Wisdom from my first 50 years; 50 thoughts.
May 23, 2022In honor of this first half century of life, 50 bits of wisdom. I hope this message finds you well and leaves you with a thought or two for your days.
Be well!
TKM~
- Everyone is doing the best they can with what they have.
- What's true for me doesn't have to be true for others.
- When we heal, we heal generations before and after us.
- Worry is wasted time and energy.
- Stories have the power to transform and influence others. Everyone has a story.
- Never be too busy for what matters most.
- Look for meaning in the most unexpected places.
- Miracles are everywhere, you just have to open your eyes to see them.
- Animals have the power to expand love in all relationships.
- Celebrate milestones and achievements big and small
- Create traditions; small/simple traditions build memories.
- Travel and travel more.
- Make sleep a priority.
- Turn off the news; do what you can from where you are.
- Show others what it looks like through your own behaviors and actions.
- Raise your kids on 80s music.
- Get a therapist soon.
- Surround yourself with people that lift you up.
- Less phone more eyes on the world
- If it won’t matter when you are 90, let it go.
- Focus on what will matter when you are 90.
- Less doing, more being
- Focus on what you CAN control, YOU!
- Take a chance on things you can’t stop dreaming about.
- Use your imagination to create and see what you want.
- The answers to your prayers are all around you, start looking.
- What you see in others is also in you.
- Engage your senses. Use them to ground yourself in the moment.
- Be here now.
- Question what you believe to be true about yourself and the world.
- Drink more water.
- Put your feet on the grass, face to the sun.
- At the end of each day, relive the moments you loved, ask for more of those.
- Talk less, listen more.
- Help yourself to a nap.
- Let go of “shoulds”.
- Do something unplanned and unexpected for someone.
- Appreciate your people. Notice who makes your world work.
- If a feeling wants to be felt, give it space. You will be ok. Let it pass.
- This too shall pass.
- Give love freely, receive it with grace.
- Choose in favor of your well-being, others will be OK.
- If you’re alive, you have time. Use it with intention.
- If you don’t try, you will never know what’s possible.
- It’s OK to let go of what’s not working.
- You don’t have to believe everything you think. You are not your thoughts.
- Your body knows the way, it has the answers. Stop and listen.
- You are not responsible for fixing others or saving them. Let go.
- To change is to see what’s possible on the other side of fear.
- Receive a breathe, it’s the gift of life.