Anything you can do I can do better. No you can’t, yes I can! I feel like singing this every time I hear my two daughters fighting, trying to one up each other… and then there are the facebook status… about My competitor stole my idea or There is a fine line between “inspired by” and “copied” .

I feel the same way some days– when I see one of our babies (that’s what I call my ideas) and someone else takes it on. It has happened with tag lines, business practices, images, little things we have been known in the industry to have first implemented. And yes, it pisses me off.

Breathe, Asha. Breathe.

I get so upset that people cannot have their own fresh ideas and have to just blatantly take someone else’s, or even better, they take their ideas, switch a couple of things, and then call it their own. It’s aggravating, isn’t it?

But the question is… why am I so upset? Really? Why? Because I think I can’t come up with new ones? Because I live in such a lack mentality that in fact, if they take from me, it means I will have less? What is my bag with this whole thing?

I’m sure I could write a pretty self- rightious blog about how this is BS that people “steal” ideas from each other. But, really, where does that get me? Feeling more resentment, anger, and lack of trust in the Universe and my ability to constantly be creating.

So, I’m ready for a new spin on this… want to join me?

How about if we look at our ideas as vehicles to the Divine, and some of us are meant to birth them and others are meant to raise our babies, or even make them into their own and give them new names & new clothes?  What if some of us have the role of creating, and others the role of evolving ideas.

What if some of us are living our divine path by being trend setters, and other people are just not capable of coming up with anything new.

What if instead of being pissed, we extended a friendly hello and said, “love what you did with it– glad it inspired you”, and what if those who copy say, “idea inspired by…..”

Can we live in a world where there is MORE THAN ENOUGH for all– or even better there is overflowing amounts for anyone.

And there really is no need to waste our time being upset. Damn, if you are gifted in creating all the time, how lucky are you!!! And those who can recognize your genius are going to come forth. Sometimes we will be rewarded financially, other times it will be pat in the back. Remember your genius and remember that sometimes other like to copy a genius.

I mean don’t we all want peace? I bet Gandhi would be pleased if we copied him.

Let’s focus on what we are creating, and let’s open our hearts to those who are inspired by our creation. Intention & Integrity are the key.

Inspired by conversations with the very talented Jessica Robinson & and our pal Abhishek Scariya– thanks for inspiring this very deep internal dialogue for me guys!

My husband and I have been on a good streak. You know the kind where you laugh, have fun together, nothing bothers the other, you have sex, it’s all great, really.

And then, I broke the spell. Damn me! I was processing some heavy crap about why part of me does not want to bring movement into my life, and he was the wrong man at the wrong time, and so in front of the wrong woman.

I had, what they call Emotional (or Amygdala) highjacking. Where your emotions (usually associated with fear or anxiety) take over, and the neocortex, the rational part, just is silent.

Yes, indeed if you have observed two actors, one playing Amygdala and one Frontal Lobe (reasoning and self control). Amygdala makes a spectacle and Frontal lobe is paralyzed. Nothing to say, except letting Amygdala run it’s course.

Hey, I’m not saying Amygdala does not have the right to be upset, but Emotional highjacking can be dangerous. Let’s face it, it broke my “Getting along with my spouse” streak, and even before Love day (Valentine’s day in Asha speak).

So, the emotion had something to say, and something in the midst of processing. I wished I would have gone to take a shower (my personal spa) and after all those sweet days we had, I wish I would not have broken our streak.

I will say it again (in case you didn’t know I said it last week)…. Emotions have very important information, AND they don’t have the right to take all the power.

Can we live in a space of honoring both Emotion and Reason?

I continue my practice….

Journey– life is such a journey, isn’t it? You go in one direction and then the Universe moves you to another direction. How I weave through the obstacles and re-directions of the river of life determines how much I enjoy the swim.

I know so many people that have dreams in their back burner, and then get to a point where they give up. I don’t know about you, but I know I’m a little impatient. I want things to materialize NOW, and when they don’t, well, I can see how some give up. This blog is such a testament to how life is a journey- that it can change, morph, continue, discontinue, and I have choice whether I want to keep at it or not.

I choose to keep at it, because I love to write. I love to share the little things I learn in every day life, and I love to be able to share. It is my hope (and Hope is the meaning of my name) that you are inspired to keep holding your dreams as a possibility, and allow for times of inaction with grace, and stay open to times of action with fervor.

Hope Stories that’s what this is about….

Thanks for tuning in! And I hope you join me for the long swim- subscribe, join my Fan Page on Facebook, and say hi every once in a while!

Asha