Accept what Happend

Hi There

Finding compassion for other people is much easier than finding yourself some compassion!!!

This week I want us… and believe me I need this for myself!!! I want us… To accept ourselves. I want us to accept that we did not choose this. We got thrown into this Lockdown.

To be honest, it is getting to me now… I was positive and understanding. I was motivated and sure that we will get through this. I don’t feel so positive, understanding and motivated… I feel like I lost myself to this Covid Madness. I feel like I need to change my whole approach to life and I do not want to accept THAT. I want to ACCEPT myself and I want to ACCEPT that change was forced upon me and that I was not in control of this.

I also want to be compassionate towards my attitude and adaption towards what happened. I also want to remember it is not just me but the whole world!

Keep Moving

Jean-Marie’ Roux

#NeverStopMoving

The hated M word!

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Hi There

I want to talk about the M word.

The M word is so big and touches our lives in every single way. We live by it’s rules even tough “we” can not control it; can control our exposure to it. We feel judged by it, but we “allow ” it.

Personally I believe the M word and all it encompasses can be used for good and I’ll be honest I use it. I am using it now…. Know what the M word is yet? I mean in our modern world I think we will not be able to go without it. Or am I also being deceived by its allure?

I am merely just pointing out that it brings out more “bad” in us as “good”I am also referring to how it works on our self esteem and awareness. It makes us shallow and petty in my experience. Now don’t get me wrong. I am also woven in with the M word. I participate and sometimes get caught up in it just like everybody else!

My Question is if we are in control of it; why do we allow it so much power over us? Why do we cave to it’s demands?

Know what the M word is? Comment below with your thoughts and also if you agree with my assessment.

Thank You

Keep Moving !

Jean-Marié Roux

The Power of HOPE

Hi There

Why is HOPE so Powerful? With HOPE you are in control. Someone can give you HOPE but NO one can take it away. YOU lose HOPE, NO one takes it from you. Yes they can make it hard for you. But they can not take it away from you.

So when you are down or things get hard. Remember YOU can HOPE against all HOPE and that makes you Powerful.

I wrote this before Covid-19. I still feel the same and think we all need HOPE. To be honest we probably need it now more than ever. Covid 19 changed everything. I am not yet sure how I feel about that When I do I’ll share it with you. My whole outlook on 2020 has changed. But we still have HOPE. The whole world has endured pain and We all want and need it to end! ~ Post Covid editing

Keep Moving

#2020Manifest

Jean- Marié Roux

#2019Aware

Hi There

Last year I learnt so much. I became aware of so much about my behaviour. Which is good, because I am in control of how I act or react. I can not control how I feel… But I get to choose how I react and what I present to the world.

This gives me the privacy of my being and it makes me understand my weakness and my difficulties. Remember we are a product of our upbringing. But we have the ability to overcome this and become who WE want to be. This is my SUPER POWER. I will not be what people want me to be. I will be who I am and how I want to be.

#2019Aware taught me and showed me where I still need some work… But also made me comfortable with parts of me that is different and that I love about me. Sometimes there are not easy answers and context matters.As long as YOU can provide substance to your reasoning, nothing else matters.

Keep Moving

Jean-Marie’ Roux

Self-care… Being Selfless

Hi There

I want to share something very personal. The reason I am sharing this is because it was brought to my attention that the change that I went through was so profound that people in my life noticed. Some wanted to know what happened. I also hope that I can help someone who was like me. I can help someone reach the piece of themselves where they can see they have worth.

In the famous words of Julie Andrews : “Let’s start at the very beginning, a very good place to start…”

I did not like myself. I did not think I have any value.There was nothing of worth in my being. I was worthless. I was only as good as the works I can do for others, especially if I loved them. I was trying to be this version of me that was just unattainable. I ALWAYS fell short. It was EXHAUSTING!! I was tired ALL THE TIME. I was never TRULY happy or even content. I did not know who and what I am.

I was a good person, I did everything for everyone. I went out of my way for everyone. I rarely said no and I tried to make everything better for everyone… ALL THE TIME!!! Do yu think there was anyone doing this for me? NOOOOOOOO!!! If I asked for something it was usually taken with annoyance. Like I have no needs… How can I want something?

Being tired drains the life out you… I was tired of being tired. This is when I decided to start taking care of myself. The concept was hard for me to grasp. To me it meant I should be conceited, self absorbed, arrogant… O I can go on… But It Is NOT!!!!

Self-care means to take care of yourself so that you can take care of others!!! To have the energy to be a great wife! To laugh more and be a light to everyone around you. It is to exercise and take care of your body, mind and soul to be the best version of YOU to then reach and teach the people around you to do the same and be happy!! It really is that simple. By embracing self-care you automatically become a person people want to be around and the amount of QUALITY you bring to their environment can change their lives!!

Taking care of yourself is the most SELFLESS thing you can do for the people around you!! You have more to give and YOU enjoy it!!! Everyone WINS with SELF-CARE.

I urge you to start taking care of yourself and see how better you make the life around you. If not for you then do it for your kids, your husband, your family and friends!!

Keep Moving !!

Keep Taking Care Of YOU

#NeverStopMoving #NeverStopBeingAware #2019Aware

Jean-Marie’ Roux

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Is This All That I Am… All I can Be?

Hi There

Today has been tough. I am angry at myself. I can not understand why I just can’t do what I want to. Why is it that something so simple seems and is physically HARD for me to do? Am I bad?? Am I THAT bad?? No one else seems to struggle like me… Am I that WEAK???

Through my journey of learning I’ve learnt to forgive myself to be compassionate to MYSELF. I am just human… And even if I have high expectations of myself, I also need to know myself. By knowing or better said being aware of my inner being. Who I Am, the WHOLE me. I can change and become the ME I want to.

I am still hard on myself, BUT I WILL NOT BE WEAK… There is more to me and I CAN and WILL be SUCCESSFUL!! Where I fall short like today I will be compassionate but NOT complacent. I will get out of this and forgive myself to carry on and be the ME PI want to be.

It is time to stop being my worst enemy, harshest judge and become my best ally and cheerleader.

Am I the only one who feels like this?

Please let me know

Keep Moving!

#2019Aware

Jean-Marie’ Roux

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www.patreon.com/NeverStopMoving

A Letter Of Forgiveness

I forgive you for…

Hi There

I have been given the opportunity to write a letter or letters of forgiveness. Letters that will never be sent and will only ever be seen by me. Why? You ask? What is the Reason or what is the goal?

This was done for me… Forgiveness is never for the person who needs it . It is to free us from the hold that person has on us, fairly or not. This experience and yes it was an experience! Taught me how I still held some resentment towards them. How it affected my life in a bad way! They still had a bit of control over me!

I started slow… Wanted to make it a good letter… Thanking them. telling them I loved them and appreciated what they did for me… Then I got stuck… How can I now say by the way I forgive you for A,B,C….X,Y,Z…. Yeah… That did not fly…

So I started with I forgive you for….

And O My WORD…. Did it ALL pour out!!! I went in detail and for the first time I could articulate my feelings with no disruptions. When I was done I was surprised at what I said, how some things affected me to this day! After writing the letters I could also rationalize the situation. Have better perceptions of why this happened, I could sympathize more and be more compassionate towards them that hurt me. They did not always hurt me out of spite but to be honest out of ignorance.

For the first time I could listen to these people and really HEAR what they are saying, by being more compassionate and not just trying to respond. I had no residual “blocks” or defense mechanisms towards them. I was free from the old holds!

I highly encourage you to try it!! Not for them but for you because you deserve to be free!! In every capacity.

Let me know if you ever did this and what was your experience?

Thank You

Keep Moving

Jean-Marie’ Roux

Eleutheromania

Hi There

This month’s word is a beautiful one. I believe we all have this inherently. We all strive for freedom. It is one of the things that bring us together as Humans!

Our culture, surroundings and upbringing causes that our Eleutheromania is different. We all have this inherent picture of what freedom is. We know what it means, but it means different for all of us!

With freedom comes choices and with that comes responsibility. Freedom is not free, it cost something.

This month let us eleutheromania to get free from ourselves. Free from what is getting in our way and dragging us down! Even if it is our own preconceived ideas about ourselves!

Thank You

Keep Moving !!

Jean- Marie’ Roux

Being My Own Worst Enemy

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Hi There

Do you ever think that maybe you are not where you want to be because YOU are in your own way in some shape or form? Why is it easy to look for extrinsic causes than intrinsic? Is it really just me that feels like this?

I am my own enemy! Sometimes I am not even aware that I am. But it amazes me that I am still in my own way. It just reaffirms to me that we need to do introspection as much as possible. We change and our environment has impacts on us even if we are not immediately aware of it. This is not a bad thing… But I do think it is a something we to not place enough importance on.

We can not change what we do not know. Thus we should investigate ourselves regularly and KNOW what WE WANT, WHY WE WANT IT and WHO WE ARE. Because the reasons change and we change and what we want change.

Today, I needed to take responsibility for being in my own way, for being my own worst enemy without really consciously knowing it. I made excuses and I lost my passion. I almost gave my self a fatal wound!

I am the only one who can account for my life and what I have and had done with it. ME, MYSELF and I. I would rather be my own cheerleader, champion, best friend and motivator than keeping myself down without even knowing it or knowing why.

I am changing this today. I need some introspection and changing my enemy to my greatest Ally!!

Keep Introspecting

Keep Evolving

Keep Being Aware

Keep Moving

Jean-Marie’ Roux

Strikhedonia

Hi There!

This month’s word is Strikhedonia and I think it follows perfectly with last months word: Sophrosyne. Having a healthy state of minds means sometimes we must just: Let it go! Yes even Disney says so!! So it MUST be true!!

We can not be in control of everything. We can not say yes to everything!

So for this month lets say strikhedonia to the uncontrollable and continue on our journey to sophrosyne!!

I love words!! Just look how smart and almost mysterious it sounds!! Any way I think it is important to grow and expanding our vocabulary is part of growing, evolving into YOU !

Until next Time

Keep Moving!!

Jean-Marie’ Roux