You are Powerful

Macau

In one single moment, emotions can either rage or settle. Ideas can either race or dissipate. Desire can be absolved or turn into destruction. Throughout one's life there are so many pathways that one can choose, but there are even more that one can encounter when it comes to emotions and sentiments.

In a single second, the dark feelings of depression can fall into one's heart, and a feeling of a heavy shadow can rest in place. You look around the room almost wondering if something in your environment caused it, but you know in both your heart and mind that it was the work of a sad memory that entered in an unwanted manner.

Where does one go from here? How does one take the darkness out? How does one absolve any element which can lead to destruction?

There are those who say that you are supposed to smile when you feel down...that is not enough. Soon this simple child's trick will lose its value, for the forces of depression are strong and all-encompassing. There are those who say that you are supposed to write down your feelings in a notebook. That is also not enough, for it can often force a person to dwell on the unwanted memories.

No process or method can remove feelings of sadness, anger, unhappiness, or dissatisfaction, yet the end result is not hopeless.

Be futuristic. Find something in the world that comes to mind. An accomplishment you would like to obtain. A goal you would like to achieve. A new field of study you would like to enter. A new food you would like to try. A new instrument you would like to try playing for the first time. Even in three or four lifetimes there is more to do than one person can manage.

Be passionate. Passion is not only limited to someone's creative choices, their career, their educational decisions, or favorite sports teams. Be passionate in every single moment of your life. For each interaction with the Earth is beautiful, whether it is the changes in the colors of the leaves due to the seasons or the flowing waters in the nearby brook. The world is beautiful, and it is capable of caring for you.

Be careful. When it comes to life, there are many difficult moments that one will face. It will be so much easier for you to face your demons if you have a strong network of individuals who will stand by you and support you in every aspect of your day. There are also those who do not care for your well-being, but only for their own interests, yet they remained connected to your circle. Find those who show true compassion for you, true interest in helping you when you are in need, those who listen to you when you need to speak, and those will not ask you to talk when you need to remain silent. Friendship and kindness take many forms. Be careful who enters your circle.

Be optimistic. Success is the only option for you.

There is so much in the world that will allow a person to achieve all the goals they set before them, but the first and foremost step for all of us human beings is to conquer our own demons and accept all of the challenges of life with an open heart.

Stand tall in the face of sadness and unhappiness and laugh, for those attributes are weak, and you are strong. No matter who you are, you are strong. You hold the most powerful brain of any species to ever walk the Earth. You hold the gateway to creativity inside of you. You hold the keys of achieving any goal of success known to man.

Decide what  you choose to seek and find a way to accomplish your goal. All the tools you require are resting inside of you. Now it's time for you to accept the challenges of the world. With the powers of optimism, loving the Earth, and seeking those who also want to bring peace to the world, you will find all the successes life could ever have to offer.

Prosperity. Honor. Progress.

For Love of Determination

Great Wall, Huairou, Beijing China 

The feeling of warm sheets against a human body is close to the divine. That moment in between opening your eyes and getting out of bed contains ecstasy. Whether there is sunlight beaming through the frosted glass on your windowpane or the clouds have created overcast and the day is gray, your warmth is wrapped all around you.

Yet at moments like that...moments in the glory of your own warm bed sheets...one must rise. One must get pry oneself from the bed on the dark gloomy morning. For if possible, it is time to exercise. For if favorable, it is time to the pour the coffee. For if ready, it is time to walk out of the bedroom door and help someone else.

One can learn only so much from sitting inside all day, and one can learn even less from staying in bed. The feeling of warm bed sheets might force you to come back, but the power of your own determination is stronger.

Somewhere inside of you, inside of your mind is an idea that is life-changing. Perhaps some people are more creative than others, and perhaps some people are better natural born leaders than others, but if you had the neuro-cognitive functions able to read these words here, you have the potential to create the solution to any problem you must face.

The powers to achieve are all vested in you. There is not always a single answer on how to build personal relationships, how to impress people, how to persuade, how to conquer. With all the billions of people in the world, there are so many ways for someone to look at your brilliantly-crafted persuasion tactics and walk away without a second thought.

It is not about studying any method to achieve a problem. Solutions are not only obtained from methods. The solution you need to solve the problem in front of you is found in your ideas. Someway somehow, you have the ability and the thought process to compose the answer, to balance the equation, to remove the destructive element. The possibilities are waiting for you.

The power begins with your determination.