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Sister Act 2 - Oh Happy Day

Bordering On Magnificent GOOSEBUMPS

ARE YOU ALIVE? ? ? ? ?

What Really Goes deep down under your skin ...
to the core of your soul...
and comes back out...
and leaves you covered with GOOSEBUMPS???

Anticipation, Awe, Wonder, Seeing Amazing transformations, Hope.
All of these inspire Goosebumps for me.

The previous 3 videos do it for me. ( go back and watch them, Please)

From reading my previous posts,
you may conclude that I am just all about the feelings and action and grins and giggles, and outward expressions in life.

I LOVE that stuff for sure...
but I also have spent a bit of my time
in areas of my life
feeling dead.

I spent some of my time on this beautiful planet,
just exsisting
and not really LIVING.

SO...Yeah,>>>At times I can be
a real "cheerleader for LIVING".

And it could seem that I am encouraging us all to be more...
"out there"...
...all of the time...like a circus...

But in spite of my "wild and crazy girl" thing...
I Love quietness, and stillness,
and even being alone sometimes.

I LOVE EATING ALONE sometimes.
I love sleeping alone SOMETIMES
I LOVE watching a movie alone sometimes
I LOVE dancing alone SOMETIMES
I LOVE DRIVING IN THE CAR AT NIGHT ALONE SOMETIMES.
I LOVE NOT To Talk Sometimes.

Quietness
Stillness
Listening
Anonymity
Invisibility
are all great qualities in a balanced life.

Laughter is good medicine...
but so are Goosebumps...
and the FEELING of JOY

Love and Peace of Mind,
Delight, and Clarity of Purpose,
to you and those you love,
Joy

Bordering On Magnificent L. O. L.

L.O.L. Laughing Out Loud

I have Laughed so much in the past 48 hours,
and I plan to laugh even more today.
YEP! I PLAN to LAUGH...
Pretty weird, eh???

Laughter IS the best medicine!!
Laughter IS good for the soul!!
Laughter IS great exercise!!
Laughter IS contageous!!
Laughter is the "music" of Kids!! ( I made that one up just now)


If you watch a comedy or a cartoon or other t.v. show with a humorous theme,
You will barely even notice the "Laugh-track" that you are hearing through out the show.

Next time you are watching a "FUNNY" show...
STOP listening to the show...
and tune yourself into the "laugh-track" in the background!

You will be surprised how much more fun you may have
listening to and focusing on
the sounds of a good belly laugh,
a great giggle,
or a crazy cackle.

Sometimes just imagining doing something TOTALLY absurd or crazy or unacceptable
can send us into fits of giggling.

Did you ever just feel like cracking up while someone was
telling you a seriously tragic story??

Did you ever have a random silly thought while at a wake or a funeral
and struggle to stay composed and somber?
How about at work???
Ever find the pretentiousness a bit suffocating?
Let go of a Laugh! Laugh Out Loud!
Even Surgeons tell jokes during surgery,
and what most of us do is NOT "rocket science".

Let's Rock The Space We're In with LAUGHTER!!!

For the next 5 hours (or so)
LET'S NOTICE or DO Funny, Absurd, or Amusing things
And let the Laughing begin.

Oh Yeah... Let me know what things tickled your fancy today!

Love and Peace of Mind,
Delight and Clarity of Purpose,
to you and those you love,
Joy

Bordering On Magnificent MOTIVATION

I Am Still Becoming.


I know what my biggest obstacle in life is
and I am working daily on growing in spite of it.

How???

Because I have identified it.
And now I am FREE to FOCUS
Not on my obstacle,
but on my FUTURE.

The things I choose to DO with my life,
and the things I choose to talk about are
(for the most part)
the plans and activities and thoughts that move me forward.

Sometimes we are moving down the road,
ready for the next adventure ahead,
with a beautiful sky above us,
gorgeous trees or mountains or fields or even the Ocean alongside of us,
a nice breeze, or light refreshing shower or an awe inspiring thunder storm
with an incredible lightning show (whatever floats your boat)
. . . . . .
then all of a sudden we will look over our shoulder
and notice some "RoadKill" laying in the road.

Next we'll start remembering that road kill,
and begin to think about it,
and comment on it to others,
and describe it and even try to identify what it may have been
before it got run over.


Let's ROCK THE SPACE WE'RE IN !
Right Here and Now!

Let's Look at the road ahead
as an adventure we are ready to move toward.

The "road kill" happened and is not worth focusing on
and going back to look at it over and over
and take a big deep sniff of it's decaying carcass...
That's the same as going back to get another plate of crazy from the buffet!



MOTIVATION should be in the form of
anticipation,
acknowleging needed resources,
aquiring new information and skills,
attempting new things
and accomplishing what we humanly can.
(All of those start with the letter "A". Get it?)

If I ran the zoo...
The grade "A" or even "A+" would be given
for this kind of healthy effort,
and healthy focus.

Love and Peace of Mind,
Delight and Clarity of Purpose,
to you and those you love,
Joy

Bordering On Magnificent TWITTER

NO. . . This is NOT a TWEET!!!!!!!!!



READ this morning's earlier post first!



Just taking a moment to share that whether it is
Hanging out re-connecting for 4 hours
as Valarie and I just did
(sitting in a booth at McDonalds)

Or just a quick cup of coffee
with an old friend
somewhere
between errands...

Re-connecting with the right people in your life
is a very good thing.

That said...
There are people who are good for us, and us for them,
and there are the rest of the people on the planet.


Who do YOU spend most of YOUR life (and time) with??????

It is your life after all,
and we live with our choices.
Even if the people you are around the most are family,
is that the best and healthiest choice for you, and for them?

Being around people who see the glass as half full,
even in the midst of their personal struggles,
is life giving.

This is true of good old friends,
and also of how to choose new people to share space with.

It applies to those in their 80's 50's 30's or teens and younger...
Spend some time with others who are where you want to be at in life.

Let's choose to BE someone who lifts others up by celebrating
their successes and their silliness with them.

Let's share space now and then with others
who can re-live and appreciate and value
the moments and milestones in life.
This can be expanding and challenging.
It helps us to remember what we have already accomplished
and gives a vision for all we are still capable of.

Let's spend time occasionally with someone
who can laugh till we both pee our pants (just a little)
This is a great way to re-charge
and see past the brick wall in front of us.

These ideas go back to occasionally eating with chopsticks
and other previous posts about
skipping on out of our "ruts" and comfort zones.

Let's get together this week with someone who knows the real us.
Not the ones who have the expectations
of how we always are and what we should act like.

Sometimes the person we become
bit by bit and year by year
is just a shadow of who we are created to be.

Let's ROCK THE SPACE WE'RE IN by:
Spending some time with others who help us remember what it means to
"jump out of a perfectly good airplane"

and maybe then
we will have a bit more LIFE in us to share
with those we share space with
at work, at school, at home, on the road,
or even in a line at the store.

Love and Peace of Mind,
Delight, and Clarity of Purpose,
to you and those you love,
Joy

Bordering On Magnificent VACATION TIME

That looked like vacation time up in the heading, didn't it?

But it's really: vacation...TIME.

I have approximately 197 hours
from this morning
through 3PM on Monday August 2nd
when I return to the "day job".

I would still have all of these hours even if I was not on vacation time,
but the urgency and opportunity to USE THEM WELL has even more potential this week.

Will I use them well??? or Squander them to sleep and mindless activities???

I know what I need and want to accomplish this week.
I know that having a plan and working the plan is the only way
to succeed at accomplishing my goals.

I already have made a most excellent choice in spending the next few hours...
I called a friend Valarie that I have not spent time with for quite a while,
and we are going to meet in a half an hour to re-connect.

There will be laughter!
There will likely be tears too at some point.
There may also be some kind of unplanned adventure...

Being with Valarie is a great way to start a great week of accomplishing things.
She has worked as hard and as consistently
at building a good life in spite of obstacles
as anyone I know.

Along with all of her other gifts to the planet...
She has raised a wonderful human being (her daughter Ashley)
with strength, love, grace and HUMOR!

I could hang out at home this morning,
I could go to church,
I could meet with a business consulting partner,
I could go to the library in search of motivation...

All Good Things....

But instead Valarie and I are going to
ROCK THE SPACE WE'RE IN
this morning, together again, re-grouping,
and laughing till we pee our pants (just a little)

Some of you
(probably MOST of you)
are much better at connecting with friends than I am.

SO. . . .
If you are like me...
call someone today
that you have let slip through the cracks of your busy life,
and just say "HEY!!!!"

Love and Peace of Mind,
Delight, and Clarity of Purpose,
to you and those you love,
Joy

Bordering On Magnificent PURPOSE

I was on my hands and knees at the "Day Job" today.

I was squatting down and bending over repeatedly there.

I put a few miles on my feet today there.

I reached over and under racks and racks of clothes
to retrieve pieces that were tossed here and there.

I lifted arm-fulls of "inside-out" clothing
and empty hangers
off of the floor
and off of the chairs in the fitting rooms today.


AND. . . .
I LOVED IT !

No. Not really.

I have had friends over the years who LOVE to clean and organize.

I understand their THRILL at seeing their skills
make a difference
in their immediate environment.

To nurture others
by beautifying their space
by creating cleanliness and order
is a blessing which some people
are naturally gifted at giving.

B U T. . .

Who is it
that has the skill set or "giftedness"
for constantly picking up things
that others have left behind
or thrown on the floor?

I want to meet these people.

I mean,
even the mom of a 2 year old
is in the process of trying to teach the child
that...there is a day coming where they will stop pooping in their pants
and that mommy (and or daddy) at that point
will no longer be needing to change their poopie diapers.

They are learning that it is good
to be a big boy or big girl
and are becoming aware
that a toilet is a better place to dump stuff
instead of the space that they carry around with them.
They are becoming aware that others around them
have feelings and noses too.

I did not enjoy the part of the "Day-Job" today
where I felt frustrated
that everything my co-workers and I did
was being trashed
every moment of the entire day.

I did not enjoy
seeing clothing that someone else might have been saving and hoping for
and just waiting and wanting to have and appreciate,
being discarded and trashed by others.

That part of my day to day life is extreemly painful and confusing.

How do we get to the point of being so busy that we lose our humanity?

Wouldn't it be far better for us all to go naked?

Wouldn't we all be on more even footing?
For Two Days....
LET'S ALL
ROCK THE SPACE WE'RE IN
by taking our time
and mindfully deciding what we need,
and Looking for that item.

For Two Days....
Let's all set aside something UNIMPORTANT that we do
to make the time
to CREATE a calm and mindful shopping experience
for the things that we may truly need.

Maybe a plain black dress or skirt.
ONE good pair of jeans.
A white shirt.
One tighter fitting top. Preferably a v-neck or a wrap top,
and a really cute fitting t-shirt.

Lastly...ONE really great necklace and One pair of earrings.

NOTICE THAT "REALLY GREAT" does NOT mean EXPENSIVE.

It means YOU LIKE IT
and FEEL GREAT PUTTING IT ON
and LIVING IN IT.

BY THE WAY. . .

The part of the day I LOVED...
was the PEOPLE!!!!!

Those of you who shared a moment of your day
to connect with us and each other
as HUMAN BEINGS.

YOU brought a little bit of "Mayberry"
or "Mr. Rogers Neighborhood" to the "Day-Job" today.

I LOVE TO HELP YOU AND MAKE YOUR DAY

YOU ARE WHY I GET UP AND GO TO THE "DAY_JOB"
Believe me...It's NOT the money.
It IS the time I get to spend sharing life with YOU!

I know what MY PURPOSE is
on this planet,
and in this life time journey.

What is YOUR PURPOSE????
Are you working at living it?
Slow down for 33 minutes, or so TODAY,
and 17 minutes (or so) TOMORROW...
and think about WHY you are here.

Love and Peace of Mind,
Delight and Clarity of Purpose,
to you and those you love,
Joy

Bordering On Magnificent Seeing Clearly

Just got back from Dr Mary Lou French my eye doctor.

Last year, I was having trouble adjusting to contact lenses,
and instead of Rocking the Space I was In...
I just gave up.

SO...
It has been a year of squinting,
and searching for the "cheater readers"
(which usually were on top of my head)...
and guessing at what I was seeing or reading.
This even involved almost getting into the wrong car
with the wrong person on multiple occasions. LOL

They say that the Eyes are the window to the soul,
They are obviously important, even essential to life
So why did I put such an important part of MY life on the back burner???

I think it was because I could compensate for the loss in vision.
I settled for what I could see,
instead of having the awesome view I am experiencing today.

No more settling for me!
Settling (in many or any area)costs us time, effort, and quality of life.

Let's Rock The Space We're In TODAY
by taking care of one difficult,
or time consuming
or unpleasant task on our to-do list.>
It may be big or small,
but if we can clear it off the table today...
we will have room for a feast tomorrow.

Love and Peace of Mind,
Delight and Clarity of Purpose,
to you and those you love,
Joy

Bordering on Magnificent SHOWERING

Maybe at some point,
you've been too busy to shower.

I mean, really,...
life can get SO busy
or you can become too exhausted to drag your body
into the tub for that all important
and much needed bath.

Maybe you've been in the hospital,
or had a surgery or accident that keeps you laid up in bed for a bit.

We could even get too depressed to care what we smell like...
it happens...

A Bath will do the job.
It may be relaxing for some.
But I Love showers.
The temperature is a constant,
(No going from hot to lukewarm)
No lying in bath water filled with sweat,dirt,and dead skin cells.

Nope, with a shower all the "stuff" of the day
just swishes right down the drain.

Wouldn't it be great if ALL of the "Stuff" of life
could be washed right down the drain?
In spite of my fondness for sweating
(see my previous post)
Feeling Clean is a good feeling.

What if we ROCK THE SPACE WE'RE IN
in the bathroom??????

Next chance you get,
TAKE A SHOWER!
It doesn't need to be a long one
It can be hot or cold if you prefer.
But as we shower,
Let's think of the "STUFF" in our own life we would like to feel rid of...
Worries, regrets,choices, relationships,
ways that we've supposedly not measured up,
and any other stuff that we don't need to carry around on our skin any more.

Let it all just wash down the drain
till you can actually feel refreshed,
and alive again,
and maybe even...Tingly!!!

And while you shower...
belt out your favorite song.
AND...let me know what it was.

Love and Peace of Mind,
Delight and Clarity of Purpose,
to you and those you love,
Joy