I’ve been DIY-ing (Do It Yourself’n) and I Be Celebratin! You can do it for yourself too!
Today I’m feeling smug. I did something little but BIG just the same.
You see, the toilet broke. And I fixed it. Me. All by myself. No biggie. It was a simple part that broke and needed to be replaced. (LOL yet?) As Elton John sings in Your Song: “I know it’s not much…”
Quite the contrary, it IS a BIG thing. Upon seeing that the problem wouldn’t be solved by a simple jiggle of the handle, and that there was a broken part, I realized “Ain’t nobody here but you, so what are you going to do about it?” Well, off to the store I went. And once there, after much good discussion with the Home Depot Guy about the myriad of parts available, I bought the “right one” and headed home, got it installed and ta-da! It’s fixed. And I did it. Me. All by myself. Uh huh.
Whatta ya know?! Actually, what I know is this: Continue reading » Celebrate Small Wins!
Independence Day is the national holiday of the United States of America commemorating the signing of the Declaration of Independence by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
— from www.holidays.net
Fireworks, boat parades, concerts, family picnics … and prayer. Those are all on my agenda for the days surrounding the 4th of July 2010. And if I could find a street parade, I’d gladly add it to my list of celebratory plans. How about you? What will you be up to? Camping? Heading out of town? Sta-cationing again this year? Barbecuing with family and friends?
When Did You Last Read the Declaration of Independence?
Or, perhaps I should ask, have you ever read it in its entirety?
Americans enjoy a level of freedom not found in many parts of the world. Among these liberties are the freedom of religion, freedom of speech, and the right to peaceably assemble. In today’s world these liberties can easily be taken for granted.
— Bryan Jackson
If you’re like me, it’s been a while since you’ve studied U.S. History. And I confess, I’ve mistakenly come to think of the Declaration of Independence as saying:
…We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness…
Continue reading » How Will You Celebrate Independence Day?
What will you celebrate today? Any ol’ thing you want!
I love reading the horoscopes in my local newspaper. Why? Not because I believe that my “sign” portends a certain future. No. Instead, I happen to find surprisingly insightful comments scattered among the various horoscopes for each day. For instance, last month, one of the horoscopes for Aries (March 23-April19) included this advice:
Find a reason to celebrate.
And, hey, I like that idea. Good advice. For today. Or any day. For me, for you and for anyone, born as an Aries or not. (I’m one of the “not-Aries”.) I think that Mattie Stepanek, the brave youngster who faced adversity with poetry, explained more eloquently than I why celebration is good:
While we are living in the present, we must celebrate life every day, knowing that we are becoming history with every work, every action, every deed.
What Can You Celebrate Today?
What can you celebrate today, April 14th 2010??? Take a moment, think about your day, think about your life, think about what’s doin’… and what you have to celebrate, now, today. Make your own list. And then CELEBRATE!
As for me, thinking ahead to what I might celebrate on 4/14/2010, let me see… I think these will fall into my “let’s celebrate’ category: Continue reading » A Reason to Celebrate
 photo credit: psdIn this wintery month of February, what can you pause to celebrate?
Well, if you expected this to be another post about procrastination then you may be surprised to learn that, ironically, I’ve postponed it – I’d forgotten about Valentine’s Day and couldn’t let the holiday go by without this wee bit of a hurrah. More on procrastination is ready to roll, just not today, nor tomorrow either. Watch for it… and in the meantime, let’s celebrate February!
In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer.
— Albert Camus
February’s upon us… and this 2010 version of the second month roared in with the winter madness of an El Nino year – we’ve endured blizzards, rainstorms, floods and mudslides, just to name a few of the weather challenges so far. It’s been a cold, cold winter since the exuberance of Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanza and New Years Day. Some (many?) among us are feeling the winter doldrums. While we wait for spring to be sprung, we need something to Continue reading » What’s to Celebrate? February, of Course!
BTW – How was your day today?
Kick Up Your Heels and Celebrate
As I meandered through this week of annoyingly half-finished tasks, keenly concentrating on celebrating small wins, I stumbled upon a delightful and off-the-wall blog site run by Torley who tells us he’s “a happy human being.” About “micro-wins” he happily recommends:
Continue reading » Kick Up Your Heels and Celebrate: Wins, Contributions, Automagicals & Uncontrollables!
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