Posts Tagged "appreciation"

Fame Monster Or Fame Master?

Posted by Jason Fonceca on Nov 13, 2011 in Artists, Fame & Reach, Famous, Pop Culture, Toronto Artists, Toronto Hip-Hop | 0 comments

School asks us a lot of questions, but not like these:

Are you comfortable with fame?

If you had instant fame tomorrow, how would you feel about it?

What ingredients are necessary to be famous?

Well, I know one thing, what we love grows, and what we ignore doesn’t, and I love fame.

And recently I’ve had some fame of my own. A Toronto artist, Pooneh Stad sketched a portrait of me, I was in a music video with rapper Famous and songstress Melanie Durrant, I was mentioned in the thank you section of Dave + Audley’s BasketBall Quotes Book, and I’m speaking to a sold-out group of creative entrepreneurs in two days.

How did I end up doing these things?

I didn’t use any tactics or techniques, I didn’t even use a ‘strategy.’

Not So Random Appreciation

Posted by Jason Fonceca on Jul 23, 2009 in Appreciation, Awareness, Personal Growth, SpiritSentient.com | 4 comments

I’m grateful for life. I’m grateful for everyday I’m alive. I’m grateful for every breath, I’m grateful for all the beautiful people: family, friends, strangers, everyone. I’m grateful for all the connections I’ve made and the amazing people I’m blessed to associate with. I’m grateful for every piece of music, or work of art, or simple conversation that people share. I’m grateful for all the amazing ideas and visions from everyone around. I’m grateful for everywhere I”ve lived, for everywhere I will live. I’m grateful for everything I’ve created, and everything I will create. I’m grateful for compliments, and I’m grateful for criticisms (I generally prefer to hear compliments). I’m grateful for all the expansion and growth SpiritSentient has experienced and I’m grateful that there’s more on the horizen. I’m grateful that I can repeat the phrase “I’m grateful, over and over”. I’m grateful that you’re still reading it. I”m grateful for every opportunity to travel and meet new people and I’m grateful for every chance to stay home with familiar faces. I’m grateful for wonderful food, financial freedom and fun relationships. I’m grateful for the rapid evolution of technology, facebook, youtube, blackberries, etc. And I’m grateful that I can walk, cellphoneless through the forest and parks scattered throughout Toronto. I’m grateful that I learn so fast and I’m grateful that I’m able to help others do the same.

Thanks everyone

Sharing is Fun

Posted by Jason Fonceca on Jun 15, 2009 in Abundance, Awareness, Life Coaching, Personal Growth, SpiritSentient.com | 2 comments

Buddhism can be summed up with the phrase, “we are all one”. That sentence may appear simple at face value, but it contains so many more layers.

Christianity can be boiled down to “love thy God, and love thy neighbor as thyself”. Just like above, this sentence embodies the majority of what Christianity is about. In the same way, this post has many layers.

Sharing is fun might sound like the punchline to a Dr. Seuss book but it’s so much more.