Tuesday, June 12,
2012
Today's Gift
Today's Gift
"Joy is what
happens to us when we allow ourselves to recognize how
good things really are." --Marianne Williamson
good things really are." --Marianne Williamson
Many of us have gotten into a rut
with rigidity, martyrdom, and deprivation. One of the "normal" experiences many
of us have been deprived of is having fun. Another one is being spontaneous. We
may not have the foggiest notion what we would like to do for fun. And we may
hold ourselves in check so tightly that we wouldn't allow ourselves to try
something fun anyway.
We can let ourselves go a little now and then. We can loosen up a bit. We don't have to be so stiff and rigid, so frightened about being who we are. Take some risks. Try some new activities. What would we like to do? What might we enjoy doing? Then, take another risk. Pick out a movie we'd like to see; call a friend, and invite him or her to go along. If that person says no, try someone else, or try again another time.
Decide to try something, and then go through with it. Go once. Go twice. Practice having fun until fun becomes fun.
Today, I will do something just for fun. I will practice having fun until I actually enjoy it.
We can let ourselves go a little now and then. We can loosen up a bit. We don't have to be so stiff and rigid, so frightened about being who we are. Take some risks. Try some new activities. What would we like to do? What might we enjoy doing? Then, take another risk. Pick out a movie we'd like to see; call a friend, and invite him or her to go along. If that person says no, try someone else, or try again another time.
Decide to try something, and then go through with it. Go once. Go twice. Practice having fun until fun becomes fun.
Today, I will do something just for fun. I will practice having fun until I actually enjoy it.
Read more Daily Motivations at http://thework-in.blogspot.com/
No comments:
Post a Comment