My Wish!

Hi everyone,

So, yesterday, early morning, I was at Target and saw an elderly lady struggling to collapse her walker and put it under the market cart.  Of course, I offered to help her and she said "it's alright, I got it".  I was a little puzzled because she was really struggling to close her walker.  So, I just reached over and helped her and put it under her cart.  She looked at me and said " forgive me, but I'm not used to people offering to help me"....."I wish I met someone like you everyday, my life would sure be brighter." 

That adorable elderly lady actually made MY day by giving me such a lovely compliment ;O). Is it me, or is it disturbing that people are in such a rush, that they would walk right past someone in need and not even acknowledge them.....I think it's far time for us to slow our roll....if you rush through life....life will pass you by.

 I cannot say this enough to all my friends and family ENJOY THE MOMENT YOU ARE IN. Our mind is like a monkey, always jumping around from one thought to another...now isn't that the truth.  So as I've mentioned before, I often go to a Tibetan Buddhist center to meditate and the Geshe always reminds us that meditation is the way to calm the mind and just BE.  It's a daunting task for all of us to turn down the volume in our heads but with practice, we can all give our body, mind and a soul the break they deserve.  2 weeks ago, at the last meditation class, we meditated for others.  For our parents, our families, our friends, our communities and the world, even those who challenge us(enemies if you will) The purpose was to spread love, peace and compassion to all....After the session, my friends Jillian, Heike and I went for lunch and felt such fulfillment . Taking the attention off of ourselves and acknowledging others and their needs and struggles really gave us a renewed sense of purpose. 

So, please, next time you see a mother struggling with children, an elderly person crossing the street or a physically challenged person.....offer some help, I promise you, that small act of kindness will benefit you in ways you cannot even image. We are all one love, one global family and ultimately ONE and the same.

On that note, here's a great song  called My Wish by Rascal Flatts I send to all of you :O)                                    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xz32I_GbpeU&feature=related

May you be blessed everyday.

Peace and love Sasha

Self-Love!

I am Me. In all the world, there is no one else exactly like me. Everything that comes out of me is authentically mine, because I alone chose it — I own everything about me: my body, my feelings, my mouth, my voice, all my actions, whether they be to others or myself. I own my fantasies, my dreams, my hopes, my fears. I own my triumphs and successes, all my failures and mistakes.

Because I own all of me, I can become intimately acquainted with me. By so doing, I can love me and be friendly with all my parts. I know there are aspects about myself that puzzle me, and other aspects that I do not know — but as long as I am friendly and loving to myself, I can courageously and hopefully look for solutions to the puzzles and ways to find out more about me.

However I look and sound, whatever I say and do, and whatever I think and feel at a given moment in time is authentically me. If later some parts of how I looked, sounded, thought, and felt turn out to be unfitting, I can discard that which is unfitting, keep the rest, and invent something new for that which I discarded. I can see, hear, feel, think, say, and do. I have the tools to survive, to be close to others, to be productive, and to make sense and order out of the world of people and things outside of me.


I own me, and therefore, I can engineer me. I am me, and I am Okay.”

Denis2005 Virginia Satir quotes (American Psychologist and Educator, 1916-1988)

Thankful!

Hi everyone!

Just got home from an amazing BBQ at Jillians...good food, great company, tons of  love and dancing....Jillie is a dancing Queen and a sister bohemian free- spirit :O)))).

We both love the new Katie Perry song "Teenage Dream" and strangely enough feel totally connected to the surfing-culture...being one with the ocean ;O)

Enjoy! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98WtmW-lfeE

Peace, love & Light Sash

Happy active Saturday!

Good morning everyone,

It's a glorious day in South Florida today. Woke up early today and have managed to clean the bathrooms, vaccum the house and bake some banana-apple-carrot muffins.  I love productive days and its only 9:00am :o) 

Heading to Quiet Waters Park in a bit to go for a run and I'm taking along 2 little buddies ...the cutest little dudes ever.  I'm excited to try my new Ironman Hydration Belt...woohoo! Finally hands free.

So my short term goal is to train for a triathlon in Miami this December and a few weeks ago while watching the Ironman World Championships in Hawaii had the brilliant idea of doing an Ironman competion as well.  That would be a long term goal...of course.  I guess you can call me self-motivating but some of the stories of the people who do these competitions are trully inspiring.  Why not me.  I know my body can do it, now the challenge is, is my mind strong enough? So, if any of you out there have done one, either triathlon or Ironman,,,please tell me your story and share your knowledge.  I've reached out to people who have and it is trully a community of people who care to encourage and help each other. In fact, I was able to contact Ryan Sutter (husband of the 1st Bachelorette Trista Sutter, Firefighting Captain in Vail, Ironman, and dad of 2) via Twitter   (@ryansutter) to ask for advice and he was gracious enough to give me his email...go to his website http://www.ryansutter.com/ and wrote me a lenghty e-mail outlining a training regimen...he's super helpful.

Ok peeps, this type of activity is not for everyone but find something that will challenge you and take it on full force. Life isn't life if you don't try new things. Have a wonderful day.

Peace and Love Sasha

Writting book #2 on relationships

Hi again,

So, last year, I was going through some pretty rough times....I returned home to Montreal for my cousin Sonia's medical school graduation. On the way back home, I was inspired to write book # 1 on none other than Happiness!  It got me through some challenging times...i realized then how passionate I was about writting.  So, that one is still being shopped around for the appropriate publisher but in the mean time, I started writting the 2nd one on relationships.

Here's part of the introduction:

I remain puzzled as to the complicated dynamic between men and women and what it is we, as humans, consider to be fulfilling relationships. Bearing in mind we are all uniquely different, what exactly is it that is needed to have long lasting, satisfying unions. I haven’t quite made up my mind whether our ideal or perfect mate exists and it just being a matter of finding them or are there few that are just lucky in love and find that true and real soul mate? Is true love a reality for a select few or is it an oddity for most? Do we have one great love throughout our lives and the others are just passer byes? Is our heart capable of loving more than one person at a time in a romantic way or is the heart specifically designed to tolerate love for only one person at a time? Once we’ve loved someone, do we love them forever? Do they uniquely own a piece of our heart for all of time? Frankly, your guess is a good as mine; I am just intrigued and curious enough to do the research and try to decipher the answers. I do know one thing for certain; we all strive to live a happy life. A happy life means having lots of love in it. Lots of love is achieved by treating others the way in which we expect them to treat us........

So, what do you think? I would love some feedback via e-mail, blog comments or Twitter (@sasha1176)

Thanks you Sasha

Be Free, Live the Moment, Enjoy the Ride!

Hi everyone,

I believe so strongly that we are existing right now to experience a wide range of circumstances, learn lessons along the way and simply enjoy life.  The life we are given is so insanely simple and easy yet we often choose to complicate things.  My mantra is that if it makes you feel good and you're smiling both inside and out, DO IT :O).  You may have noticed that I am a little bit of a bohemian free-spirit and guess what....that really works for me.  I've personally always gotten great satisfaction out of helping others but I realized a few years ago that there is a huge difference between a people-pleaser and an inately giving person.  People-pleaser often do so by compromising their own happiness and well-being whereas inate givers take great pleasure in doing so and it's pretty much embedded in their DNA. In other words, they do things that first please them and consequently, please others. Are you following me?  Honestly though, there must be a balance.  Balance is the key ingredient in living a good life.  If you are a workoholic and do very little to fill your other desires and dreams...that's being out of balance. It's only a matter of time before you start resenting your job, life and often self.  What we all need is to be flexible....which reminds me of a quote I read " By being flexible in life, you can never be bent out of shape by anything" and " By stepping outside of your comfort zone, you significally expand it" Both quotes I found on Twitter (@ralphmarston)

Here's alittle video that will trully give you a boost of energy and send you on the right track to living a balanced and happy life

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwN5SfTkM9Y

Enjoy and have a healthy, happy and fun labor day Weekend. Peace and Love Sasha

Smile!

Check this video out....spoke loudly to me today .

Smile by Unkle Cracker   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TaIpdMZN3E0

We should all have people in our lives that make us feel this way....I'm trully blessed to have a couple of those, you know who you are.....

Peace and Love Sasha

Attachment!

I recently started reading a book entitled "Mindful Loving" by Dr. Henry Grayson Ph.d and was trully enlightened by a quote he used:

Buddah teaches to let go of our suffering, we must 1st let go of all attachments, including our expectations and resentments of others that poison our relationships.

Can you imagine having relationships where you expect nothing in return.....where you give freely and whole heartedly...that's it?????? As Mastin Kipps says via @thedailylove on Twitter: You truly love someone when they don't give you what you expected in return and yet you still care for them. You may also say that true love always strentghens and never weakens, let it be a family member a friend or a romantic partner.  Chances are if you're crying over them, then it is not true love. However,

-Love is infinite and inexhaustable
-Love is the abscence of fear
-Love is the desire to only bring healing to any situation
-Love is kindness
-Love is grattitude
-Love is the desire and willingness to give and to serve
-Love is the basis of happiness

In the great words of the one and only, genius of all time,  Albert Einstein "LOVE IS THE ANSWER"...period, end of story :O))))

I felt inspired to write this blog because I've come to realize that there is no shortage of people in this world who need love, including you and I.  Love is the purpose of our existance, to feel it, give it, share it and receive it. So, from the bottom of my heart, I love you, whoever and wherever you are.

Peace, love and light Sasha

The power of now!

Too often we
underestimate the
power of a touch,
a smile, a kind word,
a listening ear,
an honest compliment,
or the smallest act of caring,
all which have the potential to
turn a life around

Leo Buscaglia