This Could Be The One

Oh what a feeling! The flutter in your stomach, the excitement of anticipation.
The high that has you walking on sunshine. Yes people I am in love and I cannot hide it. Perhaps I need my own couch jumping moment here to show my boyish giddiness. Or perhaps I should become just a smug asshole and act like it is no big deal. Hmmmm,
which way should I go? Ahhh fuck it! I like the giddienss. It is so much more enjoyable to laugh aloud, grin for no reason and just be in an overall good mood. Maybe later on I will post a picture of my new love. We’ll see.

No great love story is complete without a little drama and a riveting back story to accompany it. Believe it or not we met in grade school. (queue the group awwwwwwww how cute) We were cool back then, as cool as 10 year olds could be. Recess was our favorite time. Going out and having fun with the other kids. I remember every year we would look forward to field day where we could show off. Hey, hey I’m talking 10 year olds from back then not these 10 year olds, practically porn stars of today. Holding hands back then was yucky. Ewe! Any way, we went our separate ways after grammar school. Throughout the years I would occassionally get word about her. She was doing well and so was I. Every now and then we would run into each other. Exchange pleasantries but never really connected beyond that.

Again, through the grapevine I would hear things about her. You know how the grapevine works. You take things with a grain of salt until you can verify the information. Odd though, that everytime the grapevine would start buzzing we would run into each other. This time was different after exchanging our usual pleasantries we actually made plans to do something. Nothing major just go out and get reacquainted. Well we did and things did not go well at all. It was painful to say the least. We just did not jive. Yet despite that we still stayed in touch. Occasionally going out, never with any expectations. Sometimes I think it was more of pity visit. We could see we were good people we just had different points of view that caused a little friction. Funny how we have this affect on each other. The real kicker is that we could see the conflict, know the outcome but somehow we just could not stay apart. Now as I look back we both wanted the same things. Our approaches were just so different that it made it extremely difficult for us to establish a rhythm, to get in the same book let alone on the same page.

I don’t know. Maybe I am smitten and being a little naive about this. It could work though. Right? What do I have to lose? So far the adjustments we have made have been working. This seems like it could be a relationship for all seasons. I’m so nervous. I so badly want to go the distance with this one. Look at me gushing. Can’t put the cart before the horse. Just have to take it one step at a time. Gotta pace myself.

Simply Excellent

Simply Excellencent

Excellence is achieved through effort not by tools. Long before “there’s an app for that” ™ mankind has been achieving astonishing feats. The sum of motivation, dedication, and perspiration is how excellence is achieved. There is no tool, piece of software, or garment that can provide these three factors in sufficient quantities to achieve excellence. We may use a combination of tools in our endeavors but even without them we can still achieve excellence. The Great Pyramid of Giza, the Great Wall of China, the music of Beethoven, and the Greek Olympics all are phenomenal accomplishments, feats of excellence, that were achieved under our own power.

Our everyday feats of excellence only require that we continue to motivate ourselves, that we maintain our commitment to our goal and that we put in the required effort to see it to fruition. No matter the outcome always remember that you are simply excellent.

Keep Going – Lost

I went snowshoeing for the first time last night. It was dark, cold and snowing. Of the group of nine I knew one person and really didn’t know him all that well. 20 minutes in on what could be considered a light climb I am already struggling to catch my breath. My heart is pounding and I’ve already broken a sweat. At this point I am ready to give into FEAR , Fuck Everything And Run, and turn around and schlep back to the car. I don’t. Instead I close my eyes and in that moment I decide I am in it to win it. My focus shifts to relaxing and enjoying the moment. An hour and a half later we are back at the cars and I feel as though I could easily go further. What a delight. The organizer later told me that this was an intermediate level hike. Booya! Not only did I finish but I finished a course that I perceived to be simpler than what it was. Who has two thumbs and rocks? This guy. One step at a time. It literally took one step at a time with pauses along the way to absorb the energy around me and refocus on my goal, finishing. What a great experience. I can’t wait to do it again.

While schlepping through the frozen woodlands there were times where I would literally just stop, close my eyes and just be in the moment. Lose myself to the sensations, sounds and energy around me. Letting go of thought and will and just surrendering to the universe with no expectations. Lost and free. By allowing myself to be lost in a moment I was rewarded with a sense of freedom that I never felt before. Peace and tranquility that only nature can provide. Lost is like a drug and I want another hit.

Can’t Is For Pussies

Consciously Admitting Negative Thinking (Can’t)
When you say you can’t, you are telling yourself you will not. You are already admitting defeat and giving in to the forces that will hold you back. A failed attempt is better than no attempt at all. With failure comes an opportunity to learn and perhaps succeed on your next attempt. Making an Attempt manifests a can do attitude. It says I am willing to venture forth, acknowledge my fears and the obstacles before me and still put forth the effort to achieve my goal.

“I can’t” means you do not believe in yourself. It acknowledges none of your strengths and only exacerbates your weaknesses. “I can’t” reinforces weakness, it becomes stronger with each utterance to the point where you only see what you are unable to achieve and not what you can achieve.

Lessen your burden and believe in achievement not as an absolute state but a dynamic process by which we learn to succeed. Achievement is graduated success. Some gains will be great others hardly noticeable. Regardless of the gains just commit to doing it and you will, because you can!

Consciously Achieve Now – You can!