take off all your fear and doubt...any hate...and self-pity, self-doubt...
because all that stuff....will drown you....it weighs you down...there's no place for it here. there is no purpose for fear and doubt....
get into the warm water..
and just....cross it....what is left when you leave all that behind?
what is left is just....you...and love...appreciation of all that is...and what will be....because it's just simple.
the power of the mind...the power of imagination..the power of determination to survive...to thrive...to live.
I was reading about two different POWs and just how important it is to embrace imagination...and to cross that river....to decide to live and not go back.....because once you decide that....there really isn't any -going back-
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One POW, Col. George Hall...lived through beatings, solitary confinement...routine starving, dropped at least 70 lbs while imprisoned...and used his imagination to take him from all this- this, 7.5 years of this ...and played golf. He played golf in his mind, every single day....and when he was released....and returned back to U.S. soil....he played golf....and he played the best damn game of golf he ever had.
and another,
Col. Ed Hubbard, who spent 6.5 years in a POW camp...beatings, starvation, solitary confinement...he completely changed his mindset...he made the decision to leave self-pity behind and start thriving...
through the need to communicate and the motivation to do so...he and his fellow POWs created a tapping code....they shared poetry....they learned Spanish....they connected...and as a result, changed their perspective.
because....we will always find a way to communicate with each other....it's a fundamental human need...and not only do we need to communicate....we need to be understood...we need to share with each other...share stories...share memories...
Hubbard speaks about his strength and survival, wrote a book...talks to others...spreads his inspiration...
things happen in life..and it's what you do with it that makes the difference....it's a choice....to either lock yourself away....and play a victim....or come out fighting....
strive for change and for better.
and once you do that....
the course you plot...is life and living...not just existing...but....living....with strength and purpose. :)
it isn't what life throws at you...it is....how you move forward with love...and learn....and grow from it.
I think sometimes people forget....that they have wings...and can fly, they just have to want to.
The Black Atlantic, I Shall Cross This River,
My love, she has chosen me
From my candor of speech
She takes me to the river
Like a child at play
She sees not this bitter man
But the promise of a lover
Once the darkness washes off
She moves into my arms
So too, my folks support me
Through my restless whims
They see not this failure
But the promise of a firstborn
When my darkness leaves
When my fall is complete
I shall cross this river
For them
here's to love...and peace....and using your powerful mind to imagine exactly what you want....
because...it will happen.
#motivationmonday
#love
#soar
#watercolors
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