Posting a day late for yesterday. Forgive the delay as I had a funeral yesterday and bummed out last night. Honestly, I plain forgot to post.
My heart breaks and aches for a friend that just lost her mom to cancer at 66 years young. How tragic! How useless. I don’t get it. I guess these are the stages of grief. Way back when I was younger, I went to church with Stacy and her mom Janice. These women I tell you ??? Their husbands are lucky and if I could ever bring half the love & compassion to the World that these ladies do/did, I would be blessed and I would be a true blessing to others.
I did not know Janice well, but well enough, that as her loved ones shared their cherished memories, I nodded along. That was exactly what I thought of her, and if someone that knew her as little as I did, knew that about her…well that is obviously her true character shinning through.
Stacy, her mom and her family are tight knit. Just loved each other through and through and I know that Stacy is going to struggle and ache without her dear mom with her. My heart breaks. I wish I could take all her pain away. Poor Sheldon lost his much loved mother in law and Peyton his Grandma ?
Men and ladies, hug your momma! The things we take for granted.
Not only does your heart break for the ones that lost their loved one, however, I think funerals have a way of shocking your system and getting you to face your immortality right in the eye. I thought to myself, one day it will be my funeral (hopefully at 94 or 104) and who will be there and what will they be saying. Makes you question your every thought, action and very existence. Makes you look at the kind of person you are and where you are spending your energy.
Needless to say, I have been reflecting. I am and will be reflecting. I can do more and be more. It’s time to a grow a bit in different areas of my life. I owe myself and others that much.
Well I better run. I am in a hotel in Brandon, Manitoba and I need to do final prep for three interviews tomorrow.
Your Reflecting Friend,
Tracy
“I Can & I Will” was this week’s Motivation Monday quote on social media.
It was a beautiful picture meme with gorgeous rays of sunshine in the background. See below…
This quote made me think about the power of our words and that is what today’s video is about.
Your Monday Loving Friend,
Tracy
A quote I came across today really struck me. Here it is…
“And suddenly you know: It’s time to start something new and trust the magic of beginnings.” Meister Eckhart
Magic of new beginnings. Gosh, I love the sound of that. MAGIC.
Over the years, as I have worked towards career success, I have gone so into my head, factual, “masculine”, disciplined, automated…I think you get what I am trying to say. Thought based versus heart based. It has served me very well business wise, personal, not so much.
For years, I have pushed aside fun and feelings to operate in a mode that I felt that I needed to operate in at the time. No judgement. It was what I needed. Now, I need to swing a little wider left and bring in some of my different strengths to balance other areas in my life. This does not mean for a second that I am slowing down. Nope, I am shifting to a different level of higher efficiency, a more people and team building oriented frame of mind. Coucidentally it’s what I need personally and for the next phase of my business as well.
Magic of new beginnings. Sounds intriguing!
Your Adapting Friend,
Tracy