“Only your real friends will tell you when your face is dirty.”~Sicilian Proverb~ My brain is the perfect business. One half manufactures nonsense, while the other half buys it all. We all do it. We spin our own story, sell it to ourselves, and then wonder why nothing changes. That’s where Mama Bear comes in….
“Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished”~Lao Tzu~ Not every day is a rapids day. Some days the current barely moves. The water is still. Nothing seems to be happening. You wonder if you’re even going anywhere. You are. The slow river is still the river. Still moving. Still forward. Still taking you somewhere….
“Where your attention goes, your energy flows.”~Unknown~ You protect your wallet. You lock your car. You check your account balance. But your attention? You hand that away for free — a hundred times a day — to things that leave you feeling empty, anxious, or just… flat. Here’s the thing about energy. It follows attention…
“Do the right thing even when no one is watching.”~Unknown~ Nobody saw you do it. You got up anyway. You made the call you’d been putting off. You chose the salad. You bit your tongue when you didn’t have to. You showed up when it would’ve been easy not to. Nobody clapped. Nobody liked it….
“Life is what happens when you’re busy making other plans.”~John Lennon~ The river doesn’t wait. The heron lifted off the bank three seconds ago. The light hit the water in a way it won’t again today. Your kid just looked over to see if you were watching. Were you? Eyes up, friend. The good stuff…