Why Have Low Hopes?

I could quote my Mentor Rita on so many things, in fact, I quote her constantly, she has been a speaker and expert in personal development for decades, she is the greatest speaker I have ever seen, and how blessed am I to have been mentored by her. I will never forget telling her that I wanted to be like her some day…. She asked me why…. I said, because I want to make people feel the way you make me feel (and the way you make people feel, you make us feel like we are special). It’s true, I said that to her in a Starbucks in Madrid, we ran into each other and had coffee, we were on the same trip together, but I did not know her on that one to one level that I do now.

I spoke in Austin, and she came to the green room to see me and cheer me on. “I’m here to watch you baby girl, I left my hotel suite so I could be here to see you” she said in her southern accent, as in, “I care about you and I want you to win, you are not alone on that stage baby girl, Momma Rita is right behind the stage”. I asked her, what do I do, how do I do the best job possible? She answered: “speak from your heart, be yourself, there is no one who can be it and say it like you”. BAM! I took her advice and got on stage and did just that, but also, I took this advice with me in every situation, because it is the most important advice that we all need to hear. Not only do I go back to it, but I teach it. Whether you are speaking on stage, at an interview, in a conversation, working, playing, what ever you are doing, do it from your heart and be you! That is the magic. It is always the magic. It is the best advice for all of us.

Another lesson that I have been thinking about this week that Rita would teach from stage, “What good are Low Hopes”. She would make us laugh and also remind us not to play small, not to worry about what others think, or think we are thinking too big etc…. I loved this. I have felt this way my entire life. Hope has been in my heart and what good is it too not have hope. High Hope (even the song) has promise, rhythm and a vibe or creating more. As does the song “Higher and Higher”, as we have heard Oprah use on the OWN Network, it is a feel good vibe about lifting ourselves and each other, higher and higher. These positive words and affirmations and songs just feel good.

Lift our Spirits, we are not mean’t to look down, we are mean’t to look up.

Happiness is a choice, we are not always happy, that is just not normal, but we can choose happy.

Compare yourself to no one except who you were yesterday.

Be Kind to Everyone, you never know what anyone is going through.

Joy over jealousy, it is so much better to feel joy for yourself and others, no one is a threat but you.

Ask yourself “how you can be of service to others”. You are made for more!

Let your light shine, even on your dark spots.

Believe in the best in yourself and others, your spirit creates the vibe.

What you think about you bring about, think good thoughts about yourself and others.

The power of our thoughts is huge and it is the one thing that I work on daily. Negative thoughts are part of how our brain works as humans, it’s okay, and yes, we have bad days or moments. However, we don’t want to reside there, and live from that space of scarcity thinking.