HJ: Change doesn’t have to be hard or difficult.  It can be fun.  Enlivening, inspiring and almost effortless.  It just takes the right heart and mindset.  In classic Leo Babauta fashion, he takes the whole process and distills it down to 6 key principles that give you the essence of how to make big changes simple.

- Truth

Finding the Motivation to Change Your Entire Life

Written by Wes Annac, The Culture of Awareness

It becomes clear to anyone who looks around that we’re dealing with a unique situation here on earth.

We live on a beautiful planet that provides everything we could ever need and then some, and we humans aren’t the only ones here. We’re one out of thousands of sentient creatures who share this planet, and instead of using our evolutionary superiority to help our fellow species, we’ve practically dominated them into oblivion.

Our precious resources are in the hands of a small collective of rich, powerful and influential people who seem to tower over the rest of the world, and aware activists and organizations have strived to raise awareness of the crimes they commit on a daily basis.

The common person doesn’t seem to understand or care that we’re rapidly depleting our resources and destroying our environment, and the activist groups who try to raise awareness and make a change are usually treated unkindly by our mainstream culture.

At one time or another, we all of feel stuck. We’re in one place and we’d like to be in another. Whether that place is a different career, a different partner, or simply in a warmer climate, we all fantasize about the possibilities of what life could like if only things were different.

For the majority, that dream is where it ends.

For a smaller group, that dream makes them more unhappy about their current state.

For an even smaller group, that dream is what fuels them to create change.

So what makes some of us wallow while others take action?

It isn’t about time management, fears, or an IV drip of coffee. It’s about reframing how you look at it.  Here’s the simple, key difference:

When we are pissed that things don’t look the way we want, we tend to focus on “why.”

Will Stanton, Guest
Waking Times

Right now our education system is doing more to indoctrinate our children than to educate them. In fact, that has been the case for quite some time. Our young minds are being told to accept authority as truth instead of truth as authority, and teachers talk at the students instead of with them.

Teachers have become repeaters of information. They are merely regurgitating everything they once learned from their own teachers, and perpetuating the recycling of information; information that has managed to evade scrutiny for generations. Children are no longer the masters of their own learning, and instead, their minds are being treated as storage containers.

The factory model of education, with its focus on academic and economic elitism, is churning out obedient workers for the system...

By Carolanne Wright

Contributing Writer for Wake Up World

A group of centenarians in a Chinese village seem to have stumbled upon a veritable fountain of youth in the form of a well-known seed. Revered for their life expectancy of 100+ years, inhabitants of Bama Yao live in one of the few longevity hotspots of the world. Sharing similar characteristics with other long-lived people, residents of Bama Yao thrive on a nutrient-rich diet and enjoy a pristine environment. The secret to their exceptional life span, however, appears to be their high intake of hempseed.

Not surprisingly, hempseed is a nutritional powerhouse that is rich in many disease-fighting nutrients. Contained within this small seed are a range of vitamins, minerals, antioxidants and healthy fats — including calcium, potassium, magnesium, sulfur and iron, as well as vitamins A, B, C, E and D. Brimming with omega-3 and -6 fatty acids, hempseed is one of the best foods we can eat for a sharp mind and robust cardiovascular health.

Waiting for another to apologize before you can heal after a hurt is deciding to stay in a wounded state and giving your power away. You do not require closure in order to heal! You can give yourself closure any time you want by deciding you no longer wish to stay in the energy of the hurt and move back into your wholeness and wellness.

If a person has hurt you and has not apologized to you, it is showing you that they are not a safe person for you at this time. It is telling you that they are not able to love, honour, nurture and appreciate you for whatever reason. Does that sound like a person you should put your healing in the hands of? Repeatedly going after them looking for an apology, and explanation, trying to make them see, is only going to result in your becoming frustrated, angry and more hurt. Accept them for where they are and move on. They cannot give you what you are seeking.

The way to dissolve the ties that bind you to one who has hurt you is to see that they are not bad. People who hurt others are not operating from a whole and balanced place. Acknowledge them for being where they are, and release them from your energy with your love and healing. Then give yourself all the tender care, love, understanding and nurturing you need to find your way back into your wellness. Your healing is dependant on one thing only, Dear Ones, and that is you. ~Archangel Gabriel

My beautiful child, this is one of the most important lessons you will learn.  If you feel like giving then give all you want.  However, if you feel that you must give to receive something in return then it may not be a good idea to continue.  If you want to receive, then receive.  However, if you feel that receiving is tied to some condition then thank the person and gently refuse.  Compromising yourself or your beliefs for another hinders growth and breeds resentment….the very things you are choosing to release.  Listen to your heart, the truth is there and will always guide you in the proper direction. ~ Creator