Grateful : Day 47 #100daysofwriting

Mid moan session on the treadmill tonight I was told that I'm very ungrateful. I had to admit that my sage cardio partner was right.

I don't want to do the job that I'm blessed to even have, with a company who treat me like family. Why? Because I'm entitled, lazy and ungrateful. (Yikes)

I don't want to be there for certain people in the same way that others have been there for me. Why? Because I'm forgetful, selfish and ungrateful.

I don't want to exercise my amazing body that has everything except tonsils, wisdom teeth and two weird moles. Instead I say mean things about it and fill it with poison when I'm upset. I'm so immature and ungrateful.

I moan that I want more shoes/ more money/ another cat/ a new car/ a boyfriend/ to lose 12kg. Am I grateful and loving towards what I do have?

It wasn't that long ago where I found something to be grateful for every day for 100 days! Maybe I need a reminder. Maybe you will enjoy it too.

Battling Your Vices - mantras to reflect on... #2

SIMPLIFY.

We spend so much of our time playing games - not the fun kind that get our hearts racing or make us exclaim... "just one more level..." - the stupid kind. The kind that are basically lies.

I'm so sick of having to pretend that I don't like someone when my heart pounds when I see them. Sick of staring at my phone waiting for someone to call. Waiting, waiting for things to drop into my lap.

A friend of mine was recently upset because she felt like she couldn't just phone the guy she's seeing to say "What up dude?" - we should be able to do whatever we want to!

Don't kiss on the first date.
Make him ask you out first.
Don't say "I love you" first.
Don't act keen.
Don't phone first.
Don't.
Don't.
Don't.

We're grown-ups! Why follow the rules set down by crazy, bitter bitches? Why worry so much that we're not following the rules? Why not be true to yourself?

If I hug and kiss most of my friends, regularly call them gorgeous and tell them I love them.... why act like a cold blanket to someone I fancy? What if we were friends to start with?

Be honest!

The biggest turn on is when a man can confidently show and tell you that you matter. I'm not talking clingy, overwhelming, shallow drivel - A man once asked me to move in with him on the 2nd date because he thought that "that's what girls want to hear"... it's not.

I know a lot of people will disagree, but I think as an adult you / I should be able to express ourselves honestly?

In closing, this is a response to how freeing I've found it to just tell people that they matter, to just call when you think about them, to drop a sweet message - don't be held back.  Take a risk! It could really pay-off... believe me!

“The Paradoxical Commandments"

“The Paradoxical Commandments"

People are illogical, unreasonable, and self-centered.
Love them anyway.

If you do good, people will accuse you of selfish ulterior motives.
Do good anyway.

If you are successful, you will win false friends and true enemies.
Succeed anyway.

The good you do today will be forgotten tomorrow.
Do good anyway.

Honesty and frankness make you vulnerable.
Be honest and frank anyway.

The biggest men and women with the biggest ideas can be shot down by the smallest men and women with the smallest minds.
Think big anyway.

People favor underdogs but follow only top dogs.
Fight for a few underdogs anyway.

What you spend years building may be destroyed overnight.
Build anyway.

People really need help but may attack you if you do help them.
Help people anyway.

Give the world the best you have and you'll get kicked in the teeth.
Give the world the best you have anyway.


© Copyright Kent M. Keith 1968, renewed 2001
― Kent M. Keith, The Silent Revolution: Dynamic Leadership in the Student Council