Simple Strategies For Life

Notice Me  by HMP ©

Simple Strategies For Life

Life can be incredible, beautiful and filled with passion, but life can also throw you a curve ball.  I found there are some strategies that one must live by in order to remain authentic to oneself.  Authenticity is important because without it, we are just 'faking' our way through life.

For clarity, here are some important strategies to incorporate into your authentic self - every day - and in every situation:

• Tell the Truth - Always & as QUICKLY as possible

• Notice Everything: physically around you and the emotions within and acknowledge

• Stop Talking & Start Listening - really listening - and not just 'hearing'

• If in Doubt - Wait it out - sometimes the best thing to do is nothing at all - for a little while until you have greater clarity

• Eat, Rest and Call a Friend if you're lonely meaning take care of yourself -  don't expect someone else to look after your needs

• *Learn to Enjoy Your Own Company*  This is super important in 'finding' your authentic self, what you love and what you need.  Do this and you will also never be bored with life

• Give Something to Someone every day!  It can be small, like a few important minutes of your time, or it can be just giving some spare change to someone in need.  Even sending a 'Thank You' card to someone in appreciation of something they've done or meant to you and why is a form of giving to others.  Complements are great - as long as they are sincere and without ulterior motives. The greatest gifts I have given are those that I have given that are most in need and in complete anonymity! 

Spend some time today just looking around you, wherever you are, as boring as the surroundings might be, and see how many different sights, smells and sounds you notice when you are 'tuned in'.   Touch the things around you and feel those things that look tantalizing - like the smoothness of a round stone or the coolness of a piece of metal.  How do you feel inside when you experience these sensations?

Enjoy the sensationalness of your day! 

Difficult People and Difficult Times

Like a Bird - One Day at a Time
By HMP ©

Difficult People & Difficult Times


Many times in life we are faced with challenges, and sometimes these challenges feel insurmountable.  We want to live out our dreams, but there are these interferences that keep popping up.  We seem to keep hitting that wall, and become frustrated enough to want to give up.


I'm here to tell you that it is more important than ever to not give up.  The difficult situation or difficult people that seem to come between you and your dream life are tests.  The tests are designed for you to develop something, be it a thicker skin, better problem solving skills and even sometimes to change the direction or the way that you're approaching things.  


If things become so difficult you want to give up on your dream life than try these simple techniques:


1) Take one day at a time; or even one hour.  Sometimes a day can make all the difference in the world in a given situation.


2) "This Too Shall Pass"  I love this quote because it is something we all too often forget.  Everything passes.  This day, this hour and this moment.  If you have a difficult appointment, time or phone call to make, remember that but in a blink of an eye in your lifetime, this uncomfortable moment will be nothing but a memory.


3) Keep it Simple:  Try not to resinate or create scenarios over "what ifs".  This is not productive as most of what you are imagining or projecting will never come to pass.  Just wait it out.


4) Do Nothing.  Don't act.  Don't think.  Don't move.  This can be the most powerful advise you get.  Sometimes the best thing to do depending on the situation is to do nothing at least until you have more information.  Let things play out - and most of the time the exact right things will happen on their own.


As we are tested in life, we can choose to either grow into more or shrink into less.  Don't give up on your dream - keep growing into more!