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Be there |
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Say yes as often as possible |
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Let them bang on pots and pans |
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If they are cranky, put them in water |
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If they are unlovable, love yourself |
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Realize how important it is to be a child |
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Go to a movie in you pajamas |
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Read books out loud with joy |
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Invent pleasures together |
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Remember how really small they are |
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Giggle a lot |
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Surprise them |
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Say you are sorry |
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Say no when necessary |
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Teach feelings |
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Heal you own inner child |
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Learn about parenting |
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Hug trees together |
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Make loving safe |
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Bake a cake and eat it with your hands |
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Go find elephants and kiss them |
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Plan to write a novel |
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Make lots of forts with blankets |
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Let you angel fly |
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Tell your own dreams |
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Keep the glean in your own eye |
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Encourage silly |
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Plant licorice in your garden |
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Open up |
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Speak softly |
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Express your love a lot |
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Speak kindly |
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Paint their tennis shoes |
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Pain their faces |
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Search out goodness |
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Sing directions |
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Sing love |
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Cook with mud |
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Talk about life |
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Talk about peace |
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Handle with care |
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FORGIVE! |
Today is an excellent day for small, incremental improvements. Whatever is working for you, find a way to improve it just a little. There's no need to make a huge, momentous change, just a small one, something you can do right now.
If you called just one additional potential customer each day, over the course of the next month you would talk to about 20 new people. If you learned just one more new word each day, in the next year you would increase your vocabulary by more than 300 words.
Small improvements can add up over time into big accomplishments. Look around you. Consider the work you do each day. Think about how you could do it just a little bit better.
In a marathon race, each stride taken by the winner is just a little bit longer and a little bit faster than each stride taken by the 100th place finisher. Yet over the course of the race, that small difference adds up in a big way.
Do just a little bit more today, and tomorrow too, and each day after that. Anyone can make just a small improvement, and that can make a big, big difference.
-- Ralph Marston
Imagine you have the opportunity to take a trip across the country. You can stop wherever you'd like, spend however long you want at any location, and have no set timetable. Are you going to focus solely on your destination and simply drive there? Or are you going to let go of the need to arrive anywhere at any particular time and enjoy the scenery, the people you meet along the way, and the places you linger in?
Every day you have the opportunity to go on a "cross-country" trip a once in a lifetime, twenty four hour adventure that'll never be repeated any other day. How do you wish to spend the time? By enjoying every minute and stopping to savor every unique opportunity, or by simply focusing on your goals and trying to achieve them?
Today, you can reach any destination or any goal you set for yourself. But how you do so will determine how enjoyable and memorable today will be. The runner who only looks down at the road will surely reach his/her destination, but won't have the same experience as the runner who looks at the road as well as notices the sights, sounds, and smells around her.
Today, make an effort to notice one person's face, one facet of nature, or one event on your journey to tomorrow.
Today's Goal: Today, I'll take time to notice what's around me instead of just what's ahead of me.
Tim Connor, CSP; speaker, trainer, and author
