10th June 2012
There is never enough time to do everything, but there is always enough time to do the most important thing. Brian Tracy
Running late today, just got back from walking Alfie and got to
get ready for race for life this morning!
I’ve raised over £300 in my meetings so thank you to everyone who’s
donated and to those who’ve donated online or to someone else who’s taking
part. I know money is tight everywhere
right now so every penny is appreciated.
Always the same isn’t it, when you’ve got a lot to do the pc runs
extra slow ;-) at least it’s making me enjoy my ham toastie breakfast and first
cup of tea, nothing quite like that first cuppa of the day, especially when you’ve
been out walking for an hour before it.
The simple things in life make it special.
Here’s me talking about rushing but sometimes do you find yourself
thinking “what am I waiting for?”
Most of us are really good at finding
reasons to wait. We wait to call good
friends we miss because we assume we’ll have plenty of time. We wait to tell people how we really feel
because we hope it will someday feel safer.
We wait to forgive the people who’ve hurt us because we believe they
should reach out first. We wait to
apologize for the things we’ve done because we feel too stubborn or ashamed to
admit fault.
We wait to start our diet because we’ve
got a busy weekend planned, or it’s Fred’s birthday, or it’s the jubilee
weekend, or it’s raining and we just feel miserable, or, or, or, the list is
endless.
If we’re not careful, we can spend our
whole lives making excuses, holding off until a better time, only to eventually
realize that time never came.
You may think it sounds morbid to
acknowledge that our days here limited, and it’s scary to realize that none of
us can ever know how many we have. But
we all know that in our final moments, it’s highly unlikely we’ll say, “I wish
I waited longer,” or “I wish I stayed angry longer,” or “I wish I played it
safe longer.”
Most of us will get to the end of our
lives and say, “I’m sorry.” “I forgive you.” Or, “I love you.”
Of course, there’s another option: We can
say and do those things right now.
We can appreciate the people we love instead
of distracting ourselves with everyday worries. We can be brave in expressing
our thoughts and feelings instead of over-analyzing and talking ourselves out
of it. We can decide for ourselves what truly matters and honor it while we
have the chance. We can lose weight and feel great whatever we have planned
this weekend or next, whether it’s raining or shining.
This is our chance to live and love. This
moment is our only guaranteed opportunity to be thoughtful, compassionate,
understanding, forgiving, and kind to the people we value. It might feel terrifying. It might require
humility. It might seem like it’s not a priority.
We owe it to ourselves to acknowledge it
is, and to do something about it instead of building up reasons to regret.
I say “luv you” to at least one person
every day, and I mean it. I never used
to use those words at all when I was unhappy and overweight, then I learnt to
love myself which strangely (or not so strangely) led to me losing weight and
suddenly I was full of happiness and love for so many people. The more I felt that way the more people came
into my life for me to love. Now I feel
truly blessed.
Today I’m taking part in the Race for Life
with two of my besties and I know whatever the weather does, it’ll be a
fabulous day filled with laughter and love.
Enjoy your Sunday -
What have you been meaning to do
or say,—and what are you waiting for?
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