"Passion - including the manifestations of passion we feel within ourselves and therefore call 'ours' - is not something we can grasp or own but a force of nature, connected to and influenced by things that extend far beyond any puny human self. Finding it isn't like bagging an expensive trinket; it's like leaving comfortable, familiar terrain behind us and throwing ourselves into the sea"
- Martha Beck, life coach
"In life there will be sickness, devastation, heartache. It's a given. But if you look hard enough, you can always find the bright side"
- Rashida Jones, actress

I've talked enough about awareness to think that I would be fairly resilient now to the constant threat of those NEGOB thingies trying to wear me down to a mumbling bumbling suicidal psychopathic fruitcake. And I thought I could just laugh in the face of the Miser-ee that the NEGOBS keep trying to penetrate me with.
Uh uh. Mmmm Mmmm. No way. For some reason they are having a mass attack. If they can't get me down with one tragedy, hardship, or other misery maker, then they seem to be doubling up the pain power to sink me once and for all. Of course they can't beat me but they will sure keep having a crack.
So what do I do to stop this insane persecution of my very being?
Do I just sit back, laughing at them?
Do I go back into Devil' Dip for a while and try and beat them with TIME?
Do I surrender, give up, try something else?
Nup.Uh uh. None of the above.......
Uh uh. Mmmm Mmmm. No way. For some reason they are having a mass attack. If they can't get me down with one tragedy, hardship, or other misery maker, then they seem to be doubling up the pain power to sink me once and for all. Of course they can't beat me but they will sure keep having a crack.
So what do I do to stop this insane persecution of my very being?
Do I just sit back, laughing at them?
Do I go back into Devil' Dip for a while and try and beat them with TIME?
Do I surrender, give up, try something else?
Nup.Uh uh. None of the above.......

I consult my MIND. Mmmm Hmmmm..........
"Hey MIND, this is what's happening at the moment.Woddya reckon I should do, huh? Now MIND is ONE MIND, more powerful than anything in our mortal world. MIND KNOWS what's happening. MIND knows that when things get rough there is a reason for it. MIND will see the reason that the NEGOBS are spending soooo much TIME trying to beat you up, just like the nasty little critters are doing to me. So MIND will look at where I am on my Journey and will see that I have come a long way and that my STEPS forward are working out nicely. MIND will see that the NEGOBS want to inflict some PAIN to distract me, to stop me in my tracks. So.....
MIND will provide some THOUGHTS for me. I will then decide how I am going to move forward by CHOICE, by CHOOSING from the selection of THOUGHTS. Now this is the interesting bit.......
I have to CHOOSE how to deal with these NEGOBS, with the PAIN they are inflicting on me. And so I have to make the right CHOICES. One of the indicators to ensure the right CHOICES is the PASSION you have for your MISSION. I'm sure you know by now how strong my PASSION for this Journey is. I can take distractions and time slips caused by those distractions. But my PASSION will direct me to the right choices. My PASSION is not influenced by ego, other's opinions, greed or any other negative emotion. My PASSION is driven by my VISION, my DESTIN-EE. That is ALL I can see as I move forward. My awareness will prevent the negativity from any obstacles distracting me from completing my Journey. But there will be PAIN along the way. I am experiencing it right now. But it's OK because I am aware of what the NEGOBS are trying to do to me.........
"Hey MIND, this is what's happening at the moment.Woddya reckon I should do, huh? Now MIND is ONE MIND, more powerful than anything in our mortal world. MIND KNOWS what's happening. MIND knows that when things get rough there is a reason for it. MIND will see the reason that the NEGOBS are spending soooo much TIME trying to beat you up, just like the nasty little critters are doing to me. So MIND will look at where I am on my Journey and will see that I have come a long way and that my STEPS forward are working out nicely. MIND will see that the NEGOBS want to inflict some PAIN to distract me, to stop me in my tracks. So.....
MIND will provide some THOUGHTS for me. I will then decide how I am going to move forward by CHOICE, by CHOOSING from the selection of THOUGHTS. Now this is the interesting bit.......
I have to CHOOSE how to deal with these NEGOBS, with the PAIN they are inflicting on me. And so I have to make the right CHOICES. One of the indicators to ensure the right CHOICES is the PASSION you have for your MISSION. I'm sure you know by now how strong my PASSION for this Journey is. I can take distractions and time slips caused by those distractions. But my PASSION will direct me to the right choices. My PASSION is not influenced by ego, other's opinions, greed or any other negative emotion. My PASSION is driven by my VISION, my DESTIN-EE. That is ALL I can see as I move forward. My awareness will prevent the negativity from any obstacles distracting me from completing my Journey. But there will be PAIN along the way. I am experiencing it right now. But it's OK because I am aware of what the NEGOBS are trying to do to me.........

Some Journeys are very long, just like Nelson Mandela's life trip. Prison for 27 years was a baaaaad obstacle and brought with it lots of Negativity. It made him doubt himself. It caused severe mental anguish. His health suffered. But there was only one thing on his MIND. He had a VISION more real than reality itself so no matter what happened to him his PASSION would continually help him rise above any PAIN he had to endure. He made the right CHOICES. He lived his DREAM. He always STEPPED one step closer to his DESTIN-EE. His PASSION drove him to his DESTIN-EE, just like my passion is driving me to mine. The vision is my dream which is my destiny. It will manifest because it has......
How?
Well you should be getting it by now.....
IT'S ALL IN THE MIND..........
How?
Well you should be getting it by now.....
IT'S ALL IN THE MIND..........