The Longing of The Heart… The Habit of The Mind

“You should make the difference between knowledge and being wise! When you become wise, you will respect your body, your mind and your soul. When you become wise, your life will be controlled by your heart- not your head. You won’t sabotage yourself anymore, you own happiness, and your own love. You won’t carry all that guilt and you won’t judge yourself. From this moment on, all beliefs, which made you miserable, which made you fight with life, which made life seem hard will just disappear!”

I’ve always found it weird, when people claim that they suffer, because they are following their heart… truth is that they are in pain, because they follow their mind, their wrong beliefs… the limiting understandings…

Nobody has ever suffered, when he took the decision to follow his heart. Yes, the road might be long, you might lose some people, some opportunities, but in reality they were just not meant to accompany you on the road to your dreams!

More often than not, people give up on their most sacred desires, because they [Read more...]

Disappointments- a Cure for Stubbornness

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“Failure and defeat are temporary experience…”

Yesterday I came back home. I had a desire to write a couple posts for later this week, but I felt exhausted. Sometimes I also have moments, when exhaustion, weighs on my shoulders and I feel as if I have no strength to do anything… and I decided not to do anything! I picked up my favorite music to vocalize the silence of my evening, and I sunk into contemplation! At first sight, I spend a completely purposeless night, which turned out to be far from aimless!

All the memories, all the balance- “sheets”, that I made, reminded me how much I have changed… or at least how much my view for life and all the experiences that accompany it, has changed!

I made the conclusion, that sometimes we are stubborn students… and life has no choice, but to “cure” us from that stubbornness through disappointments! At times, my mind was overtook by memories, which made me feel weird… memories, which took me back, to periods of my life, when my heart was frozen with indecision and fear has settled in my soul! Moments, that I looked myself in the mirror, and in the reflection I saw a person filled with dissatisfaction, insecurity, pain and conquered by the illusionary reality!

Then, I suddenly came back here… in the present moment and I felt some kind of relief… relief from the fact that no future defeat, could have the strength to hurt me as deep as the disappointments from the past! You will ask why? [Read more...]

Do You Ever Wonder Why Life Is So Unfair? Here Is The Reason!

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“When you take the full responsibility for something, then you earn the full control over it”

The life of a victim… the life, which most people live, but rarely dare to acknowledge it! Why do so many people live with the feeling, that the world is a dark, unfair place to be? Why do so many people, think that they are surrounded by evil, false, hypocritical people? Why do so many consider, that to be alive is something like a punishment, which you are supposed to put up with?

The answer even though at first sight an enigma, in reality is so obvious and simple- because most people are too much into the role of being victims! They have long ago given up the responsibility for their own life and their own actions, by giving the opportunity to everybody around and the unplanned circumstances, to dictate the direction of their life! And you consider this “not fair”?

I consider it to be faint-hearted! Of course, when you are driving a car and there is a passenger next to you, but in one moment you decide that you can’t do it anymore and you let go of the wheel, whining how all other driver are “idiots”, the person next to you won’t stay impassively watching… he will take the management! It is the same with your own life… when you give up the responsibility for it and just put up with whining and letting others feel sorry for you, somebody else will take the “direction” of your life and you will become a doll of your own life!

And if right now you are at a stage of your life, where you are skillfully playing the role of a victim… I am not judging you! I just want to make you think about it!

There were moments, when I wondered why some things happen to me… I used to [Read more...]

The Only Way to Find Out If You Are Moving in The Right Direction of Your Self Development!

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“To call yourself soul soared, means to fancy yourself, that you are something better, something mighty and something more valuable, than other people. Those who are truly soul soared, don’t point it out… they just love people and life. They don’t call Life- God, don’t put names on Love… they just give away their love, unnoticeably!”

Lately I’ve noticed the tendency, that a lot of people “consider themselves soul soared”. They nag others how unenlightened they are, how big is the precipice between where they are, and where others stand.

At times I wonder if these people, really realize that in reality they are far from “soul soared” and that at times,  people that they look on with condescension, are actually on the upper stair of their self development, than those who consider themselves enlightened?

Why do I think so? [Read more...]

The Precipice Between Yesterday and Today…

They say that time heals the pain… and more often than not, people who are in pain, claim that it doesn’t ease…

Some say that you just get used to living with it…

If you deny the fact, that time heals the pain, then you are probably refusing to keep moving forward and even if your body is in the present moment… your mind and soul are constantly living in the past…

The precipice between yesterday and today… where you lose yourself and everything that is left is the pain, which is there to remind you that once there was somebody or something…. And today the only thing that’s left of them is the absence!

Disappointments, betrayals, failures… they inflict deep wounds, which at times can hurt for a long time. But wounds heal! As long as you let them do it! Just as it is with “physical wounds”, which at first can hurt pretty bad and constantly remind of their existence- with every movement, with every tremor- but as the time goes by, if you give your best to cure it…the wound will heal. And where it once used to be, now there will be just a scar! A scar that does not hurt anymore! It is just there to remind you for the mistake you made in your past; the mistake that caused you this suffering… a scar that is a warning to stay away from repeating the past!

… it is the same with the pain of your soul! At first [Read more...]

Solitutde- An Escape ( Path) to Self!

“I learned that silence isn’t always a treasure, but it is useful, when you want to say meaningful words, but there is not enough presence in the person standing in front of you!”

I love the topic about being alone… the loneliness that comes from within and the solitude that is just the physical absence of other people.

More often than not we mistaken being alone for being lonely!

I am the kind of a strange person, who has the “taint” of loving solitude!

Every day I have the need to get my own portion of silence, where I can hear everything… everything that happens inside of me!

Yesterday, I had a great conversation with “the friend with the different perspective” and this made me think about silence…

Do you know what I love the most about silence… that it reflects the emotions of those, who are present in this moment… if their inner world is in harmony, the silence will be in harmony as well… it will give more unity and understanding… if the inner world is shattered, then the silence could become terribly loud…

The screaming of your own insecurity, hatred and pain, will fill up the silence and make it unbearable…

Make it oppressive…

Silence is exactly this… the reflection of the presence… [Read more...]

Do You Want a Body Like The One On The Picture? Here Is How to Achieve It!

Bella Falconi

The New Year just started, and with its beginning, probably most of you are full of enthusiasm to do wonders and change the world, change who they are and everything that did not please them during the past year! Everybody is making new year’s resolutions: “To lose 10 pounds”; “To work out more often”; “To eat healthier”; “To be more organized!”; “To take better care of my health!” and so on.

Did you make a New Year’s resolution?

I did not! I don’t make “New Year’s resolutions” anymore! And not because I am a mediocre person, who does not care what is gonna happen! I don’t set such goals, because [Read more...]

What Is The Easiest Way to Get In Shape?

Ines Subashka

Happy New Year, everybody! :) The past year was pretty good. I learned my lessons, overcame some of my struggles and fears and now I feel stronger to move on and keep living a better life, full of purpose! That’s why I decided to sum up some of the best articles on InspiredFitStrong(click it) for the past year! I divided them in 4 categories:” Motivation”, “Women, Strength Training and Nutrition”; Healthy eating, High-Fat- Low Carb Diets and Grains” and “Strength Training”!Go through the posts and read the once you’ve missed! I promise that I will provide you with a quality content during the new year! Thanks to everybody who is following my blog, reading and sharing my posts and just making my life more complete! I appreciate every one of you!

And now let’s move on… [Read more...]

What Did I Learn in 2012?

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I had a different idea for a post today, than the one you are gonna read now! But when I opened the empty word page, from nowhere, I remembered about a post, I wrote last year ( “What I learned in 2011?”). Then I thought “ Why not write a post like this for 2012?” Probably you are wondering why in the world you would care what I learned in 2012? Well, you never know…. Sometimes a person needs to read something, he already knows, in order to get all the pieces from the puzzle, which will help him realize what he went through, how far he has come and how much he grew on the way!

What did I learn…

I learned to love myself. And not because [Read more...]

Here Is The Reason Why Painful Situations From The Past, Repeat In The Future!

We are constantly repeated the idea, that what happens now and what is gonna happen in the future is pretty much a result from our past. “The past” exists, as an obtrude guest on the present. At times we do not realize it, but a big part of our views, limiting beliefs, irrational impulses and prejudiced perceptions, took a deep root in the experience of the past!

I recently read a book, where the author expressed the following statement: “…to realize, that exactly the yet invisible future, and not the already seen past, creates every situation in your present. The problem is that until now, everybody has taught us the opposite!”

These word really struck me. They made me think about [Read more...]

How to Eat During The Holidays and Still Stay In Shape?

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The end of the world is coming and after it are the holidays! In other words, there will be a lot of occasions for eating and twice more opportunities to make excuses and cheat on your workouts and your nutrition!

Fortunately this year, unlike the years before, I am surrounded with a lot of people, who have the same understanding as mine, when it comes to nutrition and working out. We have accepted healthy eating as a lifestyle, and not as a magical formula with a deadline. For me it doesn’t matter if today is Christmas, Easter, my birthday or just another Tuesday. I will still have eggs and veggies for breakfast and then I will eat a pork steak for lunch!

For the past week, I’ve been receiving a lot of strange questions from people- if I could INVENT something, that will help them stay in shape during the holidays, if we keep in mind that they won’t have time to work out, but they intend on eating a lot!

Tell you the truth, [Read more...]

Do You Ever Wonder What You Did to Deserve Some People in Your Life? Here Is The Answer!

“I recently realized that, my life is “sending me” people, in whom I can see my reflection- they have qualities, which I myself possess and that way I get to see myself from the side. Because people often point out something they see in my character and getting the chance to meet people who have the same qualities, is an opportunity to I get a deeper view of who I am!”

Outstanding words! And the best part is that, this was said to me by a person who I have the opportunity to be my friend! Lately, my life is getting richer with true, unique people, who give more value to my personality and in the same time they offer me a different point of view…

The words mentioned above, made me think deeper. Until then I realized that life “sends” us people, who have the task to teach us something! People, who are supposed to show us how we treat others, or how we treat ourselves!

But, just when I [Read more...]

Finally! Here Is The Reason Why Bad Things Happen to YOU!

The other day I read something which really stirred the thoughts in my mind… “The Universe always gives its best to hit the weakest spot, because it is the place that’s supposed to become stronger!”

I read that and I thought about everything that happened to me in the past; I thought about people that consider themselves as victims; as people born without luck.

If you are the kind of person, who is wondering why all those bad things are happening to you, [Read more...]

Behind Every Beautiful Person There Is Some Kind of Tragic! What Hides Behind This?

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“We judge others for what we don’t wanna see in ourselves. That’s why we attract people who show us how we treat others, or how we treat ourselves…”

Probably you wonder what I am gonna write about today… tell you the truth I have no idea… I just have thoughts running through my mind, thoughts that I am dying to “pour” on the keyboard and the “white sheet”. They say that the story is left untold, not because the storyteller is missing, but because there isn’t anybody to hear it…

Do I feel this way? [Read more...]

Don’t Read This If You Hate Your Job!

We spend the bigger part of our lives working! And unfortunately most people hate their job! As it is said, people spend their whole week waiting for Friday, spend their whole year waiting for summer and spend their whole life waiting to be happy… and thus, they spend their years waiting…

We look on our job as something mandatory, something we do out of need. You are supposed to work, so you can pay your bills, so you can buy food, clothes and other material stuff; so you could have the “freedom” to go out at night, to go on vacations…

We spend our day bored, with feelings of self-pity- how we are cursed to spend our so precious time working! How sad! Or maybe not really?

Have you ever thought about [Read more...]

That’s Why You Are Mediocre!

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People don’t live mediocre, because their true self is mediocre. They act this way, because they abandoned their true self! They adopted the false perception of people around them and started seeing themselves as “not special” and “not smart enough”. And because this is the way they see themselves, this is the way they act!

The headline was just a desperate try to attract your attention! I don’t think you are mediocre! ;)

I often mention, how I wish more people could see the world, the way I see it. If they could look through the surface and beyond the limitations, and see the sparkle of the unlimited. If behind the ugliness, they could see the glazing smile of the beauty. If behind the clumsy, they could see the seed of potential, which is waiting to be “fed”, in order to burst!

In each situation and every time I meet a person, I give my best to never judge others! I give my best to never make conclusions way too fast- about other people’s behavior or words. But I hardly ever succeed to do this, when somebody is belittling the hard work and accomplishments of others. No matter how hard I try, I always get a little irritated when somebody instead of setting the fire, from the sparkle of talent in somebody, gives his best to extinguish it!

They say that truly [Read more...]

When The Soul Is Starving, The Body Is Overeating!

Ines Subashka

I loooooooove doing handstands! :)

It happens again. The emotions are taking over you. As if a storm is raging in your heart! You are trying to repress them, to hold them, to dull them You don’t want to feel, you don’t want your heart and soul to be rend by memories, disappointments, fears and dissatisfaction. You feel weak and helpless, but you don’t want the world to see you falling apart. You are afraid to share with others, to tell them that inside you are broken and that is why you bear! You stay silent and you pile up the pain. But in moments like this, the suffering is way too much and you feel incapable of controlling it!

And there you go, you reach out for food again. You hope that the escape from yourself will [Read more...]

What Gives Me Strength to Face Another Day?

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How often do you turn yourself in an emotional sufferer to the way people treat you? How often do you play the role of a victim, just because you think that “life isn’t fair”; “that you ran out of luck”, “that other people are being mean”?

Lately I notice the tendency, that people really like it when somebody is feeling sorry for them. You smile at them, and they stare back at you, frowning, as if the end of the world is here. They explain you how terrible their life is and when you give your best to give them hope and optimism, they keep on insisting how you don’t get it and how in reality their life is just a big burden!

And I… I understand these people. I was there once- on the path, when you think that pain and suffering are something you should identify with. You think that pain and suffering define you and that if you don’t suffer, you are not trying hard enough!

How often do you judge others? I stopped doing that! One of the “rules”, which leads me in life is to treat others, the way I would have wanted people to treat me, when I was on the same stage of my life.

The other day I was [Read more...]

Are You Doing This Too?

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Lauren Plumy

„Likewise, there is no difference in the person who intends to do things differently and the one who never thinks about it in the first place. Have you ever considered how often we judge ourselves by our intentions while we judge others by their actions? Yet intention without action is an insult to those who expect the best from you.” Andy Andrews

What did you intend to do yesterday? And what about last week? What did you intend to do today? Or I may better ask you, how often, do you really take actions to carry out, what you intend to do?

I also have moments like that. I play a plot in my mind, with the things I want to do; what I plan to achieve; the tasks I have to complete. Sometimes I spend more time thinking about [Read more...]

6 Reasons To Keep On Working Out In Winter

Winter is here and probably some of you will give up on working out. Winter and cold weather that goes with it, are the perfect premise to hide behind layers of clothes and convince ourselves that there isn’t anybody to see how fat we are. Thus, without even realizing it, the pounds pack on and the spring comes! We become aware of the fact that we got fatter and the big depression appears- what diet should you follow, how many calories should you burn, how in the world could you get rid of the extra weight! Summer is knocking on the door and we should be in the best shape, in order to walk proudly on the beach, showing off our new swimsuit!

If you do not want this so well known scenario to turn into your reality this year, it is [Read more...]