Food for thought

It’s an amazing feeling when you open up your mind to new possibilities and situations. I have been doing this a lot more frequently and I have really felt my spirituality grow. My Aunty keeps on telling me that people in the world are awakening to become more spiritual and people are transforming their lives because of. Finding peace within, for example, is the only way to be truly happy and to block out all of the external noise because it’s so easy to get caught up in all the drama. Especially me, I really don’t deal well with other people’s stress and it has an effect on me. SO we need to protect ourselves, our number one.

What gets to me is how some days are better than others, but when I do have those ‘down days’, I try to remember to be thankful and appreciate all that I have in my life. I still have a roof over my head, clean water to drink and food on the table; which is a lot more than most people. So remembering to show gratitude in your life really does help to lift the spirit straight away.

Meditation is the way I enter spirituality almost immediately. Shutting off and quietening my mind for a while really helps me to escape all of the daily frustrations and anxieties that we often keep trapped inside. This isn’t healthy at all!

So unwind and find yourself. Remember to be thankful and enjoy life. Life is beautiful and it is meant to be fun, so don’t take it too seriously.

When music inspires…

Don’t you just love music and the amazing effect it can have on you? One minute you can feel so down that the whole world is against you and the next you play a song that touches your heart and you feel on top of the world. And that’s why I say music and words are my two favourite things in this world.

I believe God blessed the human race with our five senses so we can grow and become better individuals from them. So listening for example, if we could all just listen more in our every day life we may just learn something new. Most of us are great to talk to people but find it difficult to stop and listen, which is why I believe the power of music to be so astronomical. It’s almost like we’re forced to listen and our clever brains remember the words and the next thing we know we are singing along, pouring our hearts out. It’s a beautiful process.

There has been many moments in my 22 years of living where I have played a song on my iPhone or heard a new/old-time favourite on the radio and it has inspired me to do something. All of sudden I am writing, making new plans or even catching up with a friend I haven’t spoke to in a long while. Music takes us back to our roots and it also gives light to new memories. All in all, music is beautiful and it can say a lot about our identity.

Personally I love a mixture of music depending on the mood I’m in. I like anything from Hip-Hop to Reggae to Soul to Jazz. I really would say I’m not fussy in the slightest, all that I am not very fond of is Heavy Metal because all the screaming that comes from it just puts me in a bad mood, and I don’t believe music should have that purpose.

So whether music inspires you to be better that day or it makes you reach for a tissue from a box, embrace and appreciate it and remember the power it has over you. Your mood can always change in an instant. Just play a beautiful song!

Thinking out loud

Have you ever sat back and realised that you though way out loud? You say something and straight away you’re annoyed with yourself for saying what you said and you wish you could take it all back?

See, that’s the amazing thing about humans. We all do things we don’t mean to do and we all say things we probably shouldn’t. But that’s what makes us grow as individuals and it’s how we learn from our mistakes.

When we have thoughts run through our head we automatically try to analyse them – even if we think we aren’t – and then we can spontaneously outburst with comments and actions that are wholeheartedly unintentional. This can spar on to broken friendships, arguments, misunderstandings and so on. So maybe we should think about what we say before we say it, right?

Life can be dangerous and life can be hard. That is inevitable. We only learn by messing up along the way, and by doing so we find out our strengths and our weaknesses – and others do too.

It is all fun and games, and it isn’t about the hand your dealt in life, it’s how you choose to handle the hand you’re dealt with. So play it right and play it wise. Do what makes you happy because when it comes down to it, it’s all about number one.

You got to love love

What is the point in success if it can’t be shared with anyone?

How important is love to you, and what exactly does it mean? Love is a huge word in the dictionary – probably the biggest – and it means something different to everyone.

To begin, there are many different types of love. Love for a friend, love for a job, love for a partner/fiance/husband or wife, love for a particular genre of music and so on. We can love our animals unconditionally and even love our God with every part of us.

‘To love is to be vulnerable.” We are opening ourselves up to someone or something in a way that may end recklessly. When we love we are taking the risk of that love being destroyed and taken away from us, that is why it is important to not love with every part of you. Hold a bit back, because you never know what tomorrow may bring.

Numerous times I have seen people love and lose what they considered to be ‘the best thing that has ever happened to them’. It feels like your whole world is upside down when you lose that special person or thing in your life. When it becomes such a big part of it and all of a sudden it vanishes it is normal for us to feel empty.

But time is a great healer, and as one door closes one door opens. Staying hopeful, open-minded and not wholeheartedly devoting yourself to one thing will allow you to leave room for yourself: love yourself through and through, because at the end of it all you are not going anywhere.

You got to love love.

It can bring out the best in us, and it is an amazing feeling when we meet the right person that helps us to be the best person we can be. Laughing endlessly and having jokes like best friends would do so, feeling alive when you’re around that thing or person you love are all feelings that are addictive. So wearing our hearts on our sleeves can be dangerous.

One thing I would like to end it on: Trust cannot be expected, it has to be earned.

When it feels too good to be true

Do you ever get that where you have to hold your head down and close your eyes to have a realisation minute about all the amazing things that are happening to you in your life? You feel blessed. You feel hopeful. You feel like God is by your side.

It’s a part of life that when you keep yourself on the amplified positive emotion, only great things can happen to you in your life. You can attract amazing luck just by believing that you are lucky. And it all begins with a definite chief aim. Being precise about what you want, what you want to achieve and who you really are as an individual and having the persistence and motivation to see it through even if failure does knock you on your head.

Truly, from the heart, we all have those moments even those working in the press and other high profile industries where things go from a high to low, but that’s just the way of life. Don’t mistake temporary hurdles for consistent disruptions in your definite chief goal – keep it as your priority and don’t give up until you get there.

The same applies for my family when I preach to them how amazing things can continue to happen to them as long as they keep staying happy and strong, then fulfillment will enter their lives. Fact.

It’s happened to me recently. One good thing after another, and it only gives me the ammunition and drive to continue that good luck and prove to my family that I am worth an abundant future. That way I can repay them for all the amazing things they have give me throughout my life, mainly those that are priceless.

Love love, and life will love you.

Making others feel good and special

You really should worry about yourself more and what it is you want…

It can be so difficult sometimes when you are living in a world full of people pretending to be something they’re not. You see people struggling, friends upset or family members that need that shoulder.

Since a young age I have always worried about everyone around me much more than myself. It’s like an addiction. Making others happy makes me happy.

When you’re constantly battling with others trying to help them it can mentally drain you. You see fights, arguments, blood, sweat and tears and it rips you apart. Just making someone’s day and putting a smile on their face can be so rewarding.

The simple thing is: manners are free, being nice is free and sitting in the company of someone in need is free, so why don’t we help more often? Wouldn’t we want someone there for us when times are hard? I’ve always been taught to treat people the way I would like to be treated, but it’s not always as easy as that.

One of the biggest problems is being taken advantage of. They get used to that reliability on another person and can result in you getting seriously hurt.

So I’ve decided to do something different and be a little selfish. Soon I will be embarking on a huge adventure trip to help other people in a different country. Meeting strangers for the first time and having a positive impact on their day will be so satisfying. And what makes it more prominent is you will feel just how grateful they are.