Sunday Restoration and Growth From Loss

We all have had a strong sense and feeling of loss.  Maybe a death of a loved one, or a loss of health and maybe even a loss of something tangible like a home, or a car.

But it is the process that we go through during this emotional challenge that makes us stronger, wiser and more reflective of our gratitude for what was.

I strongly endorse that any journey we take is often much better than the destination that we achieve.

Enjoy the process, embrace any and all emotions and ask these questions.

How can I learn from this?
What can I embrace from this within my spirit and life's steps going forward?

Embrace life and walk through your challenges and learn from them.

We all face loss and pain but we can truly remember and grow stronger

Remember the good

Serve yourself from the memories and time spend

Love, Dream and Care

We are growing
Changing
Evolving
Moving forward

Give yourself permission to find joy in the memories left
Give yourself permission to find love in what was and how what was made you better

Give yourself reasons to share a smile

Just as I share this smile with you : )

Victor Yakin

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Monday Motivation and Affirmations Part Two

Can you ever have to much positive affirmations?  Only if you don't use them and have belief in them. Part 2 from last Monday.  I hope you put them to use in your life!

It is truly all within 

It was always there

Use it for good

Always believe in yourself

You are what you believe you are

You can You will  You must

Begin today 

continue always

Instincts are found during deep thought

often the time in meditation will open your mind and your heart

Open your hands and your heart and your spirit

to what success was already planned for you

Before we can truly love and accept others

we must start with ourselves

love

accept

and 

smile

Just as this smile is shared with you : )

Victor Yakin

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www.victoryakin.com

Taking Gratitude In Force (T G I F )

Gratitude, a simple way to feel happy, to share a smile of satisfaction and to live a life of joy.

a simple way to feel happy 

be grateful

learning to enjoy whatever life has 

learning to be grateful

grateful for people who make us happy

spread the joy

be grateful

build a bridge with a smile

share joy from the heart and soul

live life with a passion

spread happiness

share a smile

As I share this smile with you : )

Victor Yakin

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www.victoryakin.com

Thursday Tune Up of Expectations

I write to inspire, I live to serve.
My two favorite quotes:

And

Two simple beliefs I live by

So when I travel my expectations from a place of business are not placed that high, I get that.  But customer service matters.  I expect that my money that I spend with a company, matters.

When I provide a service, either in writing or at my day job, service matters.  I honor my guest or write and intend to honor those who read this.  It matters.

Whether I am buying a taco, or buying a membership at a health club service matters.

The owners, the managers, the team members all should take that to mind, when servicing the public.

I worked many years ago in retail management and a wise Sr. VP of Operations in charge of the field told us the following.

"The customers dollar spends anywhere treat them so they want to spend it with us"

The customers dollar spends anywhere

Honor them

respect them

Trust is earned

With out trust service is lost and so is the dollar that your business wanted.

Repeat that formula to many times and the doors will be slow to open and fast to close.

Expectations

Demand more you get more

Expect less you get less

Inspect what you want your team to execute 

Maybe this Thursday we should all expect more and care more on how we treat others.

Especially the ones who keep the bills paid.

Nor should they rise

Smiles sent your way : ) As always

Victor Yakin

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www.victoryakin.com

Thursday Tune UP of Self Respect

Self Respect, this in anyone's life should be and must be non-negotiable. Period!

If you can't be accepted by anyone else, that is fine, be accepted by yourself.

If we all would teach this to our children at an early age

Peer pressure would diminish

Values would be maintained

and Love would grow from the inside out

Truly many are losing connection because of  the lack of self respect

Truly self respect and self - confidence is key to self survival

That key should always belong to you

It should be earned to be shared

Well said

Thank you Mr Emerson

Well said

With that I share this smile for you to carry with you : ) 

Victor Yakin

victoryakin@gmail.com

www.victoryakin.com

Saturday In the Park with Wisdom

Maybe this Saturday take time to sharpen your wisdom

Consider old ways of thinking as old

Consider a better way 

Love and Acceptance

Patience and Tolerance

Love without expectations

Consider silence instead of speaking

Understanding instead of condemning

Tenderness over manipulation

Dream instead of just accepting the way its always been

Take the time today to reconsider 

Make the time to day to act with newness

Listen to your heart

and as always

Smiles sent from me to you

Victor Yakin

victoryakin@gmail.com

www.victoryakin.com

Sunday Restoration and Giving Back

So my way of giving back is to inspire you to give to yourself and to others

If I can help one person breathe easier because I have lived then I have succeeded.

Take the time each day to do the above and find all the things that make you happy

Always keep the one hand, one arm, one ear, and one eye free so you can give back!

Everyone has the power and yes everyone includes you : )

In whatever you do give

In whatever you do love

It will come back and you will be so grateful during the process

Smiles to you this day and everyday!

Victor V. Yakin

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www.victoryakin.com

G.A.S. ~ Do you have it? ~ March 01, 2012

G. A. S. (Goal Achievement Spirit)

Goals are meant to be stepping stones to the side that we wish to go towards.

Achievement is the end of the process that the goal started.

Spirit is the container in your soul that holds your passion to get the job done.

The whole month of March 2012 is devoted to the topic of Goals. The why and the how, some mechanics no doubt explained.  The purpose of a goal and the importance to slice them down to enjoyable bites, not only for ease but for momentum and achievement.

On a personal note I am glad to be back with you.  I missed you all.

I took off 7 days for me.  I enjoy the act of writing and publishing these posts and I would have a problem walking away, I think I would.  I missed the typing and the flow of my thoughts to the screen.  So I am back and I hope you enjoy the pace and the flow.

I will be sharing just one post per day.  Two was consuming me.  I was doing one in the morning and one at night and it just got ... well I am back to one.  Most bloggers type once or twice a week and I have always chosen to type out something each day.  It is kind of welcome to the day for you all and a good morning post.  So back I am and thank you for your kind emails and comments.

I do appreciate them so.  Thank you. : ) Smiles to you.

So back to the topic of Goal Achievement Spirit.  My thought on G.A.S. is simply this.  If you don't have the right mind set and mental approach your dooming your goal right from the start.  Sure you want the goal to come true but a half hearted attempt is what your giving if you do not have the spirit, thats you inside committed fully to saying this is what I want and I am going to achieve it.  No matter what.  NO MATTER WHAT.

The Spirit is the container in your soul that holds your passion to get the job done.

So how is your spirit today.  How does communicate with the rest of you.  Your plans for the day are they clear or a bit foggy.  Do you have any plans or are you running on a sort of auto pilot

S.O.S

Same Old Stuff (I cleaned it up)

If you are in a routine in your life, the same things over and over again perhaps your in that cycle that will indeed hold you back from achieving your goals.  The rut is perhaps keeping your wheels from getting back on the road, sort of speak.  So we need to nudge, push, pull or drag you back onto the road of life with that Goal Achievement Spirit. The G.A.S. to get you and your dreams out of the same old, same old path that your running on.

Your spirit and beliefs and values are everything.  That is why spoken gratitude and regular journaling is so important. You establish a trend of constant appreciation and love for self, for the world around you.  Powerful stuff once you understand and use it on a daily basis.

When we take time for self and our inner spirit with prayer and mediation and really listen to that inner voice and hear that options lay before us.  We start to feel our path not just trod along in some desperate zombie like trance.  We choose better when we hear more and feel what we truly want.

So enough for today.  The Goal Achievement Spirit or G.A.S. has been explained.

Glad to be back and as always smiles and joy sent your way : )

New Affirmation for the Month of March ..... Use it daily and feel the change in you.

I walk with confidence and understanding towards success. Born into a perfected state I strive to achieve my intended purpose, to love, to share and care for self and for others that come in contact with me.  I choose to be happy and share laughter.  Making a difference in another persons life for the better gives positive and ever flowing energy into my world.  I am focusing on my goals, the this moment goal, this day, my weekly goals and monthly goals I achieve because of my spirit and focus.

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Quote of the Day

People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are.

I don't believe in circumstances.

The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want. And if they cant, make them.

: o ) George Bernard Shaw

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Spring is on its way ~ Quote of the Day ~ Video of the Day ~ Scripture of the Day : ) 02/20/12

If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant:

if we did not sometimes taste of adversity,

prosperity would not be so welcome.

: o )  Anne Bradstreet

Less than one month to spring. Can I get a big cheer of YES ! ! !

Spring flowers, spring garden plans, spring training for baseball.

Even spring cleaning is a welcome thing, the freshness of a breeze through open windows.  How sweet the smell of spring.

Its coming to a home near you.  Get your Ice Tea ready, some garden gloves to put on and yes you just may enjoy the playing in the dirt.  The planting season is almost here.

However winter is important and yes it was mild here in Pittsburgh.

We may still have a winter storm brewing.  Spring is a month a way and the gopher did see his shadow.  So we shall see.

Two years ago around this time we still were digging out from the snowmaggden that we had here.

But this year has so far not given us this.

So the countdown begins.

February almost has come to an end.  Bring on the mighty month of March.

Smiles to you this day and everyday : )

Video of the Day

Spring is coming soon .... Relax and enjoy the Video

Scripture of the Day 

Joel 2:22 KJV

Be not afraid , ye beasts of the field: for the pastures of the wilderness do spring , for the tree beareth her fruit, the fig tree and the vine do yield their strength.

Have a blessed day everyone :)

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Grateful to be alive and Free (Are You?) ~ Quote of the Day ~ Video of the Day ~ Scripture of the Day : ) 02/16/12

I wish that life should not be cheap, but sacred.

  I wish the days to be as centuries, loaded, fragrant. 

: o )  Ralph Waldo Emerson

What a gift life is, each day to fill our heart and speech with gratitude that we are blessed to be alive and free.  

When you acknowledge that the gift of life is awesome and that you are blessed to be free something starts to happen.  The clouds that may be above your head, those dark clouds start to dissipate quickly.  The sun starts to slip through and warms your soul and spirit.

Your heart begins to soar and your mind begins to think not with just clarity but with purpose.

Imagine to live your day with a fragrant sense of gratitude and have your attitude begin to understand that all that truly changed was your focus and understanding.

Just a thought, why not for the next week try it.  No matter how bleak you think things are in your life.  Take a step back and acknowledge the gift of life and the awesome ability to be free.  Try it.  For a  week.  Each morning speak words of gratitude to the energy force that surrounds you and your family.  Give thanks, spoken thanks for life, for freedom and for wisdom to know that you have choices.

Choices to smile, to spread joy and to give laughter freely.

Will you try it for a week?  Today and for the next 6 days.  First thing in the morning and before bed.  Giving thanks, aloud and for anyone to hear your appreciation for life, freedom and choices to share that smile, that joy and laughter with ease.

May your week be blessed and may your smiles be shared and your joy be abundant.  : o )

Today and everyday : )

Video of the Day   

The Gift of Today a Video worth watching everyday : )

Scripture of the Day 

Therefore let us be grateful for receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, and thus let us offer to God acceptable worship, with reverence and awe

Hebrew 12:28 (ESV)

Have a blessed day everyone :)

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