Get Inspired Through Video

Yesterday, I listed some ideas about how begin your day on a solid note by feeding your brain with positive thoughts and ideas through reading, writing, meditating and listening to soothing and inspirational music. Today, I’m posting a video that includes inspirational quotes set to calming music.

Videos like these always uplift my spirit and at the same time put me in a calm and contemplative mood, so watching them in the early morning can be a form of meditation as well if you’re not into sitting quietly. There’s a quote by Berthold Auerbach that says, “Music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.” Just as music can have a tremendous influence on the impact of a movie, it’s actually brilliant to have music as the background for words meant to guide us into the highest forms of ourselves.

Do you have a collection of favorite inspirational quotes that you refer to often? You can set them to music in your own personalized inspirational video. The instructions and resources to do it are here and are free! Then you can watch your own early morning videos and share them with your friends.

If you do decide to make a video, please share it with us. I’d love to watch it!

Tune in to the Silence

It’s early morning, I’ve just returned from a walk that fired up my muscles and brain and I’m sitting watching the sun stream in the window. The only thing I can hear is the ticking of the clock on the wall. Why is it that I never hear the clock tick in the afternoon?

I’m a morning person; it is my favorite time of day because of the stillness and the quiet. It is the best time to hear myself think or to hear myself not think–to just be still and go within. It’s thinking without words, quiet observation–without the ego trying to label, qualify, or judge everything. What else would we benefit from while in this non-thinking state?

• Guided meditations that will help you focus on and visualize positive experiences;
• Reading something inspirational that that could potentially fire up a new pathway in the brain and lead to a new, great idea;
• Uplifting, soothing, or energizing music to make your spirit happy (okay, this is not silence, but it still works);
• Writing down your thoughts, goals, plans, and ideas in a journal since writing them down is another step closer to bringing them to life;
• Dumping the contents of your brain on paper is also an effective way to arrive at breakthroughs regarding problems or blocks you may be having. It’s another form of detox that doesn’t require a day of liquids ; )

If you use the still of the morning to start your day off fresh and clear, it will help you ease into the day, allowing it to unfold in a positive, less stressful way. Even if you’re not as “tuned in” to the silence of the clock ticking.

P.S. I love how the light cast a heart on the book in the picture above. Just had to include it!