Know When It’s Time to Walk Away
Tag: Quotes
Opportunity is Hard Work
It’s no surprise that success is hard work.
The surprise might be:
A) success looks different for everyone.
B) Everyone receives opportunities.
C) We often miss or don’t grab opportunities because it requires change we are unwilling or not ready to make.
D) The only person responsible for where you are (in life) is you.
Some of these statements are hard pills to swallow, even for me.
My reality is that I have had opportunities I missed. I have had opportunities I’ve taken. I’ve worked hard, and I’ve not worked hard.
I’m not a millionaire, a business owner, a master of industry, or a PhD. I am STILL A SUCCESS: I’ve come a long way from where I started.
If you want a different life, different circumstances, you will have to WORK for them. You will have to CHANGE. Both work and change are hard and uncomfortable.
Not everyone wants out of their circumstances… regardless of what their words say. There is a comfort in known misery. It is not easy to walk away from the “known” in the face of the unknown and uncomfortable change of GROWTH.
Either way, the choice is personal. Just don’t go blaming others, “the world”, or society, when the CHOICE to stay or move on is really YOURS.
Wherever you are in your process, it’s only you who has the power to make a change in your circumstances.
Like I said, it’s a hard pill to swallow.
Use Your Attention Wisely
A Little Sunshine On A Grey Day…
Every flower is a soul blossoming in nature
~ Gerard De Nerval
I was struggling today. It was grey outside, and feeling grey on the inside.
What to do? Channel it into my #100daychallenge2020 to Art Journal every day.
I found some lilacs on a struggling tree in our yard, which was the inspiration to get me started.
Adopt the pace of nature. Her secret is patience.
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
I REALLY need Nature’s patience right now. Like, 10 weeks+ of patience is running out. BIG TIME.
#loosingit #hangingon #openandbrave
Let’s DANCE!!!
A great way to relieve lockdown stress!
If you’re like me, and love to dance… DANCE!!! Pick your favorite music and work out that frustration laughing and dancing and singing.
I will admit, I have NO rhythm and I am now tone-deaf (ear damage). BUT! I still live to sing and dance!
My family may laugh… and I don’t care! Dance ANYWAY!
Hard times require FURIOUS DANCING!
💃 💃💃💃
#dance #laugh #findyourjoy #relievestress #openandbrave
A Little Family Humor
EVERY MOTHER WANTS YOU TO KNOW!!! 🤣🤣🤣
What Are YOU Inviting Yourself to Experience?
I INVITE YOU TO…
How will YOU answer that question?
Today, the sun is shining the allergens are low and I am sitting in the sun.
Today, I made time for Art Therapy with my group via Zoom, not something I’ve allowed myself for a few weeks.
Today I invite myself to embrace my child-like joy.
Today I invite myself to BE IN THIS MOMENT.
Today I invite myself to Dance, without judgement.
Today I invite myself to Breath with ease.
Today I invite myself to be FREE: of judgement, guilt, and the “shoulds”
Today I invite myself to laugh and smile for NO REASON.
What will YOU invite yourself to do?
#possibilities #openandbrave
Im Searching for…Patience
“Have patience with all things, But, first of all with yourself.”
–Saint Francis de Sales
FREEDOM
FREEDOM
Philosophy: the power to exercise choice and make decisions without constraint from within or without; autonomy; self-determination.
Freedom does not mean I have to agree with you, like you, or personally accept/condone/ support your life choices.
Freedom means I respect your right to have views, lifestyle, religions beliefs that differ from my own. I make space that allows for differences to co-exists.
Way Back… in the 1970’s and 1980’s:
We took classes in Social Studies, Civics/Government, History (of country and state). IN ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOL!
We studied the Branches of Government.
We learned about Checks & Balances.
We had to MEMORIZE the Preamble to the Constitution! 😱
We were taught the highs and lows in our country and our state’s history.
This is my take-away from MY education:
I learned that MY VOICE matters. My VOTE matters on a community level. My VOTE matters on a State level.
Because My Vote Matters, I need to be educated on how government works. I need to understand that LOCAL and STATE Governments have THE MOST POWER over how I live my daily life, and the quality at which I live it.
I needed to LEARN the function of government in my life and how to use my voice to best effect: at my local and state level.
All that said, if you are not happy with your life… the CHANGE (aka improvement), starts with YOU. Your government can’t and WON’T even try to fix it… NO MATTER WHAT A POLITICIAN PROMISES.
PS: Shout Out to Schoolhouse Rock. They had some great lessons too👍🏻.
#personalresponsibility #freedom #openandbrave
Land of Opportunity
Your present circumstances don’t determine where you can go; they merely determine where you start. ~Nido Qubein
Empowerment.Vitality.Evolution. 