Thoughts for Thursday: TAG, you're IT!

 

"Just go up to someone on the street and say "You're It!" 

and then run away.

-Ellen Degeneres

I agree, Ellen. 100%

Thoughts for Thursday: Confidence Image Quotes

I really like image quotes. I compiled a few of my recent faves from Pinterest. 

Enjoy! Happy Thursday

Thoughts for Thursday: MLK

"Faith is taking the first step even when you can't see the whole staircase"
-Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Thoughts for Thursday #13: Cocoons probably Stink

Today's Thoughts for Thursday is actually a re-post from 2010. I had just graduated from college. One of my best friends sent me an email detailing her concerns about the future. The uncertainty. The doubt. It's a lot to handle. But this was my response to her....

Aalishah,

Just think of all the times in your life when you have had to transition. Like when you had to learn how to walk. I'm not sure if you remember, but I can imagine that it was awkward. Up until that point, you were probably comfortable crawling around or being held in the arms of Grady and Cynthia [her parents]. But they had to stop carrying your heavy self. So you learned to put one foot first. And you probably fell down a few times. But eventually you were walking- and the world was a different place from that point on. 

If it would help to think of an external entity, consider a butterfly. At first, it is a slimy, hairy caterpillar confined to a life of dirt and leaves. Then, somehow (sorry, I didn't pay attention to the details in bio class) it transitions to life in a dirty cocoon. I'm sure it's uncomfortable. No one notices it. It's just wrapped up and secluded. No job. No activities. Then, one day that fool crawls out and flies away. People admire its beauty. People marvel at how freely it glides through the air- with purpose, with conviction. Have you ever tried to catch a butterfly? You can't even touch it.

Transition is a period of uncertainty. It's unsettling and uncomfortable. Take comfort in knowing that its also a temporary period. As cliche as it sounds...there IS a light at the end of the tunnel...and yours is bright.

Thoughts for Thursday #12

" When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to LIFE. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down 'happy.' They told me I didn't understand the assignment, and I told them they didn't understand LIFE. "

- John Lennon

Thoughts for Thursday #11

"He that is good at making excuses is seldom good for making anything else" - Benjamin Franklin

Thoughts for Thursday #10

If I can get my kids to truly understand and embrace this, I will have succeeded as their teacher.

 

Thoughts for Thursday #9: Laughter

“I don't trust anybody that doesn't laugh.” 

—Maya Angelou

We've heard it all before: Laughter is the best medicine

But what are the actual health benefits of laughing?

Physical Health Benefits

Relaxes muscles

Decreases stress

Boosts immunity 

Mental Health Benefits

Improves mood

Eases anxiety and fear

Enhances resilience

Social Benefits

Encourages teamwork

Diffuses conflicts

Increases attractiveness

HAVE YOU HAD YOUR DAILY DOSE?

Thoughts for Thursday #8

Happiness is like a butterfly; the more you chase it, the more it will elude you. But if you turn your attention to other things, it will come and sit softly on your shoulder.  - Henry David Thoreau

Thoughts for Thursday #7

"I must say a word about fear. It is life's only true opponent. Only fear can defeat life. It is a clever, treacherous adversary... it has no decency, respects no law or convention, shows no mercy. it goes for your weakest spot, which it finds with unerring ease. It begins in your mind, always." - Piscine Molitor Patel (Yann Martel), Life of Pi

Thoughts for Thursday #6

"Don't judge each day by the harvest 

you reap, but by the seeds you plant"

Thoughts for Thursday #5

A little girl was talking to her teacher about whales. 
The teacher said it was physically impossible for a whale to
swallow a human because even though it was a very large mammal its throat was very small. 
The little girl stated that Jonah was swallowed by a whale.
Irritated, the teacher reiterated that a whale could not swallow a human; it was physically impossible.
The little girl said, 'When I get to heaven I will ask Jonah'.
The teacher asked, 'What if Jonah went to hell?'
The little girl replied, 'Then you ask him'.

Thoughts for Thursday #4: Make Uncomfortable Deciisions

"Some of the worst decisions we make in our lives 
are the most comfortable ones. 
Discomfort creates space for learning and change."

Thoughts for Thursday #3: Learning to Fly

"He who would learn to fly one day must first learn to stand and walk and run and climb and dance; one cannot fly into flying."

- Fiedrich Nietzsche

I guess Mama Bird didn't get the memo.

Thoughts for Thursday #1

" The successful person has the habit of doing the 

things failures don't like to do. 

They don't like doing them either necessarily. 

But their disliking is subordinated 

to the strength of their purpose.  "

- EM Gray