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Everyday for the next year I will be posting a new Inspirational Rule to consider living by. I hope you enjoy. Rule #12 10/26/15 Life has no guarantees. We here the expression live in the now often, but how often do we really take the time to understand the quality of its meaning. Starting today, treat everyone you meet, friend or foe, loved one or stranger, as if they were going to be dead at midnight. Extend to each person, no matter how complicated the soul, all the care and kindness and understanding and love that you can muster within your heart and do this with no thought of anything in return. I guarantee the arguments would be less important, the criticism less needed, if we only treated everyone closest to us with the regards that this day was the very last for them - the compassion would be overwhelming. Things that were once important would be meaningless in the greater scheme of things. Think about this deeply. If we treat every situation as if it was our last, this world would be forever changed in the most beautiful, inspiring way. Try it and see the results for yourself. ~Will "Story" Rivera
Everyday for the next year I will be posting a new Inspirational Rule to consider living by. I hope you enjoy. Rule #11 10/25/15 Your job won't take care of you when you are sick. Your friends and family will. Stay in touch. Life happens, lets be honest, you get busy with work and career, you struggle balancing your home family with extended family. Time seems fleeting to those who, like most, are all over the place struggling to find enough time in the day to complete their to do list, let alone visit and make time for others.
Regardless of how busy we get, always remember its the relationships we keep that matter the most. Make time to pick up the phone and say hello to those you love. Make time to stop and help someone in need. Make time to reconnect with friends. Make time period. you do not want to reach a point in your life where it has gotten too late to do the things that truly matter most, so do them now. ~Will "Story" Rivera Everyday for the next year I will be posting a new Inspirational Rule to consider living by. I hope you enjoy. Rule #10 10/24/15 Take Responsibility for your problems. The words you speak and thoughts you keep may not be the cause all of your problems, but they can cause a lot of them and they should be given a great deal of consideration when you are searching for clarity and understanding to all that you encounter in life. We all have challenges, but we have the power to make them better or worse by the way we choose to speak and think about them. How we choose to perceive them. Look to the good in everything, even if it’s just a drop of goodness amidst a sea of chaos, look to that drop and focus solely on that. The impact our thoughts and words have on our circumstances are truly profound. When we choose to believe that our issues are someone else’s fault, we inadvertently place the power of resolution in that someone else’s hands, leaving us feeling helpless. When we take responsibility of all aspects of our life, we empower ourselves to create viable solutions. Problems will arise, there is no avoiding this, but I want to encourage you to take some time and think about how you daily perceive the things that occur. We always have the choice to embrace our lives with faith or with defeat. Stay encouraged. ~Will “Story” Rivera  Everyday for the next year I will be posting a new Inspirational Rule to consider living by. I hope you enjoy.
Rule #9 10/23/15 Happiness is not for sale. Regardless of what you heard, you can’t buy happiness, yet we find ourselves searching the aisles, shelves, and pages of eBay in search of something more, anything tangible to fill the void of our souls. We have convinced ourselves that the proper clothes, shoes, car and home will somehow make us better people; happier people. We think that the right salary and benefits will sooth our deepest souls longing for satisfaction. We could search all our lives for anything exterior yet we will ultimately land at the simple truth; stuff will not make us happy—not in the long run, anyway. At best, material things will temporarily pacify us, they will serve as a distraction from the real goal; happiness comes from within. We spend countless hours building our career, growing a family, and pursuing new experiences. These are all worthy endeavors if they are important to you. However, we must also make the time to cultivate our internal state of mind. When we attach our happiness to someone or something we allow the risk of losing that type of happiness, as it is outside of ourselves. It’s great to have goals and want to change the external part of life, but keep in mind that without an inner lever of peace and joy – happiness will always be fleeting. ~Will “Story” Rivera Your kids aren’t you.
As parents you are the vessel to bring your children into the world and their caretakers until they can care for themselves. You can teach them, love them, support them and do everything possible to ensure they turn out to be outstanding individuals, but you can’t change them or change what they want in life. They are unique souls who must live their own lives and ultimately follow their own paths. Let them. What they do or say is a reflection of who they are; not you. The greatest gift we give our children is the freedom and support in being who they are, without conditions, guilt, or punishment. Just pure unconditional love and acceptance. God does not promise tomorrow and I guarantee if something were to happen to you or them, the matters stressed over now would be completely unimportant. Take some time to think about what really matters most. Trust the process. ~Will "Story" Rivera |