Life Possibilities

Your greatest task in life is to keep your mind unshackled and free from a limiting mindset.  Broaden your horizons, accept your oneness with the world around you, and connect with the infinite possibilities that await your attention. Trust me you will be thankful you did!!

IM CRAVING!!!

The Caribbean bug hit me this month!! I'm craving a taste if the Caribbean Sea! I'm looking to hit some islands next year and St Thomas is definitely one of them!!! I can't wait to finally taste the Caribbean waters lol!!! Seriously, I'm really looking forward to my travels next year. I'm learning that it's nothing to it but to do it! The only thing stopping me from achieving success is myself! I will achieve it!!!

October FIRE💥💥💥

Let's say this month alone has been awesome for Loclicious Da Loctician! I vacationed in Panama City only to find out I will be working there soon(TBA😀)... I am featured in a print magazine in London, I was asked to Model my Locs for Jamaican Mango and Lime, and I was chosen to style the platform artist/brand ambassador Lady Lox for the Hair show this weekend!!! See how Good GOD is!!!🙏🙏

Let Go of Control

An obsession with control – When you’re younger, you exhaust yourself trying to take charge of everything in your life, other people, and all situations.  Then one day it dawns on you that you will never gain control until you lose the need to have it – until you can simply let it be OK, to not be perfectly OK.  When you’re wearing yourself ragged trying to juggle the outcome of everything happening around you, it’s time to stop, take a breath, and remind yourself that the only things you can truly control, are what choices you will make, and how much control you will give to the fear that you’re feeling.

Meaning Of Life????

“You will never be happy if you continue to search for what happiness consists of.  You will never live if you are looking for the meaning of life.”

―Albert Camus

Appreciate Your Blessings

"Enjoying Life"

It’s the simple things in life that are the most extraordinary, the most exciting, the most rewarding!! I believe this to be true and have experienced this with my own family. When I think of the times where we laughed the most or had the most fun, it was when we were doing simple, everyday things like swimming in at the beach, sitting by the lake, practicing yoga together, taking a long walk, combing a beach for shells, or simply enjoying a movie in our hotel room like now!!! @littlemissbribri is my life and I love this little girl #panamacitybeach #florida#boutdatbeachlife #beachgirl #lakelife#travels #life #enjoying #fun #kids #family#living #blessed

My New Weigh In (I'm excited)

I have my weigh in as of August 19, and I am officially down to 216!!! How happy am I!

October 27=245lbs

June 24=227lbs

August 19=216lbs

I'm so excited and motivated by my progress. Continue to eat clean and train me and you too will see results! It's nothing to it but to do it!!!! 

MY NEW GOAL

I woke this morning and decided to set another goal to smash this year!!! That goal is to drop from 216lbs (current weight) to 190 by January 1! I trust and believe that with proper eating, training and my custom detoxes, it can be done! NOW, I challenge you to set a #fitness GOAL to achieve by the new year and SMASH it!!!

Enjoying Peace and life

Beautiful life #living #enjoyinglife #appreciation for breathing and living... I'm not the one to simply exist!! Stop resisting what is.

Life is a series of continuous natural events and changes.  Don’t resist them; doing so only creates unnecessary stress.  Let the reality of these events and changes take place.  Let them flow.  Or as Henry Wadsworth once said, “For after all, the best thing one can do when it is raining is let it rain.”

Day 7!!!!!!! The Finish Line!!!!!!!

DAY 7!!!!! #GetFitWit_Day Challenge!!! Now that my 7 day juice challenge is coming to an end, I must say I am pleased and feeling great at the same time. I do feel a little fatigue but as I stated before it's due to my own lack of sleep. These past seven days have been good and bad. I say good because I feel wonderful with the food choices that I made, my work outs were wonderful and I didn't  give in on anything I knew would jeopardize my detox!!! I say bad because, slight headaches during day 2-3, fatigue (lack of sleep), I couldn't work out the full 2 hours that I normally work out. Other than that I feel fabulous! During these seven days I am so proud to say that at least 6-7 people have been inspired to start juicing and 2 started my challenge!!! I want to say congratulations to those ladies and also one male!!!

The recipes were simple juices that could be made for 7 days, 3 meals on a $60-$70 budget... Three healthy meals, for 7 days for $60.... That's awesome!!! 

I added oats to each recipe to keep myself full as if I was eating an actual meal and it worked! I also added spinach to every last smoothie to give it that gotta go gotta go gotta go to the bathroom affect lol.... 

I'm not weighing myself as of yet because I'm extending my detox for another 7 DAYS!!!!!!!!! Yayyyyyyy, seven more days! Once August 19 is here, I will then post the results of the challenges... Other then that here is no healthy eating, clean eating and as I always say #TEAMNODIETS

 

Day 6!! #GetFitWit_Day Challenge

Here are the ingredients for day 6 of the #GetFitWit_Day Challenge and I am super excited that day 7 is peeping around the corner... Happy juicing today!!! Enjoy....

Day 6

Sweet Punch Romaine Smoothie

1 Cup Water (If you are drinking this straight away replace this with one cup of ice and add it at the end of blending)

1 Cup Dairy Free Milk (Like this)

1 Cup Strawberries

1 Banana OR 1 Cup of Mango or 1 Small Mango

1 Cup Pineapple

1 Apple chopped

1 Cup chopped Romaine Lettuce, tightly packed or 2 cups loosely packed (or Spinach or any other mild greens)

2 Tablespoons Pumpkin Seeds (Like this)

½ Cup dried Apricots (Like this)

1 Cup of Oats (Like this)

Butternut Squash Green Smoothie Ingredients

Half a Cup Coconut Milk

1 and a half Cups Non Dairy Milk (oat, rice, soya, almond, hemp, coconut drink or raw nut or seed milk)

1 Cup Spinach, tightly packed or 2 cups loosely packed. (Optional but highly recommended – photo taken without greens)

½ Cup Raisins (or any other dried fruit which can also be pre-soaked for a smoother blend)

2 Cups Butternut Squash

6 Bananas

1 teaspoon Vanilla

½ teaspoon Cinnamon

¼ teaspoon Nutmeg

Day 5 #GetFitWit_Day Challenge

Day 5 ingredients are a repeat of day 4 ingredients.... So make a double serving of Day 4 to drink for Day 5.... Yayyyyyy!!!!!

Day 4 #GetFitWit_Day Ingredients

Cool Pineapple Mint Breeze Juice 

Ingredients :

1 Cup Water (If you are drinking this straight away substitute half a cup of water for ice. Add the ice at the end)

4 Cups pineapple (3/4 of a medium pineapple)

2 fresh or frozen bananas

10 mint leaves

2 TablespoonsLinseeds/flaxseeds

OPTIONAL BUT RECOMMENDED FOR HEALTH BENEFITS

1 Cup Spinach, tightly packed or 2 cups loosely packed (or any other mild greens)

1 Cup of oats

Butternut Squash Smoothie

Ingredients:

Half a Cup Coconut Milk

1 and a half Cups Non Dairy Milk (oat, rice, soya, almond, hemp, coconut drink or raw nut or seed milk)

1 Cup Spinach, tightly packed or 2 cups loosely packed. 

½ Cup Raisins (or any other dried fruit which can also be pre-soaked for a smoother blend)

2 Cups Butternut Squash

6 Bananas

1 teaspoon Vanilla

½ teaspoon Cinnamon

¼ teaspoon Nutmeg

Day 3 #GetFitWit_Day

Here are the photos followed by the ingredients for Day 3 #GetFitWit_Day challenge!!! Enjoy ladies here are my juices for a full day for two people!!!

Ingredients

Almond Pear Juicy!!!

2 Cups Almond Milk or other Non Dairy Milk (oat, rice, soya, almond, hemp, coconut drink or raw nut or seed milk)

4 Medium Pears (4 Cups)

¼ Cup Almonds

TO MAKE INTO A GREEN SMOOTHIE Add:

1 Cup Spinach, tightly packed or 2 cups loosely packed. (Or any other mild greens)

TO MAKE INTO A FRUIT Add:

1 Cup link Oats Or one cup of Quinoa

Ingredients

Pineapple Orange Juice

FRUIT SMOOTHIE INGREDIENTS

1 and a half Cups Orange Juice (If you are drinking this straight away substitute one cup of for ice or frozen orange juice)

3 Cups Pineapple

1 Banana

Juice of 1 Lime

TO MAKE INTO A GREEN SMOOTHIE Add:

1 Cup Spinach, tightly packed or 2 cups loosely packed. (Or any other mild greens)

TO MAKE INTO A FRUIT SMOOTHIE Add:

1 Cup link Oats Or one cup of Quinoa

Made It To The Middle Day 5(Feels Good)

Well what can I say??? I made it to Day 5 of the #GetFitWit_Day challenge and I must admit it was a challenge, however I made it. Now, I'm not going to say I made it without any food cravings because I would simply be lying. I'm here to report my honest journey through my own challenge and so far so good it's been great. On day Three I ate a spinach salad at the end of the day. Throughout the day I was doing great but towards the end of the day I broke down and consumed a spinach salad with some bake chicken on top. My reasonings for eating that was simply because my body needs protein and I'm tired of the shakes at this point due to the fact I'm Juicing, drinking 64 fl oz of water and proteins urghhhh... Other then that I made it through to day 5 with only one solid meal and I must say I feel wonderful. My food cravings are not as big as I thought they would be because the juices and smoothies are filled with oats. Oats have a way of keeping you full and trust me, it works. I am still working out during this detox but I'm only doing 45 compared to my normal 2hrs of working out 4-5 days a week. During this challenge I'm working out 45mins at least 6-7 days a week and I'm thinking of extending this and the detox to August 19(my bday)... Then I will go back to my normal 1.5-2hrs 4-5 days a week pollo pescatarian lifestyle(semi vegetarian it's a word, look it up lol)... For the most part I'm feeling ok despite being fatigue also, but that is due to my own abnormal sleep schedule, being a full time mommy, self employed, amongst other things as well. 

I hope that you are enjoying this new journey and I do look forward to everyone's honest mid way reports... How are you doing alone your 7 day #GetFitWit_Day challenge?

Grocery List for #GetFitWit_Day

Here is the grocery list for the 7 Day #getfitwit_day juicing challenge!!! This challenge will not only allow you to lose weight, you will boost your metabolism, gain energy, feel lighter and a good jump start to another challenge !!! Good luck I'm going to post the actual juices once I'm home from the market!!! When you juice please hashtag #getfitwit_day 


Grocery list

2 Lemon grass••••
10 mint leaves••••
2 Tablespoons Linseeds/flaxseeds
2 Tablespoons Pumpkin Seeds 
1 Cup Strawberries•••••
1 cucumbers•••
10 bananas•••••
1 bag of spinach••••
1 Bag Of Kale••••• 
1 Cup of Apple Juice
1 Cup of Orange Juice
5 Mangos••••
2 Apples••••
2 Whole Pineapples•••••
2 cups of blueberries•••
1 Passion Fruit•••••
2 Cups of Raspberries•••••
2 Cans of coconut milk
2 Oranges••••
2 Lime•••
1 lemon•••
4 cups of Oats•••••
4 Cups of Quinoa••••••
2 Cups of Green Tea••••••
1/2 cups of dates (or your own sweetener I suggest honey)••••
1/2 avocado•••
2 cups of zucchini••••
1 cup of dried fruit•••••
1 cup of dried apricot••••
1 Cup of Sweet Potato/ One Small Sweet potato•••••
1 Cup Pecans (Or any other nuts or plain seeds)•••••
1 teaspoon Cinnamon•••••
¼ Cup Dried Coconut (Or any other type of coconut)•••••
4 Medium pears •••••
¼ Cup Almonds••••
2 Cups Butternut Squash••••
2 teaspoons of cinnamon•••••
1 teaspoon Vanilla••••
¼ teaspoon Nutmeg•••••
2 Tablespoons Sunflower seeds (or any other unsalted seeds).••••
1 sweet almond oil•••

1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract/ Ground Vanilla


10 Cups Almond Milk or other Non Dairy Milk (oat, rice, soya, almond, hemp, coconut drink or raw nut or seed milk)

1 and a half Cups of Cantaloupe melon (about half a small melon, substitute galia or honeydew melon)

Despite Your Flaws and All

Today, let someone love you just the way you are – as flawed as you might be, as unattractive as you sometimes feel, and as incomplete as you think you are.  Yes, let someone love you despite all of this, and let that someone be YOU.  

Day 2!! #Getfitwit_Day

Day 2 OMG! Ok so I just knew this was going to be easy and for the most part it is... Only thing is I'm still having to cook food for my daughter and lawd it smells so good... From Kale, to baked potatoes, to Mac and cheese, roasted kale corn and etc. Ahhhh the joys of motherhood lol!! Well I made it through day one and day two, but today I was experiencing detox symptoms that were painful. I was suffering from a headache and dizziness. I really didn't want to break my detox so I relaxed from working out 2 hrs and minimized it to 45 mins as well as snacked on two pieces of pineapple. I feel so much better now! Day three bring it on. I'm ready for whatever challenges day three brings on!!! 

Day 1 Ingredients

Here are the breakfast lunch and dinner containers!!! These are some awesome juices!!! I simply love the taste of these!!!! Cheers to me for taking the initiative to start my own challenge that not only aids in weight lost but overall healthy eating and detoxing!!!

Day 1 of the Juice Challenege

Soooooooo it's day 1!! 

BREAKFAST, LUNCH AND DINNER For Day 1!!! Happy juicing ladies... The second one is a bitter grapefruit taste but add a sweetener like honey and it will be ok! Any questions just ask away! Let's motivate each other

Get a Fit Wit Day 7 Day Juice Challenge

Wow I actually started my first fitness challenge. With the help of Green Thick I'm using her ingredients combine with my own to create the #GetFitWit_Day Challenge. I'm very pleased with the excitement and interest I'm receiving from fellow followers and friends. Everyone has been inquiring about the grocery list and recipes... I'm very pleased to know that people are actually interested in this life style I talk so much about. I'm a very healthy eater, and I love juicing period. I want to aim towards a more healthier life all around and not just with food. Eating healthy is a huge start for most people and I am so happy to be able to not only inspire but help those on their journey for a more healthier living. Cheers to #GetFitWit_Day and Green Thick for allowing me to blend their recipes with my own. It's going to be an awesome but yet interesting 7 Days!!!  

Free Yourself Of Unneeded Things

Instead of focusing so intently on what you want to get, consider the things you can let go of.  Eliminate some excess baggage, lighten your load and feel a weight lifted.  So many of the things you think you need you do not need at all, you simply want them.  And as your wants diminish, your freedom and abundance grow.  Challenge your impulses, and free yourself of needless needs.

Learning To Speak My Truth

Post for January 2014 (Late Post)

Learning to SPEAK MY TRUTH!!!

Holding back my truth, or biting my tongue has negatively affected my energy and my life! We should not have to tip toe over our words or filter out content (profanity yes) or even silence our voice because of the way another person may take our statements. I am a firm believer in "I'm responsible for what I said, not what you heard, or how you take it!" The throat chakra is the voice of the body and study shows that mine is blocked and weak.

When it is in balance I can express what I think and what I feel. I can communicate my ideas, beliefs, and emotions. When the throat chakra is in balance and open, I can bring my personal truth out into the world. I can speak without regret about my feelings and more. I need to clear my throat chakra!! 

When it is out of balance spiritually I find myself lying, feeling fear and doubt about the intentions of others, or find myself stammering or at a loss for words because I'm taking others reactions ( not feelings) into account.  I have feelings of being misunderstood or my words taken out of content with repercussions like "attitude, silence, avoiding each other"... Who wants to live like that... I rather have all those symptoms but at the end of the day knowing I spoke my truth and said what needed to be said!!! 

The Real Measures Of Success

If you wish to measure your success in life, don’t measure your success according to how much money is in your bank account, the type of car you drive, house you live in, your job title, relationship status or any other superficial badge society loves to pin on your resume.  Just count the moments you spend peacefully in laughter.  The moments that you are able to sit back and enjoy silence, calmness, That’s what success is – living happily in your own way, and laughing at the highs, the lows, and all the ridiculous moments in between. You can have all the riches in the world but without peace of mind it's nothing, without your sanity, family and people you can truly call friends, it's nothing. I'm aiming for this type of success, as well as living comfortably with no financial worries. That will be a life well spent. Knowing that I am happy with life and not out there chasing a superficial opinion that I may never see, be, or live up to. 

Life is a beautiful thing....... 

My Hopes And Dreams

The very least you can do in your life is figure out what you hope for, and there are not many things that I hope for. For the things I do hope for the most that I can do is live inside that hope as I work for what I want. 

Do not admire what you hope for from a distance, but live right in it.  Get deeply involved with the thoughts and activities that keep your hope alive and your intention possible. When you deviate from your goals, hopes, and dreams, that is when they seem less possible. I want to keep hope alive lol... The minor things that I hope for, I know will happen one day. I just gotta stay focus, open minded and positive... 

Just Some Thoughts

MEDITATE ON THIS::: (Poetry oh how I miss you), If I have faith in my abilities, if I stay true to the path that feels right, if I channel my passion into action, I will ultimately achieve a breakthrough.  In other words, as soon as I learn to trust myself I will know how to heal and grow.

I will heal and grow, I will heal and grow!!!

The Body Is A Work Of Art

The more I take back the beauty of my body, the health of my life the more liberated I feel! The more I accept my body in it's transformation (slowly but surely) the more I love myself, with and without clothes.... At times it's hard and It can be tough, in a society that prizes unrealistic images. But I'm learning that it is possible, and it starts with what I say when I look in the mirror. My goal is to retrain my brain how to think positively about my reflection and my body. I've accepted the fact that I'm going to always have a small booty (lol)... It's not the biggest but I'm learning to be perfectly comfortable with the fact it's not!  I'm learning that I may never be a size 6, but I'm learning to be perfectly comfortable loving the thickness God has blessed me with!! Retraining my brain to have nothing but positive thoughts when I look in the mirror is starting to become something I naturally do, something that's not premeditated. At this point in my life, I have to realize those factors because social conditioning is a very real, very powerful force and can destroy a persons self esteem... 

From birth, we are exposed to a specific images in our media that reinforce the attractiveness of an unattainable ideal of female beauty. That we have to look like this, or walk like this, etc.  We are constantly affronted with photo-shopped images of actresses and models who embody these traits, and want more and more and more because they can not seem to find the happiness within themselves. Media uses this to make us feel less worthy of ourselves and buy into the standards of beauty that they give us... Well I'm no longer buying the bullshit because I am learning to love myself and better myself physically, spiritually, and emotionally. Each day I'm going to give myself a hug and say, "you are perfectly imperfect, flawed for uniqueness, your beauty is not an apology, it is a masterpiece from an awesome creator!!"

I am loving me some me!!!!!

Embracing My Natural Beauty

I decided I needed a change, yup a change indeed. This change however will be one for the betterment and empowerment of myself. Of course any new adventure or change that I am embarking on is for the better.

Well I decided to cut my loc extensions off. Yeah, I truly did it!! I felt like the need for me to go on this 2nd journey without the extensions was a must. The extensions were started as a cover up for insecurities I thought I conquered! Obviously I didn't, and I'm feeling like a fraud at this very moment for thinking I did. I decided that this insecurity will be tackled head on. I must bare myself, my nakedness to the world. Expose my insecurity and overcome it. For some year now I have been embarrassed with my traction alopecia and felt the need to wear extensions to cover it up. Not any more!!! I will not hide behind hair, I will not allow my true beauty to be watered down with false extensions anymore. I love the loc extensions but the meaning behind mine were something hendering me from accepting myself! Cheers to a new me and a new do!!!!!!😃😃😃😃

Yoga Joke From My Friend Stacey

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Ways That Yoga Can Keep You Fit Pt.1

1 Improved flexibility is one of the first and most obvious benefits of yoga. During your first class, you probably won't be able to touch your toes, never mind do a backbend. But if you stick with it, you'll notice a gradual loosening, and eventually, seemingly impossible poses will become possible. You'll also probably notice that aches and pains start to disappear. That's no coincidence. Tight hips can strain the knee joint due to improper alignment of the thigh and shinbones. Tight hamstrings can lead to a flattening of the lumbar spine, which can cause back pain. And inflexibility in muscles and connective tissue, such as fascia and ligaments, can cause poor posture.

Strength Test
2 Strong muscles do more than look good. They also protect us from conditions like arthritis and back pain, and help prevent falls in elderly people. And when you build strength through yoga, you balance it with flexibility. If you just went to the gym and lifted weights, you might build strength at the expense of flexibility.

Standing Orders
3 Your head is like a bowling ball—big, round, and heavy. When it's balanced directly over an erect spine, it takes much less work for your neck and back muscles to support it. Move it several inches forward, however, and you start to strain those muscles. Hold up that forward-leaning bowling ball for eight or 12 hours a day and it's no wonder you're tired. And fatigue might not be your only problem. Poor posture can cause back, neck, and other muscle and joint problems. As you slump, your body may compensate by flattening the normal inward curves in your neck and lower back. This can cause pain and degenerative arthritis of the spine.

Joint Account
4 Each time you practice yoga, you take your joints through their full range of motion. This can help prevent degenerative arthritis or mitigate disability by "squeezing and soaking" areas of cartilage that normally aren't used. Joint cartilage is like a sponge; it receives fresh nutrients only when its fluid is squeezed out and a new supply can be soaked up. Without proper sustenance, neglected areas of cartilage can eventually wear out, exposing the underlying bone like worn-out brake pads.

Spinal Rap
5 Spinal disks—the shock absorbers between the vertebrae that can herniate and compress nerves—crave movement. That's the only way they get their nutrients. If you've got a well-balanced asana practice with plenty of backbends, forward bends, and twists, you'll help keep your disks supple.

Bone Zone
6It's well documented that weight-bearing exercise strengthens bones and helps ward off osteoporosis. Many postures in yoga require that you lift your own weight. And some, like Downward- and Upward-Facing Dog, help strengthen the arm bones, which are particularly vulnerable to osteoporotic fractures. In an unpublished study conducted at California State University, Los Angeles, yoga practice increased bone density in the vertebrae. Yoga's ability to lower levels of the stress hormone cortisol (see Number 11) may help keep calcium in the bones.

Flow Chart
7 Yoga gets your blood flowing. More specifically, the relaxation exercises you learn in yoga can help your circulation, especially in your hands and feet. Yoga also gets more oxygen to your cells, which function better as a result. Twisting poses are thought to wring out venous blood from internal organs and allow oxygenated blood to flow in once the twist is released. Inverted poses, such as Headstand, Handstand, and Shoulderstand, encourage venous blood from the legs and pelvis to flow back to the heart, where it can be pumped to the lungs to be freshly oxygenated. This can help if you have swelling in your legs from heart or kidney problems. Yoga also boosts levels of hemoglobin and red blood cells, which carry oxygen to the tissues. And it thins the blood by making platelets less sticky and by cutting the level of clot-promoting proteins in the blood. This can lead to a decrease in heart attacks and strokes since blood clots are often the cause of these killers.

Lymph Lesson 
8 When you contract and stretch muscles, move organs around, and come in and out of yoga postures, you increase the drainage of lymph (a viscous fluid rich in immune cells). This helps the lymphatic system fight infection, destroy cancerous cells, and dispose of the toxic waste products of cellular functioning.

Letting Go Of Old Wounds

Every moment of my life I'm either growing or dying – and when I'm physically healthy, it’s a choice, not fate.  

You are the CEO of your life and every decision you make impacts your present, future and believe it or not, your past. I speak of the past because it can negatively infect you or positively affect you... Yes the more we bring on bad decisions the more disappointments we will have behind us that can upset us if we allow it. The art of maintaining happiness in your life and relationships relies on the fine balancing act of holding on and letting go.  Sometimes you have to let go of people, places and things. Yes, sometimes people you trust (including yourself) will hurt you.  Being hurt is something you can’t avoid, but being continuously miserable is always a choice.  Forgiveness is the remedy.  You have to let go of what’s behind you before you can grasp the goodness in front of you. You absolutely have to realize that in order to move on, you have to release. 

I'm realizing I have a long way to go but I will make it and get there.. I'm learning that things will happen that I may not always understand or have control over, but everything is not meant to be understood or controlled... I'm going to have to accept what is, and let it happen.  I won't force things but I will understand that I gave my all and let it be!!

If I keep dwelling on the negative I won't have time to reflect on the positive. So many positive things are happening in my life, and they need my attention..  I will have to make more room for what feels right and less of what feels wrong!

My pretty toes in the sand 🙌

The Joys Of Waking Up

Morning meditations and yoga are done!!! I'm about to walk down stairs and jump in this pool to start my day off. A good 30 minute swim will do me real good! The simple joys of life keeps me smiling, thankful and pleased. Many can not enjoy these three small but yet essential activities. These three things are vital 🙌 to my life. 🙌 

I am the type of person who is willing to spend enough time each day, just so I can spend the better part of my life enjoying life period!! I'm happy right now and I know I'm only going to get happier! Life is getting better each day because of the plans and goal that I set out for myself. Each day I mark off something on my to do list. Each day I'm getting closer to my dreams, accomplishing my goals. Don't get my wrong, I still have set backs and problems. One thing I've learned is that Happiness is not the absence of problems, but the ability to deal with them. 

So talk about your blessings more than you talk about your problems.  Just because I've struggled doesn’t mean I've failed.  Every great success requires some kind of worthy struggle to get there.

In addition, I'm doing my very best to spend more time with positive people and less time with negative ones.  People that deliberately doubt, judge and disrespect me are not worth my long-term time and attention.

So today I shall get through another day with positive thoughts and actions..

Bucket List Mark Off Part 2!!!

Hoorayyyyy!!!!! Slowly but surely I am marking items off my bucket list! Life is such an adventure! I have a bucket list and I also have a vision board which are one in the same! I'm so excited and thankful that God has blessed me to be able to live life and enjoy the beautiful blessings and creations that he has made.

This is a phrase/quote that I live by..."Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do.  So throw off the bowlines.  Sail away from the safe harbor.  Catch the trade winds in your sails.  Explore.  Dream.  Discover.”  –Mark Twain

This quote is so real! Indeed sometimes you have to just let go and live, enjoy, have fun and explore life. I'm not saying be stupid and make irrational decisions that could negatively impact your life and possibly those that care about you. I'm simply saying enjoy life in a way that you will continue to see growth in your intellect, spirituality, and heck even your finances. Make a bucket list as I did and start marking items off!

So far I have accomplished 

•Self employment

•Financially stable

•I learned to meditate

•I am a pescatarian 

•I climbed Stone mountain

•Horseback Riding

•Spent an entire week in Florida bouncing from beach to beach

I'm super uber excited about 2015, because it can only get bigger and better for me!!!

Man Be Gentle

"Man represents my image, woman – my emotions.

Together, you represent the totality of God. So man:

treat woman well. Love her, respect her, for she is

fragile. In hurting her, you hurt me. What you do to

her, you do to me. In crushing her, you only damage

your own heart, the heart of your Father and the heart

of her Father. Woman, support man. In humility, show

him the power of emotion I have given you. In gentle

quietness show your strength. In love, show him that

you are the rib that protects his inner self.”

Unknown Author

I just had to share this! I strongly believe in this order of things..

Blocking My Blessings

I am growing spiritually, my peace is found yet I'm still searching for complete happiness. I often times get discouraged, I often times get weary, and I often times lose my motivation. At times I feel as though I help so many people, I allow so many people to network off me, build off me yet I find no benefit in them. I have to cut off the dead weight of hitch hikers, and those who are only in it for self growth. I want to see us all win, but how can I continue to win when I believe I'm blocking my own blessings by unknowingly giving them away. I must do better! They say you receive blessings by blessing others... Sigh 😪.....   PHOTO TAKEN IN PANAMA CITY BEACH FLORIDA!!! #photography #panamacitybeach #selfie 

Island and Beach Photography

My experiences in Panama City right now is so grand! I'm loving each and every moment of this! I could really see myself waking up to this every morning and spending each day on the beach working!! My goals now are to develop my business with photography in Panama City Beach so I can come here at least once a month. I'm hoping to get an apartment or property here and I can pay one set price a month. Hotels here are very expensive. Over $235 a night is expensive when you're staying mtiple nights! I'm loving it!!!

Sunset 

Sunrise 

My Peace

Peace of mind. It’s one of those elusive things that money can’t seem to buy. I'm loving what money couldn't buy me and I plan to keep this. No selling my peace of mind!!!

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Photo is of my daughter running along the beach! I found so much peace in watching her enjoy herself at 6:00am with no worries!!!

Soothing For The Soul

I finally got my opportunity to meditate and practice yoga on white sand and listening to the sounds of perfectly blue waters! What a blessing it is in itself to be able to sit and thank God for such beautiful blessings and wonderful opportunities. I have been granted the opportunity to come to Panama City and sit on it's beaches. I've worked diligently these past three weeks to make this opportunity happen for my daughter and I. 🙏 Thankful I am!! 

There is no other person I can hold responsible for such a beautiful site! It's 5/30 now where I am located and I can't believe that I am actually up. I do believe if I lives here permanently that getting up at 5:30 would not be an issue. 

I am just so thankful right now, and I've learned that my greatest weapon against stress and negativity is my ability to channel all of that into a praise of thanks, meditation, and yoga. Being able to do all three on this beach is such a stress reliever!! 🙌

I've been able to set peace of mind as my highest goal, and I organized my life around it. I take every chance I can to be peaceful. Even when I'm upset or angry about something I've been able to whoosah myself 😹😹😹!!!

I’ve since realized that peace is always available, and like any desirable state of mind, it requires effort, even if that effort entails consciously choosing to be still, and in this very moment 5:30am I sit here with a beautiful sunrise and say Amen!!! 

The Wake Up

Many mornings I wake up and simply say thank you! No matter how bad my day or night may have been, I'm still blessed to be in the chosen number. I wake each morning with a Thank You and a simple meditation! Blessings

One day I will wake to this view, it may only be temporary but it will still be a beautiful view!!

Enjoying life

 I'm in love with my island friends!!! They teach me so much about life, enjoying life, living life, being free, maximizing the moments, stress free, about acceptance, patience, and stillness... I find so much about myself through stillness, through meditations, alone. I enjoy those moments of being alone to befriend myself and grow!!! Morning meditations here I come!!! Life is a beautiful thing if you can just learn to enjoy the simple things, the blessings you have now will double if only you knew how to enjoy and appreciate what you have. Your life alone is one of the biggest blessings you have, and you should appreciate it and take care of it!!! Just me, but I got one life and I'm not going to be stressed, mistreated, or hurt. I'm going to continue watching what I put in my body and on my body. I will continue to exercise my body, my mind, and my spirit. I will continue to feed my spirit with the knowledge or life, Zen, Chakra learning and most of The divine, the most high will continue to bless me abundantly!!! Try it!!!! 

WALK WITH ME

DAYNOMI LIVES LIFE!!!! 

Refocus My Energy

I just completed a much needed 15 min meditation that allowed me to stop and refocus my positive energy because I've been focusing on some negative energy lately. I decided not to give the negativity the time nor the cause of the negativity the time or space in my life. I search for no drama, I regret no decisions, and I shall not confront any situation that is already made out to be something it's not. With that being said I will continue focusing on the positivity in my life that God had continued to bless me with. I will continue to move forward in a positive light... And I will continue to carry along with me those who support me, love me, and appreciates me no matter who they may be... Remember a allow life to happen as it suppose to and Embrace every experience for what it’s worth... I sure do!!! Welcome positivity 

Let It Be

Never expect, assume, or demand.  Just do your best, control the elements you can control, and then let it be.  Because once you have done what you can, if it is meant to be, it will happen, or it will show you the next step that needs to be taken. Everything that looks like an opportunity may not be one, every person that looks like they need to be in your life, just may be detrimental to you! Learn the difference between the two. Learn that everything may not need to be force! Every piece of your life happened when it needed to happen. Your life is known before you know it. Your life is planned before you plan it! So just live in knowing what is meant to be with ultimately be! 

My Most Peaceful Hour pt.2

I am at peace when it's only myself I hear. When it is only I that is my main focus, when breathing becomes music that settles a wondering mind. When closed eyes takes you to another paradise, where imaginations stroke the thin line between reality and fiction. When  your focus is merely staying focus and the universe welcomes you with open vortexes. When you become one with the world allowing no seperation from creations of any kind.. I find peace in knowing when I'm alone, I'm really not alone. When my higher self is no longer grounded in chaotic surroundings, when my foundation is elevated where no unconscious mind can follow.

I find peace in a deeper understanding of my authentic spirit, my ability to empower the world through my contributions of self... My most peaceful hour awaits me!

My Throat Is no Longer deep

I've been studying and practicing Chakra meditations and holistic healing for a short period of time but in my studies I've learned that my throat chakra is very weak. This chakra is responsible for my self expression,voicing out my thoughts, ideas and emotions to those around me. My conviction to speak the truth, even if it may be uncomfortable

to some is very weak. I've noticed that lately I haven't been the same person who use to speak out no matter what or who it was. A lot has changed about myself in the past two years in which I am trying to change back for the better. Change is good, I welcome change but only of change is needed and for the betterment of ones self. I'm looking to strengthen my throat chakra and speak up more. Doesn't matter the situation, I'm speaking more truth and if it's not accepted, at least I would feel better knowing I spoke truth. I'm not looking to hurt anyone, more like release my inner thoughts before they build and become negative outbursts. I want to strengthen my communication skills. They suffered a lot recently. Emotions have a lot to do with this Chakra as well, and I intend to release those emotions, speak my truth and keep it moving. The best thing I can do for myself right now is think for myself out loud!!! 

Chakra Meditation (are you exercising your spirit)

Your goal in meditation is to focus and quiet your mind, eventually reaching a higher level of awareness and inner calm. You constantly work out if not daily, every other day like crazy and even eat healthier. But question, what are you doing to exercise your mind and spiritual body? 

Bucket List Mark Off

I'm proud to say that I have achieved 3 items off my bucket list! First item which is a major deal for not only myself but my family, "I am a successful business owner and self employed"

Yes, I am not only the owner of my own mobile salon ( searching for another shop now), but I also own a successful Jewelry line, tshirt line and founder of a very good organization called "Black Girls Loc LLC".

I make my living on my own terms and it feels very good to wake up each morning being the only person deciding my income. There are rough patches but the good outways the bad. I would not trade my experiences for nothing because I understand the hard work I'm putting in will pay off in the end. 

2nd I learned how to mediate, quiet my mind and find a sense of peace despite my surroundings. I'm learning to place myself in a deeper state of consciousness and become one with the universe. Right now I'm studying chakra meditation and It's a beautiful thing to truly understand self, and place your mind, body , and soul on one vibration. (I will discuss meditations in my blogs soon)... 

3rd I'm learning to eat and live a more healthier lifestyle in regards to food. My choices are more natural, raw, and cleaner eating. I'm eliminating a lot of sweets from my choice of foods, lower my carb intake, eat plenty of fish and chicken as my choice of meats. I've always eaten veggies but I'm finding pleasures in eating them raw now. I feel better, and I look better in terms of appearance. I like this change and will continue grow and learn more about myself, my life and live for a better future!!! 

The 1 Year Anniversary of My Journey

This time last year emotionally, financially, and spiritually I was suffering and hurting to the point I almost broke. I was bent in so many ways; Forward, backwards, side ways and in ways I didn't know I could bend. I reached my breaking point and almost lost it. This time during the previous year, I wanted to commit suicide. Many would think they know what it is you were going through, but I mastered the poker face and putting up a front. The events of my life from 2011 until the end of 2012 were a made for movie moments. The title of that movie would be along the lines of, "When A Woman's Fed Up," "Whose Life I'm Living," "Why Me?," "Thin Line Between Love and Hate," "When It Cuts Deep," "Snapped The Movie," "When Loving You Is All I Knew," "Is This Life," "No Control," and so many more titles could speak of my life in the departments of love, spiritual, financial, and more. I allowed so many different people and material things to control my happiness. Those two years were the worst, and the only thing that came out positive was the birth of my beautiful daughter Briyanna. She is a blessing to me, a reminder that I am stronger then I could ever imagine. Of course, I didn't know how I would do it alone but I was never alone. God was always with me and still is on this very day. The saying, "what doesn't kill you, makes you stronger" is indeed the truth. I am stronger now then I have ever been, in every department. One of the hardest things I had to learn to do in life was letting go.  Whether it’s feelings of guilt, anger, disappointment, loss or betrayal.  Change is never easy.  We fight to hold and we fight to let go.  But we must eventually let GO.  There’s no point in stressing over what I couldn't change.  I grew and learned from my mistakes and experiences. I vow to never let my past mistakes hinder me. I shall grow from the experiences and gain strength. I'm gaining strength everyday I take back my freedom from those who meant no good in my life. I'm clearing the clutter and making room for better memories. I had to also learn that Sometimes life doesn’t give you what you WANT because you NEED something else.  And what you need often comes when you’re not looking for it. My soundtrack to my life now is..."Life Is Good"