No Motivation, People…

I usually do but today I have no motivation.  Some days I am just not grateful for  lessons learned.Today is one of the first beautiful days of the year.  It is 80 degrees outside!  I have NO need for a coat.  I want to go outside & play.  I stood for a moment with another entrepreneur friend & we watched the easy going slow pace that so many on the hot city streets are moving at today.  For only few moments, we stopped.  A quick shake off of the feathers & we were back to work mode.  I’d rather lazily wander the streets of this city.  I do not want to work on the costume or, market anything or return e-mails or create the rehearsal work plan or anything else I need to work on for that matter.  And yet, I will.

Motivation Ribbon (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

In spite of how I feel, I will still do what is on the ‘to do’ list to be done for this day.  Today is not one of those days where I am not mentally overshadowed.  I can actually choose to work in spite of what I feel like doing.  How I chose to do it however, is at a much slower pace.  I am not trying to finish everything quickly so I can move onto the next list item.  I am working on one thing at a time.  It does not lessen what needs to be done.  However, I feel much calmer doing it.

Here’s to taking deep breaths & slowing down the pace.  There will always be more to do.  I have accepted that the list will never do done.  It simply gets adjusted.

These moments remind me both of the need to slow down & take a full stop sometimes as well as the ability to keep it moving in spite of mood.

Here’s to a great week!  What is everyone up to?

i watch you while you work (Photo credit: xtopalopaquetl)

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This Little Light of Mine

One of my closest friends says that there is always a light that is burning deep in her center no matter how dark life gets.  I believe we all have this light.  The more we tune into it, the more we share it with everyone we come in contact with, the more it is reflected back to us.  I joke around about myself that I always try to bring the sunshine with me:  This little light of mine, I’m gonna let it shine!

This year I’ve had this same experience a handful of times.  I will mention someone casually in a conversation.  The person I am talking to will interrupt to tell me a story about a negative encounter they’ve had with the casually named person.  I sit & listen.  I reply with ,”Wow!  That has not been my experience of this person at all.  I have had nothing but positive interactions with them.”

It led me to start thinking about how the kind of energy we put out really IS reflected back to us.  We all have this little light within us.  If we focus on growing this flame, it will beam from our very beings.  Once we make an intentional decision to bring this light to every situation, it will begin to boomerang back to us.  Spend one day with the intention of bringing kind, loving light to Everyone and Every Situation you come in contact with (especially when it is most difficult to do so).  Take note of the kinds of experiences you have on that day.  Test out the theory.  Experiment to see if light really does attract light.

 

Negativity is a repellent.  Those who bring light are attractive to others.  Yes, I dare to say it:  Shining Your Light is Sexy.