Speak Your Inspiration

I just broke up a fight on the subway because an old man rushed in before the door closed and a woman, who was standing in the doorway, started to yell at him for almost touching her child. Her first words were “sir if you touch my child this wil not be good for you” of course he talked right back. He is a New Yorker. All he said was “maam, if you want to protect your child do not stand in the doorway of the train.” And then she went off on him. Calling him a stupid old man over and over, telling him how wrong he is, etc. This went on for two subway stops before I was just done with it. I just got back from a normal, aka incredibly sad, visit with my grandma. I moped my way onto the train. I had mascara running down my eyes and I dont care about the stick this woman has up her ass and needs to take it out on this old man. She was acting like this guy was out to get her and her kid, and the whole subway had to witness it.

All I said was “please stop. This is pointless. we are in new york. people bump into eachother, he didnt mean it. it happens. everyone on this subway has other things going on in their life. please just stop.” the old man looked at me and the woman looked at me and told me to shut up. but the fight ended. and thats all i cared about. 

2012: The Destination of Your Dreams

by Debbie Ford

It’s so easy to make promises about the year ahead. You will follow your diet, be more financially responsible, be kinder to your spouse, spend more time at the gym…But, for most, the promises you make today will be empty dreams six months from now.  

So let’s examine this. I would suggest this happens because real change doesn’t occur when you just want something or wish for another reality. Real change happens when you feel genuinely inspired, turned on by possibility and unwilling to settle for anything less.  

It happens when you commit with all of yourself to a new way of life, to a new future. So how do you do this?

To feel inspired and lit up and to make room for optimism, enthusiasm, and lasting change, you must lighten your emotional load by addressing your past issues, your emotional blocks, your negative beliefs, your feelings of unworthiness and any infantile desires that drive you to repeatedly head off in a direction counter to your dreams.  

If you drop your commitments, it is not because you want to be seen as a quitter or a loser but because unconsciously you are more committed to an outdated self — an old identity that feels comfortable and safe even though it might have stopped serving you years ago.  

Often, psychological laziness will have you switch your life over to autopilot and fall asleep at the wheel rather than stay awake to what will fulfill your heart’s deepest desires and your soul’s purpose.  

On this eve of a new year, a very fertile time to look over your past and commit to a new future, you can ask these simple questions to unload some old baggage and steer your life in the direction of a brilliant and thrilling future — the ride of your life.

1) What are your deepest desires for this new year?

2) What are you willing to give up to get them? What habits, limiting beliefs, unhealthy

relationships or situations? 

3) When did you become unwilling to do whatever it takes to have what you want? 

4) What cravings or unmet needs will drive you away from your desired destination? 

5) What structure of support will you need to ensure this new future? 

6) Who could you count on to be your co-pilot to ensure that you will neither fall short of the runway nor overshoot your desired outcome? Who will help you stay awake?

If you wish to fly to new heights, begin by setting your sights on a destination you can reach and then create a flight plan, a map that will be your guide. And if at any time you don’t feel like following your flight path, stop, take a deep breath, call forth your vision for your future, then pick up your phone, dial your co-pilot and ask them to remind you that veering off your route really isn’t worth the pain of repeating the past. 

Veering off will only leave you in the same repetitive pattern of wanting, wishing, fantasizing, and then feeling intensely disappointed when you land at a destination other than the phenomenal future that awaits you. 

So today, YOU have the power to choose the destination of your dreams, create a flight plan and stick to it. So gather your courage, your strength and your commitment and get onboard, making 2012 the most inspiring year of your life.