Sometimes we’re our own worst enemy. We wonder why things don’t work out quite the way we want them to. We can blame others, blame God, or claim we have bad luck. We seldom choose to look at ourselves and examine what we are doing that causes things to happen the way they do to us.. It takes heaps of courage to take the journey within. It takes heaps of courage to ask a close friend to be completely honest with us. We can’t change until we know and understand what it is that we need to change.
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Today’s Power Thought ~ Are You Ready to Chase Your Dream?
Ready to chase your dream? You’ll walk through deserts, have to cross raging rivers, and scale mountains. Whatever you do, don’t stop. If you keep moving, you’ll find a way over. around, or through.
A Better Life ~ Life’s Journey
Telling others how to live their life is a sure way of losing a friend or causing separation with those close to us. Each person’s journey through life is unique. We learn by trial and error. We’d like to pass on the wisdom we’ve gleaned through our journey, but most don’t want to hear it. Most want to experience it and learn for themselves.
Today’s Power Thought ~ Trust the Path
If you’re standing still you’re going nowhere. The journey begins with the first step. Once you’ve taken the first step, you’ve entered a path and your adventure begins. Trust the path you’ve taken. It’s filled with all kinds of challenges measured for you. When you complete the adventure, you’ll be ready for the next higher level adventure.
Something to Think About
The calendar on my iPhone will remind me of an appointment. I’ll set a reminder on my digital assistant (Alexa) to remind me to buy a birthday gift. As much as we plan and organize our coming days, they remain a mystery. When we wake we step into the unknown. The day may hold great opportunities, challenges, or a combination of both. It takes courage to walk into the unknown filled with confidence and the belief that we are stronger than any challenge. And, with the hope that only good things will come our way. Keep your eyes and heart open for great opportunities. Your journey to date has prepared you to face and defeat any challenge you face.
Something to Think About
If you’re following the crowd do you know where you are going? Does anyone in the crowd know where he/she is going? If you want to know where you’re going, choose your destination, plan your trip, and set out. You may get lost., You may be criticized for not being like others. Big deal. It is your journey. You designed it. You took the chances. You learned more by the ups and downs of your journey than you’d have learned by following the crowd.
Today’s Poem ~ Stay
Stay
Ingeborg Bachmann
Now the journey is ending,
the wind is losing heart.
Into your hands it’s falling,
a rickety house of cards.
the wind is losing heart.
Into your hands it’s falling,
a rickety house of cards.
The cards are backed with pictures
displaying all the world.
You’ve stacked up all the images
and shuffled them with words.
And how profound the playing
that once again begins!
Stay, the card you’re drawing
is the only world you’ll win.
Today’s Inspiration ~ Follow Your Dreams
Life is a journey. How we travel is really up to us. We can just flow with the tide or follow our own dreams.
Today’s Power Thought ~ Take the Risk
Do you dare risk to see how far you can go? Unless you take the risk, you’ll never know how far you could take the journey.
A Better Life ~ Sing On
I was walking into the grocery this morning. A fellow coming out was singing. I said, “Sing on and have a great day.” We began chatting. He told me about losing a 15 year old son. He wanted to sing to lift peoples’ spirits. It was his way of healing. Everyone has a unique journey. Some folks may have been annoyed by his singing. If they knew his story, they would join me in saying, “Sing on.”
