Lessons Learned
When we break our regular routine we start to experience new thoughts, ideas and awarenesses. This 3 month sabbatical from the everyday has given us that opportunity for which we are extremely grateful for. Here's some things we picked up along the way.
1. It's OK to get upset..........if you are willing to look at it.
2. If given a chance, people will constantly surprise you with their tremendous capacity for compassion and love.
3. Anger can be the front door to many future blessings.
4. Fear can be a powerful window to look through for personal growth opportunities.
5. Love is a really scary thing, until it's not.
6. Letting Go has the potential to be fun and exciting...........it's our choice.
7. Life has an unlimited series of lessons to learn.......and then some.
8. Decisions based solely on money can be very paralyzing.
9. Allowing for change is not the same as giving up.
10. Letting new people into your life can be very exciting.
11. Once you feel like you have the answer is when you'll have the opportunity to know you don't.
12. Life is not a part-time position.
13. Listening to the body takes a lot of awareness.
14. I find it much easier to blame others than to accept my own truth.
15. Accepting the gift of life is opitonal.
16. It can get pretty dark before dawn.
17. Tomorrow is not an answer.
18. Living in the NOW is a full-time opportunity.
19. Oneness is a very difficult concept to understand until we surrender to it.
20. Magic and Miracles are the true M&Ms of life.
21. Happiness can have many disguises.
22. Being Alone is not the same as Loneliness.
23. Living life is so much more fun than reading about someone else's.
24. It's so much easier to see faults in others than owing up to my own.
25. The heart is very vulnerable but even more elastic.
26. It's OK to live your passions.
27. Looking is not the same as living.
28. Excuses can tell a lot.
29. Giving ourselves Permission to be Happy...............is a really big first step toward fulfillment.
30. Everyday has awakenings.
31. Our thoughts are very magnetic in nature.
32. Love is more fun when used as a verb.
33. Limiting thoughts over time can create a very small life.
34. Firsts can really be fun.
35. Allowing for new experiences can be contagious.
36. Don't let someone else lead your band.
37. Just fitting in is not really very fulfilling.
38, Trying to impress others leaves no impression.
39. Sharing multiples the happiness of any experience.
40. Being cautious can be a cover-up for being scared.
41. Moving forward is always optional.
42. Change is something we are really good at encouraging others to do.
43, Would you buy your own autobiography ?
44. Happiness is not spelled with a ? mark.
45. Who decides for you what to do?
46. It's never to late to change your thoughts.
47. Being predictable is not necessarily a strength.
48. Letting go of control is not the same as being out of control.
49. Asking questions often leads to understanding what we already know.
50. Talking a good story is not as much fun as living one.
