Belief......

My Thought for this Day........Trust yourself. It's your life. Believe in your power. But among all of this, live with integrity and might for you and others.

Repost........

My Thought from January 30, 2013.......Been doing this awhile...............Good morning, I would like to introduce myself. I am you. And just like you I am a miracle. I am a myriad of bones, and tendons, muscles and ligaments, cells and arteries and veins. I am emotions and attitudes and beliefs and thoughts. I am beyond understanding. With the blink of my eyes I see the world. With the slip of my tongue I build up or tear down. I can't begin to understand how I work, but I do. I walk and talk and think and accept and reject and succeed and fail and laugh and cry. I learn and I love. I take in the world and I reject what I don't like. I react and interact. I go with the flow or I fight to swim upstream. I have choices and I make them. I have consequences and I live with them. I have help and I give it. I am imperfections and I must accept them or change them. I am in this world until I'm not. I'm a friend and a foe. I am human. I am you.

Power.......

My Thought for this Day.......I awoke this morning with the word Power rumbling around my head, and I really don't know what to do with it. So I think I'll just say this. There is power in every nuance of life. Your slightest gesture is powerful to everyone around you. When you're aware that your power is both minute and enormous, you live life differently. You change lives everyday by being you. Are you worthy?

Steps.......

My Thought for this Day.......Live in the present, forgive the past, and pray for the future.....three steps for de-stressing your life. The value of today is priceless. Make sure you honor that fact.

Translate.........

How do you translate your life? With words? With actions? We all have the opportunity every day to translate whom we are. I wonder if people see you as you want, as you truly are. Think on this as you walk each day.

Ladder......

My Thought for this Day..........Whose ladder will you be today? Everybody, at one time or another, needs a little help. We all need a shoulder to stand on, a hand up, or a ladder to climb. Will you be someone's ladder? Will you willingly allow a friend to stand on your rungs as they reach their new heights? Today.....be a ladder, a shoulder, holding your hand out.....willing to use your strength to raise a buddy to a new level.

Losing.......

My Thought for this Day........You don't always have to be a winner. There is power in losing. Reset your game. Reset your mind. Change your results. Sometimes losing is a springboard to attaining a bigger success than you ever thought possible.

Legacy.........

My Thought for this Day........Each day you leave a legacy. And the next morning you must pick up that legacy and carry it as you add to it throughout the hours. Maybe you have a legacy sack heavy with sarcasm, envy and bitterness that is thrown over your slumped shoulders. Maybe your legacy sack drags behind you filled with failures, disappointments, and regrets. Or maybe your legacy sack is light and airy and filled with hope, and faith and renewed trust everyday, not a sack at all, but a balloon that bobs atop your straight shoulders. Think about your legacy, for it truly tells your tale, and most importantly, it is generational. At some point, it will be taken off your shoulders and handed to your children who then must hoist it around. Will it be their burden or their balloon?

Step out........

My Thought for this Day........Are you open to new concepts and ideas around you? Open your eyes to see. Open your ears to hear. Open your heart to welcome. Open your arms to embrace. Open your mind to learn. We all have things to give and to receive. Closed mindedness confines us to just us. Think about it. Again......closed mindedness confines us to just us. YOU are not enough for yourself. There are a myriad of things right next to you that can surprise, delight, acknowledge, and educate. Why miss out because you make no attempt to see, hear, touch , feel. This is your day.....as was yesterday and hopefully tomorrow. Don't waste it! Fill it to the brim with freshness, uniqueness, and impossibility. Step outside your circle of comfort. There's a big wide world waiting on you. Let me know what you find.

Be that person......

My Thought for this Day......Life is not about the what, or the where. It's about the who. And it's not always you. Go into this day knowing the differences you make, the goals you achieve, the intentions you exhibit must shine not only inwardly, but as importantly, outwardly. Light the darkness for someone else. Yes! Be that person! It's not always about the intensity of your light; it's about the direction.

Your Day........l

My Thought for this Day.......Do you ever wonder why Billy seems blessed and Bobby doesn't, why Sally appears to ' have it all', and Susie has nothing. Every thing he touches turns to gold. Poor thing couldn't get it done in a million years. Yes! We all judge. We all not only secretly think, but most of us, outwardly speak things that are critical. We do it every day. So here's a challenge. For today....if only for one day......don't wonder about your neighbor, co workers, or friend. Don't wonder about anybody....not even you! Just embrace today in the Joy in which it was given to you. Today, let's count our blessings, stand on our mountain tops, sing our songs....without reserve, regret or restriction. Let Billy and Bobby and Sally and Susie have their lives. You have yours. Enjoy it. Live it. Just throw out those arms and twirl in the glory that is you. And tonight...be exhausted in the effort of individuality. It's a precious thing.

Gamble......

My Thought for this Day........Life is a gamble. Everyday we roll the dice, and live the results. We all begin our day with intentions, and end our day with the results of what we may or may not have planned. And here's the beauty of this..........we have lived. Maybe not happily, nor perfectly, nor totally successfully. But we have lived. And tomorrow we get the chance to begin again, redirect, or stay the course. And most importantly, we have had the chance to learn. I believe that the most ordinary of circumstances become extraordinary when lessons are grasped and absorbed and used for good.

Jungle.......

My Thought for this Day.......You will make time for that and those who are important enough for you to allow to take your heart and hold it. You will pass by and nod or wave at many folk. You will be an acquaintance to possibly hundreds of people. But the fact is you will truly and honestly and soulfully, only allow a few trusted souls to see deep into you, grip your hand, and stride down the road of life by your side. I hope you see in your family and friends what I behold in mine. I hope you are intuitive enough to see the lions and the tigers and the bears and to realize the ones who are there to protect. I hope you know that blessed and mighty are those who have a jungle.

Fake........

My Thought for this Day........When you live a counterfeit life, you ask for and receive fake emotions. Who can and will be true to you, when you can't be true to yourself. Honesty and truth lead by example. Deception and lies may come in shiny packages, yet hold empty stagnant air. The core of a healthy life begins with eyes wide open into your own intentions and pretenses Don't ask from others what you are not willing to be nor do. To grip their hand and jump in the deep water of life's ocean with them is to validate sincerity.

Mountaintop.......

My Thought for this Day........Stand on your mountaintop and observe your kingdom. It might be tiny, or expansive. It might be downtrodden, or elaborate. Doesn't matter with what you begin your day: it matters with what you end. Adding jewels, or gold or valuables is ok. Adding trust, or wisdom, or gratefulness is precious. For the additions of the latter exalts your kingdom in ways that are immeasurable.

Power......

My Thought for this Day........In these coming hours, someone will probably make you mad, someone will probably frustrate you, shame you, disgust you, exhaust you or depress you. Here is your power.........that little nugget of strength that nestles deep within you can become a mighty, towering tree of power. You have an arsenal of prodigious trees to call upon, to guard your road, to protect your heart, but most of all to ensure that when things go wrong, when the mighty winds of life change, you will stand strong, not only for and of yourself, but for and with others. Stand with tenacity and valor. And realize,without one tiny doubt, that there are those standing with you, even if in silence and invisibility.

Ever Changing.....l

Repeat Thought for this Day.........Life is full of commas, not periods. Certainly we'll all have a period at one time...at the end of life. But as for now, if you're reading this, understand that your life is at this moment full of commas, semicolons, quotation marks, exclamation points, but not periods. Ever-Changing. My family is facing some wonderful changes, but also we've had some pretty big challenges in the last few months and years, and what I've learned through this is that the commas, semicolons and quotations are just the curves and hills and valleys of our lives. If you stop and think about your life, your family's lives or the lives of your friends, I think you'll understand what I mean. You certainly have had some periods in your life....not YOUR period, but the end of life for loved ones. Those are the periods that must be mourned, but also cherished because you were allowed to see and enjoy the commas in their lives as well. We all face changes, and for the most part they must be accepted for what they are.....life. So I think the point is to not feel like you are looking at a period, maybe a comma, maybe a semicolon, maybe an exclamation point, but not a period. Whatever it is you're traveling through right now will change...for the good? For the bad? For the whatever......change. That is the reality of life......commas, semicolons, not periods. When the period of your life comes, and it surely will, I hope you can look back and realize the wonder that you beheld, the preciousness that was yours, the purpose that was meant for you, and that you never saw a period, but that you understood that throughout the years that the present was to be cherished and loved and lived and enjoyed for what it was. That commas were there, and that after those commas was more life. Enjoy today. Love today. Be amazed. Seek your purpose. Make those commas be fruitful, not hateful. For your period will come as surely as the sun will set. And at that time, you will have had your chance. Don't blow it my friends. It's a gift so big as to nearly be incomprehensible.

Action......

My Thought for this Day......Its okay to live part of your life as a Linking Verb. In fact, it's important. We need to feel, to be, to seem, to posses. But it's the life of Action Verbs that get things done. Link those feelings to actions. Don't only feel sorry for......help. Don't only consider......do. Don't only want.....go for. Life is a delicate balancing act, and truthfully , no one lives perfectly. But to live in the Link and not ever in the Action, does no one good. We all know where the Road of Good Intentions leads. Don't always be an I am, be an I Do.

Life......

My Thought for this Day..........Celebrate Life! Circumstances come and go. But the preciousness of daily breath is beyond measure. Make your mark on the world instead of allowing the world to mark you. May your Morning Salutation be gratefulness and the acknowledgment of your blessings. And when you close your eyes for nightly rest, may you whisper, "Thank You for another day."

Reach.......

My Thought for this Day.........May you always be able to say without angst...........I may not be THE best, but I'm MY best. And when you reach for your personal star, may you know that it's the journey that is the lesson, and it's the lesson that is the true gift.

Joy......

My Thought for this Day.........If you can bring joy to anyone, especially someone you love, that exultation boomerangs back infinitesimally.

Change........

My Thought for this Day......I truly believe we all have windows of our hearts and minds. I also believe we can choose to open them wide and let in fresh air, new ideas, and change, and with this openness, achieve and learn and become more than we were. I also believe we can padlock these windows and watch the world go by, all the while grumbling and saying..that's not the way we did it in my day. No matter how old or young you are , you do have a way....back in the day. Each moment you have to make that choice, good or bad, right or wrong. If you're alive, you must choose to be a part of this ever evolving world, or sit behind the dust and grime and mold of your tightly closed window, becoming more and more cynical and scornful. So what's it gonna be? Grab hold of the fresh air of change, seek out opportunities that just might make a difference in your life as well as the life of your friends and family, or sit and live in the past that while seems golden in your mind, just may be a little tarnished? I choose openness and vitality and grabbing hold of life with both hands. I hope you do too. I hope you relish each day. I hope you are that person who lights the way for those who sit dimly in the closed room of sameness. Join me in this Journey.

Repeat.........

My Re-Run Thought for this Day because I think it bears repeating............. A wise woman once told me that we are all stones polishing each other. She said that without interaction with all types of people, we would remain rough with sharp edges. But that by coming in contact with all sorts of folks, we are polished into what we are meant to be. Specific people are put into our lives for a reason. Maybe to polish or maybe for us to polish them. So the point of this very short blog today is this.......do you have people you love? Yes! Do you have people who are constants in your life that maybe you have trouble even liking? Yes! But remember they are there to help mold you much as a potter molds clay. They build character either through enjoyment, friendship or the opposite. They maybe be a constant in your life or a flash. Whatever the circumstance, take the opportunity to grow and shine, be polished and help polish others. Life doesn't just happen, it is a definite road with the highway signs having YOUR name on them. Walk it with pride and purpose. Let your little polished light shine!

Question.....

My Question for this Day.......Where will your dream take you?

Complacency.......

My Thought for this Day..........While the word complacency is categorized grammatically as a noun, I truly think it's a verb. And one of the most dangerous words in our language. Strike it from your life. Change will happen.

Thank You.....

My Thought for this Day.......If every single day, someone doesn't look you in the eye and say a sincere Thank-You, then maybe you're still living in the Me, not the We.

2016......

My First Thought of 2016.......Never underestimate yourself. You have it in you to set your goals high and not only meet them, but exceed them. Don't sit on the sidelines of life. Be a player.