Timing is everything

‘Patient’ means to be able to accept or tolerate delays, problems, or suffering without becoming annoyed or anxious, or, someone receiving medical treatment.  I think this nicely sums up humanity over the last two years.
 
Laura E. Richards published The Patient Cat in 1881.  (read here) Basically a cat finds eggs in a nest and waits for a bigger meal.  Sometimes While we stop to think, we often miss our opportunity. Pubilius Syrus. 
 
Timing is everything so Stop worrying about missed opportunities and start looking for new ones. I.M. Pei  As Michael Jordan says, I've failed over and over and over again in my life and that is why I succeed. So Don't live in regret, for if you do, you will miss even more. Charbel Tadros. Just do it.

Get on your Feet

Wake up, get up, show up and never give up. anon

My theme for this week was sidetracked when my feet started moving to this song at the gym. Listening to the lyrics I thought, yes, it's time.  I hope it brings a smile, and kickstarts your day.

Get on Your Feet by Gloria Estefan (listen here)

You say I know it's a waste of time
There's no use trying
So scared that life's gonna pass you by
Your spirit dying
Not long ago
I could feel your strength and your devotion
What was so clear, is now overcast
With mixed emotions
Deep in your heart is the answer
Find it, I know it will pull you through

Get on your feet
Get up and make it happen
Get on your feet
Stand up and take some action

I think it's true that we've all been through
Some nasty weather
Let's understand that we're here
To handle things together
You gotta keep looking onto tomorrow
There's so much in life
That's meant for you

Get on your feet
Get up and make it happen
Get on your feet
Stand up and take some action
Get on your feet
Don't stop before it's over
Get on your feet
The weight is off your shoulders...

It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you don't stop. Confucius

Lean in

Lean In

‘Lean in’ was coined by Sheryl Sandberg in 2013 to describe strategies for women to accelerate their careers by taking advantage of opportunities. I describe it as initiative, gumption, get up and go.  Nike, ‘Just do it’.   What we need to do is always lean into the future; when the world changes around you and when it changes against you - what used to be a tail wind is now a head wind - you have to lean into that and figure out what to do because complaining isn't a strategy. Jeff Bezos. I leave you with a poem by Dawna Markova, I will not lead a life unlived

I will not die an unlived life
I will not live in fear
of falling or catching fire.
I choose to inhabit my days,
to allow my living to open me,
to make me less afraid,
more accessible,
to loosen my heart
until it becomes a wing,
a torch, a promise.
I choose to risk my significance;
to live so that which came to me as seed
goes to the next as blossom
and that which came to me as blossom,
goes on as fruit.

Stretch

Every year  as a child my mother would record my height and I’d stretch to be that little bit taller. As adults we stretch our bodies, but how often do we stretch ourselves beyond the self imposed limits of our perceived 'normal'?

Covid provides the perfect excuse for being a couch potato. And as we know A man grows most tired standing still. Chinese Proverb  So this week i invite you to use time as a tool, not as a couch. JFK  To Do one thing each day that scares you. Eleanor Roosevelt  Pablo Picasso was always doing things he couldn't do and that is how he could do them. So this week put action behind your thoughts, go beyond your limits as the best is yet to be. Robert Browning