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#healing & #restoring the past- changing #mindset & creating a better future for generation & self


Hello 

Thank you for stopping by at this week’s blog-I am continuing to be bringing together my thoughts & learning. I want to be in the best shape to make 2016 my best year yet- filled with adventures & joyous times. 

The main inspiration behind this is a quote by Oprah- ‘The biggest adventure you can ever take is to live the life of your dreams’. It deeply resonated with me because I lost count of the time, when someone asks me how I am. My response has always been same old, same old. It made me think that if my life is not an adventure, I need to start to think & be different. I cannot use the same mindset & expect a different outcome that has created by current reality. 

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With love and hugs

KIMI X 


It all starts with a paradigm shift- how we see the world?……………………………………………

Our upbringings shapes how we see ourselves & the world around us. We are all conditioned by our environment to think & be a certain way. Whether it was a positive or negative experience this was something outside of our control. Despite this being the case most of us, who had a tough start can be still very much mentally imprisoned by effects of the adversity (I too did fell into this category). In my case, once I started to process my feelings through acceptance, healing & moving on. The weight of the past hurt, resentment & bitterness started to fade & emotions was diluted.  I found out that to feel resentment broken down is re-sent- to relive the pain & hurt. Despite making a conscious effort to keep myself to myself, dysfunction has a way of entering into the system. My mentor said that where there is people, there is dysfunction

I came across an interview with Bobbi Brown, which also featured Liz Murray, her story made into a film called Homeless to Harvard. What was truly inspiring and moving was that she broken a cycle of dysfunction & strife. The childhood she has was not too dissimilar to the one her parent’s had either. The story demonstrates a common stronghold a child’s upbringing can have even right into adulthood. That is probably why we all commonly repeat childhood behaviours in later life. The words & actions during childhood has become the norm & the environment has conditioned the mindset into a certain way of being. I found Bobbi Brown to be a very down to earth & inspiring entrepreneur. She said that when she comes across not so nice people, she thinks of it as a blessing because it reminds her how she doesn’t want to be & the fact that these people must be insecure in some shape or form to feel a need to act in an unpleasant way. 

In the words of Maya Angelou, when we know better, we do better. Knowledge is power, a driver for change and a catalyst for wanting better. Be inspired & encouraged by other people’s stories. Tackling historic dysfunctional behaviours means there is more space to live in the here & now. The power is in the present. The past is what was, the now is what is & the future is what could be (if I live in the here & now). 

Forgiving self & others allows you to be free & make better choices & creating a better tomorrow for future generations & self. Unforgiveness consumes the mind, body & soul into a slow death, when you are full of hatred, anger & resentment the only person stops you living is yourself. Chose to be free & live in the moment. I now view past wounds as lessons learnt as oppose to anything else. Everyday positive and negative feelings are fighting for space, your reality today is an indication of what thoughts & feelings you allowed to influenced you by the most (Robert Kiyosaki). 

When you allow the trigger to fester /take route that takes you right into the past, it will only keep you there. Coupled with the Liz Murray story it has cemented my thinking. I know if I don't learn to think & be different than my past, my child would probably describe a childhood that is not too dissimilar to my own- the one that I didn't think too much of. It's hard to break the cycle of a lifetime but it's even harder to watch another generation of going through more or less of the same

Best wishes 

KIMI X 

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