When we Spring forward.

Spring, the time for growth, change, and a season of emergence. Trees starts to unfold its majestic shelter; flowers bloom to beautify the ever-changing vibrant colors; the rain to wash away the clustered toxins in the air, snow settling in the distant mountains; birds chirping; and the beginning of the warm shimmering sun. 

The thoughts of change in the environment is beautiful and ever so natural. Then I begin to think, why can't human beings, which share similar properties in the universe, change like Mother Earth? Not necessarily in a timely manner, but the intentions of shedding off old habits, old mindsets, and accept what needs to die in order to live. 

For some, Spring means we lose an hour of sleep, but for those who seek the difference in the world, through the lease of change, Spring is an opportunity to lose more than an hour of "sleep." It is a season to take action and reevaluate your sense of reality to learn more what it means to wake up from slumber. 

Everywhere you go there is a bubble of conformability and comfortability. We tend to imitate our surrounding communities and become a part of what the norm says.

"I'can't go to the gym because I have a 9 - 5 job and it's hard to find time." 

"Why would you want to work multiple jobs when you can just settle down and master your skill set at a particular job?"

All reasons are valid and true. The conformability and the intentions of settling down is trending and now dictates what the working man can and cannot do. However, as Mark Twain puts it, "the secret of getting ahead is getting started." It won't hurt to try and considering taking risks in pursuing opportunities. Spring isn't just a seasonal natural phenomenon, but may be an interpersonal action. Change is hard, but that doesn't mean it isn't possible. When we Spring forward, we allow ourselves to become vulnerable in a state of mind and will allow ourselves to be in a place that will experience new perceptions and begin to emerge from the depths of our shut eye. It is time to lose more than an hour of sleep. It is necessary that we lift some of our burdens, and remove our worries and concerns about the inevitable future. It is time to shake off the shackles of conformability and "pray for the renewing of our mind." (Romans 12:2) When we Spring forward the status of our relationships will strengthen, the relationship with God will become intimate, and the commitment to our personal lives will be unshaken. 

Spring, the time for sacrifice, goals, motivation, success, and getting started with personal and corporate goals; just because the time changes, that doesn't mean we stay the same. 

"Don't Sleepwalk through Life." - Warren Buffet 

Embrace what appears broken

"There is no coming to consciousness without pain." - Carl Gustav Jung

A lot has happened since the beginning of 2018. Having an influx of emotions and logically sound reasons of who I want to be and want to have seems insane. The ongoing battle within me is overwhelming the mind and body, while the spirit hangs on to the light. However, embracing what appears broken and realizing that my "problems are answered prayers," I now know what I want. It's not about me. It's not about who I am now. It's not about what I want. Becoming someone who you want to be deals with death. Not physical death but the barriers and the persona you carry everyday must die. Realizing that the four walls around us keeps us bottled in and limits our reach. "Act from where you want to be not from where you are." Emergence has given me another pair of eyes and allowed me to question myself, "why not?" 

So, as I embrace my brokenness everyday, "act from who I want to be not from how I feel," I can and I will make this year great and memorable than the last. Being motivated everyday to accomplish my long-term dream, 'owning a PORSCHE 911', and providing 'a yacht' to my parents, I will take whats mine and own my dying-self so I can emerge from the ashes as a new person and a new mind. 

Law of Emergence

"The End of Self-Improvement"

As the rain drops heavily against the window pane, I am awoken by the storm that has come to pass. Being back from winter break, which seems like a blur, I realize that my apartment creates a sense of loneliness and stillness. Not sure to what creates a dismay in the atmosphere, but it's a good one. As I lit up the candle to start my read, I made myself a cup of coffee to jolt my body into the brisk stormy morning and begin a journey that will hopefully spark a new chapter in my life. As a post graduate, I have to stay motivated and constantly improve my innate self. This morning's read is about what it means to emerge from the bubble of our persona and break through the illusion of fulfilling our deepest desires. 

"We don't need to attract anything because we aren't lacking anything. We don't need to improve ourselves because the Self is already Whole. Just as the Oak is already in the acorn, everything we're meant to be and all we need to fulfill it is already in us - a perfect pattern and divine purpose." Law of Emergence