Even if it is not the nicest in your area, take a deep breath in and think about all the great things going on in your life. Be inspired by the small things. Today, as I was walking to work, I looked over at the stadium and thought to myself, it is wonderful out, I am going to do a set of stadiums before I go into work and I did. I an not saying that doing a set of stadium stairs will motivate you but doing something you consider a challenge or something you have wanted to try might be just the thing you need :)
We also have a poem and a quote for you to think about throughout the week. We hope you enjoy them.
To Be of Use by Marge Piercy
The people I love the best
jump into work head first
without dallying in the shallows
and swim off with sure strokes almost out of sight.
They seem to become natives of that element,
the black sleek heads of seals
bouncing like half-submerged balls.
I love people who harness themselves, an ox to a heavy cart,
who pull like water buffalo, with massive patience,
who strain in the mud and the muck to move things forward,
who do what has to be done, again and again.
I want to be with people who submerge
in the task, who go into the fields to harvest
and work in a row and pass the bags along,
who are not parlor generals and field deserters
but move in a common rhythm
when the food must come in or the fire be put out.
The work of the world is common as mud.
Botched, it smears the hands, crumbles to dust.
But the thing worth doing well done
has a shape that satisfies, clean and evident.
Greek amphoras for wine or oil,
Hopi vases that held corn, are put in museums
but you know they were made to be used.
The pitcher cries for water to carry
and a person for work that is real.
And now the quote...
"Don't be distracted by criticism. Remember-the only taste of success some people have is when they take a bite out of you."
~Zig Ziglar~
Have a fabulous day, smile and think of all the amazing things you have done in your life!
Challenge Accepted,
D & K
jump into work head first
without dallying in the shallows
and swim off with sure strokes almost out of sight.
They seem to become natives of that element,
the black sleek heads of seals
bouncing like half-submerged balls.
I love people who harness themselves, an ox to a heavy cart,
who pull like water buffalo, with massive patience,
who strain in the mud and the muck to move things forward,
who do what has to be done, again and again.
I want to be with people who submerge
in the task, who go into the fields to harvest
and work in a row and pass the bags along,
who are not parlor generals and field deserters
but move in a common rhythm
when the food must come in or the fire be put out.
The work of the world is common as mud.
Botched, it smears the hands, crumbles to dust.
But the thing worth doing well done
has a shape that satisfies, clean and evident.
Greek amphoras for wine or oil,
Hopi vases that held corn, are put in museums
but you know they were made to be used.
The pitcher cries for water to carry
and a person for work that is real.
And now the quote...
"Don't be distracted by criticism. Remember-the only taste of success some people have is when they take a bite out of you."
~Zig Ziglar~
Have a fabulous day, smile and think of all the amazing things you have done in your life!
Challenge Accepted,
D & K
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