Best Friends

Recently I have been lucky enough to spend time with close friends.

This picture sums up how I feel about our time together.

I hope everyone has someone in their lives they can call a friend. Someone who they can openly talk to knowing that they are not being judged and what they say stays in the "vault". Too often we find ourselves in situations where insincerity reigns. I am learning how to choose to walk away from these unhealthy environments.

Time with true friends is precious. Being your own true friend increases the chance to have more sincere and positive experiences. We are the ones who  hold our own best interests front and center, us and our other best friends.

"Piglet sidled up to Pooh from behind. "Pooh?" he whispered.
"Yes, Piglet?"
"Nothing, said Piglet, taking Pooh's hand. "I just wanted to be sure of you."
- A.A. Milne, Winnie-the-Pooh

Magda

Clean Slate vs. Blank Sheet of Paper

Ever been stuck? Just plain ol' stuck, wondering all sorts of things about your life? The feelings can be daunting or exhilarating or a little bit of both. One thing I know for sure is being stuck is no fun. It means there is no movement, no place to go, no growth, no adventure. Think about it - being stuck is yuck!

Every day life moves forward. We can or cannot control what is going on around us or even to us. I have found that mostly we cannot control it. Life keeps going and things keep happening. Some times we need to get off the wild ride of life and watch it for a while maybe even go to another slower ride just to catch our breath or even choose to stand on the other side of the fence and watch for awhile (but not too long).

With any change life hands us a Clean Slate or a Blank Sheet of Paper - it depends on how you look at change. I am famous for saying "Change is Difficult" mostly because I am not too fond of change but I am beginning to understand that without change there is no room for growth - without change you can become stuck.

Change can be refreshing, like a Clean Slate. A fresh start to do something completely different and maybe even fun. The clean slate effect comes in to play when we are in control of the changes in our lives. These are scary times but can be exciting as well.

Change can be yuck, like staring at a Blank Sheet of Paper and not knowing what to write. A paralyzing and ginormous task with no way of knowing how to begin or begin again. The blank page effect comes when change happens to us completely out of our control. These are scary times and usually never exciting.  These are the times when we can really get stuck and they are usually accompanied with being angry, resentful, frustrated and afraid.

The challenge is turning that Blank Sheet of Paper into a Clean Slate. Looking beyond the fear and possible bitterness to the idea that change can be good. That change, whether our own doing or brought on by outside forces, means we can get off one ride and go on another and maybe it's time to even choose a new park altogether - to start over someplace fresh and new. All we have to do is change our views and be brave enough to move forward and buy a ticket.

Next.
Magda

If We All Understood

If we all understood:
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Everyone has their own insecurities to face.
Everyone has their own loves to contend.
Everyone has their own goals to attain.
Everyone has their own battles to fight.

The world may be a gentler place.
Anonymous
Re-posted from Purpose Fairy
http://www.purposefairy.com/

I Like Dave Barry's analogy. "There's nothing wrong with enjoying looking at the surface of the ocean itself, except that when you finally see what goes on underwater, you realize that you've been missing the whole point of the ocean. Staying on the surface all the time is like going to the circus and staring at the outside of the tent."

Magda