You have two choices. you can keep running and hiding and blaming the world for your problems, or you can stand up for yourself and decide to be somebody important.
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Thinking Out Loud: Prepare Yourself for Your Opportunity
“One chance is all you need.” ~Jesse Owens
NOTE: Jesse Owens, a graduate of The Ohio State University, competed in the 1936 Olympics in Berlin, Germany. Owens, a black man, represented the U.S. in four events, the 100 meters, 200 meters, 4 x 100 relay, and the long jump. Owens won a gold medal in each event. Through dedication, hard work, and discipline he took advantage of his chance. We all get opportunities. They may not be participating in the Olympics, but they are opportunities. Are you willing to put in the effort, dedication and discipline required so that you are ready for your chance when it presents itself?
Today’s Inspiring Quote: Yes You Can!
Believe that you’re young enough, old enough, strong enough, and so on to accomplish everything you want to do. Don’t let worn-out beliefs stop you from moving beyond yourself.
Thinking Out Loud: Hope is the Power that Pulls us Into Tomorrow
Hope Smiles from the threshold of the year to come, Whispering ‘it will be happier’. ~ Alfred Lord Tennyson
NOTE: Give someone hope and they can make it through the most difficult time. All we need is to see a glimpse of light at the end of the tunnel. When we see that glimpse of light we grab hold of it and we hold on to it with all our strength. It’s a strange phenomenon but the hope can be real or imagined. As long as our brain registers it as a possibility our mind locks onto it as if it were a heat seeking missile. What are you hoping for today? Is it a hope strong enough to attract your mind. Take the first step toward making what you hope for a reality. Then follow it up with another step. With each step you get closer and closer to what you desire.
Today’s Inspiring Quote: Persevere, Never Quit
A hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles.
Thinking Out Loud:
Everyone has talent. What is rare is the courage to follow the talent to the dark place where it leads.
NOTE: Discovering and following our talent takes great courage. It means, in many cases, letting go of what we’re doing now to go after something our heart tells us is the right choice. Choosing to follow your talent often means great sacrifice, enduring numerous setbacks and criticism. It’s as if the universe is asking us if we’re worthy of possessing the talent. It is assessing our courage and fortitude as we pursue it. The quest in following our talent, is akin to Joseph Campbell’s hero’s journey in his book, The Hero with a Thousand Faces. If we dare to follow our talent, the quest will change us. Are you ready for the change?
Today’s Inspiring Quote: Experience Everything
We do not free ourselves from something by avoiding it, but only by living though it.
Today’s Inspiring Quote: Celebrate Life
I would rather be ashes than dust! I would rather that my spark should burn out in a brilliant blaze than it should be stifled by dry-rot. I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy and permanent planet. The function of man is to live, not to exist. I shall not waste my days trying to prolong them. I shall use my time.
Jack London
Episode 23: Recognizing the Strong Grip My Grieving Emotions Have On Me
In Episode 23 of my podcast, Journey from Grief to Healing, I journal about the emotions I experience in my grieving state. I recognize, perhaps for the first time, how strong a grip the emotions have on me. Journaling about my grieving emotions made me face them. Although it was difficult, I think it’s an important step forward.
You can listen to Episode 23 on your favorite podcasting app; or, you can click the following link to listen.
https://shorturl.at/bQRUX
