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Ready, Set, Love

Posted in spirituality, self help, love, relationships, originist, self love, helping others, truth, purity, emotional, balance, soul, feelings, self accountability, higher self, self growth, compassion on Oct 15th, 2008 No Comments »

The first rule of love is

Not to forget is exists

We try so hard to find it

We over look it and then laugh later about how it was there all the time

The second rule of love

Is to enjoy it

Love doesn’t get you down

It guides you

Love tells you who you are

When you choose someone to love

There is always always something in them that is in you

Or you couldn’t see it in them

So when you meet people and you are attracted to them

Know it is the similarities that you both have that you could see

And you can only love another as much as you love yourself

And you can only allow another to love you as much as you love you

So if your love doesn’t go too deep

Then don’t expect a relationship to

We expect so much from love

When we don’t know what to ask of it

As though it should know for us

And then lead us to bliss

Love is as active as you are

As slow as you are

As honest as you are

As forthright as you are

Love is always here

Available and ready

Until you tell it what to do,

Where to go

Who to share you with

So the next time you find yourself

All excited and happy

Don’t wait for love to tell you what to do

It is waiting for you

To steer it and bring you to who you are

Love is so simple that it scares me to realize

How little we know of it after all of this time

I still wait for it to notice me

But really it was just how little we know of ourselves

To notice it’s waiting at the gate!

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Meat and Potatoes

Posted in Uncategorized, inspirational, love, helping others, emotional, balance, feelings, higher self, hope, marriage, honesty, compassion, life on Nov 30th, 2007 No Comments »

What you have in common is your key

What you do not is your acceptance

And what you like or do not like is your tolerance

And what you are not knowing of yet is your growth

Anyone can have sex, however can anyone have a relationship

A partnership

We all know how to meet

Yet do we all know how to stay

How to stand still in compromise when things do not go our way

When we are scared to have the love of another

And we want to run away just because we do not know what else to do

A relationship is our growing ground

And in the best case scenario

In safety

To grow and still be loved

It is a very hard thing to do when you are in argument

and then rekindle the parts where we like being vulnerable

And we open ourselves to loving in the freedom of how see love

rather than what love is supposed to look like

We can decide that, we can choose to stay and fight

Fight for an us

For a place to stay

for what love can mean if we let it

It is our acceptance of us,

Of each of us

And then the bigger us

It is the compromise that we miss when we are alone

And the promise we feel when we are together

Our lives are meant for many things

And one big one is getting along

With ourselves

And then with others

That is both the meat and the potatoes

It is the meal

It is the balance

It is not having to choose one or the other

It is living in love as you know it, learn it, breath it, look for it and become it

Our love already exists in us

Postponing it because we are waiting for lightning to strike

Rather than a partnership

A look rather than a person

Stuff instead of love first

Then we have found every way around love and not in it

In it, as we find over time is the only way to go

And we would give everything to know it

So know it

We would give everything to meet someone

So let yourself

Without judgment

Warmth does not have a look

Truth does not have a price tag

And love does not have one definition

Fill your plate

With all your thoughts in real life

And real life exceeding your dreams

That is when you know you found life in life

And life in heart

Warmth in soul

And balance that extends itself to your home, your relationships, your work

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A Bottle of Hope

Posted in spirituality, inspirational, new age, love, self help, relationships, originist, self love, selflessness, helping others, truth, purity, balance, soul, feelings, self accountability, purpose, higher self, hope on Nov 2nd, 2007 No Comments »

What does it look like when we have hope

We walk faster

We talk more

We involve others

We try new things

We wear different colors

And we insist on trying until we succeed

We sing to songs

We listen to others

It is not so important that we are “right”

We need less sleep

We don’t over eat

We exercise

And we say good morning

We listen to “happy” music

We dance while we are walking

We see someone who is having a bad day and we say we are sorry

We help someone who needs it

And we accept help when we need it

Hope is the promise of our souls capacity

Hope is the reason we remember why we are alive

Hope is the person who reminds us

That Hope is always nearby

Hope reminds us that love is available

As hope is the purpose of our actions

Whatever it is that we hope for,

We are in hope when we feel promise

Promise of ourselves in our highest honor

Honor of actions and what they may mean

Hope is the rainbow after the rain

The cool drink on a hot day

The right words as you needed them

The smell of something baking while you are asleep

The bath where you actually sit in the water

The moment you walk by someone you haven’t seen in years

The check that comes in the mail you didn’t expect it

The willingness to understand if something doesn’t work out

Hope is the basis, the reason

That we have an incentive to grow on

To say I’ll try

To change directions

And to know ourselves well enough to say no when we are stretching ourselves too thin

Hope is not being scared when the check is not in the mail

Someone we thought was right for us isn’t and we understand why

And the love of self enough to know all of these things are simply a part of life

Hope is alive as we are alive

Hope is the possibilities of our hearts

Given a forum to test, push and pull the best of ourselves

And find the depth in which we can be

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Nevermind Why, Simply Do What Is Right

Posted in self help, self love, helping others, truth, soul, feelings, self accountability on Oct 15th, 2007 No Comments »

To purchase your copy of the newly released book, “Origins of Truth” by Nadia Khalil Bradley, please visit her website at http://www.originsoftruth.com

It doesn’t take explanation to do what is right

To do what makes things better

To say what needs to be said

Either side of the coin

When things are tough, tell the truth

When things are not, tell the truth

There is no sense in creating stories to make things seem more exciting

The excitement is in how much you love it, telling it that way

And giving someone else a chance to live it with you too

We always think everything has to be bigger, better or worth hearing

That we have to have a punchline or a reason for saying something

It is so much simpler than that

Tell the truth from your heart

And your heart will do the rest

When there is a moment where telling the truth

Is something you do not want to do

It has nothing to do with the other person at all

Ask yourself, why is it that you feel like you can not?

Why is your safety an issue?

Is your self esteem unable to accommodate truth?

Is lying something you want to carry around?

Do you want to create distance between you and the other person?

Do you not have respect for yourself enough to simply speak and grow on?

Do you prefer the dramas of lying that cause you to not trust others?

Most who do not tell the truth

Think others are lying

Are the ones who accuse others of doing things, being things they are not

Do not like to discuss details

Nor do they enjoy the fruits of self accountability

They are the ones who fear their positions

Their posts in life

That their charminess will wear out

That their cover will be blown

That maybe they are a fraud altogether

They will claim to have everything under control,

As if they had to

They will tell you how great they are

As if you needed to hear that

When someone speaks with their heart

they even allow for those who don’t

Time to speak, and hear themselves talk

Simply because they already believe they will speak from the heart

And when they find out that is not what is happening

They start feeling used, without words or actions yet

As time passes and you are in a relationship

You start to realize that the other person doesn’t pay attention to you the way you do to them

That when THEY are happy you are OK, when THEY are NOT, you are in Trouble

The balance shifts to their moods and the one with heart accommodating the one who speaks in exaggerations of truth and you are left realizing that maybe you have chosen a person who lives in the illusions of their truth and it all is not so real

Getting to know another person is for these reasons alone

Is this a person you can depend on

Does this person bring you peace and joy

Warmth or comfort

Or are you more fractured with them and more whole without them

A job, a friend, a partner, a spouse

All the souls who find their way to us

Teach us who we are by what we do not accept from them

They Hone us into speaking up

Fighting for our own souls

Making our way without questions as to what is right or wrong,

however, what we are RIPE enough to learn

We can only learn what we are ready for

And others may serve as a catalyst for such learning’s

Or there may be a soul we are meant to share much more of ourselves with and life with

We try to make everything “forever”

yet there is no time

There is a bigger picture

And some things are meant to teach us for a moment

And others are meant to carry us for a lifetime

Accept life for the challenges it gives you

And you will see that life will always have a challenge for you

It will always always remain and be

Your level of understanding

And your willingness to learn that will carry you

Once you can see that

The turmoil’s of what to do, how to be, what to say, and what not to say are already answered

Our energy proceeds us

And we speak without speaking words

Trust in the bigger picture of our purpose can carry you through the moments of indecision

Clairty of your purpose

Knowledge of your soul

Understanding that you are not meant to be everywhere at once

Gives you the basis and understanding that you WANT to be where you at least choose to be

And the places you choose to be will allow you to experience them whole

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Blueprint for Life

Posted in spirituality, inspirational, self help, new age, love, relationships, originist, helping others, truth, purity, politics, balance, debt on Oct 8th, 2007 1 Comment »

What we need:

We need a political party that represents both the poor and the rich

We need credit cards that are not designed to keep you in debt

We need mortgages that are simple and clear and no fine print

I am thinking no fine print on the credit cards either

We need less pressure to have more work in a day

And more pressure to balance time to work, sleep, eat, and sit with your family

We need more pressures to complete tasks without so many steps

Be able to have a doctor to go to

Buy all the food that we need

Go to a Library to read

We need more pressure to build our neighborhoods,

Know our neighbors

Say Hello with nothing more to say

We need moments to catch up and rejuvenate

Leaders that we can depend on

Jobs we can grow in

Homes we can keep forever if we want to

We need streets that we all keep clean

Area’s our children can play in without fear within the parent or the child

Homes that aren’t behind iron gates

We need water we can drink

Streets without litter

People not living on streets

Care for those who can not care for themselves

We need to stop the blame

That someone who isn’t ahead does not deserve time or a chance to gain ground

That people who need help are not to be walked by

That people who can help don’t believe it is a choice

We need the love inside of us to not accept what is not working in our lives

We need to hear politics that makes actual sense, without explanation

Without fine print

Without loyalty to any party

However loyalty to US, people

People are a party

People are a race

People are of religion

People need food

People need homes

People need learning institutions

People need each other

People need love

There is no soul on Earth more important than another

When we can come to the thoughts that anyone is here by mistake or isn’t worthy of what People need or want

Then we have lost already

There is no Them, since everyone is a them to someone

There is only an US, since we all share this same place called Earth

It includes US, Animals and Nature

And everything else is only a reflection of our needs, wants and desires

When you look around and find something to complain about

Look around again and find something you can do

That is balance

Pick up trash that you see when you can

Smile to another and remind them WE are here, there is not really a me and a you

Remember that there is no way anyone can do this alone

There is no way any leadership can work without people, nor can people find order without some kind of leadership

We each have a job to do,

We have a job to live and experience and grow

Yet we spend so much time trying not to change, to keep everything the same

Yet nothing is really meant to stay the same

It is meant to evolve and allow itself to find greater growths in each day

Most of our frustrations come when we feel we haven’t done enough

Or we have done too much and no one notices

It is simply important that you notice

You see, if you notice, it can only be shared

And all the sharing of what you see, can only be felt

And feeling drives our actions

And ignites another

Anything can happen

As love finds a way to propel

That is how it is when you are thinking something

And then one day see it on TV,

Or hear another speaking about it

We are one

We hear it, we say it, and we can now learn how to be it

Everything has a blueprint and we are the blueprint of life

Life is the answer to why we are here

Living is how we do it

Awareness is how we know what to do

And love is the fuel of it all

Love is our true leadership

Love is our stem

And Love is our search

Keep loving and you have already begun the movement

The movement of living life as you can dream it

And dream it as your life gives you answers

And answers keep you thriving for more

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Emotional Detox

Posted in Uncategorized, spirituality, inspirational, love, self help, relationships, originist, self love, helping others, truth, purity, emotional, detox on Oct 5th, 2007 No Comments »

Instead of I can’t do this I will try this new thing

Instead of I won’t go there Go and see what you were missing

Yellow doesn’t look good on me? Wear Yellow

Never gone back and said you are sorry to someone from years ago? Call them now

Your closet need cleaning? Don’t get dressed one morning and just start cleaning it

Wanted to cook and instead are planning to grab something on the run? Cook

Keep thinking of going for a walk? Go and Walk

Keep thinking to plan a get together at your home? Start making phone calls

Love to cook and never have the ingredients? Buy them and stock them, you will always be ready

If there is someone you really love and you have never told them Tell them and expect nothing back

You see it isn’t what you are doing It is what we are not doing to each other It is what we are not saying Not sharing

Cleaning ourselves from the inside out Is to give our soul free reign as to who we are Without shutting out the beautiful parts, always on our way to them

Wash your car Use the bathroom before you leave Say thank you when you normally wouldn’t And I love you to someone you do

Say you made a difference And notice how you do too Let the world you see be noticed by you And the world will find a way to notice you too

Our souls are not our bodies Our souls are our actions Our love that we take the time to do and to share

Our love is all we have When we are far away from love we feel far away from life And when we are far away from life we say we want love

No more saying what we want and acting as though it is not right in our face It is all right in front of our faces, and we are making choices to postpone, not say, not share today, All that makes a difference to our lives

It is the invisible not eating when we are hungry Because we have free will to have a choice How about surprising your will And letting it know how free it is

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Don’t Be True to Me, Be True to You

Posted in Uncategorized, spirituality, inspirational, new age, love, self help, relationships, originist, self love, selflessness, helping others, truth, purity on Oct 1st, 2007 1 Comment »

You tell me about yourself by what you say you do If you ask me not to tell another something, You ask that of someone else too

If I see you lie to another person You most likely lie to me too

If you wash your hands before you eat I know you wash everything else too

If you are OK with taking something that isn’t yours You will take me for what isn’t yours

If you talk about others Then you talk about me too

You see it isn’t what you confide in me Confidences need not be Open and free is truth Truth doesn’t need an introduction Or a premise or a thought

Truth just is Just was Will always be

You are not any different in front of me Than behind me, when there is truth

We ask of each other many things One thing I ask of myself

To tell you the truth So that you know I am truthful To treat you with respect, Then you know I am respectful

To clean up after myself So that you know to clean up after you To leave you feeling clair So that you know my intentions are clear

You see we learn a lot from each other As we hear, see, and take part of each other And we react to each other from that truth we see

Take part in your life So that you can take part in anothers

Your children don’t hear you as loud as they see you Your friends can see you for what you have done, rather than what you say you have done Your parents know who you are, rather than who they think you are And your heart knows your truth no matter what you try to say

Truth is here It waits for us to be it We wait for us to know it We say we are looking for it, Yet it is here, and you already know of it

So use truth instead of using excuses to evade it Let truth lead you rather than what you want to be truth No need to take non truths and make them true Stop wasting your time Stop taking away from something that is already in front of you And creating drama’s to prove your point

With truth there is no point, there is only acknowledgment Evading truth is like waiting for a train that is not coming Use the clues of your life to bring you to speaking the truth for what it is Because once you are true to you, you can be true to me

Once you start speaking with your heart I want to be in your heart too Once you start cleaning around yourself, I will clean with you Once you cook a meal with clean hands, you will feed everyone

Wash your life with truth and let truth create THE PATH There is not a path, truth is THE PATH Anything else finds a way of leaving us feeling shortchanged and hungry Truth is the breath of our souls And the soul of your breaths As you can share your heart when you feel it’s purity As your purity is the most becoming feature of any of us

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Shopping For Love

Posted in Uncategorized, inspirational, love, relationships, originist, selflessness, helping others, shopping on Sep 28th, 2007 No Comments »

What do you get when you give? What do you give to get? When you give it is a feeling of exhilaration that is addicting and self growing It is like that plant that doesn’t even need water to grow

I was walking into a store the other day And a lady was on the ground dragging herself to a bag She had fallen and she was too heavy to get up At first she seemed like she had a method so I was just going to go into the store Then I saw her dragging herself and I was wondering if that is just how she got out of her car and did her business

But then I was just curious so I went to her and asked her if she needed help. she told me that her daughter was going to come out of the store in a minute, that she is in line That she walked out of the store and was holding onto a pole to hold herself up And that she let go of the pole and she fell

So I asked her if I can get her daughter or help her up She told me we would have to find a big man to do that Then her daughter came out and when she saw her mother on the floor she ran to her and asked her what happened. She didn’t seem to expect her there

The daughter and I both managed to get her to her feet again And they were both so grateful So I was about to leave and they asked me my name Before I could tell them The relief on their faces was the very relief I felt to have helped them

It was the smallest of things, yet it was bigger than me at the same time I got tears in my eyes and I couldn’t tell them my name I was just silent and they were staring at me

It took me a minute and then I could speak my name I walked away as though someone cleansed me Like making this very small difference to people I would most likely never see again

It made everything I thought about my own life as new as it felt to fall into this family’s circle unexpectedly It reminded me how much we care about each other without thinking of it And it is when we think too much that we start playing the taking away game from ourselves

So I went to the store and didn’t find what I went there for A little later that day I was thinking about not finding what I went there for When it occurred to me that I found exactly what I went there for

That when we go to a store we are buying love of some kind to ourselves And that lady on the sidewalk was the love that day I left more fulfilled than anything I could have purchased More cleansed and appreciative of people

We forget sometimes how much emotion there is when we touch each other in this way How good it feels to share a strength we may have more than another And accept their strength when ours is not with us We build a wall that makes us think we are not in need

We are all needy and it has nothing to do with food or money It has to do with our emotions catching up to the other advances in our lives As we can balance, life looks differently and “needs” much less to fulfill it

If we step back from the wall Only then can we see it And walk around it

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