The Answer Key

You have to reserve the right to create and maintain balance in your life. You have every reason to not take that call, go to that event, or interact with those people if it means you sacrifice your own peace and happiness. Choose how you spend your time, your energy, intellect, and emotion and who you share them with. Make sure the price you pay in exchange for those things is really worth your while. Remember that you are your first priority. Take care of you and be selective about how much of you gets to go around. Hot commodities only remain that way when they are reserved for a select few. ~For more positive posts stop by fb.me/TheAnswerKey & tweet me  @_TheAnswerKey daily!

Harnessing your creativity and making it a priority can be difficult, but it is not impossible. Your first challenge is to face your fear. Rage against the internal struggle within between staying still and foraging a new path. Do not be afraid to make your own way. Own your charge and accept your dream as a calling. A calling is a purpose with no end.  Be open to the change that comes with it. Change is always apart of growth, making room for newness to enter your life. You will out-grow habits and people to prepare you to receive your new reality. Get ready for the shift to come and embrace it.  Have the courage to pursue your dream no matter what or how difficult a task it may seem to be- be relentless. Think of your mentors, not to follow their path per se, but to witness the possibility of what can happen when you have the courage to make your dream a reality. Develop the confidence to go for it, cultivate it everyday in some way, and know that the reality you dream...

Despite the heaviness of your heart, the lump of fear in your throat, or the worries that swirl around your mind and keep you up at night, know that things are in motion. Whatever unfavorable state you may be in is temporary. Just as good as things were before the hard times of your life, they will be again. Everything, every bit of it is working in your favor if you let it. The things you thought you wanted or needed that did not pan out to your liking, they too are all blessings just in disguise.  Great things take time. Keep going through it, through all of its trouble, bear down and take the heat. You will ultimately reach the awesomeness that awaits you on the other side of your troubled times. ~ For more positive posts stop by  fb.me/TheAnswerKey  & tweet me @_TheAnswerKey   daily!

When you have been taken advantage of or taken for granted it is ushered in with a sting just under the skin, inexplicably watery eyes, heaviness in the chest, a lump in your throat, a general numbness, something to physically make you aware that you have been compromised. Give yourself the respect of knowing when you are being misused, abused, or disregarded. Pay attention to those who disrespect, exhaust, or waste your time and energy. Then, choose to put a stop to it and make the very next moment absolutely worth your while.  Unfortunately, some people in your life will always prioritize themselves, their issues, their problems, needs and wants and will monopolize your time, energy, and overall presence, but only if you let them. As much as helping others is what you do, know when to say when, and make sure you save some of you for yourself. ~For more positive posts stop by fb.me/TheAnswerKey & tweet me @_TheAnswerKey daily!

Always putting yourself last tells the world that is your place in this life. The people around you will begin to behave in just that way, with an expectation for you to put them, their wants, and their needs ahead of your own.  Do not be afraid to make choices that are best for you sometimes.   Take heed to whatever your current situations are meant to reveal about your post on the hierarchy of your life. Listen carefully when others make requests, are they requests or demands of you and your time? Help, and help often, but do not forget to make choices that uplift you, enhance your heart-space, consider your best interest, and serve a purpose in your own life as well. People get burned out as a result of not having made the best choices for them as an individual too often; constantly showing up last on their priority list. Take time to take care of yourself, put your needs on your list of priorities everyday, and just say no every once in a while. Use that time you were so w...

On this first day of May, welcome the new month with a new intention. Concentrate your love, your energy, and your power on that which is most important to you. Every day is worth your best effort, but the first day is the most crucial when creating a new habit. Set your intentions on what you want for your life, for your day, and in each moment. Do your work, but also make time to have fun and enjoy the goodness and blessings life offers you every day. Lastly, end your day with gratitude in your heart. Notice and appreciate the small things this month like the tiny blossoms on the trees and witness them bloom over time just as your life has, does, and will over time with the right amount of concentrated effort. Enjoy your week as best you can, knowing your are blessed, being a blessing as often as you can beginning today. Embrace the newness of this May. ~When you get a sec stop by fb.me/TheAnswerKey and tweet me @_TheAnswerKey daily! 

Every time you wake up from a good, decent, or even a not so great night's sleep, you have been gifted a new start. With every sunrise, day break, and crack of dawn you have a fresh start. From one moment to the next newness is awaiting you. Take this day, this moment, this breath to choose to make the best of it. Infuse right now with positivity and love, taking a deep, cleansing breath on purpose. Let that be your ongoing intent- purpose. Be one that is present, one who is purposefully going to embrace all the happiness, peace, calm, and comfort this experience has to offer. The value your effort holds is priceless and the gratitude you express for it all welcomes more of it into your life- expect it. Pursue all the best, the best job, the best experiences, the best partner, the best you, and your best life- start now. ~For more positive posts stop by fb.me/TheAnswerKey & tweet me   @_TheAnswerKey daily!

It is easy to be distracted by the frivolous, the chaotic, or dramatic things going on around you. As soon as you find yourself in that space, take a breath, take a beat, give yourself pause, and choose better. Choose to be better. Choose a better perspective. Have a better appreciation of your energy and invest it intently with love as your chariot. Be the light that can guide others who want to come out of the darkness on their way, but know who wants to stay in the dark and be okay with leaving them there. Many situations will arise that may upset you, disappoint you, or knock you off your mark, but make sure those moments are temporary. Lead by example as one who can experience something devastating without letting it devastate you. Your next day in the sun will come as soon as you choose it. As often as you can m indfully be a beacon of light, positivity, and love for yourself and for others.   Your light will always shine if you let it. ~For more positive posts stop by fb.me/...

Live every day with more intensity, purpose, and passion. Focus your attention more on the present moment, making the most of it, and then the next, and then the next. Grow a greater appreciation for your  accomplishments thus far while you make your way through your journey of dreams, goals, and milestones. Know that the timing of your life is beautifully, magically, woven best for you. Embrace your current place and circumstance for what it is, and make the most of everyday building your future. Be in pursuit of fulfilling your dreams, but do not forget to enjoy the journey on your way there. In everything you do be passionate about it, have clear intentions, let it have a true purpose in your life, and when you pour your intensity and effort in, let yourself be free- breathe and evolve with every mindful, open, positively loving step. Then with all the life you have left to live; enjoy it. Live your life to the fullest and carpe your diem! ~For more positive posts stop by fb.me...

Everyone wants to be happy, but the how can be complicated, or is it? Happiness tends to elude those chasing it, but the pursuit is not required. Happiness is a chosen experience in what you say, what you do, and how you live your life. From one moment to the next, despite what is or is not going on around you happiness is your choice. Despite external challenges, accept and know that everything is contributing to your growth, what is for you will be yours, and nothing can infringe upon your happiness without your permission. It can not be destroyed or diminished, you can only be distracted. Decide to be happy; choose it and it will always choose you. ~For more positive posts check out fb.me/TheAnswerKey & tweet me @_TheAnswerKey  daily! photo: quotesvalley.com

If you make up in your mind that the things that bring you joy will always outweigh the things that don't; you are already starting your day off on the right foot.  Do not charge yourself with a bad day based on one negative person, situation, or unfortunate set of circumstances. Give the day the opportunity to turn around. Decide to be open to the awesomeness everyday still has to offer; you never know what the rest of the day may bring. Start the day with your expectations set on awesome. No matter what happens, you should consider every day a great day unless there is death in it. Yes, your only excuse for not having a great day every day is if you are in mourning, and even then, you should find the space to turn grief into gratitude for the experience of knowing and loving them. It may not be easy, but make it a great day, every day is more than a mindless notion; let it be the mindset to get you going every morning, and even when it is not all it could have been cracked up to ...

No matter what is going on around you; what trouble arises, what drama shows up on your doorstep, or negativity tries to impede on your happiness, take your power back. Your time is precious and valuable and your life will be the sum of what you make it. The time will roll on no matter what you decide to do with it so make a choice to use it in the most positive, loving, happiest way you can. Everyday, focus on your joy, invest in your gift, increase your peace, despite what may be thrown at you. Make the most of the time you have living more mindfully and minimizing the time you waste on worthless, useless, meaningless things. No one knows how much time is left in their hourglass so spend your time well. ~For more positive posts stop by fb.me/TheAnswerKey & tweet me @_TheAnswerKey daily!

Put more you in your day. Passionately, wholeheartedly, and consistently put the necessary amount of you in what you want to do. No matter what anyone else says, thinks, or tries to project onto you, you know that are at work and putting your best effort into everything you do; keep it up. That thing you want most deserves more of your time so make time for it- keep at it because you deserve it too. If things deflect, deter, or damage your faith still stick to it. The possibilities in your every step are limitless- keep going. Even the smallest bit of progress is still progress; it moves you forward and brings you closer to your goal and makes you better at whatever it is than you were before so don't give up. As long as you keep working on you and toward that life in your head that means you are trying, being brave, making an effort to be, have, and make things better and it will ultimately have to manifest, but first you have to give more of you to it. It is great to give yoursel...

When you have a dream, no matter how crazy it may seem, that dream is sitting and waiting for you to move. It will be as patient as you require. It may even be dormant and sit silently for a while, but it is waiting, and will continue to wait until you decide you are ready, you are relentless, you are unwavering in its coming to be. It waits for you to believe in it. It waits for you to make it real. It waits for you to make a move- take action. You may have challenges, obstacles, and fears, but know that there is nothing truly standing in your way but the priority it holds on your priority list. If you make it necessary, as necessary as shelter, food, clothes, and water it will move up on that list. Move it up. Make it non-negotiable. Choose today to answer to the draw, the pull, the calling that your dream is speaking to you and show up, rise up, and never give up on it. Keep dreaming, but starting today, dream with your heart, mind, and eyes wide open then make your move. ~For more ...

It is crucial that you believe in you more than anyone else does.  Y our belief in you is incredibly important. No matter how exhausting, how far, or how long it may take, you must first believe. As long as you are alive, you have more time, knowing that time invested in your dream is always time well spent no matter how much time your dream requires; let that belief be what keeps you going. Realizing that time will pass no matter what you do, find the courage to consciously choose to repeatedly give your time to your dream and make time for it. Believe that to make the most of your time is for you to invest it in your dream and making it happen because you believe in it and yourself despite, obstacles, challenges, fear, or doubt. Your belief is enough to keep you going knowing every little effort brings you closer to making your dream your reality. You could very well be much closer than you think. There is no big secret to success if you know the key; the key to your success is Y...

While there may be some difficult, challenging, or painful circumstances that arise in your life, rise above them. Never let anyone or anything diminish, dismiss, or define your greatness. Know that your grayest cloud weighed down by your biggest problem, filling your deepest wound with lemons sprinkled with salt can also be wrapped in hope, potential, and endless possibility. Life amounts to what you choose to make it; make it the best life you can live. ~For more positive posts stop by fb.me/TheAnswerKey & tweet me  @_TheAnswerKey daily!

Some people who falsely attach their happiness to other people or stuff will find it a temporary, fleeting fix. While the awesome partner, job, car, house, friends, and vacation may enhance your happiness, none of them should define it.  Happiness is not something you go out and find. It is an internal experience you choose. It is the perspective you have while you are on your journey to your purpose, your passion, and your dreams fulfilled- not the destination's location. It is in the doing, being, and seeking authentic fulfillment. Happiness is "found" in the alignment of the mind, heart, and soul saturated in the positive, focused on gratitude, and invested in love. At the end of the day, you choose. Choose to be happy if for no other reason than the fact that on your worst or last day, it is your choice to make. ~For more positive posts stop by fb.me/TheAnswerKey & tweet me @_TheAnswerKey daily!

Everyone has a dream of doing, having, or being something, and there are steps you must take to turn that dream to into an accomplishment and become successful at it. Like all things, your first decision is the decision to believe in yourself enough to start. Begin with the commitment and promise to yourself to make it happen. The first step to successfully doing almost anything is in your preparation. You must have a real understanding of the process your journey will require. With every and anything you set out to do, you need to understand what success at it looks like- learn as much as you can. Then, the second step is remaining committed, focused, and invested. Your commitment is crucial to make it through challenges despite the obstacles that may present themselves throughout your journey. Lacking the necessary commitment and focus will undoubtedly stall you from achieving any goal you have for yourself. Also, being invested in your own success must be a priority. The time you co...

Every chance you take and effort you make will move you closer to achieving your dreams if given enough time. The greatest gift you can give is your belief in yourself and the expression of your God-given gift to the world in all its glory, but first you must decide that your dreams and goals are worth every effort, energy, and as much of your time as your other priorities. Your dream has to become a priority in and of itself. While you divide your time, people will notice, and it  is a possibility that while on your quest other people will not share your same appreciation for your dreams, find them lofty, or unattainable, but thankfully, whether they are or are not is not their choice to make. Y ou must immediately quash any thought, doubt, or suggestion from them that you are not worthy of it, and muster up the courage to go for it anyway. You are just as capable, talented, and worthy as anyone to make your dreams come true, whether they do or don't is entirely up to you, and tim...

Try to make it a great day every time you get the chance. Start your steps to happiness with this understanding; the first reason to be happy is in your face as soon as you open your eyes every morning. You have another opportunity to live your life better than you did yesterday. From the very beginning of your day, as soon as you roll out of bed and start your morning routine, put a smile on your face first. Think about the goals you will accomplish today. Direct your thoughts. Put on some good mood music, light your favorite scented candles, take a hot bath, phone a friend, but most importantly, remind yourself that all trials are temporary. Something great is on its way no matter what your current circumstance may be. Keep your head up, your hopes high, energy and thoughts positive, and push forward. Through it all, no matter what the experience is before you, you can positively endure it, learn from it, and grow into your best self. Pace yourself, smile through it all, and beco...