Monday Storytelling: I took a road trip

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I believe there is a constant war going on in our soul. It’s the war between shrinking back or rising up to the challenges that come our way. One day I took a much need road trip because this war was just becoming a little too much for me. I needed to get away and figure things out.

You see, I’m normally someone who doesn’t have the best habits or discipline; however, lately, I’ve been doing really well. I have a couple of awesome jobs I really like. On top of that, I’m pursuing my dreams and using my gifts and talents. Things are going great. When things go great, I notice that I sometimes I want to change things up. I don’t get this.

I’m also someone who likes to control things and I wanted to figure out why I do this so I can eliminate this problem in my life. In essence, I wanted to figure out a formula to control life. Because truth is, life can be messy. If you don’t experience struggle or hardship in life, you’re probably living life in a bubble and not growing, challenging, and reaching your potential.

The thing is: “There is no solution to life. The only way to go through life is to live it. To go through the ups and downs and learn from it. @LnLRevolution.” To grow into knowing more and more of yourself, so you can learn to master your weaknesses and capitalize on your strengths.

I wrote this song, War, after my road trip. Once I realized I couldn’t figure out how to avoid the struggle, pain, and drama in life, I realized that’s just life…we experience struggle, pain, and drama. However, I’m not going to leave it there because that’s not the main point.

The main point is that we can decide to either shrink back or rise up to the challenge to whatever life throws our way. We are more powerful than we think and if we decide to use the powerful spirit and mind we all have, we can win this war in life by becoming stronger and wiser and becoming exactly the amazing and talented person we were meant to be.

Lyrics to the song:

Another day the sun is rising
Hit the road
Turn on my tune
On the radio

Wide open space feel like I’m free
Hit the gas
No place to go
Just drive to anywhere

Taking time
Need a break from myself
There’s a war inside
Ready to break out again

This war
Will last all of my life
Need a way to getaway
From the insanity

Woah…there’s a war inside my very soul
Woah…constant drama for the rest of my life

I’ve wondered what is wrong with me
Am I going crazy
Losing it
Or acting out

They told me it’s all in my mind
Go to bed
When you wake up
It will all be fine

But all hell broke loose for me
All my guts
Spilled on the floor
Could not contain myself

I said there she goes again
Here’s to the cycle
Of the circus
Playing in my mind

Monday Storytelling: Hope in times of hopelessness

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Today I wanted to share the story behind my song Things Will Change. I wrote it about a couple of months ago when I was just going through a rough patch. We all go through those, we all get through it, yet when we’re in that moment, it’s hard to think that things will change.

During that time, I believe I was just struggling getting through the everyday. I pride myself in being someone who is positive and let’s nothing get her down. I do allow myself moments to just let it all out when I need to, and then I try to get back to the swing of things. I let myself do that and then I needed to remember how to get back to things.

I realized that I just had to get up, go to work, and keep on going even if I didn’t feel like it. Feelings come and go, they don’t last, so they don’t have to have the last say. Another thing was I had to exercise my ability to have hope. I take things like having hope and faith for granted sometimes, and I realized I just needed to believe that things will change. So in the meantime, I wrote this song at that time to help me get through the moment, let my feelings out, and have hope at the same time. Hopefully this story can help anyone going through a rough patch.

Here are the lyrics:

If it means anything
I keep on going
Even if I don’t want to

If it means anything
I try to smile
Even when I don’t feel good

Cause I know
Things always turn around
When you least expect it to

Even when I doubt
Without a doubt
Things turn around eventually

If it means anything
I hold onto hope
When hopelessness sinks in

If it means anything
I find my hands together
Praying for a sign

Things will change
I’ll feel good

I love to sing! Make The Switch: Framework on how to do the things you love

Hey Everyone!

I love to sing and write songs. Here’s one of my recent songs called “The Best Thing.” At the end of the video, I talk about a framework I used on how to do the things I love as my life’s work. We’re coming across a time where the time has come to do your life’s work. “Just getting a job” no longer applies.

Every single person has a specific purpose to fulfill in their life

Each and every single person, no matter their background, past failings, or level of confidence, has a specific purpose to fulfill in their life. The easy part is that you’ve already been given the gifts, talents, and mind to accomplish that purpose. You’ve had it all along ever since you were born. The hard part knowing that and then making the switch. In the framework, you will learn about the truth of how important your hearts desires are and how to make that switch. I focus on how to make that switch, first in your mind, and then in what you do because it is the hardest thing to do. There are so many people who already know what they love and what they would like their life’s work to be, but haven’t made the switch. It’s understandable because there are so many roadblocks and fears associated with it. Many of which are unnecessary, but  have been led to falsely believe them.

Now is the time

Now is the time. You can make the switch. I wish you the best. I want to see a world where people have come alive because they are fulfilling their life’s purpose. No purpose is better than the other, no life’s work is better than the other. What you truly love and desire is  crucial data on what your life’s work is. When you make the switch, you’ve already made the world a better place.

How to get the free copy of the complete Make The Switch Framework

Follow the link below. You will be directed to my online store where you can download the framework for free. You will receive a free mp3 of the introduction of the framework and a free PDF of the complete framework. You will learn about the 5 things you need to know to make the switch.

http://jamiepennelly.bandcamp.com/album/make-the-switch-framework