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every moment is precious

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Last night I went to the most awesome hockey game of all eternity. It went to a suspenseful sudden death shootout of fiery doom, and the team I was cheering for won! We had rink side tickets, directly across from the visiting teams players bench, right along the blue line in the front row. It was the first time I sat in platinum level seating. At the stadium, I gave my ticket to one of the ushers in our section and asked him where I was supposed to sit. He kind of laughed and let us know we were in the wrong area, as if to imply we were way too awesome for the commoner seating area. We were directed to go to some underground magical pathway of glory. I felt like Harry Potter the first time he arrived at Hogwarts School of Wizardry. Ahhh, the beauty of abundance, and I didn’t even need Dumbledore to make it happen. This place was magical, rooms filled with huge LCDs, loaded with alcohol and a large assortment of food. Beautifully renovated with cherry hardwood and private bathrooms and servants. Sushi chefs making fresh sushi for your gluttonous consumption. Ridiculousness. But precious, so precious.

Start of the second period, me and my better half take our seats with beers in hand. He puts his on the ledge and calls his wife. Keep in mind we’re in the first row, and the action has begun. In the platinum level, we are surrounded by suits; exec types, all carbon copies of each other carrying blackberries. The two to our left are diehard hockey fans. They also put their beers on the ledge. My buddy is still talking to his wife as she watches the game at home, trying to see if she can see him on TV. He’s standing up banging against the glass, hoping she sees him as he describes where he is sitting and what is happening on the ice. Dude is like a kid in a candy store. Just as this is happening, on the ice two players head our way and smash each other against the boards right in front of us. I’m sure you know where this is going. All I remember is this slow motion video playing through my eyes. It was like the end of A Perfect Storm. Except it wasn’t ocean water, it was beer. The next thing I remember is seeing the glass covered in beer, and the two diehards and my buddy drenched in even more beer. Our entire section was howling with laughter, including myself. “F%$! That was $50 worth of beer!” one of the diehards shouts. “That’s what the cup holders are for, dumbasses!” someone yells from the peanut gallery. More howling laughter. I am laughing so hard my stomach is hurting. Awesome. Awesomeness deluxe.

Last Friday, I had box suites across the border at a different game. Similar glory times. Free food of deliciousness proportions, unlimited booze. Just enjoying the game, cheering for the visiting team. Sitting beside us, a NHL hall of famer and one of the cities heroes. He was not impressed. Hilarity. Precious, right down to when we got pulled over for a “random” inspection and my buddy had a weapon in his truck. Never a dull moment, those are the moments I live for.

The beauty is in the moment. Walking to work and back is one of my favourite times of day. Surrounded by trees, crunching through the freshly layered snow as the sky unloads more slowflakes, each dancing to the rhythm of its music. I can see my breath in the brisk, chilly wind. Precious. The joy rises when you live in the only place your welcome to live – in the present moment. Every heartache, every death of a loved one, every child’s first words, cherish it. Every moment is precious.

I highly recommend Eckhart Tolle’s book The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment

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detach yourself from attachments

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“The things you own end up owning you.” – Tyler Durden, Fight Club

One of my best buddies in the whole wide world asked me to stop teaching him stuff, in reference to all the awesome value I am bringing here on martywong.com. He then showed me his blackberry which just has a whackload of quotes he’s yanked to keep himself in check. Awesome, awesome. I’ll keep at it, I still have lots more awesomeness to bring.

Last lesson, i spoke of the abundance mentality. In it, I describe that instead of saving your money you should be spending it as that is what a person with wealth abundance would do. However, that is probably not the greatest advice for most people in North America. I don’t remember where I heard this, but North Americans, for the first time in our history, on average spend more then we save. In other words, we are in the negative when it comes to money on average. It blew my mind when I heard this. That’s the reason the economy is all poopy in the first place. Banks giving mortgages out to people who can’t pay them back, and these people buying houses that are out of their budgets and overpriced to begin with. Madness, absolute madness. Then bailouts, oh man worst idea ever. Its this short term thinking that has put things in the pooper in the first place. But I suppose, many people can’t help it. Brainwashed, literally brainwashed we are. Get that fancy car, the big house, that beautiful family, ah the American dream. When I speak of abundance, there is something else critical to that piece of the puzzle; detachment. Because when you become detached from material goods, and live life simply, you will find that the things you thought you wanted, you no longer want. When you detach yourself from outcome, there’s a tendency for the outcome that you were hoping for to naturally occur. And if it doesn’t, no sweat, because we come from abundance, got it?

Chances are, the things you think you need, you probably don’t. The things you thought you wanted, get pretty old after a while. That thing you got that made you happy, doesn’t make you happy anymore. How do I know? Because I’ve been there, done that. I once heard somebody say that you know you have found ultimate happiness when you are in an empty room by yourself and are at complete peace and serenity. I don’t know if that’s true or not, but I’d say that’s a good indication you no longer have any attachments. The most conscious people in our history all carried this detachment trait. Don’t be your average North American, don’t buy that fancy watch and feel guilty you bought it, knowing you could have spent it on something more useful. Buy that watch and enjoy it for what it is, a nice fancy watch. Pay attention though, if it brings you that temporary high, you’ve got some work to do. Let’s not spend recklessly and on unnecessary items, detach from material goods, detach from outcome, and live abundantly. We are not a sum total of our wealth and goods. We are so much more, if only we could see. Are you starting to see?

Life

The Abundance Mentality… and how it can serve you

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Today, the company I work for laid off some people, and sent out a note that we are a strong and awesome company (Read: they are going to lay more off).  I’ve heard this tune before, too many times to be honest.  I think this might be close to the 10th round of layoffs I’ve been a part of.  I’ve seen people I was close to at work, gone the very next day.  Today was no exception.  Truthfully, I’ll probably never see most of these people ever again.  First thing I did was when I heard these people were gone was say a little prayer to them at my desk;  Trust that you will be ok, that’s all you need.  There is already tons of chatter around the office this morning.  People have panic in their eyes and I can’t help but empathize with them.  Wow, how difficult it must be to be living a life trying to dodge bullets!

However, there is another way.  Abundance.  Come from that place, and you will never have to worry about finding a job.  I guarantee myself that if I get laid off, I will take it to the next level.  There is no doubt in my mind.  It will be the best thing for me in that moment in time, because a flood of new doors will have opened for me.  Yes, even in a tanking economy.  Abundance should come from all area of life, including your health, including your relationships, including your outlook.  I will focus on money for the rest of this article.  This year, I have “lost” 10’s of thousands of dollars in my investments.  My father also doesn’t have a job so I am prepared to give him my paycheque if he needs it, and there’s a consumer crazy holiday just around the corner where society deems I am supposed to spend copious amounts of money on gifts.  Am I worried that I’ll run out of money?  Not in the slightest.  The thought hasn’t even crossed my mind.  My mother was yelling at me last night saying how I shouldn’t be so care free about the situation, as she stressed how hard it would be to find another job if I were to be laid off.  (Funny how the layoffs were anounced the very next day. hmm Universe, what are you trying to tell me?).  In these tough economic times, society would tell you to save, save, save.  I, on the other hand, believe in the opposite.  Spend, spend, spend.  I will continue to donate to charity, continue to buy gifts when I feel like it, continue to go see movies, continue to buy my tea and will continue to pay for my rock climbing, yoga, and soon back to bjj membership fees.  Why?  Because I believe in ABUNDANCE, not scarcity. (and you should, too, because it would serve you better).

The Secret is no secret.  This is the Law of Attraction at work here.  When you have the abundance mentality, you can’t help but attract more abundance.  Say I were to lose it all, so what?! Fine, no rock climbing or yoga for a while.  No tea at Starbucks, no movie nights and popcorn, no cell phone.  SO WHAT?!  I’ll still believe in abundance, and it will come.  It will.  Don’t hold onto something because you are scared that if you let go, you’ll lose it.  So what if you do, chances are you will be better off for it, but only if you BELIEVE you will.  You all have heard of that super rich dude who is miserable because they work ridiculous amounts of hours at a job they hate, which has ruined their marriage and their relationship with their kids.  But then there are those Yogi’s in India, that have nothing but the clothes on their bodies and are at incredible peace and happiness.  What would you choose between the two?  Abundance of peace and happiness  with little material goods or abundance of lots of fancy cars with little peace and happiness?  What if we could have both?  We can, and it AIN’T NO SECRET.