I love this! Such timeless wisdom. These words encouraged and inspired me so many years ago and I’m so joyful to share it with you all.

Usually we feel guilty and afraid to stop everything and breathe. We feel as if everything will fall apart and slide backward if we take time out to just concentrate on rest and regathering.Your work and progress will slip backwards if you don’t take the time out for rest and rejuvenation. It is vital for your success. Ditch the guilt, ditch the work and just take time out from everything. Let it go.

When you let it go you remove all the pressure and you give your brain and creativity time to expand once more. I’ve had to do this recently. It all just got a bit too overwhelming for me and I felt pushed to my limits. So I retreated for awhile. Yes! I did feel guilty and worried that everything would fall apart. But it hasn’t and it won’t. It was so worthwhile as now I feel more refreshed and energized to keep moving forward.

The trick is to make sure even while you take a break, every day you just take a small step forward. Just do one small task a day even to keep you on track. This way you get your much needed break but your eye is still on the goal and you continue to move forward, no matter how slowly.

We can open ourselves to opportunities today.They abound in our lives. The decision to be happy is ours to make, every day, when confronted with any experience.Being open to the present is our only chance for growth.

If we allow our dreams to guide and encourage us, they  become our invitations to move forward and strive for a further goal.

We can reflect on our yesterdays, and be grateful for the lessons they taught. But more importantly, we can look with hopeful anticipation at each new day ahead- GIFTS all of them.

I hope you realize the gift of the day you have ahead of you. With every breath of every new day comes the most precious and sacred gift of all- life!

Namaste

We aim to continue to provide you with daily inspirations and video messages as often as we can. We are currently working on future projects and reevaluating our path forward. Thanks for your patience and stick with us. As always we improving and growing which we are sure you will reap the benefits of. We will be traveling again for a short Spring break and will be bringing you our tales from our life on the road exploring and enjoying our beautiful planet. It’s what we do best!

A great mix of inspirational sport moments to motivate and inspire you to live a life of greatness.

Nature and Travel Inspiration

We’d love to hear from you today! Share with us one of your favorite inspirational stories. It could be something that happened to you or something you heard about. Anything at all that inspired you or taught you something magical about life! The comment box is awaiting your reply.

I am always overcome with emotion as I watch their stories and talents unfold. Last night I was particularly moved by Lee Dewyeze’s inspirational story. He talked of how he was kicked out of high school because of bad choices he made. Here is a young man who understands his own power and the power of choice. He revealed a profound statement.

I was kicked out of school, not because I was bad but because I made bad choices.

It was because Lee Dewyeze understood this that he could make a better choice. No matter what your past is or how bad it may seem, you can make a different choice. The mistakes and ghosts of your  past happened not because you are “bad” but because you made bad choices. If it happens because you are “bad”, then you have no power to make a change. You are not in control of your life. Understanding this difference will present you with a whole new world of opportunity. Understanding this gives you back your power. You are in control you can make a better choice.

Lee Dewyeze took back his power and understood that his future was in his hands and he decided to make it better. He decided to live his purpose and become a powerful instrument of inspiration and passion.  Lee’s power and love for his music purpose comes through his performances so magnetically that you don’t really even notice his slight pitch problems. The energy that comes from living the passion of his purpose instead locks on to you and inspires you to do the same.

Lee Dewyeze is a powerful, inspirational who knows and understands his own journey. About American Idol he says:

I know this is exactly what I’m supposed to do. There is no back up plan

And that is the power of choice and using your power to live your life’s purpose.

Thanks for the inspiration Lee Dewyeze. I’m so looking forward to watching you grow and see the inspirational, musical magic you create for years to come.

A very easy way to raise your attractor factor is simply to be nice. When you are nice, happy and friendly, others wish to be around you. The positive energy you put out there attracts others to you. This then makes others want to help you in many ways. In my every day life I notice a severe shortage of nice people. It seems as if people are missing the very simple, basic concepts of being nice and attracting happy people and circumstances into their life as a result. Being nice works, period! I know from my experience traveling the world and interacting with hundreds of different people. Being nice leaves a memorable impression on others which always returns to you in many positive ways.

Here are my top tips on how to be a nice person:

Smile When You Greet Others and Ask How they Are

Every time you smile at someone, it is an action of love, a gift to that person, a beautiful thing.  ~Mother Teresa

While this seems pretty simple and straightforward do you know how many people don’t do this one simple thing? Being friendly in this way opens up so many avenues for conversation. You immediately disarm a person when you give them a smile and ask how they are. You let them know you are happy to see them and care enough to ask after them. Smiley, happy, friendly people attract smiley, happy, friendly circumstances!

Use Your Manners

Manners are free and the most powerful way for you to receive great rewards for nothing!! Please and thank you go a long way. I rarely hear people say it anymore, especially our youth. This is something we encourage in Kalyra constantly and we always receive comments from others about her lovely manners. It brightens peoples day when you show them this small bit of recognition and they remember you forever because of it. Manners makes a lasting impression.

Manners are a sensitive awareness of the feelings of others.  If you have that awareness, you have good manners, no matter which fork you use.  ~Emily Post

Ask others about their life, listen and respond

If you want others to like and remember you then spend time getting to know them. Ask questions about their life and then listen. Let them know you are interested in what they have to say. Make encouraging comments and smile in your interaction with them. I grew up as a very shy and insecure person. I never knew what to say to people. I overcame this by putting all the responsibility on others. I simply asked a lot of questions about the person I was conversing with and their life. I allowed them to talk and I filled in the gaps. Not only did this develop strong social skills in me but it gave the person I was talking to a sense of importance. People love talking about their lives and they love people who show an interest in them.

Praise and Encourage

Give people simple statements of praise and encouragement. Find something to compliment them on. It’s easy “I like the way…..” “You’re hair looks great!” “That’s a cool way of thinking” “Awesome” Good On Ya” You rock!” and the list goes on. People will remember you when you do small things like this. You will be the one they will turn to when they need a boost of encouragement. You’ll be the one they will want to hang out with as you will make them feel good.

Be Lighthearted

Bring laughter into your conversations with others as much as you can. Laughter equals joy and there is no higher emotion. Make your interactions with others light-hearted and fun. Forget about moaning and complaining about others and your circumstances. This never makes anything better and just drains the energy from those listening to you. Talk about fun and interesting things and just kid around. Life is far too serious, bring some release for others with your positive and light hearted conversations. It’s far easier to praise, encourage  and smile from this state also.

Don’t let life push you around. Stand up for your dreams and don’t move from them no matter what. Take strength from Will West’s “I shall not be moved”, our song of the week. Even when the bombs of your life are going off around you, be firm, be resolute and don’t move from the focus of your goal. One of my favorite sayings is:

Life without music would be a mistake

Music gives us so much to our life and our song of the week has really helped me to power through the challenging times and to not be moved from the desire for the beauty of my dreams. This song helps me to believe in  a better tomorrow.

The Principles of Taoism tell you to be like nature. Be like water, be like a tree. Stay firm and strong so you can’t be moved from your purpose. Keep your branches flexible though so you can learn to bend in the wind but still maintain your firmness

Image of Will West

If you’re green you’re growing, if you’re ripe you’re rotten!

On this Sunday Funday Team Makepeace are getting organized and creating some improved changes to our daily inspirations blog. Whatever you are doing in life organization is key. This helps you to know what you are doing with a plan and to have all your filing and paperwork neatly organized. This is such an empowering task as it clears up that negative energy that hangs around with clutter. It also lets the Universe know that you are ready for unlimited wealth to appear in your life and you are making space for it.

So yesterday, we bought our filing cabinet and comfy office chair. And we are all set for serious business.

We are putting together a plan for the future of Wake Up With Caz and Craig and we’d love your input.

We are going to mix up our video posts with some other inspirational videos, either submitted to us through our readers or what we find ourselves on the net. We also want to include some written blog posts as well, reviews and interviews. So each day will be a different format. We are still wanting to keep our song of the week, some travel stories and sports inspiration!

What would you like to see on Wake Up With Caz and Craig? How can we best inspire and motivate you to live your best life?

Leave a comment in the box. Change means you are evolving and growing and evolving means you are still alive and flourishing! We love to live and would love your help to continue to do so!