The Questrist

The Questrist Journey (Day 1)

Hello all.  I would like to thank you for joining me in my adventure.  My meaning is that this post represents the first day of the real rest of my life.  I have spent much of my life searching for something.  What that something is still remains to be uncovered.  However, at least at this moment and time I can say that I have a direction. I know that I have a purpose and that purpose includes assisting others.  I want to help wherever I can.  I have a lot of life experience, I have spent a lot of time watching and observing behaviors in others and I have always had a way with words.  I am very passionate about helping others by way of inspiration, motivation, and by providing good solid honest advise or simply helping in the ability to navigate through ones problems. 

There are many things that help to formulate who we are as individuals, our views of others and the world for which we live.  Some of the things that come to mind for me would be family (immediate and extended), our backgrounds, education, jobs, and things of the like.  What makes us believe in our own personal views, our fears, and perceptions of all things that exist in the world and beyond?  Would not one of the most logical explanations be our parents, our teachings, and possibly our experiences?  This blog marks the beginning of my noted journey of healing for oneself and the sharing of my dreams, life reservations, and personal experiences while also helping those who need it to work on life fulfillment and daily challenges.

Why do we often attempt to hide or minimize the very things that are often most obvious?  We try to hide our fears, we try to hide our failures, insecurities and feelings of inadequacies yet often to no avail. Who I am, I often ask myself and when I look at the person in the mirror I often do not recognize the person that is looking back at me.  My meaning is that I have allowed life’s pressures to take away from me that which belongs solely to me and that is my identity--my true identity.  I allowed depression to rob me of the pleasures of and in life.  I allowed my fears to wrap a protective coat around me.  I have allowed family obligation to take from me my dreams and aspirations, yet today I feel more in control of my life today then I every have, but I am not quite there yet.  I will go further in depth with the previously mentioned in future postings.  This journey will help others because I recognize many of my own personal issues and challenges as a common themes with others as well.  I spend a lot of my time listening to other people experiences and counseling others (personally and professionally) and I understand that by helping myself and sharing my knowledge and experience that there are many people that can be provided assistance.  In addition, much of my life has been spend observing behavioral patterns and being a problem solver.

So you might be wondering what this blog will be about?  This blog will be about getting over and/or effectively dealing with depression.  We will talk about dealing with daily life stressors more effectively.  In addition, we will talk about just about everything that is and can be a hurdle in life.  The purpose of this blog is to let others know that they are not in it alone and when we as humans recognize that there are others dealing with the same old stuff it often help us to get over those issues that seem impossible to get past.  Please do not have an expectation for perfection because there will be typos.  Thanks for listening...

Smell the Roses

You know often times, as humans, there is an extreme oversight of those things that truly make life worth living. There are thoughts that with all of the hustle and bustle, we tend to forget to be appreciative of the small stuff. I have to admit that there are many times that I find myself complaining about every little thing that goes wrong. There are a lot of times we fall short of the acknowledgement to be mindful of what we have. Decent health, the ability to walk, run, laugh, see, and other things are things that are often taken for granted daily. Why do we have the need or even the belief that life should be close to perfect? We know that we are alive and learning when we feel the pain, difficulty and discomfort associated with simply being human. I went to the gym the other day and worked out for only a short period of time. I complained mentally the entire time. After my workout, I went out to sit down and wait for my workout partner. While waiting I continued to listen to my music on my iPod. For some reason my thoughts were focused on two young guys that were completing a mat work out. I was admiring the dedication that they displayed towards their workouts and wished that I had the same level of dedication. The next thing that I saw warmed my heart and allowed me to experience, if only for a couple of hours, a very high level of appreciation for life and my personal gifts and abilities. You know, as humans we get so caught up in life that we get numb with regards to our feelings. We do not have the time because we are focused on the things that must be done and getting to our next destination. Anyway, I noticed that one of these young men had an inhaler. I know that people live a full and happy life with asthma, but I thought to myself that I wish that I could be half as dedicated as his young man who had this challenge in front of him, yet he did not allow this challenge to stop him. My message is to take the time and smell the roses, and do not just let life pass you by. Live in the moment!

The Questrist Journey (Day 2)

There has always been a belief that life is about the pursuit of the truth.  The Questrist by definition means to be a pursuer; a seeker.  For the creator of “The Questrist” that pursuit would be of happiness; happiness for oneself and also assisting others to realize their own personal happiness or truth.

In this life there is a strong belief that we as people should be in the continual pursue of the truth.  There is also a belief that complete truth is more than can be expected to attain in a lifetime, but truth none the less is an extreme aspect of life.  My meaning is that truth comes in many forms.  It comes in the form of self realization, truthfulness, honesty, ethics and values, genuineness, compassion, living with in ones means, believing in oneself and others, and things of the like.  Thank you for listening…