Schooling through Pain

Use your pain , disappointment, anger , trauma, to fuel your passion. No matter what do not allow yourself to be swallowed up in otherpeoples excuses and your own, because its easy to be caught up in the mesh. In the chaos of i could have been, i could have done, i could have seen. Fail and learn from those failures. Get active on the strategies and implement them, do not let the sun set on another day without a fight for the future you want. Remember it is not about money anymore, it becomes more than that. It becomes more tha  just a fight for cash and display, you are no dreamer, these castles you will not build them in the sky, they have a foundation, therefore you must fight. It is easy to give into the negativity, cruelty and malice of others, it is easy for self destruction to overwhelm you. Yet i am someone who battled with finishing my whole life, partly because of ill health, partly because i accepted the excuses that were made for me. Let us fight to finish together, to reach the end of that finish line, because in the end when the chapters close you always had time, time to fight for you, though your thoughts and emotions were caught in the tidal wave of situation, a dystopian mess of hopes, and at times faith felt more like punishment, anger being the only prescription. Believe that you have the fight to see it through, so when you turn the blurb on a finished book you know beginning middle and end. There will be more challenges to come, steel yourself we were not put on this Earth not to be schooled.

Pieces of my puzzle

Many heroes and heroines of any success story will tell you they have failed at many points in their trial, wept tears, had their hearts sink to the bottom of their shoes because life felt so impossible. The dream remained fiction, illusion, story, and no matter how much they sweated,bled, and wept pain, nothing seemed to come to life. Success seems at times to be a postcard from another universe, and each time you hear the dialogue of others chorusing about their glory, you are filled with a stone in your throat. Take heart, my father always said the vision may tarry but it will surely come to pass. Have a checkpoint, let that checkpoint give you hope when everything else is falling to shit. Faith,belief,and where I failed many a time was consistency. No one has the right to tell you it is impossible when men walk on moons, when rockets leave Earth, when millionaires are made in new continents every minute due to insight, understanding, knowledge and development. I find myself frustrated so many times, in contempt of a reflection I once adored, searching for a self I once remembered. I lost fragments of myself in this thirst to win, yet I continue to press on because I am morphed to this new shadow.Glued to this spirit, who is both woman,child and girl. There are pieces of my puzzle missing and yet, I hold unto this, a little hope a little light, enjoy the process, and remember how beautiful it is to loose yourself in the work. Enjoy the journey.

Shadows dance

Shadows dance with pure delight
A little girl
With damaged sight
Her vision blurred
Her kisses stolen
A whisper of a dream on her lips
These shadows parade
 around her frame
Clicking heels
For she is game
For every tear
This sullen child weeps
A nightshade shadow
Arises from sleep
For there was fear
when she was happy
Elixir when she smiled
The potency of her courage
Would paint the world
A while
Now into the purple
She's taken a step
Yet a stubborn heart
Fights with so much
Contempt
Shh! mama says
Dont let them hear
Dont let them see
For they steal pieces of what
You yearn to be
A bitter witch
A malevolent shadow
Beseeches in the darkness
Desperate to claim your song

Missing link:

A stolen thought weeps in the cellar of a broken mans dreams, its need to belong to a changeling, escape the fiasco of a lost existence. dare i say this thought went astray, it needed a cushion it wanted to be a marvel like a dream. Jealous thought where are you now, on an island stranded missing existence, how will you find your way back somehow to reap the reward of supporting others with persistence.  It claws from its silent death, reflecting its wounds to an angry community, there i stood in the belly of change, selfish i was, i wanted immunity. For fear took me, and cast i aside, weeping like a baby dragged from its womb, i have risen from the tomb of a dull and colourless place.

The Ocean bed: A free mind

The show must go on. You strive beyond the poison of others, the knives in your back, the swords at their sides. Glide like a swan on a crystal lake, head poised, beak ready to embrace your catch for today, for it is life. Come what may the sea is turbulent at times, there are sharks in a far away Ocean and fish who navigate to and fro, eager to embrace an open portal of access, and free themselves from the shadow water . What they are willing to swallow, one cannot judge. How will you embrace this new day ?Wanderer, how will you explore new joys to please a curious mind, how will you evade fear as your captor and reprogramme a mind to embrace what is so vast, buoyant and free.

The lighthouse and the storm

You are more than the words they tatooed on your chest, do not be a slave to other peoples perceptions, you are your own entity. Build yourself up, and dont let others tear you down. They will work hard too at times when you strive to glide in your own lane. Love yourself and celebrate who you are becoming. It is your magnetism that will draw you to glory, it is your knowledge and personal experience that will inspire others, it is your strength of character that will act as a portal for others to see into a new world. You are a lantern,whether you choose to glow softly or buoyant in the shadows, you must remain illuminescent. Let your light shine, and be a lighthouse in a very tempestuos storm.

Life and your liasons

life will throw some opportunities your way, what you do with those opportunities define the type of individual you become. Change comes. It is a torrent pushing some to the edge ,others will find a stream, a narrowed path and travel through it. The biggest affliction is a mind that cannot succumb to change, it will overwhelm you, you will see boobie traps laiden ahead, mine pits of fear, and you will chorus from a shadow of your own misunderstanding.

Utilise these opportunities that come your way, ask the mind many questions, it will guide you if that is what you want of it. Seeker, empath, guardian, keep a keen eye. You must have your wits about you, you are no passenger in this trial we call life. Listen twice, and observe before taking action.

Your millionaire mind

It doesn't matter what people say about you, it's what you know about yourself to be true that counts. Low self esteem is a slanging match with one's self. We claw ourselves down, because we have the ammunition of other people's razor blade words, words that bleed out every core . Chain you to a new shadow, and sink you to a grave of self contempt. As an entrepreneur, a creative, an individual, as a self, you must love this self, you must affirm positivity to this mind. It is not your passenger, it is your driver, for it to steer you, you must respect it, bless it with new knowledge, connect it to people who have engaged with wisdom whose paths are growing, and excite it with new challenges. The mind loves challenges, your mind wants to show you your potential, but it must ease you into it, with goals, vision, and hunger. In the quiet times speak fire to become flesh, ideas waltz when they are given legs with actions, they parade themselves before you, triumphant, look what I've become, see my path, share my journey. Knowledge doesn't just empower, it heals.

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Oprah delivers powerful speech

poverty shrinks the brain

Wow, my defense to such nonsense as poverty shrinks the brain,poverty motivates us to engage the brain. The need to enter into a capitalist economy despite the complaints of Marxian terrorist, acts as a buffer for fear of rejection. Pushes us to work harder and strive to move forward. I  just saw a post which claims poverty shrinks the brain.

Poverty enhances the motivation  to succeed
Learn to hustle
Learn to connect with people outside their bracket
Hunger to succeed,
Passionate about actually doing the work, activate their potential
I'm not celebrAting poverty, or defending it as a lifestyle. But those who deal with poverty are aware it comes with depression,sometimes a chaos of emotions that cannot be controlled, homelessness, financial pressure,and there's some arrogant so and so preaching that poverty means someone is born smarter.what about the innately dumb self involved things celebrities do, the poor investments the rich make,it's bad enough for the working class and lower class having to deal with the financial loops tax evasion submitted to the rich.if lower earning households are so dumb why are universities offering students scholarships for their brilliance.

self in between self

image by Araturiel

The inbetween self

Of you and I

Of me and you

And when and why 

As we move forward beyond the stills

Of mountains dim, 

Deep beneath our world

Within

This endless night. 

We fight within 

Of fear and flight

We capture all the wild ones 

Still

And as we fight 

We fight with fuel

For Ghosts that sweep

Beneath the realms 

The possibilities of an unchained 

Mind

Leave us restless in our spirits,

Hungry in our brains

Starved for the knowledge 

Our mind it craves.

Red Ebony

Walking tall

image by lightships


It's easy to allow others to make you feel inadequate. Your work colleagues could be alienating you and making you feel like crap, your ex boyfriend could have stumbled into the arms of a woman who lets just say, looked like she dragged herself off an iconic cat walk, you could have been turned down for what you wanted to go for in the first Place and family and friends are giving you the old ' I told you so' you know who doesn't need to chime in with them? You don't . As difficult as it is, let it be like water off a ducks back. Sliding off with more than enough ease. If you think you can accomplish something focus your mind on those that went before you, and master what they did. Be an entrepreneur of knowledge, and let wisdom hold your hand when you walk.

Predictions of power: How to spot a powerful person

In this society we find ourselves overwhelmed with people who need to pronounce they have power. Some use positive ways to reflect their strengths. They believe in community and understand growth isnt about isolation, but effective communication. They become pompus with their little achievements, and their flashy things. Looking down on everybody else and announcing themselves as superior. Others use cruelty to promote themselves as leaders. If they can dominate and be a pack leader without using calm assertion, but snobbery and vindictiveness before themselves, they are god.
What is real power?

Real power is the ability to assess a situation, without judgement, without manipulation, with a clear head and a strategy to fix or resolve any problems. A powerful man/woman is not always rolling in money; but they will be, because their knowledge permits them to govern any room. Knowledge they have taken time to invest in, research they have done. Behaviour they have cultivated to show the world i am not making changes simply for myself, i am thinking of us. Focussed on progress, working with no selfish ambition, but the believe that someday, i can make a change for every one. They are the communicators, the listeners, those who take the extra time to listen before they judge you.

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Music in the must: Why stalling isn't the answer

What is your must?
Anthony Robbins said whatever we make a must we do, things that we say we 'should' do barely ever happen. Or if they do happen, they happen in consistently. There are thousands probably millions of contrived bestsellers with snazzy titles, some are cheaply priced, others cost a fortune. Each book has a series of significant tips, yet things we already know, we buy them anyway, to make it appear in our minds that were doing something. I'm gonna be successful because i bought a book. There is much to learn in literature and self help books are fantastic. Yet there is a simple key, something that stirs within us and purrs like a kitten. Knowledge. Hardwork is key, consistency is the platinum key to any success.Daily repetition, having a goal insight and repeating it with obsession. Research away of course, is what you're doing working for the guy whose worth 3 million, billion, thousands. Is your formula strong. I spent years not taking the right action and hiding behind a series of self help books. Bedside books which i consumed greedily, whilst joyfully avoiding doing the actual grunt work that's needed for success. With every chapter i read over a thousand times, i would say to myself, wow your definitely taking action. I wasn't. I was hiding behind other people's effective knowledge rather than activating it. There is music in the must, make your goal your must.  Make it definitive.