Welcome back to Part 2 of the Healthier Lifestyles series designed to give you tips, insights and nuggets of information that will empower you to live a fuller and healthier life.
In part 1 we learned all about the art of mixing things up. Today, it's all about doing the do. Now, before you jump to any conclusions, let's see what doing the do is all about.
DO the Do
How many times have you said to yourself oh, I'd love to do that but or I wish would give that a try except or my personal favorite At my age?! I can't possibly do that. Whatever the excuse–and yes, that's what it really boils down to–you find some reason to decline to do the very thing that you're aching to try. Well, enough's enough!
When I heard about the cancer survivor who wept because she was so grateful just to be able to touch flowers again after having been confined to a hospital bed for months, it shamed me. Here I was wanting, aching, to plant a garden when this woman would give anything just to see touch. There was no doubt: my lame excuse about 2 left thumbs and no "green" experience was a cop out. So, I did the do. And you know what? They're beautiful!! But I didn't stop there.
I made a list of everything I ever said I couldn't do and I got busy crossing things off my list. Heck, I even walked up to a complete stranger and handed them a card that read, "today, my day is brighter for having run into you." I shook their hand and went along my merry way. WHOO HOO!! Talk about a rush of nervousness, excitement and adrenaline.
Bottom-line: fear, anxiety and insecurity cannot be the foundation for the decisions you make.
Want to take that drive across country? Then do it! Want to enter that baking, sewing or writing contest? Then what are you waiting for? That magical or mystical moment where the birds flutter and sing merrily as the suns golden ray's dance on your cheek? NOT GONNA HAPPEN! Your moment is now.
So, dust yourself off, make your list and get to doing the do! And hold on to your hats because great things often happen in a flash!
And p.s. TELL US ALL ABOUT IT!!
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