Chale X Quotes

Three years ago, the man who I now consider one of my mentors introduced me to fasting. Anyone who knows me, knows that I love to challenge myself and so I saw fasting as a new challenge. My first ever fast was the Daniel Fast which lasts about 21 days but I only made it to 20 days. Yeah I know how could you fail just one day away from completing your first spiritual fast? I visited my mom that weekend and you know how mom's cooking goes, that aroma brings back memories :) . Despite my short comings I walked away from that experience with something. "Whatever you put your mind to you can accomplish it" sort of mentality. That fast gave me so much confidence that year and I went on to start Open Thought which transformed my life and the people around me lives forever.  I always wanted to be a part of something that would transform humanity, something that would last generation after generation and to be a founder of something like that is so inspiring. When I finish sc...

Life is what you make! For the past 5 years I've accomplished numerous of goals and after each one I was convinced that the other one would bring me the happiness I wanted. You can basically say I was on this "Pursuit of Happiness". My last attempt to pursue something took me out of my comfort zone into a country I was unfamiliar with. J Cole once said "There's no such thing as a life that's better than yours" and I've grown to understand each line of that song. After years of chasing after goals, it hit me that the only thing I needed in this lifetime is the love of my family. Listen to me I've met thousands of rich people and I can tell you that money does not make you happy. It solves a lot of problems that can cause discomfort without it but happiness, well, happiness does not have a price.  Do I want to be rich?  who doesn't want to live life on their terms but my riches does not define me, what defines me is the impact I am able to ...

I am grateful for the many lessons of 2016. I walked into 2016 with a lot of uncertainty. I didn't know how I was going to accomplish a lot of things. The odds was against me pretty much. Have I been in this situation before? Yes, numerous of times but that was when I was home (Turks and Caicos Islands). Being 4,000 miles away, I had nowhere to run if I had failed. Moving to the United Kingdom was probably the riskiest thing I've ever done. I gamble a lot with opportunities but this gamble was placing all my chips on the table and going "All in". I saw a chance for me to grow and overlooked a lot of things. Things like currency exchange, cultural norms, weather, transportation, pressures of school, learning in a multicultural environment, working in a multicultural environment, etc. Yeah each month since I've been in the UK I've encountered a life-altering lesson. Impossible right? Hell no! If you know me I love to play the odds a lot and that means I am rar...

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Both of my mentors has been grilling me for my attitude lately and yes I am confessing that I was trying to force a lot of things to happen. I got worried, I allowed the fear of the future to get me completely out of my grove. I remember I would wake up hungry, ready to take on the challenges of the day and lately I've had mornings, where I didn't want to even face the reality of what my life was. Yes, somewhere I allowed society to contaminate my mind with thoughts of being an iconic success story one day. I wanted it all and I wanted it now and this is what was making my mentors uncomfortable about me. I lost the appreciation of the little things while focusing on the big picture and I cried when I realize how far I feel off from the person I was when I first started this journey. I am back into my "FLOW" mood, just allowing things to happen and what doesn't happen wasn't meant to be. I look back at last year around this time and the odds I was up agains...

I label myself a success because of the obstacles I've overcome to be in the position I am in today. When my dad walked out on me as a toddler, the chances of me having a real shot at life was low, well, that's if you believe in that statistical nonsense. Obviously, I don't because I've defied every statistical analysis that was thrown at me. This period of my life would always mean a lot to me, I will always remember being 25 years old because of the thousands of lessons I learned about life and myself. I found myself, well, I saw myself finally. There's nothing to look for when everything you have is inside of you. Most people don't even need a degree, all of our gifts are innate . A university sharpens your tool. I study psychology because I love helping people and in order to help people you must understand the good and the bad about people and what makes them good and bad. My conclusion since I am a sophomore student ( that sounds so great btw :) ) is tha...

“Good morning. In less than an hour, aircraft from here will join others from around the world. And you will be launching the largest aerial battle in the history of mankind. “Mankind.” That word should have new meaning for all of us today. We can’t be consumed by our petty differences anymore. We will be united in our common interests . Perhaps it’s fate that today is the Fourth of July, and you will once again be fighting for our freedom… Not from tyranny, oppression, or persecution… but from annihilation. We are fighting for our right to live. To exist. And should we win the day, the Fourth of July will no longer be known as an American holiday, but as the day the world declared in one voice: We will not go quietly into the night! We will not vanish without a fight!  We’re going to live on! We’re going to survive! Today we celebrate our Independence Day! ” ~From the movie “Independence Day"  I've worked too hard these past 4 years to go back home in a few months to ...