Live.Listen.Love

Get ‘r’ Done…haha

Whew!

Had quite a busy day today and it’s not over yet!

I wanted to write this quick blog for a couple of reasons: 1. To add to my to-do-list 2. To remind myself to take a minute for myself 3. Cause I found a neat photo to post. hehe.

I woke up this morning sore from all the stuff I’ve been accomplishing lately and I leaned into that pain and started my day off with a smileand a big kiss to my lil ball of sunshine (my son) I knew I had been putting off replying to emails for awhile, but I had no idea I would be sending 100 emails. Wow…When stuff piles up…It piles up fast! I sent all my emails and got my “business” in order….for the most part. The more important point is, I got SHIT done today and I am Happy about it. No complaining. No excuses. Just doing it!! I pretty much f’n ROCK and I invite you to not only take time for yourself, but to tell yourself that you’re are AMAZING!

PEACE, LOVE & GRATITUDE!

~Ami

p.s. here’s the neat photo I was talking about

Enlighten up already….

     Earlier, I watched this amazing documentary or Yogamentary, I should say, called “Enlighten Up! A Skeptic’s Journey into the World of Yoga” and it not only inspired me, but made me quite emotional too. It touched on a lot of my own skepticisms of Yoga and it’s “true” meanings. I found myself shaking my head a lot and in the same moment feeling very connection to it’s message. Which I would pretty much sums it up in the films title.

     I have been on some-what of my own “Enlightenment” search for years and what I keep realizing is that, I am searching for something that lives within me. That I have carried in my soul since birth. It’s not something I can gather in a dark forrest or arrange on a jigsaw puzzle. It’s just inside myself. Inside my being. It lives and breathes in me and with me. It’s never been lost or stolen, so why have I been searching for it for so long?

     When someone asks me, “Are you happy?” I normally say “Sure!” or “Kinda” but it’s not always the truth and it’s not always what I really want to say, but it’s what always comes out of my mouth. The truth is, just like everyone else, there are times when NO I’m not happy or content. There are some days where I want to punch a massive hole in the wall. It’s all about how I am feeling in that moment. And, I am very much a person who acts and lives in the moment, but unfortunately there just not always wonderful moments and that’s okay. If I sat and dwell-ed on every single sad, or angry moment or event (which I have) my life would be a very unhappy and unfulfilled existence (which it has been at one time or another) So, with each day that passes and each opportunity that arises, I try to take a deep breathe and move forward. It may be challenging and it may be scary, but I do it. I just simply let go and move on.

    I thought that watching that “Yogamentary” would answer all my questions, but what I found out is…The questions I had are normal,  bcause I am and always will be a student of life.  I had forgotten how much I truly enjoy and love learning. How much I crave learning and experiencing new things and new places. I had forgotten my own desires and passions searching for who I was and all along it’s been with me, inside me. My love for nature and all it’s wonderment. My love and passion for music and rhythms. My desire and talents for dancing. My ability to be open to everyone and everything. My love of writing and public communication. It had all been locked away in this little black box that I had made out of my own fears and doubts.

     Now, I’m not saying this documentary changed my life or opened that little black box inside me (I’m doing that on my own, slowly, everyday)but it did wake my ass up and it sure as hell “Enlightened” me up more. It also inspired this blog and I hope it inspires you too. Please watch it if you are a yogi or not, cause if nothing else, it will give you peace and we all could use more of that in this world.

Namaste

p.s. Thanks to The Daily Love for the photo

~Ami

Humble life I live…

Sorry folks, no pictures this time! I felt like just writing and whatever comes out…comes out.

After the devastating events on Friday in Japan, I sit here in my apartment, looking at the mountains out my widow and I am grateful. I am humble and content and I feel happy in my world. Many times us humans forget to be grateful. We are selfish and violent beings who can be very cruel and inhumane. We must stop all the “HATE” and just start LOVING EVERYONE! There’s no other way to heal our world! We must help others when ever we can and lets not wait for a disaster to brings us together! We should all be united in this world…stand together, fight together, and live together in peace! Life is beautiful once you actually start living it! I imagine a world with smiles and hugs, sunshine and barbeque’s, rainfall and laughter, music and dancing, music and singing, respect and kindness…doesn’t that sound like a Heaven on Earth? It does to me and it’s so achievable too! All we have to do is want it bad enough and get out there and Just Do It!

Just Imagine…

Peace and Love,

~Ami