Lidija Markovic Rosati
Thursday, May 17, 2012
Weekly Food for Thought - On Sharing and Other Things
'Giving is the highest expression of potency' ~ Erich Fromm
Dear Friends,
The day has started with an uplifting and inspiring conversation with my dear friend Susan.
We had a lot of catching up to do, however, all that we had to say to each other, organically evolved into the subject of sharing, giving, contributing... This IS our purpose!
Our conversation was partly inspired by the fact that we are off to spend few days with people who are committed to taking their lives to the next level, and see the whole idea of sharing and contributing as something every single human being on this planet must make a priority.
Giving empowers, sharing enhances and expands any experience.
Giving without expecting anything back, random acts of giving and sharing kindness with a fellow human being, is something we hear and read a lot about these days... People are learning that it is OK to share, give, smile, without any reason... How about we make it a weekend of... 'just because'!?
With this simple message, I invite you to spend a few days living and breathing and doing random acts of giving and sharing, for no other reason than that it will add even more value to your life and the lives of others!
Wishing you a joyful weekend…and feel free to SHARE your experiences!
With love,
Lidija and Susan Mary Hodgson (a guest contributor and an experienced sharer :) )
©Momentum Strategies 2012
Sunday, May 13, 2012
Weekly Food for Thought - Life Requires Practice
‘You too must mingle my friends// since the earth and the sky are mingled// just for you and me’ ~ Rumi
Dear Friends,
However strange this phrase may sound, Life, with its ups and downs, has both internal and external aspect. Some people take it at face value and choose to accept it as it is, without much input nor creativity.
Seemingly there are two lives, internal (thoughts, internal dialogue, meditation) and external (friends, family, professional life, everyday life, interests, hobbies).
Most people, instead of connecting these two lives, have a habit of confronting them. These two lives ought to be put into action, they yearn to intertwine, they ought to learn to love one another, to support one another and not create some kind of isolated oasis.
Given that these two lives belong to you, wouldn't it be nice to merge them into one?! When these two lives learn to love one another, support one another, you too will benefit from it.
Some people invest more in one aspect of their life and neglect the other. It is essential that we bear in mind the fact that both internal and external life are in essence one, and if we continue to ignore one, and glorify the other, we will feel unfulfilled.
With this in mind, I wish you an inspiring and creative weekend!
Lidija
Sunday, May 6, 2012
Weekly Food for Thought - A Thought and A Question
'These are my principles. If you don't like them, I have others!' ~ Groucho Marx
Dear Friends,
It has been a week where I learnt a lot by simply observing!
I happen to be in Serbia at the moment, where election fever seemed to have gripped the nation, albeit for a week.J I delighted in watching how politics can change people.
Marx said that religion is opium for people, and I would add that politics comes very close to that! It was fascinating how some ordinary people are willing to change their rhetoric, forget about their needs, values, principles and follow something so not in line with who they are at their core!
What's even more astonishing is the absurd conviction that what they've 'chosen' to believe for that particular occasion, will bring them the results they want!
Isn't it a bit insane to hope for victory, while investing nothing and choosing to be something you are not?!
With this in mind, I wish you a lot of YOU this week:-)
Sending you oceans of love,
Lidija
© Momentum Strategies 2012
Friday, April 27, 2012
Weekly Food for Thought - Of Choosing to Be You
"You may make a jewellery flower out of gold and rubies and emeralds, but it will not have fragrance." ~ Rumi
Dear Friends,
This week was all about amazing people and truly inspiring conversations! It was great to catch up with old friends and meet some new ones...
It was one of those weeks where I had to pinch myself few times, to check if I was dreaming! It was that amazing!
You may wonder what made it so special?! My answer to that is openness and authenticity! When you spend time in the company of people who dare to dream, dare to push the boundaries, dare to be themselves, dare to stand for what they believe, dare to question, you cannot help by be inspired and inspire:-)!
You see, many people spend their lives feeling they know better and they deserve better, and yet, they choose, consciously or not;-) to remain on the same know-better-deserve-better step, without ever moving away from it...and when they do (move) it is just to make sure they are still on it (the same step) :-)!
In their stories, they talk about stepping up, and their language is awash with messages only a trained ear can spot;-)! Messages that imply that someone else needs to build that next step for them, i.e. someone they can later blame for the height, shape, texture of the step;-)!
And while waiting for the next step to be built, they play a pick and choose game...Picking someone else's dream, choosing someone else's idea, only to be disappointed again and blaming someone else...again!
We can never be happy nor fulfilled, nor can we live our lives fully and authentically, if we don't ask ourselves two simple and yet very important questions: 'Who am I? and What do I want?'
Have a truly amazing weekend,
Lidija
©Momentum Strategies 2012
Friday, April 20, 2012
Weekly Food for Thought - Of Dreams and Realities
'You were born with potential. /You were born with goodness and trust. /You were born with ideals and dreams. /You were born with greatness.' ~ Rumi
Dear Friends,
The D-day has arrived, and I can proudly say that the Holistic NLP Centre in my hometown of Nis, is opening tonight!!!
Needless to say, I am beyond excited and ever so grateful to all my teachers and friends who I got to meet and learn from on this beautiful cycle of human experience called LIFE.
What once was an idea, a dream, if you like, became a reality! A reality that I am yet to digest:-)! And what's more, it proved that every decision needs a proper foundation, the clearest and purest of intentions, passion for what you do. These are, I believe, the key ingredients for every dream to turn into reality.
If one of the above components are missing, a dream, an idea can become a beautiful story with different endings, and in most cases, a study of excuses, as to WHY it never turned into reality!
As it happens, my dream has a beautiful and purposeful beginning and I aim to share it with the world:-)!
Are there any dreams that you stop from turning into reality? And if so, what would you say is the missing ingredients?
With this thought, I wish you a weekend of big dreams and I send you oceans of love,
Lidija
©Momentum Strategies 2012
Dear Friends,
The D-day has arrived, and I can proudly say that the Holistic NLP Centre in my hometown of Nis, is opening tonight!!!
Needless to say, I am beyond excited and ever so grateful to all my teachers and friends who I got to meet and learn from on this beautiful cycle of human experience called LIFE.
What once was an idea, a dream, if you like, became a reality! A reality that I am yet to digest:-)! And what's more, it proved that every decision needs a proper foundation, the clearest and purest of intentions, passion for what you do. These are, I believe, the key ingredients for every dream to turn into reality.
If one of the above components are missing, a dream, an idea can become a beautiful story with different endings, and in most cases, a study of excuses, as to WHY it never turned into reality!
As it happens, my dream has a beautiful and purposeful beginning and I aim to share it with the world:-)!
Are there any dreams that you stop from turning into reality? And if so, what would you say is the missing ingredients?
With this thought, I wish you a weekend of big dreams and I send you oceans of love,
Lidija
©Momentum Strategies 2012
Saturday, April 14, 2012
Weekly Food for Thought - Of Talking and Understanding
'Panta Rei - Everything is changing'. ~ Heraclitus
Dear Friends,
Hello from sunny Serbia, where May election fever is gripping the nation and taking over Easter holidays. Politicians are using their well-rehearsed speeches and confused electorate is watching and disinterestingly noddingJ.
In this general rehearsal;-), I couldn’t help but notice the underlying message Serbian politicians are conveying: ‘We are responsible for what we say, but not for what you (the electorate) understand’J!
Isn’t this the case in everyday life? Life away from political campaigns, elections and such like… Depending on our filters, any one of us can understand the same story differently.
We all have situations where we have heard someone’s story many times, the same old story, packaged differently though, and our Unconscious recognizes it and decides to switch off, thinking we KNOW what the other person in going to say…
Well, we may have an inkling, but people change, the understanding of their stories change, their needs change and by switching off, we miss the crucial piece of information, the one that may help us see the bigger picture, see it from a different angle understand it better.
With this in mind, I decided to pay better attention to those people around me, who ‘greet’ me with the same old story, and see how or if their narrative is different to before! Our filters change regularly and as a result, so do we – the same is not always the same!
I send you oceans of love and wish you joyous weekend!
Lidija
© Momentum Strategies 2012
Dear Friends,
Hello from sunny Serbia, where May election fever is gripping the nation and taking over Easter holidays. Politicians are using their well-rehearsed speeches and confused electorate is watching and disinterestingly noddingJ.
In this general rehearsal;-), I couldn’t help but notice the underlying message Serbian politicians are conveying: ‘We are responsible for what we say, but not for what you (the electorate) understand’J!
Isn’t this the case in everyday life? Life away from political campaigns, elections and such like… Depending on our filters, any one of us can understand the same story differently.
We all have situations where we have heard someone’s story many times, the same old story, packaged differently though, and our Unconscious recognizes it and decides to switch off, thinking we KNOW what the other person in going to say…
Well, we may have an inkling, but people change, the understanding of their stories change, their needs change and by switching off, we miss the crucial piece of information, the one that may help us see the bigger picture, see it from a different angle understand it better.
With this in mind, I decided to pay better attention to those people around me, who ‘greet’ me with the same old story, and see how or if their narrative is different to before! Our filters change regularly and as a result, so do we – the same is not always the same!
I send you oceans of love and wish you joyous weekend!
Lidija
© Momentum Strategies 2012
Sunday, April 1, 2012
Weekly Food for Thought - Bad vs. Mediocre
Dear Friends,
This week was all about Paying it Forward and doing random acts of kindness. No matter how big or small, they contribute to our world and to its betterment.
Luckily, I was brought up in a family, where Pay It Forward was and still is the only way my family and I know. It was reinforced this week, where I had the opportunity to pay it forward in various ways, which resulted in some very interesting conversations.
There is way too much selfishness and lack of human connection in the world we live in. What I notice is that some people have become wary of one another. Scared to be good and do good.
This behavior has given way to a new breed of people. That new breed is – mediocrity. We live in the world where mediocrity, mediocre deeds and results are glorified.
This got me thinking, that basic characteristics of mediocrity are lack of responsibility, the absence of awareness for the social progress and wellbeing, and a huge non-critical ambition. These characteristics are a product of a cellular level structure and therefore can be dangerous. Those individuals who nourish mediocrity are, sadly, not aware of it. These characteristics feed of one another and at the same time contradict one another.
You see, when something is bad, it has a chance to become good; because bad can only stay in that state for a limited period of time, before it becomes aware that things must change. And so, bad changes, and makes a progress towards becoming good. Mediocrity, on the other hand, doesn’t! Why? Because, mediocrity is based on glorifying its own average existence, while feeding the illusion of grandeur. In such existence, there’s very little, or no room for change.
With this in mind, I invite you to spend a week Paying it Forward and be aware of those mediocre structures in your environment – we all have them, it is just a question of recognizing them and moving and acting beyond them!
Sending you oceans of love,
Lidija
© Momentum Strategies 2012
This week was all about Paying it Forward and doing random acts of kindness. No matter how big or small, they contribute to our world and to its betterment.
Luckily, I was brought up in a family, where Pay It Forward was and still is the only way my family and I know. It was reinforced this week, where I had the opportunity to pay it forward in various ways, which resulted in some very interesting conversations.
There is way too much selfishness and lack of human connection in the world we live in. What I notice is that some people have become wary of one another. Scared to be good and do good.
This behavior has given way to a new breed of people. That new breed is – mediocrity. We live in the world where mediocrity, mediocre deeds and results are glorified.
This got me thinking, that basic characteristics of mediocrity are lack of responsibility, the absence of awareness for the social progress and wellbeing, and a huge non-critical ambition. These characteristics are a product of a cellular level structure and therefore can be dangerous. Those individuals who nourish mediocrity are, sadly, not aware of it. These characteristics feed of one another and at the same time contradict one another.
You see, when something is bad, it has a chance to become good; because bad can only stay in that state for a limited period of time, before it becomes aware that things must change. And so, bad changes, and makes a progress towards becoming good. Mediocrity, on the other hand, doesn’t! Why? Because, mediocrity is based on glorifying its own average existence, while feeding the illusion of grandeur. In such existence, there’s very little, or no room for change.
With this in mind, I invite you to spend a week Paying it Forward and be aware of those mediocre structures in your environment – we all have them, it is just a question of recognizing them and moving and acting beyond them!
Sending you oceans of love,
Lidija
© Momentum Strategies 2012
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