A New Day

A NEW DAY

No matter how many times you have failed in the past, you can move forward now. No matter how often you’ve wandered from your path, you can still choose to move forward. Do not fret by anything that has come to pass. This is a new day, with new possibilities, and you’re here to live them to the fullest. Whether you’ve let yourself down for a few minutes, or for a much longer, that time is now over. This is your time to fill your life with purpose, joy and fulfillment. Whatever has been, has been, and is done. What is to be, is yours now to choose. Every disappointment you’ve ever felt can now fuel your determination. Every opportunity you’ve missed can remind you to fully capture the opportunities you now have. Open your eyes, your heart, your everything to the fresh new world of possibilities. There is so much you can do, and now, right now, is the time to do it. Yes it's a New Day and the time is now.

Have A Blessed Day
Jason

A Collared Lizard. Picture taken in Mesa Verde National Park last year.

Now Is Your Chance

Now is your chance to be finally free of anything you’ve been doing that holds you back. Now is your chance to live in the way you have always imagined. Now is your chance to make positive use of all that you have learned. Now is your chance to put all that you have learned to work. Now is your chance to forgive, and forget. Now is your chance to create new goodness. Now is your chance to put your highest hopes and thoughts into action. Now is your chance to step out of your box, out of your comfort zone. Now is your chance to see new new things. Now is your chance to encourage, to love, to give, to heal. Somewhere deep within, you know how good and beautiful it can be to be you. Now is your chance to bring that vision fully to life. Today is the day to start, to get up and get out. Make a difference in your life and the others around you. Now is your chance. Have a great day and don't forget to smile. 

God Bless

Jason

rainbow this morning.

Break Free

Break Free

Everyone without a doubt goes through changes in their lives whether it be a physical state or a mental state of emotional maturity, or regression in some cases. They all nonetheless signify change, yet some of us seem to embrace it better than others. Does fear of uncertainty kick in and you start wondering if it’s too much sacrifice that you have to make? Perhaps you think of staying put where you're at. Does this sound familiar? Have you ever been in a situation where you know that things just aren’t working out? Whether it’s in your personal relationships or career development, you’re feeling somewhat stuck and unhappy with the way things are. Well the good news is, that as our society continues to develop at such a rapid pace, it also means we have more opportunities to do things that were previously thought impossible if you were of a certain age, or past a certain phase in life. These days, more individuals are pushing the boundaries and breaking stereotypes.
I’m not just talking about age. Sure, age is only a state of mind–a social construct that should not determine or limit your capabilities and ambitions. But there’s more. It goes beyond external factors like time and age. It’s about you, and your ability to accept challenges and having the determination to break free from your existing situation.  Don’t become that person who let’s life pass them by only to regret it when you’re retired or way into old age. Don’t let your life plateau and waste away in the daily grind for the next twenty years. Don’t give up on the potential you still have hidden and locked away by your current state. So start pursuing the things you wanted to do your whole life, without giving up on your current roles and responsibilities. Rewind your outlook and bring your energy and motivation back to when life was still full of dreams and possibilities. But this time, actually start to achieve them. That's right you can do it and don't forget to love always, forgive quickly and smile along the way.

God Bless
Jason 

Cinnamon Bear and her cubs- East Portal in the Black Canyon, Colorado

Decisions Decisions

Key West Florida on our honeymoon August 6th 2017

Have you hesitated while making a decision, not knowing which is the correct choice? Life puts us at crossroads many times a day. Choosing one road over the other by carefully balancing the pros and cons of each, listening to that gut feel and not letting others influence your decisions is very important If you want to be happy with your life. Decision making is an important skill that we all need to move up and forward, in our career as well as in life. on any given day, we often end up making hundreds of small and maybe insignificant decisions. When to get up, to exercise or not, what to wear, what to eat, where to go, how to go and much, much more? These decisions are made in a split second and are easy enough to figure but because they don’t really affect the outcome of anything. This changes when the decision is much more important. For example- what you wear to the office on a usual day is not much of an issue, but when you have that important interview lined up, then your outfit becomes an important decision-making process. If you have difficulty in making decisions, and agonize over your choices for days to come, wondering whether what you did was right, you need to stop. Look at the big picture and make the decision with confidence. However more thinking is not always good thinking. Learn to trust your intuition or gut feel. Give a deadline to decision making. Accept that you cannot always have it all; you might have to compromise a little and finally, is a decision you took ultimately proves to be wrong – remember that life does hand you lemons sometimes. So make a decision and be confident in it. Don't forget to love always forgive quickly and smile along the way. 

God Bless
Jason

Be Highly Motivated

Sunset on our lake the other night. Montrose Colorado

Be highly motivated. Do you struggle to stay motivated? Why does it seem like some people seldom need motivation? The truth is that some people have good habits. With these habits not only help them to be motivated but also to stay motivated. It's about making full use of your motivation when you do have it. Jim Rhon quoted "motivation is what helps you get started, but habits are what keep you moving."  Motivational waves are those times when we are really inspired to do tasks we have on our to-do list. Meaning, when your motivation is at a peak, you must immediately do the difficult tasks first to sustain your motivation. This motivation wave can certainly help you establish a long-term good habit. One major factor in our lives is that we are humans, so we will definitely make mistakes. But always remember, the past is the past, so leave it there and keep moving forward. There is no point worrying or feeling angry over decisions you made in the past or actions you wish you had done. We only have the present. So, keep moving on, and invest your time and energy into living life to its fullest. Stay motivated and work your way to the top. Lastly don't forget to love always, forgive quickly and smile along the way.


God Bless
Jason

Love What You Have

Rainbow, Mesa Verde National Park last week.

Gratefulness and appreciation for what we have may sound like a crazy way to achieve happiness, but in doing so you are training your mind to focus on the abundance in your life rather than what is lacking. When we focus on lack, we feel like failures. In fact, by doing this we are only making comparisons with others who are on a completely different path from ourselves. True appreciation for the people and things in your life will help you to realize just how much you do have. Whether it’s small things like the roof over your head, food in the fridge, a great friend you can talk to about anything, or having a hot shower every morning – it’s these things we tend to overlook and only notice when we don’t have them. Loving what you already have will instantly create feelings of fulfillment and abundance and will decrease the amount of time you spend dwelling on what’s not yet in your life. Focusing on the abundance rather than the lack isn’t about giving in. It isn’t about just accepting a bad situation and desperately trying to be happy about it. It’s not about accepting it’ll never change – it’s about shifting your perspective to a more positive one. Loving what you have is cultivating the feeling that you have everything you need while accepting that you’re always moving forward and that therefore every situation is temporary. It will diminish the feeling that you should always try to chase after something you don’t yet have while creating a better feeling of fulfillment and abundance for everything present in your now. Don't forget to love always, forgive quickly and smile along the way.

God Bless
Jason

A Clear Path

A panorama reflection on Blue Mesa Lake a couple weeks ago.

Clear A Path

In order to be more confident in your decisions and therefore be strong enough to dismiss what others say, creating a road map of where you want go and how you’re going to get there, will bring more stability and less insecurity. By doing this, you will care much less about what other people are doing in comparison, or what they think about you. Start with a list of goals, note where you are now in relation to them and write out an action plan for how you can achieve them. You can make a one week plan or a one year plan. Whatever you feel comfortable with on any subject and you’ll start to feel a sense of moving forward. Self-improvement is a wonderful way to focus on ourselves but often we tend to self-improve when the chips are down in certain areas of our lives. However, it can lead us to ignore other areas such as work, learning or relationships. Focusing on more than one area will create a feeling that we’re establishing abundance overall which, in turn, will stop us from feeling lack and causing us to compare one area of our life to someone else’s. Write out a list of how you can improve each area of your life – perhaps learning something new for a dream job, an exercise routine to get healthy or improving your social skills in order to make new friends. Do a little bit at a time for each area and you’ll soon grow more and more confidence in yourself and where your life is heading. Now you are on your way with a clear path. Don't forget to love always, forgive quickly and smile along the way.

God Bless
Jason