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!
Answer: a bite at a time
Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.
— Mahatma Gandhi
Sometimes we think too much. Admittedly we often hear stories that make us wonder if some people ever think, but our predisposition to plan leaves us walking a fine line between thinking, planning and worrying.
In his book, Every Day Deserves a Chance, Max Lucado explains the secret to success in any long-term endeavor.
You last the long race by running short ones. Don’t swim 2.4 miles; just swim to the buoy. Rather than bike 112 miles, ride 10, take a break, and bike 10 more. Never tackle more than the challenge ahead. [emphasis mine]
When we face challenges, we often talk ourselves out of even trying because we project into the future. We don’t take it buoy-by-buoy or block-by-block or even day-by-day. We look at the expanse of time in front of us and think, Continue reading » How Do You Eat An Elephant?
What Smalls will you celebrate?
Don’t let the bastards get you down!
I’ve got some new mountains to climb. And they’re scaring me. My guess is that many of you are, like me, experiencing the following: just as I encounter a precipice, just when I need to make a leap of faith, I find my bounce back juice is running low.
Well, I don’t know about you, but I’m not going to let the bastards get me down! I’m just going to take a deep breath and figure it out as I go. And take it one step, one day, one little win at a time. And gift myself with the occasional wallow without getting stuck in the quicksand. I’ll stumble up the bounce back path, by God I will!
Continue reading » Stumbling Up the Bounce Back Path
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