Normal … or not

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Are you waiting for everything to get back to normal?

Well … what if it never does?

This experience will change us.

It will shape us.

There has been loss.

There has been irrevocable change.

Some have been impacted modestly.

Others immeasurably.

It is going to leave a mark on what was normal.

 

“People grow through experience if they meet life honestly and courageously. This is how character is built.” ― Eleanor Roosevelt.

“To exist is to change, to change is to mature, to mature is to go on creating oneself endlessly.” – Henri Bergson

 

Refocus and go again

Posted by HorrieM

Nope, I will not always be at my best.

And that’s okay.

I may stay up too late.

Perhaps there is not much on tomorrow.

I may sleep in (for the same reason).

Breakfast could either be a feast … or nothing.

I have been known to disappear into social media.

I open the fridge and then close it again.

Then check the pantry.

I might read a book longer than intended.

Spend time and talk with my family.

The day might start with a loose plan (or no plan).

I might look inside the fridge again.

Then the pantry again.

I may have a long chat on the phone.

Or eat all the chocolate.

Perhaps walk the dog.

I might watch a movie (there are so many ways).

I’ll examine the fridge again.

Nope, the answer is definitely not in there (it rarely is).

I might do some household chores.

Take too many breaks.

Keep putting off what I should be doing.

And that’s okay.

These distractions may be what is needed.

Or they may not.

Then I’ll refocus and go again.

 

“Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is not to stop questioning.” – Albert Einstein

“Don’t wish it were easier. Wish you were better.” – Jim Rohn

“The answer is not in the fridge.” – HorrieM

 

What if you chose to change as abruptly?

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The changes happened quickly.

The changes were brusque and abrupt.

The changes were uncomfortable.

 

But you have been able to adapt.

Almost instantaneously.

You have successfully managed the change.

 

What else would you like to change?

This time … it is your choice.

Now go do that … just as quickly.

 

“The only constant in life is change” – Heraclitus.

“Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change.” – Stephen Hawking

 

When are you ever given more time?

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“I don’t have time!”

How often have you heard this?

How often have you said it yourself?

Well, it seems you might have plenty of time right now.

To read that book.

To start writing that book.

To sort those photos.

To go through the stuff in the _____.

(Garage, shed, spare room, cabinet – insert whatever is relevant for you here.)

To create.

To paint.

The wall or a canvas.

To experiment.

To garden.

To renovate.

A room or your thinking.

To innovate.

To cook.

To learn.

Don’t squander the time that has been given to you.

Besides, what else are you going to do?

 

“The two most powerful warriors are patience and time.” – Leo Tolstoy

 

“I wish it need not have happened in my time,” said Frodo.

“So do I,” said Gandalf, “and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”

– J.R.R. Tolkien – The Fellowship of The Ring

 

Your capacity and capability

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You have capacity.

You didn’t think you would.

But you’re doing it.

You will have the capacity for more.

 

You have the capability.

You didn’t believe you could.

But you are.

You are capable of much more.

 

Capacity – The maximum amount that something can contain.

Capability – The power or ability to do something.

(Oxford Dictionary)

 

“If I have the belief that I can do it, I shall surely acquire the capacity to do it even if I may not have it at the beginning.” – Mahatma Gandhi

“If we all did the things we are really capable of doing, we would literally astound ourselves.” – Thomas A. Edison.