SOAPBOX® mini-motivation: the Olympic spirit

Posted on July 30, 2012 by admin

“The fruit of the spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control.” ~ Paul, Galatians 5:18

Step back and consider what I am about to boldly propose: The Olympic Games Are Not About The Sports.

And if that statement were absolutely true, then what do all these athletes, competitions, awards, presentations, stories and histories represent? Perhaps, the answer is as simple as one word: SPIRIT.

The media mesmerizes with the phrase “Olympic spirit” yet fails to define it …only to don all elite competitors with virtual crowns for us commoners to bow to. Alas, the media fumbles and fails to truly uplift beyond its prescribed two weeks of showcasing. And upsettingly does such every four years. Oh, but not an ounce of hope can be lost! For all citizens of all nations can pick up the torch and pass it to one another…each and every day, sharing the hope that we all have a spirit alive and glowing within us…driving us to breathe and strive and do and love and try and give and triumph. Remember that as you gaze in awe of these people we call “athletes”…for they are just like you and me.

That said, though, in truth I ask you: Do you have the fruit of the spirit within you?

…To wear your heart on your sleeve. To train relentlessly for your lifelong goals. To compete with every shred of your strength and every drop of your soul. To stand tall and show utmost respect for those greater than you. To face life’s adversities and obstacle courses with unwavering optimism. To trust that you indeed have a gift for excellence. To represent with pride all that your family, friends, and community planted in you. To triumph over life’s tragedies and agonies. To join hands and hearts with rivals and friends alike. To call a truce to your waging battles. To open your mind to all that is different to you and all who are different from you. To celebrate your achievements and share the rewards. To sacrifice whatever it takes for those who cannot. To walk in faith for faith’s sake. To love something so much that, without it, breathing would be difficult. To experience and appreciate the simple yet gloriously powerful feeling of joy that is feverishly spread when people come together for a common cause… that being, to honor the brilliance of the human spirit. ~ KD

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Successories Launches New Products Featuring Kimberlie Dykeman’s Stamp of Approval!

Posted on July 26, 2012 by admin

Just this past March Kimberlie Dykeman teamed up with the marketplace motivational giant Successories to inspire the masses. Showcasing Kimberlie’s gift for infusing vignettes with jolts of poignant wisdom, Successories began adding another layer to its offerings of bringing perspective, optimism and purpose to each company’s work environment and to each employee’s individual home life. To date, Successories has incorporated Dykeman’s SOAPBOX® mini-motivations into its monthly newsletter, YouTube channel and Pinterest page. The latest development with Kimberlie Dykeman Enterprises is a website section showcasing “Kimberlie Dykeman Approved” products. This new feature launches with brand new posters that were actually inspired by Successories subscribers!

About Successories: Successories is a multi-faceted brand with over 10 million business and consumer customers. Successories is uniquely positioned as the leading source of motivational media. Successories products are designed specifically to promote important organizational values that recognize and inspire the people who make a difference, and to encourage excellence in every endeavor.

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SOAPBOX® mini-motivation: one man’s perspective

Posted on July 16, 2012 by admin

“In the last analysis, what we are communicates far more eloquently than anything we say or do.” ~ Stephen Covey, author & worldwide motivator

Spoken by a man who indeed was a motivator, mentor and guiding beacon to the masses. A man who transformed the mystery of life and success of its challenges to layman basics. A man who empowered us to understand ourselves, change our habits and live with newfound perspective, dynamic purpose and unwavering optimism. In his living, he stood for that which many of us aspire to be. Knowing him and of him, may we continue to try more, do more, become more, love more and LIVE more. ~ KD

SOAPBOX® mini-motivation: are you in the weeds?

Posted on July 8, 2012 by admin

“But a weed is simply a plant that wants to grow where people want something else. In blaming nature, people mistake the culprit. Weeds are people’s idea, not nature’s.” ~ Anonymous

WEEDS… Some folks have quipped they are but unloved flowers, sins of the earth, plants with undiscovered virtues. Whatever eloquence you elect, they are the bastardly, unforgiving THINGS that get in the way of blooms of our most precious prayers and wishes… flowers and fruits of our labors that bring priceless joy. Joy from a gorgeous front yard of fragrance, a harvest-filled garden or orchard, a kitchen table of decorations and delicacies.

In brass tacks, weeds are ultimately what get in the way of our JOY. Weeds are the vicious little evils that crowd, choke out, and suffocate all that our hearts desire… that which we expect from all the seeds we tossed into the ground. Weeds…be they proverbial, metaphorical or literal… are the relentless, twisted side-effects of both crappy planting and crappy prepping. Period.

See, so many of us claim to want everlasting blossoms of the ethereal joys of life, like unconditional love, excitement for life, feelings of success, peace, equality, unshakable optimism, newfound perspective, contentment, dynamic purpose… you know your list. Yet none of those vines truly burst through the ground with such offerings. The main reason? We plant, water and sun our seeds in the topsoil of our old foundations… the wrecked, rocky, perhaps even rancid earth that is full of childhood fears, unmovable judgments, unanswered hopes, decaying values, and old paradigms. Both man-made and MIND-made, our weeds strive to see the light yet again. So it only makes sense that when we try to nurture the seeds of our dreams… we are also encouraging the deep-rooted, hidden creepers to sprout and grow yet again.

Folks, if we truly want joy, if we want to LIVE, we’ve got to get on our knees and weed out the weeds. We’ve got to be willing to do the work, till the soil, prepare for a healthy planting of our dreams and goals. We’ve got to be willing to get dirty cultivating the crap hidden in our histories to have our gardens of the future be overgrown with love, peace, perspective, optimism and purpose. I pray for you that you all find the strength, humility and faith to grow your lives with joy, joy, joy. And there is no time like the present to start weeding, my friends.

SOAPBOX® mini-motivation: NEVER!

Posted on June 7, 2012 by admin

“Never, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, give up. Never give up. Never give up. Never give up.”

~ Winston Churchill, UK Prime Minister

Do you have a dream? A fantasy vision? A bucket list? A huge hope? A seemingly impossible reaching-for-the-stars idea? A prayer you’ve been waiting on?

Yeah, me too.

SOAPBOX® mini-motivation: what do you desire?

Posted on May 14, 2012 by admin

“Few people know so clearly what they want. Most people can’t even think what to hope for when they throw a penny in a fountain.” ~ Barbara Kingsolver, novelist and poet

Such a simple question: What do you want?

Hmmmm. What do I want? What do I want? What do I want? What do I want? Any way you slice it, this little puzzler looks deceivingly quaint and harmless, as if it may indeed require little pondering… but it’s all a facade. And as the years fly off our mind-logged calendars, the four-word imp creeps its way into our daily lives…keeping us up at night, zoning us out at meetings, tying our tongues… furrowing our brows and ultimately graying our hair.

All that said, I stand side-by-side with you…without an answer for you, let alone myself. I, too, often want someone to tell me what I should want. But more often, I just seem to tune out the prompt for pondering my true intention and careen past the real source of joy. I let the malevolent minutia of a worldly existence distract me from facing the question straight-on. From diving into the deep end of my soul, welcoming the light, and waiting for the answers to reach out to me. Perhaps being driven isn’t such an enviable quality when the drive is into an abyss full of unanswered questions.

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