Please go out there and do. Live. Don’t be the same as yesterday. Don’t live vicariously online. Don’t use language that has no meaning or talk ideas you don’t really live. Don’t hide. Don’t copy others or live their ideas or life. Don’t fear doing your thing. Don’t fear doing.
Instead of reading another decorating magazine, paint that room. Instead of thinking of baking, make that cake. Instead of watching another beauty haul blog, go out and run, walk, bike or say enough. Put that self help book down and pick up yourself.
Let go of the snark, your worries, your anger and fear and give into possibility, action, joy and life.
Do. Then do some more.
Stop thinking about you. Stop blogging about just you and your kid and your pet. There’s a world out there to connect to, really connect to and texting doesn’t count.
Being of use is far more important than being popular. Think about the single parent on your block, the young persons struggling to find a job, the old man fallen on the street. Think about politics, the environment, healthcare, another country, cultures, and your community. Then do something about it. Never stop at thinking.
Dream big, work harder. Have lots of fun. Cheer your friends on. Cheer yourself up. Celebrate as much as possible – even just a good cup of coffee. Enjoy everything. Right now. It’s OK to want more and do more but be present with where you are or who you are with. Don’t rush the situation – even if it’s bad. Move on when you can. Don’t settle. Try everything you can and get over everything holding you back.
Go outside. Go outside yourself. Make a difference, make some change. Don’t complain about someone unless you’re willing to say it to that someone. Don’t complain about a situation you’re not willing to make better. They don’t have it better and you don’t have it worse. Don’t make excuses. You’ll never see possibility if you do. And you’re smart and worth more than settling for a life of complaining and limitation.
Hope. Hope more. Give someone else hope.
Get healthy and contribute to a healthy environment. Think about everything you do, you buy, you say. Only be lazy on Sunday and even then, be conscious. Rest is useful, giving up is not.
Live with a light heart. Play more. Remember what it’s like to be seven. Remember to listen to a seven year old because you just have more words and life experience, not necessarily more wisdom. Have more questions than answers and don’t put everything into words. Sometimes just feel things and be. Be quiet more often, listen harder, talk exactly as you mean to.
Strive for your best and not what you think someone else’s best is. Follow through. Don’t let others down. Don’t let yourself down. You are better than your circumstances. Ask for what you’re worth. Make magic happen, don’t wish for it. Don’t envy others lives, envy yours. Live it fully. Teach by example how to live well, how to be treated, how to be kind, how to be alive.
Do. I can’t stress that one enough. Take action on your life. Make the change. No more sulking, waiting, thinking, reading, talking about.
It’s time. You’re ready.
(Originally published in 2007. Re-published because sometimes we all need a little reminder, including myself)