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How’d Ya’ Do?

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Did your recent resolutions lead you to find treasure?

It is by going down into the abyss that we recover the treasures of life.  Where you stumble, there lies your treasure.

— Joseph Campbell

Resolving to change begins the journey.  But sometimes we stumble along the way.  At the beginning of the Lenten Season, I wrote “Easter Sunday seems soooo far off… but when the time comes to look backwards, I’d like to know that I’d truly leveraged this opportunity, that I’d transformed these six weeks into “a time of growth and renewal.”  At the time, I set out with three intentions: Continue reading » How’d Ya’ Do?

Begin Again

Begin again.
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How are those resolutions going?  Do you, like me, need a fresh start, a new beginning in order to persist in reaching your goals?

Life never presents us with anything which may not be looked upon as a fresh starting point, no less than as a termination.

— Andre Gide

Monday Morning

It’s Monday morning and I’m dressed, ready to go out for my walk – yet here I am, writing this post instead.  Lately it’s been a challenge to get myself out for my morning walk.  And an even tougher task to eat in ways that cause me to shed pounds.

Not too long ago I was cruising along doing both with ease.  No such luck now.  I can come up with every excuse in the book for not going out first thing in the morning.  And my sweet-tooth plagues me.

This has GOT to turn around.  Now would be a good time.  I need a fresh start at this losing weight and getting fit stuff.  I’m barely holding my own here.  And it’s waaaaaay too soon to be in maintenance mode.

Could writing this post serve as Continue reading » Begin Again

Cup o’ Inspiration

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Take a short break and consider the following:

“Beginnings are always messy.”

John Galsworthy

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