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