Thanks for sharing this today, Jessica! It is from Oprah’s book: The Path Made Clear and it is great!
We forge our character, our futures, and our very lives through consistency.
You may not realize all that you are consistently doing right now. But whatever those thoughts and actions are, they have lead you to the life you live now.
You can always change your habits, develop or improve on your consistency in the areas you want to experience growth in order to live a more fulfilling life!
Great pick me up song. And a great reminder: you are alive, and ready to do some amazing things! Have an awesomeMonday!
Here’s a link to YouTube video with lyrics:
“Hey heart, on the road again Moving on Forward See the stars, won’t break the bones They’re in the car On the highway It’s so magical, feeling, that no one’s got a hold Your heart can list the all, happiness you know
This is your heart, it’s alive It’s pumping blood It’s your heart, it’s alive It’s pumping blood And the whole wide world is whistling
And it’s whistling
Hey heart, on the run again Drive is strong Anywhere Stick and stones won’t take his course It’s got the ball And it fits it It’s the best of world’s feeling, like nothing can go wrong You’re the saddle of the world, you get to know
‘Cause it’s your heart, it’s alive It’s pumping blood It’s your heart, it’s alive It’s pumping blood And the whole wide world is whistling
Hey heart, won’t you run again On a highway On a highway Hey heart, won’t you run again On a highway On a highway
This is your heart, it’s alive It’s pumping blood It’s your heart, it’s alive It’s pumping blood And the whole wide world is whistling
Is whistling And it’s whistling And it’s whistling”
I love this from the book: Authentic Happiness (find it here on Amazon).
It is so true, that when others speak to us harshly or criticize us, we arm ourselves with retort to defend.
But when we speak that way to ourselves (which happens all the time), we fail to rebuke.
A friend, and fellow doctor said this once at a speech (I quoted him in my book, Purposely Positive: How to Live an Intentional and Inspired Life) “If you heard someone talking to your spouse the way you talk to yourself, you’d kick their ass.”-Dr. Brent Hendon.
Ain’t that the truth?
We constantly chide ourselves and hold ourselves down.Â
Constructive criticism is one thing, but change that “Con” to “De” and all we do is tear ourselves apart.
Start noticing the negative things you say to yourself, act as if someone else is saying them, and then prepare to fight back.
We need both inspiration and motivation to fulfill our goals.
Inspiration is the coal-fire, slow burn, our “why” that fuels our drive.
Motivation on the other hand is like a bonfire, strong push to create a change quickly, to push us forward.
The key difference is that if we only focus on motivation, it will burn strong, but then burn out (new years resolutions are a great example of this fact).
We need the slow, steady burn of inspiration to fuel our motivational bursts to truly get us to where we want to go.