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and be renewed!

Scary, especially when you are over 40 and having to start over —-

What about you?

Feeling like you want to quit?

One word – don’t.

Watch this.

You can do it.

When you’ve done all that you can –

just STAND.

Stand up.

Get back up.

Get back up!

Kristie

Sassy and Southern

Some hours are like, some days are like that.  And who are we kidding, some YEARS

are like that.  But, the difference will be is when we hear

the clunk of that rock and the jolt of the weight of it

in our sacks 

and we look down

in the bag to see what was handed to us,

our reaction–

What will I do with this rock?

Will I look at the rock as a blessing….

or a curse?

A sock in the nose…

or an opportunity to grow, to soar and to get stronger.

When you’ve done all you can to stand, then

simply dig in your heels and

STAND. 

Stand with your bag of rocks

and think of them as jewels.  Come on,

dream, and dream big.

Those rocks are turning into diamonds

and rubies and sparkling emeralds.

Jewels that made you the person you are

right now.

Stronger, wiser, able to leap above bulidings

with a single bound  : ) (showing my baby-boomer age).

You get the picture.

Take your rocks and stand up.

The load will have made you strong.

And if it is too heavy, there is One

who said, Hand me your rocks,

I’ll carry them for you.

Have a wonderful, Happy Pumpkin Day!

Kristie

Sassy and Southern

Blessed By the God who carries my rocks….

Spirit or Heart – Nothing is more attractive than a beautiful heart of giving and kindness and goodwill. Why do we love those favorite Christmas movies that we watch every year, every single year and can’t feel like we have holidayed unless we have watched THAT movie. It is because of the good will in these movies.

Our heart cries out for happily ever after. We seek those who are down and out make it to the top. We see those who gave of theirselves, their lives, their sweat and pain so that others might have a better way of life – win. And we want to think that we can win too. We can win if we do it right. Maybe not every time. But maybe this time. This time we will win. This time we will choose the right partner. This time our child will appreciate and love us because we sacrificed and loved them. This time our parents will have that welcome in their eyes and love us unconditionally. This time our dream job will have our name on its envelope. This time the wealth that we need to use as a tool to better our lives and those that we love, will come true. The great lottery of life will knock on our door. No more hopes, no more chances, no more losing tickets. It is time to win. And you can. It is a matter of the will and the mind and the soul.

Your soul is a reflection of the thoughts that you allow to take up residence. What did you let in? What did you usher out? What do your thoughts center around the most? That is what your soul will feed on and your mind will envision and your actions will follow and your feet will walk there and your life will turn there.

Does an alcoholic ever dream to lie homeless in the gutter? Does a President ever dream of taking the Oath of Office? See the contrast – and yet – they are the same powerful thoughts that will drive you to heights of success that you only dream about, or dark pits that your nightmares are made of.

What do you want? That is what Jesus asked the sick, the lonely, the despised and rejected of His day. What do you want? He is asking you now. We don’t always get exactly what we want because what we want isn’t always what we need. If your motives are pure and you ask for the sake of what you were destined to do here on this planet, there are many avenues that you can take to get what you truly want and need. If you don’t squander the gifts you are given, you can make a difference in the world while you are here.

Kristie Chiles 11/08
Author
Sassy and Southern

Mind

How do you change your mind? Begin with a mind-movie or visual effects that take you from your left brain, logical mode, to your right brain called imagination. In the right brain, you are free. There are no restrictions. There is no budget of time, money or place. It is a open door that can swing wide open to everything you ever dreamed of, everything you ever wished for.

Why don’t we pursue this? Our left brain tells us a list of

don’t haves-

I don’t have time to pursue my dreams.
I don’t have the money.
I don’t have the talent.
I’ll never make it.
I don’t have the drive or ambition.
I don’t know what other people would think of the risk I am taking.
I don’t have…. you fill in the blank.

See how easy it is to talk yourself out of your destiny? your calling to greatness?

The right brain (it is even called the right side!) whispers greatness is encoded in your DNA. It makes a list of

I haves-

I have the time if I make the time.
I have the money if I choose to spend to invest in my future.
I have the talent, though it may be raw or hidden deep in my soul.
I have the drive, if I choose to engage it.
I have the will, I will sing the song God meant for me to sing and I
will sing it out loud.
I have no thought of what others think of me, because at my funeral what they thought of my dreams will matter none at all.
I have as much time and energy as I can squeeze out of each day – a sign of success.

The right brain is the stuff from which theme parks are visualized, then constructed. Nothing is made without a vision first. Everything, absolutely everything you see around you was an idea in someone’s mind before it became a physical reality. Only God creates something from nothing, but He has given us the blueprint to copy Him. The spark of divinity was given to His children as a gift. Those who use the spark make a fire, a fire that only they know how to fuel with the gifts, and talents and creative thoughts and wishes.

You must ask yourself these questions?

Where is your fire?
What stokes up your embers?
What makes you feel alive?
What is your fuel?
What hobbies do you have that you are passionate about? Why do you love these?
What is on your “one day I will do” list?
Why haven’t you started it?
What are you waiting for? Do you think life will wait for you?
Do you think time will wait for you?
Do you know that only you (and maybe a couple others in your life) really care about your dreams, but God made you for these dreams?
What do you think about when you are sitting at a red light that has nothing to do with bills, or work or stressful problems? No, really, what is it that defines the faraway look in your eye? You know the one – when people ask you, where are you? Come back to reality and focus.
What do you wish your reality looked like?

Ahhhh…. now you have begun.

You have begun to live your dream – to flesh out your dream.
You have begun to live and not merely exist and breathe and dread another day.

You have begun to be the creature that God created to be creatively creating – just like your Maker. He is your Coach. He is on the sidelines yelling for you, and when obstacles come, He is saying – jump over it, go wide, go deep, tunnel through til your hands and heart are raw, don’t give up, don’t give in.

Keep pushing, keep striving, even when it hurts, ESPECIALLY when it hurts. That means you are making progress. Growth always demands some measure of pain – be it what you get when you encounter new fears and new challenges or what others dish out to you, knowingly or unknowingly because of their own fears, jealousies or insecurites. People like winners, but not if that person is doing what they should be doing and lack the time or the will or the courage.

Because you see it takes all of it. All of everything within you to get from one side of the fence to the other. If you look squarely in the mirror and face yourself and realize that the only person you ultimately have to answer to is the One who has all of the answers, you will begin your journey of

no fear when you risk doing something new or uncomfortable – know this, those feelings are what a moth probably experiences as he feels the sticky coating begin to envelope his body and again when he emerges as a new creature, more beautiful than the eye can behold.

Now, take just a moment and ponder this thought -

If the Creator of all time and place can do this in one instance with one insect out of millions of critters on this planet, what do you imagine that He can do for you?

Now, hold that thought because you are now in the zone – the zone of anything is possible.

If you truly believed that anything is possible, what would you do?
No, really WHAT would you do with your life?
In five years, where would you be? What would your life look life?
Who would be in your life? What would your daily tasks look like then in contrast to now?

What are you doing NOW to change THEN?
Do you think that wishing it will make it so? Only partly.

The wishing has to be so intense that the wishing becomes the doing.
And the doing will change your life.

Would we greet each day with a Wow! This is going to be
the VERY best of my life – so far!

Oh, would we wake up and groan?

Why are you groaning?

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Are you living your dream life?

Think back to your days of twenty-something,
are you doing what you always dreamed of doing?

Or are you just wishin’ your life away,
waiting on that paycheck week to week
or month to month thinking this is not
what you had planned, not what you had
hoped for.

The good news…..it doesn’t have to be
that way.

No one has the answer to where your talents,
and wealth lies. There is no difference between
you and the rich people that you know.
They just decided to act on their passion
and live a different way.
Okay, some of them were born rich,
but most of them were not.

What is different about them?

It is the way they THINK.

They think they can do it.
They risk big and they sometimes
lose big, but they always persist.

They don’t give up.

They sometimes delay gratification.

They didn’t always have that big boat,
or expensive car, or big mortgage.

And having it or not having it
didn’t make them happy or it
won’t you either.

But it will make you sleep at night
knowing your bills are paid.

But don’t you want more than just
an existence?

Sure you do.

WE all do.

Start with your mindset.

Open your eyes to what is
around you.

The book called THE SECRET
has changed many lives because
it opens your eyes to the unseen.

Here is a video about it too.

It all begins with a single thought.

A decision.

An a-ha moment!

When will yours be?

Live like you are dying.

Because in reality, we are
all living out our “bucket list”
or living out our “just gettin by” list.

Take action.

Time to change.

Time to fly.

Kristie
Sassy and Southern

“Nothing in this world can take the
place of persistence.

Talent will not; nothing is more common
than unsuccessful people with talent.

Genius will not; unrewarded genius is
almost a proverb.

Education will not; the world is full of
educated derelicts.

Persistence and determination alone
are omnipotent.

The slogan ‘press on’ has solved and
always will solve the problems of the
human race.”

Sean Stephenson talks about two ways of living

Russian Roulette – fun and sexy and heart-pounding risk when you are playing

But leaves most people devastated and out of control, and could lead to

rebab, unwanted  pregnancy or jail time.   Or, the lifestyle characterized as

Go Fish – nothing flashy, simple and wholesome, played with

ease and when it is over no one is out anything.  Sean describes

the benefits of self-development, binding

with your family, etc. 

The one “seems” to be the glitzy lifestyle, but

the REAL lifestyle is the Go Fish.

What can you do today to change your life?

Sean suggests:

Make a mental list of 10 things you are grateful for in your life and see how

you have dozens of resources you are taking for granted.

Does your idea of living the “high life” look like Russian Routlette  or Go Fish?

The true life is disguised in the life of Go Fish.  The game you play is your choice.

Choose wisely.  (transcribed from Sean Stephenson From Where I Stand Video).

Video below.

Sean’s book is Get Off Your “But”: How to End Self-Sabotage and Stand Up for Yourself.
It is an awesome read, full of wisdom and

understanding from a guy who says, he was made weak on the outside

so that he can help people who are weak on the inside.

He is successful, are you?

Sean is an example of someone who is successful by allowing his mind

to control his body! Take a look at his book to find out why he says

he doesn’t like to go to sleep to dream, because his life is BETTER than

his dreams.

Is yours?  What are you missing? Where are you missing it?

Take a look at someone who has it all and who has it all in the right place.

Here’s his book – wow!
Get Off Your “But”: How to End Self-Sabotage and Stand Up for Yourself

Warm hugs from a Southern Girl to you!

Kristie

G.R.I.T.S.

Girls Raised In The South