If my life has taught me anything, it has taught me that I need direction, focus and organization. Starting at the beginning with the basic definition of who I am through a few words may seem silly or simplistic, but for me it was like a weight being lifted from my shoulders. Those 5 simple, yet powerful, words are the words that define who I am and who I am striving to be. I have chosen them to direct my thoughts and to help me with the direction of my life. I no longer have to wonder, search or continually redefine...I can just grow. Now anything that doesn't fit in these categories...to the curb they go!
Faith – Joyce Meyers laid the foundation by giving me these words: “I don’t know what God is going to do or when he is going to do it, but since God is good I know it is going to be good.”
Love – Remembering if you want love you must be love. Grumpy people need not apply.
Fearless – To live like I did when I was in the 6th grade again. Without the fear of failure, embarrassment, anxiety, danger or pain.
Beauty – Aesthetics are important to me… shape, form, color, texture, sound. For me life is not lived unless beauty is involved.
Simplicity – Less is more. Downsizing. De-cluttering. Organizing. Double Duty. ‘Nuff said.
Now, it’s your turn. What are the words that define you? If you haven’t thought about it give it a try and let me know what you come up with. It just may change your direction for 2009 or may change your life!
BTW: This is the 1st check off on my Rocking 40 List!
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ReplyDeleteBe guided by your faith, not your fear.
Tami girl you are inspiring the heck out of me! You are a good antidote for all this economic doom and gloom going around here.
ReplyDelete"You become what you want to be by affirming that you already are!"
"What a (wo)man thinketh - so a (wo)man is."
"If you can conceive it, you can achieve it."
From my father -
"You can pray that a door opens or you can get off your a$$ and open it yourself." (prayerfully of course)
Tami,
ReplyDeleteYou are really speaking to my heart, these are the same types of changes that I am making in my life too, when I am remembering that I am a phenomenal woman. I'm loving this blog and I'm thinking of getting me a list together on my blog of things that I'd like to do for my big milestone birthday this year.
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