Jump forward with both feet and a courageous heart. Just be brave.
Friday, December 28, 2012
Be brave
No one was ever meant to be strong all the time. But be strong anyway. Who cares if the ground is wet or if the leaves are slippery? Run down the path anyway. If you fall, you just need to get back up and keep going.
Jump forward with both feet and a courageous heart. Just be brave.
Jump forward with both feet and a courageous heart. Just be brave.
Tuesday, December 25, 2012
Cookie greed
Enjoy the cookie, instead of worrying about when you'll get the next one.
With all the unsolicited advice we get on multitasking, and the long list of accomplishments that everyone now attaches to their walking resume (i.e. what defines who people are as opposed to what they are), we are always running, always moving to the next thing, always checking email while waiting in line, always flipping through photos while on a phone call while running on a treadmill while... doing five other things. And then we realize that we've lived through the moment without really living through it. Similarly, some people worry so much about how to make the moment perfect that they forget to actually enjoy it. Or they worry about it never coming again that they forget to experience it the one time it will happen. How silly is it to choose not to experience something because you're worried it will be so great that it would be a shame if it happened just the one time and never again? It's like saying "A magical health pill? Only one left? No thanks, it'll just spoil my greedy, one-life-to-live mind."
Choose to live through the moment -- and really live through it. Forget about the future, and immerse yourself in all the joys and sights and feelings of that moment, then and there. If you choose one moment over the another, enjoy the one you chose instead of feeling guilty or doubtful or resentful or worried about your choice. Choosing not to do this is like letting someone else dictate how you should feel and who you should be. No one has the right to do that, and, even more especially, you have the right to enjoy the moments that are given to you and the moments you choose to take.
With all the unsolicited advice we get on multitasking, and the long list of accomplishments that everyone now attaches to their walking resume (i.e. what defines who people are as opposed to what they are), we are always running, always moving to the next thing, always checking email while waiting in line, always flipping through photos while on a phone call while running on a treadmill while... doing five other things. And then we realize that we've lived through the moment without really living through it. Similarly, some people worry so much about how to make the moment perfect that they forget to actually enjoy it. Or they worry about it never coming again that they forget to experience it the one time it will happen. How silly is it to choose not to experience something because you're worried it will be so great that it would be a shame if it happened just the one time and never again? It's like saying "A magical health pill? Only one left? No thanks, it'll just spoil my greedy, one-life-to-live mind."
Choose to live through the moment -- and really live through it. Forget about the future, and immerse yourself in all the joys and sights and feelings of that moment, then and there. If you choose one moment over the another, enjoy the one you chose instead of feeling guilty or doubtful or resentful or worried about your choice. Choosing not to do this is like letting someone else dictate how you should feel and who you should be. No one has the right to do that, and, even more especially, you have the right to enjoy the moments that are given to you and the moments you choose to take.
Enjoy the time you have instead of complaining about the time you don't.
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