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(Via Mixologi) 

Love what you do. If you don’t love it, you’re gonna fail.

But even if you do love it, you’ll have a few days like these.  We all have those un-productive days.  Those days like today, when I’m playing the game where the ground is made of lava and I’m going to die if I get off the couch.   Those days when I don’t want to even look at a word document, hear the word “publish,” or make the phone call I should have made yesterday.  Those days when ‘hardly working’ sounds like a better option than ‘working hard.’

When you don’t have a traditional 9-5 and own your time, you have the freedom to choose how to spend it; which is also the problem.  Things that should be done today get pushed to the bottom of the to-do list because you can do them tomorrow, next week, or whenever you feel like it – Whichever comes first. So how do we get anything done?

You and I need inspiration.  We need to revisit why you’ve made the conscious decision to do what we’re doing and remind ourselves why we love our craft.  Unproductive days like these are simply necessary steps we all must take.  Your body, your brain, and your soul must rest.  Resting may seem counter-intuitive when you’re used to plowing through your checklist, but the other option is stress. While some people thrive on stress, it is still the number one factor for physical and mental illness.

So take the day off, and don’t give yourself a hard time about it. Enjoy the sunshine and eat some ice cream. Embrace your need for a time-out but do not let non-productivity become a habit.  Stay focused, stay inspired, and ask your team for help where you need it.

One of the things the late Steve Jobs constantly reinforced is that you should love what you do.  If you don’t have fun doing it, you will give up.  So for all of you who, like me, are sitting on the couch bullshitting on the internet when you should be doing something else,  press play and remember why we fell in love with living the dream in the first place.

It’s amazing what can happen when you have an open mind and a genuine will to attract good people into your life.   Because that’s exactly what happens.  Good people walk into your life, or go speed dating with you, in my case.  I was having a conversation with my oldest friend in the world one day about love, bullshit, and all the hurt in my heart and she challenged me to keep my mind and heart open at a time I wanted to resurrect my walls.  So, that’s exactly what I did.  I made a conscious effort to keep myself open to experiencing life as if my heart and soul had a thousand do-over buttons.   And then the most amazing thing happened.  That very night, I met someone who has since changed the course of my life completely.

I met an amazing soul who has shown me what it’s like to really feel things, and through the process of leaving myself open to embrace all experiences, I’ve been LIVING.  I absolutely needed a soul like this to shake my ass awake.  Someone who allowed me to feel and pinpoint and recognize every change in my being, and every emotion in my heart. I made a connection that made me emote feelings that I’d stashed away in the depths of my being.  Someone who was able to evoke emotions out of me that I forgot I had and to really be comfortable with being vulnerable and sharing my feelings without fear of being judged.

Although I feel as if I’m candid with my experiences, I know I tend to say things very matter-of-factly.  No emotions, events happen to me and I don’t feel one way or another.  But this experience with this specific person has taught me one thing, its that nothing happens to me.

Everything happens FOR me.  

WHAT?!  The revelation has been like finding Jesus. (Pun intended)

Although my initial reaction was to start something romantically, this experience has been anything but.  It’s actually been so very anti-romatic and pro-spiritual.  It hasn’t been about sharing bodies but about sharing energy and knowledge. And I cannot be anymore grateful and appreciative. I’m somewhere in between Young, Wild, and Free and Eat, Pray, Love right now it’s kind of ridiculous, but I am more than excited to explore this within myself.

A true soul mate is probably the most important person you’ll ever meet, because they tear down your walls and smack you awake. But to live with a soul mate forever? Nah. Too painful. Soul mates, they come into your life just to reveal another layer of yourself to you, and then leave.

A soul mates purpose is to shake you up, tear apart your ego a little bit, show you your obstacles and addictions, break your heart open so new light can get in, make you so desperate and out of control that you have to transform your life, then introduce you to your spiritual master…”
― Elizabeth Gilbert, Eat, Pray, Love

via Mixologi

Last night, the world tuned in to watch the events at the Occupy Movement in Oakland.  Below are pictures of the night and a few comments that were shared about the situation.  These speak for themselves.  What are your thoughts?

“(Mayor Jean Quan)’s decision (or non decision) to put this into OPD’s hands has resulted in raids against the people that are neither democratic, civil or just. I’m glad the world is watching…America has blood on its hands and money in its pockets. But are tonight’s events going to be extreme enough to illustrate how the people behind the Occupy movement and the rest of the 99 percent really feel? Unfortunately, I don’t think so.” – Rachel T.

“It still sounds like a war zone outside. Imagine children in Palestine, Iraq, and Afghanistan who no other sound…war. Tonight is not enough. People are going to have to get REALLY uncomfortable to do more than march. It will have to be systematic change, one that erupts and alters our entire foundation in which this country was created on. A change with a 99% thought out strategy….we are just not here. But at least folks are up moving…that is a start.” – Angelica S.

“We all know the bill of rights and the declaration of independence
was created to be a pretty bow to mask the truth. we have no freedom of speech and although we were created equal we are unequal by the power of the government. The protests are bringing awareness and God bless them for standing up for what they believe in and taking the abuse to expose as much hatred those in power really have.” – Tasia Marie

“How are we supposed to respect police at all times when they often don’t show the same respect in return? Not liking what I’m seeing in terms of police force today at the Occupy Oakland and San Francisco movements. ‘In some cases non-violence requires more militancy than violence.’ Cesar Chavez” – Neale C.

“Robert James wrote ‘However, the rich in this country pay more taxes than everyone else, combined.‘ This is true. But you ignore the fact that taxes on the rich today during the current economic crisis and lost decade hover around 30%, during the 1990′s they were at 35%, during the 1970s they were at 60%, and during the golden economic years of the American 1950′s and 1960′s the rich had a tax rate of 90%! Correlation undeniable, causation debatable, but people bitchin’ about taxing the rich now suffer from amnesia or ignorance.” – Morgan K.

Photo Credits: Steven Wheeler

…Is how I would describe my friends and I at the moment.

I am lucky enough to be surrounded by motivated people who, although are part of the 99 percent, have taken it into their hands to create a difference in their own lives.   My friends are becoming entrepreneurs left and right, opening clothing stores, skin studios and barber shops.  My friends are quitting their jobs, voluntarily.  My friends are moving to romantic countries, just because.  My friends are no longer letting someone else dictate the course of their lives.  My friends are pursuing their dreams and in turn, empowering other people to do so.  I don’t know exactly where the shift occurred, but the shift towards forward thinking has caused the earth to shake under my feet, and my soul along with it.

We are wandering souls.  We are explorers of  what is unknown to us,  and believers of our ability.  Most importantly, we are still dreamers. And we are happy.

Not everyone who wanders is lost.

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