Sea Change

A friend of a friend of a friend of mine, always puts the IF condition on her happiness statement.

e.g. I'd be sooooooooo happy IF I had a house by the sea ... the surf ... not just the bay.

Have you ever caught yourself doing that? I bet you're not happy after saying it!

Notice what happens when you turn it around.

e.g. It'd be really amazing if I could have a house by the surf. Fortunately, it is not required for happiness.

I don't know about you, but after I say that turnaround pair of sentences, I get a thought with a smile that goes something like this... 'O yeah, that's right, now what was I going to do?' I'm happy and I move on to DO something. Now that's gotta be good.

Your turn. Fill in the gap with your IF condition for happiness, then go DO something. And leave a comment below with your thoughts about it all.

“It’d be really amazing if I could __________________.

Fortunately, it is not required for happiness.” alexandrafranzen.com

Renovator's Delight

I love my little house by the sea... well, walking distance to the sea. A renovator's delight.

I'm at the point where I'm wondering where I should stop.

I'll have to keep working the rest of my life to pay it off if I keep going with the 'finishing touches'!

I thought about that. I thought that would be the worst thing that could happen (not counting deaths of loved ones). No free time to do whatever you're supposed to do after you stop working.

And then I thought, nope, worse than that would be to not have your health to be able to keep working.

Get to the bottom of what's meaningful to you right now.

What's the worst thing that could happen to you?





... and then, what would be worse than that?




... and then, make a small change to appreciate what's most meaningful to you.

I discovered my health is most meaningful to me. With my physical, mental and spiritual health in top form, I can access all that I love.