About this time...on this day...millions of people are making resolutions.
Resolutions, or promises to themselves, to eat better, go to the gym more frequently, be nicer, the list goes on and on.
But did you know that over 70% of people break their resolutions by February?
So...here's the best resolution you can make to yourself regardless of what your goal(s) may be:
Be consistent!
Here's a secret, Consistency is the key to success!
With the power of the internet, individuals have access to information at their fingertips. Because of this individuals can at least somewhat knowledgable on hundreds of topics. The question now is,
"Are we "learning" or just "collecting information?""
For example, let's say a young child told you that they learned how to tie their shoe laces.
Would your first assumption be that they watched a YouTube video and now they're an expert? Or would it be that they watched someone else and then applied that knowledge in order to tie their shoelace? Probably the latter, right?
The difference between the two is the application step.
Without that we're just hoarding information.
To learn something we must apply it to our lives; from learning how to walk, learning a new language, learning how to flat twist, learning how to support black economics, you name it, application is key!
While I appreciate a YouTube video or a documentary just as much as the next person, my learning doesn't stop once the video does.
It's not enough to have knowledge, one must apply it.
So when we say, "I'm striving to have knowledge of self?" What does that truly mean?
Well, for me it meant learning about my genealogy, learning about melanin, learning about my hair, learning how to live my best life, learning how to unite blacks around the world, and learning that the learning never ends.
But I truly didn't learn anything until I applied the information into my life which I'm still doing.
So what does "knowledge of self" mean to you? And how are you applying that knowledge into your life?
According to Dr. Caroline Leaf, 87% to 95% of the illnesses that plague us today are a direct result of our thought life. What we think about affects us physically and emotionally. It's an epidemic of toxic emotions.
The average person has over 30,000 thoughts a day. Through an uncontrolled thought life, we create the conditions for illness; we make ourselves sick! Research shows that fear, all on its own, triggers more than 1,400 known physical and chemical responses and activates more than 30 different hormones. There are INTELLECTUAL and MEDICAL reasons to think positively! Toxic waste generated by toxic thoughts causes the following illnesses: diabetes, cancer, asthma, skin problems and allergies to name just a few. Consciously control your thought life and start to detox your brain!
Medical research increasingly points to the fact that thinking and consciously controlling your thought life is one of the best ways, if not the best way of detoxing your brain. It allows you to get rid of those toxic thoughts and emotions that can consume and control your mind.
Change in your thinking is essential to detoxing the brain. Consciously controlling your thought life means not letting thoughts rampage through your mind. It means learning to engage interactively with every single thought that you have, and to analyse it before you decide either to accept or reject it.
How do you go about doing that?
Through Positive Affirmations!
Every thought actually generates molecules! You can literally create new neurons, repair DNA damage and heal your body with positive affirmations.
This is because, our creative mind begins to look for the reality that matches our thoughts, and we begin to naturally notice the opportunities that can help lead us to our goals.
Not familiar with affirmations?
I've attached a general affirmation you can say in the morning or as many times throughout the day as you would like.
Are you Jamaican or do you know someone who is?
Well, you'll be happy to know that the Jamaican Family Search Geneology Research Library has just granted free access to the entire site:
http://jamaicanfamilysearch.com/
Pass it on to any one you know who would appreciate the information
"Every man is a quotation from all his ancestors." -Ralph Waldo Emerson
Do you find yourself holding your greatness back?
I do. More often than I'd like to admit.
I finally asked myself, "Why?"
I don't help anyone by withholding knowledge.
I only frustrate myself.
And even pretending to be ignorant is nothing to boast about.
The reasons so many conscious people withold information are multifactorial (ill discuss this in an upcoming post), but I challenge you with the same challenge I challenged myself:
Don't dumb yourself down so people around you can feel comfortable. Either make them uncomfortable or start hanging around some new people.
It's just that simple.
"The problem with the world is that the intelligent people are full of doubts, while the stupid ones are full of confidence." -Charles Bukowski
