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How Bright Will You Shine?

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When you shine from within, the world can see……

Shine-1. Give out a bright light. 2. be very talented or perform very well.

ShineWhen you look at your conscious experience every day, one of our choices is to shine. I have no more significant wish for those I care about than to see them flash their bright light on the world. Each of us has a flash of encouragement, talent, and joy, looking for a chance to bring a unique experience to all.

Are you going to shine today? To see your shine is the best for society and you as well. Do you even know that you shine? I have known many who were unaware of the inner glow they had. Be conscious today of the thoughts, words, and actions that you can take to shine. My goal is to help people shine from within because the world is a better place for it.

Kindness and Caring

Look at your day and seek out moments where your acts of kindness and caring for other people allow you to give out your bright light to another. Itshine is impossible to know how far your light will shine once you start to show it. One act of kindness can ripple through the world as one person, affected positively by your actions,  is consciously kind to another. And on and on it goes until the effects of your light have stretched far beyond your view.

The alternative is to choose not to extend kindness and to care. This act doesn’t have to be outright meanness but rather a choice to keep your light to yourself. Fear is why we won’t be understood correctly or be chastised and criticized for our caring and good action. Don’t let the fear of what might happen to dim the light that shines on you.

Rise and Shine

Each morning of my childhood, I heard this statement from my father. It was a routine, and I never thought about what good advice it shinewas until much later in life. Each morning, a new period is given to us to create almost any kind of day we want. We can choose to be our best selves and shine that light on the world. Or we can be a black cloud of doubt, fear, and apathy on those we contact.

Either way, you choose what type of day you will be a part of. Each new day’s possibilities are like ripe fruit on a tree, ready to be picked and enjoyed. If the choice is to ignore them and feel bad about yourself and others, the fruit will slowly wither and die in the sunset of that day’s opportunity. To be born again in a new chance on the next morning. You will rise and shine again. Choose how you Rise and Shine in your life today.

Your Best Self

The goal of life should be to be the best version of ourselves possible. This person combines your spiritual, mental, and physical selves. When all three of these aspects of your life are functioning together and in balance, your light will shine at its brightest. You will not be worried about what others think or what you might gain because you will be the best version of yourself possible on that day.

Letting your talents develop and reach their potential contributes to the light of the world. Creativity in all its forms allows us to shine. It begins with a thought, or a desire, moves into your words with yourself and others, and finally comes into reality through your actions. You will shine like a bright star in a dark sky. The light of your best self burns the most colorful because it isn’t dimmed by the disappointments life brings or others’ expectations. It comes from us, and it doesn’t matter who sees or notices it. It is brilliant and beautiful. Shine your light.

Today, I am challenging you to find a way to both shine yourself and notice someone else’s shining light. It is all around you, and you catch and appreciate how people shine. Make it part of your conscious thoughts, words, and actions.

I rise to taste the dawn and find that love alone will shine today. ~Ken Wilber

 

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Looking Inside

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There exist many different ideas of who we are inside. Identity seems to change as people move from one social situation to another. But the person we should be looking for inside us is our higher or best self. To achieve our best is the version of you that resonates inside yourself with joy and love. There is no fear in this inner upbeat version of you. This best version has the potential to exist in all of us and can be accessed following some simple steps. A quick change of focus and consciousness will point you in the right direction.

Know Where You Are

The first thing we have to do is acknowledge where we are right now on our journey. Honestly and completely. Are you working a job that fulfills you? Is there room for growth? Are you doing what brings you joy? Are there things in your life you have to change? Or need to change for your health’s sake? Acknowledge it all and bring it into the front of your thoughts and awareness. Too often, let things slide and ignore the habits and situations we put ourselves in daily, which do not resonate with us. See what you want to change, and then be still and envision what the perfect job will look like for you. Knowing where you are will make your destination a lot easier to find.

Be Kind to You

How we treat ourselves and speak to ourselves will determine how easy it is to connect to our best selves. It is easy to say that loving yourself is the first step. You are sending compassion and love to yourself rather than focusing on blame or shame in any situation. Things done in the past are in the past, and you can’t change them. Rather than beat yourself up for it, tell yourself that you did the best you could. Know that you will react more positively when faced with the same circumstance. Love yourself at this moment and let your best self rise to the surface.

Notice Your Thoughts

Not only the thoughts about yourself but your thoughts about everything. See your thought patterns and honestly evaluate the negativity and positivity of each thread of thought that exists. Your thoughts will control your emotions and, ultimately, your behavior, so it is vital to be conscious of the pattern of thinking. Beliefs that have been ingrained in you since you were young influence specific patterns of thought and can be harmful without conscious recognition. See your ideas for what they are when it comes to your perspectives and beliefs, and that will provide an opportunity to transform them into something that will represent the best parts of you.

How to Speak to Yourself

When you talk to yourself in your mind, speak as if you were talking to a best friend or a valued, loved one. The way you talk to and feel about yourself sets the tone for how you view yourself in the world. There were times when I was not so lovely to my reflection in the mirror—cutting down my physical appearance—avoiding the right parts, and focusing on the things about my body that I didn’t like. Now I hope to be a little more compassionate to myself. We should all speak to ourselves with compassion. Your best self will rise from this and become apparent.

Do things that connect with you and make you feel good about your life and who you are. It could be exercise, art, or writing. When you are your best, accept who you are, what you are doing, and where you are going. Your best self will rise and enter your life.

There is only one corner of the universe you can be sure of improving, and that’s your self.– Aldous Huxley

Work on yourself more than you do on your job.– Jim Rohn

The goal is not to be better than the other man but your previous self.  – The Dalai Lama