I’ve moved a lot in my life and held a number of different jobs. My dad told me I must have “gypsy blood” which he associated with my mom. I got a kick out of that . With the exception of time served in the service or attending a wedding my mom and never traveled much further than 50 miles from home. I can imagine the conversations they had about my life. It reminds me of singer Bonnie Raitt’s hit song, “Give Them Something to Talk About.” It’s best to follow your heart and give others something to talk about. You’ll be much happier.
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Today’s Thought: Attitude Matters
I’m an early riser. By 5:30 a.m. I’m doing pushups, stretching, and core exercises. I’ve always been an early riser. I get excited for the day. Each day is like a birthday present that I can’t wait to unwrap. Some days I’d like to take to the exchange counter, but they are the rare ones. Most days turn out to be exactly what I hoped for. Attitude makes a big differences in how one feels and how things seem to turn out.
Today’s Quote: What Lights Your Fire?
The mystery of human existence lies not in just staying alive, but in finding something to live for. ~ Fyodor Dostoevsky
Today’s Poem: O Me! O Life! by Walt Whitman
O Me! O Life!
Walt Whitman
O me! O life! of the questions of these recurring,
Of the endless trains of the faithless, of cities fill’d with the foolish,
Of myself forever reproaching myself, (for who more foolish than I,
and who more faithless?)
Of eyes that vainly crave the light, of the objects mean, of the
struggle ever renew’d,
Of the poor results of all, of the plodding and sordid crowds I see around me,
Of the empty and useless years of the rest, with the rest me intertwined,
The question, O me! so sad, recurring-What good amid these, O me,
O life?
Answer.
That you are here-that life exists and identity,
That the powerful play goes on, and you may contribute a verse.
Today’s Thought: It’s All Part of the Ebb and Flow of Life
Yesterday, thunderstorms rolled through. Anytime it rains in south Texas it’s time for celebration and gratitude. It doesn’t rain often, when it comes, it’s a deluge. That’s often the way it is with life. Waves of good or bad seem to band together to visit us. Like yesterday’s thunderstorm, things usually come to an end and life changes. Stay strong during the hard times knowing they won’t be hard for ever, they’ll run their course. Be grateful during the good times and treasure every moment. The memories will help to get through the tough moments. It’s all part of the ebb and flow of life. The tough times makes us stronger. The good times make us humble.
Today’s Thought: Where Are You Going?
I recall when I was finishing my master’s degree my advisor asked me, where do you want to go with this? I look at him and said, “I don’t know. I only know I want to go. I’ll figure it out.” He gave me a look that told me he failed with me. LOL. Much later in life if I were asked the same question, I’d give much the same answer. I know lots of folks who have a clear goal in mind. I admire them. Maybe I envy them. I don’t want to be like them. I like to be open to life’s surprises. It may be that I don’t want to miss anything and I want to experience everything. We all have to figure out our path. When you find one that fits don’t let anyone talk you out of it.
Today’s Thought: Want to Lose 25 Pounds?
There are some things in life you only learn through experience. You can see it, you can understand it, you know it’s true, but you don’t internalize and make it a part of your being. Making something that is so obvious a part of our being requires both an openness to learning and a willingness to change what we have always done to something different. One example is someone else’s drama does not have to be our drama. When we internalize that we free ourselves from carrying a drama king or queens’s problems on our backs. Internalize that and it’s like losing 25 pounds. All of sudden you’re free.
Today’s Quote: Life is Lived Forward
Sorrow looks back, Worry looks around, Faith looks up ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
Today’s Poem: Sonnet 75 – So You Are to My Toughts as Food is to LIfe
Today’s Poem: Sonnet 75 – So You Are to My Toughts as Food is to LIfe
William Shakespeare
So are you to my thoughts as food to life,
Or as sweet-season’d showers are to the ground;
And for the peace of you I hold such strife
As ‘twixt a miser and his wealth is found.
Now proud as an enjoyer, and anon
Doubting the filching age will steal his treasure;
Now counting best to be with you alone,
Then better’d that the world may see my pleasure:
Sometime all full with feasting on your sight,
And by and by clean starved for a look;
Possessing or pursuing no delight
Save what is had, or must from you be took.
Thus do I pine and surfeit day by day,
Or gluttoning on all, or all away.
Inspiring Quote: It’s Time!
Don’t sit and wait. Get out there, feel life. Touch the sun, and immerse in the sea. ~Rumi
