At this very moment, where are you? Are you overwhelmed in everything you need to accomplish today (future)? Are you thinking I could have/should have done that better (past)? Or are you right here, right now, being present with yourself?

Yesterday can be filled with regret that you won’t let go of, or even past successes that you hang on tight to, or simply fond memories that make you smile.

Tomorrow can be filled with I’ll be happy when I accomplish x, y, z, or fear of the unknown, or excitement on all the possibilities that are ahead of you.

Today brings new possibilities. Today brings new choices. Today brings new hope. Today brings the ability to appreciate where you’ve been, where you are now, and where you are going.

Affirmation: Today I choose peace, happiness, and love.

(S)he Said:

“What we are today comes from our thoughts of yesterday, and our present thoughts build our life of tomorrow. Our life is the creation of our mind.” ~ Buddha

“If you’re still hanging onto a dead dream of yesterday, laying flowers on its grave by the hour, you cannot be planting the seeds for a new dream to grow today.” ~ Joyce Chapman

“Apparently there is nothing that cannot happen today.”  ~ Mark Twain

“Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in, forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day, you shall begin it well and serenely.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

Soulful Links:

Yesterday ~ Beatles

Let’s Live for Today ~ Grass roots

Tomorrow ~ Annie

For the next week I invite you to appreciate your yesterday, enJOY your today, and look forward to your tomorrow by:

Appreciating the path that brought you to today as your path was an individual experience that only you have directly walked.

EnJOYing exactly where you are at this moment. Become aware of all of your senses and see the beauty in this amazing web of life with everything being connected. Hear the sounds around you from a drip of water from the faucet, children laughter, a car horn, or your own breath when you sit in stillness. Open your eyes and see what is in front of you. See all the colors in your environment and how they blend together. Be aware of how things taste. Don’t simply eat or drink because you are hungry or thirsty, be aware of how the food and beverage taste. Notice how things feel when you touch them; are they soft, smooth, or sticky? Breathe in the smells around you and become aware of the smell of food cooking, the smell of a flower, the smell of the rain. Pay attention to your sixth sense, your intuition. As you become aware of sight, taste, touch, and smell, you hone your own intuition of what feels right for you.

Forgiving yourself on any limiting belief you’ve held about yourself or others.

Mostly, I invite you to see today as a gift and treasure it. Whether it is a blizzard outside or it is sunny and 75 degrees, today is a gift. Whether you are witnessing a birth or a death today is a gift. It is up to you to treasure the gifts of today or put them aside and wait for tomorrow.

Until next time, today I see your gifts, do you?

Keep living big, loving big, and laughing along the journey.

~ Carol

Looking for a way to stay focused on Living Life Fulfilled? Make sure to surround yourself with people who lift you up, inspire you, support you, and simply love to laugh and have fun.

“Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life.” ~ Confucius

Choose to love the job you are currently in.  Make work a complaint free zone. Appreciate what you love about your job. Share the good stories at work. Be grateful for the contrast as it helps define what you do want. When you choose to love your life, the love in it expands. And through loving life, where you once flew, you can now soar.

Do you think of yourself as being photogenic? I must admit, I’m not the first to jump in front of a camera and prefer to be the photographer than what’s being framed by the camera lens. My eyes are closed,  blah…blah…blah. Mike Dooley, one of my favorite authors, said he began affirming that his pictures all turn out great and now they do! He reframed his thoughts!

How does the photo album of your life look like? Has it been filled with loving, happy, fun memories. Or have you taken yourself out of the picture due to fear. Whether you feel your life is on top of the world at this very minute, or if it’s stress filled with worry and fear, you have the picture perfect moment to reframe it.

Just like a photographer, it could be the first time you’ve picked up a camera (starting with positive thoughts), or your name might be Ansel Adams (continuing to enhance your positive thoughts), snap shot, by snap shot,  you have an opportunity at this very minute to reframe your thoughts into the life of your dreams.

Affirmation: My life is filled with amazing experiences and amazing people; I have the photographs to prove it.

(S)he Said:

“A photograph is usually looked at – seldom looked into.” ~Ansel Adams

“A good snapshot stops a moment from running away.” ~Eudora Welty

“When words become unclear, I shall focus with photographs.  When images become inadequate, I shall be content with silence.” ~Ansel Adams

“He who frames the question wins the debate.”  ~ Randall Terry

Soulful Links:

Photograph ~ Nickleback

Photograph ~ Def Leppard

Photographs ~ Rihanna

For the next week, I invite you to reframe your life by:

Talking/thinking about the amazing parts of your life. Your family, your friends, your health. Talk about loving experiences.

Being gentle with yourself on the contrasting experience and realize they exist to help you reframe what you do want! By seeing what you don’t want, you can reframe as a picture perfect memory.

Appreciating where you’ve been, where you are, and where you are going. Get excited about the new photographs you’ll be creating.

Mostly, I encourage you to reframe any thought that is holding you back from living big, loving big, and giving big. Cherish each moment and empower yourself to choose the thoughts that enhance your life. Choose the thoughts that make you giggle. Choose the thoughts that make you smile. Choose the thoughts that allow you to soar!

Until next time, smile pretty, as this a frameable moment.

Keep living big, loving big, and laughing along the journey.

~ Carol

Looking for a way to stay focused on Living Life Fulfilled? Make sure to surround yourself with people who lift you up, inspire you, support you, and simply love to laugh and have fun.