This sounds about right...

If you're overwhelmed by the whole, break it down into pieces --Chuck Close

Sometimes we get so many things going on that it does overwhelm us.. but what I'd associate this with is losing weight. When we first think about losing, we look at the big picture. What? We have fifty, seventy-five, a hundred pounds to lose? Now that's overwhelming. But what if we broke it down to five pound pieces...? Five pounds? Yes I can do that. And after I do that I can do it again. And again. And when we've done it enough times the whole overwhelming number has been reached in an underwhelming way. J

Carl Sanburg:

Life is like an onion: You peel it off one layer at a time, and sometimes you weep.

Few words... lots of meaning.

"In order to get from what was to what will be, you must go through what is." Anonymous

Leonardo da Vinci, Notebooks, 1508

"Irons rusts from disuse, stagnant water loses its purity and in cold weather becomes frozen; even so does inaction sap the vigor of the mind. "

He's speaking here, of course about using our minds.. We know, or should, that mind exercises are absolutely important for several reasons. Keeping our minds active help to keep us young. There are many ways to keep ones mind active, reading, learning, word games, anything that challenges thought.

But I'd like to go one step farther and say this quote may also apply to our whole selves. Keeping our bodies active will help to keep us in better health. If we are inactive to the point of sitting most of the time our bodies become stagnant from disuse. It's true. And it's simple to prevent. We must move around. Do something. Anything, but move move move.

I don't want to be the little old lady who just sits in her rocking chair doing nothing. I just don't. J

I am only one....

I am only one,
But still I am one.
I cannot do everything,
But still I can do something;
And because I cannot do everything
I will not refuse to do the something that I can do. - Edward Everett Hale

Why do some people feel the need to compare themselves with anyone else. I am me and you are you. I may not be able to do everything, but still I can do something.

I think the only thing we can ask of ourselves is no less than what we are capable of. And never ever refuse to do something, just because you can't do everything. J

Faith is the bird that sings when the dawn is still dark

Rabindranath Tagore

We are new everyday...

by Irene Claremont de Castillego


We are new every day.

We don't have to wait for Mondays, Springtime, the New Year or any other time... We are new every day.

Now I suggest we take this day and run with it. Plan your day loosely, but do make a plan. Don't let the day get away without accomplishing something. One of my favorite sayings is..

At the end of the day
we should be
one step closer
to what we should be.

We are new every day

J