Why not you?

Thursday, September 29, 2011

Here is the next installment of poems that inspire me. I hope that it inspires you as well.

Why Not You?
By Steve Maraboli

Today, many will awaken with a fresh sense of inspiration. Why not you?

Today, many will open their eyes to the beauty that surrounds them. Why not you?

Today, many will choose to leave the ghost of yesterday behind and seize the immeasurable power of today. Why not you?

Today, many will break through the barriers of the past by looking at the blessings of the present. Why not you?

Today, for many the burden of self doubt and insecurity will be lifted by the security and confidence of empowerment. Why not you?

Today, many will rise above their believed limitations and make contact with their powerful innate strength. Why not you?

Today, many will choose to live in such a manner that they will be a positive role model for their children. Why not you?

Today, many will choose to free themselves from the personal imprisonment of their bad habits. Why not you?

Today, many will choose to live free of conditions and rules governing their own happiness. Why not you?

Today, many will find abundance in simplicity. Why not you?

Today, many will be confronted by difficult moral choices and they will choose to do what is right instead of what is beneficial. Why not you?

Today, many will decide to no longer sit back with a victim mentality, but to take charge of their lives and make positive changes. Why not you?

Today, many will take the action necessary to make a difference. Why not you?

Today, many will make the commitment to be a better mother, father, son, daughter, student, teacher, worker, boss, brother, sister, & so much more. Why not you?

Today is a new day!
Many will seize this day.
Many will live it to the fullest.
Why not you

  

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TYME2BME 9/29/2011 6:29PM

What a nice blog. Thank you for sharing it. Report Inappropriate Comment

MNNICE 9/29/2011 2:24PM

Even if a person did just one or two of those things, they would be a changed person (for the better!) Some good thoughts. Report Inappropriate Comment

I resign

Tuesday, September 27, 2011

I have started to look for poems to post to describe how I feel on a given day. I think most of us feel this way on a regular basis. Enjoy!

I Resign
Unknown

I am hereby officially tendering my resignation as an adult.
I have decided I would like to accept the responsibilities of an 8-year-old again.
I want to go to McDonald's and think that it's a four star restaurant.
I want to sail sticks across a fresh mud puddle and make ripples with rocks.
I want to think M&Ms are better than money because you can eat them.
I want to lie under a big oak tree and run a lemonade stand with my friends on a hot summer day.
I want to return to a time when life was simple.
When all you knew were colors, multiplication tables, and nursery rhymes, but that didn't bother you, because you didn't know what you didn't know and you didn't care.

All you knew was to be happy because you were blissfully unaware of all the things that should make you worried or upset.
I want to think the world is fair. That everyone is honest and good.
I want to believe that anything is possible.
I want to be oblivious to the complexities of life and be overly excited by the little things again.
I want to live simple again.
I don't want my day to consist of computer crashes, mountains of paperwork, depressing news, how to survive more days in the month than there is money in the bank, doctor bills, gossip,illness, and loss of loved ones.

I want to believe in the power of smiles, hugs, a kind word, truth, justice, peace, dreams, the imagination, mankind, and making angels in the snow.

So...here's my checkbook and my car keys, my credit cards and all my responsibility.

I am officially resigning from adulthood. And if you want to discuss this further, you'll have to catch me first, 'cause,

"Tag! You're it."

  

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FRAN0426 9/27/2011 4:20PM

I enjoyed this post a lot. Makes one think back to when things were so much easier as kids, unaware of what lies ahead down the road. Then once again reality sets in and darn we have to get things done, it comes along with growing up. Along the ways things for children are a bit tougher these days too. Both parents working to meet expenses, so many activities no longer offered at school and of course all the bullying going on---yes guess things were alot easier back when. Report Inappropriate Comment

SPARKCHANTAL 9/27/2011 10:22AM

well, do it then! btw, don't know a kid alive who wouldn't trade his 'happiness' for the car keys and a credit card... Report Inappropriate Comment

RUNNER12COM 9/27/2011 10:13AM

What a great notion, a chance to return to happier times. I suppose all we can do now is try to find those simple, wonderful moments with those we love. Thanks for the great post! Report Inappropriate Comment

She let go

Friday, September 23, 2011

I came across this poem and thought it was appropriate to share. What are you going to let go of today?

SHE LET GO by Ernest Holmes

She let go. Without a thought or a word, she let go.

She let go of the fear. She let go of the judgments. She let go of the confluence of opinions swarming around her head. She let go of the committee of indecision within her. She let go of all the ‘right’ reasons. Wholly and completely, without hesitation or worry, she just let go.

She didn’t ask anyone for advice. She didn’t read a book on how to let go. She didn’t search the scriptures. She just let go. She let go of all of the memories that held her back. She let go of all of the anxiety that kept her from moving forward. She let go of the planning and all of the calculations about how to do it just right.

She didn’t promise to let go. She didn’t journal about it. She didn’t write the projected date in her Day-Timer. She made no public announcement and put no ad in the paper. She didn’t check the weather report or read her daily horoscope. She just let go.

She didn’t analyze whether she should let go. She didn’t call her friends to discuss the matter. She didn’t do a five-step Spiritual Mind Treatment. She didn’t call the prayer line. She didn’t utter one word. She just let go.

No one was around when it happened. There was no applause or congratulations. No one thanked her or praised her. No one noticed a thing. Like a leaf falling from a tree, she just let go.

There was no effort. There was no struggle. It wasn’t good and it wasn’t bad. It was what it was, and it is just that.

In the space of letting go, she let it all be. A small smile came over her face. A light breeze blew through her. And the sun and the moon shone forevermore.

  

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Small successes with my goals

Thursday, October 28, 2010

Goal 1: Drink 8 glasses of water a day (MET)
I am in Week 9 of this goal and have not missed a day in almost 8 weeks. Week 1 was the first week I struggled. I believe that I have changed my habits and now offically have met Goal 1. WOO HOO!!!

Goal 2: AM Yoga 4 days a week
Week 1: 4/4
Week 2: 4/4
Week 3: 4/4
Week 4: 3/4
Week 5: 4/4
Week 6: 4/4
Week 7: 3x so far. Tomorrow will make it 4.

Goal 3: Walk during lunch
Week 1: 3/3
Week 2: 3/3
Week 3: 3/3
Week 4: 3/3
Week 5: 1x so far. Not going to make it this week. Major weather change with 50-60mph winds and rain for the last two days. Poor excuse but there it is. With the weather changing to winter this is going to be a goal I need to work harder at.

Goal 4: Run 3x week
Week 1: 2/3
Week 2: 3/3
Week 3: 0x so far. :( Weather has been terrible. I plan to run tonight and will try to fit the other two runs in this weekend if possible. Fingers crossed.

  

Goal update..a little late

Thursday, October 14, 2010

Goal 1: Drink 8 glasses of water a day

Week 1: 3/7
Week 2: 7/7
Week 3: 7/7
Week 4: 7/7
Week 5: 7/7
Week 6: 7/7 (even with a wedding and my birthday. WOO HOO!!)

Goal 2: AM Yoga 4 days a week

Week 1: 4/4
Week 2: 4/4
Week 3: 4/4
Week 4: 3/4 (darn new phone with that fancy alarm clock. Who knew what a difference 12 hours could make.)

Goal 3: Walk during lunch 3X a week

Week 1: 3/3
Week 2: 3/3
Week 3: 2/3 and still counting

Goal 4: Run 3X a week
Week 1:
Monday: Run
Wednesday: Run
Friday:

  

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DAWNMARIES 10/14/2010 7:24PM

I am very happy for you. I have rarely met my goals. I am still working at this whole thing. It is great to see other people doing it because I know that I should be able to. I never thought about blogging my goals. This is a great idea and I think I will use it. I hope you do not mind. Report Inappropriate Comment