Being Present

“Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.”
-Buddah

This past week I’ve made an honest effort to stay more in the present moment. What I have found is that the longer I stay out of the present moment awareness, the more challenging it is to get back into it. In other words, the reason I chose to make a real effort to be in the present moment at the start of this week, is because the week prior I’ve been a little scattered and misplacing my energies into too many activities.
So I began this week trying to get into the present moment more. However, the interesting thing about “trying” to get into the present moment simply doesn’t work for me. It’s not something I can’t try to do. It seems the more I try to be present, what I’m seeking moves further away from me.
What I’ve done instead of trying to be more present, was to just accept whatever is in front of me that I must work with at the moment. Its more of being aware of what I’m doing at the exact moment, and accepting whatever comes to me in that exact time. I have found that if I keep my mind in awareness and acceptance of what is, I can go pass this whole idea of “trying to be present.”

Letting It Go

I have found that this week things tend to go so much more smooth and easier when I just let go and detach myself from trying to “get to” a certain outcome. For example, I wanted my Arizona video to be perfect. I wanted it to resemble a sense of inspiration and empowerment to my viewers. However, if I continued to think about perfection the whole way through the process of making the video, the video itself would never be released because I would be always constantly try to make changes on it and never really feel it is getting to where I want it to go. So I actually spent several weeks trying hard to put a video together that resembled the infant stages of my Arizona trip and blend it in nicely with quotes that I’ve used in this blog for optimal effect. I was trying to piece this video together, and just kept running into a wall. It just wasn’t working out trying to do it myself.

The Solution

So, I paid my wonderful, highly organized, and talented sister to do the video for me. Now this type of video creation comes very easy and naturally for her. In fact she loves doing this. So thank you Kimbundance for making this video for me, it came out just the way I wanted it and more so. So I am grateful for the successful collaboration.
The combination of detachment and letting things go, and being aware in the present moment has been a truly amazing experience for me. I hope this real life example has demonstrated for my readers the positive results of being present and detached in what you are aiming to accomplish. If not, that’s fine too I really don’t care either way.

Being Present,

Why Delivering Positive Value Is Important During These Rough Financial Times.

10 12 2008

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Hello all.
Delivering positive value is important during these hard economical times. With people loosing their jobs at historical rates, this alternative route is probably the most logical. This alternative is to create positive value to people and deliver it to individuals. This is not overly complicated. This is actually so easy that many people have to question its validity.

There is an abundance of different alternatives to create value and deliver it to people. Social media and the internet is making it easier for people to hop on to a computer and create something of value. For example when I’m writing this blog, I am sparking ideas and valuable information for people that probably never heard of this concept of “delivering positive value”. This bring me great joy. I am glad to know that what I am creating is something of positive value for you. These are the times we need to share and be grateful for the abundance of positive information that is presented to us.

Constantly struggling by searching for jobs that aren’t even close to your life mission, takes you further away from your creative spirit. It drains your energy. Once you begin to run away from your natural ability to create, you gave away your power. And to what did you give your power to?

You will be surprised of the endless abundance of opportunities that arise when you are focused on creating and delivering positive value for others to enjoy and be inspired by.

+Baker

Your Upward Progression

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Hello all.

You are moving upwards in life. You are making moves that many people don't make, and are afraid to make. This is your day, this is the day you congratulate yourself for the upward progression you are making. I think the progress that you are making is authentic and real because you have been through a lot of challenges, and the good things that are emerging for you are all happening for a reason.
Thank you for trusting that your own upward progression. Although I may not know you personally, I do know you are moving upwards because you are reading and following these blogs. You are making good moves and I congratulate you for making these good decisions. By the time you read this you will recognize that if you really look at your life, there is much to be grateful for. These are what you are advised to continue to focus on. When you focus on what you have and the good in your life, your own upward progression becomes much more clear to you.
You are doing well, and I urge you to continue to move forward.
This world is changing fast, thank you for being apart of this wonderful journey.

+Baker

Learning at Different Speeds-Learning In An Exciting Way.

Hello all.
Life is one big classroom. We are all hear to learn things we don't know yet. There are many lessons we must learn here on earth. There are lessons such as forgiveness, non-judgment, acceptance, compromise, trust, responsibility, and the list goes on. When we realize and start to enjoy the learning experiences, a sense of joy and enthusiasm manifests in your life. When you begin to see the learning process as fun and not something to dread, you are staying ahead of the learning curve. The interesting thing about life is that we all learn at different speeds. There are 70 year old people that may still need to learn the lesson of forgiveness and letting go of past hurts. While there may be a 15 year old that learned that already, but has something else to learn in life, such as responsibility. There is a wide range of lessons that we need to learn on earth. When someone is learning something that you've already learned it is a good idea to be non-judgmental. Allow the person to learn the life lesson.
There are different speeds and different lessons that we are put here to learn, but knowing that obstacles and challenges are really just making us better, is the key ingredient to learning in an exciting way.

Baker

The Little Engine That Could.

10 01 2009

Hello all.
Do you remember the story of the little engine that could? Well the story goes that there was a little engine that had to go up this hill. I think it was a train…But people said he was too small, not strong enough. All day long that little engine said this phrase as he was going up the hill. “I think I could, I think I could…” He was affirming and intending his way to get to where he wanted to be. The top of the hill. As the story goes he eventually reached his destination.
Did it matter how small of an engine/train it was?

How powerful are the words and thoughts we are constantly telling ourselves?

Henry Ford said it best.

“Whether you think that you can, or that you can’t, you are usually right.”

-Henry Ford.
Founder of Ford Motor Company

+Baker