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happy new year 2011

adam — Fri, 31 Dec 2010 18:54:07 +0000

While I haven’t done holiday cards, for the past 6 or so New Years I’ve written a letter to “the world” (well, really friends and family) as a heartfelt and sincere wish in the New Year. The wish is a personal reflection on the past year…to look back and see what I needed to experience from life…and to wish that others benefit in some way from that. (Note: Pics are all taken by yours truly in 2011…titles: sunrise, clouds, moonlight)

Here is a brief history of my past New Year’s wishes for you…

To welcome in 2004, I wished you bright ideas.
To welcome in 2005, I wished you time (both being present to time and taking time to document important life experiences).
To welcome in 2006, I wished you broader and deeper relationships and the will to make a difference in someone’s life every day.
To welcome in 2007, I wished you soul and everything that soul music represents.
For 2008, it was unusual…I didn’t write a wish around NYE…yikes…what happened?
To welcome in 2009, I wished that you have someone believe in you.
To welcome in 2010, I wished that you gain personal growth from deeper relationships.

For 2011, I wish that you “know thy peaceful self.”

“Know thyself” is a famous quote that is credited to numerous Greek sages as well as carved into the Temple at Delphi. To extend that, I’d like to extend a wish to everyone: that you how to find your peaceful self.

A peaceful self is not typical. Most of us are so busy that we don’t have time to stop thinking. Our brains are constantly “on,” constantly learning, evaluating, working, comparing, planning, feeling, reacting, responding, and more. The news, email, voicemail, online, traffic, and more bombards us. Good things happen and we become ecstatic…bad things happen and we are upset. Every day, people around us love us and hurt us, people are thankful and then complain, people pick us up and let us down, people act greedy and giving, people act self-centered and compassionate. Our brains process these interactions all day long…we process emotions along with our beliefs and values…these are often processed without us noticing what is happening. We even lose sleep at times because so much is on our mind.

What I wish for you in 2011 is that you know how to find inner peace in the face of any type of stress…anxiety, fear, worry, doubt, and any similar experience. Everyone goes through life and experience times of good and bad, life and death, creativity and destruction, love and war…the pendulum swings, the waves come and go, and change is constant. We have limited control over many things that happen in life…but we can manage how we think about life. And, the beauty of being human is that we all have this in common.

To Life and Thank You!!!

What I wish for you in 2011 is knowing your path to inner peace. Learning how to conjure inner peace has been a true blessing for me in 2010, and I wish this for you in 2011.

I am grateful and joyful for every person that I had the opportunity to interact with in 2010, thank you for being you and experiencing life with me.

Peace!

good friends and good food is …

adam — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 02:12:07 +0000

good friends and good food is a blessing!

Inside of me there are 2 dogs

adam — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 18:42:24 +0000

“Inside of me there are 2 dogs. 1 dog is evil. The other is good. The dogs fight all the time. Which dog wins? The one I feed the most.”

photo credit: jurvetson

there is beauty in overcoming…

adam — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 12:25:16 +0000

there is beauty in overcoming a personal challenge, it may be one of the most beautiful things on this planet.

- adambloom, betalkaboutable.com

photo credit: bobcat rock

awesome article: fear

adam — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 16:23:14 +0000

awesome article: http://health.howstuffworks.com/mental-health/human-nature/other-emotions/fear.htm #leadership #motivation #success

photo credit: williamcho

we all get addicted to things…

adam — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 06:24:50 +0000

we all get addicted to things, call it our behavior. it can be very hard to pay attention to. the difference is creation or destruction.

photo credit: Esparta

Rabble Interview at RAILSCONF

adam — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 18:30:43 +0000

http://bit.ly/9aP9ma @RAILSCONF w/ @hashrocket + @workbeast. Hear @rabble tell how VC backed out of Twitter! Also on hashrocket.tv @obie

learning from every situation…

adam — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 04:27:51 +0000

learning from every situation and person means the glass is always half full!!! #quotes #learning #motivation

photo credit: Tambako the Jaguar

balance and being are determined…

adam — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 14:09:47 +0000

balance and being are determined by the effort of each breath…this is success…this is a joyful journey. #quotes #learning #motivation

photo credit: alicepopkorn

enjoy the journey, enjoy the j…

adam — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 18:45:53 +0000

enjoy the journey, enjoy the journey, enjoy the journey…rinse…repeat. #quotes #learning #motivation

seeing is an art

adam — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 14:36:23 +0000

seeing is an art

photo credit: DownTown Pictures

you are your own investment…

adam — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 12:53:45 +0000

you are your own investment…and the lost important investment you have. #quotes #learning #motivation

photo credit: lumaxart

investing in others is an inve…

adam — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 12:52:17 +0000

investing in others is an investment in yourself.

thinking before speaking is a …

adam — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 12:49:49 +0000

thinking before speaking is a great habit

life is a journey, not a destination

adam — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 06:21:36 +0000

life is a journey, not a destination. hit a bump, wipe out? so what! enjoy the ride! #quotes #learning #motivation

photo credit: h.koppdelaney

dear self, be aware and careful

adam — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 13:20:28 +0000

dear self, be aware and careful of habits you form. habits have power, both growth and destruction. be aware of each. love, self

photo credit: paul (dex)

electrical connections in the brain

adam — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 15:53:41 +0000

Numerous studies: electrical (neural) connections in your brain are stronger/faster when responding to unpleasant versus neutral, pleasant.

photo credit: Genista

thinking negatively reinforces negative

adam — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 15:45:09 +0000

Thinking negatively actually builds physical connections in your brain and uses energy to protect you from things that don’t exist.

photo credit: neurollero

take time to listen to yourself

adam — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 03:04:55 +0000

take time to listen to yourself. get close to your thoughts and feelings. understand where you are coming from. enjoy, any way u can.

the controls for happiness are…

adam — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 02:09:46 +0000

the controls for happiness are inside your head! #quotes #learning #motivation