Guest guest Posted August 2, 2005 Report Share Posted August 2, 2005 Good morning to you Rory! Thanks for this reminder. We need to read stuff like this more often than not. Take care and THANK YOU! :>) Pam Marsh --- " Rory G. " rorman212@...> wrote: > Hi everyone! > With all of the recent accomplishments ( and > Francisco's > marathon, Tawny's bike ride, all of the THOUSANDS OF > POUNDS we have > all lost...) I took a few minutes to think. > What I thought was: we are all pretty damn amazing > people, full of > courage, hope and an uncanny ability to succeed > under even the most > adverse conditions. Think of all we have > accomplished as " LARGE and > IN CHARGE " people....many of us are married. Many > of us have > children. Many of us have excellent jobs that we > are succeeding > in. And we have done all of this WHILE > " Fluffy " ...there is NO limit > to what we can accomplish. Will it be hard? HELL > YES! Can we do > it? NO DOUBT! I watch far too many posts in here > that whine and > worry about what is happening --- maybe they should > be replaced with > the reminders of the blessings we all have, if we > are just willing > to stop and find them! We are all amazing people, > on a journey to > save and improve our lives. You can't get to where > you are going by > not seeing, focusing and remembering from where you > came. > Do you wish you had better luck? Then stop wishing > and start making > it so. > Good luck does not just randomly appear. Good luck > comes to those > who attract it. > Live this day as if it is the most precious and > important day in > your life, and you'll make yourself lucky. Seek ways > to provide > real, lasting value to others, and you'll make > yourself lucky. > Be anxious to learn, to explore, to hone your skills > and you'll make > yourself lucky. Live with patience, discipline, > integrity and a > commitment to truth, and you'll make yourself lucky. > Focus on the positive possibilities, and you'll make > yourself lucky. > Take the actions that will manifest the best of > those possibilities > into reality, and you'll make yourself lucky. > There's no limit to the amount of good luck you can > enjoy when you > take the positive, productive actions that will > bring it your way. > Make yourself lucky, and experience for yourself how > great it can be. > Your problems are real and demanding. Yet they are > tiny when > compared to all the positive possibilities for your > life in this > moment. > You have fallen short in the past. Yet the past is > over, and you are > free to choose a new and more fulfilling direction, > right now. > There are difficult challenges that you now face. > And right > alongside those challenges, intertwined and > intermingled with them, > there are stunningly magnificent opportunities. > This is your time to grasp those opportunities. > Whatever may try to > hold you back is trivial and of little consequence > when compared to > what you can gain by moving forward. > The difficulties this moment may hold are far > outnumbered by the > possibilities for achievement, learning, love, joy > and fulfillment. > Focus your mind, focus your energy on the best of > those > possibilities. > In this very moment you are free to choose any > thought, any action, > any path you wish. Choose to step confidently > forward on the path to > the best place and the best life you can possibly > imagine. > Love yourself and love one another! > > Rory > -240 > > > > > > ____________________________________________________ Start your day with Yahoo! - make it your home page http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 2, 2005 Report Share Posted August 2, 2005 Thanks you Rory. I know I need the reminder more often than I think. :-) Kerre -141 & 35 pounds from goal > Hi everyone! > With all of the recent accomplishments ( and Francisco's > marathon, Tawny's bike ride, all of the THOUSANDS OF POUNDS we have > all lost...) I took a few minutes to think. > What I thought was: we are all pretty damn amazing people, full of > courage, hope and an uncanny ability to succeed under even the most > adverse conditions. Think of all we have accomplished as " LARGE and > IN CHARGE " people....many of us are married. Many of us have > children. Many of us have excellent jobs that we are succeeding > in. And we have done all of this WHILE " Fluffy " ...there is NO limit > to what we can accomplish. Will it be hard? HELL YES! Can we do > it? NO DOUBT! I watch far too many posts in here that whine and > worry about what is happening --- maybe they should be replaced with > the reminders of the blessings we all have, if we are just willing > to stop and find them! We are all amazing people, on a journey to > save and improve our lives. You can't get to where you are going by > not seeing, focusing and remembering from where you came. > Do you wish you had better luck? Then stop wishing and start making > it so. > Good luck does not just randomly appear. Good luck comes to those > who attract it. > Live this day as if it is the most precious and important day in > your life, and you'll make yourself lucky. Seek ways to provide > real, lasting value to others, and you'll make yourself lucky. > Be anxious to learn, to explore, to hone your skills and you'll make > yourself lucky. Live with patience, discipline, integrity and a > commitment to truth, and you'll make yourself lucky. > Focus on the positive possibilities, and you'll make yourself lucky. > Take the actions that will manifest the best of those possibilities > into reality, and you'll make yourself lucky. > There's no limit to the amount of good luck you can enjoy when you > take the positive, productive actions that will bring it your way. > Make yourself lucky, and experience for yourself how great it can be. > Your problems are real and demanding. Yet they are tiny when > compared to all the positive possibilities for your life in this > moment. > You have fallen short in the past. Yet the past is over, and you are > free to choose a new and more fulfilling direction, right now. > There are difficult challenges that you now face. And right > alongside those challenges, intertwined and intermingled with them, > there are stunningly magnificent opportunities. > This is your time to grasp those opportunities. Whatever may try to > hold you back is trivial and of little consequence when compared to > what you can gain by moving forward. > The difficulties this moment may hold are far outnumbered by the > possibilities for achievement, learning, love, joy and fulfillment. > Focus your mind, focus your energy on the best of those > possibilities. > In this very moment you are free to choose any thought, any action, > any path you wish. Choose to step confidently forward on the path to > the best place and the best life you can possibly imagine. > Love yourself and love one another! > > Rory > -240 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 2, 2005 Report Share Posted August 2, 2005 Thanks you Rory. I know I need the reminder more often than I think. :-) Kerre -141 & 35 pounds from goal > Hi everyone! > With all of the recent accomplishments ( and Francisco's > marathon, Tawny's bike ride, all of the THOUSANDS OF POUNDS we have > all lost...) I took a few minutes to think. > What I thought was: we are all pretty damn amazing people, full of > courage, hope and an uncanny ability to succeed under even the most > adverse conditions. Think of all we have accomplished as " LARGE and > IN CHARGE " people....many of us are married. Many of us have > children. Many of us have excellent jobs that we are succeeding > in. And we have done all of this WHILE " Fluffy " ...there is NO limit > to what we can accomplish. Will it be hard? HELL YES! Can we do > it? NO DOUBT! I watch far too many posts in here that whine and > worry about what is happening --- maybe they should be replaced with > the reminders of the blessings we all have, if we are just willing > to stop and find them! We are all amazing people, on a journey to > save and improve our lives. You can't get to where you are going by > not seeing, focusing and remembering from where you came. > Do you wish you had better luck? Then stop wishing and start making > it so. > Good luck does not just randomly appear. Good luck comes to those > who attract it. > Live this day as if it is the most precious and important day in > your life, and you'll make yourself lucky. Seek ways to provide > real, lasting value to others, and you'll make yourself lucky. > Be anxious to learn, to explore, to hone your skills and you'll make > yourself lucky. Live with patience, discipline, integrity and a > commitment to truth, and you'll make yourself lucky. > Focus on the positive possibilities, and you'll make yourself lucky. > Take the actions that will manifest the best of those possibilities > into reality, and you'll make yourself lucky. > There's no limit to the amount of good luck you can enjoy when you > take the positive, productive actions that will bring it your way. > Make yourself lucky, and experience for yourself how great it can be. > Your problems are real and demanding. Yet they are tiny when > compared to all the positive possibilities for your life in this > moment. > You have fallen short in the past. Yet the past is over, and you are > free to choose a new and more fulfilling direction, right now. > There are difficult challenges that you now face. And right > alongside those challenges, intertwined and intermingled with them, > there are stunningly magnificent opportunities. > This is your time to grasp those opportunities. Whatever may try to > hold you back is trivial and of little consequence when compared to > what you can gain by moving forward. > The difficulties this moment may hold are far outnumbered by the > possibilities for achievement, learning, love, joy and fulfillment. > Focus your mind, focus your energy on the best of those > possibilities. > In this very moment you are free to choose any thought, any action, > any path you wish. Choose to step confidently forward on the path to > the best place and the best life you can possibly imagine. > Love yourself and love one another! > > Rory > -240 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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