Limitations are perceptions

I lost myself; I got caught up in the economics and lost my artistic integrity.
I found myself doing what I thought was necessary to acquire the finance rather then stay true to my passion and just do me, the me that initially broke through and received the accolades.
I had to take a few steps back in order to proceed forward and now its all clear. I now know the wall that blocked my progress was not as big as it appeared, stepping back from it I realize it too has limitations and I longer feel the need to have to break though it, stepping back from it I see there are ways around it and over it. I couldn’t see this before because I was to close to it.
I use my personal example as an artist, but it applies to all things. Removing our selves if only momentarily from a situation can offer an alternate perspective as we allow the dust to settle.
Take time for a moment of clarity free from the emotion of the situation at hand, breath deeply, release the anxiety and try to free yourself of any personal attachment so that you might visualize the situation or circumstance differently.
These are the first steps of many in a journey toward endless possibilities.

A. LaVelle

An image in a cracked mirror can’t be repaired

(Not a failed relationship, but further growth in the knowledge of what a relationship should and shouldn’t be.)




When you are dreaming with an open heart
Reality is the hardest part of waking up
Realizing the inevitable pain as the blinding haze clears
And you are no longer walking blindly following your heart
Bruised once again, so deeply that it can no longer be ignored
Bleeding, torn and split by to many deeply stabbing words
Not enough action to prove otherwise
A one sided desire to make it work seems too obvious now
The writing on the wall glowing red from the heated flames of countless innuendo
My love is no longer strong enough to hold the reigns of two
My passion though overflowing feels as if falling upon barren wastelands
Never to harvest a reciprocal level of understanding and growth
I now see the light and it no longer shine upon my image of Eden, but resides on a continuous struggle to no avail and to continue this fight seems futile
The casualties are too great as I see my dreams slowly dying and my inspirations wane
My optimism, creativity and motivation feel as if they are fading and I feel ill inside
Emotionally drained, exhausted and in physical pain I feel I’m losing myself to hold on to an illusion
I took steps in my past to be a better person and made a conscious effort to change, I can’t go backward or allow others to lead me back into the darkness…
Life is motion and growth, positive development.
We are meant to be nomads on a continuous quest for improvements mentally, physically, and economically.
Once we become stagnant, sedentary, complacent we are out of sync with nature; hence depression, frustration and despair.

A. LaVelle

A lifestyle of change...

Fitness is a lifestyle, a commitment to change, to be better today than you were yesterday.
Not just physically, but a commitment to emotional, mental, and spiritual growth.
Fitness goes beyond the body temple; we should strive to obtain fitness of mind as well, seeking knowledge for it is the key to growth and enlightenment. To become enlightened and knowledgeable one must be open to change and have a willingness to challenge their way of thinking for continued development and understanding. Understanding of our selves is the key to making progress. Progress only comes with commitment and a desire to see beyond our perceived limitations as we begin to visualize all that we can, will and hope to be. This seemingly radical way of thinking is not new and we have all done it at some point in our life, rather consciously or subconsciously, we have all in one way or another altered a situation in our life by changing our perception or way of thinking toward it.
The powers of prayer, meditation or positive thinking are all ways of altering karma or life energies. As children we were told to make a wish, this is no different than speaking our desires into fruition, this completes the cycle.

A. LaVelle