Sunday, June 21, 2009

Worrying Is A Waste

"Happiness is that state of consciousness which proceeds from the achievement of one's values." ~ Ayn Rand

Your TQ Training Challenge for Monday, June 1, 2009:

Immediately Stop Worry from
Dragging Your Performance Down...
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Where Did Worry Ever Get You?

Worry is a huge energy waster. Identify exactly what you're worried about and then gather as much specific information as you can about it.

Worry comes from not knowing. Go do your homework!

"How hard it is, sometimes, to trust the evidence of one's senses! How reluctantly the mind consents to reality."~ Norman Douglas

Saturday, June 20, 2009

How to Live

He didn't tell me how to live; he lived, and let me watch him do it.
~Clarence Budington Kelland

Tuesday, June 16, 2009

You Are Blessed!

“You feel so blessed, so grateful in that moment..., everything blown and swirling..., the aliveness of the wind.”
~ Margaret Leroy, from Yes, My Darling Daughter

Monday, June 15, 2009

Howard Hopkin asks "What Are Your Limits?"

What are your limits? Do you impose those limits, consciously or subconsciously, on yourself? Do you let others put them on you? Do you automatically tell yourself, “I can’t do that”, or convince yourself others are luckier, more skilled or talented?

Self-esteem is a weird thing. Some say it is the result of our environment, an unnurturing parent or bad past. Yet there are those brought up in perfect homes with June Cleaver mothers and Fred MacMurray fathers (and for those of you too young to know who the hell I’m referencing, he was the understanding dad on the 60s TV show, My Three Sons), who have no confidence in themselves. Others say it is chemical. Still others say a combination of the two. Maybe one traumatic event causes the lack of esteem, or perhaps a series of incidents and some synaptic sputtering makes our ego timid.

It doesn’t really matter. What does matter is that you can refuse to accept limits put upon you by yourself or by others. I won’t spout a bunch of pop psych bull and tell you it’s easy. Changing any ingrained thought pattern is never a cakewalk. But you can certainly improve the status quo and decide not to accept your limits.

With writers, I see this most often translate to fear of submitting work after it’s been completed. They write a book, then stuff it in a drawer, afraid to send it out to be judged, because they fear that judgment, if negative, reflects upon them personally. Or they convince themselves it is not good enough, or make up excuses such as, well, I am not really intending to be published anyway, just writing it to please myself. But most writers, deep down, want to be read by others. Or more to the point want what they write to be enjoyed by others. Of course, that becomes an impossibility if they leave their masterpiece in a drawer.

You have to take a chance. Not just in writing but in any area of life, if you want to truly live. Of course, if you are satisfied not reaching your potential or simply slaving away hours on something just to know you can do it, then, by all means, choose that path. But if you want to grab life by the balls, send the damn thing out. If your ego is inflated, believe me, somebody will be kind enough to stick a pin in it. And if your ego is suffering, then remind yourself that what select others think really doesn’t justify your belief in yourself or who you are as a person.

You have one life. Don’t shove it in a drawer. Don’t look to others to validate it, either, but certainly don’t let them take it away from you.

There’s a feeling when you are a child that lasts all too brief a time—it’s that moment when you run through the fields of your mind thinking you can do anything, be anything. You can even fly if you want to. You can be Superman or Wonder Woman. Maybe just once in a while you should let yourself try to find that place, be that carefree child again. If only for a moment. And especially in times when the universe seems to crap all over you. People, don’t leave that manuscript in a drawer; don’t let fear stop you from trying. And don’t let rejection or disappointment convince you it wasn’t worth it. Sometimes things don’t work out. Maybe often. But they never will if you don’t take the risk.

THAT choice is, indeed, yours.Howard HopkinsHorror, western, comic book authorhttp://www.howardhopkins.com

Sunday, June 14, 2009

When Was the Last Time You Took A Break From the World?

“When was the last time you spent a quiet moment just doing nothing - just sitting and looking at the sea, or watching the wind blowing the tree limbs, or waves rippling on a pond, a flickering candle or children playing in the park?”

Ralph Marston

Thursday, June 11, 2009

Enjoy What You Eat

"Eat only what you truly enjoy, and truly enjoy what you eat."

~Martha Beck

Monday, June 8, 2009

We Are Here to Be Transformed

“We are here, it seems, to be transformed, and transformed again, and again and again. ” — Michael Cunningham

Sunday, June 7, 2009

Bend, Don't Break

"I need to live like that crooked tree--...
that knelt down in the hardest winds
but could not be blasted away."
~Edward Hirsch

Coach Sherrie says: We have a lot of those trees here in San Diego. They're my favorite. Yes, we can learn much from Nature, can't we?

Worry Has No Good Use

"Worry never robs tomorrow of its sorrow, it only saps today of its joy."
~Leo Buscaglia

Wednesday, June 3, 2009

Go Confidently Toward Your Dreams

"Go confidently in the direction of your dreams.
Live the life you have imagined."
Henry David Thoreau

Welcome to Weight Loss Coach Sherrie's Blog!

WELCOME EVERYONE. It is time to learn a "NEW WAY OF BEING IN THE WORLD."
I am currently trying a new way of eating (forget about that nasty "D" word!). I am following the "Schwarzbein Principle" and learning ways to focus on creativity and taking care of ME. I am currently in Body Blissmas, a program started by Jill Badonsky. As I learn to focus on healthy eating and being happy and creative, I would like to help you do the same.

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