You don’t have to go to that place in your mind

where your thinking is dark, like the night….

‘Tis better to dwell in your soul where you’ll find

Only love, joy, and infinite light!

These are the best elements you need to create

All the riches of life, yet untold…

Accept and allow your most beautiful fate

And the magnificent truth… shines like gold.

Be You.

Jerry

“The cave you fear to enter holds the treasure you seek.”

- Joseph Campbell

Map?! You don’t need no stinkin’ map.

How’s your thinking process going these days?

Just thought I’d ask.

Be You.

Jerry

“The mind is its own place, and in itself

Can make a Heav’n of Hell, a Hell of Heav’n.”

- John Milton

What you see, hear and feel… only you make it real.

Happy… happier… happiest…

Comes from moving away from sad… sadder… saddest.

Be You.

Jerry

“Ecstasy, I think, is a soul’s response to the waves holiness makes as it nears.”

- Annie Dillard

Be open to joy… as a way of being.

Working on being your authentic self is the most growth-inducing and healing thing you can do for any aspect of your life.

But sometimes it can take more than a few moments to feel that way.

Be You.

Jerry

“Is life not a hundred times too short for us to stifle ourselves.”

- Friedrich Nietzsche

Yes… so don’t.

You can be successful if you have something that people want…

And you give it to them.

What do you have… that people want?

Be You.

Jerry

“For it is in giving that we receive.”

- St. Francis of Assisi

And make no mistake about this… you have plenty to give.

So little to do,

‘Cept to open our hearts

To the power of love…

Very little to do,

Much more to… un-do.

Be You.

Jerry

“What do we live for, if not to make life less difficult for each other.”

- George Eliot

Who needs a hand? Or a kind word? Or a loving thought?

You wanta feel amazing?

Call up that person (you know who it is) who’d be completely surprised to hear from you, and lay some of that sweetness that only has your name on it… on them.

Be You.

Jerry

“He who is devoid of the power to forgive is devoid of the power to love.”

- Martin Luther King Jr.

Feels good just thinking about it, doesn’t it?

To trust and honor the tinglings from the deepest parts of your heart and soul…

Is to be the cause of miracles; I truly mean… miracles.

Be You.

Jerry

“When you follow your bliss… doors will open where you would not have thought there would be doors; and where there wouldn’t be a door for anyone else.”

- Joseph Campbell

Did you feel that?

To live a life experienced by few, you’ve got to take routes not traveled by most…

And fear, doubt, insecurity and resistance are not… the road signs.

Be You.

Jerry

“Go to the truth beyond the mind. Love is the bridge.”

- Stephen Levine

And the toll? Your willingness.

Before you get lost in that beautiful event that’s coming up…

Have you considered that a few beautiful “nows” will make it a sure thing?

Be You.

Jerry

“Love the moment. Flowers grow out of dark moments. Therefore, each moment is vital. It affects the whole. Life is a succession of such moments and to live each, is to succeed.”

- Corita Kent

What rose could feel fulfilled without someone taking the time to savor it’s scent?

Peace, fulfillment, joy and love

If only we could buy ‘em

They already fit us like a glove,

The secret is… to try ‘em!

Be You.

Jerry

“Our ideals are our better selves.”

- Amos Bronson Alcott

And they look fantastic on you!

Remember when you were a child, and it was OK to be child-like?

It’s still OK.

Be You.

Jerry

“What is this life if, full of care, we have no time to stand and stare.”

- W. H. Davies

Do we even… dare?

Searching for “the truth”?

For starters, how ’bout letting go of falsehoods?

Be You.

Jerry

“Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn’t go away.”

- Philip K. Dick

Let’s dump the “I can’ts” and “I’m nots”… now.

When you can let go of your desperate need to “need”…

You peacefully and quietly have… everything.

Be You.

Jerry

“In the end these things matter most:

How well did you love?

How fully did you love?

How deeply did you learn to let go?”

- The Buddha

Anybody want some “stuff”?

What is it that you don’t want to die wondering about?

Just wondering.

Be You.

Jerry

“The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing. One cannot help but be in awe when he contemplates the mysteries of eternity, of life, of the marvelous structure of reality. It is enough if one tries merely to comprehend a little of this mystery every day. Never lose a holy curiosity.”

- Albert Einstein

Well?

If your heart’s a museum

of feelings, please free ‘em!

They benefit no one while there

Let them run, fly or swim

or just skip, on a whim

But whatever you do, give them air.

Be You.

Jerry

“Our emotional symptoms are precious sources of life and individuality.”

- Thomas Mann

Take the dust-cloths off the dinosaurs.

Thinking can be very useful… and you’ve done plenty of it.

But let’s leave that to the amateurs for now… how does it feel?

Be You.

Jerry

“The more you trust your intuition, the more empowered you become, the stronger you become, and the happier you become.”

- Gisele Bundchen

Let’s see… power, strength, happiness… sign me up.

What’s missing from your health and energy plan?

Clue: You know exactly what it is.

Be You.

Jerry

“Take care of your body. It’s the only place you have to live.”

- Jim Rohn

Don’t wait for an eviction notice.

Where are you dreaming about an ending… but the beginning hasn’t “begun” yet?

You can’t go out the back door till you’ve come through the front!

Be You.

Jerry

“Stop talking. Start walking.”

- L.M. Heroux

Let’s take a detour through the kitchen for a cookie.

Do you want a new, inspired and exciting way of looking at things?

First, toss out the tired old way of looking at ‘em.

Be You.

Jerry

“Habit rules the unreflecting herd.”

- William Wordsworth

You mean, I’ve actually got to think ?!

Mere mortal words may not describe

the powers you possess

Your ability to influence

is magnificent, no less.

So why on earth (or heaven) do you

keep it all inside?

Pull out all stops! Unleash the hounds!

and boldly… let ‘em ride!

Be You.

Jerry

“It is a denial of the divinity within us to deny our potential and possibilities.”

- James E. Faust

Erase all doubt? Just let Him out.

You’re not your bank balance, your credit score, the number on that lying bathroom scale, or the model of your car…

You are, however…

Surely you have some suspicions.

Be You.

Jerry

“Did you ever wonder if the person in the puddle is real, and you’re just a reflection of him?”

- Calvin and Hobbes

Those wrinkles are only ripples.

To do the best you can…

From where you are…

With what you’ve got…

Is to serve mankind in the most incredible of ways.

Be You.

Jerry

“Too many people overvalue what they are not and undervalue what they are.”

- Malcolm Forbes

And you are… priceless.

Change your mind…

And your life won’t be far behind.

What are you thinking?

Be You.

Jerry

“We choose our joys and sorrows long before we experience them.”

- Kahlil Gibran

Decide… on the side of greatness.

I know, an idiot cut you off this morning and ruined your whole freakin’ day…

Just how long are you gonna make this day?

Be You.

Jerry

“Forgiveness does not change the past, but it does enlarge the future.”

- Paul Boese

What’s better… fuming or blooming?

Who must I be to taste the bliss,

The peace and joy I dearly miss?

I do recall when I felt free…

My being? It was only… me.

Be You.

Jerry

“There is only one you in the world, just one, and if that is not fulfilled, then something has been lost.”

- Martha Graham

To remember is to find.

Yeah, I know… your way is absolutely the best way.

And when it doesn’t go your way… you have a cow.

Is this really… the way?

Be You.

Jerry

“Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don’t resist them – that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like.”

- Lao-Tzu

Flexible people never get bent out of shape.

The depth of your love, compassion, and tenderness is unimaginable…

So… why the small portions?

Be You.

Jerry

“Sharing what you have is more important than what you have.”

- Albert M. Wells Jr.

Seconds, anyone?

You know, you really are all that… and a bag of fries…

And pretending this isn’t true serves no one.

Be You.

Jerry

“No Mask can cover the, Infinite Light of my Being. No dis-ease can interupt the Eternal Flow of my Harmony. All that is and is not, an Endless Field of Magic. No limit to Possibilities of experience in this Miracle of Life. There is no Bottom to the Mystery…Infinity, I Am That.”

- Darshan Baba

Ketchup?

You are pretty terrific.

But you know that person who looks up to you, and emulates you?

Tell them they’re pretty terrific too.

Be You.

Jerry

“The greatest good you can do for another is not just to share your riches, but to reveal to him his own.”

- Benjamin Disraeli

If I had your money… I’d burn mine.

My worldly eyes don’t really see

These ears of flesh can’t hear

My fingers hold and touch, that’s key

But reality is not clear.

What then, do we hold as true?

That is the slippery part

The limitless, eternal you

Lies eager… in your heart.

Be You.

Jerry

“There ain’t no end to that which will not stop.”

- Jerry Hannan

Brakes? What brakes?!

You know, it could be that your sole purpose in life is just to be kind, gentle, and loving to others….

Couldn’t it?

Be You.

Jerry

“Open your heart – open it wide; someone is standing outside.”

- Mary Engelbreit

Come on in… I just made a pot of tea.

You know that life you’ve been searching for… the one you desperately want to live?

How ’bout you just start living it?

Be You.

Jerry

“There are many wonderful things that will never be done if you do not do them.”

- Charles D. Gill

Turn that to-do list into a to-done list.

Here’s two steps to amazing success…

1. Show up.

2. Take the next obvious or inspired step.

Be You.

Jerry

“As you simplify your life, the laws of the universe will be simpler; solitude will not be solitude, poverty will not be poverty, nor weakness weakness.”

- Henry David Thoreau

Did you take notes?!

Yeah, I know… It’s heartbreaking ’cause it didn’t work out.

But you can’t give up… what will work magnificently for you is waiting…

And it’s excited because now it has a chance.

Be You.

Jerry

“He who, having lost one ideal, refuses to give his heart and soul to another and nobler, is like a man who declines to build a house on rock because the wind and rain ruined his house on the sand.”

- Constance Naden

Life’s a beach.

Of all the thoughts I’ve ever had

of limit, lack, and doubt…

The ones that left me very sad

Were when I felt left out.

Had I but realized what is true

Of each of us, bar none…

I’d gratefully accept from you

The love that makes us… One.

Be You.

Jerry

“We are like islands in the sea, separate on the surface but connected in the deep.”

- William James

Come on in, the water’s wonderful.

When you’re on your way somewhere…

You’re not here.

If you want to get “there” in good shape… give “here” its due.

Be You.

Jerry

“The Present, the Present is all thou hast

  For thy sure possessing;

  Like the patriarch’s angel hold it fast

  Till it gives its blessing.”

- Whittier“

You’ll never have what hasn’t come yet.

Life is funny…

So how come you’re not laughing?

Be You.

Jerry

“In spite of the cost of living, it’s still popular.”

- Kathleen Norris

The alternative might be cheap, but it’s not nearly as much fun.

The best things in life are…

Are they making up your life?

Be You.

Jerry

“The bad news is time flies. The good news is you’re the pilot.”

- Michael Altshuler

Scrape the bugs off your windshield and take off!

All that frightful drama about what happened, and what’s going to happen…

Before you run screaming from that stage…

Listen… be gentle… and forgive.

Be You.

Jerry

“All your pain, worry, sorrow will someday apologize and confess they were a great lie.”

- Hafiz

… and there’s a perfect part for you in High School Musical.

As you’re thinking of “when”

The past fools you again,

It isn’t what’s true… even then.

But to be in the now

Is all of the how

To live life as it really is… wow.

Be You.

Jerry

“Don’t let the past steal your present.”

- Terri Guillemets

Ever.

From the department of - But I’m Scared!… frozen division.

Do it anyway.

Be You.

Jerry

“When I dare to be powerful — to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid.”

- Audre Lourde

Your forces are aching to be utilized.

Magnificent miracles happen when you open the door and invite help in.

Shake out that welcome mat.

Be You.

Jerry

“None of us is as smart as all of us.”

- Ken Blanchard

I’m gonna need more folding chairs…

You want a lot of what you want?

Let everything you have… go.

Especially your attachment to it.

Be You.

Jerry

“Into the hands that give, the gift is given.”

- A Course In Miracles

You want a donut?

You only see…

What you know how to see.

See?

Be You.

Jerry

“The nature of your world is no more and no less than a reflection of the composite vision of the consciousness present.”

- Rasha

Expand your mind… expand your life.

To go from boy to man to prince

Takes struggle ’nuff to make you wince,

Why not decide to change this thing

And be, right here, right now… the King.

Be You.

Jerry

“Our humanity were a poor thing but for the divinity that stirs within us.”

- Sir Francis Bacon

Holy?… wholly.

You can spend frustrating time on your weaknesses to see a slight improvement…

Or you can live by your strengths and achieve magnificently.

Tough choice.

Be You.

Jerry

“Yes, know thyself: in great concerns or small, Be this thy care, for this, my friend, is all.”

- Juvenal

What you are really good at… makes you feel really good.

Anybody can face a crisis…

It’s the day to day “same old” that can really work your nerves.

How’ you doin’… today?

Be You.

Jerry

“Habit and routine have an unbelievable power to waste and destroy.”

- Henri de Lubac

Mix it up to fix it up.

Let them be right, for cryin’ out loud… let them all be right!

Your life will be better for it.

Be You.

Jerry

“Truce is better than friction.”

- Charles Herguth

You win.

What you want to know…

Wants you to know it.

But you’ve got be in the right place to receive it.

Be You.

Jerry

“A loving heart is the truest wisdom.”

- Charles Dickens

Fear stops brilliance in its tracks.

You think that what you seek takes strength

Of grip and force and push and shove,

But he who moves the greatest length

Towards happiness, just lets go… with love.

Be You.

Jerry

“Joy needs no object; it is our own nature.”

- Sai Baba

Just being… is freeing.

How often have you heard that your actions speak louder than your words?

How often do you need to hear it?

Be You.

Jerry

“But we must remember that it’s possible to affirm the existence of God with your lips, and deny his existence with your life.”

- Martin Luther King, Jr.

He’s not just listening… He’s watching as well.

If you’re thinking of what’s going to happen… what might happen…

You’re making up stories in your head…

So why not make up good ones?

Be You.

Jerry

“Worry is a misuse of the imagination.”

- Dan Zadra

… and everyone lived happily ever-after.

You heard about the drunk looking for his lost keys under the streetlamp…

He didn’t lose them there, but the light was better…

Where are your keys?

 Be You.

Jerry

“Our remedies oft in ourselves do lie.”

- William Shakespeare

Oft?!… methinks always!

(You didn’t know I spoke Shakespeare, did you?)

It’s easy playing a role and just acting like everyone expects you to…

Yeah… right.

Be You.

Jerry

“The thing that is really hard, and really amazing, is giving up on being perfect and beginning the work of becoming yourself.”

- Anna Quindlen

To be you or not to be you… there’s no question.

From all who listen to you chant

Of how you will succeed…

Come many who will say “You can’t!”

A jealous bunch… indeed.

Be You.

Jerry

“If bitterness wants to get into the act, I offer it a cookie or a gumdrop.”

- James Broughton

Have you got an Oreo?

This question’s not so tough… or is it?

What is your greatest gift to the world?

Are you in the process of giving it?

Be You.

Jerry

“Be a fountain, not a drain.”

- Rex Hudler

Like the Bellagio, baby.

How ’bout another tough question?…

What is your greatest fear? What can you do about it?

(I know, that’s two)

Be You.

Jerry

“Fear is only as deep as the mind allows.”

- Japanese Proverb

Your mind… makes what matters

Another tough question…

If you could know or “get” something that you don’t…

What would it be?

Be You.

Jerry

“All truths are easy to understand once they are discovered; the point is to discover them.”

- Galileo Galilei

Where to look? How ’bout right where you stand.

Tough question…

If you could do something differently right now… what would it be?

Maybe it’s not so tough afterall.

Be You.

Jerry

“Change always comes bearing gifts.”

- Price Pritchett

Bestow a big one upon yourself… today.

Do you have any insecurity?

Or doubt and fear (you’re just like me!)

To own them fully is the start

Of gratefully waving… as you part.

Be You.

Jerry

“You can’t stop being afraid just by pretending everything that scares you isn’t there.”

- Michael Marshall

Embrace it… like an old friend… and bid it goodbye.

The easiest way to be happy?

Let go of all you think you need to be happy.

Be You.

Jerry

“The artesian well of joy never runs dry. We clog it with our thoughts.”

- Don Blanding

Get your brain out of the way and let it flow.

It’s pretty simple, yet amazingly profound…

Being who you are has the greatest affect on… everything.

So…

Be You.

Jerry

“Every time you actualize more of your potential by becoming more yourself, your joy increases, regardless of what’s going on in your external circumstances.”

- Michael Bernard Beckwith

You… will more than do.

Those things that you know will greatly improve your health and energy…

How’re you doing with ‘em?

Just thought I’d ask.

Be You.

Jerry

“I quit jogging – it was hazardous to my health. My thighs rubbed together and caught fire.”

- Anonymous

Just do it till you see a spark.

A life that’s free, simple and uncomplicated!!!

How… do you achieve this?

Be You. (this is a start!)

Jerry

“Keep breathing.”

- Sophie Tucker

You taking notes?

While thinking of “when”

It just fools you again

The past is what doesn’t exist… even then.

But to be in the now,

That’s all of the “how”

To truly create the life that says… wow.

Be You.

Jerry

“Love the moment, and the energy of the moment will spread beyond all boundaries.”

-Corita Kent

Present = gift.

If you’re old enough to read this, you’re old enough to at least start to begin to get ready to prepare to…

Accept responsibility for your life.

OK?

Be You.

Jerry

“Put your big-girl panties on and deal with it.”

- (Could be anybody)

I’m going commando today.

Got any pain?… Struggle?… Stress?

It all comes from you thinking that whatever is…

Needs to be different… than it is.

Be You.

Jerry

“One cannot get through life without pain. … What we can do is choose how to use the pain life presents to us.”

- Bernie S. Siegel

Let’s see… neck or butt today?

A revelation… something that is revealed to you…

Comes from lost, scary, uncomfortable, unfamiliar places…

You don’t learn anything from what you already know.

Be You.

Jerry

“From error to error, one discovers the entire truth.”

- Sigmund Freud

Wow… I must be ready for a gigantic truth!

Your challenges?

They ain’t “out there”.

The solutions?

They ain’t “out there” either.

Be You.

Jerry

“The way we see the problem is the problem”

- Stephen Covey

If I’d look at it another way… it’d be another way.

The key to joy!

I’m delighted to say

Is just not to be sad…

Did you have another way?!

Be You.

Jerry

“Life is a matter of passing the time enjoyably. There may be other things in life, but I’ve been too busy passing my time enjoyably to think very deeply about them.”

- Peter Cook

Why be down when you could be… up?

Memo from the department of: You Know What You’re Good At… Why the Heck Aren’t You Doing It?! (Chronic Division)

Well?

Be You.

Jerry

“Whatever you are by nature, keep to it; never desert your own line of talent. Be what nature intended you for, and you will succeed; be anything else and you will be ten thousand times worse than nothing.”

- Sydney Smith

And “nothing”… is not a word I’d use to describe you.

What in your life serves you?   What doesn’t?

Can you discern the difference… and then make changes?

Just asking.

Be You.

Jerry

“The art of living is a fine mingling of letting go and hanging on.”

- Havelock Ellis

The Twinkies are going… the Ho Ho’s are staying.

You know those black and gray outfits you wear to lift your spirits?

You mean… you don’t… and they don’t?

Why is that?

Be You.

Jerry

“The whole world as we experience it comes to us through the mystic realm of color.”

- Hans Hofmann

Shake up the next funeral with those pink-passion hot pants.

What causes everything outside of you to be the way it is…

Is you.

When you get this… you can do something about all of it.

Be You.

Jerry

“Nothing is real to us unless we make it real. Nothing can touch us unless we let it touch us.”

- Science of Mind

I had a ten foot pole around here somewhere…

Where you are is where you are

But it’s not where you have to stay…

Your mind and legs feel rooted, yet

they’re built to find your way.

Be You.

Jerry

“To me, if life boils down to one thing, it’s movement. To live is to keep moving.”

- Jerry Seinfeld

Maybe I could put wheels on the couch…

It’s not a race.

Whatever it is you’re doing, it’s not a race.

Unless, of course, it’s a race.

Be You.

Jerry

“There is more to life than just increasing its speed.”

- Mahatma Gandhi

I raced a pregnant woman the other day and came in third.

You wanta change the world?

Change your mind about the world.

Anything else?

Be You.

Jerry

“There’s only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that’s your own self.”

- Aldous Huxley

Thank God… I didn’t know where I was gonna get the time to do all the work needed on you.

What you believe is absolutely real…

To you.

Check on those beliefs once in awhile.

Be You.

Jerry

“Convictions are more dangerous enemies of truth than lies.”

- Friedrich Nietzsche

Just be open to the possibility that maybe… just maybe… there might be a better idea out there.

Abundance is yours!

When you live in a truthful way.

And yes… fibs and white lies do count.

Be You.

Jerry

“Honest hearts produce honest actions.”

- Brigham Young

… that result in riches in every area of your life… honest.

Being who you really are

Is not the hardest thing by far

What’s worse by more than just a bit

Is forcing who you’re not to fit

Forget the ruse, just stop pretending

The authentic you needs no defending.

Be You.

Jerry

“Nobody realizes that some people expend tremendous energy merely to be normal.”

- Albert Camus

Normal?!  Could it be any worse than that?!

What’s scarier than all those things holding you back from living your true life?

Not doing what you know you can do about them.

Be You.

Jerry

“If the wind will not serve, take to the oars.”

- Latin Proverb

Make sure you use two… one’ll have you going in circles.

Everything you think, say, feel and do…

Lays a brick in the temple of… you.

Be You.

Jerry

“You want to know who you are? Take note of your choices.”

- Jerry Hannan

Note to self – Choose more friends like the ones reading this.

You wanta help people?

Then be a great receiver of help… from people.

Be You.

Jerry

“Acceptance says – True, this is my situation at the moment. I’ll look unblinkingly at the reality of it. But I’ll also open my hands to accept willingly whatever a loving Father sends me.”

- Catharine Marshall

Ask, seek, knock… and allow.

It’s easy to be generous with the few coins in your pocket…

What else you got worth sharing?

 Be You.

 Jerry

 “… only what we give away enriches us from day to day.”

- Helen Steiner Rice

 And you’ll never run out of the best that you have.

To know what you love feels terrific,

To do what you love is sublime

To Be the love, that you may see your love…

Now this… is the best use of your time.

Be You.

Jerry

“Love makes your soul crawl out from its hiding place.”

- Zora Neale Hurston

Peak-a boo.

Where’s the best place to search for anything?

Why, where it is… of course.

Be You.

Jerry

“It is not easy to find happiness in ourselves, and it is not possible to find it elsewhere.”

- Agnes Repplier

I could’ve sworn I put it in the kitchen junk-drawer.

How do you know what most important to your innards… what makes your heart sing?!

You ask it. And trust that it’s telling you the truth. And then you do the thing that fills it.

Be You.

Jerry

“I have a cause. We need those, don’t we? Otherwise the darkness and the cold gets in and everything starts to ache. My soul has a purpose, it is to love; if I do not fulfill my heart’s vocation, I suffer.”

- St. Thomas Aquinas

Nothing sounds sweeter than the harmony of the heart, soul, and mind.

Put off the stuff you do from habit, ritual, and obligation…

And do… more of the stuff that just feels fantastic when you do it.

Be You.

Jerry

“To always be intending to live a new life, but never to find time to set about it; this is as if a man should put off eating and drinking and sleeping from one day and night to another, till he is starved and destroyed.”

- John Tillotson

Anyone hungry?

You know this already, of course…

Things don’t happen to you… they happen for you.

You didn’t need to be reminded of this… did you?

Be You.

Jerry

“Your life is not a problem to be solved, but a gift to be opened.”

- Wayne Muller

Don’t worry about the wrapping paper… just rip it off!

Of all the people that I know

You’re the bravest ones, and so

I’d like to pass this thought to you

Your doubts and insecurities do

Exist in forms you musn’t dread

They only live… inside your head.

Be You.

Jerry

“I will show you fear in a handful of dust.”

- T. S. Eliot

He must’ve peeked under my sofa.

Did you hear about the teenager who’s in the process of climbing the highest summits on each of the 7 continents?!

Will yours even take out the garbage?

Will you take out the garbage?

Be You.

Jerry

“The significance of a man is not in what he attains, but rather what he longs to attain.”

- Khalil Gibran

The top of the refrigerator is sooo high… but that’s where the cookie jar is.

I love this from Marianne Williamson’s A Return To Love…

1. God’s plan works

2. Yours doesn’t

Could you really present a good argument against this?

Be You.

Jerry

“Fill your mind with the meaningless stimuli of a world preoccupied with meaningless things, and it will not be easy to feel peace in your heart.”

- Marianne Williamson

But…

Will power… what would you do without it?

But remember to exercise your won’t-power as well.

Be You.

Jerry

“We need the courage to start and continue what we should do, and courage to stop what we shouldn’t do.”

- Richard L. Evans

Stop or start?… an often ignored art.

You’re unimaginably powerful, beyond description…

Yes, that means you’re not who the nasty debt-collector was talking to this morning.

Be You.

Jerry

“If you only knew who you really were, you’d be starstruck.”

- Victoria Moran

Could it be?!… Jennifer? Brad?

Afraid doesn’t…

Love does…

Fear only makes what wasn’t… was.

Be You.

Jerry

“Death is not the biggest fear we have; our biggest fear is taking the risk to be alive — the risk to be alive and express what we really are.”

- Don Miguel Ruiz

Expressed or repressed? You decide.

If you’re tired of acting/thinking/being like the best little boy or girl in the neighborhood… the one everyone thinks is a model citizen…

Well… we’d love to see what you really have in mind.

Might even inspire us to shake it up a bit.

Be You.

Jerry

“We will discover the nature of our particular genius when we stop trying to conform to our own or to other people’s models, learn to be ourselves, and allow our natural channel to open.”

- Shakti Gawain

Nude limbo-dancing at the block party? Let’s put that to a vote.

You know that unique part of you that, when when you’re being it…

The bells ring, the birds sing, and the sun and breeze are on your back?

Don’t tell me you’ve forgotten that already!

Be You.

Jerry

“Seek out that particular mental attitude which makes you feel most deeply and vitally alive, along with which comes the inner voice which says, ‘This is the real me,’ and when you have found that attitude, follow it.”

- William James

Ring-a-ling… is that the ice-cream man?

“It” is not coming… it’s here.

And it will only become apparent when you’re open to it, and allow it to be as “it” really is…

And stop focusing on the limited view that you have of it.

Be You.

Jerry

“Happiness can exist only in acceptance.”

- Denis De Rougamont

Surrender to the splendor.

To ignore or run away from your problems is to run away from your life…

And your life… every bit of it… is worth paying close attention to.

Be You.

Jerry

“I accept the universe!”

- Margaret Fuller

Probably not a bad idea… there’s nowhere else to go!

I did it! Was the cry we heard

The thing to do was done

But as you struggled (how absurd!)

Did you manage to have fun?

For just to finish tasks, you see

Is not the job at hand;

What is the point, is just to be

In love with life… how grand!

Be You.

Jerry

“One day your life will flash before your eyes. Make sure its worth watching.”

- Unknown

Lots of gratuitous nudity always helps.

Love is a good thing, right?

And to love yourself enough to honor what you know to be best for you…

Now that’s a really good thing.

Be You.

Jerry

“To be faithful to your instincts and the impulses that carry you in the direction of the excellence you most desire and value… surely that is to lead the noble life.”

- George E. Woodberry

You’re all royalty in my book.

A little mood music, some soft lighting, a glass of wine…

And you…

By yourself. Have you been on a date with you lately?

Be You.

Jerry

“Great relationships are two people that first fall in love with themselves.”

- Tim Wood

I got turned down too often.

If you’re gonna be wrong…

Why would you want to blame anyone else?

It works the same way when you’re right.

Be You.

Jerry

“Be yourself and think for yourself; and while your conclusions may not be infallible, they will be nearer right than the conclusions forced upon you.”

- Elbert Hubbard

A man convinced against his will is of the same opinion still. (Not sure who said this… but I like it!)

Being who you’re not takes a helluva lot of energy…

Energy you could be using for living a fulfilled and inspired life.

Be You.

Jerry

“All I can do is act according to my deepest instinct, and be whatever I must be – crazy or ribald or sad or compassionate or loving or indifferent. That is all anyone can do.”

- Katherine Butler Hathaway

And that… is more than enough.

For you to do what you’re meant to do

You need to be who you’re meant to be

What stops you is the nagging doubt

That you’ve the plan to work it out

But how it goes, is no concern

Just take a step… and feel… and learn.

Be You.

Jerry

“Everyone was searching for a formula for survival… and the only formula that worked was no formula. Instinct … that’s all you had to go on.”

- Carolyn Kenmore

The gut never says “but”.

You can let the latest polls, surveys, and trends decide what your life’s gonna look like…

 Or you… I mean YOU… can finally empower yourself with that responsibility.

 Be You.

 Jerry

 ”We must make the choices that enable us to fulfill the deepest capacities of our real selves.”

- Thomas Merton

 It’s gonna feel real good… I promise.

Before all the most powerful moves, steps, and actions you can take in your quest to “get it done”…

The greatest move of all is to be still and quiet… listen… and trust what you hear.

Be You.

Jerry

“I want to know God’s thoughts; the rest are just details.”

- Albert Einstein

Does God gossip? I heard He did.

For Pete’s sake, are you having fun?

Why… are you even thinking about doing it any other way?!

Be You.

Jerry

“Life is full of misery, loneliness, and suffering – and it’s all over much too soon.”

- Woody Allen

Make your memories… memorable.

Which jam will you put on your toast today?!

Very important… but surely…

There’s a few other life-altering decisions to be made.

Right?

Be You.

Jerry

“The strongest principle of growth lies in human choice.”

- George Eliot

That must be jelly… jam doesn’t shake that much.

How sweet it is

This life life that’s ours

As seeds of truth

Grow into flowers

From which the scents

Of peace and love

Waft from within

And not… above.

Be You.

Jerry

“Listen – life is really going on, right now,

around us. Do you see it? Sometimes I lose it

but if I sit still and listen, it comes back,

and then I think, How funny, this is what being alive is.”

- Robin Morgan

Did you feel that?

It’s not your fault, you’re not responsible, you just can’t do it, no one understands you, the world’s got it in for you…

April fools…

None of that… has anything to do with the truth.

Be You.

Jerry

“I hope life isn’t a big joke, because I don’t get it.”

- Jack Handey

Tee hee.

You’ve got your routines down… primping and pampering and exercising and taking care of you in general…

And of course there’s the regularly scheduled meditation, prayer, gratitude, reflection, serving and lotsa loving…

Of course… right?

Be You.

Jerry

“The soul, like the body, accepts by practice whatever habit one wishes it to contact.”

- Socrates

Can I put you down for… always?

You know those “Ahah!” moments? When you suddenly “see” what you didn’t before?

They’re pretty cool, aren’t they?

Be open to having more.

Be You.

Jerry

“The moment of enlightenment is when a person’s dreams of possibilities become images of probabilities.”

- Vic Braden

See ‘em to be ‘em.

The stuff that oozes from your brain is kinda important…

Don’t you think?!

You do… don’t you?

Be You.

Jerry

“As you think, you travel, and as you love, you attract. You are today where your thoughts have brought you; you will be tomorrow where your thoughts take you.”

- James Lane Allen

 What’s on the itinerary?

Because you’re who you think you are

It’s crucial that you see the star

That is you… nothing matters more

Your heart and soul provide the door

To never-ending love and light

Which, held by you… makes all your might.

Be You.

Jerry

“The energy of the mind is the essence of life.”

- Aristotle

Turn on the juice.

Your gut’s as infallible…

As your trust in it.

Go with it.

Be You.

Jerry

“Our intuition is not easily fooled — essence speaks to essence without words.”

- Katherine Saux

That means no Ifs, Ands, or Buts.

Amazing things happen…

When, at the very least, you’re open to even the slightest possibility that…

Amazing things can happen.

Be You.

Jerry

“Miracles? They’re as common as you allow them to be.”

- Jerry Hannan

Allow away.

You wanta nice, exciting, fulfilling, inspired life?

Think nice, exciting, fulfilling, inspired thoughts.

Anything else?

I didn’t think so.

Be You.

Jerry

“We bring forth weeds when our quick minds lie still.”

- William Shakespeare

… but flowers blossom when moved into the light.

Some of the subtlest and smallest things in existence…

And the ones we least like to give any credit or blame to…

What do you think they are?

Be You.

Jerry

“Our best friends and our worst enemies are our thoughts. A thought can do us more good than a doctor or a banker or a faithful friend. It can also do us more harm than a brick.”

- Frank Crane

Give me a minute… it’ll come to me.

What a sense of joy there is

While concentrating on the biz

Of being in this moment… now

The Source is here, to guide you how

Be You.

Jerry

“Nowness is the purest form of sanity.”

- Unknown

Crazy, huh?

Anyone can stop and think after they took action to ask “How’d that go?”

But why not, before you take a step, say “This is how it’s going to go.”?

Your best moves occur after… your best thoughts.

Be You.

Jerry

“Man does not simply exist, but always decides what his existence will be, what he will become in the next moment.”

- Viktor Frankl

Make your choice… choice.

How ’bout the mailman?

Or the girl who makes your latte perfectly, the fourth grade teacher, the guy who gave you that look…

You are gonna thank ‘em… aren’t you?

Of course you are.

Be You.

Jerry

“Sometime our light goes out but is blown into flame by another human being. Each of us owes deep gratitude to those who have rekindled this light.”

- Albert Schweitzer

From the bottom of my heart… thank you.

To live life on your terms…

What would that be like?

Is that even possible?!

Just asking.

Be You.

Jerry

“What can there be higher than that which is its own master?”

- Plotinus

Show us how it’s done.

What the heck were you thinking?

What are you thinking?

Any plans on future thinking?

Give it all… some thought.

Be You.

Jerry

“You cannot escape the results of your thoughts… Whatever your present environment may be, you will fall, remain, or rise with your thoughts, your vision, your ideal. You will become as small as your controlling desire, as great as your dominant aspiration.”

- James Lane Allen

I was sunk… till I thunk.

The thing we do when we don’t know how

Is to doubt our dreams, and say “Not now!”

But it’s not our place to know the way

What is ours, is the course… to stay.

Be You.

Jerry

“Greatness is a road leading towards the unknown.”

- Charles de Gaulle

What is around that corner?… I dunno… let’s look!

You wanta simplify and free up your life?

Go outside and look around… I mean, really be there.

Not a lot of wasted anything going on… is there?

Be You.

Jerry

“Nature is an endless combination and repetition of a very few laws.”

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Be like the breeze, the bees, and the seas.

Remember that gift you gave to your Mother… the one that brought tears to her eyes?

There’s lots of Mothers out there… of all ages and gender.

Who will cry for joy today?

Be You.

Jerry

“What a grand thing, to be loved! What a grander thing still, to love.”

- Victor Hugo

I’ll bet she’s smiling right now.

“It”…  ain’t the problem.

It’s you, needing control over “it”… that’s the problem.

Attachment = Mess

Be You.

Jerry

“Stand up and walk out of your history.”

- Phil McGraw

Better yet… run.

It’s when you’re feeling the most lost, and the most confused and frustrated…

That the “Do” mode needs to get switched off, and the “Be” turned on.

Be You.

Jerry

“It may be that when we no longer know what to do, we have come our real work, and when we no longer know which way to go, we have begun our real journey.”

- Wendell Berry

Be still, to go far.

Oh, the madness of the mind

At odds with hearts direction

It “thinks” it knows what’s there to find

Upon its vague reflection

“You cannot hope to have or be!”

What sets your spirit flying

But wrong it is, as you must see

Your essence waits… just sighing.

Be You.

Jerry

“There are things so deep and complex that only intuition can reach it in our stage of development as human beings.”

- John Astin

Hello down there.

Change your thoughts… your feelings change.

Change your feelings… your actions change.

Change your actions… your life changes.

Funny how that works, huh?

Be You.

Jerry

“Growth is the only evidence of life.”

- John Henry Newman

Growing involves knowing… and going.

If you don’t think about what’s itching you…

Nothing gets scratched.

And the decision to act upon the impulse is what creates the miracle of manifestation.

Be You.

Jerry

“Will power is that which changes thought into energy.”

- Paramahansa Yogananda

The will… is the way.

Memo from the Department of How the Heck Am I Going To Do This?!

… You’re fired.

Be You.

Jerry

“The greatness of a man’s power is the measure of his surrender.”

- William Booth

You mean I gotta give up my parking space?!

What do you do when you want to relax, calm down, chill, and forget about the stresses of the day?

 … Is that the best choice?

 Be You.

 Jerry

 “Forget the pill, just be still… meditate, don’t medicate.”

- Jerry Hannan

 Those damn child-proof caps stump me every time.

I looked and saw, but did not see

I touched and felt, but did not feel

I listened and heard, but did not hear

How can I be… with what’s most near?

Be You.

Jerry

“If we could see the miracle of a single flower clearly, our whole life would change.”

- Buddha

Everything’s coming up roses.

You don’t attract what you want…

You do attract what you are.

What are you?

Be You.

Jerry

“See them always as open, and thus the doors shall be.”

- Johni Redd

How you’re seeing, is how you’re being.

We all can either:

A. Be victims

or…

B. Surrender to the knowledge that everything… is pointing us in

the direction of our true paths.

I vote for B.

Be You.

Jerry

“Some people confuse acceptance with apathy, but there’s all the difference in the world. Apathy fails to distinguish between what can and what cannot be helped; acceptance makes that distinction. Apathy paralyzes the will-to-action; acceptance frees it by relieving it of impossible burdens.”

- Arthur Gordon

What do I do with all my victim speeches?!

Are you eating the donuts?

Or are they eating you?

Just thought I’d ask.

Be You.

Jerry

“Inside some of us is a thin person struggling to get out, but they can usually be sedated with a few pieces of chocolate cake.”

- Author Unknown

Mine’s in a coma.

Love, compassion, and joy can only be experienced…

To the degree that they’re expressed.

Dish some out… get some back.

Be You.

Jerry

“If you wish to experience peace, provide peace for another.”

- Tenzin Gyatso

Gettin’ any lately?

You musn’t be scared for, you’re way more than cared for

You’re never alone, as it seems…

The essence that makes up the infinite whole

Connects all of us, and… all our dreams

Be You.

Jerry

“A miracle is nothing more or less than this. Anyone who has come into a knowledge of his true identity, of his oneness with the all-pervading wisdom and power, this makes it possible for laws higher than the ordinary mind knows of to be revealed to him.”

- Ralph Waldo Trine

Hey Cuz! I think we’re related!

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Life gets way better when you focus on what you need, instead of what you want…

What you’re partial to limits your possibilities, and hinders your completeness.

Be open to what’s missing.

Be You.

Jerry

“If you tell Life what it has to be, you limit it; But if you let Life show you what it wants to be It will open doors you never knew existed.”

- Unknown

Surrender… allow… let… and see.

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Steps, nudges, urges, impulses, clues and clear points of action…

Follow these directions, originating in your heart and gut…

And watch your world transform.

Be You.

Jerry

“The best things in life come by effort from within, not by gifts from the outside.”

- Fred Corson

Was that an itch? Do I dare scratch it?!

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If you swallow a tooth it’s no big deal…

But it can eventually bite you in the butt.

Little things can have big effects.

Be You.

Jerry

“A mighty flame followeth a tiny spark.”

- Dante

Bitten and burned… what a day!

There are pieces of you that keep you from dealing with the unfamiliar…

Be gentle with those pieces, allow them to be what they are…

And then… ignore them.

Be You.

Jerry

“I have accepted fear as a part of life – specifically the fear of change… I have gone ahead despite the pounding in the heart that says: turn back.”

-Erica Jong

Afraid? Great… there’s a huge opportunity for growth ahead.

Oh please, please, please! Can it finally be mine,

That elusive and slippery Valentine

You know the one, it makes us complete

And gives meaning to living, that’s no easy feat

So while roses are red, and violets are blue

There’d be no one happier, if all this were true

But I sorta suspect that the love that’s our goal

Is always within us… it makes up our soul.

Be You.

Jerry

“I claim there ain’t

Another Saint

As great as Valentine.”

- Ogden Nash

What about Saint Godiva?!

Are you on your way…

Or in your way?

Just thought I’d ask.

Be You.

Jerry

“We all want progress, but if you’re on the wrong road, progress means doing an about-turn and walking back to the right road; in that case, the man who turns back soonest is the most progressive.”

- C.S. Lewis

Real men are OK with getting lost.

Peace of mind isn’t just something we hope to attain someday…

It’s the way to attain it… and everything else, for that matter.

Angst is over-rated.

Be You.

Jerry

“Calmness is the cradle of power.”

- Josiah Gilbert Holland

You’ll never sleep tighter.

A great birthday party has chocolate, vanilla, and strawberry ice cream…

And it’s also way more fun if you can eat all you want… the way you wanta eat it… without someone looking at you funny.

To let… is to really live.

Be You.

Jerry

“We cannot change anything unless we accept it. Condemnation does not liberate, it oppresses.”

- Carl Jung

Pistachio’s pretty good too.

You could resist the sun-rise and sun-set, the ocean currents, or the way things go down when you drop ‘em…

But… why?!

Be You.

Jerry

“The strength of man consists in finding out the way in which God is going and going in that way too.”

- Henry Ward Beecher

 That path is much better lit.

Your voice is more than just a noise

It’s influence can be massive

But by itself, there aren’t the joys

Of movement … it’s just passive

So pause before you make a sound

And trust what you intuit…

What really makes the world go ’round

Is to think, feel, say… then, do it.

Be You.

Jerry

“Dreams pass into the reality of action. From the actions stems the dream again; and this interdependence produces the highest form of living.”

- Anais Nin

It’s only 11 feet from the couch to the fridge… I think I can make it.

You ain’t gonna die.

If you actually attempt to do the things that are bouncing around in your head, teasing your sense of what’s possible …

You ain’t gonna die… so just do them.

Be You.

Jerry

“We all need more back-bone and less wish-bone.”

- Ernest Holmes

Except that cliff in Acapulco you wanta dive off.

There are some people attracted to you by how you look…

And there are a lot of people who are attracted to you by how you feel… about how you look.

Confidence is very sexy.

Be You.

Jerry

“It is only when the mind and character slumber that the dress can be seen.”

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Strut it baby.

Reach out and touch someone.

That may involve a phone call, but it could also mean sending a note, saying something nice in person, or just making eye contact with a smile…

Making someone’s day goes a long way in making your own.

Be You.

Jerry

“The most satifying thing in life is to have been able to give a large part of oneself to others.”

- Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

Which part do you want? They’re all large… well, most of them.

Taking care of your body … the temple of your soul, the vehicle for your consciousness …

Is an essential part of discovering your true essence …

Poor health is a terrible distraction.

Be You.

Jerry

“I had my body-fat tested … and it passed with flying colors!”

- Jerry Hannan

Crammed for it all night.

The best we can do, both you and I

Is cool down our jets and contemplate why

The rest of us run at a furious pace

When clearly, it’s known, that life’s not a race

It’s better to stroll, can you accept that?

Hey look! That one there … looks just like a rat.

Be You.

Jerry

“Why do they call it rush hour when nothing moves?”

- Robin Williams

I’m in a hurry to be late!

At least once in your life, you’re going to skin your knee, make a bad financial decision, and get your heart broken …

Can’t you at least have fun with those like the rest of us?

Be You.

Jerry

“Peace does not dwell in outward things, but within the soul; we may preserve it in the midst of the bitterest pain, if our will remains firm and submissive. Peace in this life springs from acquiescence to, not in an exemption from, suffering.”

- Francois de Fenelon

Bring it on.

Is it the thinking that achieving happiness is a complicated struggle …

Or is it the actual struggle, that makes for a tough time?

How ’bout this … give them both up.

Be You.

Jerry

“God is good.

So am I.

All is well.

Thanks.

Good-bye.”

- Anonymous

You don’t even have to take notes.

Some of the most moving and influential aspects of your existence can’t be seen …

But absolutely, can be felt.

And you … can choose the thoughts that lead to those feelings.

Be You.

Jerry

“Faith goes up the stairs that love has built and looks out the windows which hope has opened.”

- Charles Spurgeon

First door on the right.

Memo from the Department of Frustration – Complete and Utter Division …

Keep up the good work of making everyone happy!

Be You.

Jerry

“I do not waste my time in answering abuse; I thrive under it like a field that benefits from manure.”

- Henry Labouchere

Watch your step.

I know a bit about a lot, a lot about a bit

And as for all the stuff that’s left

I just don’t give a … hoot

The vital thing to know is not

That two plus two is four

But everything I’ll ever need

Is waiting … at my core.

Be You.

Jerry

“Intuition is the supra-logic that cuts out all the routine processes of thought and leaps straight from the problem to the answer.”

- Robert Graves

Go where the know is.

While you’re getting ready to prepare to almost begin to start …

Lot’s of really cool stuff is flying by, but you’re missing it …

There goes another one.

Be You.

Jerry

“Every moment is a moment of creation.”

- Don Abrahamson

Heads up.

Right now is the perfect moment …

To do something completely, utterly, and absolutely …

For you … and only you.

Be You.

Jerry

“When you die and go to heaven, our maker is not going to ask, ‘Why didn’t you discover the cure for such and such?’ The only question we will be asked in that precious moment is, ‘Why didn’t you become you?’”

- Elie Wiesel

When it’s you you’re being, to the world … it’s freeing.

All that stuff you give up on just ’cause you have no idea how to accomplish it …

How about giving up on that?

And just be open to the idea that it can happen.

Be You.

Jerry

“When you discover your essential nature and know who you really are, in that knowing itself is the ability to fulfill any dream you have, because you are the eternal possibility, the immeasurable potential of all that was, is, and will be.”

- Deeak Chopra

Wow. That’s a lot.

I promise you, it ain’t gonna happen …

The way you think it’s gonna happen.

So relax, and just focus on what’s happening now.

Be You.

Jerry

“T’ain’t worthwhile to wear a day out before it comes.”

- Sarah Orne Jewett

When you worry ahead … the present is dead.

I ran into someone recently

In my hurry, I just about missed it

I ran into someone, that someone was me

A strange chap I doubted existed

The moment was numbing and terrifying

Yet I cautiously moved nearer

To say I regret it, I’d only be lying

For my life, well … it’s never been clearer

Be You.

Jerry

“Today you are You, that is truer than true. There is no one alive who is Youer than You.”

- Dr. Seuss

Or me-er than me.

For cryin’ out loud … does it all have to have meaning?!

Move towards happy … move away from not happy.

Not so complicated … is it?

Be You.

Jerry

“Life is to be felt, not figured out.”

- Thomas Hardy

Brain off … Heart on.

There’s no time.

None … to put off the verbal and physical expressions of how you feel.

What are you waiting for?!

Be You.

Jerry

“If you love someone, hurry up and show it.”

- Rosie Zadra

What’re you doing for lunch?

It doesn’t matter what you’re facing …

You can change your direction at any time …

In fact, you’ve got 360 degrees to work with.

Be You.

Jerry

“The world is round and the place which may seem like the end may also be the beginning.”

- Ivy Baker Priest

Just have a ball.

You don’t have to discover the cure for cancer …

You don’t have to make a billion dollars, invent a solar-powered toothpick, or win the Nobel Peace Prize …

To experience complete joy and fulfillment from what you do …

If you pay absolute attention to every moment of it.

Be You.

Jerry

“Love wholeheartedly, be surprised, give thanks and praise — then you will discover the fullness of your life.”

- Brother David Steindl-Rast

Whew! Those toothpicks were going for $695 apiece!

Oh, but just to know the way

Your vision could unfold

Your insecurities will say

You’re too fat, dumb, and old!

But turn a deaf ear to that whine

That stops you where you stand

And know that all you are is fine,

enough, complete … and grand.

Be You.

Jerry

“Your problem is you’re… too busy holding onto your unworthiness.”

- Ram Dass

So get busy doing the other thing.

If you have to control something …

Then it’s out of control …

But only for you.

Be You.

Jerry

“Flow with whatever is happening and let your mind be free. Stay centered by accepting whatever you are doing. This is the ultimate.”

- Chuang Tzu

To finally be free … is to let it all be.

There are behaviors, habits, and attitudes in you that are keeping you from connecting to the magnificence of your true essence …

Now … is the time to expose and heal the wounds that cause them.

Be You.

Jerry

“How you feel, is what is real.”

- Jerry Hannan

I couldn’t agree more.

It doesn’t matter what you say …

Some are gonna love you for it, some are gonna hate you for it …

And most won’t even hear you …

So say what’s in your heart.

Be You.

Jerry

“At some point I believe one has to stop holding back for fear of alienating some imaginary reader or real relative or friend, and come out with personal truth.”

- May Sarton

I write this hoping … that someday I’ll really pay attention to it.

You can’t truly fulfill your destiny without first accepting and understanding these truths …

You’re infinite … you’re eternal … and you can’t get it wrong.

Be You.

Jerry

“Joy comes from using your potential.”

- Will Schultz

What a waste is a life not faced.

What not so long ago was near

Has crept up on us, and is here

My usual resolve’s okay

But being genuine’s the way

Two thousand ten could really be

When I decide to live … as me.

Be You.

Jerry

“May all your troubles last as long as your New Year’s resolutions.”

- Joey Adams

I’ve made it past breakfast and the diet is going … Hey! Who brought the donuts?!

What kind of year was this?

 Are you a little wistful about leaving it behind …

Or excited and inspired for how it’s prepared you to … ?

Be You.

Jerry

“For last year’s words belong to last year’s language and next year’s words await another voice. And to make an end is to make a beginning.”

- T. S. Eliot

Be safe and sound tonight, and throughout this Happiest of New Years!

Are you looking for permission to live a life of authenticity and truth?

OK … permission granted.

Now what?

Be You.

Jerry

“You are who you let yourself be.”

- Jerry Hannan

Dear Mrs. MacGillicuddy,

Please excuse little (insert your name here) from living their true

life. The dog ate it.

(insert your name here)’s Mother.

Forgiveness can be a very difficult place to get to, and it helps to remember that in forgiving, you don’t change the past …

But you do change the future.

Be You.

Jerry

“There’s no point in burying a hatchet if you’re going to put up a marker on the site.”

- Sydney Harris

Got a grudge that won’t budge? Oh fudge.

This year’s winding down, and there might be some things you’re thinking of changing in the new one …

How about busting out of the box, sawing off the handcuffs, unlocking the shackles, and shucking the strait-jacket …

This should keep you busy for a couple of days.

Be You.

Jerry

“Cleaning up your life means extricating yourself from those things which are obstacles to your liberation.”

- Ram Dass

Just when I was getting comfortable.

The greatest gift you’ll share today

Has no buttons, bells, or bows …

But from your heart it has it’s say

‘long side the ho ho ho’s!

You’ll use no wrapping paper for

There’s no way to contain it

It’s unconditional love for all,

And to give it … is to gain it.

Merry Christmas!

Jerry

“Remember

This December,

That love weighs more than gold!”

- Josephine Dodge Daskam Bacon

You’re on my list!

To choose peace over perfection …

And to understand and accept that it’s all perfect anyway …

Well … now everyday can feel like a holiday.

Be You.

Jerry

“Calmness is the cradle of power.”

- Josiah Gilbert Holland

Rock it gently.

What you’re aware of … what you’re focussed on …

Your consciousness …

Makes up the substance of your world.

Be You.

Jerry

“Are you really sure that a floor can’t also be a ceiling?”

- M.C. Escher

 How you see … is what you get.

You all have a voice … I don’t mean the sounds that come from your throat, but rather the message that is uniquely yours …

That when expressed, changes both you … and those that receive it.

Be You.

Jerry

“There is no agony like bearing an untold story inside of you.”

- Maya Angelou

Go ahead … I’m listening.

Your challenges are not in your life to discourage you or beat you down … but to show you what you’re really made of.

And that’s the stuff of miracles and magnificence.

Be You.

Jerry

“Adversity introduces a man to himself.”

- Unknown

I promise you … you can handle it all.

I have something important to say! You cry

As you look to make sure you were heard

But did you ever take pause to contemplate why

The rest of us thinks that’s absurd?

It’s just that what makes for incredible news

Is not always what you’re thinking about

But rather the brilliant and very “right” views

That we’re getting ready to shout!

Be You.

Jerry       

“The very purpose of existence is to reconcile the glowing opinion we hold of ourselves with the appalling things that other people think about us.”

- Quentin Crisp

Talk to the hand.

You know the old saying, “the truth hurts” …

Well, the fear of that pain can’t compare to the constant dull ache you get from forcing it to stay hidden.

The truth will set you free …

Be You.

Jerry

“The strongest habit we’ll ever break is the one where we’re routinely dishonest with ourselves.”

- Jerry Hannan

But first you’ve got to set it free.

You’re pretty sure it’s either “this way” or “that way” …

But maybe, just maybe … could there possibly be? … another way?!

I dunno … how do you feel?

Be You.

Jerry

“With so many spectacular colors in the world, it’s a shame to make everything black and white.”

- Dennis R. Little

More ways makes for funner days.

Yeah, I know … you’ve got a bowling trophy, a “Best Listing Agent – January 1989″ plaque, and you once took 16th place in a beauty contest …

But the really special prize is where you won the Oscar for being the role of … you.

Be You.

Jerry

“To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.”

- Emerson

I shoulda had 15th place … but I slipped in the bathing suit segment.

To fight what is …

Is a senseless battle against the only things that … are.

Just love it all.

Be You.

Jerry

“The proof that something’s perfect is that it exists.”

- Jerry Hannan

Start with me … ‘kay?

What can you say that could possibly mean

What you’re hoping to spill from your heart?

Sometimes nothing is best; your intent can be seen

As your eyes and your smile … do their part.

Be You.

Jerry

“The only gift is a portion of thyself.”

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Aww … you shouldn’t have!

Yeah, I know, you’re not made of money, but what you are made of you have in an infinite supply …

Spill the love, compassion, acceptance, and joy till you can’t see the edge of the puddle.

Be You.

Jerry

“The human contribution is the essential ingredient. It is only in the giving of oneself to others that we truly live.”

- Ethel Percy Andrus

Can I have more … please?

What goes around, comes around …

What have you been sending around lately?

Just thought I’d ask.

Be You.

Jerry

“There is nothing in the world that has any way of returning to us except that which we place out in the world.”

- Joel S. Goldsmith

Give till it … feels real good.

The easiest way to go through life …

Is as who you really are.

Drop the incognito stuff … it’s incredibly limiting.

Be You.

Jerry

“By truly being yourself, everything you’re seeking will find you.”

- Jerry Hannan

There you are!

You know the really tough questions …

Who am I? Why am I here? What does it all mean? …

Are you asking them? Are you listening for the answers?

Just curious.

Be You.

Jerry

“There are two great days in a persons life – the day we are born and the day we discover why.”

- William Barclay

I think … therefore, I’m confused.

You’re going, you get there, your done? Oh no!

Keep moving, with no fear, your heart tells you so.

Nothing is wrong on the path that you choose

The journey’s the gift, that you must never lose. 

Be You.

Jerry  

“The road to truth is long, and lined the entire way with annoying bastards.”

- Alexander Jablokov

Aren’t we there yet?!

To be who you really are is to live in a way that’ll cause people to stop in their tracks all agog (yes, agog!)  over what “is it?” about you that is so mesmerizing. 

You up for a little of that?

Be You.

Jerry

“I challenge you to make your life a masterpiece. I challenge
you to join the ranks of those people who live what they teach, who walk their talk.”

- Tony Robbins 

I tried agog once … almost choked on it.

The “good life” …

 Is the life that feels good.

 Does yours? 

 Be You.

 Jerry

“There are no days in life so memorable as those which vibrated to some stroke of the imagination.”

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

You gotta feel it to “real” it.

Your experience …

 Of the experience …

 Is the experience. 

 Be You.

 Jerry

 “It’s not what you look at that matters, it’s what you see.”

- Henry David Thoreau 

What shade of rose did you want those glasses in?

Put down the  planner for a second, and let your feelings determine what you’ll do next …

You can’t schedule an inspired life!  It’s got to evolve moment to moment …

Let it. 

Be You.

Jerry

“Analysis kills spontaneity. The grain once ground into flour springs and germinates no more.”

- Henri Frederic Amiel

What time should we start?

What do you want to live for?

Do you think it’s important to know?

How ’bout happy and free, and able to see

All your “best moves” lined up in a row?

What do you want to live for?

Who is it you’re seeking to be?

Just be quiet and still, and what’s yours to fulfill

Will show clearly, as your destiny.

Be You.

Jerry

“Desire is half of life; indifference is half of death.”

- Kahlil Gibran  

To want is good.  To go after it?  Much better.

To be grateful is to breathe the essence of your spirit … to draw closer to you what’s real and true. 

And that’s a very good thing.

Thank you … for being you. 

Happy Thanksgiving day! 

Jerry

“Wake at dawn with a winged heart and give thanks for another day of loving.”

- Kahlil Gibran 

Have I told you lately just how much I … Hey!  Are you gonna eat that pie? 

What are you gonna force today?

What’re you going to beat into submission, yell at louder than the next guy, and make happen no matter what the cost …

So that when you’ve succeeded, everything and everyone involved is bloodied, bruised and afraid …

There is a better way.

Be You.

Jerry

“The creative process is a process of surrender, not control.”

- Julia Cameron

 ”It” happens … when you let it happen.

At this point, I would expand and expound upon the topic or subject above.  This would be terrifically interesting, and sure to capture the minds of all that gaze upon it!

You don’t have to go anywhere …

The most sacred place on earth is the spot you’re on when you’re conscious of the absolute perfection within you. 

Be You.

Jerry

“Our belief in our divinity will rewrite our life, and create it anew.”

- Masami Saionji

Dear diary … you won’t believe who I met today … I met mySelf.