NOTE: This is a post from years ago, but I love to revisit the day and remind myself that I CAN conjure up an attitude of gratitude. I hope that – no matter what kind of a Monday you’re having, that you can make the most of it! Power is out. Coffee (yesterday’s) is cold. […]
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Laugh It Up Today! Some folks have said that laughing really hard is good for our abdominal muscles. I’m not sure that laughing is as good as sit-ups, but I do know that laughing can release ‘feel-good’ hormones. Laughing is #GoodMedicine (without a co-pay!) and something we all ought to do, so let’s do it
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Maybe an epiphany will suddenly transform us into that version of us that we say we want to become. Perhaps today holds one of those “Aha!” moments that will allow us to make a drastic, sudden, even miraculous change. I love those moments! But while we’re waiting for that epiphany, let’s be sure we keep
Lucky Day Today is your lucky day (just because we say so!)Good things are going to happen today.Count on it.Expect it.Make it so. (I double-dog dare you!) #FridayThe13th http://ow.ly/i/zwSDH
There is immeasurable beauty around us and sometimes the leaves seem to woo us with their colors. Or maybe it’s the strange message the ice crystals seem to write upon our windshield. And who among us hasn’t been momentarily stunned and amused by the flitting about of a hummingbird making its rounds in the garden?
Action! We generate fears while we sit. We overcome them by action. Fear is nature’s way of warning us to get busy. – Dr. Henry Link Whatever the uncomfortable feeling we’re experiencing is, we should remember that when we act, things change. Feelings change. Circumstances change. The longer we sit, the longer the uncomfortable feeling
Sometimes when we take a step back or take a little time, bad news can be easier to bear. Once in a while, we even see that SOME “bad news” turns out to be hiding an unexpected “gift.” If we think about it for a few minutes, I bet we can all think of examples
When days seem stormy, try to remember that a smooth sea never made a skillful sailor. http://ow.ly/i/zf0Jo
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Tom Petty on Worry Most things I worry about never happen anyway.-Tom Petty I’m not sure of the context, and I know others have spoken those words, but today I’m glad to give credit to Tom Petty for that truth. Worries are curious things. We often worry about impossible things – things that are nearly
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Share Your Gratitude Today An attitude of gratitude MIGHT be contagious! So let’s make it our goal today to summon up our gratitude and THEN spread it around. If we take a look around us I suspect we can find things for which we are grateful. And I know that if we look around we
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Some things are too important to leave to chance. And some of us may not feel like we’re very lucky anyway. So let’s agree that for the important stuff (like you!) we’re going to take matters into our own hands. Here’s a quote to post on your bathroom mirror (or maybe the refrigerator?) Your life
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Practice Patiently and Persistently Recognizing that sudden epiphanies do happen, and can cause sudden, drastic changes, I’d like to suggest that it is far more common for change to come as a result of small, repeated steps over a span of time. That’s generally how humans learn. It is certainly how we learn most comfortably.
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What Really Matters? This world seems to have an unlimited supply of distractions, most of which – when all is said and done – don’t really matter. They shouldn’t change what happens next. Here is short list of some of the distractions I’m talking about: – other people’s opinions – what she said about me
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Today is a good day to shout about your accomplishments. You need to remind yourself of the steps you’ve taken. Let’s encourage others and remind ourselves as we brag a bit today! (And please remember that even small steps can lead us to that big change!) Been battling the “bulge?” – how many pounds have
Enjoy the Journey Our happiness is a matter of being able to find small moments of joy, even in the midst of the mundane or even in the midst of suffering. Developing a habit or discipline of being fully present – moment by moment – can help us to find happiness in the journey of
