Fall Down Seven Times Get Up Eight

Today's word is tangle.

I keep thinking about the word tangle.  Actually I keep thinking about sheets being tangled up in bed but that leads to a whole different word!  :)  LOL

Tangle means to be united in intricate confusion.  Hmmm...necklaces can be tangled.  Yarn can be tangled.  Your finances can be tangled.  And bedsheets can be tangled too.

If you are looking for clarity in your life...untangling things is important.  If you are looking to stay confused...keep adding to the tangle.

Today's word is tumble.

Tumble is to fall or cause to fall suddenly.  It's also a gymnastic term...falling and rolling on purpose.

Tumbling is also part of life...at least part of my life. Suddenly falling...sometimes with grace...most of the time not so gracefully.

Here is what I believe...it's how we get up that is the key.

Sometimes we have to lay on the mat for awhile.  That's okay. Sometimes we need to catch our breath.

Then when we are ready...we jump up and say TADA!!!!  Just like we plan it all along :)

Today's word is disarm.

Disarm is to take weapons from. To make harmless or friendly.

Let's start by disarming ourselves.  Put down your "weapons".  Just for today lead with kindness or understanding. Lead with words that reflect how you want your world to be.

Let go...put down everything else that creates what you do not want in your life.  You know your words can be weapons.  Look at the arsenal you use. 

Just for today disarm yourself. Work at creating the world you want to live in. :)

Today's word is universal.

Universal means relating to or affecting everyone.

I think it also means we are more alike than different.  People have different life experiences and come from different mindsets to be sure. 

But there are themes that make us more alike...shockingly alike. Which should...I say should make us kinder and more understanding with each other.

I listened to Adele's fabulous CD 21.  Good lord she was talking for me.  No wonder it has stayed on the top of the charts so long... she sings universal talk.

So today when you encounter people..especially people who drive you nuts - remember they are more like you than you think. 

May that give you pause before you blow them off to look a little deeper and see where you may find some common ground.  You may find yourself surprised. :)

Today's word is blessing.

Blessing...it is something that you are given.

Sometimes it feels like you don't have any blessings in your life.  Things may be swirling out of control...and life feels void of blessings. 

But if you are reading this you have the blessing of sight.  That's one blessing.  Let's start there and keep counting.  You are more blessed than you realize. 

You are welcome. :)

Today's word is care.

Care means give attention to.

Today I want you to take care of you. Just for today...follow what feels good to you.  Follow it and do it.

If you are one who usually cares for others - today turn that attention to you.

You are worth simply all the care you can give yourself. You really are.

Do it afraid.

I was hopping from person to person the other day on Facebook.  I would see an interesting comment then go see who they were. It's like people watching in an airport :) for me.

I saw this quote....Do it afraid.

I am not sure where I saw it but reading those words were like a light switch being flipped.  Strange I know but sometimes things hit me like that.

This was one of those moments.  I have been afraid for about the last five years.  Afraid when the rug was pulled out from under me twice.  I willingly stood on the rug both times...I own that.  But the lasting effect of those experiences has been fear.  I can feel it...it has overshadowed more than I would like to admit.

I have been finding my footing, recovering myjoy and dealing with the collateral damage of having ones life implode not once but twice.  I have used fear as a buffer zone I think.  I have let it lead me...rather then let it fall along the wayside as I leaped forward from when I was to where I want to be.

Reading that quote was like a lighting bolt of clarity...Do it afraid. 

So I am.

And I am thinking that one day soon I will simply wake up and no longer be afraid.  It will be a feeling of the past...

and then from then on I will just Do it.  :)