Fall Down Seven Times Get Up Eight

Today's word is own.

Own means to acknowledge.  I find it interesting when people do not own their own behavior.

I watch as its always someone else...their fault, their responsibility, their turn.  The lack of stepping up and simply owning what it yours to do is curious to me.

One of life's many mysteries.

Today's word is sparkle.

Sparkle means to flash, gleam, effervesce.  It's a fine word. 

Yesterday a woman told me that a friend of hers who I do not know but met me said that I sparkle!  I love that.  And I love that she took the time to tell me.

Here's a thought.  What one word would people use to describe you?  That should keep you busy for awhile..or maybe not :)

Today's word is am.

According to my dictionary am is the present tense of be!   How cool is that?!

I want to be....yadda, yadda.  But guess what I already am....fill in the blank.  I don't know why that has stopped me in my tracks but it has.

Most of us...me including...look to the future.  Okay or keep looking over our shoulder at the past.  But we miss...I swear most days we miss what we are NOW.  "I am" what today?

Am is filled with the power of the now.

I am grateful.  It is almost a year ago that I was almost homeless and my life was still swirling and whirling around me.  I have landed.  I have a home.  I have a job.  I have my focus back.  I have my self back.  I am grateful.

And you?

Today's word is boundary.

A boundary is a line that is drawn around something.  It's the edge. "The line marking the extent."

There are boundaries all around us.  Some are put there by others...some we put there ourselves.

What boundaries have you placed around yourself?  Around your dreams?

Once you figure out what the boundaries are that YOU have put in place...ask yourself why.

Today's word is beaming.

No... I don't mean beaming someone on the head! Though I do have a few candidates for that!  I mean the other definition of beaming :)  to send out light.

In order to send out light...you must be filled with light.  So what makes you beam?  What fills you with light?

Don't know...well it's waaay past time to find out!  Make that your goal for today...people need your light.  They really do.

Today's word is satisfy.

Ah...satisfy means to make happy.  I say let's get to it!

"Make happy"...here's the big question...what makes you happy?  If you don't know what will make you happy guess what?  You never will be.  Simple?  Not really.  Just look at the faces of the people you encounter today.  How many look happy?

Let it start with us.  Today figure out what makes you happy...and go for it.

Satisfy a fine word indeed. :)

It's complaint free Saturday.

Yes it is.  I so declare in my world...it's going to be complaint free.

I have noticed that I have been complaining a lot lately.  I do not like that behavior.  I have found myself in a setting where I believe by sheer force of will I can make things happen.  That is not the case. 

Humans...I love that word...humans have their own free will and pretty much do things that they want.  And you and I have little control over that. We can suggest, model or try to use logic from our vantage point to make them see things the way we do...but alas in the end they get to decide using their vision.

That's where complaining comes in.  It's like the last resort. If I complain enough to the universe that will make a difference.  Alas it does but only in my world.

So today...it's complaint free Saturday.  I will stop the behavior I do not like.  Control what I can...ME.  My world will be more at peace and I will be more happy.  And that my friend is a very worthy goal indeed.

Today's word is assume.

Assume...means to take as true.

Assuming can get you off course...out on a limb and in deep water.  To assume you know something without finding out that is real is something we all do.

Doesn't mean we should "assume" just because everyone else is doing it.  Remember what your mother use to say about jumping off a bridge just because your friends were doing it?!

Ask...listen...then decide.  Makes for better decisions every time.

Today's word is fully.

Fully means filled completely.  Ahhh... I like that. 

Laugh fully.  Love fully.  Experience everything fully.

Then you have accomplished what I believe your overall life goal and mine should be...to live life fully.

Today's word is last.

Last is the final one. At the end.

There is one last cookie.  One last turn.  One last chapter. One last breath.  There was one last kiss.

Makes one realize you should always embrace everything you encounter with joy and savor it.  You have no idea when "it" will be the last one...

Talk about living with purpose and attention :)