Jan 11 No One Is Remembered For What They Planned

Affirmation: My feelings deserve to be expressed. I will allow them to flow.

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Wholehearted Guidepost from Brené Brown

Cultivating Gratitude and Joy

BRENÉ'S INTENTION

When I met Oprah for the first time at our "Super Soul Sunday" taping, we immediately connected around the topic of gratitude. I remember being moved to tears when she looked at me and said, "I believe gratitude is the way home." I smiled and said, "Yes, and home is where joy lives."

This Lesson's Intention

"I will practice gratitude to access joy. I will stop and take notice of those small things that make my life better, the things that are easy to overlook until they are gone."

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Mastering the 7 Decisions from Andy Andrews 

Active Decision 

3. I AM A PERSON OF ACTION. I am Resilient 

I will create a new future by creating a new me. I inspire others with my activity. I am a leader. I will create a habit of lively behavior.

I will walk with a spring in my step and a smile on my face. My activity will create a wave of success for the people who follow me. As a leader, I have the ability to encourage and inspire others to greatness. I do not fear failure, because failure exists only for the person who quits.

I do not quit. I am courageous. I am a leader. I seize the moment. I choose now. I am resilient. 

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Reading for Today

Walk in Grace. Live in Love by Bob Goff

Jan. 11

NO ONE IS REMEMBERED FOR WHAT THEY JUST PLANNED TO DO. 

Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says.

JAMES 1:22 

 

Have you ever settled into bed at the end of a long day only to realize you forgot a family member's birthday? We've all experienced making the call of shame the next day, the apologies, and reassurance that we meant to call and that something special (very special) is on the way.

 

We've all been told, "It's the thought that counts!" But there's a difference between hearing someone meant to send flowers and the excitement of hearing the knock on the front door. There's a difference between a kind text message and a friend who's actually beside us when we get the phone call from the doctor with bad news.

 

It's so much easier to love people with our intentions than to love them in real life. It's exciting to scheme ways to make the world a little more beautiful. We can Google the details of our plans and tell our friends what we dreamed up. We can blog about it to raise awareness or have a Kickstarter campaign to raise money. Often, though, this is just brain candy. While it makes us feel good, it doesn't do much to move the needle in people's lives. No one is remembered for what they just planned to do.

 

Just like great characters in films are remembered by what they do and not by what they merely think about, we're known for our actions. The power of love is in the sacrifice and commitment it requires. Sacrifice and commitment always travel with love and action. Love looks like showing up with hands to help even when we don't know what to do. Love looks like stopping by even if we don't know what to say. Simply put, love doesn't just think about it; love does it.

 

Who have you been "planning" to demonstrate love to? What can you do today to follow through on that plan?