Keep Smiling
Someone asks you, “How are you?” Is your answer a) hanging in there b) Getting by c) not bad. Or is it, no matter how you may feel at that moment “great” or “fantastic”.
The attitude of RWA R=Ready W=Willing A=Able. The more you adopt that attitude in all circumstances the more it will become authentic. The more your day and your performance will be on the path of fulfilling your purpose.
In addition, you will affect and effect those around you who will also adopt that attitude, “etc. etc. etc” from The King and I. It’s just like a smile. You wear a smile and it wears you and all around you. Put a smile in your words.
“A smile is a curve that sets everything straight”. – Phyllis Diller
Part of Attitude Or Gratitude series
Yourself As Your Rival
Once again sing along with me, “It’s the eye of the tiger, it’s the thrill of the fight, rising up to the challenge of our rival”, Survivor. How often is our toughest rival the person we see when we look in the mirror? The opponent who holds us back and tries to tear us down through trash talk (see the inner-speak series). You are stronger. Deliver a knockout punch and free yourself from your self-imposed constraints.
“In order to move forward you have to leave yourself behind”. – Tzvi Freeman
“When I let go of who I am, I become what I might be”. -Lao Tzu
part of the Eye Of The Tiger series
Make a Sea Change In Order To See Change
“Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself”. – Leo Tolstoy
“Everyone has a talent. What is rare is the courage to nurture it in solitude and to follow the talent to the dark places where it leads”. – Erica Jong
Traveling Man
As we climb our mountain, our journey, it is tempting to ask ourselves “Am I there yet?” The truthful answer is no. You are never really there. If you travel with your purpose, then you get closer all the time. You are closer but never there. As long as you’re here, you’re never there. Our potential is never fully tapped. Yet you will find joy in the constant growth and potential for more. If you find yourself asking that question, think and say
“But I have promises to keep, and miles to go before I sleep”. – From Robert Frost’s poem “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening”
At ninety-one the great cellist Pablo Casals was asked why he still practiced, he said
“because I am making progress”
Part of the Am I There Yet series
Es Past Nischt
Believe in yourself, if you don’t, no one else will, and if you don’t why should they?
Today Can Be Your Greatest Day. So Far (cont’d)
“Most of us go to our graves with our music still left inside of us” – Unknown
“To get something you never had, you have to do something you never did.” – Unknown
Today Can Be Your Greatest Day. So Far
“If you want to lend today the distinction of being the greatest day in your life, focus on what you are better able to do today. Maybe your learning comes a little easier; maybe you handle a difficult situation with more maturity; maybe you find that you’ve gotten into some positive new habit that was a struggle for you before. When you build today upon everything you’ve learned and done before, each day stands above the ones that preceded it. Each day can be the greatest day. So far” Rabbi Zelig Pliskin
The Spinning Rabbi - Heart & Soul 