Ready to begin again....

OK, I am ready to begin again. Sometimes that is pretty frustrating. 192.5 today.  I guess I should cut myself some slack. So WHAT that I am not down more, I am also not UP more! I guess every day is a new beginning. At least that is what I have felt my whole life. Good Morning World and welcome to the first day of the rest of your life! That just makes you feel good.

Pet peeve: I have never thought it was fair that when you have an accomplishment, it only seems to count right then. Graduate 1st grade, hurrah! Hurry up and start 2nd. Win a gold medal, next week you are a has been and old news, same with #1 songs or box office or whatever. Those poor folks are has beens almost immediately and they are not supposed to age or gain weight! Man! Glad I am only me! 

Feel the same way about house work, it never ends and always needs done. The one exception is mowing the lawn. When you finish mowing the lawn it actually looks "done" for at least a day or two. Someone might really notice that it was done and does not need done right away. I never really liked mowing the lawn, but I loved finishing and taking a minute and enjoying it being "done"! Dishes, laundry, dusting and everything else, they are never done. And you only notice when they need done, not when they are done.

Somehow that never seemed fair. I ride horses. I have in the past worked hard at attaining certain goals. Then I would show someone and it was the same, good, what is next????

Let's take just ONE MINUTE and acknowledge what we have accomplished! Feel good about it. There was a talk given at the October LDS Conference. I don't remember who it was. But I totally remember the talk. He talked about taking is 8 or so year old daughter and 12 or so (notice my attention to detail) on a climb of a mountain. It was one you could walk, but it was still quite an undertaking. There were two wonderful points from that talk. One, they stopped often to rest and not only marveled at what they had left to accomplish, but turned around and marveled at what they had already accomplished. (You will have to find the talk for the 2nd point).

I loved that. I always see the Mountain. I am getting better at looking at what I have accomplished.  Don't get me wrong. I am very much someone planning for the next thing and my next project and always looking forward. Just sometimes, it soothes the soul to turn around and look back.  See what you have truly done and how very far you have come. I am sure it is impressive.

So I am ready to begin again. 192.5. The truth is, even if I bounced around that weight, it is so much better than the 255 I was at 45. Or the 230 I was last year. That is 62.5 pounds from my highest. 37.5 from last fall.  Wow! That is pretty impressive! Hey! I did good!!! Wow! I carried 25 pounds of salt in a couple weeks ago, that was heavy especially if I carried it for long. And yet my poor body carried over 60 pounds more than I have right now for a very long time.  Wow, I have done pretty darn good!

AND I am ready to do more. I am ready to start climbing the mountain to the next resting spot.

So, what in your life can you "turn around and look at what you have accomplished"? Give yourself a minute or a day to reflect on how far you have come. On how much you have accomplished, how much good you have done.

Another thing I have noticed, most people really and unfairly discount what they themselves do. STOP!

I don't care if it is weight, education, changing diapers, not losing your temper or doing the dishes. Stop. Take a look at what you have accomplished today, last week, this year, decade, this life. Give yourself some credit.

OH, this is good too! Pick one person today that has impressed you in any way, made a difference in your life or you admire. Just ONE person. Call them, text them, email, write or talk to them today..... Tell them. Then tell me (or not) what doing that did for them and for you. It is better than chocolate I promise.