Almond Flax Tropical Blend

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With all the allergies and various health ailments that people may be suffering from nowadays it is important to consider different alternatives. Being health conscious is a good characteristic to have if you wanna avoid the pitfalls of getting sick all the time.

If you’re letting your ill health get in the way of fun times, then it’s time to consider some healthy choices and substitute out some processed foods.

I’ll be honest I’m a real smoothie fanatic, so a lot of the fruits in my diet are derived from the smoothies I make every morning for breakfast and later meals. It’s a great way to reap the benefits of essential vitamins and minerals, not to mention a tasty method as well.

Making smoothies are an easy way to experiment with different supplements as well. Depending on what you feel is necessary to incorporate into your diet, their are plenty of natural supplements that can provide a pleasant boost to your daily routine.

I came up with this quick recipe which is pretty tasty and free of lactose, gluten, and soy. I also decided to incorporate coconut oil and flax seed oil as key supplements. Their are numerous benefits of coconut oil, some I can say include…

  • Acts as natural sun-block
  • Helps skin texture
  • Promotes weight-loss (It is high in saturated fat which is generally bad when derived from animals, however since it is derived from a plant source, the body absorbs it differently.
  • Helps boost metabolism
  • Can help prevent bacterial infections and viruses (acts sort of like an antibiotic)
  • High source of lauric acid, which can build energy levels

All the information provided above about coconut oil can be found through sources such as Coconutoil.com. My point is that it is great and versatile with a lot of positive benefits for anybody’s health.

Here’s some guidelines for putting together the Almond Flax Tropical Blend

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  1. Add 1 cup of Purecoconut Milk (Can be original or vanilla flavor)
  2. Add 1 cup of Orange Juice
  3. Add 1 tablespoon of Flax Oil
  4. Add 1 tablespoon of coconut oil
  5. Include 2 tablespoons of Almond Butter (can be crunchy or creamy, providing protein boost)
  6. Use 1 cup of  frozen strawberries
  7. 1/2 cup of mango
  8. 1/2 cup of papaya
  9. 1 Fresh Banana

I think that whether you’re looking to become healthier or simply supplement your diet, this smoothie recipe can help boost health and overall vitality. I understand that not everyone has access to all ingredients and that you may have to leave out some parts of the recipe. I hope people can start to feel the great benefits of this nutritious blend!

Our Culture Is Missing Love And Affection

Life Requires Love

When I look at the way our world is run and in particular the culture of America I see a lot of anger and distress. The power of patriarchal control for the dominant part of our nations history has lead to a lot of aggressive tendencies. With war and greed at the forefront of our nation it is hard for most of the population to see past the gloomy clouds.

The lack of nurture and negative energy that politicians try to use to feed your brain and control your thought patterns are all part of an ugly plan. However if you turn towards peace, people can lead their communities into a place of  prosperity. If people join together and share the gifts of human nature, the best abilities of everybody can be shown.

The media is full of scare tactics and ideas to push people towards the evils of greed and selfishness, but the world is much greater than that. Within everyone is the power of love. We can all change other people’s lives for the better.

Take a moment to reflect upon the chaos that is created by those in power for each and everyone of us to swallow and digest. It is not difficult to see that some of the most powerful and rich people who rule the world don’t always have the common man and woman in their best interest.

In a world full of greedy people at the top of the hierarchy, most politicians just want what is only in their own best interests. The fear of letting go of anything and in particular material possessions and personal wealth are quite apparent. For millenniums of human history we have had the majority of the population and communities run by royal families. Those in power prefer to keep everything running in their favor since it narrows out competition for particular resources.

But the purpose of this article is not to focus simply on greedy people who like to control the financial rulings of the world. My purpose is to unfold the blindfolds of what is truly missing.

What is truly missing in our world is love and affection. When I visited my family overseas in Poland, the culture of my homeland was much more open and loving. The frustrations of American society narrow down to the lack of love and compassion for others and especially those who are close.

Maturation starts off through the love and affection that begins early during the development of an infant. Every human seeks love and affection and the lack of it really hurts the world and society. If given correctly the love that your mom and dad provides you when you develop is one of the key determinations of your destiny concerning affection.

It is through the hugs and kisses that we find a wonderful comfort within. It is through love and affection that we develop close bonds and our body’s are filled with magical chemicals that make us happy and generous. Everyone likes to feel good and share with others and live together in unity without quarrel.

The biggest part of the human psyche and our connection to the world and planet as a whole is through the spiritual energies that are not physically visible. It is through our quantum realm and alternative forms of consciousness that we are able to see the world at a grander whole. When consciousness changes our perception is able to understand and perceive how everything is connected in unbelievable ways.

When family and friends produce affection, it affects the world in multiple ways and it especially turns off the ideas of hatred, anger, and violence.

The pains of the world are in large part due to frustrations and particularly a continual addiction to the flights of power. It is through greed and selfishness that select parts of the world’s population can never simply “get enough”. This conflict within the mind is a serious problem, especially when many lives are at risk through the turmoils of war and destruction.

But as the saying goes, “It is through destruction that creation breeds”. As one would observe fallen trees and bark disintegrate and break down, so that our soil can mix it together and eventually produce new life. So I hope that people can see through the perils of deceit that we need to rebuild the world the way it should be built. The best way our world runs, is through the form it was naturally intended to be run. Our world revolves around the foundations of love and affection.

Why You Gotta Put Up A Fight

Put Up A Fight

Without realizing at first we all face little confrontations in our daily life. No matter how big or small we have different challenges or dilemmas in our life at varying levels.

The thing that people have to realize though is that in the end everybody is facing similar struggles. All people really want in life is to get by and live their life to the fullest and face the least amount of challenges possible.

Well maybe I’m wrong, maybe challenge is necessary. Perhaps with challenges come a sense of triumph and a sense of purpose in life. After all, through trial and error, people generally learn that you can overcome obstacles.

With that being said though, I still feel like nobody is completely free of confrontation and making errors. Nobody is perfect and flaws are part of human nature.

A quote by James Altucher an author of the book Choose Yourself once wrote, “Everyone is trying to get by. Both the rejected and the rejecters in life.”

So with life their will always be those who will get rejected, and those who conduct the rejecting. In life you can find people who are satisfied in some ways and empty and unbalanced in other ways due to neglect.

You can receive every pricey gift and fulfill every desire, but still look around and fear the relevance of your status and question your level of attention that you draw.

If you want something you can pursue it, but pursuit doesn’t always translate into receiving what you want.  Life requires resilience, yet not all things can be completely overcome. There are internal scars and there are external scars.

You can receive  praise and you can receive criticism. No matter how many times you try, you may still be told that you are not good enough. People will always try and mold you and shape you into what “they” want you to be. However someone else’s intention may not always be your best suited journey.

So you might think why should I take criticism? Why should I listen when I don’t want to listen? Why should I do what someone else is telling me? You may even face your own ego and think that you’re just too good at what you do and too good to listen to advice of what other people say.

Everything that I mentioned above are all questions of certain degree and egocentric qualities that people possess. We all face our own questions and we can never escape all the chatter our mind withholds from the world. Liberation of the mind is possible but it takes a lot of dedication and spiritual pursuit which may not be a part of everyone’s best interest.

Nothing is attainable without facing some sort of dilemma or challenges. Whether you want to separate yourself from others around you or join together in arms. Everyone has to conquer. Whether your goal is providing value for yourself or providing value for others you have to aim for achievement.

In order to divide and conquer your own beliefs and your own challenges you have to be willing to fight for what you stand for. Once you can utilize the knowledge that you possess and the knowledge that has been passed down for millenniums you can provide some answers to internal questions.

Through the basis of self-control and self-restraint you test your abilities and you reach for limits that your body is capable of doing but often never brought to.

Gaining and maintaining power in the position of a government perspective is all about fulfilling the need to control all aspects and variables of community life. But when you can gain and maintain power in the position of your own hands and mind you put that power at your own feet.

If you can have the position of power in your hands and your neighbors hands would you choose that gain? If you could place all the power in the position of those people whom you are not sure are trustworthy would you do it?

In any aspect and with any problem you have to put up a fight. With any win or loss you always confront a battle. Without a fight their is never internal freedom and their is never freedom for the outside world, in which we all live.

Look at the world and ask yourself where we would all be if people never put up when they had to. Remember that struggle helps make people stronger. Everything you stand for, that you feel is truthful and worthy must be stood by firmly and pursued.

I hope people seek out the struggles of life and overcome what has always restrained them from their highest ambitions. With every problem you’ve gotta fight raging rapids, but giving up just cannot be done. Live up to the battles of today, and bring upon a better tomorrow!

Imagination Brings Life To The Front Door

Imagination

Some of the most powerful people of our time and forward-thinkers have always had loads of imagination. If you look at people like Steve Jobs or Walt Disney who are just two people that come to my mind, they utilized their resources to the fullest and never wasted a minute of their day.

If you are a deep thinker or someone who constantly envisions things, but you happen to look outside only to find so much that can still be improved, then you are a visionary.

Despite all the struggle and turmoil that our world continually pushes through with, their is so much beauty in the world that it is hard not to be excited about what can be done with our surroundings.

The hardest thing for most forward-thinkers though, I believe is actually letting go of things and letting their own success determine their destiny.

If you can let go of the restraints that hold you back or ideas in your head that keep you rooted in a stationary stage in your life then you will begin to move on into your personal endeavors.

Here are some ways that Imagination really begins to seep out in real life…

  1. During the first stages of imagining you really begin to think deep.
  2. You begin to be very curious.
  3. It becomes apparent that you’re eager for knowledge and further “knowing”.
  4. You start to hear your inner-voice or intuition.
  5. The writing down of your ideas becomes a practiced art.
  6. You begin to take a course of action.
  7. Created value begins to be shown for the world.
  8. Others begin to recognize the value that is put forth.

If you can keep your target audience in-shape and release some form of art, you will feel much happier inside and build a stronger balance with the world around you.

In order to be in harmony you have to begin doing the things you say and the things that you most want to do. The only way that magical things can happen is when you keep taking strives forward with your own imagination.

Why Good People Make Life Better

Good People

We all know certain people that we’ve meet in life that can have contagious personalities. These people are always exciting to be around, because they fill your day with such joy and happiness. Perhaps it’s a few people or only a handful of people,  or maybe even more! The point is the more you surround yourself with positive like-minded people, the more likely you are to succeed and achieve great things.

The world is a vast place and ever-growing in population. There are jobs that need to be fulfilled and empty bellies of starving children aching. Prioritizing the things in your life and making sure that you can affect the world and give back to those people who can use your helping hands is important. Helping out people is one of the greatest feats one can submit them self to. I’ve always had a deep level of respect for people who go out of their way to help out someone else expecting nothing in return. Some of the greatest news and headlines are stories that sadly never even make it because they are simply too good and positive that news anchors wouldn’t know what to do with themselves if they read them out loud.

The key idea that I’m trying to get at is, we all need good people around us. By carrying a clean character and building strong personal relationships with other people, we can build a world of great people who think of ways to change the world in more ways than one.

Here are some simple ways good people can affect your life…

  1. Good People Brighten Your Day
  2. They Are Fun People
  3. Good People Make Life Easier For You
  4. They Fill You With More Energy
  5. Good People Are Easy To Get Along With
  6. Good People Are Never Afraid To Give A Helping Hand

Without good people in your life, life can be stressful, hectic, and startling. But if you can find good people in your life its always hard to turn away from them, since they can provide you with so much, often times without realizing. I hope people can start to appreciate the good people in life, so they can start reaching the headlines rather than the negative news feeds, that televisions like to portray. Just remember a little helping hand never hurt anybody.

Remember you can always awaken the hero within you. Never let the villain within you take over your personality and especially your mindset.

Simplicity Is Best

Live Simply

Consumption, hoarding, and accumulating excess things above your needs, can lead to an addiction to a clutter filled lifestyle. One of the problems that people face without realizing at times is that they have accumulated too many material things to the point of exhaustion. What I mean about that specifically is that people may get to the point where they just make purchases to the point where they are not really fulfilling any needs but rather just impulses. In order to to get over slumps or get ride of the questions of why you have so many things piled around your living space or closet, start looking at what you have.

In order to prevent yourself from being in insurmountable debt and having a ton of things that just sit around picking up dust start looking for ways you can clean up your space.

If you feel you have too much here are some helpful ideas…

  1. Give things away to Goodwill.
  2. Give things away to Purple Heart Veterans.
  3. Give things to friends and family who may have interest
  4. Sell things on Garage Sales
  5. Sells things on Ebay or Craigslist
  6. Start living a minimalist lifestyle

There are plenty of ways to still live a happy fulfilling life without having a bunch of junk, or things that you feel you have to show off to everyone in the world. In my own life I feel like I’ve grown a lot by learning how to dissociate wants and needs and move on from there. Once you find the things you really like, you tend to stick with those things. Whether you like quality products, clothing, food, or cars you will likely stick with those things as long as you can afford to do so. But with different lifestyles come different price tags. Some people want to just accumulate more and more, while other people just want to have less and less.

Whether you want to maintain a lavish lifestyle or a simple life it helps if you learn the skills of simplifying and cutting out unnecessary things. As strange of a concept as it is to some people if you want to have more abundance in your life, you first have to learn how to let go of things and have less. If you begin by spending less and build up a budget plan you can then move on and pursue whatever desires and motivations you hold. If you want to maximize your potential begin by cutting out the maximum consumption. Then turn more towards moderation, the key is learning how to adopt the ideals of simplicity and look at your lifestyle and how it currently revolves. By starting a simple life you may have to make adjustments and step out of some comforts but in the end it’s up to you whether you stick with your ideals and pursue the things you want. Start off easy but don’t set things off too much, simplifying is easier said than done.

Strawberry Peach Chocolate Hemp Smoothie

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Starting off your morning right with an extra boost of energy is a great way to to stay healthy and in-shape. My most common personal combination of breakfast is generally oatmeal alongside a nutritional powerhouse smoothie. For many people breakfast is the most skipped meal which can really lead to ill health. In order to stay healthy and balance your desired weight and well-being, eating enough calories for your body and staying away from starvation techniques and binges is vital.

By making a smoothie in the morning I am able to nourish my body with many great nutrients, and it also provides me with enough energy that I am able to stay away from the likes of coffee and red bull beverages. Smoothies are a great way to add fruits and vegetables into your diet especially if you are a picky person who doesn’t like the taste of particular exotic fruits or vegetables. The key is switching your mentality into the fruits and vegetables cavern, which with later lead to a healthier more satisfied body and physique. Smoothies with the addition of key supplements can be utilized as a meal replacement or addition to a meal depending on your body’s particular needs.

It is common for those who participate in athletic performance and weight lifting to utilize protein shakes. But in my eyes the addition of fruits and vegetables, whether fresh or frozen pack a much stronger punch. By adding more whole food supplementation it really fuels the body so your muscles and joints can function more like a well-oiled machine. After athletic performance it is essential to refuel by in-taking protein and carbohydrates to help muscle and body recovery and repair. I personally like to add hemp protein as an alternative supplement, but I know Whey is generally the most common alongside Soy and Rice proteins.

Here is a quick recipe of a shake that I recently came up with…

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  • 1 cup chocolate almond milk
  • 1 cup orange juice (not from concentrate is best, has more nutrients preserved)
  • 2 Tablespoons Hemp Protein
  • 1 pinch of cranberries
  • 1 cup frozen strawberries
  • 1 cup frozen peaches
  • 1 fresh banana

This recipe works generally for 1-2 people but depending on how many servings you would like you can always increase the load and pile up some more ingredients and enjoy the goodness!

Be Original

Originality

Throughout life people always look up to other people or try to replicate what others do. When mimicking the actions of others it really does nothing to separate you from the crowd. One of the most important things to avoid is the idea of trying to be just like everyone else or keep up with others around you. Everyone has their own unique abilities and talents that can be expressed and getting away from the notion of reciprocating the ways of life that is taught to you early on in life throughout school is important if you are to diversify.

Part of being original and growing, is developing the ability to separate yourself from the pack and allowing your inner-self to really be expressed. If you can come to the point where you’re willing to step up and perform tasks that you feel need to be done or accomplished without any regard to what someone else might think, than you are beginning to pave your way. By setting aside outer chatter and focusing your totality on what your true skills sets are, you can do what it is you intend to do.

Here are some of my thoughts…

  1. Live Out Your Interests Once They Are Found
  2. Research and Expand Your Present Knowledge
  3. Do What YOU Like
  4. Always Do The Best You Can Despite What Others May Say
  5. Find Ways To Express Your Creativity
  6. Find Your Niche and Let It Out For The World
  7. Avoid The Victim Ideology
  8. Avoid Becoming Another Clone of Somebody

Whether you have ideas floating around in your mind or not there is plenty that can be done out in the world. There are fresh new waves of opportunities out in the midst, you just have to conquer yourself first so you avoid being fearful. Disappointments happen and successes happen. Learn to play odds in your favor and always be yourself first, rather than the second best version of your favorite idols. You might be surprised by what you’re actually capable of doing if you start trying and pry open hidden talents. The keys to yourself are only owned by you. Other people can only try, but they will often fall short when trying to be someone else. By keeping originality closely gripped you will always travel far in any endeavor.

Discover Your Potential

Your Potential

The hardest thing for people to do at times is to actually do what it is they are capable of doing. Finding out what you enjoy doing the most is one of the most important things to determine during adolescence in my eyes. When you really research topics that interest you and you pursue knowledge with a sense of love, this is often a sign that this is your passion. One of the biggest problems that people face nowadays though is finding something that they are passionate about and still being able to make a living and pay their bills on time not to mention any credit that may have piled up along the course of time. However some might argue that even if you accumulated a lot of debt over the course of time, by still pursuing your dreams and whatever your devotion is, you can still make it out alright. In the long run, pursuing your inner bliss often results in an outcome of satisfaction. By sailing towards the force that is leading you in your life you can cultivate successful outcomes.

So you might wonder how do you truly find your potential?

  1. Find The Things That Bother You Personally About The World
  2. Do The Things You Enjoy Doing
  3. Spend Time With Older People Who Have Experience In Many Areas
  4. Shadow People Who Do The Things You Enjoy
  5. Spend Time Researching And Pursuing Passions
  6. Experience Teaches Best

By tapping into ideas that drive you and ideas that inspire you, life will open up doors. All you have to do is chase the most precious thing out there, your true purpose. Everyone has their own talents and gifts you just have to learn how to start tapping into what it is you enjoy doing. Once you find your inner bliss you will know it cause everything you do will focus around your bliss. At times it is difficult to focus but getting out their in the world and trying new things and looking into things that generate your interest is the best way to start. Always keep your options open towards new ideas. Also look to discover ways more of your talents can be expressed creatively.

Help The Young And The Old

Help The Young And The Old

One of the best ways to make an impact in your community is through volunteering your time. Some of my most memorable hours that I have spent have been when I was surrounded by those who were less fortunate in health than me. Spending time with elderly patients who held mental health issues helped me learn how to be patient and caring. Most importantly I helped develop a bond with the idea of how people should truly be treated when elderly, which is with true respect. If you believe in the statement, “treat others the way you would like to be treated”, then living it out in real life is the first step to making a difference in your community.

By volunteering you can steer yourself into the direction of giving. By giving back it does your community a favor and affects the world around you with global effect. Also often times you will find more satisfaction when giving your time away for free to others than receiving pay because you feel a different level of appreciation. By helping others you start to develop a new love for life and learn what being unselfish is.

The time that you spend with the youth helps nurture tomorrows seeds. It’s always critical to always teach and lead the youth in the right direction. I have always enjoyed spending time with my nieces and nephew knowing that it is critical to feed them with wisdom in this crooked world.

Some ideas I have for making a difference among the young and the old…

  1. Look Into Volunteer Locations Near You
  2. Discover Your Particular Area of Interest That You Enjoy
  3. Find Others Who’d be Interested to Join Your Effort
  4. Get to Know People and Meet Them

If you don’t know where to start, you can look into nursing homes, assisted living facilities, homeless shelters, or soup kitchens just to name a few places. The sooner you go out into your community and meet a broad spectrum of people from all aspects of life, the more you’ll appreciate the art of helping people out. Many people often don’t realize how lucky they are to have what they have. When you go out in the world you begin to see people who are less fortunate than you and everyone could use a helping hand sometimes.

Through some of my experience in an Assisted Living Facility I gained a lot of wisdom from war veterans, farmers, and business men who helped out the U.S. during their prime years. By developing the heart to help others, you will go far in emotional and spiritual wealth. The results of volunteering can affect the build up of a facility which can in effect build up a community. By aiming to make a positive difference in the lives of others you aim for the development of a better tomorrow. Strengthening your community starts through strengthening yourself.