| “You can clutch the past so tightly to your chest that it leaves your arms too full to embrace the present.” ~Jan Glidewell~ Think about that for a second. Arms full of old stuff — old stories, old hurt, old wins even — leave no room for what’s standing right in front of you. Put some of it down. Not because it didn’t matter, but because today matters too. The Dude 🐸 Thought for the Day Empty your arms. Something good is trying to get in. |
“Whatever you call it — it’s enough.”~ The Dude ~ It’s hard to deny there’s something bigger than us as we watch a morning sunrise. The Dude 🐸 Thought for the DayToday I choose to lean on my higher power — not be it.
“Surround yourself only with people who are going to lift you higher.”~Oprah Winfrey~ Inside the circle. Outside the circle. It’s really that simple. The people inside your circle aren’t there because of likes or follows or how many times they commented on your post. They’re there because of time. Truth. Showing up when it wasn’t…
“Nothing is softer or more flexible than water, yet nothing can resist it.”~ Lao Tzu ~ Water never fights the riverbank. It doesn’t force its way through rock — it just keeps moving, and over enough time, the rock gives way instead. That’s flow. Not forcing. Not gripping. Just staying in motion, trusting the current…
“A tree grows tall because it has strong and solid roots.”~ Chinese Proverb ~ Everything’s pulling at you today — the notifications, the noise, six directions at once wanting an answer right now. Before anything can grow up, it has to grow down first. Nobody sees the roots. They just see the tree standing tall,…
“Worrying does not empty tomorrow of its troubles; it empties today of its strengths.”~Corrie ten Boom~ Worry feels productive. It doesn’t look like it’s doing nothing — it’s planning, preparing, bracing. But all it’s actually doing is draining the tank you need for right now. Tomorrow’s going to show up whether you worried about it…
“The two most powerful warriors are patience and time.”~Leo Tolstoy~ The river doesn’t rush. It doesn’t check its phone. It doesn’t wonder if it’s moving fast enough or doing enough or being enough. It just moves. Steady. In the direction it chose. The Dude thinks about this a lot. We were not built to be…