Lesson...

"People may not tell you how they feel about you but they always show you. Pay attention."

One lesson I've learned in life that I share with my children is " When someone shows you who they are, believe them." When I use to take writing classes, one phrase that was always said about writing fiction was, "show don't tell." 

Size...

"Dreams come a size too big, so we can grow into them."

I found this quote and thought it was cute and true. Never thought of it that way! It's nice to know my dreams are bigger then I could imagine and given space and time I can actually grow into them. Also nice to know that something doesn't have to fit just right the first time I imagine it and over time it will fit like a glove.

Fly...

"I always wonder why birds stay in the same place when they can fly anywhere on earth. Then I ask myself the same question."

Harun Yahya

This is a good question to ponder... Why do I choose to stay stuck, when I could do anything on earth I wanted? FEAR... my usual answer. But now what? Fear is the answer what is the solution? Putting one foot in-front of the other and doing it anyway!

Answer...

"I am the answer someone has been looking for."

As I was going through "stuff" today, trying to decide what to keep and what to get rid of, I came across this quote a friend shared with me one time. I'm not sure if it is her original quote or not, but it was just what I needed. I have found myself stuck in a message I don't even know I'm listening to, until something triggers it, like teaching a class about all the things I'm passionate about, and that old tape says, " nobody wants to hear what you have to say." With awareness comes change, and even though I've been aware of this tape before I'm hoping to now replace it with, " I am the answer someone has been looking for!"

Spontaneous...

As a person who is an awesome planner, and likes to prepare for things, I find it can be a disruption sometimes when spontaneity knocks on my door. But instead of thinking what a bad person I am because I struggled with a spontaneous moment, I can look at it as something I need to work on more and even incorporate more into my life. I will have to ponder that and figure out how to not "plan" my next spontaneous present moment!!

Good News...

http://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/inspired/individuals/sc-town-builds-house-for-homeless-outcast.html

I've mentioned this website before but it's worth mentioning again. I woke this morning to see all this wonderful good news in my email. What a great way to start the day. Sometimes I get caught up in the worlds bad news or my own life drama that it's awesome to start my day with GOOD NEWS.

Choose...

"It doesn't matter what you didn't accomplish. It doesn't matter that you haven't looked at your goal for over a month or abandoned it like a piece of fruit in the back of the refrigerator and it has now grown spores. Choose again today."

Tama J. Kieves

Reading this makes me feel a little better. Today I was overwhelmed with my to-do list and all the different areas in my life I'm trying to accomplish things in. When I feel like this. it reminds me of a book called "Bird by Bird" by Anne Lamont ( I think the title came from Anne's brother had a report to do on birds and didn't know where to start and she said to him, bird by bird. You can probable google the exact story). I can accomplish each task, one at a time and love myself for each thing done and forgive myself for those I abandoned. I can choose again today.