be Courageous…it’s time to wake up and become more. Only YOU can change YOU!
And YOU are Enough…
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Matthew
Day 23 – The 30 Day Personal Growth Challenge
“Fall, leaves, fall; die, flowers, away;
Lengthen night and shorten day;
Every leaf speaks bliss to me
Fluttering from the autumn tree.
I shall smile when wreaths of snow
Blossom where the rose should grow;
I shall sing when night’s decay
Ushers in a drearier day.”
~ Emily Brontë
Happy Fall and a Grand Autumnal Equinox to you ALL 🍃🍂🍁
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Matthew
Day 22 – The 30 Day Personal Growth Challenge
FILL your ripples with Kindness, Gratitude, and Love, and you’ll FEEL the Echo of those ripples as they return to YOU.
Sweet Dreams my Friends…
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Matthew
Day 17 – The 30 Day Personal Growth Challenge
How is your relationship with YOU?
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Matthew
Day 14 – The 30 Day Personal Growth Challenge
It was cool and cloudy here in south central Washington today. A very nice break from the heat 💜 and great day to be lazy and watch movies in bed. At 6pm I went to a psychic development group meeting; Amazing! What a magical day!
WE are now TWO weeks into the The 30 Day Personal Growth Challenge.
I’m digging the changes I see in myself; but more so, the change in the way I view everyone and everything around me; I’m seeing with NEW eyes. Personal Growth Rocks!
I hope that TODAY, YOU made time for YOU (instructions above 😜) and maybe a little Magic!
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Namasté
Matthew
Day 7 – The 30 Day Personal Growth Challenge
Today my nephew and I went on an Adventure!
“Where are we going?” he asked inquisitively…”somewhere magical” I replied.
We got together a few necessities; water, snacks, etc and we were off…
We drove to the river and parked. “We’re here” I said, as he anxiously looked around.
“The river?” he questioned, “I thought we were going on a magical adventure? What’s magical about the river?” he said a bit deflatedly. “I don’t know yet” I replied, “that’s why it’s an ADVENTURE!”.
We got out of the truck and walked toward the river. “The first thing we need” I said, “is a good walking stick!”. We soon both found acceptable walking sticks and the journey began.
As we walked toward the land bridge and across to Bateman Island, I asked my nephew if he had brought his magic wand. “No” he replied, rather surprised by my question. “What?” I exlaimed, “…well we better find one on our way then.”
We continued our journey and a few minutes later, he looked down and exclaimed “I found it! The PERFECT magic wand.” I smiled big and said “great job buddy”, and after a quick high-five, we continued walking; each with our walking sticks and he with our MAGIC wand.
Bateman Island is beautiful. As we walked we saw grasshoppers, dragonflies, ants, and birds. Grass, sand, rocks, plants, trees, and then we came upon some beautiful yellow wildflowers.
We both stopped to admire them and I said “What do you want to make?”. “Make?” he said curiously. “You know, with your magic wand…what do you want to make?”, I said with a grin. He looked at the small stick (magic wand) and then at me. “It’s just a stick Uncle Matt” he says, with a bit of attitude.
I laughed “How do you know? You haven’t even tried to use it yet”. I got an eye roll as he said “I don’t know what to make…”. “Make WHATEVER you want” I replied.
With that, he looked at me; and again at the stick. He smiled, waved this stick in the air and said “I’m going to make some purple flowers”, and with a quick “Abracadabra“, it was done. “And now the adventure begins…” I said as we started walking again; in search of his ‘creation’.
The weather was perfect and the view incredible. We both walked silently for some time. As we rounded a bend in the trail we came across some more flowers. “Not purple!” he states and continues walking. I stop and snap a couple of pics anyway 😜
After a long silence, he looks at me and says “It didn’t work…” and before he could finish his sentence, he looked down and saw HIS flowers.
“Uncle Matt, Uncle Matt…IT WORKED!!!…Look” as he pointed to his right.
Sure enough…purple flowers. He was ecstatic! We stood and admired them for a bit. He was elated that OUR magic wand had actually worked.
This time I didn’t have to ask what he was going to make, because he was using his magic wand non-stop 😊
“I’m making birds now – Abracadabra“
“I’m making trees now – Abracadabra“
“I’m making EVERYTHING now – Abracadabra”
My nephew was HOOKED and our adventure continued; as we rounded each bend, we talked about all of the beautiful things HE had MADE for us to see. “OH WOW, you did a great job on this!…how did you make that?” I said, as he showed ME all the cool stuff HE had made come out of that little stick.
We had a Most Excellent Magical Adventure!
I love that kid💜
I hope YOU had an excellent magical adventure of your own today!
The first 7 days of the challenge have been incredible for me. Some difficult, some scary, but most – FANTABULOUS! I am seeing the world and everything in it differently somehow. I AM CHANGING; and that’s personal growth.
With peace, love, and gratitude,
Namasté
Matthew
I wish you enough sun to keep your attitude bright no matter how grey the day may appear.
I wish you enough rain to appreciate the sun even more.
I wish you enough happiness to keep your spirit alive and everlasting.
I wish you enough pain so that even the smallest of joys in life may appear bigger.
I wish you enough gain to satisfy your wanting.
I wish you enough loss to appreciate all that you possess.
I wish you enough hellos to get you through the final good-bye.
(Author unknown)
Day 3 – The 30 Day Personal Growth Challenge
I went to visit a friend today. When I arrived, he was visibly upset and frustrated.
He explained that his toilet wasn’t working; that he had gone out and purchased new parts and replaced the entire ‘inside’ workings of the toilet; and it STILL WASNT WORKING! He was PISSED OFF! He walked away feeling defeated.
After a break, he calmed down enough and went back to TRY again. He said that when he returned, he noticed that the PROBLEM was NOT with the parts he had just spent two hours replacing, but rather the flush handle/arm and chain 😡 (that’s a different/separate part altogether for those not in the know 😊).
He immediately went from zero to PISSED OFF…again;
(how did I not see that before I replaced EVERYTHING else)
(how could I be so stupid)
(I’m a f**king idiot)
So off to the store, AGAIN, to get the RIGHT part THIS TIME!
He said he returned home and went right to work on the new task. It was a SIMPLE thing now. Just unscrew the plastic nut on the back side of the handle, pull the handle out, insert the new handle, place and tighten the plastic nut on the back side of the handle. SIMPLE! Right?!?
He thought to himself, “lefty loosey righty tighty”, as he began to remove the plastic nut. With that, using his pliers, he turned left (counter clockwise) on the nut. Nothing! It wouldn’t budge…WTF…as he REALLY put his weight into ‘loosening’ the F**KING NUT! After several more failed attempts and a substantial increase in his blood pressure, he was defeated again.
He walks away and opens the package with the new handle. If he inspected the new handle, he thought, he might be able to figure it out. As he looked at the new handle and compared it to the old one (still firmly attached to the toilet); they were identical! Finally some HOPE.
He decided to remove the plastic nut from the new handle, hoping for some insight into removing the old handle. “Lefty loosey righty tighty” he thought as he grasped the nut and twisted it with his hand…NOTHING…it wouldn’t budge! F**K, F**K, F**K!!!
It’s at THIS point that I arrive at my friends house.
After calmly listening to him RANT/VENT/TIRADE; he asked for my help. I smiled and said ‘OF COURSE 💜’.
First I asked him to take a few deep breaths; TOGETHER, WE could do this…
We went into the bathroom; he showed me the old handle (still firmly attached the toilet); and the new identical handle (plastic nut still firmly attached).
As I looked at the situation, from my OWN/NEW perspective, a memory immediately came to me, a time when I myself had been in the same situation.
At that moment; a thought; a voice…’I before E except after C’?!? Huh? What?…AHA!
Exceptions to the ‘RULE’! I smiled and was grateful for SEEING beyond the task at hand and allowing myself to listen and hear this message.
You see, the plastic nuts on toilet handles are an ‘exception’ to the ‘lefty loosey righty tighty’ RULE! I took the pliers, twisted right (clockwise), and Voila; plastic nut DEFEATED!
My friend stood there, dumbfounded. After a moment we both began laughing hysterically. Problem Solved! SIMPLE! He confessed he had never even considered turning the nut clockwise. THAT was against the RULE(s) 😁
And now to the point…finally 😊
There is always more than one way to look at situation, but when our ‘automatic thinking brain’ takes over, and we refuse to consider other options; rules and beliefs become our guide; we close ourselves off from hearing that little voice that says ‘I before E except after C’.
When you get stuck, frustrated, or just plain PISSED OFF; STOP and BREATHE. Step away for a minute and just BREATHE: calm down; relax.
There is always more than one way to do something; look at something. When you’re able to calm down and look at the situation subjectively, for what it really is, you’re then able to hear the little voice that says ‘I before E except after C’; and that’s personal growth!
How was your Day 3?
Namasté
Matthew
I made my first video today, to introduce myself and talk about what The 30 Day Personal Growth Challenge means to me: Hi I’m Unity Stone 🙂
Only 12 hours till The 30 Day Personal Growth Challenge begins… ✌
Everyone – please help get the word out TODAY! Re-blog to all your followers, invite all your followers to join the Facebook Event: The 30 Day Personal Growth Challenge; write a blog; tell YOUR story and why YOU are taking this challenge.
As a community we must draw on each other, now more than ever, for love and support to make the IMPOSSIBLE, POSSIBLE.
I’m so excited today! Thank you ALL. I am humbled and grateful 💜
Namasté Matthew
55
“Whoever is filled with Virtue is like a new-born child.
Wasps and scorpions will not sting it; snakes and serpents will not bite it; wild animals will not attack it; birds of prey will not swoop down on it.
Its bones are soft, its muscles weak, and yet its grip is firm.
It does not know of male and female union and yet its organ stirs; its vital energy is at its height.
It cries throughout the day and yet is never hoarse; its harmony is at its height.
To know harmony is to know the eternal.
To know the eternal is to know enlightenment.
To speed the growth of life is an omen of disaster; to control the breath by will-power is to overstrain it; to grow too much is to decay.
All this is against the Dao and whatever is against the Dao soon dies.”
– Translated by Tom Chilcott, 2005, Chapter 55
Photo by Rose McEntire 2015
Do nothing? I’m all over that 👍
Actually, the true meaning of this Taoist philosophy, is to be at peace with yourself and live in the now.
The stresses of daily life; our obligations, our expectations, our attachments, lead us to imbalance and poor health.
In applying this philosophy, you don’t actually ‘do nothing’, but the things that you do, you do with mindful patience.
When you release expectations and attachments to outcomes, things will get done, naturally, as they should.
Think about it this way: when the seed is planted, it doesn’t fight being planted, it does nothing; it’s a seed and it does not fight that.
The seed doesn’t worry about where it was planted, what it should become, if the wind will come and blow it away, or if the sun will shine upon it; it just does what seeds do. In this way, the seed ‘does nothing’, yet everything gets done.
Nature is funny like that. When left untouched, things fall into balance and harmony naturally; ‘without doing’. We can learn a lot from nature.
Happy Wednesday and Namasté