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Learning to Be Giant

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Giant- an imaginary or mythical being of human form but superhuman size.

giantsAre you a giant? What if we were all giants? Some opportunities exist every day to accomplish goals, take positive actions, or help someone find what they are looking for in life.  These things are accessible for a giant to do in this world.  Today, you can become a giant, maybe not in physical stature but in how you look at your life and the lives of others whom you interact with regularly.   Becoming a giant is possible when you focus on the thoughts you think, the emotions they produce, the words that result, and your actions in all situations.  Today you may be a giant.

Be Their Giant

When you are down, for whatever reason, anyone who encourages you is a giant to you. Look for the people you know that could use some positive encouragement today and give it to them.  It is a massive action to giantsshow kindness to others, and it doesn’t cost you a thing but to be more empathetic to someone else than you usually are.  Random acts of kindness are tremendous, and expressly directed acts of kindness are even better.

Look around you and see where you can apply your giant acts of kindness. See a sad person and give them a reason to be cheerful. If someone is discouraged,  find a way to encourage them.  A compliment, a smile, a kind recognition about them, or anything you can think of to do that will make the existence of another human being a better experience.  That would make you a giant today in the eyes of whomever you can help. That person may just be yourself.  Giants do this.

Chase Your Giant Dreams

Giants are mythical creatures, but all myths are based on reality.  You can decide if your story moves from the pages of your mind into the history books of fact. This story happens when you firmly establish your desired ending and then begin to take steps toward making that ending reality in your life.  It is not just a story, and every success story in the world starts that way and ends precisely the same, a quest fulfilled.

Don’t be afraid. Set your big goals as big as you want. It would be ashamed if you found out that you could have had anything you wanted, but you aimed entirely too low.  Be a giant, and ask for what you want in life. See the place in your life that is ready to contribute to the world and give.  Find your giant calling and follow it.  Be brave and go for what you want. There is no other way for the giant in you to show.  Be rich. Be famous. Be talented. Be everything you want.  Giants do this.

Show Giant Gratitude and Appreciation

No giant became all they could without the help and assistance of many others along the way. Put some of your focus on the gratitude you have for all of those who have shown you kindness, caring, and love throughout your life.  Someone has believed in you. Someone has seen the giantsgreatness that exists in you. Someone has been kind and encouraging to you.  Take a moment and be grateful for these things.  If you honestly have never had these experiences, it is not too late to start.

We are all giants, and that greatness does exist in everyone. Sometimes we have to be the ones who recognize it.  It helps when others understand it, but there is no denying it when we see it.  Lose all of your judgment for yourself and stop seeing your flaws.  It is impossible to feel gratitude and experience simultaneously, and you are making that choice every day.  Choose gratitude and let your giant persona ride through the countryside.

Be a Giant Today

Maybe giants are imaginary creatures from old stories, or perhaps they are here, all around you.  All it takes is to recognize the giant in others and allow it inside yourself.  Be a kinder, self-directed, and grateful person to your ability.  How big a giant you are today will depend on the thoughts you entertain, the emotions you feel, the words you speak, and your actions.  We are all giants in the land of giants, and we have to choose to notice it.  When you see that giants exist all around, your view will determine your success and enjoyment of life.

“It is the mark of a great man that he puts to flight all ordinary calculations. He is at once sublime and touching, childlike, and of the race of giants.”-Honore de Balzac

“As soon as a redwood is cut down or burned, it sends up a crowd of eager, hopeful shoots, which, if allowed to grow, would in a few decades attain a height of a hundred feet, and the strongest of them would finally become giants as great as the original tree.” – John Muir

 

 

 

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I’m Really Blue, Are You?

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I am definitely blue, but not in a bad way!

by Jonathan Hilton

Pouring over my daily dose of inspiration I was looking for a great idea to write about, and most great ideas come from other bloggers who know much more than me.

I didn’t have to look very far to find one that hit me right where I live.  It was on the site called Creative Guru , which features great ideas, fantastic writing and a tale of self discovery.

Today there was a post about what color she is, not literally, but here personality.  That she was once a yellow but over time has become more of a blue.  She started to have blue infiltrate her life, to fill it up. Blue just started to show up in clothing and household items.

I was intrigued because I was trying to see if there was a color that had infiltrated my life.  I enjoyed the writing so much I commented and stated that I didn’t particularly notice any color all over my life.  She suggested to start by noticing the color of the shirt I was wearing today.

blue peter griffin
I didn’t touch nothin’ Wonka! Peter is blue too.

I looked down at my blue jacket I had on, and unzipped the coat.  Revealing a shirt the exact shade of blue as the jacket.  “That is kind of strange” I thought to myself, then noticed further the blue pants I had on.  I looked like a giant walking blueberry. I even had blue socks on!

It was absolutely true that I put no thought into what I was going to wear today, I just picked what jumped out at me and that was blue.  How accurate could this color business be? Well here is what blue is said to reveal about your personality:

” Lovers of blue have a deep need to find inner peace and truth, to live their life according to their ideals and beliefs without having to change their inflexible viewpoint of life to satisfy others.”

This was kind of a strange thing because without looking very hard I found the following pieces I have written in the past year about living my life by my own ideals.

A Path to Inner Peace  , Everything You Do Matters,  Forgive and move on,

Then I learned that those who favor Indigo:

“have a need to feel in harmony and at one with the Universe and to be accepted by others as the aware and intuitive spiritual beings that they are.”

Which I wrote about in a post called My Biggest Fear, which happens to be the fear of what others think about me.  Much of what I write is from a spiritual perspective or has been influenced by my journey of self discovery.  Then I was totally psyched up because there is definitely something to this color business.  You can pick almost any of the posts I have written and they come from this base.  Read any of the Thirty Question Project posts and they will reveal the truth, that yes, I am blue, but in a good way!

Tobias blue man
I feel this blue! Thanks Tobias.

Then I started to think about how blue I really am, how I own other color shirts but I like blue the best, from my trusty superman shirt to any and all New England Patriots and Boston Red Sox paraphernalia I wear on a semi-regular basis. Blue, blue, blue, there is no escaping it I am a blue man.  I should move to Vegas and join the Blue Man Group.

In all seriousness I enjoy learning about new things so much, and to find out things that are signs of why I think the way I do, act the way I do, and wear what I wear.

This was so much fun and such a great experience that I decided to post it immediately so if you are interested in seeing where your personality type lies then follow the link below! You may be blue, red, yellow, or some other color.  No matter what where you fit in on the spectrum of color. It is OK because that is who you are! Wear you colors proudly.

See about your personality from http://www.empower-yourself-with-color-psychology.com/personality-color.html, it’s a pretty neat site, they have much more in-depth definitions than I gave above.

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