Angry outbursts are rarely a good look. Especially on adults. Get some help from books, videos or therapists. You can improve if you give it some effort. It will be worth it.
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Make Hay While The Sun Shines
Growing up on a farm, this made a lot of sense. You had to work on sunny days. Now that I am no longer on a farm, this means something a little different to me.
It means work while you can. Work while you have the health and ability. While conditions are good, make the most of them.
Because on actual sunny days, I like to watch my kids play, stroll with my wife, go for a run, or have a siesta under a shady tree. Sometimes even drink a cold beverage.
Words and phrases can mean different things to different people or even the same people but in different circumstances.
Do the work, or go and play, while you can.
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Appreciate Your Mother
Mom, Mum, Mother, or whatever you call that special woman who gave birth to you or raised you.
Sunday, in the UK, is Mother’s Day. A good time to give thanks for all that your Mom has done for you. From being a wee little thing, pushing on a swing and pushing you in a pram, to helping you learn to walk and maybe read.
She’s been there trying to make your life better in any way she can. Sometimes, or rather quite often, we don’t fully understand all that our Moms do.
So call her today, visit her, write her a letter or remember her and her place in your life.
Appreciate your mother.
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Stay On Track
Review your progress daily (Step 6 of the 7 steps).
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There Is Never Enough Time
Or, there is always enough time, just too many things on your list. Be selective. At one point, your maker will say, ‘time’s up.’ Make sure you have completed the important stuff by that moment.
Having more time seems like a luxury.
Getting more time at the end of a match or exam can be helpful. More time after a difficult diagnosis. The extra hour when clocks fall back in the autumn.
But when it’s time, it’s time.
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Have A Purpose
If you haven’t ‘found’ a purpose by now, create one. Decide what you will focus on and go all in.
No complaints. No issues. Just get your head down and drive forward with every minute. Do not allow others to distract you. Firmly tell them not now or not today.
Do these things for a week. Then a month. Then continue. Your life will change immeasurably.
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Easy To Do And Easy Not To
Which easy will you choose? With easy also comes hard. If you always take the easy route, things are likely to get hard later on in life. If you do some of those harder things now, you can have things a little easier later in life.
So if its easy enough to do now, do it. Put in a little extra work and time. It will pay off over time. And that future you will appreciate it.
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Enjoy Lovely Days
Sunshine, warming air, boys playing rugby 7s, a cool pale ale in hand, friends to chat, cheer and laugh with and the time on a weekday to do it. This was the wonderful recipe we had on Monday.
What would make a lovely day for you?
Can you create the circumstances or environment to have one soon?
Appreciate all 365 days each year and particularly the lovely ones.
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Taste Or Waist?
Do you prefer to satisfy your taste or manage your waist? What’s more important to you? If I look, I will be able to see which you prefer.
There may not be a right or wrong. However, if you want one but focus on the other, happiness will elude you.
If you let yourself drift along, it will be harder for you. Being determined, committed and following through will give you a feeling of having a super power. You will love it!
Think of sugar as poison. Eating poison, or items with poison in them, would be terrible for you. Stop thinking sugary items are a treat. They are more of a threat to your health.
Focus on your waist but allow moments of taste to be fully enjoyed. Enjoy and even savour the taste of all food and drink you consume. Linger on it. Enjoy!
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Who Decided To Call Green Green?
Who created the word? Does someone get credit for it? Why did they call it ‘green’ and not ‘purple’, ‘cinade’ or ‘basketball?’
Why did someone choose these 26 letters? Or earlier letters than these? The creation and selection of these letters, words, sounds and phrases seems so strange.
They seem rather random. But also completely normal now that I am so used to them. They are the code and key to everything.
Pay attention to the words you use. They mean far more than you think.
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