1. eat cake for breakfast (i did this morning)
2. create a face out of objects found on your kitchen table
3. paint your kitchen table a wild color
4. write 10 personal maxims to live by on the wall
5. book a flight to a place you've been dreaming of visiting
6. invite the neighbor over for tea
7. fold a paper into 32 rectangles-write something you want in each rectangle-on the back write the value that each want represents-make a personal mission statement to live by those values-read your mission statement out loud to someone
8. collect interesting trash for 2 weeks-make it into a treasure
9. turn your phone off for 3 days-make a voice mail that says "i've gone to the moon, i'll call you back when i'm feeling grounded again"
10. plant a tulip bulb in a public place near by-let it pleasently surprise you come spring time
add your ideas in the comments section. let them be as wild and imaginative as your heart can handle.
Saturday, February 24, 2007
Thursday, February 15, 2007
Long time, no blog
Hey strangers...
Once again, it's been a while! I'm learning that sometimes I just feel too young, vulnerable and uncertain to speak or share any other reality. And honestly, those things can be a hard reality to expose! (or even understand enough to convey...)
I'm definitely at that point in my life when it feels like I'm on the brink of learning everything risky all at once, and it could come down to making some really hard and scary decisions to actually allow personal growth and transendence. It's a tough reality!--the fear of losing the good in order to find the grand. Or being wise enough to realize, accept and embrace all of the grand realities that do exist in my life right now. Or finding the middle ground...
I've learned this much from the past month:
My heart and soul feel so much pain and conflict when I limit myself to live a certain way because that's the way I've gotten used to living. With that said, I've also recently discovered that we can change the way we do things, what we do, or our attitude about doing if we're unsatisfied with the status quo. It is when I stop believing that I have any control over life that I stop believing that life can be okay. It is then that I stop brainstorming creative conduits towards happiness. It is then that I settle and just begin to pick--pick apart anything good that still exists because I've stopped thinking out of the box and started tearing the box apart.
I'm in an amazing women's leadership class... and someone said the other day in class that her mother used to always tell her "you gain the most confidence in life by taking the risks you're afraid to take... even if you only tip-toe in". I thought that was so beautiful, wise, and especially true for what I've been going through lately.
I took a big risk recently that I was so afraid to take. I'm definitely still learning how to follow through with the goals I have for myself in this situation... But I feel so much confidence that I can achieve them, knowing that I've already come far enough to take the first step.
What first steps do you feel inclined to take? What risks have you been waiting to take?
Once again, it's been a while! I'm learning that sometimes I just feel too young, vulnerable and uncertain to speak or share any other reality. And honestly, those things can be a hard reality to expose! (or even understand enough to convey...)
I'm definitely at that point in my life when it feels like I'm on the brink of learning everything risky all at once, and it could come down to making some really hard and scary decisions to actually allow personal growth and transendence. It's a tough reality!--the fear of losing the good in order to find the grand. Or being wise enough to realize, accept and embrace all of the grand realities that do exist in my life right now. Or finding the middle ground...
I've learned this much from the past month:
My heart and soul feel so much pain and conflict when I limit myself to live a certain way because that's the way I've gotten used to living. With that said, I've also recently discovered that we can change the way we do things, what we do, or our attitude about doing if we're unsatisfied with the status quo. It is when I stop believing that I have any control over life that I stop believing that life can be okay. It is then that I stop brainstorming creative conduits towards happiness. It is then that I settle and just begin to pick--pick apart anything good that still exists because I've stopped thinking out of the box and started tearing the box apart.
I'm in an amazing women's leadership class... and someone said the other day in class that her mother used to always tell her "you gain the most confidence in life by taking the risks you're afraid to take... even if you only tip-toe in". I thought that was so beautiful, wise, and especially true for what I've been going through lately.
I took a big risk recently that I was so afraid to take. I'm definitely still learning how to follow through with the goals I have for myself in this situation... But I feel so much confidence that I can achieve them, knowing that I've already come far enough to take the first step.
What first steps do you feel inclined to take? What risks have you been waiting to take?
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