Showing posts with label things to be ponder. Show all posts
Showing posts with label things to be ponder. Show all posts

Thursday, January 23, 2020

When starting something new

As we move through the stages of retirement, it is, in my humble opinion, a good idea to try new things, listen to new ideas, try new adventures. Change is unsettling and frightening but after the initial adjustments change can be fun. To help adjust to change or to start the new adventure or beginning the new thing requires a change in attitude and a change in perception. 

As we get older it takes longer to learn new stuff, that is a reality for us, it does not mean we cannot learn, it just means it takes us longer to learn. The first step is to understand that you need to shake the burden that comes from seeing your baby steps, as a necessary discipline.

See these steps as a process of learning. Think of these needed steps in your progress as optional dance moves, in life's conga line or if you like life's new line dance. These baby steps are required now just as much as they were when we were learning to walk. 

Take some time and watch a toddler learning to walk, they are determined, excited and do not give up, no matter how many times they fall. Toddlers, I think at some level, understand the baby steps they are taking spark miracle, open floodgates, and lead to the near-effortless manifestations of change.
As we age, we need to hold on to the idea that we can learn that we had when we were toddlers and children. If we have lost it we need to find a way to rekindle that flame that allowed us to live a full, exciting and meaningful life. Just because we are in the final phase of life, does not mean that we should lose that spark that pushed us when we were young. There is so much to see and do and so little time to do it.

Thursday, February 28, 2019

Work as play, play as work

Once I found my dream job, I never worked a day after that. Many of you feel the same way but some of you are stuck in jobs that are less than your dream job. 

So, here is something to think about, the trick to blending work and play lies not in what you do, but in how you view what you do.

See work as play and see play as important - super, easy and very important to your mental and emotional health.

Friday, May 11, 2018

Do you know?

It's working.  Every day you're getting closer!
Everything you've ever wanted is being pressed toward you.
Everything is clicking.

Don't let the illusions trick you.
Don't let the events of today dampen your spirits.
Things couldn't be any better than they now are.
You couldn't have more reasons to celebrate.

Continue!
Press on!
The hardest work is done!

Keep showing up, be present, open every door and let events unfold.
Life is your stage.
This is your parade.

Together you can do anything.

Tuesday, May 1, 2018

Adults and Children

The thing that's totally different between children and adults is that children have the ability to spontaneously use their imagination to forget what's bothering them and be inspired by every pony, feather, or bug that crosses their path.

Sunday, September 10, 2017

We live in a time

We live in a time when politics are shaped by extremes, and chaos seems to unfold in a polarized world.

You probably won't believe this, but I'm as powerless as you when it comes to living other people's lives.

On the other hand, you are as powerful as I am when it comes to living your own life. 

You decide what's meant to be. You can have anything you want and everything is possible – whether you lean left or right, are on the top or bottom 1%, read the fake news, or dispense covfefe.

Don't give away your power waiting to see what happens to the rest of the world, when you can decide what will happen in yours.

Saturday, September 2, 2017

Be the person you dreamed you be today

Sometimes I think it is just a matter of switching gears, never looking back, and being the person today that you've always dreamed you'd be.

Entertain every thought, say every word, and make every decision from their point of view. Walk the way they would walk, dress the way they would dress, and spend your free time the way they would spend theirs. Choose the friends they would choose, eat the meals they would eat, and love and appreciate yourself the way they would.

After all, that person is who you really are so why not be them now

Saturday, February 4, 2017

The early bird...

Remember when we were younger, we were told that the early bird gets the worm.

While in fact, the early bird gets the first worm, but did you ever notice that so does the late bird and the bird in-between. Because, by design, there are always more than enough worms.

In fact, the only bird that doesn't get a worm is the bird that doesn't go out to get one.

So it is so nice to be alive...