Awards

MBS Works is dedicated to acknowledging the beauty of finding the blending of the mind, body, and spirit every where we can. As such, we’ve created some awards to hand out on a monthly basis. We hope you share your nominations for these awards!

Compassionate Samurai
Animal Empaths
Zen Design
and more

Our Compassionate Samurai Requirements

I love this book “The Compassionate Samurai” by Brian Klemmer. I think it should be required reading in every school, in every nation – it is definitely required reading in our household and ANY college/online course I teach! (I have not taken any of his workshops, seminars, nor do I receive anything for promoting his book, although I do have the link to the book setup via MY amazon code. Just so you know.) And, if he yells (I hope not, but I can’t guarantee what people will do about their books/titles) at me about using his title, I’ll just be changing it to Compassionate Warrior and not linking to his works Since I can’t find a direct link to him….we’ll go with what I can do right now, and ask forgiveness later. I’m not earning anything at all off it (unless you click on the ONE link I have above), but promoting it because it resonates! Anyone who decides to use my Goddess Chronicles to hand out Goddess Awards (and link back to me) is more than welcome too! Have at it! Hell, I’ll even make up the award badges and post the awards up on the site(s)! That part is easy for me to do!

So while I’ve mentioned this before, this PAGE is the FAQ for the Compassionate Samurai Awards MBS Works gives out on a monthly and yearly basis. (And, I will be adding other awards (with my partners) that are linked to other books as I define and find them…I have a Animal Empath Award and a Zen Designs Awards coming up in the next few months as well Keep checking back for more awards as we add things.)

In summary, the 10 codes of a Compassionate Samurai include:

Commitment – doing what you say you’re going to do.
Personal Responsibility – you are who and what you are because of the choices YOU make.
Contribution – How can I serve?
Focus – focus & concentration, on anything.
Honesty – say what you mean, mean what you say.
Honor – hold your principles above personal benefits.
Trust – have the capacity to trust others & yourself with their life, and the wisdom to know when to do so.
Abundance – there is no free lunch, being whole and complete within yourself, and not depended on external forces.
Boldness – be willing to take educated risks.
Knowledge – a constant eagerness to learn and practical wisdom of applying said knowledge.

Why is all of this important to me/us?

To Mind-Body-Spirit Works these 10 codes make up the personal character traits for true leaders and those who effect change. These are everyday people doing every day things, and every day people who have risen to doing extra-ordinary things…whether they are recognized in the media or NOT. These are the people I want my son to meet, to learn from, and to emulate in whatever capacity he chooses to do so. Some may be celebrities…some may be people we know….or even those recommended to us, all will be interviewed after a careful review process – in person or via phone/email. PLEASE, send us recommendations and ways to contact these people for interviews. Or, hit up us up via Twitter.

WE NEED MORE POSITIVE MEDIA/ROLE MODELS IN LIFE.

The media is filled with far too many things that are negative. Really, that is what sells. Thus the reason day-time drama is so popular and why we’re all reading about Leno vs. Conan. There’s a STORY there. Well, we are determined to make the story about POSITIVE things in life. People and places. So, maybe there is someone you admire who meets all 10 of the code…or MAYBE there is a place that does so. TELL US! Let us go talk to them….and then, let us hand out these awards…and all vote for the Year’s Award!

We want more compassion. We want more Samurai’s.

Really. We want more reality rather than just the crap that is fed to us.

Make it real people. And make it WORTH being real.

Namaste,
~S