"This is the most important and crucial times of your life. For what you do now, and what you decide to do at this age may very well determine which way your life will go. And the question is, whether you have a proper, and a sound blueprint. And I want to suggest some of the things that should be in your life's blueprint. Number one in your life's blueprint should be a deep belief in your own dignity, your own worth and your own somebodiness. Don't allow anybody to make you feel that you are nobody. Always feel that you count. Always feel that you have worth and always feel that your life has ultimate significance. Secondly, in your life's blueprint, you must have as a basic principle to achieve excellence in your various fields of endeavor. You are going to be deciding as the days and the years of your life unfolds what you will do in life, what your life's work will be. Once you discover what it will be, do it and do it well. Be a bush if you can't be a tree. If you can't be a highway, just be a trail. If you can't be the sun, be a star, for it isn't by size that you win or fail, be the best of whatever you are. Finally in your life's blueprint must be a commitment, to the eternal principals of beauty, love, and justice. Well life for none of us has been a crystal stair, but we must keep moving. If you can't fly, run. If your can't run walk. If you can't walk, crawl, but by all means keep moving."
Martin Luther King Jr.
Can you believe we are just two weeks away from the NEW YEAR!! Yuperoo! And I bet I'm not the only NEW AGE NERD who thinks that we are at a Tipping Point on this planet. Especially given the tumultuous events that haunted us during the previous 10 years. From a billionaire reality star actually being sworn in as our President, to horrific weather events of every size, shape, and from causing absolute HAVOC because of Climate Disruption! A worldwide pandemic that stole the lives of millions and still haunts our hearts each and every day. Needless wars on several shores. Too many tragedies of unfathomable proportions to even mention. And raise your hand if you are one of the growing members of the TV audience that no longer checks in with the evening news? Just like I thought! All but a couple arms are raised high to the sky!! I ...ummm.. have to put mine back down to continue writing today's post. 🙏🏼
Before you presume to think that today's musings are going to be a real downer, please hang in there with me! Because the fact is my INTENTION for writing today's post is quite the opposite. When I first decided to become a spiritual teacher/coach (and still a student), I had ONE MISSION.
And that hasn't changed one iota since beginning this Journey over a decade ago! With every ounce of my BEING, I feel that the fastest and most effective manner to change the vibration of this planet is if every one of us starts the process- with all the Courage and Strength you can muster- to firmly and passionately step into the path that is your CALLING!
"Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It's not just in some of us; it's in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others."
Marianne Williamson from A Return To Love
This SOURCE sent quote from one of my favorite spiritual guides, Marianne Williamson, is perhaps my favorite of all time. And for those who follow my Facebook page, you KNOW that is some high praise! Why you ask? Because it encapsulates my own CALLING more than any other bit of prose I have ever come across. And it's time for us all to take heed to it's message......NOW!!
Not in the Spring or Summer, or even worse, next year....but THIS VERY MOMENT!! The world needs more superheroes, and it needs them immediately! Pronto! Immediamente!! Bright and early tomorrow morning!! Ok, I'll stop........ ;0)
So what exactly is holding us all back from ditching that soul sucking 9-5 and finally start DOING what we came here to do and BE?!? I can hear the collective sigh from the back of the bleacher seats saying money...dinero...cheddah baby! And I hear you. I truly do! We all have fiscal considerations as well as real pragmatic responsibilities to attend to. I've said it before and I will say it again. I would NEVER advise anyone to up and quit their job tomorrow or on a complete whim start a new business with no concrete plan in place on either accord. BUT, that doesn't get anyone a free hall pass to constantly use that as an excuse to keep doing what they are doing if it is not in complete ALIGNMENT with their life's CALLING! That's what playing SMALL is all about. And nobody came here to play SMALL! That's a coward's way of playing this game of life. And I know that there aren't any NEW AGE NERDS who came here to hide their unique talents and special gifts from the rest of us. Quite frankly, doing so isn't fair to the rest of us. And if that sounds a bit harsh, so be it! Look all around you! Do you like what you see? Can you already imagine room for improvement? I sure can!
Before I start throwing stones at glass houses, I will admit that I DO UNDERSTAND how much strength, courage, and support it takes to step into the LIGHT and answer your Soul's calling! In fact, as I have stated many times before, it took me over two decades! But, as just one of your many mentor's on your Superhero's Journey, I plead with those of you still waiting in the darkness; although the first steps are beyond petrifying, they will lead you to an adventure that is the greatest FEELING in the world! Please trust me, there isn't time to waste! This planet needs the gifts that are still lying dormant inside of you.....
My ultimate goal is to start a REVOLUTION!! In which ONE by ONE, as a community of NEW AGE NERDS, we encourage, INSPIRE, and support each other to take the first action steps toward our life's CALLING! Write that business plan, start that family, write the first check toward a new class, start a Mastermind group, hire a life coach, walk into a TOASTMASTERS seminar, start a new lifestyle to lose that extra weight, shine your light everywhere you go as you may be the ONLY bible, torah etc. that the next person you meet may ever read.......
"Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It's not just in some of us; it's in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others."
Marianne Williamson from A Return To Love
This SOURCE sent quote from one of my favorite spiritual guides, Marianne Williamson, is perhaps my favorite of all time. And for those who follow my Facebook page, you KNOW that is some high praise! Why you ask? Because it encapsulates my own CALLING more than any other bit of prose I have ever come across. And it's time for us all to take heed to it's message......NOW!!
Not in the Spring or Summer, or even worse, next year....but THIS VERY MOMENT!! The world needs more superheroes, and it needs them immediately! Pronto! Immediamente!! Bright and early tomorrow morning!! Ok, I'll stop........ ;0)
So what exactly is holding us all back from ditching that soul sucking 9-5 and finally start DOING what we came here to do and BE?!? I can hear the collective sigh from the back of the bleacher seats saying money...dinero...cheddah baby! And I hear you. I truly do! We all have fiscal considerations as well as real pragmatic responsibilities to attend to. I've said it before and I will say it again. I would NEVER advise anyone to up and quit their job tomorrow or on a complete whim start a new business with no concrete plan in place on either accord. BUT, that doesn't get anyone a free hall pass to constantly use that as an excuse to keep doing what they are doing if it is not in complete ALIGNMENT with their life's CALLING! That's what playing SMALL is all about. And nobody came here to play SMALL! That's a coward's way of playing this game of life. And I know that there aren't any NEW AGE NERDS who came here to hide their unique talents and special gifts from the rest of us. Quite frankly, doing so isn't fair to the rest of us. And if that sounds a bit harsh, so be it! Look all around you! Do you like what you see? Can you already imagine room for improvement? I sure can!
Before I start throwing stones at glass houses, I will admit that I DO UNDERSTAND how much strength, courage, and support it takes to step into the LIGHT and answer your Soul's calling! In fact, as I have stated many times before, it took me over two decades! But, as just one of your many mentor's on your Superhero's Journey, I plead with those of you still waiting in the darkness; although the first steps are beyond petrifying, they will lead you to an adventure that is the greatest FEELING in the world! Please trust me, there isn't time to waste! This planet needs the gifts that are still lying dormant inside of you.....
My ultimate goal is to start a REVOLUTION!! In which ONE by ONE, as a community of NEW AGE NERDS, we encourage, INSPIRE, and support each other to take the first action steps toward our life's CALLING! Write that business plan, start that family, write the first check toward a new class, start a Mastermind group, hire a life coach, walk into a TOASTMASTERS seminar, start a new lifestyle to lose that extra weight, shine your light everywhere you go as you may be the ONLY bible, torah etc. that the next person you meet may ever read.......
The possibilities are truly endless.... SO THERE ARE ABSOLUTELY NO EXCUSES.......
Self doubt is so insidious that it not only renders us stuck in our own lives, but it actually weekens our ability to dream about what living unleashed would look like. And here's the thing: the mere act of a dream is a vitalizing, dreaming affirming endeavor.
Danielle Laporte: The Fire Starter Sessions
I BELIEVE in each and everyone of you. And I will continue to hold a Space of Love and Light for those of you who don't believe in yourselves until you have the courage to do so....
BE SUPER HEROIC!
Love-Serve-Laugh-Inspire
Self doubt is so insidious that it not only renders us stuck in our own lives, but it actually weekens our ability to dream about what living unleashed would look like. And here's the thing: the mere act of a dream is a vitalizing, dreaming affirming endeavor.
Danielle Laporte: The Fire Starter Sessions
I BELIEVE in each and everyone of you. And I will continue to hold a Space of Love and Light for those of you who don't believe in yourselves until you have the courage to do so....
BE SUPER HEROIC!
Love-Serve-Laugh-Inspire
Nerdmaste,
Jeffrey Louis Martinez
Jeffrey Louis Martinez
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