Daily Gratitude: We knew to believe this more. I don’t think it’s saying that learning is wrong. Learning is the basis for all you think. But the most important learning comes from doing something. You could make a case for that action being your final exam. I could have taken tons of courses on how to suture someone and tied the knots. But the first time you hold the needle in your hand, it doesn’t look at all like what’s in the books.
All that you read and absorb has to be for some purpose. Ask yourself “why” you’re reading this or watching that video or TV show? Ask what you’re learning, if anything. And if your answer is yes, then ask what you’re going to do with that info.
Have the things you’ve read or learned fueled a fire within you? Are you more passionate about something you’ve studied? If not, what makes you excited and why aren’t you pursuing it.
Don’t just sit idly by while the days pass by. Get yourself some passion and then go out and take action.
Daily Gratitude: So today there isn’t a quote but there is a ton of gratitude in this post.
7 years ago this week I began my attempt to walk across the United States.
This was the most significant turning point in my life for so many reasons. I only made it 716 miles but every day and every mile taught me more about life than any other in all my decades.
I was exposed to more kindness than one person could ever expect. More people came out of the woodwork to offer assistance – and often it was assistance I didn’t even know I needed.
I still have a burning desire to complete my trek but it would take more people and more coordination than I’m capable of.
I learned how to accept help and that I might actually be worthy of that assistance.
I also learned that it’s not a sign of weakness to ask for help.
I learned that the majority of people are good and kind and that your attitude and mindset can attract those good and kind people into your life.
I leaned that it’s ok to stumble and fall as long as you get back up again.
I learned not to wait 30 years to live out your goal. Do it as soon as you can
I learned to start slow and build up. Had I started more slowly, perhaps i wouldn’t have gotten the stress fracture that took me out of the game.
Most of all I learned that it’s ok and perhaps I deserve to have a good time and follow my dreams.
Thanks to the people I remember (and all those who helped and I either forgot or didn’t remember (or ever know) your names.
There was the guy who owned the bike shop in Arizona who outfitted my wheels for me.
There was the Arizona state trooper who stopped and gave me a card to show other officers in case I needed anything.
Diane Durden Marie Boyd Brian Khepri Alice Martinson Michelle and Rich Kudlicki Robert Andrulis Tracy and Sally Thomas Jan Walker John price The team terrie members that supported me from work and via Facebook My neighbors who watched over my home while I was gone Philip Dizon
Randall Feenette
The fire department that escorted me into Arizona
The lady I met on the train who later found me on the road
Daily Gratitude: So much of what haunts us is monsters from the past. From when we were children and were helpless. Adults were gigantic and some of them remain just as large in our minds today.
It was “miles” just to get from the house to the sidewalk. And who knew was hiding in the bushes along the way.
The loud voices might not have been aimed at you but you didn’t know that then. The whole world seemed to revolve around you so, of course, they were yelling at you. Any raising of voices now makes you cringe, thinking someone is mad at you. You did something wrong.
You were told not to trust people. Now someone is being nice to you. You wonder why? What is it that they want from you?
What other thoughts, feelings and behaviors of yours can you see have come from your past? Once you can identify the source, there’s a way to correct that. It takes some work and I recommend IFS (internal family systems) as it’s the easiest way I’ve found. But there are other ways for you to respond in the present, not the past.
