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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 #46 11/30/15 You Are Responsible for Your Own Happiness. The more we hold tight to the belief that circumstances and people are the reason for our suffering, the more we place our power to be happy now into someone else's hands, and this happiness will remain elusive for us until we recognize that we just cannot wait for the people around us or the experiences we are facing to change in order for us to express our true nature; otherwise our state of being is conditional and not constant.
We chase material things, we chase for peoples affection and approval, we chase body weight and body figures, we chase money, we chase people to change, we chase justice and politics, we chase and we chase and we chase, sometimes we get lucky and catch what were chasing but that satisfaction just never seems to last, we will always find a reason to chase something else, this deep longing and feeling that something is missing or needed seems to always creep back into our consciousness because we fail to recognize that what we really truly want can only come from within. Happiness comes from within and you are the only person responsible for creating it 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 #45 11/29/15 Be An Inspiring Force. I truly encourage you to live out your life in such a way that every word uttered from your breath, every action, every thought is absolutely inspiring, that from this moment on you live life with grace and with an indestructible love for not only yourself but for others, let this moment be the start or continuation of something bigger than just us, let the connection be deeper than just a passing by whisper, something better than what life has showed us on the news and within our own experiences, let the light of our souls be the only guide that we ever see on our journey, allow the beauty of our uniqueness to lead us to unconditional acceptance and let every soul we cross be an honor to have to met and to have loved.
nspire in such a way that acknowledgment and recognition is unnecessary and reciprocation an illusion, do this for yourself, do this because in your heart you know deep deep down that you were destined for greatness, free yourself from the prison of expectation and release that love that you have for so so long been waiting to share and experience. This is the yearning that keeps you up at night and keeps you searching, now is the time to unleash your true self and do all that you ever dreamed of doing. Shine your light so bright that your spirit will always find its way home. ~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 #44 11/28/15 You Are Perfect - As Is There is nothing wrong with you or me or anyone. God does not create mistakes. So when you find it your heart to live a specific way - go for it. Life is too short to spend your entire life trying to live up to the expectations of those we love. We have all been given a soul of our own and I suggest we start making decisions that alighn with our life purpose. Decisions that create joy for ourselves and extend outward to others. I highly encourage you to seek the kind of love that requires no conditions at all. You will be asked to change and be told you need to look a certain way, feel a certain way, love a certain way - all this in order to be accepted by the masses, by your family, by your religion and maybe even your job or friends. God does not create mistakes and you are perfect. You are different, your type of love is so rare. Do not get caught up in a world that is trying to change you and convince you to be something you are not. The love you give is pure, the respect is worthy, the faith is unshakable. The work done in this world by you for others is irreplaceable. Do not doubt for one second that God will not welcome you with open arms. There are far worse things in this world you could be doing to cause harm to others than you living a life of love and expressing yourself in the most natural way possible. Live On. ~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 #43 11/27/15 Things Do Not Get Easier - You Just Get Better. I know what loss feels like, I know what it feels like to think love was wasted and swim in a sea of regrets and what if's, thinking what we could have done differently, maybe we should have fought harder or had less pride, maybe if we were better people things would never have ended in the first place, I know what it feels like to let someone go when all you ever wanted was to have them with you, to be the better person when everything inside of us is raging, when there is more anger than peace, when there is no hope in going back or moving forward and we stay stuck in this tortured replay of our own vivid memories, and we die inside with buried screams and tears of pain, and we want to take it out on the first situation that comes our way, but still by the grace of god and the fact that we love them more than ourselves we find the courage to release them, even when our hearts and minds disagree.
We know all too well we cannot hold on to something that does not wish to be held on to, so we let go and let God and we curse the whole ride through because their happiness is more important than our own and at the time it feels like we will never experience that kind of love again, it feels like our chest is about to cave in, there is no air, no hope, no light, no reason to want to live our lives anymore, this emptiness that seems to find its way in everything we do and say, we've cried so long our tears are dehydrated, and we internalize everything and pretend to be strong, we put our mask on and walk around like zombies instead of seeing the experience and learning from it we stay stuck wallowing in misery. - Yeah I know what that feels like, I am living proof live does goes on with or with out us, but I can tell you this, there is so much more out there than our emotions lead us on to believe and the day will come for us to love again even if its learning to love ourselves and life truly is beautiful, I learned to use my emotions as the fuel to push me forward, I've learned nothing lasts forever so I make the best of this moment no matter what, I look back with gratitude, the sorrow still exists only I have learned to make peace with it, it has humbled me on this journey but most important I have learned to never give up and to never fear experiencing new experiences and for me thats says a lot; just like caterpillars the moment we feel our lives are truly over is the same moment our lives begin - to all my butterflies - ~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 #42 11/26/15 Love When You Are Ready - Not When You Are Lonely. You think your ready, you put on your best version of yourself, best outfit, best hair cut, best personality and you go out hunting, bating, desperately seeking a distraction, companionship, you want so much to find love to fill the void in your heart, to heal the aching, the longing, to create some type of worth or desire, to pray someone will love you even tho you have yet to love yourself, so you seek and you seek, failing relationship one after the other, each time leaving you worse, broken and lost, you know in your heart you deserve better, focus on you first, make yourself the priority, treat yourself half as good as you treat others, start from there, love your passion, love your work, get to know what it is you truly want, make a list of all the things your future partner must have in order to even be considered as a possibility, raise your standards - recognize how invaluable you are, make yourself a prize piece, give yourself only to those who are ready to love all of you, as you are, no changes or conditions. Define your own unconditional - fall in love when your ready not just because your lonely. ~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 #41 11/25/15 What We Choose To Give Is Never Wasted. We as a culture have literally grown afraid to be poor. We tend to despise and judge anyone who elects to go without in order to simplify their lives. Not everyone has this elaborate need to possess things and when a soul elects not to join the general scramble and craze of the money-making world, we deem them spiritless, we think they lack in ambition and make them feel less of themselves simply because they have chosen to lead a life without attachment, a lifestyle of only taking what's necessary rather than allowing their wants to take over them. The truth is no one in this world would ever go without if we only pursued what was necessary and shared with others the balance. Our mindsets are always lacking, we make choices from this "lack mentality" this fear that we might run out, instead of having faith that every time we choose to give - God has already replenished us. ~Will "Story" Rivera
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AuthorWill "Story" Rivera May the words shared from my soul forever serve to Inspire yours.
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