Control the Controllable

Statue in Greece--This is a statue of a man watching in worry of a chariot race in Ancient Greece.

What worries you today,your health, your job, your family, an unfinished task? We all have worries. The funny thing is the things we most fear will never happen. Thank God for that! However we spend most of our energy worrying about things, which never actually happen. Just imagine if we focused our time and energy on believing that good things will happen.

Your mind is a powerful tool, which brings goodness and grace to you if you just believe. If you focus on POSITIVE things it will bring CALMNESS, and POSITIVITY in your life.

An old friend once said to me Control the Controllable...what a mouthful. Take a moment to just think about that statement. Think about what you CAN control. Write a list of those things. The list will be very SMALL! You know why! Because, the only thing we control are our bodies. We CAN NOT control our children, our spouses, our supervisors, the traffic....etc. the list goes on and on. But, you can take control of your thoughts and your reaction to situations! Is it easy ? NOWAY!! Let the UNIVERSE take care of your problems and accept the consequences,. Will this task be easily accomplished? ABSOLUTELY NOT but it can be done. Make a conscious effort to not become upset or easily angered over something you can not control and watch how calm your spirit will become!

Good Luck--give it a try!!! I walk with you. Mariposa : )

How do you nourish your soul?

Picture taken in Seward, Alaska
S.R. Hoffler

Where do you get your nutrients?

What nourishes your soul? What makes you happy? These seem like simple questions, but they are not. We spend so much of our lives pleasing others doing-- what our parents want, what our friends want, what our mate wants that we lose sight of what we want. It becomes as if we are on our own personal island and people are coming to vacation on us, but we never get rest. As we stand on the cliff of our lives, we have to make a choice to nourish as we meet the needs of others.

Recently, I have been reading excerpts of, The Power of Positive Thinking by Norman Vincent Peale written in 1952. That is right 1952! It speaks of simple message believe in yourself, have faith in your abilities and success will come to you. However, it brings up one question what are you good at doing? Many of us do not know ourselves well enough to answer this simple question and to make proper decisions for our lives. I challenge you to set your eyes on a goal, and take steps to reach it over the next few weeks you owe it to yourself. Nourish your soul as you nourish others.

My current goal is to lose 30 pounds by the end of the year. I have taken steps by joining Weight Watchers and committing to attending meetings. I have already lost 6 pounds. What is your goal? Share, share, share!!!! --

Today I change my life!!!

Picture taken in Auckland New Zealand

Today I decided to change my life and make a decision to focus on positivity and not negativity.
I am the person who always has a story to tell. Some are positive, but some are negative. I found that when you re-tell a negative story you give it legs to walk around and grow larger. every time a negative situation or story is told it emotionally pulls you back to that negative space and time.

We may not realize it but it keeps us imprisoned to negativity. Always pulling us back into the Abyss of negativity. We must break free of what ails us. Negativity has effects on our work life, personal life, health and weight. In the next thirty days join me as I transform my mind and body in to place where I want to actually hang out. Come with me!!! Make a commitment to consciously take a hold of negative thought and throw them and way.. We can do it Pledge to do it for a day, a week a month, whichever suits you and see if the universe will not bring you happiness and returns beyond anything you can imagine.