Month: August 2011

I Think You Can!

Before everything else, getting ready is the secret to success. 

Henry Ford

I think I can, I think I can, so said the Little Engine that Could.

Getting ready includes believing that you not only can, but in some way that you not only have, but that it’s already yours.  Prepare for the good that you know is coming your way. 

What you believe always comes before what happens. If you want the best, but only hope for the average, you will end up with less than average results. Choose to believe the best of what’s possible and prepare for that. Get ready…I think you can.

Just a thought…

Love, Goldi

 

 

Can Being Pretentious Be Good?

No one likes to hear a cocky self assured, pretentious person boasting of his abilities, that you doubt are possible. But what is equally disturbing is hearing someone being beyond modest to the point of being self deprecating, where you see he has all the abilities, but yet doesn’t believe in himself enough to use them. So as in most cases the answer is not with either extreme. Hiding behind the face of being modest, or being afraid to let ourselves shine, shortchange ourselves. 

We must go beyond our humility even it seems as if we are being a little pretentious. We must be assured, and confidant, and positive. WE must declare and believe in ourselves and our abilities. As Henry Ford once said There is no man living that can not do more than he thinks he can.  

Todays mantra should be something like this…

I am blessed and I will continue to live a good, happy, healthy life.  It will be blessed beyond what I can even imagine, and good things will continue to happen for my benefit, and the benefit of my family. I will let myself shine!

Just a thought…

Love, Goldi

 

Get Out Of Your Head

Do you ever notice that the stress that we have, comes from inside our heads. We’re constantly thinking about what happened yesterday and what could happen in the future.  The thoughts are often worse than what actually occurs.  Often no thoughts are to what doors the event/s may open, and how great things can become.  It also made me think of how being in our heads, can also be like we are living mindlessly.  I know that’s a contradiction.  But, think about those times when your driving your car to work. It’s the same route you always take.  It’s become so routine, that when you arrive, you realize that you really don’t know how you’ve got there.  We’ve stayed in our heads without realizing the journey.
Do you remember a time where you’ve gone on vacation to somewhere you’ve never been, you’re relaxed, you’re looking around, you’re totally in that place and space. You see the people around you noticing the differences from your culture and theirs. You noticing the dress,The language, the smell, and taste of their food. It’s not routine, and you’re totally present.  It’s the same as when you’re with a small child and see life through there eyes. They are looking around and pointing things out. Things that you’ve seen a million times, but haven’t stopped in awhile to notice.  It’s then when you do, that you are fully living in the present. You’re more relaxed, and are living life as it is, not what it was, or what may be.  Relax and enjoy what you have right now, in this moment.
Don’t miss out on your life today!
Take your shoes off and feel the grass under your feet!  Walk in the rain and enjoy the sensation, or feel the heat of the sun on your skin! Break the routine, get out of your head, and mix things up!  Live Now, and really stop and smell the roses.
Just a thought…
Love, Goldi