A Video update from my DDPYoga MEGA Saturday workout

Building a Foundation

It doesn't matter who you are, where you're from, how old/young you are, how much you weigh, what shape you are in or how much money you have. The only things that really matters is that you;

Believe in You & have a good heart.

If you believe then others will believe, not just by you words or actions but by your heart.
Anything is possible if you are willing to believe that you CAN.

Everything has a foundation, faith, family, friends... 

We are constantly building on our life foundation, and sure there may be a crack in it but as long as we build it strong it can and will withstand anything.   I know what you might be thinking, but what if my foundation is crumbling, or it isn't built on solid ground.  It is NEVER too late to fix it.  Sure maybe the structure that we have built on it may come apart from time to time and we need to rebuild, but that is OK, you are not starting over, as long as you have a good foundation.

Our lives are what we make of them.  The richest of people to the guy on the side of the road with a sign, we all have something to be grateful for and we all can do more, but doing more doesn't mean having more. 

Oh I know, what are you rambling about with this and how in the world does this have anything to do with DDPYoga and your journey.  Well it is part of me rebuilding.  I have a good foundation in my life, it is just the structure that I have built on top of that over the years that is a bit askew.  See everything is interconnected, my foundation is there, and it is part of who I am, all the good and all the bad.  I cannot nor would even attempt to rip it apart, because it is part of me.  But I am strengthening my foundation so that I can build a better structure on it and thankfully I stumbled upon DDPYoga which has led me to so many others.

The little things we do everyday count, and the things we don't do count just as much, sometimes more.  Making good choices and decisions can change your course, and change your structure.  But in the end it all depends on YOU.   

We are the ones building our lives, so Live your life, accept where YOU are, if you don't like something then make a change and build the life that you want.  No one is going to build it for you, but there are plenty of tools to choose from so pick your tools and get to work.

Living your Life at 90% will make a difference and can change your view.  But this is just another tool that you have to decide to pick up and use.

"React, Adapt, Take Action and Breathe"

We all get off track...

So this one is to further one of my FB posts, or what I like to say, "The stuff that bubbles up inside".

Here was my original post, and I will expand on this as it is still bubbling with more to say about it...

Sunday 9/22/13:Sometimes you may feel like you're a bit off track, but as long as you're still moving in the right direction you will get there. You can and will, remember Determination, not desire will drive you to where you are going. #OwnYourLife and everything will fall into place.Diamond Dallas Page's DDPYOGA is a great track to take... #DestinationMe

Now I know we all get off track from time to time, and we even go off course.  But the key is to recognize when we do and be able to get ourselves back "on track".  Sometimes we may need a lil help or even a "nudge" from family or friends.  BUT even the biggest nudge or kick in the ass will not help, until we see that we are off track or completely off course.

So who determines what path you should be on?  When we are young and just finding our way, that is our parents or guardians who set us in a general direction to move in.  But as we learn to find our way it is up to us to "Take the Wheel".  And begin driving our life.  Sure we may end up taking a wrong turn here and there, and we learn from our missteps, or wrong turns, but it's all part of living our lives.

Once we set out on a path, the trick is to keep moving forward, as long as we have a destination in mind.  Sometimes that destination is too far to see right away, that's why we set up stops along the way, sounds like goals, or what I like to call stepping stones along our path.

Now the difference between getting "Off Track" and "Off Course" in my mind is huge.  If you are "off course" you are going in a completely different direction than where you are trying to go.  Sure you may decide to change courses, but that means you have changed your destination.   Now getting "Off Track" you are still moving in the right direction but just not at the same speed/pace as you were before. 

So ya, I have been "Off Course" and I've been "Off Track".  There were times I did not realize I was off course, and needed a lil help in seeing that.  But once I saw what others had seen, I made the correction and started back in the right direction for me.  Remember the biggest influence you have in life is YOU.  You can change where you are and where you are going.  It is up to you to do something about it.  Wishing for it or hoping for something will get nothing accomplished unless YOU take action. 

Now I do go off track from time to time.  But that is all part of the journey.  Life will do it's best to knock you down.  But it's up to you to pick yourself back up.  There are 2 things that remind me of this and how to deal with it: 

·        Diamond Dallas Page's Live life at 90% speech, and another thing he has told me... 

o   "There's Always a way to get to OUR Goals! We just have to Keep Moving Forward Towards them... if you fall... Fall Forward".

·        And yes the Rocky speech in Rocky Balboa.  

o   "Let me tell you something you already know. The world ain’t all sunshine and rainbows. It’s a very mean and nasty place and I don’t care how tough you are it will beat you to your knees and keep you there permanently if you let it. You, me, or nobody is gonna hit as hard as life. But it ain’t about how hard ya hit. It’s about how hard you can get it and keep moving forward. How much you can take and keep moving forward. That’s how winning is done! Now if you know what you’re worth then go out and get what you’re worth. But ya gotta be willing to take the hits, and not pointing fingers saying you ain’t where you wanna be because of him, or her, or anybody! Cowards do that and that ain’t you! You’re better than that!"

Am I where I thought I would be, nope, but none of us ever are where we thing we would be.  I know I got Off track a bit over the last 5 months, life happened.  But I kept moving in the right direction, not at the same pace I was, but it was still in the right direction, I never gave up.  And I will not give up.  Everything leads to something and if I keep moving in this direction I know there are many great things yet to come.

So the bottom line to today's thought is keep moving forward, we all will fall from time to time, just fall forward, and pick yourself up.  If you need a lil help (we all do from time to time), reach out, there is always a hand out there to help you up.  But you need to make the choice yourself. 

Always be true to yourself, and never underestimate your abilities.  We all have great potential, it's just a difference in what we decide to do with it.

OWN YOUR LIFE  -  LIVE YOUR LIFE

You know where to go...but here it is just in case... www.ddpyoga.com

Choices/Reflections...

OK so this has been stirring in my head, and it has been bothering me.  We all have choices to make, and we all have reflections, I may have mentioned some of this before.  But this one will go where ever it needs or wants to go. 

Everyday we have a choice to make, and our choices have consequences no matter how minute they may seem.  I have made some choices in my past, and I have spent some time reflecting on them.  But something I have come to the conclusion of is that if you spend too much time reflecting on the past you will miss the opportunities that are in front of you.  And that leads me back to choices...

We make the choice to reflect on our past accomplishments and mistakes.  As long as we have learned something from our past we are not destined to relive those mistakes.  OK wait, I don't like the word "mistake", let's call them missteps.  Because everything has a reason to get us to where we are suppose to be, and though it may not be on the "path" we want, it is on the path we chose.  See now I am back over to the path thing.  See everything is interconnected in some way or another.

So let me break this down in steps and see if it all comes together again in the end...

Choices:

Our choices led us in a direction.  We have to be willing to live with every choice we make.  Some may not seem like they would have that much of an effect on anything, but somehow, someway they always end up being part of something bigger.  You know the little things in life sometimes have the greatest impact on our lives.  And then the choices we think are going to be the end all of choices, sometimes when we look back they really weren't that important.  Now I'm not saying one carries more weight than the other, but they all have an impact in our lives.  We just need to recognize that some of our choices can lead us in one direction rather than another... Choose wisely

Reflections:

OK so let me go to the obvious one with this.  What do you see when you look at a reflection?  The same thing, no change just a mirror image of what is there.  That's kinda the same thing we see when we reflect back at something or some time in our life.  There is nothing that can be done about the things or events that happened in the past.  But we can learn from our past.  We can see what worked and what didn't.  But just like the reflection in the mirror, that is just what you are seeing, a view of what is there right there and now.  Can you change what you are looking at right now?  No because at that moment in time that is what you see.  BUT you can always change the reflection you will see in the future.  Remember if you spend too much time looking in the mirror (or rearview mirror) you will miss the opportunities that are right in front of you.

So now we work our way back to our path.  If we don't like the path we are on we CAN change it.  But that is a choice we have to make. We need to be looking forward so we know where we are going and know the path we plan on taking to get there.  We have all traveled many different paths in our lives, some have taken us right where we wanted to be, and some took us to places we never thought we would be.  But we are where we are right here and now because of those choices we made. 

It's never too late to get to where you want to go, just know that you will always end up where you are suppose to be.  Me well, right now I am where I am suppose to be, am I where I thought I would be, no.  Am I where I want to be, not yet.  But I have a plan, and I have my path laid out.  Will I get off track, probably, but That's ok, I may stumble, hell I may even fall from time to time, But that's ok, because I know I can, have and will continue to "Get Back Up Again". 

Just like you I have made choices that led me down my path, I have spent to much time reflecting, But I have put the mirrors away and I am looking forward to MY Life, one that is Owned by my choices and not lived with regrets from my past.

So if you have made it this far in my rambling today, THANKS!  You are part of my life, whether we have met or not, you are part of my past, and part of my future. 

Where we go is unwritten but I know I made a choice just over a year ago that has changed my life.  Where it will take me is unknown at this point, but I know one thing, DDPYoga is a choice I would make all over again, my only regret is that it took me so long to find it.  But I will not regret that, because it came across my path just at the right time.

So no matter where you are OWN YOUR LIFE, own the choices you made and keep movin forward.  Your life will be what YOU make of it.  As a friend has said (DDP)... "Life is 10% what happens and 90% how you React, Adapt, Take action, and Breathe". 

Have a GREAT day ... Today & Tomorrow