March 30, 2012

• Kinda feel the need to collect everything that's been incubating (hmm, not sure that's the right word) in my mind. Simmering? Yeah. Everything that's been building up in terms of motivational thoughts/phrases and guidelines as well as hopes and dreams and how to get there:

  1. Taylor Swift's Eyes Open. Listening to it every day. “Heartbeat steady.” Even when everybody, or it seems like everybody, is watching and waiting for you to fail.. you've got this. And you can make it.
  2. Smile. It makes all the difference. It's your best accessory. I hope to smile, often and easily.
  3. “Regardless.” Nietzsche had a quote … “The essential thing in heaven and earth is that there should be a long obedience in the same direction; there results, and has always resulted in the long run, something which has made life worth living.” This means Doing It Anyway. It means steeping in patience, as tea in water, to produce faith. It means I have the self-discipline to do what I ought to even when I feel like a wreck. Regardless.
  4. Give 5 min of my morning and 5 mins at the end of my day to God – that the day belongs to him, and that when the work day is over, it doesn't fill my mind even when I'm at home.
  5. I don't know what's to come in the long-term, but if I can work steadily and breathe in what's now and keep my heart open, I trust I will end up at the best place possible. The focus is not on me. Even if I'm scared, that usually means I'm onto something big, something worthwhile. Embrace the unfamiliar. Dive deep, head first heart open.
  6. A thought is just a thought is a thought. “We have no right to ask when a sorrow comes, 'Why did this happen to me?' unless we ask the same question for every joy that comes our way.”
  7. It doesn't have to be perfect, you just gotta do a reasonably good job and take responsibility – this is what I've learned during my brief stint in the business world. I've been given opportunities to see what it's like to just be myself and surprisingly, the world doesn't implode. It's a reassuring sign not to go on hiding forever. And, I believe it's the answer to not always needing to be needed.
  8. If I had a life bio in the format of a Twitter bio, what would I like for it to read?

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