Put Your Heart Into What You Do

koi fishThis is an origami Koi fish created by a friend of mine who works in the medical field. She is an expert at origami as a hobby and creates many beautiful things. She says creating this Koi fish takes her the longest amount of time and it is the hardest. About six hours. WOW! Such patience and dedication for something she does just for fun.

I asked why she spends so much time doing these when her other creations take much less time. With a huge smile she replied, “Because they are the most challenging and take the most time.” Simple yet profound wisdom from an artist who reminded me  satisfaction and joy come from putting our heart into what we enjoy; no matter how long it takes.

You’ve heard the saying anything worth doing is worth doing well. No matter what you do in life put yourself into it. Be passionate about your hobbies, the everyday chores you must do, and the times you play just for fun. The quality of life truly is found in the moments we are fully immersed in what we are doing. We feel life move through us to create, to enjoy.

 

RYS-089: Pay Attention When God Speaks

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Each of us has access to an aware, watchful, and protective guidance inside us. To benefit from its direction, we learn to trust that our inner intuitive wisdom is more accurate than the information offered by our often biased and self-centered minds.

• Our thoughts will discount our heart-wisdom because when fear is allowed to enter into a decision making process we are no longer open to hear the guidance of soul.
• When it is truly our heart/soul/gut offering guidance it will feel peaceful, clear and it will always just feel like the right thing to do.
• Divine guidance always feels calm and certain even when our wise inner gut voice is advising us to take an action exactly opposite of what our mind is telling us to do.

 

Romancing Your Soul ™ is a show where Regina gives you the keys to create a joyful life. In a world filled with limitless challenges and stress, who can listeners count on for real-life solutions? Just check in with Regina Cates, acclaimed author, positivity junkie. Regina is a champion of heart whose common sense tips will make your relationships better, your communication clearer, and your boundaries healthier.

 

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Acts of Kindness Change the World

Acts-of-KindnessI was walking my little dog Ruby when we came upon a shattered glass bottle. Sharp shards of clear glass were strewn several feet across the entire width of the sidewalk. I carefully picked her up and went around. When we finished our walk and returned to the apartment I got a broom, dust pan and paper bag. I lined the bottom of the bag with a thick newspaper and in big red letters wrote “Careful broken glass,” on the outside of the bag. Then I headed back over to the next block with my clean up tools in hand.

I bent down and picked up the big pieces. Then I spent 5 or so minutes carefully cleaning up the small shards that had fallen into the grass.  I finished by sweeping up the length of sidewalk and stairs leading up to the apartment building where the bottle had broken.

As I returned home I felt a great sense of peaceful satisfaction. In taking time to clean up the glass I realized the majority of my contentment with life comes from doing what I can to make a positive difference. It makes my heart sing to think I may have prevented a person, or child, or pet from being hurt.

Each and every time we do something positive we feel good. And the truth is, feeling good from lending a helping hand when we see something that needs to be done is addictive, in a very heart-healthy way.

RYS 088: Embrace and Nurture the Little Wounded You

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There are two parts to each of us. The adult part that is responsible, kind, compassionate, and understanding. And a wounded child part that behaves like an irresponsible and emotionally immature brat.

• The wounded child part of us does not know better to do better.
• Our childlike side does not have the skills to create healthy adult relationships.
• Our adult side is totally capable of learning how to take the lead to create our best life.

 

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From Me to We

Sad dog with funnelHave you ever seen a dog with a plastic collar? Sometimes they must wear it after surgery or when they have an injury so they do not lick a wound. But the collar severely restricts their vision to only what is directly ahead of them.

For many years I went through life wearing an invisible collar. My focus was so narrow I could only see my point of view. My thoughts, preferences, desires, and goals were the only ones that mattered. What other people thought or felt was not important because I was always right. My egocentric tunnel vision view caused me to believe I was the center of the universe. But living alone with my personal importance was not satisfying or easy. It seemed I was always in conflict. I had to defend myself against people who challenged me. I found fault, tore other people down in a need to be better, different, and special. It was a lonely and angry way to live.

One day someone close to me had the courage to tell me how self-absorbed and narrow minded I was. At first I was defensively angry. Later I realized I was hurt and embarrassed. Eventually I became grateful because she was right.

It was the painful wake-up call I needed to take off my “it’s all about me” collar. Only when I was free from the narrow view of “me” did my heart open so I appreciate the greater wisdom and power of “we.”

RYS 087: How to Make a Relationship Last

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On June 2 my mom and dad celebrated their 67th wedding anniversary. Over their sixty seven years together they weathered betrayal, affairs, learning one of their daughters is gay, and financial challenges. How did they manage to make their relationship last?

• Begin with a solid foundation of shared values.
• Stay focused on the commitment.
• Let each other know they are wanted and valued.

 

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RYS 086: Other People’s Rudeness is Not Personal

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Have you ever been in the wrong place at the wrong time to have someone come out of left field and be rude to you? One key thing to remember, when someone is so enraged they are willing to take their anger, frustration and personal disappointment out on another person, they are not thinking. They are on auto-pilot of a deeply wounded ego.

• Choosing to mirror another person’s rude, arrogant, entitled behavior never turns out as our ego says it will.
• People who take their anger out on others are expressing outwardly what they are feeling inside about themselves.
• When you set the goal for your life of living in peace you become strong against the rude and inconsiderate actions of others.

 

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Fear is Handy When Being Chased by a Bear

baby bearThe only time I ever find fear useful is when it gets me moving out of the way of physical harm. For the rest of life’s unknowns and challenges, being fearful actually keeps us stuck. Living in fear of what we cannot know or change is being shackled to the heavy weight of dread. The chains of fear actually prevent us from moving on.

By bravely facing what we are afraid of we begin to realize much of what we fear is actually under our control. Like the stress I experienced from too many bills because I was not financially responsible. Or the anxiety that came from a relationship where my partner refused to work on us. Or the fear that arose when a loved one got a negative medical diagnosis.

It is times like these when the most positive action we can take is to stare fear directly in the eye. By realistically looking at what the situation is, rather than fearing what may be, we eliminate the idea we can control the uncontrollable (loved one gets a cancer diagnosis), know the unknowable (when we will die), or change the unchangeable (the past). When we accept a situation for what it is we can take the actions necessary to address life’s challenges in the most productive and positive ways.

Facing our fear is the way we stop getting stuck in the negativity and inaction of worry and dread.  Life is not meant to be lived in fear but in the faith that comes from believing we are strong enough to successfully get through whatever challenges we face.

RYS 085: How to Break a Habit

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Bad habits are learned behavior which means they can be replaced with positive ones. Overcoming any negative pattern of behavior leads to your having a greater level of self-respect, self-love, and personal empowerment. Whatever you want to achieve in life it is absolutely possible, when you believe in yourself and you take the necessary actions to reach your goal.

• No matter what bad habit you have, you are powerful to transform yourself.
• Taking control of your behavior is the key to winning over any undesirable habit.
• With planning, determination, self-respect, and self-control you can accomplish anything.

 

Romancing Your Soul ™ is a show where Regina gives you the keys to create a joyful life. In a world filled with limitless challenges and stress, who can listeners count on for real-life solutions? Just check in with Regina Cates, acclaimed author, positivity junkie. Regina is a champion of heart whose common sense tips will make your relationships better, your communication clearer, and your boundaries healthier.

 

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RYS 084: Ten More Signs You Love Yourself

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You cannot control others. You cannot change others. You cannot heal others. That means it is only possible for you to be half of the relationship you have with other people. Your goal, in any of the relationships you have, is to be your best half. You are your best half by loving yourself first to love others well.

• Love is caring and affection displayed through positive action.
• Each and every time you treat yourself with support, respect, honesty, patience, kindness, forgiveness, and compassion you are loving yourself.
• When you freely demonstrate the behaviors of love to yourself you will be able to give them to others.

 

Romancing Your Soul ™ is a show where Regina gives you the keys to create a joyful life. In a world filled with limitless challenges and stress, who can listeners count on for real-life solutions? Just check in with Regina Cates, acclaimed author, positivity junkie. Regina is a champion of heart whose common sense tips will make your relationships better, your communication clearer, and your boundaries healthier.

 

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