Yesterday I celebrated my birthday. And the past year leading up to my birthday, I've been thinking a lot about all of the things I've accomplished, all the things I've learned, mistakes I've made, people I've known, people I've lost and how time is dwindling away slowly but surely. It's brought me to a revelation, it's something I've heard before but now I feel and believe it with every fiber of my being. It is no longer a cliche but something that has become my daily affirmation and my life mantra: NOTHING LASTS FOREVER. . . No matter how much we want something to last or how tight we try and hold on- nothing lasts forever:
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It's not the idea it's what you do with it. -Neil Gaiman Anyone can come up with an idea but not everyone can execute those ideas. I've been known to fill up pages of a writing tablet with ideas of things I want to do but I've never acted on them. So I basically wasted all that paper.
Unless you move forward with the courage, know how and discipline to follow through then your ideas are pretty useless. Sometimes moving on from something is easier said than done. Often we allow fear to hold us back and sometimes it's simply because we've gotten comfortable and we're too lazy to do the work it will take to start over.
As I get older, I've learned that something better is always waiting if you just unclench your fingers and let go of things that no longer serve a purpose in your life. I wrote this post on my blog, Phenomenal Mama back in 2013. It bears reposting a million times: Bucket lists have become very popular over the past decade. . .you know, creating a list of things you want to do or try before “kicking the bucket”, a rather colorful euphemism for dying. Most of the time the lists contain extravagant things like fly first class to Paris. Or death-defying things (how ironic) like jumping from an airplane. And pretty ordinary things like take a road trip to Grand Canyon.
Well, what about striving to do things in your every day life that will make it more meaningful? I mean the Eiffel Tower is amazing (I’ve been there!) but don’t spend so much of your life trying to check really big things off your list and miss out on doing some of the simple things that could mean even more: Don’t Die Without. . . . . . .loving yourself unconditionally . . .forgiving yourself for every mistake . . .forgiving someone else . . .telling someone you love them . . .expressing gratitude to God, your parents, your family, your friends, your dog and the mailman . . .taking responsibility . . . standing up for yourself and someone else . . .making liars out of all the naysayers and critics . . .having a friend who will erase all your emails and text messages when you’re gone . . .learning to tell a really good joke that people will pass on . . .running through water sprinklers fully clothed . . .blowing bubbles for little children . . .hearing how an older couple met and fell in love . . .dancing wildly around your living room and singing your favorite song to the top of your lungs . . .spending an entire day only doing what YOU want to do . . .taking photographs to document your life for those who come after you . . .watching at least one sunset and one sunrise . . .hearing a church choir sing Christmas carols . . .donating food and clothing to those less fortunate . . .living and being as present as you can in each moment! ©2013 PhenomenalMama.com (T.Momie) |
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