Fall Down Seven Times Get Up Eight

Got :58 seconds to spare?

That's what was left in the game last night.  The Packer game. The Giants had tied it up and the Packers  working at being 12-0 got the ball back at :58 seconds.  Did they cave? Did they give up?

Ah no... They put on their helmets, worked as a team...and Aaron Rogers marched them down the field. With 3 seconds left they called a time out and Mason Crosby kicked the winning field goal.

Amazing...simply amazing.

Next time you say you don't have time to get done what you say is important to you...remember what can happen in :58 seconds.  :) 

You, my friend, can move mountains...

Month One of Operation Focus. Here's my report.

I said I was going to focus on one area of my life each month to get a handle on things I want to deal with.  Things that I never seem to get to.

This past month...it was my physical body :)  Yes the container for my spirit needed some attention.

I work very long hours on my feet so my body takes a pounding. It deserved my attention first.

Here is what I did:

I was eating poorly. I decided I needed some structure to follow.  I decided to follow Weight Watchers for six week. I have an older program that someone gave me.  I have stayed on it.  I feel better and better. I am no longer coming home and eat like a crazy woman at 1 AM.

I am eating several times a day. I have only weighed myself 3 times. When I started. Once in the middle and yesterday.  I have lost 15 pounds. :) My body says thank you!

Then:  eating poorly and very late at night.  Now: 15 pounds lighter and eating throughout the day.

I have always wanted long hair.  My two sisters and I have all gone through the process of growing our hair long.  I think it was because when we were little our mom cut our hair very short.  They were called "pixies" back then...if your hair grew below your ears...boom...it was gone!  :) 

For the last five years I have been growing my hair out.  It got pretty long.  Then I realized that I was spending a lot of time on it.  Looking at it, fixing it...trying to make it look a certain way.  Then one day I realized it was tired.  It just hung there and looked tired.  So I sent a text to my hair person and said I believe it was time for my hair to go.  It looks tired and I am not.

I took a picture of my niece and I several years ago along and said, " This is what I would like or something close to it."  Cut, cut, snip, snip...five years of growth...gone.

My hair is now shoulder length and looking quite energic if I say so myself.

Then: long, hanging hair that looked tired.  Now:  shoulder length hair that is full of energy!

Lastly I am using a vitamin powder every morning in juice or my smoothie and using energy machines that my friend has at her wellness center once week.  I will write more about all of this soon...because I can feel the difference in a wonderful way.  The machines somehow get more oxygen into your body and re-aline your energy. I don't understand it but I am a believer. 

Then:  feeling tired.  Now:  I have energy to spare!

Here's my recap:  Focus - my physical body

Lost 15 pounds

Cut hair

Doing energy work

I am happy as a clam.  And looking butmore importantly feelingbetter and better every day. I am continuing to build on what I have put in place. It takes 21 days to form a habit...I have over 30 days in. :) And my physical body thanks me.

This month my focus:  my finances. Another area that needs my focus. Let's see what I can accomplish in 30 days. :)

Month One of Operation Focus. Here's my report.

I said I was going to focus on one area of my life each month to get a handle on things I want to deal with.  Things that I never seem to get to.

This past month...it was my physical body :)  Yes the container for my spirit needed some attention.

I work very long hours on my feet so my body takes a pounding. It deserved my attention first.

Here is what I did:

I was eating poorly. I decided I needed some structure to follow.  I decided to follow Weight Watchers for six week. I have an older program that someone gave me.  I have stayed on it.  I feel better and better. I am no longer coming home and eat like a crazy woman at 1 AM.

I am eating several times a day. I have only weighed myself 3 times. When I started. Once in the middle and yesterday.  I have lost 15 pounds. :) My body says thank you!

Then:  eating poorly and very late at night.  Now: 15 pounds lighter and eating throughout the day.

I have always wanted long hair.  My two sisters and I have all gone through the process of growing our hair long.  I think it was because when we were little our mom cut our hair very short.  They were called "pixies" back then...if your hair grew below your ears...boom...it was gone!  :) 

For the last five years I have been growing my hair out.  It got pretty long.  Then I realized that I was spending a lot of time on it.  Looking at it, fixing it...trying to make it look a certain way.  Then one day I realized it was tired.  It just hung there and looked tired.  So I sent a text to my hair person and said I believe it was time for my hair to go.  It looks tired and I am not.

I took a picture of my niece and I several years ago along and said, " This is what I would like or something close to it."  Cut, cut, snip, snip...five years of growth...gone.

My hair is now shoulder length and looking quite energic if I say so myself.

Then: long, hanging hair that looked tired.  Now:  shoulder length hair that is full of energy!

Lastly I am using a vitamin powder every morning in juice or my smoothie and using energy machines that my friend has at her wellness center once week.  I will write more about all of this soon...because I can feel the difference in a wonderful way.  The machines somehow get more oxygen into your body and re-aline your energy. I don't understand it but I am a believer. 

Then:  feeling tired.  Now:  I have energy to spare!

Here's my recap:  Focus - my physical body

Lost 15 pounds

Cut hair

Doing energy work

I am happy as a clam.  And looking butmore importantly feelingbetter and better every day. I am continuing to build on what I have put in place. It takes 21 days to form a habit...I have over 30 days in. :) And my physical body thanks me.

This month my focus:  my finances. Another area that needs my focus. Let's see what I can accomplish in 30 days. :)

Today's word is remember.

To remember is to "think again, to keep from forgetting.  Today is World AIDS Day.  I am remembering today.

I am remembering names and faces and joy and laughter and tears.

I was one of the first 26 people hired in the state of Wisconsin in the 80's to work with people who were living with HIV/AIDS.  It was a scary time for folks.  So much was unknown. I think I spent about ten years in the work...I directed several HIV/AIDS non profits.

Today I am remembering the faces of the people I worked with ... both as staff and as clients.  I am remembering with a smile on my face and joy in my heart.

I will always remember one conversation I had with a man who was dying.  I told him that I was so sorry he was dying.  He was 28 years old.  He took my hand and said, "Jeanne don't be sorry.  I have a great family, wonderful friends...have worked at a job I have loved and have loved someone with great passion." He said it doesn't get better than that and some people live to be 80 and cannot say that.  That is truth...plain and simple.  Within a week he died.

I remember him today and smile...