THINK BIG

I stopped at my favorite bagel place on my way in to work and ordered my usual,long island sandwich (bagel with lox and cream cheese). As I was checking out, I read the quote on the board and it made me stop. I read it a couple of times and took a picture of it so I would always have it with me.

Isn't it so true though.Life is too short and we need to think big. I really need to work on not listening to people who say it can't be done. I am a strong believer that if you believe you can do it, then it can be done. We have to learn to tune out the voices that people say and, more importantly, what we say to ourselves.

What we say to ourselves matters every single second of the day. If you are telling yourself not to think big, you can't accomplish what you want, stop dreaming, its not possible or any thoughts that are negative, then your life and choices that you make will be on those believes.

We all have our doubts for sure and that helps to get a good overall perspective on things. But we need to think big and dream big. What's stopping us? I love the dream big movie which actually inspired a movement to help kids become innovators to improve the lives of other people. When you get a chance, do watch it. 

For me when I think big and dream big, I look inwards and it helps. Thinking big will hopefully fuel your creative side as well and come up with innovative ideas. Life is truly short and our time is limited. I want to think big and dream dream and will not let myself or others tell me that it can't be done. 

How may times if you heard successful people say that in you have to dream big and not to listen to the naysayers. There will always be those out there but to pursue your plans and dreams you have to get past it and you have to push through.

If we think small, we live a life that it not our optimum. I am not sure about you but I really want to optimize my life. I feel that up until now, I have been thinking small and not allowing my full self to dream and think big and also listening to others more than listening to myself and believing in myself.

That's what the new year and new self brings for me. More of whats in my heart and allowing my heart to think big. Its day dreaming and allowing myself to picture and think and visualize of all the big things I want to accomplish in my life. Its moving all the voices and naysayers out of my life and pushing them aside to allow room for the big things to come through.

Our mind just never stops does wandering and thinking so the question to ask yourself is: what thoughts are you going to allow in your mind? I, for one, am not going to waste my time thinking on the small talk and on people that just try to out my ideas down. No...I am going to train my mind to think big. 

This is one of those things that just does not happen automatically. You mind will just not switch just because you say so. You need to make it a conscious habit and notice your mind and the thoughts that are you thinking. Now when I wake up every day I have to train myself and repeat to myself the quote above so I can set up my day.

The point to keep reminding yourself of thinking big and being very careful of the thoughts you say to yourself or that others say to you. I know that from now on, not only will I need to repeat the quote to myself, but I will also support my friend or who ever I come across to think big. 

We all need each other and this is one of the ways we can all support each other to always think big, dream big and know that you can accomplish big things!

I love this quote by Vanilla Ice:

 “Listen, if you don’t talk big game, you never get anywhere. If you don’t think big, you don’t get big".

So what will your thoughts be today? I know what mine will be.

Wish you love my friends!

Peace,

Monita 

HAPPY 2019

Wishing you all a very Happy New Year my friends!!! Another year has gone and a new one just begun. All the dreams and wishes and resolutions that were maybe left unfulfilled last year will hopefully come true this year and so much more.

I am very optimistic about 2019. This is going to be a year of change for me. I know that there is at least one big change that I am going to make in my life and the change is a necessity to put me on the track of the life that I want to live. It won't be easy. A year of change will require me to a lot from me and will be challenging.

As I gear up towards making the change, one of the biggest block for me is mental. There are a whole of emotions involved, the biggest being fear. I am not entirely sure how to go about writing about it at this time but will need to sort through it and go through the change and as I do, I will surely share my thoughts.

So what will this year bring for you? Have you thought about all your resolutions or made a list of all your goals? How are you going to go about accomplishing them? Do you have a plan? Every goal needs a plan. Don't let your goals just remain goals. We all need actionable steps towards making them happen. 

A lot of people don't keep their resolutions. I have certainly struggled with this a lot in the past years. We get excited during the holidays and start to think about the next year. We make a list of resolutions that we intend to keep and start the new year strong. We keep up for a few months, then somehow we find ourselves at year end again wondering whatever happened to last year resolutions. This may not be you, but I know this is me and some people. Resolutions are hard to keep so I don't keep them anymore.

I have decided that instead of saying to myself I will loose weight, eat healthier, go the gym at least 5 days a week or practice yoga more regularly I just go day by day. I try to remain as present as I can on what I need to do to keep myself healthy and focus on taking small steps every day. I know I love to workout so I make sure I get my exercise in a few days a week. I am not setting hard resolutions but for me I know what I need to do and just need to do it. No more excuses.

We all know that loosing weight and getting more exercise is the number one new years resolution for a lot of people. I say you just have to make it happen if that is your resolution and find a way. Stop making excuses for your health. Its not an option. 

My year of change will require me to have a huge dosage of hope and faith and I pray that I do. I know that no matter what the year brings, it will be a great year with lots of learning and growth. My hope is that this year I can bring change, create more connections and make a difference in people's lives. 

I hope all your dreams come true my friends!! I wish all of us the very best for 2019!!!

Now lets begin!

Wishing you love,

Peace,

Monita