Thoughts on Choices...

The beautiful thing about life is that we have the opportunity to choose. We choose when to give up, we choose when to give in, and when to give it our all. The choices we make mistakenly are just as important as the decisions we come to deliberately. You get a thousand choices a day and each one counts. Choose who you’ll be in life, choose what you’ll stress, and choose what matters to you. Don’t ever let anybody tell you that you can’t be great. Know who you are, know what you do, and know what’s real to you. Nothing else matters after that. Don’t waste time trying to prove how different you are to people who only want to see you for who you used to be. You don’t need people to believe that you can change in order for you to change. Honestly, if you clear some of the pessimistic stress causing people from your life, you might be able to make room for some joy. It’s hard to have a parade around people constantly praying for rain. Changing your circle can really change your life. Choose carefully who you allow to get close to you. Understand that the choices you make in your life are for you, it’s neither realistic nor necessary to expect everyone to agree with them. Nothing is going to happen for you unless you decide that you’re going to make it happen for yourself. No failure or fear should keep you from fighting for your future. If you’re too focused on where you’ve been, you’ll never see where the Universe is trying to take you. Life is all about choices, make sure you choose wisely.

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Choices...

Greatness, Stone Henge

“Attract greatness”

Change your thoughts and the way you think because it has a profound influence on the way you live your life. The universe attracts what you put out, so if you want love but think about hurt, you’ll get hurt and blame it on love. Your reality is a result of what your thoughts and actions have attracted. Everything and everybody in your life is there because of who you are. If you don’t feed yourself the right things you’re only hurting yourself and making room for more of the wrong.  Everything is not a coincidence; certain things have to knock you out because pain is the only thing that will wake you up. What has you so scared to the point where you feel you need to act so hard? Put your guard down and pull your faith up. Stop hating the misery of your past and fall in love with the possibilities of your future. Put yourself around people who people who are successful and watch it manifest in your life. Most get annoyed when you’re “in your zone” because they’re unable to understand where you're at mentally. Stop running from you and start living for you. Go through your fears and gain courage from them. Allow your thoughts and actions to work for you and release all doubt because it will only work against you. Feed yourself greatness and that’s exactly what you will put out.

Deep thoughts....

“Pain Lesson”

Whether you care to admit it or not you’ve hurt somebody in your lifetime. Regardless of whether it was done intentionally or not, you’ve done it. We all have and it doesn’t make us any less human, just makes us much more connected. Few realize just how much pain ties us together. We can all identify with loneliness, disappointment, frustration, and anger because we group those experiences together. But none of us will grow as we should until we learn the lessons in pain. We have to learn the good in pain and realize that it gives us a different perspective of time. It gives us the time to realize certain things about ourselves. It allows us the time to be smarter and the time to move forward. It provides us the time to seek wisdom and consider some much needed advice. But perhaps what pain gives us more than anything else is the strength to be a fighter. We can’t ever be so engulfed in our pain that we forget to be understanding, forgiving, and compassionate. You’re not the only one who’s ever been hurt; stop being fearless with life but being a coward with your heart. There are things you’ll tolerate and things you will not, but don’t blame somebody for crossing the line when you failed to set the boundaries. We base our assumptions for everybody else on our expectations of ourselves. So if you have trust issues make sure you’re the kind of individual who is trustworthy. If you don’t articulate how you feel you’re either too hurt to speak or too selfish to talk, and most times it’s not because you’re too hurt. Pain can either promote you or postpone you; I suggest you learn the good in it so it can open up the best in you.

Think Outside the Box...

 

Think Outside the Box for the "Dream Killers”

There’s no need to look for approval in everything you do. Your willingness to change, grow, and live abundantly will not always be willingly accepted by those with narrow minds. Don’t expect the people who aren’t growing to recognize your growth. They’ll notice your change solely because it’s a painful reminder that they chose to remain the same. You don’t need anybody outside of yourself to believe in your dreams in order for them to come true. Don’t stop going where you’re going in life just because people are stuck at where you were in life. They’re so busy judging you that they’ve forgotten that they need to be living too. Opinions are optional, so if it isn’t positive reinforcement or constructive criticism, I don’t care to hear it. My mindset remains that every opinion of me won’t be included in my definition of me. You may doubt many things in life but don’t ever let somebody’s lack of faith make you doubt your dreams. Be confident in what you know is best for you. Dreaming is the first step towards destiny, so if you’re headed out on a journey don’t waste time consulting with people who have never left home. Dream killers believe that they can’t start until they know; but dream livers understand that you won’t know until you start! Be smart, be faithful, and be prepared; power your dreams beyond those powerless beings who doubt you.

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This is a shot of Lil Lou & what triggered the inspiration

Highway of Life

 

New Beginnings

Don’t ever take experiences for granted. The things you learn from temporary pain can lead to long term happiness. When it comes to moving on and starting over most people make the mistake of learning what to avoid, instead of what to look for. If the past still hurts, it’s because you haven’t gained what you needed to know in order to move forward.  Don’t just learn lessons for the sake of appearing smart; be wise and actually apply them to your life. Stop being so afraid to start over. A new beginning is a blessing few people get to receive. You’ll keep making the same mistakes over and over again if you choose to get bitter instead of better. Move your mind to a better place. There’s no point in stepping out on faith if you’ve built your thoughts on quicksand. Time is the most valuable thing you can spend. Don’t waste yours kicking your burdens when you could be counting your blessings. New beginnings are only difficult when they occur without action. Fresh starts may be a challenge but you’re not starting out as a rookie, you’re starting over as a veteran.  You’re starting over wiser, stronger and more prepared through experience. Don’t let your fear conqueror your faith, remember that all good things must end in order for great things to begin.  

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Weight

You can’t measure your weight on someone else’s scale”

Your beliefs, your goals, your dreams, your ambitions, your fears, your passions are all what make you; YOU. They shouldn’t be dependent on what those in your family have always done. They shouldn’t be reliant on the direction your friends have decided to take. It doesn’t matter what faults others deem you to have and it doesn’t matter how much baggage people complain about you carrying. Your weight is measured on your scale. The people passing judgment on the decisions you’ve made underestimate the likelihood of them sharing the very same shortcomings you have. Where your friends are in life have no relevance on the position and direction you plan to go in yours. Make your own trail, at your own pace, doing what’s right for your life. 

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Sweet Love

Convenient Love

If you’re looking for a convenient love; it doesn’t exist. Real love comes with terms and conditions that you’re going to have to up-hold. It’s going to ask you to step out of your comfort zone, to sacrifice, and to compromise. If you can’t agree to those; love won’t agree with you. Ask yourself what it is you really want; do you want convenience or happiness? A hurt woman will recognize a good man but won’t know how to accept him if she’s allowed her pain to divide her. A scared man will easily miss a good woman because he knows what to run from, not what to look for. We all have this warped perception of who we’re supposed to be with. We try to find our partners based off of our past mistakes and that’s why we end up lost & confused with false happiness. Don’t ever confuse being different with being better. Every person you have a connection with won’t be the person you’re supposed to have a relationship with. Everybody isn’t meant to last a full season in your life. Some people are just that one day of 60 degree weather in the winter cold. Don’t be fooled into thinking you can make love appear and disappear when it benefits you. Love doesn’t happen on your time, it happens at the right time; and only the Universe determines that my friend..
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I named this shot Sweet Love for my chocolate cravings & day after Valentines Day deals on Candy... lol  .50 cents a bag was a great deal