Have you ever felt stuck to move forward? Stuck that you can’t find the right words to say? Stuck in fear? Stuck, stuck, stuck!! I had an aha moment on feeling stuck as I prepared to write today’s affirmative message, as yes, it’s actually Wednesday morning past the normal time I send this out – as I was stuck! I thought about writing about earth day and making little changes in your life to help Mother Earth. I thought about writing about fear and how it holds us back unnecessarily. I even thought about sending a past message and allowing myself to do so by saying even Oprah has reruns. But after writing the initial couple sentences, figuring out what quotes do I use , and coming up with a link to share, – I realized, I was stuck!

Then it hit me, why am I stressing about this message when in fact, worrying about it, is exactly what is keeping me from letting the words flow. So due to my own stuckness (yes, I’ve penned a new word), this message was born. So if there is anything in your life you feel stuck at, reframe it and see the endless ideas and possibilities that will flow from you when you choose to move forward. Release your stuckness from the ‘need to do’ and open yourself to allowing the ability to ‘simply be’ flow through you.

“You may never know what results come of your action, but if you do nothing there will be no result.” ~ Gandhi

“There are no failures – just experiences and your reactions to them. ” ~ Tom Krause

“Failure is not falling down but refusing to get up.” ~ Chinese Proverb

Laughing at least 10 times a day. Laugh at the silly things you do. Laugh at the silly things you see. Laugh at the silly things you worry about as you realize worry keeps you stuck and laughter will free you.

Saying YAY Carol (insert your name of course) when you become aware of where you feel stuck, as awareness allows you to quickly move forward.

Saying YAY to yourself at least 10 times a day on the many ways you give to the world that you don’t see as a big deal. Those little things you do, do make a difference. When you give a smile to someone you are shining your light. When you open a door for someone you are showing they matter. When you open your heart and share your beauty, you lift the world energy.

Mostly, I invite you to be kind and gentle to yourself and simply have fun. Decrease your judgment of others and yourself. Exponentially grow your gratitude. Laugh big, love big, live big, and I guarantee your abundance in all aspects of your life will flow.

Have a fantastic week until next time.

~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.

“In every real man a child is hidden that wants to play.” ~ Friedrich Nietzsche

“Life’s like a play; it’s not the length but the excellence of the acting that matters.” ~ Seneca

“You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation.” ~ Plato

Do you remember all the different things that brought you happiness as a child? Do you remember when a puddle brought a smile to your face as you couldn’t wait to jump in it, rather than having to walk around it? Do you remember when snow meant sledding, snowmen, and snowball fights, rather than adding another hour to your commute? Do you remember having an active imagination and playing house, cowboys and Indians, cops and robbers? Or imagining ‘when I grow up I’m going to be an actor, singer, athlete, doctor, fireman, etc, etc’ and playing that role? Do you remember simply having fun and not worrying about the outcome?

How often do you allow your imagination to have a full out play time as an adult? In our busy schedules, we now have arranged appointments for kids to gather and play for a couple hours together called play dates. I highly recommend it as adults too!

For the next week, I invite you to schedule play dates for yourself by taking time to:

Activate your imagination each day to daydream about your dreams and desires. Feel them to be true, right here, right now.

Play out your perfect job as a place where you are an integral part of the team’s creativity, vision, success, and receive great compensation.

Play out your perfect relationship as a partnership based on open communication, absolute trust, tenderness, passion, and simply lots of fun and laughter.

Play out whatever it is you truly desire in your life for when you are in play mode, your resistance is down and fun has to occur.

Mostly I invite you to allow yourself the freedom to play, to dream, to love, to laugh, to be silly, to be loud, to be goofy, and to be childlike. As when you allow yourself to act out your dreams and desires and not take life so seriously, you will find your ‘adult self’ will see life as a big play date of love, adventure, success, and fun. Oh – and don’t forget to jump in the puddle!

Have a fantastic week until next time.

~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.

I am so excited that it’s spring as BASEBALL IS BACK. I love baseball and in particular the St. Louis Cardinals. It brings back so many great childhood memories for me and in particular the 1982 season where they won the World Series. It was my first World Series experience and that year their theme song was “Celebration” by Kool in the Gang. Come on – you all know this song, or you haven’t gone to a wedding or a sporting event in the last 25 years.
 

Celebrate good times, come on! (Let’s celebrate)
Celebrate good times, come on! (Let’s celebrate)

There’s a party goin’ on right here
A celebration to last throughout the years
So bring your good times, and your laughter too
We gonna celebrate your party with you

Come on now

Celebration
Let’s all celebrate and have a good time
Celebration
We gonna celebrate and have a good time

Have you ever thought about your life as a celebration? Do you spend time really getting into the feeling place of celebrating the greatness that is you and surrounds you? Do you recognize even the smallest event that brings a smile to your face as a celebration? I find it easy to celebrate the obvious events of promotions, new jobs, new relationships, great relationships, etc. How about celebrating those events and situations that usually carry a negative reaction?
 

Quotes of the day:

“The more you praise and celebrate your life, the more there is in life to celebrate.”   ~ Oprah

“I celebrate myself, and sing myself.”   ~ Walt Whitman

“The thing about performance, even if it’s only an illusion, is that it is a celebration of the fact that we do contain within ourselves infinite possibilities.”   ~ Sydney Smith
 

For the next week, I invite you to celebrate:
 
The rain on a dreary day as it nourishes the world around us.
 
The car honking at you and see it as a recognition that you are seen.
 
When you recognize your negative thoughts as you are becoming aware, and awareness is where change occurs.
 
YOU by knowing that whatever circumstance you find yourself in, you are a unique and amazing person and within that awareness is where your power lives.
 
Mostly, I invite you to celebrate the love being sent through this message as you are going to need to remember that when you can’t get the song “Celebration” out of your head. : )
 
Get going – celebrate YOU!