Inner voice

 There is a scene in the movie: Dead Poet's Society about finding your inner "YAWP".  It is deep within you and time to let YOUR voice ROAR.  There is another scene when Robin Williams has the students march in a circle.  It is not long before they are marching in unison with conformity.  Be YOU.  You have your own voice and your own march.

Its time to whip out the pen, write your own life, and march to the beat of your own drummer.  You are amazing just the way that you are.  Own it.

You

 

Now that I am back in my old stomping grounds, I pass by all of the memories of me in my own world.  On my way to work this morning, I literally drove the many miles I used to bike and run.  On my route from Due West to Greenwwood, I have run or biked every mile.  Once, I biked to Due West from here, ran 7 miles after arriving in Due West, and then biked home.  Ive hammered it on the bike to Anderson, Saluda, Belton....... You name it.  Once, I even ran to my parents house in Saluda from downtown Greenwood.  All of these things were ridiculous, but I NEEDED to do them.  The only person on the journey was ME, and ME alone.  My therapy.  My time.  My growth.  My time with God.

Get scared.  Take it on, and know that it is YOUR growth.  These are the times you truly find yourself and build confidence in knowing that if the world falls apart, you can find rest in your own world.  What are you going to do in the New Year that stretches you beyond your preconceived limits?  Time to prove to yourself that you were made for more.  You can DO and BE more.  Today is the day.  If you're not growing, you're dying.  GROW.  One shot at this life.  We don't get a single second back.

Beautiful

 Be true to YOU.  What gives you life?  What inspires?  What are the things that keep you "feeling" young?

Age is a number.  One of my favorite quotes.........  "Muscles are mere rubber, what I am, I am because of my mind".  I had a few beautiful sessions this morning with two clients that reminded me that movement is life.  I pushed them.  They pushed themselves.  They inspired me as much as I inspired them.  TOGETHER.  Life is about that....  Let us continue to inspire each other, be true to ourselves, and break the stigma of age.  Sometimes it begins with a single thought/vision.  It is never too late to be all that you might have been.  Forward we go, my friends.

Thirsty

 

Whether you can "feel" it or not, trust the process.  There are two options.  Regret that you quit OR know how good it will feel that you endured the race while crossing the line without having left an ounce of energy ungiven on the course.

          There is a thirst within you that will never be quencehd until you haven given it all that you have.                Earn that Gatorade.

Lone wolf

 There is beauty in a glimpse of optimism.  We have to be intentional to shift our focus on the solutions.  Sometimes we may not even see the solution, BUT through life experience, we generally know what leads to our "success" or demise..  The fall can come from a million reasons.  Eliminate those as options.  If there is ONE single thing that can lead to a better result, FOCUS on that ONE thing alone.  Even if it means a better next 10 minutes, make the choice.  Only you can.  

In order to be better, you have to think better, DO better, and align with the grain that flows to growth.  Stop going against the grain.  Eliminate the rough cuts and splinters.  We can do this.  Its time to focus.  Look at these eyes......Put the blinders on and eliminate the periphiral.  One direction.  One step.  Take that step.

The Triumph of Faith
…2through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we stand. And we rejoice in the hope of the glory of God. 3Not only that, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; 4perseverance, character; and character, hope.…

Light of mine

 This little light of mine…I’m gonna let it shine. I sure hope everyone had a very joyous and en"lightening" Christmas.  This season brings a roler coaster of many things.... Bouncing around from house to house, a last minute trip to Wal-Mart, introspect, retrospect, a moment of silence to explore the true reason for the season, and the immense noise of the outside.  After all has settled, I hope that you can calm and find the light.  The song "Amazing Grace" has a whole new meaninng when you or a loved one has been in the dark, and now sees the light.  The New Year is upon us, but don't you ever dare think that it takes Jan. 1st to see the light in yourself or another.  That twinkle in someone else's eye can spark a beautiful thing just as the one in your own in ANY given day.  

I pray that ANY day may be the day that the switch is found in the dark and blackness is turned to light.  When Helen Kelller's caregiver began to try and explain who God was to a deaf and blind girl, Helen already knew.  There is a light in the dark without even having to know the name.  Today may be just the day to sing the song...." This little light of mine".........  Let it shine

Decisions

 Choose your path. If it has to go upstream like Salmon, so be it. It beats being a dead fish flowing toward the ocean to be eaten by seagulls. Fight