Do something today that you’ve been talking about doing forever...
The sooner you change your life for the better,
the longer you get to live with those awesome changes.
- Jen Sincero
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Monday 30 March 2020
Friday 27 March 2020
Stress
The definition of stress:
when you make the unhelpful choice to lose your sense of humor,
your ability to shift your perspective, and your belief in your own superhero powers
to deal with a challenging situation that you probably won’t even remember
in the not-so-distant future.
- Jen Sincero
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Wednesday 25 March 2020
Faith
The greatest act of faith some days
is to simply get up and face another day.
- Amy Gatliff
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Monday 23 March 2020
Sing
Life is a shipwreck
but we must not forget to sing in the lifeboats.
- Peter Gay
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Friday 20 March 2020
March 20, 2020 Chautauqua
Beth's Ponderings
“If you used your
head, you’d have saved your feet” is a saying that I heard a LOT
in my life.
Mainly, because mom
would give me a list of things to get from the basement, or another room, to
save HER feet from having to make the trip.
Invariably, something would be forgotten, or I’d get the wrong thing (even
though it was what she asked for) and I’d have to go back and get whatever was
missing. Instead of one trip, I’d end up
making three or four, before she was satisfied that I had gotten everything.
Now, all those
trips up and down stairs, and in and out of rooms, could have been saved, but
in the end they were healthier for me, because it is all the little incidental
movement you do during the day that helps keep you fit and active, not the once-a-week
fitness class or daily gym exercise.
While the fitness
class, or gym workout, does contribute to our health and wellbeing, and is
better than not being active at all, we get more of a workout - for both our
body and brain - walking from one room to another, or even across the room,
going up and down stairs, picking up items, reaching and bending, turning pages
in a physical book, standing up and sitting down, and other movements we make
countless times throughout our days.
Young children are
masters at incidental movement as they are always on the go, shifting and
moving throughout their day, in various ways.
Unfortunately, as a
society we tend to experience less and less of that incidental activity in our
daily round as we spend more time in vehicles, sitting at desks, microwaving
meals instead of making from scratch, binge watching TV/movies, swiping tablets/phones
and other sedentary activities.
An advantage of all
the incidental movement is that it helps with circulation, and the movement of
lymph, in our bodies, which helps strengthen our immune systems and keeping us
healthier. Something we could all
benefit from in the long run.
Beth
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Wednesday 18 March 2020
Nothing
There’s never enough time
to do all the nothing you want.
- Bill Watterson
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Monday 16 March 2020
Obstacle
Know that there is something inside you
that is greater than any obstacle.
- Christian D. Larson
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Friday 13 March 2020
Wednesday 11 March 2020
Being
Success is not about your circumstances,
it’s about who you’re being.
- Jen Sincero
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Monday 9 March 2020
Friday 6 March 2020
March 6, 2020 Chautauqua
Beth's Ponderings
Is there something
in your life that you are struggling to do, have, and/or be? Something that seems perpetually just out of
your reach, no matter how hard you try to grasp it? Something that has been a
strong desire for years, yet you are no closer to achieving?
We all have something
we strongly desire, AND we all have reasons and excuses galore for why it isn’t
in our lives yet. But...
Have you ever given
yourself permission to have, do and/or be it?
We think that once
we become adults, we no longer need permission to do anything. Yet, no matter how many years we’ve lived on
this planet, how smart or mature we think we are, or even how much we have
already accomplished in this life, the majority of us are still “subconsciously”
little children waiting for permission from an older authority figure before we
can go after what we really want.
So, why not be that
older mature authority figure for your subconscious little child self right
now?
Make a list of all
the things you wish you could have, do, and be.
While there may be one or two really big things on your list, I’m pretty
sure there are some smaller items that are on it too. Nothing is too big or small to be included. List
it all. Make sure you also include
things you need permission to stop doing and release from your life.
After you make your
list, go through each item, one at a time, and give yourself out-loud verbal
permission.
Now, this doesn’t
mean that you have to rush out and immediately get whatever it is, or
dramatically change your life, to suddenly make this all happen. Nor, does it mean that you will get
everything (or even should) on your list.
What giving
yourself permission does is take the pressure and struggle away so you can
relax and enjoy your life more. And once
you are no longer trying so hard, you will be amazed at the opportunities,
ideas, inner nudges, and doors that will open for you to start moving closer to
whatever it was on your list that was the most meaningful for you.
Beth
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Wednesday 4 March 2020
Improve
One of the best things you can do to improve the world
is to improve yourself.
- Jen Sincero
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Monday 2 March 2020
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