Heffalumps "The Mighty Pen..............."

'The Pen is Mightier than the Sword'

'Heffalumps and Woozles' and 'Heffalumps Revisited' were blog posts from 2012
recently they've been getting a lot of attention.
http://fearsltd.blogspot.com/2012/08/heffalumps-and-woozles.html

http://fearsltd.blogspot.com/2012/09/heffalumps-revisited.html

I recently received this email.........

"Did you not think I read those stories? 
The heffalump was in reference to me to mock me,
 after seeing how much weight I had gained."

My response:

 'The Heffalump' and 'Heffalumps Revisited' were about negative body image.

Heffalumps were actually 'dream villans' that haunt Winnie the Pooh in his dreams.

According to Tigger they love honey and always want to steal it. . 

In the end of the dream Pooh wakes up eats some honey and says

 'what a wonderful dream'

The back story is,

 When your in a relationship your in a 'mental fog' seeing things your way.

Like Poohs dream when you wake up, or your over 'it'

 everything is OK cause all the negative shit was in your head anyway.

In my story the honey is my happiness,

 If you're the heffalump that would imply you were trying to steal

 my happiness (honey), by haunting my dreams.

 In the end Pooh woke up and was happy in spite of 'the Heffalump'

Years later Christopher Robin told 'Pooh

 it was all in his head and that Heffalumps didn't even exist.

purple mountain majesties

For purple mountains majesty

above the fruited plain !
America! America! God shed His grace on thee,

And crown thy good with brotherhood

From sea to shining sea!

Develop an attitude of gratitude

and give thanks everything that happens to you,know that every step forward is a step toward achieving something bigger and better than your current situation.

-brian tracey-

It's important that you use adversity as an “energy force”

 to dig deep down into your spirit to do things more effectively !
If you understand how adversity works you realize..
when adversity occurs it's time to challenge your mind
to reach higher heights !

Negative body image, Crippling debt,

 losing a job, at love or in the ring  .....

Every adverse situation you face creates an opportunity 

if you believe it to be so !

Remember in your heart and mind,

adversity makes you stronger....not weaker !!

Regular training, reading, exploring our amazing country

 all help me keep my eye on the prize.

Reminds me of something my dad used to say,

"Times are tough all over."

I guess this was supposed to remind me,

 to have an attitude of gratitude

 and that the grass wasn't greener....

I guess it could be worse, 

I once knew someone who would say,

 "this to shall pass"

Well I sure hope not !!!

Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love,

 grace and gratitude. 

We must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to just utter words,

but to live by them.