Kerry Lee Smith

All articles by: Kerry Lee Smith

Website: https://theawakeningtrainings.com/

What is the ONE word that ALL successful people say to themselves?

Do you often get “worked up” about things that frequently end up working out for the best?  Do you ever wonder if there was a way to go about it so we choose to move forward vs turning around?

How about if we train our mind, that when there is something bad, there is something “GOOD” that is coming out of it and finding the “GOOD” in all the setbacks we experience in life.  

Every set back we experience gives us the opportunity to propel us forward in life.  How we embrace it determines the quality of our life.   Are you going to be someone who sees the good in everything and run through life like a bull unstoppable, conquering the life that you dream of or are you going to be one who curls up and hide in your shell and stuck in your bubble of limitations

In every bad situation, we have the opportunity to figure out a solution.

Find the positive, to do that! Focus on the “GOOD.” Take that issue, take that problem, and find the “GOOD.” You bring that discipline and mindset attitude and radiate that to people around you.   You will be able to propel yourself forward.  This is how high performers move mountains and conquer them. 

The beauty of the word “GOOD” is it is a pulse that tells us that we still have everything we need within us to figure things out, to stand up and dust off and keep going, keep fighting.

The truth is, there is nothing in life is inherently “good” or “bad”, but merely whatever we make things to be.

When we embrace this philosophy of “GOOD” it makes us immune to failures and setbacks. No matter what obstacles we face, there is some way to frame them as being a “GOOD” thing.

We must try to program our mindset to see unexpected problems as opportunities. Just as Ryan Holiday says:

 “The obstacle is the way. “

It’s not something in the way. It literally is the way. It’s only by fighting through it and embracing the discomfort that you can become a better version of yourself because on the other side of every struggle is your freedom towards the life you are destined for. 

Seeing and finding the “GOOD” gives us nowhere to hide, it gives us COURAGE. You can’t churn out excuses, voice complaints, or whine about how things are unfair.

You just have to look misfortune in the face, declare it to be “GOOD”, and use it as an opportunity to grow.

In our everyday lives we get so many life offerings to see the “GOOD” and the bad in every situation,  we can sometimes have the tendency to see that life is mostly packed with failure after failure, and with occasional moments of victory however if we have the ability to look at a failure, call it “GOOD,” and use it as an opportunity to learn and grow, it is a power-tool to carry through life.   By calling every failure “GOOD,” you put yourself in a position to shake off setbacks and experience more victories in your life.

We don’t always have to consider a problem or a setback to be bad. Even if the situation appears negative, always find the good from it. Learn from the mistakes, reevaluate the situation, and go after the next goal.

Don’t give up. Don’t quit. Be inspired, be disciplined, be proud, and get after it.  

You will see that lif, after all,l is “GOOD.”

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Transform Your Life in 4 nights!

There is something within all of us that KNOWS that we want to connect with one another on a ‘heart’ level. That knows that we are all one, all deserving of love and that in fact there is only ONE love, and you are either playing in it or you are playing in fear.

Well, first thing first… We cannot be in a loving, open connection with others, intimate with others, when we don’t feel love. When we live love-less, when we don’t feel love, we have nothing to give to others. Then we are just beggars for love. But it’s easily said. We aren’t always loving, sometimes we don’t feel love, and we are full of emotions as anger, sadness, grief. In our lives, we experience lots of things that keep us away from love, because we are hurt. Instead of togetherness, we feel the distance. We feel pain instead of love, and instead of open, we are closed. Our heart is closed, shielded against (more) pain. But…. When we block feelings of pain, we also block the feelings of love. 

Do you ever wonder what it is like to live with an open heart?

Don’t keep on wandering around with heartache, with a heavy shield around your heart. 

It’s time to heal yourself. To love yourself, to be intimate with yourself. To be open and connected to others and even to the whole world.  Time to embrace yourself. Just the way you are. Time to heal yourself and heal the wounds from life.

The Transformational Journey gives you the tools to open your heart again, find inner peace… and love, you will let go of so much pain from your past, free your heart from inner suffering and move forward into a compelling future and allow the sun to rise again.

The next Transformational Journey is June 6th-9th, 2019.  And there are very few spots left.  Click here to sign up https://www.theawakeningtrainings.com/product/the-transformational-journey/

and give yourself the gift of deep joy and true happiness

Testimonial from a recent Transformational Graduate:

Transformational Journey enlightened in me a sense of peace in the depths of my heart.  It freed me from the iron gates that have held me back in my past.  It allowed joy to flow freely in my heart.  And it is the very joy I wish to radiate to people around me. In my heart, I know this deep joy and peace is a gift that is infinite and that is because Transformational Journey has allowed me to open my heart to love my one and only love, my divine love, the one that sustains me and the one I only need for true happiness. 

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Permission is granted …

We are born with our true perfection.  And there is nothing you can not be and nothing that you are not capable of doing.  But we go through life not seeing who we are – the truth of our magnificence.  We allow ourselves to see that we are a great deal less…and that is the farthest from who we are.

The real truth is, we make our own rules.  We are our own creators of our lives.  We decide who we really are and who we want to be.  We are the ones that decide how well we want our magnificence to shine.

How much of our view of the world is the outcome of our own ideas about it?  How much are we allowing ourselves to be seen?

Do you want your life to truly take off to levels that you were destined to?

You are the pilot of your life.  Your life will take off when you choose for it to.  You get to decide when you want to push that button of no more procrastination, prolonging and protesting.  That button of NOW.

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Why is change necessary?

“If you do not create change, change will create you.” ~Unknown 

We are often resistant to change, and we don’t realize that change is always constant in our lives.

It comes in our lives whether we want it or not.   How often do you welcome change in your life?  

Why is change necessary?

Change is necessary for us to survive and live our life in our fullest potential.

When we go through change, we reprogram our self from what is no longer serving us.  Just like an eagle going through a painful physical process of knocking its beak, plucking its feathers and its talons, we too have to pluck unpleasant memories, negative habits and fix mindsets that hold us back and weigh us down to live fully in life.  It is when we free ourselves from the past burdens that we are able to live in the present.  In order for us to take that flight of rebirth into the future, we need to let go of ourselves of our limiting beliefs and free ourselves.  When we open our fixed mindset we allow ourselves to soar and fly in life. 

When we go through change, it triggers progress.  We move forward because of them.  Embrace change, no matter the pain.  Because the other side of that pain of change is your greatness.  You will live the life that you are destined to.  The potential you will discover will let you soar in life and live the crown of your greatness.

We are the king of our domain, our life.  Our attitude is the product of our beliefs.   The lion is the king because of his belief of himself.  He shows up and enlivens being a king. 

How are YOU showing up?

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Learn how to STOP making excuses and get back on your ‘A’ game

We can always find a reason not to pursue our dreams, not to take action, just watch in the sidelines, or not to play hard. Our reasons can seem perfectly…well…reasonable, or so it seems.  We have this incredible ability to justify why we can’t do something – especially to ourselves. We can convince ourselves of almost anything; that we are just being realistic, responsible, and smart. It’s probably for the best; we try to convince ourselves…we really did not want it anyway.

“Excuses are the nails used to build a house of failure.” – Don Wilder

Some of the Most Common “Nails” in Our Future of Failure

  1. “I don’t have enough time.”
  2. “It’s too hard”
  3. “I don’t have enough money.”
  4. “I’m too tired.”
  5. “I’ll start tomorrow, next week, next month, next year.”
  6. “I’m too young, too old.”
  7. “I’m not smart enough for that.”
  8. “I don’t have the experience I need.”
  9. “I’m too busy.”
  10. “What if I fail?”
  11. “It’s too risky.”
  12. “I’ll do it when the kids are older.”
  13. “No one has ever done it before.”
  14. “This isn’t the right time.”

And it never will be…as long as we keep making excuses. Do these nails of excuses sound familiar?  How many of theses nails are preventing us from living our true potential, our A Game?

Excuses aren’t really reasons, they’re just how we justify not pursuing what we want in life. The truth is, all these excuses are LIES.  These  lies are nails we box our selves into that prevents us from living the life that we want  and leaving a very important tool behind, DISCIPLINE.

We can only succeed when we stop telling ourselves why we can’t.  We can stop making these excuses, and live our truth.   The truth is you have all that you need to not ever need these NAILS of excuses. The truth will stop you from kicking the can down the road in life  that comes with the lack of discipline.   Its time to nail all those excuses shut them in a box and listen to YOUR Truth.  It will set you free. Live the Truth of who you are and Get it DONE! 

 It’s Game time, are you READY?

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Is LOVE your Medicine?

What is it like to live from an awakened heart?  We feel so much love so much forgiveness, compassion, love, joy, and peace.  At times we experience not living in these states and experience a limiting heart when we have an attachment. 

Attachment can, however, mask itself as love.  When we love someone with the end result of needing something from them.  Or we love them and expect them to love us back or love us the way we want them to love us.  This is the kind of love that is detrimental to us. This is not the fullness of love, but rather an attachment due to fear and holding on too tight.  However, if we look and examine what causes this attachment, we can see it is coming from a constricted, fear-based and conditional place.  It limits us to love only certain people in certain ways. Love is not exclusive.  It is open and accepting.  It comes from a universal feeling of caring and connectedness.  It comes from a place of true dedication and wishing the best for others.

It is loving someone regardless of how we approve of them in our lives.  We see them as another being and cultivate compassion for them.  True love comes from values that lead us to give, serve and care for one another 

 It embraces all beings without exception and discards ill thoughts.  Love is not passive acceptance.  It is a powerful force that can transform any situation. 

“Hatred never ceases through hatred.  Hatred is only overcome by love.”  – Buddha

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