From the ancient Vedic text the Brihadaranyaka Upanishad:
“You are your deepest desire;
as is your desire so is your will;
as is your will so is your deed;
as is your deed so is your destiny.”
You Are The Master of Your Destiny!
Roland Byrd
Archives for August 2011
Fitness Saturdays—Live a Fitness Lifestyle!
Make Fitness a Lifestyle!
Have you ever wanted to do something but couldn’t because you weren’t in good enough shape?
That’s frustrating isn’t it?
The great news is no matter your current fitness level, you can improve! Start today. Choose fitness as a lifestyle.
One of the best things about making fitness a lifestyle is it allows you to do physical activities than you couldn’t otherwise. A healthy, fit body is also functions better. It gives you a higher quality of life all around.
You can push yourself harder and do more than people who aren’t fit. A healthy, physically fit body can take more and bounce back easier. And, if you’re in good shape, most activities won’t leave you exhausted.
So if you like outdoor activities, from gardening to rock climbing, if you want to play with your kids, if you enjoy recreational sports, or even if you want to do something a little crazy, Like Batmanning—see below—there’s no better way to prepare yourself—and make these activities more enjoyable—than by exercising regularly!
You Are The Master of Your Destiny!
Roland Byrd
If you’re sick and tired of being on the fitness yo-yo, schedule your free consultation today!
Copyright © 2011 Roland Byrd — All Rights Reserved
What do You Believe about Your Physical Capabilities?
Do you believe you’re weak?
Do you limit yourself because of an injury?
Do you label yourself clumsy?
What you tell yourself about your capabilities is a self-fulfilling prophecy. So if you’re telling yourself how clumsy, slow, or weak you are, STOP!
Start telling yourself that You are more capable. You are more graceful. You are more adept. You are stronger.
No matter where you are now physically, you can improve. Even my wife’s grandmother—who in her late 80’s hadn’t walked in years—started walking with a walker once she believed she could.
Here’s a video that shows what people are capable of when they believe in themselves. When you’re done watching it ask yourself, “What am I capable of tomorrow when I start believing in myself today?”
You Are The Master of Your Destiny!
Roland Byrd
Copyright © 2011 Roland Byrd — All Rights Reserved
Who Am I?
Do You Know Who You Are?
Lately I’ve been asking myself, “Who am I?” I know who I am but seek greater insight and understanding. I’m looking past the labels I’ve imposed on myself over the years—or have chosen to let others impose on me.
For each person the process of discovering “Who am I?” is a unique and personal journey. Through meditation these are the answers I’ve received.
Who am I?
I am creation.
I am choice.
I am infinite possibility.
I am nothing.
I am everything.
I am the collapsing of all probability waves into this beautiful moment.
As with all questions of this type, there are no right or wrong answers. There are simply, “Answers”.
I ask those of you who read this, “Who are you?”
I encourage you to gift yourself the time to reflect on this question. Your answers might surprise you.
You Are The Master of Your Destiny!
Roland Byrd
Copyright © 2011 Roland Byrd — All Rights Reserved
Unconditional Love
What is Unconditional Love?
To me unconditional love means loving a person no matter what they do. This doesn’t mean you must agree with or like the choices they make, nor does it mean you expose yourself to harm. It means you love them and are unwilling to let personal feelings—about their choices—interfere with your love.
In my childhood I learned conditional love. I’m sure my parents loved me despite choices I made. Or at least in my fantasy they did. But the displays of love I received were often related to what I did or didn’t do or to how I behaved. So I learned that love was withdrawn when I did something wrong.
As you can imagine this was the root of a many problems in my life.
I also acted that way myself without realizing it for most of my life. Meaning I withdrew emotionally when I felt unhappy or hurt. I didn’t consciously do this to remove love from others. It was to protect myself by creating walls of numbness around my heart. But the end result was a withdrawal of love. That’s counterproductive to say the least.
I’ve learned now that I must open myself to all emotions to be a whole person. This means opening myself to hurt and pain when I experience them as well as opening myself to love and joy. It is only by opening ourselves to all emotions that we fully experience life. Also, there is something in letting an emotion wash over you that prevents it from taking root. Emotions are temporary by nature. In fact, emotions are illusions we create to give meaning to the events in our lives. Or perhaps it is better said that emotions are the result of our present reality getting filtered through our history—which happens all the time.
I believe the only emotion that is truly tied to the now is Joy. When we get rid of all the other things we filter life through and live in the pure moment, we are in joy.
If you’ve found you’re drifting from love with someone close to you, try this exercise for a few weeks.
Each day, before you go to bed, take a piece of paper and write down ten things you love or appreciate about this person. Even if it’s something like, “I love that they have a good sense of style.” Write it down.
As you Do This you’ll find each day you discover more things about the person that you appreciate and love.
Everyone has good qualities. Everyone has things worth loving. Everyone is worth loving.
Love is a choice. Choose love.
You Are The Master of Your Destiny!
Roland Byrd
Copyright © 2011 Roland Byrd — All Rights Reserved