Forget about it...

    We have all heard this from the Mafia movies this phrase "forget about it." Sometimes that did not mean a good thing but at other times in life it means exactly what it says. Let us look at a few examples of this for it warrants some attention.
     For those days that you begin to ponder something that you wish you could go back and change then you need to change direction. Let it go; you can't change it, you can't paint it a pretty color or fix it so "forget about it." People need to cut the anchors that bind them. Some things in life just aren't worth fighting for or about so just "forget about it." When you look back at the end of the day and see that it was a miserable one, "forget about it" for the day is over and tomorrow you shall begin anew. Try not to allow worry to consume you for you are paying rent on something that may not even happen; we face enough stresses each day without dragging around extra baggage. Place your list by item of priority and give each one its due attention, let it take its path and you sit back and follow and as for the rest- "forget about it..."

Why didn't I? ...

        This, if analyzed to the lowest terms, is truly a two-way question for we could also ask "Why did I?" I have found that when I look back on most of my regrets it is with a "Why didn't I?" Regrets make us question ourselves, our abilities, beliefs, and looking back can be hard. We are hard on ourselves and ask why didn't I try harder? Why didn't I say what I thought more often and share what I felt more often?
         The questions we could pound ourselves with are endless. Why didn't I just give it more time? Why didn't I make more time to spend with those I love and why didn't I watch more sunsets and sunrises? Why didn't I just trust my gut and trust in myself and give it a try more often instead of choosing to sit the dance out? Regets can fester my friends and sometimes leave wide, gapping wounds for as I said this knife cuts both ways, but you let that baggage go and take hold of the reigns and steer your path toward what you are proud you did do. Take chances, everything doesn't come with a safety net but don't look back with "Why didn't I?"

Pam's evening thoughts...

First this, then that...

    When it comes to dealing with the vast amount of twists, turns, and obstacles ahead of us we approach things a bit backwards. I know people who worry of what might happen or what might not. You can not worry about what is "that", you must focus on what is "this". To waste your mental energy or place too much time worrying over things that are generally out of our control is to let "that" live rent free inside of your head.
      Place your focus on the here and now, on "this". Yesterday is gone, today is shortening, and tomorrow is a blessing so there is no time to waste on overlooking or sweeping under the rug what lays before us now. We have to arrange and fix "this" if need be for "that" is yet to be seen. Things are so easy to fall astray and off balance so try to be in order and handle things with this first, then that...

Ripple in the water...

     Our lives are like that which we see when we toss a pebble into the water. Just before the toss the water is smooth and calm just resting and waiting for us to arrive with our hopes and dreams. The waters are all great wishing wells into which we shall toss our pebble(penny) for good luck. Standing on the soft banks of the water we see the sky in the reflection of the shimmering surface and our own face there as well.
      Toss your pebble into the waters and pretend it is your pool of dreams-watch as it creates a small circular ripple in the center just enough to awake the calm. Do not be discouraged when the ripple begins so tiny for everything has a center and core and must start from there. As you watch longer and longer you will begin to see perfect circles extend outward from the center and that is your dream growing larger and larger-look how the reflection has changed now. Be not afraid to disturb the calm-toss your pebble and revel in the rewards of watching your life ripple with change just like the ripple in the water...

NEW YEAR!-Name it to claim it...

        As the New Year approaches us we begin to set our plans as we do each year. Some of those plans are sometimes bound to go stray for we fail to grasp them with both hands and swing tightly on our tempest and those that do not work out were just simply not meant to be. This year I invite all to try a new approach- i have blogged similiar before but this is too fitting to pass up the chance to share.
         Burst the doors of this year wide open with passion and fury, hope and belief. Do not fear to dream big, reach high and never place limitations on yourself- believe that you possess the tools and determination to make wise choices for your destiny. Go forth without worries and leave the baggage of this past year behind and begin with a fresh bounty of goods. Be the artist of your life-you do have a choice- and splash your canvas with your whole heart of brilliant color-show your passion and love of life; it is too short not to be all that we wish to become. So, buckle up my friends and prepare for the ride toward your dreams and hopes; this is your own personal journey so grab life by the reigns, name it and go out there and claim it...

We are the Tide...

       We can equate the changes in our life to that of the journey of an ocean tide.  Always stricking out against it are the forces of nature; there will be calm flowing paths and then the liquid can blow into a mass of turbulence while screaming and howling. Yet, it will continue to roll toward its destination.
        Winter will come bringing ice to invade the calm flow of the path left over from the fall season where it has abandoned its leaves of color into the traveling waters. Yet, it rolls toward its destination.
         Summer will embrass us with warmth and growth in the beams of the sun. Coolness remains only in the depths of the water. Our lives will travel through these same seasons but we must not falter, we must keep rolling toward our destination, and we must clutch our momentum like a final breath. Life is a journey of constant flowing and we are the Tide...
 

Up, up, and away...

        Today let us take a venture, take a ride, and see the world anew. Let us pretend we are balloons filled with Helium with our string clinging tightly to keep us grounded-but today let us not stay stuck on the grass or cement beneath our feet. Let's turn loose and float above, float high and swift. Let us take in the true beauty below as now we can see the whole big picture from the top of the of the peaks as we gander at what is now below us. Get caught in the breeze and drift with the clouds and bask in the beams of the sun while the sky looking down is as blue as the ocean- and swim in that ocean. Throw inhibition(to a point) out the window and take some chances in life.
          There are times when we must step outside our little world and be willing to travel new journey's, new paths and why not plan while looking from up high as opposed to just looking around you. There will come those times when we have to be brave enough to try things without a safety net. Just for today reach down and untie yourself, hold on tightly for up, up, and away we go...