Sincere Sunday

We have been raised in a generation that fights to get ahead and constantly compares us to others. I would urge you to slow down and be sincere with those around you. The race of life is long, sometimes you are ahead, sometimes you are behind, but in the end you are only racing against yourself. Don't allow yourself to view the world with a lens that picks up every speck of dirt on others. Wash your lens often and view people as you would hope they would view you, I hope that would be sincerely and kindly. Heaven knows the world needs more people with gentle and loving eyes and hearts.

Sensational Saturday

I am a huge fan of dance. I love the way it connects people through movement and without the use of words. You are forced to give your whole attention to someone else in order to feel and interrupt what is being said and move in balanced ways. To apply these concepts in our everyday would do us a world of good and improve our relationships. If we paid a little more attention to our body language we might connect with one another on a deeper level and extend our communication far beyond words. This means we have to be more mindful and self aware. When we are present with ourselves we are able to be present with others. I can't think of a more beautiful or more meaningful gift than our time and full presence.

Favorite New Friday

If you know me at all...you know I am in love with music and all that comes with it. I always get excited when I hear a new song that encapsulates an experience I have had or am currently going through. Though its been a few since my last breakup this song totally rings for every past relationship that had me screaming...IF YOU LOVE ME, LET ME GO. Oh, how relationships can haunt you even after they are long over. What I love most about music is how it can touch parts of your soul that cannot be touched by words alone, connecting us to each other in ways we have never been connected before. To know someone else has experienced and felt the way I have, warms my heart and heals my soul.

Throw Back Thursday's

Throw back to the good ol' days and for me that was the late eights and early nineties. When I reflect on the past I begin to think "man compared to my yester-years my future is looking brighter than ever". Looking back from where I came from to where I am now...life has been much improved and seems to be on a nice trajectory. Take time to reflect back from where you came. Keeping yourself in check will help keep you on the path that is most important to you. Never forget who you once were...it will help you see the growth you have experienced to this point and remind you of the growth yet to come. Not to mention keep you focused on what's most important in life in the first place.

Worried Wednesday

Thank you Google for providing us with a well written definition of Worry: give way to anxiety or unease; allow one's mind to dwell on difficulty or troubles. Ummm....Hello! I don't know if anyone else reads this and see's the words "allow one's mind to dwell"...I did not invite the worries to dwell anywhere, particularly in my mind. They state it as if it were that simply, right!??!?! Worries are sneaky little creatures that take over your mind before you have time to recognize and take action which usually leads to your mind being consumed before you begin stressing about those worries. If putting up an eviction notice to those worries in our minds were that simple we would all have done it yesterday and be living worry and stress free. SO, because it is not that easy and our automatic thoughts creep on in without invitation, how do we disinvite those worries to the party in our minds. I am sure there are a million and one ways to do this but the one I find most effective is the voice within my head that I refer to as my voice of reason. I coach this voice to reason with my irrational fears and worries that I have no control over. Why spend my day worried about something I can't do anything about?!?!? When I state it like that, it makes a world of sense. However, when I let those worries ruminate...its hard to see that they are irrational and that worrying is pointless. To worry is like waiting for rain in a drought useless and disappointing. So I have trained my voice of reason to remind me over and over to stop waiting for it to rain and begin disproving those worries or simply start focusing on what I do have control over and let go of what I don't, I et a lot more done that way.

Thoughtful Tuesday From The Tao of Pooh

“Do you really want to be happy? You can begin by being appreciative of who you are and what you've got.” ― Benjamin Hoff, The Tao of Pooh

Momentary Monday's

I am sure others could share the wisdom learned when reflecting back to those moments where you felt absolutely stuck in time due to the intense emotions surrounding you. The pain of being stuck in those moments were, at the time, beyond definition and yet when looking back on them now, with a little distance, they seem so momentary and seem to have passed rather quickly. Sometimes we convince ourselves out of doing something or sharing our feelings with someone out of fear. Fear is momentary and it will pass as quickly as it came. One of the most beautiful movies, for so many reasons, "We Bought A Zoo", shares a lovely moment between a father and son as the father imparts wisdom to his son about overcoming those momentary moments and taking up the courage within to do something different...to do something more. I hope we each live through those tough moments in a new way, a way that allows us to face fear with a more powerful light, by discovering the courage within ourselves.