Jan 13 If You Want To Fly High, You Have To Fail…

Affirmation: I nourish my body, mind And soul.

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Wholehearted Guidepost from Brené Brown 

Cultivate Gratitude and Joy. Let Go of Scarcity and Fear of the Dark.

ORDINARY-MOMENTS SCAVENGER HUNT

What's the normal stuff you would miss if it weren't there? It may be a ritual like your morning coffee or ordinary moments that you share with your family or the little things that bring you joy. You're going to capture them in this exercise.

RECOMMENDED MATERIALS

Camera (or phone camera), printer, your journal and art supplies. 

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Spend a couple of days snapping photos of the everyday, ordinary things you are grateful for in your life—the ones that are easy to overlook but that are the true sources of your daily joy.

2. Print the pictures and create a gratitude collage on two facing pages of your journal.

3. On, under or beside the pictures, write down your specific gratitude.

Optional: When you're done with this activity, you could take pictures of your journal pages and share them on Twitter and Instagram using the hashtag #OLCBreneCourse.

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Mastering the 7 Decisions from Andy Andrews The Joyful Decision 

5. TODAY I WILL CHOOSE TO BE HAPPY.

Happiness is a choice. I am enthusiastic about each day. I am alert to its possibilities.

I will become the master of my emotions.

I will greet each day with laughter. I know that enthusiasm is the fuel that moves the world.

The world belongs to the enthusiastic, for people will follow them anywhere! My smile has become my calling card. It is, after all, the most important weapon I possess. I am the possessor of a grateful spirit. 

Joyful Decision

Today, I choose to be happy.

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Reading for Today

Walk in Grace. Live in Love. by Bob Goff

Jan. 13

IF YOU WANT TO FLY, YOU HAVE TO FAIL. DON'T BE TOO HARD ON YOURSELF WHEN YOU DO. 

Though the righteous fall seven times, they rise again, but the wicked stumble when calamity strikes.

PROVERBS 24:16 

 

I started an airline once. It sounds impressive, but it really isn't. Here was the idea. I live for part of each year far away from everyone in Canada. The nearest home is more than ten thousand square miles away. I thought it would be cool to have a fleet of amphibious planes that take off and land on the water to fly folks to mountain lakes and other inaccessible places like the place I live with my family. So I got a dock, hired some pilots, gave them fancy airline hats, and bought a bunch of official-looking pilot shirts with the gold stripes on the shoulders. I had everything in place except one minor detail-I didn't have an airplane. I'm not kidding.

 

I checked around, and buying an airplane that was already flying was too expensive, so we assembled our first one by picking over grounded planes-a couple of wings here, a fuselage there, a tire from that one-oh, and a propeller. We assembled our airplane from all the parts and stood next to it. The Wright brothers could not have been prouder. We put a Krispy Kreme-inspired paint job on it just so folks knew how serious we were. It looked delicious, if only barely airworthy. Simply put: we moved from thinking about this idea to trying it.

 

Chances are, you've started your own small airline before too. You've made a paper airplane, right? Then you've got one. Sure, it's a small airline, but who cares? The things that keep us from pursuing our dreams are often the failures and letdowns we've experienced in the past. Don't let who you were decide who you're becoming. The setbacks we all face can be big or small. We can spend all sorts of time carefully folding paper, hoping for the coolest-looking plane, or we can throw it into the air and see if it flies. 

 

What if you decide in advance that failure isn't going to be a limiting factor in your life anymore? Strip from the past the power you've given it over your future. Imagine what would happen if you realized one of the most crucial steps to getting from where you are to where you want to go is to not be afraid of making a couple of mistakes along the way. You're never going to the land the plane in your life until you make enough mistakes to get your idea airborne. Will it work? There's only one way to find out.

 

What past failures have kept you grounded, and what steps are you going to take today to get back in the air?