Spread love!

So, my brother and I were in the supermarket today and we were in the self check-out line. The line was taking an awful long time to move. So my brother and I are getting impatient and wondering, and saying to each other c'mon what could they possibly be doing up there thats taking so long. So eventually, we move up in line and its our turn and we are on the self-checkout line and we can't find the button for red onions so were gong through the pages on the checkout machine and its taking a while. I look back at the Line forming behind us and I start wondering how many people are behind us thinking and saying to themselves and each other "c'mon what could they possibly be doing up there that's taking so long". It hit me that maybe we should all be more patient with each other because eventually we will need someone to be patient with us. Be kind to others because we will all eventually need someone to be kind to us. We should help other people because someday we will all need someone to help us. Lets not judge one another because there is someone right behind us waiting to judge us etc.

No two ways about it, WE ARE ALL CONNECTED! 

Lets SPREAD LOVE! 

PEACE!

Give your troubles, trouble!

After my daughter passed away, we had a really really and I mean really tough time financially. Before she passed I was on FMLA (Family medical leave act) and wasn't getting paid. We had to pay $500 a month cash for a medicine that she needed that wasn't FDA approved. We just paid for a funeral and all of that stuff. Things were really tough financially. We were on the brink of losing our house, car and everything else. We were receiving foreclosure notices left and right. I applied for a mortgage modification and was denied 3 times. I had no clue what to do.they were going to take my house. It was hurtful, shameful, embarrassing. Originally  I just accepted it as defeat. I didn't know what to do. I knew that worrying about it all day everyday would do more harm than good. I made the decision that focusing on my problems wouldn't help. Maybe I should focus on the solution to the problem. I decided that day that I would never let another negative seed fall into and take root in my mind ever again. At the time I didn't recognize it as the law of attraction but that's exactly what it was. Even though my modification request was denied three times prior. I prepared another application packet and sent it off. Every day all day long I repeated the affirmation "I'm so happy and grateful now that my mortgage has been modified" I would hold the image in my mind of the person reviewing my application, I would envision the color of the suit he was wearing. I would vividly envision and would actually in my mind hear him stamping "approved" on my application. I envisioned him putting the application in his outbox bin to send to the next department. I envisioned my approval letter saying congratulations on it. I envisioned him putting my approval letter in one of those long white envelopes. I envisioned the mail room person in a blue uniform as he sealed the letter and he put it in one of those clear United States Postal Service bins with the blue writing on it and I envisioned them putting my letter in the mail. I envisioned what projects i was going to take on once my mortgage was modified. I envisioned how relieved and happy I would feel the day i got the letter. Every day I kept repeating "I'm so happy and grateful now that my mortgage has been modified". I envisioned every single step of the process exactly how I wanted it to turn out. 

 A few weeks later I get to my mailbox at home and I see a letter from my mortgage company. It happens to be in the exact envelope I envisioned. I go upstairs and open it up and the very first word I see is congratulations. It played out in real life exactly as it played out in my mind. 

After 3 failed attempts, I had no reason to believe that it was going to work on the 4th. All of the information in the application packet was the same. The only thing I can think of that was different was my state of mind and my energy. Maybe, you could call it a coincidence. I just don't believe in them. I believe that OUR THOUGHTS BECOME THINGS! We shape our realities and our lives with our thoughts. 

I guess the moral of the story is the next time you have a problem of any size. Don't dwell or focus on the problem. If you do, the problem will only get bigger and you will only attract more problems. Instead focus on the solutions to the problems and you will begin to attract solutions and then problems are no longer problems at all, they become opportunities. Envision every single detail of your victory or success etc. Feel the joy and happiness you will feel when it all works out. Repeat the affirmation. Try it out for yourself. Let me know how it works out!

Give your problems, problems! 

Give your troubles, troubles!

NOTHING IS GOOD OR BAD! THINKING MAKES IT SO! 

-William Shakespeare 

The world is ours!

The only requirement is we gotta THINK it so!

PEACE!

Don't take it personal, take action!

I delivered a eulogy one time and my brother in law said to me "You should get paid for those speeches". I said you think so? Really? Nah, I couldn't!  Nah, not me!  Nooo! You really think so? It was a seed he planted in my head and it took root over night. He gave me just the mental push I needed. So I wake up the next morning and I'm thinking he's right. Lets do this! I'm going to be a motivational/inspirational speaker. I'm hyped, I'm excited, I'm gassed up. I have all kinds of wind in my sails. So I've learned that if you want to learn how to do something, get with people who are already doing it. So I get a list of the top motivational speakers in the country. I pick about 100 of them. I draft up these emails, telling them that i admired there work and tell them my story and how much I respect them as speakers. I tell them I want to be the best so I chose to write to them because I wanted to learn from the best. I just asked if they could give me any advice or tips or pointers or a course of action i should take. I mean, of course they would get back to me. I mean these guys are the ones who tell everyone to "chase your dreams" "never give up" "you can do it" Etc. So I'm thinking I know they will get back to me and I'll be on my way. I'll take there advice, I'll focus and dedicate myself,  i'll work hard, I will be the best motivational speaker the world has ever seen. 

So, I draft up my emails, (all 100 of them) I personalize every single one of them and I explain the impact that they have had on me, and I tell them my story. I click send, I'm done! Now, I wait for the flood of tips and advice and words of wisdom and encouragement and guidance and motivation that I think is coming my way. And I wait, and I wait and I wait and wait. That flood turned out to be 2 little droplets. I got 2 stinking responses.  And One of them was a generic auto-response that said that the person will get back to me. (Even after this he still never got back to me). The other was a guy trying to sell me his new speaker training package. That's it, no motivational messages, no words of wisdom or encouragement, no tips, no advice no nothing. All of that wind that was in my sails just yesterday was suddenly gone. Technically,  I had all of the information I needed to give up. I mean hell, I tried right? I did everything I could right? It's their fault! They never got back to me! I hate them! if I don't succeed in life it's their fault! I could have said all of these things and I could've really tricked myself into believing it.

But, I didn't blame them or get mad at them or anything. They are busy with careers and lives and families and businesses of their own. Plus, I'm sure my email wasn't the only one in their inboxes. I wasn't mad at them at all. Besides what good what being mad at them do. It wouldn't help me or further my dream at all, and it wouldn't hurt them at all. Because they obviously didn't even know I existed.

Instead of being mad, or taking it personally, I internalized it and learned a lesson. My success, motivation, drive, determination PEACE of mind or happiness should never ever ever ever DEPEND ON ANYONE OTHER THAN ME! Instead of taking it personally, I took action. I managed to land my first speaking engagement at a local college to encourage the freshman class to never give up! 

If you are looking to succeed, if you are looking for motivation, if you are looking for happiness, PEACE of mind etc. like it or not YOU are going to have to be the source! What if the person you are depending on to help you succeed or to motivate you or to make you happy calls in sick that day or doesn't show up! YOU are the one left unsuccessful, unmotivated and unhappy! BELIEVE IN YOURSELF AND YOUR ABILITIES! 

The world is ours!

But, it's up to us to go get it! 

It's our time!  

PEACE! 

Dear Success

Dear Success,

I feel a little funny even telling you this after all this time. Im kinda shy, But I had a crush on you and I have been chasing you ever since I heard your sweet name whispered. I later found out that you were attracted to the strong, smart, dedicated, focused, driven, hardworking ambitious types. When I found that out, I figured that I had all of the qualities That you were attracted to. I thought that once you even heard of me, you would instantly be mine. I thought we would have love at first sight. But apparently, I wasn't good enough for you, or maybe you thought that I wasn't man enough or mature enough to handle you. I mean if only you knew some of the things I tried to do to attract you. I did things that were other than myself, I sold cars, encyclopedias, stocks and bonds and mutual funds and real estate, and started businesses of my own and a few other things that weren't me. I did all of this for you. And you just ignored me. How did you think that that would make me feel as I sat and watched you go be with others. Some of which I know that I worked harder than to get you. 

I was mad at you, I was resentful for a while. But, I got your number sister!  I been doing my homework on you. I learned a lot about you! I later learned that its not all just about hard work with you. I learned that you really really love patience and a positive attitude, and those who believe in themselves.  I learned that you get your jollies playing hard to get. I  learned that if I want to be with you, I am going to have to be my self! I am going to have to do things that I am passionate about and love to do and not even think about you. Just do what I love to do and am passionate about doing.  I cant force you to be with me. The only way to truly be with you is not to chase you.  But keep working, keep dreaming, keep being positive, keep encouraging others and you will find me. 

Dear success, I know about your past and your reputation. You are known to have been with millions and millions of people. And even now I know that anyone who wants you bad enough can have you. yet i still want you anyway. look, I'm not being naughty or fresh, but I love you so much and think so highly of you that I want every one I know to experience you. I want to share you with everyone. 

Now that I have poured my heart and soul out to you. I just wanted to let you know that I'm ready to be with you. You know who I am and where to find me. Ill be the big humble guy in the corner with my head down passionately working, dreaming, believing and encouraging others i'll be the one inching towards you! You can't miss me! 

I look forward to meeting you and kissing your sweet lips real soon!

Yours truly, Your public admirer,

Brian K. McKoy

PEACE! 

If you think negative, bitter, mean, and angry thoughts, do you know what comes to you?

There was a period of time a few years ago when I was in the gym very heavy. I'm lifting heavy, going hard and all that. When I would do any back or bicep exercise, I would muster the strength to complete the set by envisioning myself being in a fight. I would imagine that the weight was a person who I was fighting/wrestling against and I had to over power them. It worked! By envisioning myself being in a fight, I would imagine having to grab someone up it gave me the strength to complete my reps and sets. Well one night I went to this local bar for my mans birthday. So the night was going perfectly smooth, my man was enjoying his birthday with his wife and family and friends. But, one  partygoer over did it on the alcohol a little. This fella is talking drunk aggressive talk and I try to ignore it to the best of my ability, but the fella was aggressive and wouldn't leave me alone. In the midst of him talking he grabs my jacket. Ok, this is getting serious I can no longer ignore this. He's getting more and more aggressive and there is no reasoning with him. He grabs the top of my jacket  We are in a crowded bar and I didn't want to hit the fella or anything and have it turn into a huge fight and ruin my mans night. So, I grab the fella by his collar and neck to get him off of me and to subdue him. People come and separate us and that was that, the fella apologizes to me and there was no fight, no nothing. Now keep in mind, I haven't had any type of fight, or "beef" or physical altercation in my entire adult life. I spend all that night and all day the next day trying to figure out, where the hell this energy came from. I don't get it. I COME AND GO IN PEACE, ALWAYS. A physical altercation? That's not me! where did this energy come from? I'm still puzzled by it. Oh, well, maybe just a strange coincidence right? I go to the gym the next day and it happens to be back and bicep day. So I'm in the gym, I'm ready! I sit down to do my first set of seated cable rows. I put on some decent heavy weight that I know I will have to struggle with. I go to pull the weight and when it starts getting too heavy and I want to complete my set so I "imagine that I am in a fight and the weight is the person who I am fighting against". It hits me like a ton of bricks, that "fight" energy came into my life because I opened the gateway for it when I first thought about the weights being someone I'm fighting against. I planted that seed in my mind, and every time I thought that thought about fighting someone I was feeding and fertilizing that seed. That seed eventually took root and started to grow.


It hit me like a ton of bricks....


If you think negative, bitter, mean, and angry thoughts, do you know what comes to you? A lot of negative, bitter, mean and angry people and circumstances do!


IM NO FARMER BUT....


IVE LEARNED THAT OUR MINDS ARE JUST LIKE GARDENS, IF WE SOW CORN IN A GARDEN, YOU CAN ONLY EXPECT CORN TO REAP CORN! WHEAT WILL NOT GROW FROM CORN SEEDS!


IF WE SOW SEEDS OF NEGATIVITY IN OUR MINDS, WE CAN ONLY EXPECT TO REAP NEGATIVITY!

PROTECT YOUR GARDEN!

PEACE!

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