I Did IT!!!

Small victories are good for the soul. Especially if you are trying to achieve one or two very large goals. It can be a very long span between launching a goal to pay down your credit cards and the day you do it. The distance between 'I want the corner office' and building maintenance hanging your placard can be years. The work involved in 'I want to put my kids through university' is a lot more challenging than all the diapers, late nights and grey hairs you will encounter along the way.

Those big goals are vital, they give you something to aim for, they give you purpose on those days when you are unsure of your place in the world. It is powerful to believe you have such control over your destiny and such ability to change the world around you. Just as important as endeavouring to reach a goal however, is the thrill of victory. The ego boost that comes with success will set your energy level on fire! The very act of achieving puts wind in your sails and sets you up to accomplish more. This is the reason I make my bed every morning...I need victory!

If the goal is something like writing a book, the victory dance can be a great many days in the future, no matter how many words you get down everyday. A person can only write so fast no matter how fast their brain rattles off material. The hurdles of editing, publishing, distribution and marketing lie in wait just beyond getting the words strung together, new goals to achieve. It could take a while and that is okay, great dreams are attained through time, opportunity and perseverance.

Having said that, I can't go that many days without accomplishment, without the thrill of achieving a goal. I need the fuel. So I set small very attainable goals to conquer along the way. Last week I learned to poach an egg! It took research, practice and patience...it took me 4 days, but I did it!

Look out world!

Gratitude today for small victories.

Gratitude Hope and Smiles are Meant to be shared,

Michelle

On the Road to Possibility

Something you might not know about me is that I am a bit of a motivation junkie. I read and listen, I collect motivational quotes and click 'like' a thousand times a day on motivational shared Facebook wall pics. Beyond the words scattered on the walls of my house I have taken them to work as well. In my office I have the words "Dwell in Possibilities" plastered just above my computer. (Some days I dwell in the thought that there is a lake where those words are) It is my goal to look for 'possibility' everywhere I go.

I am a firm believer that the greatest thing you can possess is a strong positive attitude, I also know that it is also one of the very hardest things to maintain. That's where the motivational collecting comes in. The more inspiration I soak in the easier it becomes to maintain that positive attitude. Books, blogs, friends and motivational talks all boost my Hell Ya reflex. I'm not going to sugar coat it, the last couple  of months have been a bit of a struggle to keep the positivity gas tank full. When that happens I loose my abilities; the ability to be patient with my kids, the ability to parent constructively and cleverly, productivity slides, boredom rises, intolerance breeds and life starts looking like we're all heading out for a family picnic in a hurricane. We're going but it does look good.

I do not like picnics or hurricanes and will do everything in my power to avoid both. That power at the moment has come from turning off my radio. Sorry drive time - I love your banter but I need more than the latest Usher song that IMHO should not be played between 7am and 7am. (but that's a sexual reference and demoralization of young women topic for another post) I've replaced my commute music with motivational Success Audio! For 45 minutes every day now I am riding around in my glory, you could probably rear end my van and steal all my tires when I stop to inspect the damage and I would still wish you a great day with a smile. Motivational speaking does that to me.

I am motivated!

What does it mean in the grand scheme. It means this; I am finding possibility and reclaiming my abilities.

It also means that I have no clue what is going on in the world, I am devoid of celebrity gossip and hourly news, I don't know what the top ten is anymore or what traffic snarls might be laying in my path. It also means that I'm not worried about it. Those parts of life are going to occur and carry on with or without my attention to them. The results of the motivational shift leave me with more energy to devote to changing the things within my arm span, hopefully with enough positive energy that when those things and people leave that span they take that energy with them and we cause a ripple. My positive energy becomes their positive energy, their's rubs off on the next person and their's the next.

Gratitude today for motivation and possibility.

What are you going to do today to recharge your positivity ripple?

Michelle