A New Mantra

My last post, I went off on a little tangent about how I'm always saying, "I'm tired," and how I'm NOT going to say it any more. I've been thinking a lot about that this week (as a few "I'm tireds" have slipped out my mouth). You know, I write in my book about my inner whiner, the one who tries to talk me out of getting up for my morning runs ("But it's so earrrrly!"), the one that tries to sabotage my diet ("Can't I have just one more little piece . . . pleeeeze?"). Well, I'm realizing that I've been letting the whiner take over lately. "I'm tired . . . I'm busy . . ." over, and over, and over again.

I think part of it is because it's summer, and on some level I don't feel like I should be busy. I still expect things to slow down, to be easier (doesn't that song say "Summertime, and the livin' is easy"?). But things AREN'T slow, they're NOT easier . . . and they may not be anytime soon. Somehow, I've let my head slip into "what if" and "I wish" and all that . . . and forgotten to just be here now. To take what I have--this day, this life, this busy and tiring life--and make the best of it.

Now that I know this, I have to figure out what to do about it. I do think I was on to something when I vowed, last post, to STOP saying "I'm busy . . . I'm tired." Maybe I SHOULD be saying, "I JUST AM."

Words are powerful things to me. If you've read the book, you know about INO . . . you know about "Whatever it takes." I'm going to try out "I Just Am." I'll let you know how it goes.

Lisa D