A Panda's Journey
“Amateurs let adversity defeat them. The pro thinks differently. He shows up, he does his work, he keeps on truckin’, no matter what.”
—Steven Pressfield
Think & figure out your dream.Â
& take action toward it.
Now is the time to Do The Work.
“For though the righteous fall seven times, they rise again, but the wicked stumble when calamity strikes.”
—Proverbs 24:16
You’ve stumbled. You’ve fallen. But you won’t let this keep you down. Not again. Not this time.
You’ve been created on this planet with a purpose. Some people find their purpose & live it out, while others contribute to purpose without knowing.
To find and live your true purpose requires a righteous pursuit. On this path you will fall much more than 7 times, but you will continue to rise and be stronger with each comeback.
You can go through your entire life with your eyes “closed”, or you can open your heart, mind, and soul and find the treasure that it waiting for you.
It’s your choice.
& Rise again.
Everything is happening right Now.
Transformation is happening in this Moment.
Now is where everything happens.
For example, reflect on yesterday. Everything you did yesterday was happening in the moment. The same is true for today.
Everything is literally happening right Now.
What are you doing Now?
MLK jr. had a dream.
John Lennon imagined.
Jesus Christ lived a vision.
& the list goes on…
“Where there is no vision, the people perish.”
—Proverbs 29:18
Not only did the dreams of these greats serve as inspiration, they were necessary building blocks toward the quality of lives we live today as they continue to serve & inspire us to dream & take action toward our dreams.
The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho shares the dream.
Eckhart Tolle’s A New Earth shares a vision.
Shakespeare said “Thoughts are but dreams till their effects be tried.”
& Einstein said “Imagination is the preview of life’s coming attractions.”
Your thoughts & ideas — your dreams, hold more power than you think the do.
So what’s your dream?
What do you imagine?
What vision lives within you?
What does success feel like to you?
Feelings are powerful.
What we continually and strongly feel, we manifest.
So what do you want to manifest?
Begin here:
First, define success.
Second, define what success specifically means for you.
Third, dwell upon the feeling of if you already have what you defined as success.
Four, persist, believe, & remember that you will fail, but through your failures continue to remember & dwell within YOUR feeling of success.
Five, your success is dependent on you & not anyone else. Take responsibility for it.Â
Define success before feeling it, and be specific.
The universe responds.
“To practice death is to practice freedom. A man who has learned how to die has unlearned how to be a slave.”
—Michel de Montaigne
Memento Mori is Latin for “remember you will die”
This may appear to be a frightening remembrance, and it is to the ego, but Memento Mori is liberating to the human Soul.
“Of all the footprints, that of the elephant is supreme. Similarly, of all mindfulness meditation, that on death is supreme.”
—Buddha
Meditating on the thought of death can help loosen & release the ever so tightening & clinging grasp of ego in our lives.
Death of the ego gives birth to the Soul, and this world could use some Soul right about now.
“While I thought that I was learning how to live, I have been learning how to die.”
—Leonardo da Vinci
Tony Robbins knows how to bring out the best in people.
He’s been a huge source of motivation throughout my life and continues to inspire.
Two of my favorite books come from Tony — Awaken The Giant Within and Unlimited Power. He also inspired me to share his message on six human needs and why we all do what we do, here.
Tony offers a range of free resources to awaken the giant within you, inspiring action toward a more self-empowered life, as they have done for me. Find them on his site here.
“We can change our lives.
We can do, have, and be exactly what we wish.”
– Tony Robbins
With Ken Thompson 