Personal Meditation No. 89

"Start worrying about yourself. If you don't invest in your own life, then why would anyone else choose to invest in your life either."

Embrace the Within.

Sports ball season got underway this week which starts the inevitable identifying with winners and taking their victories as our own. There is a lot of that in America. Taking personal pride in the achievements of others we consider our tribe. But are they really part of our tribe?

It is quite easy to find some success of your own to celebrate. Something much more important than playing a sports ball game to feel good about in your life. Something that you have done on your own that makes your life more meaningful. But you have to do something. You have to put in effort. You have to work on you.

And that is scary. It’s a lot scarier than watching other people do things. It’s a lot more rewarding as well. So, rather than wasting a few hours on watching folks, why not invest those hours in you?

There was a time when I would look forward to Sunday’s because of sports ball. I would rearrange my plans and schedule and drop large amounts of money to watch other people doing things. I would take satisfaction in the triumphs and feel the anxiety of the game. But, I slowly found that wasn’t making me any better. It was only distracting me from working on me.

There are a lot of distractions out there. There are legal and illegal distractions all allowed to exist in order to preoccupy our time and energy. Distractions that are in place to keep you exactly where you are and to keep me exactly where I was.

They’re counting on the distractions to move your eyes off the journey. They want you to unplug your brain. They want you to consume the distractions. They have always wanted you worried about something else. But, worrying about you is the only important thing to consider. There is only one you, one body, one mind, one life, you need to worry about.

So, why don’t you forget about focusing on the distractions and get busy working on you? They don’t sell any team jerseys for that. They don’t sell concessions. They don’t broadcast you on television. But, taking ownership of your life will be the best decision you ever make. Try working on you today?

Have the day you want. I hope you find whatever you’re looking for.

#ThinkBetter #BeBetter #MyBodyMyChoice #MakeYourselfGreatAgain

Personal Meditation No. 88

“Your beliefs are your actions. What you say is just what you think.”

Embrace the Within.

Just finally sitting down to tap-tap-tap-a-roo after a productive eighteen hours so far this weekend. I woke up and got dirt yesterday and went to work on the regular chores and moving some of my peppers and tomatoes into the greenhouses before going over to finish up the Emergency Preparedness merit badge with some Boy Scouts. Sophia and Logan had a play at CHS and we went to watch the performance in remembrance of the orchestrated tragedy that was perpetrated yesterday. Woke up late this morning to get the regular chores completed and take out some pine trees. Worked on some repotting of tomatoes and peppers. Then I planted two pear trees I started from seed and blueberry vines. Came back inside and worked on the prepping for the week’s meals that is now much more salady than soupy. And a lot of other assorted sundry things that make up the weekend like getting caught up on all the wrasslin I didn’t finish watching this week.

But those are my choices. I am choosing every day to put in the work I’m going to need to accomplish in order to move to where I want to be on the journey of life. I’m not angry that it’s a lot of work. I’m not telling folks to do what I do. I’m just content knowing that I’m preparing myself and getting things together.

Two years into this process right now and I still am in awe of what can be done. Simple steps daily moving toward a goal make a big difference over time. I planted two trees that I grew from seeds today. That’s something.

I guess the next thing on my agenda is mushroom work this week and finishing another rabbit cage. Getting the greenhouses organized for the coming fall and secured is definitely on the list as well. The process never ends but it does become easier when you can see the vision of where you want to be. All you have to do is ask, believe, and receive. It’s all out there for you to have because it is all inside of you to get it.

Have the day you want. I hope you find whatever you’re looking for.

#ThinkBetter #BeBetter #MyBodyMyChoice #MakeYourselfGreatAgain