YOUR LIFE A-Z: NINJA

ALWAYS BE PREPARED LIKE A MIGHT NINJA

NINJA

Walking on water, practicing invisibility and focusing on the possibilities of what can go right, the Japanese NINJA leaves no room for the enemy. Train in being a NINJA.  You are born with the same powers with as everyone else;however, you need to practice discipline and a sense of a purpose. Training in making your life Robin Hood like or NINJA Turtle like means living with an eye that looks for what is needed in any given situation of care, love, or peace and then doing all that is necessary to illuminate those needs and meet them.  Sometimes it does not help to move at a turtle’s pace but you may have to morph into a super star that is on a mission to make a difference.  Being a NINJA means to use alternative ways, ways that are underground, and possibly even secret to get the good accomplished in the world, even your world.  Ever notice that sometimes when you make an announcement like, “I am going to ______________,” that your brain kicks in and says, “No you are not going to be able to succeed at that.”  Then you share that idea or dream with a friend or colleague and they say, “How is that going to work?”  Or something subtler, “That seems impossible.”  This is when you need your NINJA to train and conquer.  Go underground and get what you want. Train in covert operations that change the way you approach the world.  Learn from your past and train in the present.

YOUR LIFE A-Z WORK

Everything takes Work!

WORK

Work your plan.  Work your desire.  Make whatever it is work.  The three steps of these three questions are a simple template designed to keep you moving and in action throughout your life.  When you "hear" yourself complaining or whining about your life, then do something about it.  No room for victims in this lifetime. 

Yes, you are right, life is hard sometimes.  But my question is, "So what?"  Life is hard and no one promised a rose garden.  By the way, rose gardens take a tremendous amount of work. Roses, beautiful ones, do not grow without daily attention to the right nutrients, water, light, and lots of pruning.  Roses need pruning all of the time and they have thrones. You need specialized pruning tools and I think leather gloves to attend appropriately to your rose garden.

Work is required.  Everything requires work. The breakfast you ate this morning required work; such as shopping for it, preparing it, and cleaning up the kitchen afterwards.  Nothing comes without work.  So work your plan step by step.  Once you complete step one, go back through those three questions and work step two.  Work it. What is it I need?  How do I acquire what I need and what is the action I take to make it happen?  Then do it. 

Nike means it when their T-shirts and logo say, "Just do it."  How do you think it is going to happen if you don't do it? The only Santa Claus that exist is the one you create. 

YOUR LIFE A-Z REACH

Reach For It!

REACH

Stop expecting things to be delivered to you. Reach for what you want.  Stretch across the table, the aisles, and the negativity.  If other people can have it so can you.  You are no better or worse than those around you.  Stop being jealous about what others have and reach for what you want.  If you are not reaching, then it clearly is not important to you.  Don't judge yourself for that.  Just let it go and reach for what is really important to you.  Going out for pizza is so much better than having it delivered.  Pizza in a box is soggy.  A pizza that you reach across the table for is so much better.  Life is better if it is not handed to you.  You will appreciate your successes more. You will realize that you put your sweat and maybe even tears in what it is that you want.  It means more to you.  

Reach for the stars.  The stars are so far away and it often seems like we can never get there.  But if we use our bodies to stretch upwards to the stars we become more agile, our leg muscles elongate as we sweep down and touch our toes.  We feel empowered by this simple exercise and we learn to reach as far as we can.  Reach for  the choices you want. Who cares if what you want is across the table rather than instead of right it front of you. Reach for what you want.  Stretch into your differences and be who you are.

Photo: Pam Smead