When God grabs the Mic and starts spitting lyrics, it is NEVER a coincidence.
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Gratitude
Intention
First
Things
The G.I.F.T. Today
Grateful: for feeling kernels of joy inside me always ready to POP
Intention-forward ever backwards never vibe
First-switch classes
Things-schedule this week
Morning Platitude from The GratiDude
There are many ways that I could bifurcate my life, BG, and AG is the most obvious way.
Before gratitude
and
After gratitude
I would like to say that I came to the crossroads, and the crossroads told me that it was G.O.D. for me, the Acronym:
Gratitude
Or
Death
The process of doubling down on gratitude and taking a leap of faith to believe that it was the pathway to give me the strength and clarity to put alcohol down forever.
How gratitude was the gateway for me was that by really focusing intently on the things I am most thankful and appreciative for at that time in my life, I realized that my behavior every day( through consuming alcohol ) was not matching up with the priorities that I had in terms of what was most important to me.
I was not aligned.
And I believed in the concept of coincidences.
When you believe in coincidences and randomness, and you fail to look for or appreciate the miracles and how much the universe will conspire for your own happiness, if you collaborate emotionally and spiritually with something bigger than you.
As someone that made a career change in their 50s I can testify that it requires a great deal of support and encouragement and if you’re not surrounded by a big squad of people, then you must be that sole source of support and encouragement.
You start to weed people out of your day-to-day interactions if they are not jumping on board the hype train that is your new program.
Even silence can come across as a lack of support when everyone is aware that you really put yourself out there and you’re trying something new and different that has risk from a financial and a personal comfort standpoint.
So, when Sean Paul Blanco (SPB, singer in video not named Sean Paul) the middle-aged European/typical mutt looking guy in LA one morning calls up his bro with a box drum and says “hey what you got going on this morning? I’d like to go jam down on the corner. I’m feeling some Dancehall reggae this morning. You down little drummer Boy?”
His buddy answers “ sure SPB dude! First I must feed the kids because wifey is at Pilates but when she comes back, I’ll meet you down at the coffee shop and I’ll bring my drum.”
Immediately SPB gets fired up, just knowing that he has a solid bro in his squad that supports his dreams and that they’re gonna have some fun and create some joy out in the streets of Los Angeles this morning.
He grabs a piece of Amazon cardboard out of the recycling and whips up a quick sign, letting folks know what the hell him and his box drummer bro is doing there on the corner and start gargling with some salt, water and honey to get his voice box tuned up for his streetside performance, coming up shortly.
Can you imagine when the actual artist that he’s singing walks up on the street unannounced and grabs the microphone and sings with him?
This is just one more example of how The Universe will throw you a bone energetically in spiritually to keep you going when you really need it if you are plugged in and paying attention.
The crazy thing is 10 years ago I would have called this a random coincidence but now, I know much better.
A “coincidence” is simply when two unrelated events happen at the same time by chance, while “serendipity” refers to a fortunate, unexpected discovery or positive outcome that occurs by chance, often implying that the discovery is valuable or meaningful, unlike a typical coincidence which might be neutral or even slightly negative; essentially, serendipity is a “lucky coincidence.”.
Key points to remember:
Coincidence:
A neutral term for two events happening at the same time without any planned connection.
Serendipity:
A positive, lucky chance encounter where something valuable or interesting is discovered unexpectedly.
Example:
Coincidence: Running into a friend from high school at the grocery store.
Serendipity: While searching for a new recipe, stumbling upon a rare cookbook with a unique and delicious dish you’ve never tried before.
Just like I know that when almost 25 years ago, I was waiting to go to lunch with my bro Doran Andry down in Newport Beach when I was caught by Tony Robbins neuroscientist friend Joseph McClendon III calling myself an idiot.
Think about that.
A Global Thought Leaders in the power of Self-Talk and Affirmations, way back in 2002
JMC3 is a PhD in neuroscience, New York Times best-selling author, world, renowned, public speaker, life coach, a brilliant, bad ass human being.
See here what I’m talking about:
Joseph pulled me into a conference room and, in five minutes, explained how my self-talk track was poisoning my mind and body, and then I needed to embrace self-affirmations and understand neuroscience so that I can understand how to cultivate and expand my own superpowers.
That was the day that I stopped saying negative things to myself and started to share and teach others about this phenomenon, even though I was brand new to it.
What we do at The Grateful 4 Organization is just what a mama bird does when she flies around scavenging for food for her babies, and that is to bring back anything nutritious and tasty to all our other bird friends in the nest.
Now, we won’t go so far as to chew it up and spit it down your throat, but from a research and from an intellectual standpoint, many of us have done just that. We tasted EVERYTHING! And now, we are only going to pass on the nuggets or the important pieces of information to help grow your understanding faster and improve your knowledge base. This way, you can make more informed decisions for yourself and for others around you.
Our next coaching program will be launching in late February or early March more information and exact dates to follow here over the next few weeks, and we will have some special opportunities to open up our programs for as many people as possible to spread this message of positive self-talk self-care morning routines as wide as can be.
We want everyone to understand their own ability to improve their life through thought awareness and better understanding of their own respiration and nervous system processes. This will explain some real fundamentals to good health and wellness.
Lastly, I’ll be putting out a calendar link here soon for all of you to lock in some time with me at the PGA Show in Orlando if you are a golf industry person and you will be attending.
One final thought to remember if you ever are having difficulties and feeling challenges, anxiety, and wonder: “why am I having this experience?.”
The Answer: “You are having this experience because you’re supposed to have this experience.”
Your job is just simply to figure out the “why” and “where” the lesson or the blessin’ is to come from out of this experience.
That’s your Sunday attitude of gratitude.
EVERY DAY:
Love
and
Gratitude
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Thank you sincerely.
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Every day, every way, grateful.
KC
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