Outside the Circle

 How many times have you heard "Think outside the box?"   I know it's a phrase often used to inspire new thinking.  Look beyond the boarder is another way to say the same thing.  I particular like " reach beyond your circle.  

Circles have power! There's the Circle of Life.  Circle the wagons.  Will the Circle be unbroken.

I tend to live in a circle not a box. All around me are friends, neighbors, work mates, family. We 'circle' around each other in our interactions.  

I'm asking you to reach outside your Circle and expand something. Expand knowledge, awareness, abilities.   Can you wrap your thoughts around this?

Kind Gesture

 I started this blog due to reading and hearing so much non affirming messages we/I hear from the news and Facebook, Instagram, etc.  

As angry as I am at the current situation in the USA with legal changes that I don't agree with I'm reminding myself and the readers, you, that staying kind will help keep situations in proportion.

A kind thought and a kind word can mean so much. Start with kind thoughts and the rest will blossom

What are you doing to remain kind? 

Never Mind

 Those of us who remember Gilda Radner on Saturday Night Live when she portrayed Emil Latilla who who say some thing that to her seemed way wrong. Chevy Chase would tell her that she got the concept wrong and would end the skit by saying "Nevermind" 

Example this is about "Violins on television"  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZLeaSWY37I

Right now as the USA becomes more divided and sides being taken are drawn with thick lines it's easy to lash out and comment on social media. Getting into an argument on these platforms won't settle a problem. It only infuriates people and nothing changes.

I'd rather take action when I vote than scream out online.  This is one of those times to say "Nevermind" to people who won't think beyond the hate

Doing Change

 “What are you doing now that you would like to change?   That's a question I heard in a meeting today and that got me to think, just what am I doing?   

I spoke on this exact topic years ago. Change can be hard since we/I prefer something constant.

Regardless change is inevitable.  Currently I'm looking to  purchase a home. I've been a renter for my entire adult life.  The prospect of home ownership and all that goes with it has me a bit frightened. Still I look and will be a home owner. That will bring a new set of challenges and changes.

What are YOU doing now that you would like to change?

 

TV Is Not Life

 While watching "This Is Us" during an emotional moment I felt sad for my life.  These characters are so connected and so real I felt as I'm missing out on that or something like that TV family.

Then it hit me that there are a team of writers, a collection of actors PLAYING real people. 

I do have real people to talk with, one person who I care about yet still here I was feeling sorry for myself that I'm not like a TV family.   That realization hit me hard!  I returned to one of my mantra's about loving myself "I am loved and capable"

Do you sometimes feel lost in that other dimension like TV?  Life is not a TV show