Author: Anne

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COOPERATIVE ENTHUSIASM

When someone shares a new idea, or makes a pitch, or describes a dream, what would happen if you were enthusiastic?  Perhaps positive thinking is contagious.  Perhaps egging on the other person will help them explore the edges.  And perhaps it will help them overcome their fear and share the very best version of what they have in mind.  You can always say ‘no’ later.  In this moment, your confidence and enthusiasm exist to make the idea better.  No harm in that.  For either of you.

Quote by Seth Godin from his daily Blog post.

REFLECTION:

  • When someone share a new idea with you do you offer enthusiasm or are you a “realist” trying to “save them” from failure?
  • What if you were positive and helped them explore the edges?
  • Who can you offer confidence and enthusiasm to today?

PIECES OF HEART

My soul tells me we were all broken from the same nameless heart and every living thing wakes with a piece of that original heart aching its way into blossom.  This is why we know each other below our strangeness.   Why when we fall, we lift each other or when in pain we hold each other.  Why when sudden with joy, we dance together.  Life is the many pieces of that great heart loving itself back together.  

Quote by Mark Nepo from his book:  THE EXQUISITE RISK

REFLECTION:

  • What is aching its way into blossom?
  • Do you allow others to lift you up, hold you when in pain or dance with another in joy?
  • How can you allow more love into your heart – to love all your broken parts together with the help of another?

EXPECT vs. APPRECIATE

For those who expect everything, there are many curses.  For those who appreciate everything, there are many blessings.

Quote by James Clear

James Clear is a writer and speaker focused on habits, decision making, and continuous improvement. He is the author of the no. 1 New York Times bestseller, Atomic Habits. 

REFLECTION:

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  • Do you focus on expectations or appreciations?
  • Do you walk around cursing or blessing things in your life?
  • How can you appreciate more what you do have in your life?
  • Look for the blessings today!