Be kind, it costs little and is worth so much

Today, right now, stop and search if you must, for someone to be kind to. It may be someone you live with, work with, or someone that you have never seen before that just happens to be in your presence at this particular moment. Extend yourself honestly, and purely, in a kind way, to that particular person, and your reward will be great. That person will appreciate your kind words and or gestures, and your life will be so much richer because of this.

We all understand the legal laws of the land we live in, if you do this or that, your consequence will be this or that. Well there are higher laws than these. If you throw a stone in the air, it will come down. That is the law of gravity. There is also the law of "you get what you give". Do you want people to be kind to you, well be kind to them first. It is that simple, and it absolutely works.

Whatever you want in this world you can have, be kind and give it first, and pay attention to circumstances in your life, and you will see people, many that you do not even know, being kind to you. Then you will be using this law of "giving what you get" to your benefit.

As always, stay positive, and control your thoughts, because your thoughts, become your reality.

Positive thoughts, create positive realities

Douglas Powell
Motivational Speaker

Too sweet, or not to sweet

From the time we are born, we are introduced to the “sweet” taste. Our very first introduction to fuel is in the form of breast milk, or infant formula, which is sweet. Carbohydrates, fuel, the excess of which is stored in your body as fat, are necessary for life. What are carbohydrates, a source of fuel for your body. For any work that your body does, it needs fuel which comes in two forms, short chain, which is used first for bursts of energy, and long chain which is used for sustained energy. Think of the difference between sprinters, and marathon runners, needs for fuel. The sprinter needs fuel that will burn fast and immediately, for the short race, while the marathon runner needs a slower more consistent form of fuel, for the long run.

Because we have become accustomed to this “sweet” taste from infancy, for most of us, it is a natural part of our diet. Thanks to billion-dollar advertising, we feel we must have that sweet tasting drink, along with our meal. Or better yet, after that meal with the sweet drink, lets have an even sweeter desert. Here is the trifecta, lets have a sweetened vegetable with the meal, along with a sweet drink, followed by the even sweeter desert. Too sweet, any idea what that does to your insulin level? Ever notice how sluggish you are after you eat or drink those sweets. What does that baby do after a bottle of milk, sleep, and you as an adult get sleepy too, accept you have to continue to work, so fight the urge and continue on with your work. The common phrase for what you are experiencing is "spiking and crashing". Your body is reacting to the increase in carbohydrates by releasing insulin into your blood stream, which brings your blood sugar back to a normal level again. It is better for your body to have a natural, consistent sourced of carbohydrates, in your blood stream, for sustained energy throughout your day.

Now, all that's sweet, is not sugar? “Sweet” comes in many forms. The most common form of sweet, that many people relate to is the sugar that we add to our foods, however now there are many different types that can take it's place. We have a grocery store of synthetic sweeteners to choose from. Some of these create sweet sensations on your tongue, while having little to no caloric value. Some are hundreds of times sweeter than sugar. They are constantly doing studies on the effects of synthetic sweeteners to our bodies. National advertising campaigns make the choices seem viable, however natural is always better for your body.

Become holistic in your approach to eating. Have a glass of fresh, unsweetened, fruit juice with your morning meal. Taste the natural sweetness in fresh vegetables without adding any sweetener to them, and if you need a burst of energy, eat a piece of fruit. Natural is better, and gives our bodies beneficial nutrients to ward off illness and eliminates potential side effects caused by eating processed foods. You can live a life with fewer complications and more fulfillment's, by eating nature’s sugar, no substitutes.

If you want to cut down on the fat being stored in your body, cut back and clean up the source of fuel going into your body. It really is that simple. Make good choices today, and remain consistent, and you will see positive results.

As always, stay positive, and control your thoughts, because your thoughts, become your reality.

Positive thoughts, create positive realities

Douglas Powell
Motivational Speaker

What you see is what you get

When you look in the mirror, you see the outer expression of your inner thoughts. You see the words you have chosen to use in your life, come to life in-through your flesh. Don’t believe me? Then think about this.

Who do you see when you look into your mind. Is it the healthy, fit, successful person doing all the things that you desire and having all the wealth to go with it? Or do you see someone similar to yourself? You know, whether on TV or computer monitor, print ads or even on the radio, you see for very short moments throughout the days, weeks, months, and years, images of yourself. These images are being created by what you think, see, hear, and say; and they help form who you are. Well let’s just say, as in the case of many people, that you are not as happy as you wish to be with your present condition in life, and you would like to have more; then to have more, you need to change that picture in your head.

Everything starts with you. You control everything in your life. Now I realize that when things happen that you feel, at the time are “bad” for you, you may say, “I did not want this to happen” or maybe, “I did not want that to happen that way”. Well the way it happens may seem undesirable at the time, however, if you reflect on times past in your life, you may have to admit that the timing of things, even “bad” things seemed right. Let’s say that you were to think of the pictures in your head, days, weeks, months, and years before your present moment, then you could absolutely correlate the present picture with your past thoughts. Therefore if you want peace, joy, happiness, success, and prosperity in your life in the future, and that future can be in the next moment, then you need to see peace, joy, happiness, success, and prosperity in your mind NOW.

This simple philosophy is as old as time itself, and there is evidence of this in every period in history. Study the successful people, and you will see it. Research the top athletes and it is there. Watch an infant, they want something, they cry for attention, and they get what they want. This is a universal law and we know the law by heart as an infant, then we grow and are taught to doubt. We begin our lives learning from others what is "realistic" to expect for ourselves based, in part at least, on their beliefs and limitations. They say things like, "be like everyone else, because you can only be this type of person if you are, tall, short, black, white, overweight, underweight, and on and on. If you have been told all these things throughout your life, at all different stages and from all different types of people, you have probably gotten to some point where you believed it, and that’s when you began to doubt. Conversely, look at the people that were told they could do and be whatever they wanted, and they were told these things consistently throughout their lives. They understood and remained in that infant like state of wanting something and expecting to get it, and they probably got it. We could all do well to go back in our minds to a simpler time and truly grasp the principal of wanting something first and keeping that on our minds until we receive it. You can be one of the select few to find your way to happiness. Start in your head, because what you see is what you get.

Always be conscious of your thoughts. Choose positive words. Your thermometer for your thoughts is your feelings. Learn to be sensitive to your feelings, and to trust them. They will always guide you to the best solution for yourself. Some people call them instinct, hunch, Holy Spirit; what is important is that you learn to recognize them and to be guided by them. Do this and keep your thoughts positive and on what you want, and you will see in your life a change in a positive way. Behave more like that infant that cries expecting to get fed, and you will again expect what you want to show up in your life, and it will.

As always, stay positive, and control your thoughts, because your thoughts, become your reality.

Positive thoughts, create positive realities

Douglas Powell
Motivational Speaker