justaperture

I See, I Do, I Become!

Doing something with the sweat off your own brow, is the greatest effort in applied learning and intentional growth! Take advantage of the time you have and opportunities will find you.

My prose of the mind.

We as people are many, like the sands of the sea. Our power to contribute to the whole is

comparable to placing our own grains of sand one by one in one another’s hourglass of time

Sometimes we come into the lives of an other and we make an impact, a real difference in someone’s lives, especially if you are one those who truly and freely give of themselves. You know who you/they are because to them you do nothing but desire to return and give with equal measure. Within this partnership, we capture moments forever and experience what is the essence of life.

These people, these moments and experiences are spectacular, like the canvas of a sunsets brilliant splendor. Each one, inviting, healing, breathtaking, unique & as delicate to behold, as a moonbeam.

The Weapon of the Future is you!

It's so important to recognize in our lives the patterns of learned behaviors, familial & social.
Step 1: is awareness. Step 2: we embrace the many how's, to change those patterns beginning with ourselves; minute by minute and ultimately working to rise above the unhealthy, hurtful behaviors that we have adopted, share and pass on through our examples. Step 3: ACT not REACT. Practice treating others the way you want to be treated, when you aren't sure what to do, look to someone you admire who handles situations in a respectable way and CHOOSE their example..

"Thus, be a good example at all times, in all things and in all places". A place to start, and everyday is a new-start; and at the end of each day you’ll have secured a win-win!
-It's not just the weapon of the future, it is the future, and more importantly, IT is your contribution.

Move to this place...

Words Matter. Inner dialog matters, the whispers in your environment matter, words you accept to truth, and even passively mumble matter.

Really listening & hearing your words is the most empowering and useful tool to moving into a place of awareness for growth that you will ever be able to implement for yourself. When you change how you think, you can change anything to the way you perceive it can be! ..."I AM SONYA"

Why are happy people thankful ones as well?

Could you imagine having everything you ever wanted? All at once, all the splendor of life, in the palm of your hands with no exchange for it whatsoever. Would it actually be a dream come true? What do you feel when you think when you imagine it all.

Realistically thinking though, what feelings muster within when you fantasize and dream, make plans and engage your life force energy in and about something. The mere fact you can conceptualize separates us from all other species on the planet today. And what is it to acknowledge that in doing so you create a deliberate say to your present experience and future life. It’s miraculous to realize that you are a creator in what you long dream of receiving into your reality. Having it just handed to you though dispels so much more in the entire purpose and want of all imagination and ability would be lost.

How about this, the actual thought about how want and desires actually serve us?

In a very distinct way Desires serve us in a way that giveus depth to our ability to savor moment by moment, day by day, year by year and experience by experience. To not have anything to look forward to would really change the face of reality, our relationships and need for one another and the whole of the mortal journey.

Being thankful in our want and in present stewardship means you have the opportunity to learn and grow, to exercise patience and break larger things down into smaller and smaller pieces but then build them up without measure. To expand vision and perspective, see and recognize common and uncommon limitations but overall, provide the opportunity for improvement, contribution and growth.

Seeing every challenge with the eyes of gratitude even the things you are still hoping for allows you to step out of fear and anxiety and into excitement and hope. It opens the way and possibility of infinite outcomes that on our best day we may never have imagined. It utilizes opposition and error, strength and character and even in our mistakes it breathes light and life into the learned sage of wisdom through reflection over time. The value of those lessons are at the end of the day, priceless indeed and leave me full of want and joy!

Good, Better and just NATURAL!

Say what you mean!

I have always been an avid fan of "words", they are our bridges to one another and understanding. As an advocate of communication, I have constantly disputed that the words we choose to use matter more that we realize. More often than not we fail to give heed to their meanings, how they are interpreted by others and most importantly the secondary message words send.

How many of you guys have asked a woman a question and you get a totally different answer besides a what could suffice with a “yes” or “no”. Now you know what she is actually leading to but the words chosen does very little to actually explain what she actually is trying to convey. I know this can go both ways. It’s a conditioned mode of communication we sometimes let slip off the radar. Maybe more commonly it’s the communication many women use and yes it’s truly a kind of mind reading at best. But this is how communication leans to provide a "Secondary Message".

Here is an example:

"Are you in the mood for..." / instead of saying "I am in the mood for..."
"Are you hungry"/ instead of saying, "I am feeling hungry"
"Is it cold in here"/ instead "I am cold" or "can you turn on the heat".

This meme is just an example (and maybe not the best) of what you think you understand of something general. But the initial thought changes when you read the words a second time for further clarity.

So why do we not just use the actual words and say what we mean? Well, either way you will get there but why make it harder than it has to be? -Do you see it when it is happening to you or are you maybe the one w this dialogue but simply unaware.

The Secondary message exists in everything and in this specific meme reading those word can make you think on it otherwise, in being less direct we actually need more precision of language. The secondary message often ties to our emotion or a standard of expectations and thus it gets more compliance from the whole based on such notions. Kind of like what happens when you read a headline and are instantly led to believe the idea of something without any real explanation of presence of facts. The meme has a distinct message. For some there is this feeling or idea that your government is doing the job you appointed them to do and taking care of us and the common wealth. The reality is also that you, your hard work and tax dollars fund the government, but don’t really stop to think how you feel about the way someone else spends your hard earned money? Even if it was just a neighbor, a friend, a child or a stranger. Is that getting a little more personal than just "The Government".

Yes, all, two concepts very separate but not. I merged them to share a coupled concept. It is always just something to think about but w more awareness when you read, hear and process words.

I challenge you to listen more closely to the words, terms and phrases you have so blissfully become used to hearing and saying. Challenge the meaning behind them, grow and live a deliberate life. Say what you really mean, respectfully, softly but also bold.

It's actually quite fun when you start to realize secondary messages (esp. those that are common) and how unnecessarily more complicated we make things.

Have a good day! (...and I am not just saying that).