If you own your life, you simply have taken the stand that this is who and what you are and you are not making any excuses for it. Sure, when you screw up, you have to own that too, but you also own the right to do the things you want.

Since I am currently going through a car crisis, I’ll use that as an example. Let’s say you own and old car. It is rusted, doesn’t run well, one of the windows won’t go up or down, and the engine burns more oil than gas. This car is yours. No, you didn’t cause the rust, but the condition of the car is your responsibility. There is no one else who should take the responsibility for this car. Your neighbor, your family will not take care of it, it is yours.

Is this the life you own?

Now, let’s say that you own a very nice car. I don’t know what you consider nice, perhaps a Mercedes, or an Audi. Whatever it is, this car runs so smooth that you can barely hear the engine running. The interior is leather and it smells of richness and luxury. The body is spotless and the color matches your eyes!

You own either car. You own your life. Like the car, it is you choice. You can own the old broken down model, or you can trade it in for the luxury model.

The good news is that, unlike the car, you can have either life. You may not be able to buy a Mercedes, but you can easily trade the broken down life in on the better one. I know I said easily, and it is easy to decide you want the better model, but I don’t want you to think that is will not take work. Just like the cars, if you don’t take care of it, you will soon have the same broken down old wreck you had before.

The choice is yours. You own your life no matter which one you have. You own the ability to have the life you want to have. You own the ability to get it.

I need a new car and am going out car shopping this week-end. If you need a new life, when are you going to decide on the life you want and go out and get it? The more you put it off, the longer you have to put up with that old clunker life you have been struggling with.

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Losing Inhibitions

Tonight is the night when a lot of people do a fair amount of drinking. People lose their inhibitions and do all sorts of things; some of them good, some not so. Most of those people like the feeling of losing those inhibitions, at least for a little while. They feel free from the life that binds them. How is your quality of life? Could it be better if you lost a few inhibitions?

Now I don’t want you to think that I am suggesting that you go around drunk all the time. I’m not even suggesting that you use alcohol or any substance to make your life better, more fun. What I am suggesting is that there is a way to lose some of those inhibitions and improve the quality, and yes the fun, in our lives. How?

When I was a kid, there were a few times when a bunch of us got together and would “party”. Some would be able to obtain booze and some of us couldn’t. I was often one who couldn’t. I learned that I could fake it and no one would really know the difference. I even found that I could lose my inhibitions if I acted drunk. How could I do that?

It was easy. We have our inhibitions because they are our defense against criticism when we do something others think foolish. We are inhibited from speaking our mind so someone doesn’t’ disagree with us. We are inhibited from acting a certain way in case someone doesn’t like it. Now a few inhibitions are reasonable, we should feel inhibited against walking naked down a city street, we could get arrested. Most inhibitions, however, keep us from being the person we really want to be.

The problem with losing our inhibitions through alcohol or some other substance is that we also lose our common sense, our reasoning. We might walk down the street naked anyway forgetting that we might get arrested. If we lose our inhibitions on purpose, we are able to be freer, without losing our reasoning abilities.

Let’s say we decide to lose the inhibition of speaking our mind. We are able to speak more freely, not worried about what others think without becoming obnoxious or getting into a fight with someone. We find that we have a sense of freedom in being able to say what we want. We become more confident when we find that we can hold our own in a conversation.

I know many men who won’t dance because they think they will look foolish. What if they decided to lose that inhibition and went out there a danced away, not worrying about how others looked at them. I can tell you from experience that they will have fun!

Our quality of life is much less when we allow ourselves to be ruled by our inhibitions and our feelings about what others think about us. Why not let go of those fears and live life to the fullest?

Here’s to You!

My problem is, I sit at my computer for hours on end without doing any sort of exercise. Now this may sound strange for someone who is a yoga instructor, and I am, but it is the truth. I am very flexible, but I don’t do much in the way of aerobic exercise or strength building, at least I didn’t. I have started doing more and getting out of my chair once an hour. I do some push-ups, sit-ups, and dumbbell weights. I learned about periodic exercise from a book I have recommended before called The Power of Full Engagement. A great book, and one I think everybody should read. Scott Tousignant, over at fat loss quickie has some great workouts to do while you work and while taking a break.

Something else I have been doing is going for more walks. I started having pain in my knees and found that I had given myself a form of tendinitis by sitting in my chair too much and particularly letting my chair lean back so that my feet were dangling off the floor. This put lots of stress on my knees and it wasn’t long and I had a hard time walking.

Now I am going for a walk nearly everyday. The problem I have is that I live in upstate New York and this time of year, it gets a little nasty outside. I have been using our old treadmill and it really gives me a workout, but it is getting really old. I have been looking at new treadmills and I like the Bowflex Series 7.

Bowflex Series 7

This thing is sweet and looks durable enough to hold up under my abuse. I have never set foot on one, but I think it looks good and hope to get one soon.

Living the good life is really hard if you are not as healthy as you absolutely can be. We all have things about us that are not perfect and the older we get, the more our bodies seem to want to revolt. We can do something about this, however. We are designed to move and the more we do so, the better we feel. If we feel good, then life gets better. Why allow yourself to miss the good life because you were too lazy to get up and move around?

Here’s to You!

Here we are for another Sunday recap.

This week has mostly been about creating a rich life. How do you do that? Well first you have to know what that means to you. What might be a rich life to you could be something quite different to me. You need to know what that is and, without apology hold to your vision. It doesn’t matter what other people think it should be; you choose.

This next week should be a good one. I am starting off with an interview with Nicole Dean. This is a great lady and I’m sure you will love the interview.

Here’s to You!

Today, I received an e-mail that ripped me for not saying what the person writing the e-mail wanted me to say. Understand that this person read something on my website (not this one) and she took exception to it. It didn’t agree with her way of thinking. She wanted to make sure I knew how small I was and it certainly did not do anything to create a rich life for me.

Her tirade made me think of my mother. She loved to tear into anybody that didn’t think the way she did. It is why I am so into self help and life change. I have had a long struggle to overcome much of that.

Do you have people who help you become the giant you have within you or are they trying to make you a gnome? They belittle you and make you feel small. My advice is hang with those who make you larger than you are and limit your exposure to those who seem to want to make you smaller than you are.

What about you? How do you react to other people? Do you bring out the best in them, or run them down? Watch how you interact with co-workers and family. I read a quote this last week and I wish I could remember where. Essentially, it said that we should continually work to add value to each person’s life that you come in contact with.

Here’s to You!

A friend of mine wrote in her blog back in April that she had taken some time to re-evaluate,

“For the past couple of weeks I’ve been doing some serious thinking & planning behind the scenes. And no, I’m not over here plotting world domination and how to make a million dollars. I’ve simply been evaluating my business, my lifestyle and all of the tiny details that have become a part of my daily routine.
It pays to take a step back now and then and look at where you are and where you’re headed, and compare that to where you really want to be in your life. That’s exactly what I’ve been doing…”
Lynn Terry April 2009

So many times we want our lives to be rich and full, but if we were really pinned down to say what that really means, we wouldn’t know. What is the definition of a rich life to you? Is it one where you have more money than you know what to do with, or is it one where you have your bills paid with some left over? Do you travel to Europe, or to your friends or family’s house?

I have done what Lynn did, and I know what I want. I am working on plans on how I will get there. I am learning. Now it’s your turn. Take sometime and really decide what you want your life to look like five years from now. Start with the big dreams and then define it down to the exact vision.

Now, GO FOR IT!

Here’s to You.

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