The way this video made me cry clearly demonstrated to me my “WHY”
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And now, today’s grateful thoughts:
When my mom passed away three years ago, I had plenty of advance notice going into the end of her life to emotionally prepare myself.
My major decision that helped me the most was to not regulate my emotions during my trauma and grieving process during her passing, but instead just treat my heart like an open lotus flower, and any emotions that I feel I would let out without judgment. I was working on the opposite approach that I had with my father when I was a teenager I was constantly evaluating my reactions and being self-conscious about how I felt, and I really stifled my own ability to process my trauma by doing that.
I wasn’t gonna make that mistake again.
What this is done is really opened up my heart to processing my emotions in real time which often leads to me somewhat inappropriate reactions of crying in the middle of the grocery store or after a yoga class, however, I don’t give a rats ass what anyone thinks so I just keep going and do my thing. If you hung out with me for just a day, you would soon see this is true(my poor teenage kids ha ha).
When I watched this video, below, I started not just crying, but sobbing.
From my chest.
Moaning, I was crying so hard.
I didn’t really understand why it was happening, even though the video is quite moving. There was a release and a realization simultaneously going on, so I stayed in the flow and just LET GO.
I meditated on that experience when I was done, and I realized that my reaction to this man’s emotional and psychological trauma and suffering told me everything I need to know about my “WHY“.
I want to teach people about coming into the moment of now and using Gratitude as the reward mechanism to do so.
NOW, here and NOW, is the only place that you could every have the ability or opportunity to unwind the lies that you’ve told yourself. In the now you can STOP internalizing the negative things or toxic messages.
In other words, if you continue to think of past thoughts of the transgressions and things that people said, or have thoughts of the future that are bringing you anxiety, neither of those places are the locations to seek answers for your traumatic or emotionally challenging experiences in your past.
Healing only happens in the moment, and forgiveness can only happen in the now.
This is why towards the end of our six week program we’re gonna be launching we’re gonna have the incredible Natalie Baird-King present on her experience in pathway to “Forgiving the Unforgivable” .
This is a very intense conversation and story that she tells and one of the things that she will tell you that she needed to put down the bottle of alcohol in order to come to the moment of now to start dealing with the trauma from her upbringing and the damage that her father had done to her and her family.
When I watch the video of young man, I wanna cradle him like a baby and start whispering in his ear:
You are not these thoughts
you are a part of the living family
you were made in the image of the creator
You are comprised of cosmic particles
you are billions of years in the making
we are going to unwind these lies and the cruel things that those unhealthy children said
Those sad kids are in fact the ones that have sickness and illness in their hearts We will fix your heart and then go find them to offer them our forgiveness and teachings so they too, can love like we do.
You are my friend and we love you and we are brothers and I’m here for you forever.
But I can’t find him, and even if I did, it might be a little little bit too little too late for my personal skill set, however, knowing me, of course I would give it a try.
However, you are reading this right now, so instead, I have my eyes set on YOU!
The message above is really for you because if I help you understand that you are loved and that you are part of something bigger than your little ego, you can join me in the moment of now and appreciate the incredible life that we have been gifted today, knowing that tomorrow is promised to nobody.
My WHY is opening up the scientific truth to help people understand that your brain can be reprogrammed to the truth that serves you and that make you feel better, live healthier and happier in this lifetime.
You are not the brain you’re born with, and you have the ability to change direction by changing your thoughts, which are what create your moods, and then usually usually dictate and steer your behavior.
We are taking control of the wheel of life, and we are no longer going to be the passengers that go with subconscious thoughts and react like little scared animals to fear, doubt and uncertainty and shrink back into our shell like a timid turtle.
Life is for the living and time is a wasting so hear my bugle cry this morning and just simply accept the fact that life growth and learning is a never-ending process.
There is no pressure because you can never finish and there’s nobody that can give you a grade because there is no teacher of being a human.
You get to decide your own program and choose your own direction and when you come into the present moment of NOW you receive your direction from your higher self and from something bigger than you.
When you receive from this Source, you are not gonna call people bad names or inflict pain or suffering on other people during a more aware existence, you can slow down and realize that we are all connected as brothers and sisters through energy, or our creator, or both depending on your beliefs or understandings of science.
I’m very grateful that I had that experience of sobbing when I watch this video cause it really drove home why I’m doing what I’m doing in terms of pursuing a coaching career that is focused on being an advisor of attitudes leveraging gratitude.
Doing something new and different and for the first time and combining different soft sciences and practices into a new learning system has been very challenging for me and required me to ask for a lot of help.
That might be the greatest learning experience for me is overcoming the fear of asking for a lot of help, seeing the help come, my own karma being realized from my previous acts and the incredible program that we have been building that can help so many people forever.
I’m very excited at the opportunity to positively impact lives by sharing the science and secrets around self talk, neuroplasticity and daily affirmations, and all sorts of other little tricks of the trade to help everyone build a happier, healthier life.
Sharing it and giving it away is my way of demonstrating the fact that I know that everything I have comes from something bigger than me and the only way to show my gratitude is to get my ass to work and through my service to others demonstrate the power of an Attitude of Gratitude.
EVERY DAY:
Love
and
Gratitude
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Thank you sincerely.
The G.I.F.T. Today
Grateful: for the feeling of seeing some of the website graphics from bro in Pakistan, he is so good! And, his Mom is praying for my success, so I have THAT going for me!
Intention-de-clutter here and there as you walk around, let’s fengshui the crib and kids do their rooms
First-movie tickets tonight
Things- call exterminator….the roaches got roaches, ha ha ha!
Every day, every way, grateful.
KC
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