Fall Down Seven Times Get Up Eight

Today's word is whisper.

How noisy is your world?  How much shouting...how much whispering?

I am thinking there is a time and place for both...shouting and whispering.  But on the balance if the shouting overwhelms the whisper in the end we all lose.

If silence is golden...then whispering at the very least sparkles. :)

 

 

Today's word is satisfied.

Satisfied is a fine word.  It means you take a moment to say ahhhhhhhh.  You are happy, you feel blessed. Life feels good.

It doesn't mean you don't want.  It doesn't mean that you don't have goals.

It means you take time to appreciate what you have. Here. Now.

How about doing that? Here. Now.

Today's word is forget.

I am good at this.  LOL.  Okay sometimes I am good at it...like where the heck did I put the car keys?  I am very good at that kind of forgetting.

But forgetting other stuff...not always good at that. 

But forgetting can happen.  Sometimes it takes time.  Sometimes it takes your focused attention on the present moment not the past.  Sometimes it involves forgiveness. Sometimes it involves removing yourself from the situation to allow yourself the space to forget.

I was sexually assaulted in college by a stranger.  I use to know the date and exact time.  I do not anymore...time has past.  I have forgotten some of it.  Some I will always remember.  But time has a way of taking us forward and we need to walk along with time and not demand to carry so much old stuff with us.  It weighs us down.  The old stuff does that.

Usually it is the painful stuff we need to leave behind.  We need to forget.  That is a good thing to do.

I am not saying pretend it did not happen.  That denies our reality.  I don't think that's helpful. But less focus on it helps us to forget it...move beyond it....once we have learn whatever we needed to learn from it. 

And that is a very good thing to remember.  :)

 

Today's word is remember.

To remember is to look back. Take time today to remember...

*people who have helped you

*people you have loved

*people who have loved you

*things that make you smile

*your favorite hiding place as a child

*your favorite book

*your best adventure

*your funniest experience ever

*your favorite song.

To remember is to appreciate where we have been and who and what we have experienced. Remembering good things can bring a smile to our face and renewed joy in our heart. It is a good thing indeed.

I bet you know what tomorrow's word is :)

Today's word is smile.

There are real smiles and fake smiles.

Smiles that emanate from people's hearts are real. Smiles that emanate from other places..not always real.

And you know what?  People can tell the difference.

I love to watch people.  People in cars, airports, restaurants.  I love to see how they change if people are watching them...and how they look when they think no one is.

I love to smile.  It comes very naturally to me.  Every day I pray that I have joy in my heart and that is shows...in my face... in my body.  Am I ever angry, sad or upset...well heck yes.  But my goal is to be joyful.  And smiling is part of that.

What is your goal today?  What do you want to fill your heart and show the world?

Today's word is slow.

Slow is a good word to follow yesterday's word which was rest.

There is a tendency to want to go fast. Fast food, fast relationships, fast millions....

Slow is sometimes better. Slow lets you observe, enjoy, savor...

I think if getting to the end.  Getting "It" no matter what "it" is...is the only thing that matters...you have missed the point.  It's the journey there that is really the point. 

And if you take your foot off the gas and go a bit slower...ah the sights you will see. :)

Today's word is rest.

Rest is important for your body and your soul.

Rest is quiet...can be reflective...but mainly rest is nothingness.

The need for rest should not depend on what the clock or calendar says.  Your body and soul are your guides for rest.

Today both of mine say...rest.  And I am.  :)

Today's word is do.

Whatever it is you must do...do. 

Do it with style, do it with grace.

Do it without resentment.

Do it with joy.  Then it will be done...which is another fine word.  :)

Today's word is why.

It's a word we ask about things that happen around us...that happen to us. 

Asking why doesn't always get us an answer...but sometimes it can help us uncover our own truth.

Something really bugged me last night.  REALLY bugged me. So I have been asking myself why? Why did it bother me, why did it bug me?

A good exercise is to actually write down everything that comes up when you ask why. You might be surprised...

And once you know the "why" you can move forward in dealing with it.

Why move forward?  'Cause staying stuck is not where we want to be silly goose!

Today's word is pace.

Hahaha!  Pace...it's a lovely word but one that I continue to get to know!

When you pace yourself...you expend energy in a way that can get you to the end.  The end being whatever you say the end is.

 Right now I am working seven days a week. There is deep breathing and moving forward.  I am in quite a hole thanks to my life imploding...I owe people money who helped me recover...I lost a lot of things and need to start over.  Hence...breathing deep and moving through what I need to do.

I pace myself in my own way.  I meditate every morning and pray.  I take time to remember things in people's lives.  I am writing and working on my business. I am seeing my family and friends when I can.  That is my pacing right now.

Here is what I know for sure.  There is only one end...when you die.  Then that I think is a whole new beginning... :)

So find your pacing for you.  What works for me will not work for you and what works for you will not work for me.  That's the way it should be.  We are not paper cut outs.  We are people learning as we go.