One small, next step

First thing I want to say to Emily is I will be snowshoeing next Saturday at 12 noon. I park my car at Longshore by the first golf tee. I'd love to have you join me! And my sweet Molly, thanks!!

In the book Something More by Sarah Ban Breathnach, she asks the question: Is there one small action that I can take to nurture my new dreams toward their fruition? And if there is, it gets to the top of my To Do List.

I live for this stuff! For me, it's first finding the dreams which can only be discovered by beginning to look in the first place. Most recent example is the snowshoeing. I knew it had to go on the To Do List, so taking the small action steps, one by one, made it happen. I reached the point where it could not be postponed...the snow around here did help!

I couldn't ignore it...and I realized I would really regret it if I waited or put off trying.

Don't wait to discover what you need to be truly happy. To be wonderfully fulfilled. Take one small step!

choices, choices, and more choices

I've been thinking lately about choices and how important it is to make them. When you think about it, we make hundreds of choices a day. From the moment we wake up, we have to decide whether to get out of bed or not, and thus begins the first of many choices that will define the moment.

One choice I finally made lately was to go snowshoeing. I don't know why, but it has been tugging at me for years now! So, one day I decided to finally make the choice to rent some snowshoes and just do it. I knew it was something I really needed to do because every time I thought about it, I felt excited! I was not disappointed! I felt exhilarated and so happy that I finally listened to that tugging at my heart. I'm hooked! Not just to snowshoeing, but to making conscious choices that move me forward, out of my comfort zone and into experiences that make my life fun! What's tugging at you??

ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE

ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE

Author Unknown

If there was ever a time to dare, to make a difference, to embark on something worth doing, IT IS NOW. Not for any grand cause, necessarily...but for something that tugs at your heart, something that's your inspiration, something that's your dream. You owe it to yourself to make your days here count. HAVE FUN. DIG DEEP. STRETCH. DREAM BIG.

Know, though, that things worth doing seldom come easy. There will be good days and there will be bad days. There will be times when you want to turn around, pack it up, and call it quits. Those times tell you that you are pushing yourself, that you are not afraid to learn by trying.

PERSIST. Because with an idea, determination, and the right tools, you can do great things. Let your instincts, your intellect, and your heart guide you.

TRUST. Believe in the incredible power of the human mind. Of doing something that makes a difference. Of working hard. Of laughing and hoping. Of lazy afternoons. Of lasting friends. Of all the things that will cross your path this year.

The start of something new brings the hope of something great, ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE.

I'm inspired!

I have been inspired to enter another post on my blog because I heard my dear sister-in-law visited the site! That makes it...let's see....maybe 5 people since I began the blog last June!

My intention all along with this blog was to begin a dialogue with others on how I, we, they try to live a healthy life. It has always been important and very interesting to me to learn as much as I could about how I could live the healthiest life possible. I don't know why I have this passion, but I do.

One thing I've learned is that it is easier said then done...that's why I believe it is important to share with others the struggles as well as the triumphs of the journey. Like, how quickly one can go from being healthy and feeling good, to feeling completely out of control and in the emergency room! No worries, it was just a bug, but it came on so fast and out of nowhere.

Things like that just happen. Life happens. It does get you thinking though!