SiscoVanilla Hits The Bricks

While some situations can be tough for us all, often it isn't what we do that makes it easy but how we look at it is what solves the issue. If you look at it negatively, then you set yourself up for the harder road. In turn, if you try to find the positive in the situation, you can find ways to resolve your issues. Bad enough we are going through things, but its even worse if we just choose to dwell on the bad. Change your outlook and inject some positivity into your lives. Until Then Keep Stepping, #SiscoVanilla #SiscoVanillaIsStepping #SiscoVanillaHitsTheBricks

Ah, the bane of many a person has once again arrived: Monday morning. For those of you who are complaining that Monday is here and are lamenting the end of your weekend, keep in mind you had a weekend. I'm currently on my eight work day in a row with one more tomorrow night before being off for ONE day on Wednesday. It could be worse. How so??? I could be unemployed and have NO jobs. So realize when you complain, that it can always be worse. But instead of viewing Monday through a negative lens, look at it positively. As a day that you can start whatever it might be that you have wanted to begin. It could be a work project, school assignment or a personal endeavor. You can start it today, building on the rest and relaxation that you had during weekend. While Monday's are just one of seven days we have available to us, it could be as valuable (if not more so) as Friday, Saturday or Sunday. You just have to look at it the right way and use it to your advantage. You do you. ...

Check out what the image above states: Mindset Is What Separates The Best From The Rest. I firmly believe that this is 100% true. Obviously everyone isn't the same. We don't always get the same opportunities as the next person. Actually, we might have had more go our way than the next person. But at the same time, that next person might be in a better place than you or even me. I attribute that to having the proper state of mind IN ADDITION TO the hard work that one has to put in to get there. Thinking positive is all well and dandy but if you sit on your ass all day and do nothing to improve yourself, no matter what you dream up you ain't going anywhere. On the flip side, you can work 120 hours a week but if you have a shitty mindset and a negative attitude concerning yourself, you won't go as far as you should or could. Set your mind to the right frequency coupled with your blood, sweat and tears to get to where you want to get to in life. It really is that s...

These combination of quotes by Reverend Charles R. Swindoll really are true. How we approach our day has everything to do with how we are feeling. If we start shitty, then we'll carry that shitiness throughout the day and affect those around us. Now it's easier said than done to start the day "Hunky Dory" or "Peachy Keen," but it really does behoove us to try and start our days in a positive manner. Outside forces can put up obstacles and roadblocks, but do try to not let anything derail us as we make our way through our day. Have a great day folks. Until Then Keep Stepping, #SiscoVanilla #SiscoVanillaIsStepping #SiscoVanillaHitsTheBricks

It starts with your POV. If you are mopey, down on yourself and are a regular negative Nelly, then that's what you are going to attract. Change how you see not only the things around you but how you see yourself from negative to positive and you'll see how everything around you changes in the same ways. Positivity > Negativity all the way. What are some ways that you all try to maintain a positive focus in your daily lives. Let me know in the comment box. Until Then Keep Stepping, #SiscoVanilla #SiscoVanillaisStepping #SiscoVanillaHitsTheBricks

Since I posted something earlier today for Transformation Tuesday, this post seems to be apropos. It seems as if everywhere I go, people are recommending audiobooks to me. At the café and at the bar, people are telling me how listening to audio books have changed their lives in terms of being able to "read" books that they normally would not have been able to physically read.  In the past I tried to listen to audio books and found that it wasn't my "cup of tea." But not to be closeminded, I downloaded the Libby app to my phone and downloaded the following book: 101 Ways to Transform Your Life by Dr. Wayne W. Dyer has been very easy to listen to and to follow. Now I am still currently digesting all 101 affirmations and I promise to post on all of them in future posts. But for this post, I wanted to talk about one of the things that stood out to me from almost the beginning. Dr. Dyer, who passed away in 2015, stated that we aren't a body with a so...

This is a perfect statement attributed to Audrey Hepburn for this Saturday August 11, 2018. Even if you are off, take the day to do the shit you've always wanted to do. Don't rest on your laurels because it is the weekend. As the image says, Nothing is Impossible. You want to do something, put the time and effort in getting it done. Have a great day folks. Rock on!!!! Until Then Keep Stepping, #SiscoVanilla #SiscoVanillaisStepping #SiscoVanillaHitsTheBricks

Today I'm throwing you folks a two-fer for this Tuesday morning. Yes, we are all going through shit in our lives. Sometimes its physical, spiritual, emotional even financial. And these events can be ongoing over a long period of time. I know, if fucking blows. But the key to dealing with these events is to do so while on the right footing. To be positive and try to change our circumstances requires not only the effort of ones actions, the proverbial and actual blood, sweat and tears, but also the power of positive thinking. If you start the day with negative thoughts, all you are going to do is carry that negativity around like a heavy anchor. Shit happens. Combat it with positivity. Start your day with a positive thought, a positive affirmation or a method of positive reinforcement. Give yourself the chance to tackle the day head on. Doing so in a negative fashion only dooms your to failure and further negativity. Give it a try. Let me know how it works for you. Have a gre...