If you’re going to be able to look back on something and laugh about it, you might as well laugh about it now. – Marie Osmond
Or you can:
worry about it;
stress about it;
ruminate about it;
wish it were different;
let it make you feel powerless, afraid, lonely, . . . .
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Or, you can laugh about it.
Now.
Your life does not get better by chance, it gets better by change. – Jim Rohn And change is hard. Change is easier, slightly, when approached authentically* and gradually.** Change takes hard work. Sustained, daily, hard work. Get started, now. The time is going to pass anyway, and you’re going to be doing something anyway. *…
Wouldn’t it be wonderful if our mind growled like our stomach does when it is hungry? – Zig Ziglar But your mind does “growl” when it’s hungry. It does by creating thoughts like: “I’m bored,” or “I don’t know how,” or “I don’t know what to do.” The key is to feed it resourceful and…
There are no big problems, there are just a lot of little problems. – Henry Ford So it is in life. We have no big problems, only lots of little problems that combine and feel like big problems. * * * The only thing between a fulfilled, authentic life is the solving of these little problems….
“Instead of wondering when your next vacation is, you ought to set up a life you don’t need to escape from.” – Seth Godin Pretty self-explanatory, but I’ll buttress the sentiment with what is arguably my personal motto* (borrowed from Viv Savage, the keyboard player in This Is Spinal Tap): “Have a good time, all…
It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves. – William Shakespeare So many people put the power for what happens to them outside themselves. What’s more they think that their lives are determined by some fuzzy thing called fate. Fate being the amalgamation of other people’s decisions, the vagaries of…
Is desire some thing beyond our control, or even influence? Something that arises from the ether of its own accord shrouded in mystery? It’s fair to say that we understand the need to create plans to make our desires real – that we need to be intentional and deliberate in order to make what we want…