CAN YOU PULL IT OFF?

Here's one of those great learning stories:

"I make up words all the time," the man winked as he told me this one.

"I do it in Spanish, English, whatever," he grinned, "and I notice that as long as I say my new-fangled words with impunity and authority, people look at me with admiration and usually tell me how smart am!"

What do ya say?

Do you get the moral of this one?

About him?  About them?

THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU

Ever notice what happens when you take that extra minute, give that extra dollar, notice someone's something new?

Here's a great story about this one…

As the woman was getting out of her Uber ride, the driver said:  "Ma'am I just want to tell you that you have the kind of personality that lights up a day!"

"Well, you know," she smiled as she told the story, "he really lit up my day!  What goes around and all that…"

What do ya say?

You get this, right?

Practice much?

SERIOUSLY SPEAKING - KISMIF!

Bet you wondered what that KISMIF thing is?

Thought it was a typo?

Nope.

This is a transformative mantra that can turn your world around!

'KEEP IT SIMPLE   MAKE IT FUN!'

How is it that we got the distorted view of life believing that the word 'work' and the concept of 'fun' should be separate?

Not!

Once upon a time in a land far,far away someone was ironing a shirt and… singing!

Yes, singing and smiling and maybe adding a little dance step in here and there.

Whoa!  What a strange sight…

When questioned she said: 

"All life is a joyful meditation!"

What a concept!

DANCE WITH IT!   EXPERIENTIAL APPS                           

An opportunity to experiment with some fun ideas…

DANCE TO THE MUSIC!

Try this:

See if you can tune into the rhythm, the beat, the giggle in everything you do!

Washing dishes?  Feel the water, see the shine, the movement…

Ever watch the spin cycle on the clothes dryer?  Whee!

Sweeping the floor?  Add a chachacha!

Paperwork?  Get the visual rush of marking items off your list…

AND NO MATTER WHAT - LET GO OF PERFECT! 

UGH!

I hate…

Cleaning, paper work, paying bills, doing laundry, taking a shower, exercising, dieting…

What do ya say?

What's on your 'ugh' list?

SERIOUSLY SPEAKING - GET REAL!

We like to give everyone a chance, the benefit of the doubt, we like to be forgiving, we like to be optimistic…

BUT...

If we don't pay attention to the reality around us, we create stress, disappointment and pain - for ourselves!

DANCE WITH IT!   EXPERIENTIAL APPS                           

An opportunity to experiment with some fun ideas…

SEE IT, SAY IT!

Try this experiment:

1)  Think about some of the repetitive behavior in others that has caused you pain.

2)  Take away the 'bad' label from this behavior in order to view it objectively.

3)  Ask yourself if dealing with this would be as difficult if you expected it and recognized that it 'belonged' to the other person.

4)  Now, think about how you could take care of yourself with this new information.

STRESS REDUCTION 101

Remember those wonderful 'Peanuts' cartoons?

Remember how we all couldn't believe that good 'ole Charlie Brown was once again shocked when Lucy pulled away the football at the last minute as he went careening past?

What do ya say?

Don't remember?

Please!  Check it out!

http://peanuts.wikia.com/wiki/Football_gag

CELEBRATION!

'Freedom is the likelihood of questioning, the likelihood of committing an error, the likelihood of looking and testing, the likelihood of saying No to any authority–literary, creative, logical, religious, social and even political.'

                                                      Ignazio Silone

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                 CELEBRATE IT!