GET UP WHEN YOU WAKE UP

When I woke up today,

I didn’t feel like getting up.

I didn’t feel rested

and

raring to go.

I didn’t just jump out of bed

with power and purpose.

I didn’t feel any of the things

“driven” people

are supposed to feel.

The truth of the matter is

I’ve only read about those kinds of people.

And the people I’ve met who said

they jump out of bed every day?

I have a strong sense they were posturing.

Not helpful.

A few years ago,

I decided to quit thinking

I had failed if I wasn’t

maniacally motivated first thing.

I decided to circumvent

my waking feelings and thoughts.

I made a commitment to simply

get up when I woke up.

Movement changes

our thoughts and feelings.

So I don’t stay in bed feeling unmotivated.

I just

get up

and

move

without thinking.

And by the time I’ve made the coffee

the day is already in the win column.

Get up when you wake up

and

just see what happens.


YES TO THE NO

“It’s like I can’t control myself, “ she revealed,

“I say Yes when I should say No.”


Sound familiar?


What if you said Yes to the No?


What if you stood in front of the mirror

and

practiced seeing yourself saying it.


What if you asked your partner

to ask you to do something

so you could get used to looking at someone

else and saying No?


What if you figured out what was really

important,

not just good,

or helpful,

or expected

and

only said

Yes to those few things?


You’ll never get control of yourself

until you can

say Yes to No.


ORIGINAL

You’ve heard it before.


You’re an original.

They broke the mold when they made you.

So why do you spend your time

dressing like,

having your hairstyle like,

watching Netflix shows like,

reading the same books like,

feeling anxious and socially nervous like,

everyone else?

You don’t have to be

defiant,

outspoken,

or

obnoxious

to be yourself,

to express your originality.


And you don’t need

anyone else to

acknowledge it,

except

you.


We need more of us

expressing

who we are

and

encouraging

the rest of us

to own our

original-ness.


(AP) PROVE YOURSELF

If you are constantly looking for

approval.


You will be constantly frustrated.


You will constantly feel you have to

prove yourself.


You will constantly look to meet

other’s standards

and

defeat other’s objections.


Only to have to repeat this process for

the next

person,

entity,

organization.


The best way to

prove yourself

is to

approve yourself.


HUMAN MINDS

The human mind:

Can find cures for disease.

Can imagine

and then design

useful, beautiful

things.

Can create

music,

poetry,

literature

that lifts

the human spirit.

Can take almost anything

and make it about

“me”.

Can twist every situation

to be a dark shadow.

Can sound like an authority

in your head

when it’s clueless.

So listen to your mind,

but don’t believe everything it says.