Weekends are for rest and relaxation,
for fun and games, for reading,
for recovery, prayer and meditation.

Weekends are for reflection,
for deep introspection,
for planning and scanning the horizon.

Weekends are a time to imagine,
to reset your vision and goals,
to see the future bright and bold.

Matt Furey

Stealing Ideas from Myself

This morning I began writing the words for today’s email. At the top of the page I wrote, “Theatre of the Mind Massage.”

Wait a second, I thought. I made a mistake. It’s supposed to read “Psycho-Cybernetics Mind Massage.”

Then I got to thinking, maybe my pen is talking to me; maybe it’s writing something different for a reason. Maybe today’s words are better than yesterday’s.

Our best ideas come from a variety of sources. We may think they are 100 percent our own, but even the letters and language we use are borrowed.

Stealing someone’s words is called plagiarism. It’s a crime.

But stealing from our own words, from our best ideas and memories, is legal, yet most people never do it.

When we steal from our best we feel good about ourselves. We feel good in the present while looking at something from the past.

Even better, we bring the energy from those words, ideas and memories into the future, and they do us a world of good.

Should I thank my “trusty” pen, for helping me steal from myself? As weird as it appears to be, I think so.

Ask yourself: “What words or memories that I used in the past, can be reused or tweaked today to make the world a better place?”

Matt Furey

Fear of making a mistake,
of losing, of failure, of
taking a risk, even for
your own sake.

Fear of tiredness and fatigue,
of injury, illness and
the next plague.

Fear of looking too good,
being a success,
of losing out, of having doubt,
leaving yourself exposed in a
game of chess.

Fear of public speaking,
of correction and tweaking,
of underperforming, of being
a show boat, too thin,
too fat, or being called a pig.

Fear of humiliation and ridicule,
of being a dunce in school,
of losing in pool,
of not making the grade,
of never getting paid.

Fear of the dark, of bad dreams,
of lions and snakes, of bugs
and bears, of no one who cares,
of a baby’s scream.

Fear of old age, of death,
of the afterlife,
of breathing…
your last breath.

Fear of boats, cars and planes,
of swimming, driving and flying,
of being a little more sane.

Fear of selling, smelling,
of asking for help from
doctors, teachers, and lawyers,
there’s just no telling.

Fear of getting fired, hired,
of saying, “I’m retired;”
of being second best,
of eternal rest.

Fear of love and hate,
of anger and faith,
of numbers that end
in six or eight.

Fear of money, of honey,
of your father, mother,
sister and brother,
or just another.

Fear of crowds and certain situations,
of heights, lengths and widths,
of blades and bullets,
of fights and shifts.

Fear of sex, of losing control,
of being too good,
of getting knocked out,
of dropping the ball.

Fear of being afraid,
of the sun and the shade,
of highs and lows,
of fears that you think
no one else knows.

Fear of God, of angels,
of ghosts, devils and demons,
fear of Karma, of Krishna,
of Jesus and Buddha,
of Mohammad and chutzpah.

Some fear is good;
much of it is bad;
living without the undesirable,
whether you’re a lass or a lad,
makes life far more enjoyable.

Matt Furey

P.S. 20 seats remain in the “Fear Begone Intensive” I’m holding tomorrow night, May 28, at 7 PM EST, over Zoom. Fee to be involved is $197.00. To get the direct link to enroll, email me.

“If you’re not taking care of the small time, you’re not ready for the BIG TIME.”
–el Furecat

Many people daydream about making it big. Oftentimes, along with this dreams comes a feeling of frustration, a sense that “I should already be there now.”

In many of these cases, small time stuff is not getting done. It’s being avoided.

Having big desires is great when you’ve proven that you’re ready for them. But if you’re resisting and avoiding the small stuff, how are you ever going to be ready for something much bigger? After all, the big stuff is nothing but a lot of smaller stuff that is assembled over time.

To write the first sentence of a book you begin with the first word. A dozen chapters begins with an outline.

An MLB hitting coach once told me, “I don’t just look at a player’s swing. I also want to see how he takes a pitch.”

Taking a pitch may appear to be a small thing, yet it reveals a players strengths, weaknesses and tendencies. It reveals whether he has assumed the position that shows he is ready to hit.

No matter your intentions, everything you do in life is not going to be a home run. This is why you learn to make contact with the ball first. You get into the ready position. You focus on making contact, because without focus and contact you have nothing.

When are you ready for the big time?

You’re ready when you prove that you are consistently getting the small time stuff done. You’re making contact with the ball that is right in front of you.

Keep in mind, everything in life, every goal, every desire, is composed of nothing but small stuff. And everything in life is a mental picture that is working for or against you.

Here endeth the lesson.

Matt Furey

P.S. On May 28th I’ll be having an all-new Fear Be-Gone Intensive. This one is going to be HUGE. Details forthcoming.