Author: Anne

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TRUE TO YOU!

“They will criticize you for what you are, for what you are not, and for what they think you are.  They will judge you for what you do, for what you don’t do, and for what you fail to do.  They will talk about you for what you say and for what you keep silent about.  They will point at you for your successes and for your mistakes, for your decisions and for your doubts.  No matter how much you try to please, there will always be opinions.  So, live for yourself, because in the end, the only thing that matters is being true to your own path.”

Quote by Harrison Ford

REFLECTION:

  • Does the opinion of others influence your behavior?
  • Are you true to yourself – true to your path?
  • Are you living for yourself? 
  • Is there an action you need to take to be in alignment with yourself today?
  • Do it!

SWINGING WITH THE WIND…

Thoughts... wishes, mementos...what to leave behind along the Portuguese Camino

Swinging with the wind

Fighting the shadow

I walk towards the sun

I gain a new life!

 

Swinging with the wind

Fighting the shadow

I am guided by the sun

In the search for meaning

On the journey that is life.

 

Swinging with the wind

Fighting the shadow

I walk towards the sun

I decide my life

 

Swinging with the wind

Fighting the shadow

I walk towards the sun

Searching for a meaning.

Poem by Diogo Macedo – found on the Portuguese Camino in the town of Macieira de Rates

REFLECTION:

  • I had the good fortune to walk the Portuguese Caminho de Santiago.  While walking I found this poem.  It provided me an opportunity to reflect on my life, it’s meaning and purpose.
  • Have you given yourself permission to explore your life… your life’s meaning… a possible new life for yourself?
  • Maybe a long walk is overdue….

GOOD ENOUGH

“The perfectionist is never satisfied.  The perfectionist never says,’This is pretty good.  I think I’ll just keep going.’  To the perfectionist, there is always room for improvement.  The perfectionist call this humility.  In reality, it is egotism.  It is pride that makes us want to write a perfect script, paint a perfect painting, perform a perfect audition monologue.  Perfectionism is not a quest for the best.  It is a pursuit of the worst in ourselves, the part that tells us that nothing we do will ever be good enough – that we should try again. No. We should not.”

Quote by Julia Cameron – The Artist’s Way

REFLECTION:

  • Do you have perfectionist tendencies?
  • Can you see how those could be viewed as egotism?… pursuing the worst of ourselves?
  • Do you feel you are good enough?
  • How can you let go of perfectionism?