Boldly You!
Thursday, September 29, 2005
Undressing to find me...
I have never really said what I do, nor have I shared how much I work on "me." In this post I will share both, along with a couple audio clips of some intimate insights.
My primary website today is http://www.alifeofpossibility.com and it still has a long ways to go.
I guide people on a journey of self-discovery giving them an opportunity to discover the often hidden and forgotten "self." Most people want to change something about themselves or in their life and often "the quicker the better" is the base requirement.
I am 44 and for someone my age or even 15 years younger to imagine that they dump the life they have created in exchange for something new "in 30 days or less" is most likely "ridiculous."
Real and lasting change takes time. Real and lasting change is what I help people achieve. Most often this doesn't even happen in 90 days...go figure...a lifetime of crap or challenges gone in days...no surprise on my part.
I am in the process of completing the prelude to his first book, "Taking Action NOW! 9 Key Strategies!"
What does it take to live your life today? Today is all you or I have.
Is today the day you want it to be, seriously, is "TODAY" your "PERFECT" day?
As I shared, I work on me everyday and this morning is not the exception. My gift to you and myself follows below; two links to live in the process learning and discovery during some of my personal work.
Enjoy...or not...either way they are here for you to listen to and to share.
My experience of self discovery...
My thought on what intuition is...
Post a comment if you would like me to share more audios of my self discovery.
With love,
James Smith
405-521-8609
James at ALifeOfPossibility dot com
PS: As I listen to myself I notice my thoughtful and long pauses as I seek for the words. The noise is turned off and I am listening to myself and asking "how would I say that."
How often I notice people wanting to rush someone as they speak with them and today I ask myself, what is really lost for both in such haste? ¶ 6:35 AM 1 comments
My primary website today is http://www.alifeofpossibility.com and it still has a long ways to go.
I guide people on a journey of self-discovery giving them an opportunity to discover the often hidden and forgotten "self." Most people want to change something about themselves or in their life and often "the quicker the better" is the base requirement.
I am 44 and for someone my age or even 15 years younger to imagine that they dump the life they have created in exchange for something new "in 30 days or less" is most likely "ridiculous."
Real and lasting change takes time. Real and lasting change is what I help people achieve. Most often this doesn't even happen in 90 days...go figure...a lifetime of crap or challenges gone in days...no surprise on my part.
I am in the process of completing the prelude to his first book, "Taking Action NOW! 9 Key Strategies!"
What does it take to live your life today? Today is all you or I have.
Is today the day you want it to be, seriously, is "TODAY" your "PERFECT" day?
As I shared, I work on me everyday and this morning is not the exception. My gift to you and myself follows below; two links to live in the process learning and discovery during some of my personal work.
Enjoy...or not...either way they are here for you to listen to and to share.
My experience of self discovery...
My thought on what intuition is...
Post a comment if you would like me to share more audios of my self discovery.
With love,
James Smith
405-521-8609
James at ALifeOfPossibility dot com
PS: As I listen to myself I notice my thoughtful and long pauses as I seek for the words. The noise is turned off and I am listening to myself and asking "how would I say that."
How often I notice people wanting to rush someone as they speak with them and today I ask myself, what is really lost for both in such haste? ¶ 6:35 AM 1 comments
Monday, September 19, 2005
The LIE...
My latest thought for you:
The lie is not what you feel you are, rather it is what you feel you are not.
James B Smith
Go have the day that is meant for you!
With love,
James Smith
405-521-8609
James at ALifeOfPossibility dot com ¶ 9:21 PM 1 comments
The lie is not what you feel you are, rather it is what you feel you are not.
James B Smith
Go have the day that is meant for you!
With love,
James Smith
405-521-8609
James at ALifeOfPossibility dot com ¶ 9:21 PM 1 comments
Sunday, September 18, 2005
Slowly they creep in...
Ok, a pile here, a pile there, a pile everywhere...
CLUTTER! CLUTTER! CLUTTER!
It's grip is far weaker than it use to be. I have learned so much as I work on me. Still, they seem to manage to wiggle their way into my world.
Ooops, let's start with "I realize I am the creator" although I would love to blame it on something else...;-)
A paper, a folder, a moment of unplanned hast, a disappointment, another project on an already full plate, I am using the folder I want to keep it close by, no real filing system, what about all I learned in school alphabetizing and numerical order and the countless employment screening with such tests, the tests I breezed through without a thought, oh a little here, and a little there and there may even be a moment of quick and lively cleaning, still a small pile or two seems to keep a foot hold, to remove them would be to erase my most current and most valuable thoughts and inspirations, then POW! WHAM! BREATH, BREATH, BREATH, "WHERE DID THESE STACKS COME FROM...?" was I sleeping, HELP, SOMEONE HELP, yes, yes, YES!, I get it it's me, I am the creator of this madness, there isn't someone slipping into my office at night and adding to my stacks, or is there, surely there is a conspiracy here somewhere, could it be my mom, my dad, or even a deceased relative that has passed down this insanity to me, it would seem so much easier just to blame, hold-on, let shuffle a couple papers, which stack...ok...this folder...hmmm...maybe tomorro...yes...I will set it...ok where was I?, yes this insane thing called clutter...
HAH!
If you were able to read that insane blob of words then you are perhaps in need of HELP!
Clutter is the character of the creative mind. It is like sniffing a cabernet or a merlot catching a hint of someones dirty sock, or a delicate flavor of chocolate, without the clutter is there room for creativity...?
Is there such a thing as an anal retentive or compulsively clean creative genious and what does their world or better yet their desk look or work area look like?
Well thats it, I just wanted to dance with my clutter and share it with you. Ahhhh, I can breath, how about...;-)
Have an "AMAZINGLY WONDERFUL" day!
With love,
James Smith
405-521-8609
James at ALifeOfPossibility dot com ¶ 6:26 PM 0 comments
CLUTTER! CLUTTER! CLUTTER!
It's grip is far weaker than it use to be. I have learned so much as I work on me. Still, they seem to manage to wiggle their way into my world.
Ooops, let's start with "I realize I am the creator" although I would love to blame it on something else...;-)
A paper, a folder, a moment of unplanned hast, a disappointment, another project on an already full plate, I am using the folder I want to keep it close by, no real filing system, what about all I learned in school alphabetizing and numerical order and the countless employment screening with such tests, the tests I breezed through without a thought, oh a little here, and a little there and there may even be a moment of quick and lively cleaning, still a small pile or two seems to keep a foot hold, to remove them would be to erase my most current and most valuable thoughts and inspirations, then POW! WHAM! BREATH, BREATH, BREATH, "WHERE DID THESE STACKS COME FROM...?" was I sleeping, HELP, SOMEONE HELP, yes, yes, YES!, I get it it's me, I am the creator of this madness, there isn't someone slipping into my office at night and adding to my stacks, or is there, surely there is a conspiracy here somewhere, could it be my mom, my dad, or even a deceased relative that has passed down this insanity to me, it would seem so much easier just to blame, hold-on, let shuffle a couple papers, which stack...ok...this folder...hmmm...maybe tomorro...yes...I will set it...ok where was I?, yes this insane thing called clutter...
HAH!
If you were able to read that insane blob of words then you are perhaps in need of HELP!
Clutter is the character of the creative mind. It is like sniffing a cabernet or a merlot catching a hint of someones dirty sock, or a delicate flavor of chocolate, without the clutter is there room for creativity...?
Is there such a thing as an anal retentive or compulsively clean creative genious and what does their world or better yet their desk look or work area look like?
Well thats it, I just wanted to dance with my clutter and share it with you. Ahhhh, I can breath, how about...;-)
Have an "AMAZINGLY WONDERFUL" day!
With love,
James Smith
405-521-8609
James at ALifeOfPossibility dot com ¶ 6:26 PM 0 comments
Thursday, September 15, 2005
Beautiful Life...
Feeling good, how often do you let yourself?
Click here goto the song link and then click the "LISTEN" link.
Click here to see the band's website
Have a "BEAUTIFUL" day!
With love,
James Smith
405-521-8609
James at ALifeOfPossibility dot com ¶ 9:00 PM 0 comments
Feeling good, how often do you let yourself?
Click here goto the song link and then click the "LISTEN" link.
Click here to see the band's website
Have a "BEAUTIFUL" day!
With love,
James Smith
405-521-8609
James at ALifeOfPossibility dot com ¶ 9:00 PM 0 comments
The norm...like candy...so inviting
So am I alone, or am I what they would consider the "NORM?"
I have never really felt like I plug-in to society. The mainstream has never really captured my heart or my imagination.
Why not?
Well, my observations tell me of things that are not as they appear. A smile may not really be a smile. Kind words may be a prelude to an attack. (Interesting enough as I am writing this I am "SURPRISED" by my words...)
No, I don't see the world as a violent place. Rather the life that "THEY" say we should be living appears to be more about "SURVIVAL" and the "FEAR" of no tomorrow or arriving at tomorrow (which is today) without enough to live.
People, you know humans, each and everyone of us, including me, have the amazing ability to do anything if the pressure is focused on the right spot and the focus is given enough energy.
The norm strikes me as something more akin to a pressure cooker. A cooker that is turned up a degree each day. As the temperature rises so too does the numbness.
Once the numbness is integrated then we become open to what "THEY" say our life should be like. You know: a bigger house, 2 1/2 children, a picket fence or the notion of "leave it to Beaver," and the list goes on.
Probably the most distressing notions of the norm, for me, are "life is a bitch, then you die," "nothing is guaranteed except taxes, and death," "people in hell want ice water too," "life is hard," and the list goes on, and on, and on.
Who made all of this up, and if you were not so numb would you really choose to live like that...really would you?
The norm ends life broke, and awake to the fact that they are about to drown as the illusionary raft that "THEY" taught us to build is suddenly gone.
Suddenly drowning, and it can be a prolonged experience an experience that no doubt leaves little time to appreciate what it was like to have the raft. Or is it that the memories are quite vivid and we then are able to now create our own numbness with what we learned from "THEM!"
All of that and still, what I wouldn't give to feel plugged in, just for a day. A day of feeling like I belong, a day of being a part.
It is crazy, wouldn't you agree, why would being normal even matter? Because somewhere along the line, I just like you, bought into the notion that "THEY" know more about how my life than I.
The norm...like candy...can make you sick. I am often quite satisfied with a few licks or chews of a delicious piece of candy. Finishing it is rarely the object of my desire.
Really, I would much rather enjoy the candy than consume.
Do you feel like you are normal and does it even matter for you?
With love,
James Smith
405-521-8609
James at ALifeOfPossibility dot com ¶ 7:12 AM 2 comments
I have never really felt like I plug-in to society. The mainstream has never really captured my heart or my imagination.
Why not?
Well, my observations tell me of things that are not as they appear. A smile may not really be a smile. Kind words may be a prelude to an attack. (Interesting enough as I am writing this I am "SURPRISED" by my words...)
No, I don't see the world as a violent place. Rather the life that "THEY" say we should be living appears to be more about "SURVIVAL" and the "FEAR" of no tomorrow or arriving at tomorrow (which is today) without enough to live.
People, you know humans, each and everyone of us, including me, have the amazing ability to do anything if the pressure is focused on the right spot and the focus is given enough energy.
The norm strikes me as something more akin to a pressure cooker. A cooker that is turned up a degree each day. As the temperature rises so too does the numbness.
Once the numbness is integrated then we become open to what "THEY" say our life should be like. You know: a bigger house, 2 1/2 children, a picket fence or the notion of "leave it to Beaver," and the list goes on.
Probably the most distressing notions of the norm, for me, are "life is a bitch, then you die," "nothing is guaranteed except taxes, and death," "people in hell want ice water too," "life is hard," and the list goes on, and on, and on.
Who made all of this up, and if you were not so numb would you really choose to live like that...really would you?
The norm ends life broke, and awake to the fact that they are about to drown as the illusionary raft that "THEY" taught us to build is suddenly gone.
Suddenly drowning, and it can be a prolonged experience an experience that no doubt leaves little time to appreciate what it was like to have the raft. Or is it that the memories are quite vivid and we then are able to now create our own numbness with what we learned from "THEM!"
All of that and still, what I wouldn't give to feel plugged in, just for a day. A day of feeling like I belong, a day of being a part.
It is crazy, wouldn't you agree, why would being normal even matter? Because somewhere along the line, I just like you, bought into the notion that "THEY" know more about how my life than I.
The norm...like candy...can make you sick. I am often quite satisfied with a few licks or chews of a delicious piece of candy. Finishing it is rarely the object of my desire.
Really, I would much rather enjoy the candy than consume.
Do you feel like you are normal and does it even matter for you?
With love,
James Smith
405-521-8609
James at ALifeOfPossibility dot com ¶ 7:12 AM 2 comments
Monday, September 12, 2005
It's better than dominoes...
A wacky and creative video:
Click here to view video...
Enjoy!
Have an amazingly CREATIVE day!
James Smith
405-521-8609
James at ALifeOfPossibility dot com
PS: Sometimes you just need to take a break...;-) ¶ 8:59 PM 0 comments
Click here to view video...
Enjoy!
Have an amazingly CREATIVE day!
James Smith
405-521-8609
James at ALifeOfPossibility dot com
PS: Sometimes you just need to take a break...;-) ¶ 8:59 PM 0 comments
Courage, compassion, and empathy
Pick a word, any word:
Write down as many words as you can on a single piece of paper.
Circle three of the ones you love the most.
Now circle three of the ones you like least.
It's your day, which words are you going to focus on?
With love,
James Smith
405-521-8609
James at ALifeOfPossibility dot com ¶ 5:06 AM 0 comments
Write down as many words as you can on a single piece of paper.
Circle three of the ones you love the most.
Now circle three of the ones you like least.
It's your day, which words are you going to focus on?
With love,
James Smith
405-521-8609
James at ALifeOfPossibility dot com ¶ 5:06 AM 0 comments
Sunday, September 11, 2005
I am a sucker for words...
I "ABSOLUTELY LOVE" words and how they can dance across a page when one dares to let them live as they live their life.
Even the numbing rhythm of the flat-lined, mono-toned person can be so provocative when it is embraced in a shameless fashion.
I recall the movie "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" and one of the teachers in his numbing mono-tone voice asking the students "anyone, anyone, anyone..."
Me on the other hand I can get so caught in the words that few can actually follow the dance of my thoughts as my brush moves to include each of the methaphors that fill my ever changing pallet of life.
What is my point, I have found another blogger who's flare for words I truly enjoy, and of course with such flare one can find the feeling and the rhythm of their life and the warmth of their heart, enjoy:
Here is part of MovingOn's blog intro:
"I am my own therapist...my diary is my leather couch...I spill my soul song cries of indelible ink in it's..."
http://lifeisamazingalways.blogspot.com/
What is your style?
Do you share it with the world without care of reprisal or even a simple judgement?
Let it rip, tell it your way...;-)
Have an INCREDIBLE day!
James Smith
405-521-8609
James at ALifeOfPossibility dot com ¶ 3:10 AM 1 comments
Even the numbing rhythm of the flat-lined, mono-toned person can be so provocative when it is embraced in a shameless fashion.
I recall the movie "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" and one of the teachers in his numbing mono-tone voice asking the students "anyone, anyone, anyone..."
Me on the other hand I can get so caught in the words that few can actually follow the dance of my thoughts as my brush moves to include each of the methaphors that fill my ever changing pallet of life.
What is my point, I have found another blogger who's flare for words I truly enjoy, and of course with such flare one can find the feeling and the rhythm of their life and the warmth of their heart, enjoy:
Here is part of MovingOn's blog intro:
"I am my own therapist...my diary is my leather couch...I spill my soul song cries of indelible ink in it's..."
http://lifeisamazingalways.blogspot.com/
What is your style?
Do you share it with the world without care of reprisal or even a simple judgement?
Let it rip, tell it your way...;-)
Have an INCREDIBLE day!
James Smith
405-521-8609
James at ALifeOfPossibility dot com ¶ 3:10 AM 1 comments
It's all about ME...NOT!
It's 5:04am and I realized for the first time that someone has posted a comment...I don't really think I thought it would happen.
Ok, get over it, someone is reading these post, these crazy patternless thoughts that are simply a reflection of me...WOW!
What is even more insane is that I have received a comment or two by email...so, really I have only one thing to say to me: "GET OVER IT!"
Anyways, back to being me, ooops, this is ME...;-)
Have an AMAZING day!
James Smith
405-521-8609
James at ALifeOfPossibility dot com ¶ 3:03 AM 0 comments
Ok, get over it, someone is reading these post, these crazy patternless thoughts that are simply a reflection of me...WOW!
What is even more insane is that I have received a comment or two by email...so, really I have only one thing to say to me: "GET OVER IT!"
Anyways, back to being me, ooops, this is ME...;-)
Have an AMAZING day!
James Smith
405-521-8609
James at ALifeOfPossibility dot com ¶ 3:03 AM 0 comments
Sunday, September 04, 2005
Katrina...what could have been different?
Here is my response to hurricane Katrina.
I have created a new blog, and I will look at the events of hurricane Katrina through the lense of curiosity and with a willingness to be uncomfortable as I post my observations and experience of the unfolding events.
To say it is a tragedy, is easy. To recognize that the drama of life simply unfolded as it does everyday and in this moment gave us an opportunity
to be up close and personal with who we are as a person and a people takes courage.
As the masters of rhetoric begin to spin their favorable agenda steeped words to any and all comers, I am compelled to ask what really would make a difference?
Join me as I post away.
Click here to view my Katrina Blog
With much love,
James Smith
405-521-8609
James at ALifeOfPossibility dot com
¶ 12:40 PM 3 comments
I have created a new blog, and I will look at the events of hurricane Katrina through the lense of curiosity and with a willingness to be uncomfortable as I post my observations and experience of the unfolding events.
To say it is a tragedy, is easy. To recognize that the drama of life simply unfolded as it does everyday and in this moment gave us an opportunity
to be up close and personal with who we are as a person and a people takes courage.
As the masters of rhetoric begin to spin their favorable agenda steeped words to any and all comers, I am compelled to ask what really would make a difference?
Join me as I post away.
Click here to view my Katrina Blog
With much love,
James Smith
405-521-8609
James at ALifeOfPossibility dot com
¶ 12:40 PM 3 comments
Saturday, September 03, 2005
Nature...Me too...
Why is it that we see "humans" as separate from nature?
Anytime we do something and it changes "nature" or "the wild" we refer to it as "un-natural."
We seek balance with nature, want to preserve nature, and at the same time we don't see ourselves as part of nature.
Do we have the ability to impact our surroundings, YES! Does a beaver have the ability to impact it's surroundings, YES! Does an elephant have the same ability to impact it's surroundings, YES!
There isn't a single creature that does not impact it's surroundings.
Perhaps the only un-natural thing about being human is our inability to see ourselves as "part of" instead of "separate from" nature.
When one sees themself as a "part of" the way they relate changes. Empathy and caring thrive when one sees themself as being a "PART OF!"
Until we have a relationship with nature there will always be a need to save the wild and all that the wild encompasses.
Are there other areas in your life where you have a feeling a being separate?
What would change if you no longer saw yourself as being separate?
With love,
James Smith
405-521-8609
James at ALifeOfPossibility dot com ¶ 8:56 AM 2 comments
Anytime we do something and it changes "nature" or "the wild" we refer to it as "un-natural."
We seek balance with nature, want to preserve nature, and at the same time we don't see ourselves as part of nature.
Do we have the ability to impact our surroundings, YES! Does a beaver have the ability to impact it's surroundings, YES! Does an elephant have the same ability to impact it's surroundings, YES!
There isn't a single creature that does not impact it's surroundings.
Perhaps the only un-natural thing about being human is our inability to see ourselves as "part of" instead of "separate from" nature.
When one sees themself as a "part of" the way they relate changes. Empathy and caring thrive when one sees themself as being a "PART OF!"
Until we have a relationship with nature there will always be a need to save the wild and all that the wild encompasses.
Are there other areas in your life where you have a feeling a being separate?
What would change if you no longer saw yourself as being separate?
With love,
James Smith
405-521-8609
James at ALifeOfPossibility dot com ¶ 8:56 AM 2 comments
Thursday, September 01, 2005
Yoga in schools...
Making a difference...the recipe is simple:
1. Have the desire to make a difference
2. Know who you want to make a difference with
3. Decide how or what you want to offer
4. Go into action, share it with the world
A friend of mine has turned a past injury into a new career and now is reaching out and touching children with her new found life.
Her name is Joanne Spence, and she has created a program called "Yoga In Schools." By bringing Yoga into schools students and teachers are learning new life coping skills and improving their overall health and education.
Click here to find out more about "Yoga In Schools."
To contact Spence directly send an email to:
joanne at fitnessyoga dot net
Life is managed, and Yoga is a wonderful tool to learn how to manage.
Have an AWESOME day!
With love,
James Smith
405-521-8609
James at ALifeOfPossibility dot com ¶ 6:01 AM 0 comments
1. Have the desire to make a difference
2. Know who you want to make a difference with
3. Decide how or what you want to offer
4. Go into action, share it with the world
A friend of mine has turned a past injury into a new career and now is reaching out and touching children with her new found life.
Her name is Joanne Spence, and she has created a program called "Yoga In Schools." By bringing Yoga into schools students and teachers are learning new life coping skills and improving their overall health and education.
Click here to find out more about "Yoga In Schools."
To contact Spence directly send an email to:
joanne at fitnessyoga dot net
Life is managed, and Yoga is a wonderful tool to learn how to manage.
Have an AWESOME day!
With love,
James Smith
405-521-8609
James at ALifeOfPossibility dot com ¶ 6:01 AM 0 comments
