The main problem with mental notes is the ink fades.

Words cannot convey how very important keeping notes are. I know it, I knew it, and I still did not do it. I said, yes, this is a good idea and I see how beneficial it is, but I kept procrastinating. Luckily, a persistence conscience is one of my blessings. (Sometimes it doesn't feel that way.) First stage was just jotting down thoughts, mostly on posty notes and sometimes on napkins or whatever was available. I put all of them in a box, no dates, no order for the thoughts. Next stage was dating the notes and then adding them to a journal. That is good as the second writing to record them, helps to secure their place the in my subconscious. Now it is expanding into this online journal, driven by the hope that others may also benefit from the things I have learned.

"When patterns are broken, new worlds emerge."
– Tuli Kupferberg

What do you want most?

It has been 30 yrs plus, since I stepped upon this path.  I remember quite well the desperate emotion and calling to the Holy Spirit to guide me.  I moved from the obesity that had been with me since childhood.  It took several attempts, leading to my becoming a personal fitness trainer.  After much time of helping others with physical fitness, I fully understood, the challenge was not really the exercise program.

The challenge was and IS keeping ourselves mentally where we really want to be!

The chief cause of unhappiness and failure is trading what you want most, for what you want now. 

~Zig Ziglar

I Understand

I Understand. Is this phrase used too much, with not enough thought? Does anyone really understand where someone else is coming from without being in their exact shoes? Is being concerned about this looking for problems where there are none? Isn't an attempt to understand sufficient? I know many times I wish I knew I was really understood. I wish we could touch and download the complete essence of our thoughts into our consciousness and know we share true communication. I have a tendency to over explain looking for that depth of understanding. So as to not complicate matters, I am going to write to you knowing that you do understand completely.

I have learned that in doing this, we will have understanding. :-)

We will be understanding, sharing, our daily focus as we forge our path of personal growth. We have moved out of our comfort zone of previous habitual being to follow the calling, and now we have those daily challenges as we keep our goals in mind.

"Freedom is a state of mind - not freedom from something" ~Krishnamurti