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THE POWER IN PEACE by Sacha Wise

Why stay in someone else’s world of torture and pain, when you can have your own world of peace and serenity? This move is only a small step away in your mind. The dark places of someone’s thoughts can lead to a place where you are being drawn in to be bound as opposed to being set free. You have the option of accepting that invitation or kindly rejecting it for a better offer. Only accept an offer you envision will bring you joy and harmonious love. You create your own peace.

That is our power of being, which is our birthright. The power of choice. If you have many options before you then you are very powerful as you don’t have to compromise on your vision but you can choose the very best for your individualised state. Power is a state of mind where if you lack the connection to this birthright, then you have little choice of options and life just happens to you. There are always many options, the problem comes when you cannot see it and instead coming from a mindset of lack when you think there is not enough of what you want.

You can envision a life where there are traumas and strife or you can envision a life where there is peace and harmony among all you meet. Vision is powerful, otherwise you are blind. To be in constant communication with yourself about what you see is difficult, but yet so powerful. You gain more information about yourself and analyse your states of being, considering which states work for you and which parts of yourself need to be gone to gain peace. You become accomplished enough through insight to create your own peace, within you, not among other people’s opinions and their ever changing emotional states around you. To have vision and to choose wisely according to what you want to see, that is true power.

You can take responsibility over life or instead allow life to constantly happen to you. Life can leave you feeling very bruised or it can reward you with a crown after you prove yourself worthy of this testing challenge of simply being alive and present in each moment. It can leave you broken, or it can create opportunities to build others up. Whichever road of thought journey you choose to take is exactly where you will end up. Although, I sincerely hope you don’t get lost in your journey with impaired visuals and ending up crashing terribly with burn scars to remind you of your loss of control.

You don’t need to destroy to create. Sometimes, the necessity of destroying to begin a creation is a certainty. Other times, it is a complete waste of time and unnecessary heartache. Sometimes, you are so rigid in your thinking these drastic physical events have to occur around you to change the direction your old mindset was taking you to then bring you to a better place.Good judgement decides if you build or if you break. To carry a memory of a level of brokenness is beneficial to others, yet make it only a memory. It is much more rewarding living in wholeness and freedom than permanently in your messy memory closet.

Suitable options may come your way. They may make sense logically in your current thought process, yet, they are not the best option for achieving your optimal state as a human being on this earth. These suitable options, if we strip them down, are really compromises because you were too afraid to reach the heights of your level of understanding and push to become the very best you can be. They were the comfortable choices or the choices that were put on your plate. You were too impatient or blind to hold out for the dream that is not yet in sight but is surely coming. You can choose to build your foundations in life strongly upon solid ground or you can compromise with the first discounted deal you come across which crumbles under your feet at the first sign of trouble.

It can be right, but still wrong. The reason being is that there are levels of understanding. When you raise your understanding the whole game changes into a paradigm shift of new opportunity. You can meet ‘the one’ but you are in a place of so much fear and doubt that you lose what was meant for you. It just slips from your hand. It was meant for you but you were unprepared to enjoy such a perfect gift of sunshine filled day when inside you were such a storm attracting lightening bolts. You let it pass. You heal. You learn. This time you decide to love yourself first which consequently opens you up to love someone else properly.

Love is a selfless act on both parts, although not loving yourself is a compromise. Some people are not their true selves in love, they become whatever someone else wants them to be and end up losing themselves completely. People may think they want to clone of themselves in a partner, but really individuality is the spice of life. If someone senses your lack of power to create your own world in your life and they finally succeed in cloning you into an image of themselves, then robotic boredom kicks in. Passion involves a level of uncertainty and spontaneity of not knowing what can happen next with another being’s individual thoughts and desires.

Creation is difficult. That is why many choose to be part of someone else’s creation instead, it’s a lot easier, although you give up your power similar to the government putting up new corrupt laws for citizens to obey, based on what is most beneficial to those at the top with the most power (aka the choice to decide your future as well as theirs). In the beginning stages of your life, it may be comfortable to give away your personal power but it is not in your best interest to do so in the long term. How can you be sure the person holding the strings are not in it for their own reasons, instead of thinking what is most beneficial for you in your life? It takes an exceptionally selfless person to not think about their desires when they have the power to rule over you. The way to avoid this is to create yourself.

You can envision all the elements of your future life with precise detail and create the sight in your mind’s eye of what you prefer to see and then choose accordingly. Or you can choose to sit on your bum and watch telly as the screen slowly corrupts your subconscious mind and numbs the end of your brain cells, completely obvious to the chaos and destruction caused in your midst. You are disengaged from critical thinking at that point, unless you are very smart and can surpass the brainwashing of the media into some depths of learning. You can learn from corruption to have insider knowledge and hence more power (aka choice) over your next options.

You can only visualise value if you consider yourself valuable. If you value yourself, then people treat you differently without even realising why. You are emitting an indescribable energy that shows where you stand in full acceptance of yourself. They won’t to be in your world if they cannot fit in with your rules as written out clearly on certain frequency levels you emit. You will repel what is unsuitable for you and attract all the blessings if your foundation is strongly built upon personal value.

When someone attempt to come into your life, they can’t bring drama because you are not in that space and will no longer connect with such behaviour. Hence, you will walk away or they will - most likely you will. Applying this principle romantically, you’ll be left with a suitable partner that bring unspeakable joy alone into your being because that is what you are willing to accept. You’ll keep that one!

So, create your world with enough space to fit someone else in but don’t compromise by squeezing into someone else’s vision without bringing any of your dreams along to cushion the journey. If your dreams can’t fit into someone else’s life then neither can you! Losing your dreams means losing your purpose and the fragrant essence of who you are. Let the main things that matter most to you not be pushed aside and consider unimportant by someone around you who says that they love you. Love is not selfish.

Do you not know that your are fine dining gourmet food and an elite, rare jewel? You are worth the hefty price of true love and being made a fuss over. Don’t accept anything less. Everyone is trying to get a bargain in this world, make sure your value stays at full price. Don’t compromise that for anyone. Then, let the love negotiations be fair. Give and take. The world is held in a balance of gravity, how much more does our life need to be balanced perfectly in the same way. The balance starts in the mind and your thoughts, and radiates out like a sun ray of hope for the future.

There is no power struggles in real love. You both stand complete in your individual power and hence love each other as an equal. Be true to your dreaming.

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THREE LITTLE BIRDS by Steph Hernandez

Sometimes starting over can seem like one is given a massive mission from the team of ‘Mission Impossible’. You may feel as if you have to engage in some Tom Cruise-esque stunts by avoiding trip wires and scaling New York skyline skyscrapers without a safety harness. Does this sound like you? Have you been here? There’s the saying… “when life throws you lemons, make lemonade”; but what if you don’t know how to literally make lemonade? What if you don’t know what ingredients to use or where to source them from? All silly questions some may say. Of course you should do! However, this is all literally speaking. Figuratively speaking, what if you’ve lost the zest (excuse the lemon pun), the passion, the zeal, the j’nais se quoi? All you know is that something is missing. Things happen in life which throws us off balance, makes us lose our confidence, our get up and go mentality. This can be caused by rejection, humiliation, death, illness, divorce, being lied to, cheated on, end of a friendship/ relationship, loss of a job etc. You go through the emotions of feeling unloved, alone, not worthy, depressed and the worst case scenario – feeling suicidal. I’ve experienced most of the above at various points by being forced to leave a job I loved doing (because I had the integrity in practicing my principles); the death of my mother through cancer and not being at her bedside in her final moments due to having Deep Vein Thrombosis while abroad and unable to fly for almost 2 months. Three months later came the horrific murder of my mother’s brother. There were other deaths in between these; all in the space of 4 months which eventually took its toll on one’s spiritual equilibrium. I was broke and seemingly unemployable by the “system” for 4 years prior, 2 years helping to encourage my mother during her cancer battle and then another year of dealing with her death and my uncle’s. This was all too much! I felt lost and alone. At each moment of eventuality a little piece of my inner light dimmed. The dimming made me think and ask myself, “why try?”, “why am I here?” “what purpose do I serve?” This was all alongside the guilt of not being there in my mother’s last moments and unsaid words to her and others, and the pain of them being gone. I was angry! Can’t a girl catch a break?!! The break did come… a break from the world. That break was slipping deeper into a somewhat self-imposed exile. Well… sort of… I only surfaced if I had to; charity work commitments, and that was about it. I functioned for the sake of not thinking about myself and how I was feeling. It wasn’t denial, because I fully let all of my “inner” negativity out to play when on my own – it was torturous! Looking back now, I was in a dark depression with suicidal thoughts, drinking a lot more wine and eating much less (or nothing) than I normally would. I woke up crying and went to sleep crying (when I was able to sleep). I was broken! So what or who helped you, you may wonder? Feeling loved; feeling that someone cared; feeling that someone believes you matter; feeling and believing that things could change for a greater purpose. These feelings are real, raw and basic human requirements in life, is it not?! Well… I think so! These are the ingredients to making proverbial lemonade out of proverbial lemons in my opinion. I’ve been extremely blessed with a tight family of friends who have encouraged, listened (the rare times I felt like sharing my thoughts); aided financially and helped me my see own strength, courage, creative capabilities and look deeper within myself, my spirit, to forgive myself and learn to embrace life’s offerings again. Delving deeper within my spiritual faith was definitely my salvation. Meditation… meditation… meditation… During these months of isolated meditation I came to many epiphanies, moments of truth, those “aha” moments as Oprah coins. I realised that I wore more scars than I thought I had – grief, guilt, sorrow… I gave up on hope. That I had to fully embrace those scars to further accept those experiences – the good and not so good. That some people cared by showing they did, even though I believed that I was on my own. Though I add some people that you thought were your friends showed their true selves by revealing they weren’t (thank you and goodbye). That I was much stronger than I thought I was – that inner warrior; which I always believed I was. But many chose not to see the warrior in me through their own insecurities or jealousies. But it’s ok, as this was my journey. That I can wear those scars like tattooed battle wounds and be proud of them, instead of being pained by them. Not being afraid to be vulnerable or stating I made mistakes. I can regain joy, if that’s what I want. I had to change my thinking. So armed with these “aha” moments, and on reaching point 6, I decided to change my thinking by challenging myself to confront my blockages. I had to re-integrate myself into being sociable again; willingly interacting with others in a social setting. I remember posting a Facebook status saying I felt like I needed to be elsewhere, where, I didn’t know. I just knew it couldn’t be a familiar place. A few days later I was off to France with a friend where my French was “très de base” (very basic). Though got by recalling I had an o’level in French. My inner self somehow knew that this spontaneous thought and action (part of the old me and happier me) had to happen to regain a sense of self. I had to interact with people, many who couldn’t speak English and I found myself in many social settings where I had to reclaim the fun and “be fully immersed in the moment” side of me. I even engaged in a few political debates, all in French and understood every word, even though my French response was still basic. I met some amazing, humorous, passionate and kind-hearted people. It’s funny how kindness comes in many languages… it’s not what they say; it’s how they show their hearts. I did some things that I even pleasantly surprised myself by doing – I didn’t over-think a moment, I just jumped right in. It felt like wearing your favourite dress, shoes and handbag that you forgot you had as it was hidden deep in the back of your closet, till you rummaged, found it and wore it like a strutting peacock resplendent in its feathers. I felt like I was falling in love with myself again… I know it may sound a bit contrived and conceited. But then I thought, Paris is not just a city of “amour” in a couple sense of the word. That trip was just what I needed to kick start the rest of my “closing old doors” and “opening new ones”. I felt revitalised and re-energised to progress my journey. Just prior to Paris, I also realised that it was over a year that I last entered my mother’s home. Why?! Because I couldn’t face the memories; that last day I visited was Mother’s Day last year - quite poignant and painful within itself. How can I celebrate Mother’s Day when she’s not here?! Each time I visited the house I felt nothing but sadness. So a week post Paris, I decided to go to my old home town to visit my mother’s home. I woke up feeling unwell and was thinking about not going. However, something inside me said different, and I listened. A few hours later than planned I arrived with a fire to see gratitude. That gratitude was seeing and embracing beautiful memories of the moments I had with my mother, our conversations, our laughter, her solid advice, our shared love of fashion, me manicuring and painting her nails, our last summer together in her garden and me picking fresh mint to make her mint teas and more. The pain was lessened by focussing on love… I also met up with 2 old friends while in my old city who even though we don’t speak weekly or even monthly at times, have consistently showed their hearts, hearts with genuine love. It was a beautiful day for so many reasons. There’s one prophetic irony or maybe I should call it prophetic circumstance or symbolism, or whatever you wish to call it… is that in tracing back various occurrences over recent months, many things have revealed themselves. I recall a very good friend of mine with unwavering spiritual faith, who phoned me one day and asked if doves or birds mean anything to me and mentioned something about “peace”? At the time of deep pain, I responded, no not really. I thought deeply about his question and then realised what he meant. I knew about doves being birds of peace. However, how on earth could he know that during my tears the only thing that stopped my tears was listening to the birds singing outside my windows as I live opposite huge rows of trees where many birds orchestrate their birdsong from 3am. The birdsong gave me comfort somehow… peace… stillness… clarity… Now fast-forward to just before Paris (which was about 3 weeks ago)… One day whilst at my window, I saw a black crow sitting on the railing a couple feet away and looking right at me and although I’m not hugely superstitious, I actually closed the window pretty fast. The next day and the day after, I saw red-breasted robins near the same railings doing the very same though singing their red breasts off! I stood and watched them till they flew away. Something in me took note of these appearances, and I googled its’ significance. The crow was apparently signifying death (oh not again!), yet also signified new beginnings. The robin was purely about new beginnings and closing old doors. Hmmmmm… As I said, I’m not hugely superstitious, yet I believed these moments were significant somehow. That day I was also listening to a Trinidad radio station online, it was the anniversary of the death of Bob Marley (11th May) and they played ‘Three Little Birds’… “… by my doorstep, singing sweet songs, of melodies pure and true, saying this is my message to you. Singing don’t worry about a thing, cause every little thing gonna be alright…” Ahhhhhh… So something led me to Paris to get my mojo back, visit my mother’s house to see joy rather than sorrow, and while finishing writing these last few paragraphs, I had the news a couple days ago that a cousin of mine lost his battle with cancer, another has it and another recently had a tumour removed with part of their intestine. Yes I felt low again on hearing the news, like the wind lulled on my sails, as all of last year came flooding back again in flashes. However, that low hit hard for just a day as I recalled another wise friend saying “on closing certain doors, be careful on which new ones you open”. I didn’t want to feel that pain I felt again, and quickly focussed on the positive – my cousin was now pain free. My final sharing is that just a few minutes ago, while looking out of my window on a writing break, I saw another red-breasted robin flitting amongst the trees and onto the small road coming closer to my window…

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Join #MeWeZeN on a week long journey exploring the benefits of #gratitude and how it can change your life if applied consistently. Tag @mewezen into your pictures for one week and we may feature you on our channel. Let's start today thinking about and snapping the little things you are #grateful for and watch your perspective change within you affecting your decisions and then your life. There is power is gratitude as the only person you are suppose to master in this world is yourself. Join us on this exciting journey of turning gratitude into a daily habit which makes you #happy. #gratitudesnapshots #gratitudesnaps #gratitudechallenge #gratitude30 #365grateful #gratitudejournal #gratitude365 #gratitudeproject #gratitudeattitude #gratitudeistheattitude #gratitudes #gratitudephotochallenge #gratitudeeverday #gratitudeismyattitude #gratefulheart #gratefulness #gratefulgram #gratefulfor #gratefulandblessed #happydays #Iamhappy #happydays #happytime #happylife #happyplace #changeisgood #changeyourlife #changetheworld #changeforthebetter #change #changes #conmunityoutreach #communitylove #imthankful

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This is a question we should be asking ourselves on a daily basis? Free air turns into expensive congestion zones and free water goes into bottles to be bought on supermarket shelves... Where is the love? Mother Earth gives freely. We take to line our pockets. #Wrong #BrothersKeeper #Capitalism #Economics #ROAK #Inspiration #LoveOfMoney #BeTheChange

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Do you fancy participating in a football tournament alongside the professionals? Join us in supporting the charity C.Y.F where ex-professional footballers come back to the game for a day and for a good cause. Build your team and fight to win the trophy (the real trophy is the money we would have raised for C.Y.F) There is a special online offer of only £6 entry so send an email to Tony Lormor and find out how you can be involved for a good cause today! #Football #Footy #Tournament for #Charity #Professional #CYF #YouthWork #Youth #Raok #RandomActsOfKindness #MeWeZeN #Love #Change

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Our ZeN project where we honour the life long committed community members through a film exhibition at Derby Council House, 'Singing The Unsung', is now over but that doesn't mean that you can't do your small bit to give up your chair to an elder on the bus or carry someone's heavy shopping to their door. #randomactsofkindness #raok #dosomethingnice #benice #littlemomentsapps

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Great work from one of our ZeN members @norcaliangel Spreading the love through her new venture @asdcookieco Show her some love for all the love she is showing. Also shout out to the #kindact from this beautiful, young man @ej_zifodya #KindNews #Repost #Hope #Youth #ActsOfKindness #MeWeZeN #Cookies#Community #WrapAround #Asdyouthaction #onepeople #foodforthough #foodforthesoul #mindmunchies #mindfulway #truestory #complimentsomeone #randomactsofkindness

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This reminds me of our recent #ZeNTV segment that discussed 80 people having the same amount of wealth as 3.5 billion people in the world. What do you think about this? Is this fair? What would you like to do about it? #injusticeanywhere #injusticeforall #equalityforall #equalitymatters #alternativenews #alternativenewsmedia #news

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Thursday 15th January 2015 – Homeless alone

I spoke on Monday about veterans that are homeless. I happened upon a story about a polish immigrant who was homeless for whatever reason and ended up dying, alone, impaled on a spike on a fence. It is so easy to dismiss people because they are completely different to us or are not living how society wishes them to live.

If we just took the time to step outside of our own selves and look at the bigger picture, what would we truly see? The man who found the gentleman dead on the fence has stated that, “his life has been completely turned around.” He will never be the same again.

Some have stated that some people choose to be homeless. Do they really? Or is it that circumstances and situations make the choice for them.

Many of us have trained ourselves to see beyond the homeless person’s face. They could acknowledge us and we would still continue to look directly ahead and pretend that we haven’t been spoken to, rather than engage with what could possibly be an educated mind. But even if it wasn’t, are they not human?

You have to be a certain type of person to be able to sleep rough. Many have taken up the challenge for one night and then its home and a long hot shower to make us what we deem as “feeling normal” again.

If we all took the time to reach out and help those that are down or up, imagine how different the world as we know it would be. The majority of society, no matter what our problem may be, at least we’ve got a roof over our heads and a hot meal. We should always have at the back of our minds it could be anyone of us. It has been said that home is where the heart is… It’s got to be a big heart!

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This was a #Christmas #prayer from one of our #volunteers #Shane on the #photo background of the #Gaza #orphans. The statistics show that there are currently 53,000 orphans in Gaza with even more #traumatised #children from the #war. Is war ever worth it? Do what you can when you can... like Shane says, it can be a #thought or a prayer.

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This our #Christmas message to everyone. Think more about others than you think about your belly. Not being hard, but being #truthful. We live in a #world where 870 million people in #poverty do not have enough #food to eat. 1 billion lack adequate to #clean #drinking #water (400 million of these are #children) ... so think a bit more than of your yourself this #Xmas #Holiday

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#Gandhi had #faith in #humanity even when he was kicked out of a #church when he tried to enter to find out what #Christianity was about. He still had faith and did not allow the small minority taint his big #heart which helped many and made a #peaceful change in this world. What can you do with this optimistic faith in humanity. The baton is passed over to you... #MeWeZeN

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Do you give up without a fight? There are many #challenges in life but if you #giveup you'll never know if you could have been a #winner of life. #Takeagamble #Fight #Train #DisciplineYourself #PositiveMindset #NeverGiveUp and just you see what happens... #MeWeZeN