Hitched—Now What?

As you all know who have read the past posts, I've been diligently working to "Be present one day at a time", however why does it seem like the people in and around us are always pushing our minds away from right now and depriving us of the bliss that living in the moment brings?  When hubby and I reached the 1 year anniversary marker everyone started asking, "When are you getting engaged?"  Then when we got engaged, the new question was, "When are you getting married?"  NOW that we're married it's, "When are you having children?" Yikes people—whatever happen to the simple old fashioned, "How are you doing today?"

We are leaving for Italy in T-minus 6 days and aside from the grotesque amounts of gelato and pasta I will be consuming, I will most enjoy a place where the popularity of "You snooze, you lose" will be trumped by "La dolce vita"(the good life) & "Il dolce farniente" (the sweetness of doing nothing).  I hope the euphoric relaxation will carry back over to the homeland when I begin to plot out my next quest to set out and conquer.  I would like to meet the originator of the motto that Californians live a laid back lifestyle—he/she must have only met the hippies in OB where half drive the tie-dye vans that smell of Mary Jane while the other half search for nickels in the sand.  Then again, maybe the peace loving activists of the 60's have had it right all along and it's the simple things in life that make living in the present so momentous. I mean Carrie's relationship with Berger was almost compromised over a scrunchy so maybe the smallest of details really DO make all the difference.

This makes me think I should read "Don't Sweat the Small Stuff--and it's all small stuff" by Richard Carlson on the flight over.  I will have 16 hours to kill after all... 

 

Superwomen's Club - Now Accepting New Members

A dear friend of mine has put together an action plan to move her life forward.  Another woman I consider to be a bright light in my life told me something I wrote in my last post inspired her to see a piece of her situation differently.  At times when I feel like the walls of my existence are caving in due to my indecision and confusion, the proverbial phrase, "Shit or get off the pot" often enters my thoughts.  I feel extremely lucky to have such amazing women in my life to assist me with my—well "shitting" to put it frankly. 

A more refined idiom (and by refined I mean a saying not found in Urban Dictionary), "Two heads are better than one" is perhaps the most fitting to speak to the subject at hand.  While I will never minimize the amazing graces of the most intelligent and beautiful male souls, the strength women possess when we harness our power brings unlimited potential for personal growth and discovery.

The superwoman living inside that envelopes our livelihood and vitality sometimes fails to see that life is not our nemesis, but our partner in crime.  Our hero status gets overpowered thinking life is our antagonist because the law of inertia states it's just easier to stay in motion once things are set into movement; going against the current takes resilience and fervent dedication.  In the face of complete destruction to whatever current path, the brevity to change directions is what fuels the fire in the belly of all superwomen. 

So to all of my fellow ladies who are reading this and want to make a change, who are you going to be today and moving forward?  Powerful or powerless?  There's no better time than the present to unleash your "super"!

AK says it best :) http://youtu.be/-AphKUK8twg

Today I am wise

I've always said I love event planning. Let me just say I MUST because I have become an expert at throwing myself some grandiose pity parties! Like most mornings after a full night of "partying" you wake up hungover, nauseous and often regretful of the things that happened just hours prior. Today is different...in this instance, a huge plate of Mexican goodness is not going to quell things. What's sobering me up today is wising up.

The statement that our hearts and our minds don't often agree seems to be a truth told by many. After all, we're taught from the time we can comprehend spoken language, that what is logical isn't always what we may want to do...but it's the "right thing". While I don't know who first said this to me, I placed this cute ditty in my Life Lessons catalog where it grew to be very influential in the development of my ego and my pride. Today I have dutifully removed that mantra and replaced it with this; The logical thing to do is to ALWAYS follow your heart.

I've recently come to realize the bridge that connects listening and actually learning has been broken and fractured. Like everything else, it's nonsensical to think that we don't need a rejuvenation and complete overhaul of ourselves when things get stale and weary. Today I understand that when I think my mind and my heart are disconnected, it's fear that's coming between the two. I have taken the figurative mind and body too literally because they are one in the same. All too often we allow negativity to be more powerful and trump all the positive energy flowing in and around us. Without a doubt, when you allow fear in, it is tenacious, strong and unyielding. BUT...the cumulative effect of laughter, love and elation is the most "thrilling peace"— it's contagious and intoxicating and most important is we all deserve it and are worthy. Today I'm not shying away from fear, I'm embracing it and allowing myself to accept that it's ok to be afraid so I can finally take my power back!

A planner by nature, I have put together the simplest one yet;

BE PRESENT ONE DAY AT A TIME.