What kind of day we will shape today?

I wake up everyday and I thank GOD for another day that I'm alive. We take it for grant! However all days that we have indeed are gifts from the infinite universe and we should be more than glad to have it. We have this day to shape it the way that we want, it is an incredible possibility. Can you image it? We can do wonderful things or not, but most of the time, it is up to us to decide. As you probably already heard we are the sculptors, the architects, the guides of our lifes. So, why not use this day and everyday to do things that really worth to live for? Why not expend our time to create something that really matters for us and for those that we love? Why not help? Why not be nice? Why not smile? There is no reason ! As architects we can decide how this day will be ! As sculptors we can shape it the way that we want it ! As guides we can follow the path of felicity and guide the others to follow us !

The only think that we need to do to create all this things, is to believe on ourselves. It is to believe that we are part of this entire universe, and that we are made to be happy!

In the end, it is up to us to shape our days. So, my question is; What kind of day we will shape today?

I got inspired to write this text based on the quote below,  assigned to Charles Chaplin. You should read it too, it is wonderful. Have a great day ! (Remember, it is up to you)

"I woke up early today, excited over all I get to do before the clock strikes midnight. I have responsibilities to fulfill today. I am important. My job is to choose what kind of day I am going to have. Today I can complain because the weather is rainy or I can be thankful that the grass is getting watered for free. Today I can feel sad that I don't have more money or I can be glad that my finances encourage me to plan my purchases wisely and guide me away from waste. Today I can grumble about my health or I can rejoice that I am alive. Today I can lament over all that my parents didn't give me when I was growing up or I can feel grateful that they allowed me to be born. Today I can cry because roses have thorns or I can celebrate that thorns have roses. Today I can mourn my lack of friends or I can excitedly embark upon a quest to discover new relationships. Today I can whine because I have to go to work or I can shout for joy because I have a job to do. I can complain because I have to go to school or eagerly open my mind and fill it with rich new tidbits of knowledge. Today I can murmur dejectedly because I have to do housework or I can feel honored because the Lord has provided shelter for my mind, body and soul. Today stretches ahead of me, waiting to be shaped. And here I am, the sculptor who gets to do the shaping. What today will be like is up to me. I get to choose what kind of day I will have!" - Charles Chaplin

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"By each crime and every kindness, we birth our future"

“The nature of our immortal lives is in the consequences of our words and deeds, that go on and are pushing themselves throughout all time. Our lives are not our own, from womb to tomb, we're bound to others, past and present. And by each crime and every kindness, we birth our future.” Sonmi-451 (from Cloud Atlas movie)

For me there is beauty in this quote, “by each crime and every kindness, we birth our future”, everything that we did, everything that we do, everything that we will do, all make part of our future. So, instead of complain, instead of say that things are not going to your way, instead of be a pessimist, be the great optimist that you can be, say good words to others, help others to succeed and I’m sure that you will succeed with them, that’s how the universe works good things generating more good things. More kindness, that is what this world needs!

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Life is an experience, live it without fear!

Fear, that’s a terrible thing most of the time, it can stop you, it can make you froze, but fear was not created to make us froze, it was created to advise us, advise that something will go wrong, that we have to stay alert, that maybe we will have to fight, or that maybe we will have to run.

Wars, fights, lack of money, real estate collapsing, cheating, breaking hearts, death etc. We live in a world full of fear. So, we need to be able to understand it and knowing it we will be able to handle it.

You don’t need to be afraid of live, there are days that will be tough, but so what, it will pass, there are days that will be raining, and so what, the sun will appear again, there are days that will be great, but we know that it will pass too. It does not matter, life is good, to be alive is good,  be able to live this experience is good, we have to enjoy each moment, we have to learn with it, fear probably will help you to stay safe, but being fearless about what is coming in your life, will keep you alive!

Fearless - “without fear; bold or brave; intrepid.” http://www.definitions.net

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“All our dreams can come true – if we have the courage to pursue them.” – Walt Disney

Harden not your heart!

I was watching this western movie called Hatfield and Mc Coys when Anse Hatfield (played by Kevin Costner) said to his firing squad that were ready to execute three members of Mc Coys’s family, that had participated of one of Anse’s brothers murder: “Make yourself ready. Harden your hearts”.

That quote was making an eco in my mind, “harden your hearts” … I believe that we have been doing that for much longer than the western movies even started, we, as human beings, have been harden our hearts, so we can live without any regret, it looks sad, but we do it all the time. Lot of people are dying in Africa everyday because of the war or AIDS and what we do, we harden our hearts. There is a lot of misery in the third world or even in the first world and what we do, we harden our hearts,  somebody beg for food near you, and what most of the time we do, nothing, just harden our hearts. Why we are so selfish? Why is so easy to look to the other side when the problem is not directly related to us, why is so easy to make our heart hard as a rock? Why is so easy to harden our hearts?

Because, maybe we are not able to see that all human beings are indeed related, because if we are energy, we are connected, and if we are connected, we in the end are just one, one big energy, related, linked…

So, let try to be more generous, let try to help more people, to donate more, to be more kind…do not let the day by day life, harden your heart!

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“All truths are easy to understand once they are discovered; the point is to discover them.” – Galileo Galilei

“No dreamer is ever too small; no dream is ever too big.” – Anonymous

Carpe Diem, Vita Brevis: Seize the Day, Life is Short

Life is short! Everybody knows that, but we live our life as it was forever. It is not !!!

Friedrich Nietzsche (a German philosopher) proposed that we will live our life over and over again, without change; we would be trapped in the same life, forever… Can you get a picture of it? Same loves, same mistakes, same adventures, same illnesses, same everything, nothing would never change, life after life, time after time, what would do differently if you believe that is true?

But think about it in a different way, that’s the only life that you have, you will not have another chance to live again. What would you do differently? I propose that does not matter in what you believe, in one way or another, live has to be lived in the best way possible. It has to be enjoyable, pleasant, we need to be nice with others and love as much as we can, be as happy for the small things and grateful for this unique opportunity to be living this life. Enjoy it !

Carpe Diem my friends !!! Vita Brevis !!!

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“The only limits on your life are those that you set yourself.” Anonymous

“If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?”

Think a little bit about it before answer …

 Scientifically speaking; "Sound is vibration, transmitted to our senses through the mechanism of the ear, and recognized as sound only at our nerve centers. The falling of the tree or any other disturbance will produce vibration of the air. If there be no ears to hear, there will be no sound." Wikipedia

But that’s a philosophical question not a scientific one! George Berkeley once said “to be to be perceived” and if we agree with that not only the sound did not exist in this case but also the tree…

It can be disturbing! No sound, no tree, maybe not even the forest exist…and you and me, do we really exist?

So, if we need to be perceived to exist, a life without a meaning is not a life by definition…We have to put a meaning in our life, it is necessary to create something that worth to live for. It is necessary to make a difference for you or for somebody else, it is necessary to be perceived (in a good way of course).

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“We are not human beings having a spiritual experience. We are spiritual beings having a human experience” – Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

The Mind - The creator of all things

“Abundance, therefore, depends upon a recognition of the laws of abundance, and the fact that the mind is not only the creator, but the only creator of all there is.”  Charles Haanel “Master Key System”

The mind is the creator of all things, nothing happen without the influence or idealization of the mind. It starts with the process of ideas generation and move on until the creation or realization of something. If you believe on it as I do, why we expend so few time training our mind to have good thoughts, to create good ideas, to think about good and abundance, instead of  thinking about bad things or things that will not add any value to our life. Maybe it is a trap of our neural system, to keep us in this day to day life, waking in the morning, going to work, working hard as hell, getting traffic to go home, arriving late, eating something before to go to the bed again. What time do you have to think about good things? What time do we have to create great ideas? We have to stop this circle, we have to start to create our great future, it is time to relax and think about abundance, it is time to free our minds!

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"There is only one person who could ever make you happy, and that person is you." - David Burns

The other side of the river- A Monk Story

"One day a young Buddhist on his journey home, came to the banks of a wide river. Staring hopelessly at the great obstacle in front of him, he pondered for hours on just how to cross such a wide barrier. Just as he was about to give up his pursuit to continue his journey he saw a great teacher on the other side of the river. The young Buddhist yells over to the Master, "Oh wise one, can you tell me how to get to the other side of this river"? The Master ponders for a moment looks up and down the river and yells back, "My son, you are on the other side"."
                                                                                                                                Buddhist story


Sometimes we are in the right side of the river and we keep trying to go to the other one. We need to understand what we want in our life, what type work, what type of friends, what type of relationships... it is not easy to decide, things change all the time, what seems to be the right thing to do today, can be the worst thing to do tomorrow, but thats how life is, like a river, always moving, trying to reach the sea. We can swim the river, dogde rocks, trying not to be drown, wishing to find our ocean where we will finally find our treasures.

Or maybe we can walk following the river and reach the sea without get wet...
I will ask the Master...

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“Happiness depends upon ourselves.” - Aristotle

The Power inside of You

There is a misterious power inside of you, this power come from your mind and your thoughts, you can use it to fulfill your dreams. Start now to think about what you want, start now to work toward to your objectives, don't waste one more second doing something that will not take you where you want to go.

The power inside of you need to be ignited !!! Do it now !

The only person that separate you from your dreams is yourself, so from now on make your thoughts works for you. Think good things !! Make good gestures !!! Be thankful for everything that you have !!! Love and be loved !!! Use your energy to create great things !!! Be always positive no matter what happen in your way !!!

That is what I will do ! I will use the power inside me to create a new Me, better and happier !!

Happy New Year !!

Neo Neo

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... and the world did not end

Some people are very disappointed that the world did not end. They have to go back to their life and feel sorry that they don't have a great one! 

Others like me and you are very happy because we know that life is to be enjoyed, to be lived to the maximum, to love and be loved, life is a experience project by itself.

The Maya calendar ended...life in the other hand still going on. So let enjoy our life! 

Ps: just for the record I never believed that the world would ended, did you?

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Do it today…tomorrow can be too late

Many times we let lot of things that we would like to do today for tomorrow, an exercise, a call, a hug, a kiss, can be anything…but tomorrow can be too late. Life is very fragile, one moment we are here, next one we are just energy…

That’s why I would like to ask you to do it today, call your friend that you don’t talk for a long time and say hi, have a lunch with your wife/husband and say I love you, take your kids to a park and enjoy the day, make it special for them, be generous with someone that you don’t even know, smile, laugh, have an incredible meal, have a wonderful day, so nice and so enjoyable that in the end of it, you would say to yourself that was the best day of my life !

So, do it today…tomorrow just can be too late…

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The Four Noble Truths

The Four Noble Truths described by Sidarta (Budha) are:

1 – The truth about suffering (Dukkha), life means suffering, since we born, during our life, when we get old and finally when we die.

2 – The truth about the origin of suffering (Samudaya), the cause of all suffering is desire, the desire for sexual things, for pleasure, for material things, for power...

3 – The truth about the end of suffering (Nirodha), the cessation of suffering is attainable, dispassion of all the desires...

4 – The truth about the path of the cessation of suffering (Magga), a gradual path of self-improvement, which is described more detailed in the Eightfold Path (Right View, Right Intention, Right Speech, Right Action, Right Livelihood, Right Effort, Right Mindfulness, Right Concentration)

Suffering can be part of our life, it is possible to say that it is almost impossible to born, grow up and died without not suffer during all these years. The desire can always bring suffering. It is always difficult to have a desire and not have it accomplished. You love someone and this person does not love you, suffering. You would like to buy a new car and you don’t have money for it, suffering. A person that we care a lot got sick and we cannot do anything about it, suffering. Few sample that most of us or passed through it or will pass for it but what always change is the way each of us can handle it. It is always our own choice, we can suffer or we can learn from it. We can understand that it will pass or we can keep suffering for something that already happen, we can go on or get stuck in the past.

The Four Noble Truth help us to understand that the cessation of suffering is attainable and guide us to a better understand of life.

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You only need your thoughts to be happy

I would like to do a test with you. Please think about 3 things that you really want in your life? …Now I would like to ask you, why you want these 3 things? I might guess that your answer would be happiness. Most people say it. Happiness is the ultimate goal of almost everybody and everything, but happiness is not an object, you cannot touch it, you cannot smell it, you cannot see it but somehow certain things make you happy and others make you sad. So, happiness is a feeling and feelings are only perceived by your brain, and if it is in your brain, we only need thoughts to be happy, right thoughts. Maybe and I said just maybe, we can be happy without anything, except our thoughts.

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