4/16/2024 0 Comments Time and TomorrowWhat is about us that thinks we will always have time and a tomorrow? Everyday, we get up, go through the day, completing whatever it is that needs to be completed and go to bed all with the mindset and belief that we have tomorrow.
Why do we believe that? Why do we take time and for granted? Do we believe that we have more time and tomorrows because we do not want to admit that we are not indestructible? Or is it to sobering and a little depressing to be honest with ourselves that we might not get more time and another tomorrow? Do we use the guise that we have tomorrow to act however we want today because we believe we have an infinite amount of time and tomorrows and we can take care of things then? What if you don't have a tomorrow? If you woke up and was told this is your last 24 hours what would you do? Why would you do whatever it is that you chose to do in those last 24 hours? Why can't you do whatever you chose today? Instead we waste today and the time we have now because we lie to ourselves that we have more time and tomorrows. We need to stop lying to ourselves today. Time is something that we can never get back so why waste it today, because you might not get a tomorrow.
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3/24/2024 0 Comments Sometimes the Why doesn't matterWhen we were little we all went through the "why" phase. We were curious and wondered why. Some of us when we had exhausted our parents out with the why questions we finally get the answer " because I said so."
When we were growing up we were told that you always needed a why. It became a reoccurring theme in everyday life. Learning in school it was drilled into us again and again. We have been taught that in order for anything to be complete or whole we needed, a who, a what, a when, a where and a why. Over and over it became a theme in life. Going to go hang out with friends, we answered whether it be to parents, siblings, other friends or even ourselves, who, what, when, where, and why. Every decision even if we do not consciously realize it we are trying to find the why. Some Why's are easy. Like why do I go to work? I need money to live. Why did I buy the item. I bought it because I wanted or needed it. Other why's are not so easy. So much pressure and stress is added to our life when we are always looking for the why. Why did I get sick? Why did they have to leave? There are a million why's that we will always feel a need to have an answer to because we were conditioned and taught to believe that the why matters. One day I made a revelation when I was changing my mind set. When I started looking at life with the question, if I die tomorrow. The why doesn't always matter. Would the "why" be nice to have answered absolutely, however we do not need to drive ourselves crazy for the why. When you lose the need to always have the why answered a weight is lifted from you. Issues don't become so personal because you are not looking for a why. You have the freedom to stop thinking that you are being singled out, picked on, poked at, made fun of, or not good enough because you no longer wonder, why did they say that, why did they do that. The why just simply doesn't matter. Take a big breath and feel the weight of why be lifted. 3/14/2024 0 Comments What Can I GiveHave you ever woke and felt empty? You know that there are things to do and people who will want and need things from you and you ask yourself what can I give?
When you are feeling empty and think you have nothing left remember this. You have an ear that you can use to listen. You have a hand that can be used for helping. You have a mouth that can say kind words. You have a shoulder that can be leaned on. You have a heart that can give empathy and compassion. When you give of these things it won't feel like giving. You will stop feeling empty. You will be Beautifully Human 3/13/2024 0 Comments Kindness is Contagious Being kind can be quite contagious, its like a smile or a frown. Once you see it, well it changes you. The change might not be all day, week, month, but for that one moment it is all there is.
Your day does not start the way you want, you oversleep, the car won't start, the people in your life are arguing. This is when it takes the most. This is when YOUR choice matters. You can choose to let a bad start or a bad day be your day or YOU can choose to shrug it off and make the day better. You can choose to be kind to those who aren't. You can choose to offer that smile that will make someone smile back. They don't just smile back because you smiled, they smile back because you choose to see them as a person and they smile back to acknowledge that. Your smile might be the bright spot in someone's day. Your kindness will be contagious and they will be kind in turn. We all like to think that one small action does not make a difference but we are all WRONG. Every small action has a reaction, good or bad. That reaction is based upon YOUR choice. Every person on this earth hold so much power that it is scary. All of us should strive to live a life of kindness. My life is not perfect, far from it actually, however I choose everyday what is allowed in my life. I choose to live my life with commonsense, humor, kindness and the knowledge that it is always MY choice. 3/13/2024 0 Comments Life is Always About ChoiceI started this blog to remind myself and anyone else out in the vast world wide web and even the world that we have choice. I have a choice, you have a choice and together some of our choices bring change. I will not say that every change is for the better, however it reinforces the lesson that choice can bring change. For instance, I believe in things you can not see, heaven, God, love, and that there are still really great people in this world. I believe not all struggle is to punish something we have done. I believe the struggle is an opportunity for growth and change. You made a choice or several to bring you to the point of struggle. You make the choice on how long it will take you to learn the lesson and to no longer struggle. I know not everyone has the same beliefs and I love that. I love that those choices can bring on thousands of conversations. That each conversation can open to a new conversation, new view, a new alliance. The power of conversation is undeniable. I am grateful everyday for remembering that I have choice. So the next time you are down, sad, frustrated, happy, joyful, appreciative, remember all of it came because of choice. Remember you can change the world, one choice at a time. 3/13/2024 0 Comments ChangeIf you speak unkindly that is on you, not the person next to you or in front of you or behind you, it is all on you, that is your choice. If children speak unkindly or act unkind then they have not been taught better by their parents. They can still be taught kindness by others. Each and every person in this world has a choice on how they speak to others, how they treat others and how they teach others. That is no one else's choice. Own your choices, you made them. Blaming your choice on others is like blaming the fork for your weight. That doesn't make any sense does it?
We need to make the choice to make this a better world and in order to begin we need to stop playing the blame game. We need to own our choices. We need to individually start deciding for ourselves and live that choice. Blaming others will solve nothing. We have been doing that already and we are still in the same place. Life is always about choice. Kindness cost's nothing, a smile cost's nothing, yet they bring so much and should be effortless. If we all start to give then we can all start to live in a better world. |
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