Just A Thought

In respect to nature, have you ever noticed there's no struggle? When you observe nature at work, grass grows without expending any effort. Flowers bloom in season, die and wait for the next season to bloom again without a struggle and just as beautiful as before. Birds fly because that's what they do, freely, effortlessly and trees stand tall extending their branches and roots far and wide with colorful leaves in full bloom with the least amount of effort. Everything in nature operates within it's intellectual field consistently and effortlessly. My thought, what's up with mankind? Why is it that most of humanity struggle to manifest their dreams? One writer said " It is our intrinsic nature to manifest our dreams into physical form easily and effortlessly". I'm finding out some amazing truths concerning this issue and I use the word issue loosely. I've launched my own re-read campaign as there is always more enlightenment every time I read it. It's an amazing life enhancement book titled The Seven Spiritual Laws To Success by Deepak Chopra. I recall studying these laws about 4 years ago, around about the time when I began my journey to discovering my true self without public expectations. However it's taken me 3 years to rid myself of learned behavior and open my mind to other truths. Might want to pick it up, extremely excellent read. Just a thought for the thought box. Bamazing. Living my best life, taylorhyll

Living My Best Life: AAF Living in Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan is a tad bit different in comparison to the last country I lived in for five months. I’ve been here almost a month and I haven’t ventured out much, that has a lot to do with the transportation system here, I've yet to grasp it. Unlike Japan with their elaborated rail infrastructure traveling everywhere FAST, I haven't seen anything on that scale here in Almaty, at least not yet. One thing they do have a lot of are cars. Toni and I have a driver, a really nice guy, however he scares the ba-gee-zees out of us every time we have to travel somewhere. This dude makes up his own lane! Comes within inches of side swiping other cars and drives at the speed of sound! I’m constantly looking for a seat belt every time I get in the vehicle and in his Russian accent he kindly saids “you don’t have to put on seat belt only I do”. I’m thinking what? Here’s another interesting thing about Almaty, if you have a car you can operate as a taxi! That's right! First time we went out with a guide, she said we’ll take a taxi. I’m thinking “ok cool”. Using the the universal hand signal she proceeds to hail a taxi and low and behold a common car pulls over to the curb! Once again I'm thinking “WHAT-da”! She said something to him in Russian next thing I knew we were off and rolling, he too was making up his own lane. Of course Toni and I will never do this by ourselves in our minds that’s hitchhiking, more important we are in another country, enuff said. I must say when it comes to catching a taxi there is an amazing level of trust in this society, something extremely unique and honorable. Another interesting component is the absence of people of color and I’m talking Black people. Everywhere we go, we’re on display. I previously mentioned it in my vlog on my YouTube page (you can copy and paste this in your URL to check out my vid http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TtYLgxNDW-w&noredirect=1). Penetrating stares follow me everywhere, brings back memories of my stint in Japan. However I learned from my time in Osaka and Tokyo you dismantle all of the above by saying “hello” in their language. It catches them off guard every time. Sometimes I walk away smiling, other times shaking my head. Totally different environment in comparison to my visit to the motherland back in 2006 what a refreshing experience. As well as London and Paris where there is an enormous African and black Caribbean population in those cities. And finally, what I believe is most important is my positive representation. Since most African Americans as well as Africans don't venture to this side of the world, let alone live here, most Russians and Kazich’s have never had a one on one experience with us. It wouldn't surprise to know that most of the population here only sees what outside mainstream media wants them to see and most of that is negative. With that in mind, I remind myself daily that I’m representing my people. I will smile when my ego wants to showcase a glaring frown at another looky loo. I will speak kind words when my ego would rather flip someone off or something close to it. I will show love when I sense hatred. On the flip side, myself along with Toni have also had encounters with individuals who are so receptive and delighted to come in contact/interact with African Americans and that too is refreshing. Almaty, Kazakhstan is a beautiful city boasting 2 million people with an amazingly beautiful mountain region that surrounds the city, absolutely breath taking. I wake up every morning, glance out my window to an amazing array of mountains, some snow capped others icy blue as tall (some taller) and majestic as Mt. Rainier. I love it. Final thought, just so no one gets it twisted my work environment is top notch. I don't regret one moment taking on this experience, its birthing my true self, my divinity. The care and attention that trickles down from upper management to domestic engineers (maid service)and everyone in between have been genuine. Whatever myself or Toni needs they make it happen, making us feel as comfortable as possible. We are treated like nubian queens. And did I mention that its a 5 star business hotel... yeah living my best life. (AAF= African American Female)

Living Your Best Life

Living my best life for the rest of my life is my new mantra, my song. I'm blogging again YAY! and it feels great! Kinda like I'm destined to do this,for how long, don't know, right now it's very therapeutic and I'm going with that! For those of you who may not know or haven't been checking me out on The Book, Facebook that is, I am traveling again, this time my Plymouth Rock landing has taken me to the country of Asia a place called Almaty,Kazakhstan. I googled the distance between my homestead, Seattle, Washington to Almaty and it gave me 6,075 miles. I thought, no way! so I did my own calculations and it went something like this: Seattle to Frankfurt Germany 5,075, Frankfurt to Almaty 2,900 so yeah a good 8,000 miles away from home! And I've felt every mile as it has taken me close to 2 weeks to readjust my body time clock. (Alright, Alright enough already taylorhyll they get it)! There is so much I desire to share with you concerning my journey as it continues to expand outside my beloved homeland. I'm thinking it's gonna take a few episodes to share my story I'm hoping you'll go the distance, trust me you won't regret it. For starters I'm not going to bore you with a plethora of mini dissertations, my aim is to keep you coming back to enjoy a short and interesting good read, a few jelly belly laughs and something for the thought box. Short is the operative word here (smiling). So I begin with a quote from one of my favorite author's Deepak Chopra from his book The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success it goes something like this: "Whether you like it or not, everything that is happening at this moment is a result of the choices you've made in the past. Unfortunately, a lot of us make choices unconsciously, and therefore we don't think they are choices--and yet, they are". Perhaps you're saying "yeah, yeah heard all that before taylorhyll"! And you probably have, yet you did nothing with it. As I totally embrace the moments of my new journey, I feel compelled to bring you along and if you're open, to also enlighten you with information that I've been exposed to that has been the catalyst in enlarging my territory. In the last 4 years I've experienced some amazing growth in my personal life. I've been exposed to new friends (YAY!) new opportunities those I've dreamt of that are now my reality and additional opportunities that just came with the new territory. I'm convinced that if you're open to new ideas which really aren't new and open to new thoughts, meaning changing the way you look at things, it can and will bring positive movement in your life, it's a matter of choice, your choice. You can choose to be open to new thought processes or not it's ok, choose what's best for you. And let's not get this twisted, this is not an I'm right you're wrong kind of forum, only an exchange of thoughts and ideas that are the power source to manifesting our individual realities, what I call the thoughts become things clause. So until next time, Bamazing!