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Mar 12
2010
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What will you do with your moment in time?Posted by Annie Crawley in Untagged |
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“What will you do with your moment in time?” Dr. Ray Alf
This week I returned back to Santa Barbara after being on the road speaking for more than a month and I just can’t shake this quote out of my mind. “What will you do with your moment in time?” In the big scheme of things, we are here for such a short time, we have choices everyday, yet we can be blinded by life. We grow up believing we ‘have’ to do things, yet, in reality we can experience true freedom when we realize we do not ‘have’ to do anything. We can choose, and by giving yourself the choice, you give yourself freedom. Everyday we have a choice and the choices we make define our character. Our lives seem to fly by, and the older we get, the faster time moves. How do you spend your time? What makes you laugh and love? What really matters in our lives? Dr. Ray Alf was a teacher at the Webb School in Claremont, California for years and had a tremendous impact on his students. 
The Unbound Thinking Symposium that I gave the keynote at was created to honor Dr. Ray Alf, who taught his students to think beyond what they could see. The Ocean taught me the unbelievable was real and I am completely in awe every time I am honored to discuss the Ocean and it’s tremendous impact on my life. “There is so much magnificence near the Ocean. Waves are coming in, waves are coming in. There is so much magnificence near the Ocean.” Steve Gold http://somuchmagnificence.com/
The Ocean has given me freedom to experience a life full of travel, documentation and thought that I never dreamed possible. During the past four years since I started Dive Into Your Imagination, I have been exposed to yet another freedom, total and complete responsibility for my thoughts and actions. We create our lives through what we think, say and do. Could you imagine if every single one of your thoughts was a public thought? That is the type of thinking I am aspiring to: what if every one of my thoughts could be heard by all of those around me. Would I want to cover any of them up, or could I live a life totally free in all thoughts. There is great power in our thoughts and we put our own selves down and those around us, not with the words we say out loud, but the silent moments in time that passes without even acknowledging them. Even right now, what are you saying to yourself? Start paying attention to the thoughts running through your mind, do they serve you? Are they serving your family, friends, community or business?
What ideas do you put into your own mind about what your life will be? What do we need to put into our heads to actually believe anything is possible. When I take a moment to look at my own life, I would have never imagined it to be this way because I did not think it would be possible for me to be an underwater cinematographer and travel around the world. I stopped my life because I could not dream outside of my own reality I was born into, and yet somehow I knew there was more to life and I listened to the intuition and guidance from the voice within. As I grew, through my experiences, my dreams got bigger and now I am the teacher, “You have to Dream Big. You have to imagine the life of your dreams and then take the steps in order to achieve. We get to craft our lives, but a dream without a plan is a daydream, we still need to commit to a plan and set goals for ourselves for whatever we envision becomes our reality.”
We are not born into a movie, we create our lives. I believe we have unlimited power and knowledge within ourselves that once we learn how to tap into it, our possibilities are endless. I have taken calculated risks in my life because I wanted to experience the thrill of existence. I never wanted to look back at life and say, “What if…” I wanted to look back and say, “YES! What an incredible experience.”
And so with that, I am looking at my present life, dreaming of the future and reminiscing about my past with the thought, “What will you do with your moment in time?” And I want to encourage you to do the same. What is next for you? What would you attempt to do if you knew you could not fail? What fire has been burning in your belly that you are not doing because you need to face your fear with knowledge and understanding. You create your life. What thoughts are going through your head right now that you will manifest? Dream big and now go and make these dreams a reality. You have the power within. Believe it is possible.
What I need right now is help in completing a series of lesson plans, books, cartoon characters, a television show, a new website completely focused on my speaking side of my business and more time to develop my thoughts and words into action. Who can help me make my dreams a reality? We are all in this together. The real joy in my life comes from the people in my life and my relationship with nature. I know I need to continue to build these relationships for they are what affect my moment in time more than anything else. What will you do with your moment in time?
This week I returned back to Santa Barbara after being on the road speaking for more than a month and I just can’t shake this quote out of my mind. “What will you do with your moment in time?” In the big scheme of things, we are here for such a short time, we have choices everyday, yet we can be blinded by life. We grow up believing we ‘have’ to do things, yet, in reality we can experience true freedom when we realize we do not ‘have’ to do anything. We can choose, and by giving yourself the choice, you give yourself freedom. Everyday we have a choice and the choices we make define our character. Our lives seem to fly by, and the older we get, the faster time moves. How do you spend your time? What makes you laugh and love? What really matters in our lives? Dr. Ray Alf was a teacher at the Webb School in Claremont, California for years and had a tremendous impact on his students. The Unbound Thinking Symposium that I gave the keynote at was created to honor Dr. Ray Alf, who taught his students to think beyond what they could see. The Ocean taught me the unbelievable was real and I am completely in awe every time I am honored to discuss the Ocean and it’s tremendous impact on my life. “There is so much magnificence near the Ocean. Waves are coming in, waves are coming in. There is so much magnificence near the Ocean.” Steve Gold http://somuchmagnificence.com/ The Ocean has given me freedom to experience a life full of travel, documentation and thought that I never dreamed possible. During the past four years since I started Dive Into Your Imagination, I have been exposed to yet another freedom, total and complete responsibility for my thoughts and actions. We create our lives through what we think, say and do. Could you imagine if every single one of your thoughts was a public thought? That is the type of thinking I am aspiring to: what if every one of my thoughts could be heard by all of those around me. Would I want to cover any of them up, or could I live a life totally free in all thoughts. There is great power in our thoughts and we put our own selves down and those around us, not with the words we say out loud, but the silent moments in time that passes without even acknowledging them. Even right now, what are you saying to yourself? Start paying attention to the thoughts running through your mind, do they serve you? Are they serving your family, friends, community or business?
What ideas do you put into your own mind about what your life will be? What do we need to put into our heads to actually believe anything is possible. When I take a moment to look at my own life, I would have never imagined it to be this way because I did not think it would be possible for me to be an underwater cinematographer and travel around the world. I stopped my life because I could not dream outside of my own reality I was born into, and yet somehow I knew there was more to life and I listened to the intuition and guidance from the voice within. As I grew, through my experiences, my dreams got bigger and now I am the teacher, “You have to Dream Big. You have to imagine the life of your dreams and then take the steps in order to achieve. We get to craft our lives, but a dream without a plan is a daydream, we still need to commit to a plan and set goals for ourselves for whatever we envision becomes our reality.”
We are not born into a movie, we create our lives. I believe we have unlimited power and knowledge within ourselves that once we learn how to tap into it, our possibilities are endless. I have taken calculated risks in my life because I wanted to experience the thrill of existence. I never wanted to look back at life and say, “What if…” I wanted to look back and say, “YES! What an incredible experience.”
And so with that, I am looking at my present life, dreaming of the future and reminiscing about my past with the thought, “What will you do with your moment in time?” And I want to encourage you to do the same. What is next for you? What would you attempt to do if you knew you could not fail? What fire has been burning in your belly that you are not doing because you need to face your fear with knowledge and understanding. You create your life. What thoughts are going through your head right now that you will manifest? Dream big and now go and make these dreams a reality. You have the power within. Believe it is possible.
What I need right now is help in completing a series of lesson plans, books, cartoon characters, a television show, a new website completely focused on my speaking side of my business and more time to develop my thoughts and words into action. Who can help me make my dreams a reality? We are all in this together. The real joy in my life comes from the people in my life and my relationship with nature. I know I need to continue to build these relationships for they are what affect my moment in time more than anything else. What will you do with your moment in time?
