Don't LOOK Back!!

I am an extremely slow learner, but I now know this with conviction!

I know that looking back into my past is not even remotely rewarding or positive in any way, shape or form. Looking back into my past never conjures up positive memories but usually only memories which are sad and depressing and hurtful. In other words, they do me no good in the day I am currently in, which is today.

I have often been told over the years that God only gives us our daily bread. I would venture to guess that this means that God only gives us one day at a time to do with as we wish as He gives us free will. But it is our job to know, love, and serve Him to the best of our ability each and everyday. I must re-learn how to keep my mind where my feet are.

I know this may come as a shock, but I am simply not good at taking directions sometimes. I often think that my way is the best way and I start believing that. Yikes. Doing my own thinking is actually what gets me into considerable jams and that is not how I would like to function in this one life I have to live. I would like to live this life with calmness, serenity and a peace which passes all understanding.

When I relive experiences from the past I am frequently sad and in despair. Two very unproductive states of being.

Today, I work on not boarding that train. The train that states that I what I did in the past defines who I am today. Some of it has helped to shape the person I am today because I have not repeated any of the mistakes I have made in the past. Especially the biggest ones because then I have truly missed the lessons that I needed to learn. But when my mind travels back into the negative feelings that past mistakes make, I get progressively more miserable and right in the day that is mine today, not three years ago, so I end up missing the most vital parts of my life. The one that is occurring right now as I write this blog message. Living in the moment requires work. No wonder Eckhart Tolle wrote a book on living in the now. It is vitally important to me because it requires an enormous amount of effort on my part. Living in the moment doesn't come naturally to me at all. But with practice, I am hoping that it eventually will.

So, again I challenge any of the three of you that read this blog (teehee) to begin consciously learning how to live in the now and refrain from going backwards and revisit the past. This type of behavior is not productive or positive in anyway and I refuse to live in this manner.

One day at a time I will not allow any negative thoughts or emotions to enter my brain. One day at a time I am going to allow my love of God and God's love of me to enter my heart and mind and let that Tinkerbell dust drift over all those around me. I believe in Tinkerbell dust. I believe in God healing all things including my desire to hurt myself through my use of negative emotions and feelings. Nothing is accomplished by doing this. Only more self-hurt is a result. I want this no more. Period. Will you join me in this effort? No negative emotions in body or mind. Too destructive. Too depressing. Too much effort pushing God out of my life when the very thing is my desire for a more nurturing relationship with my Holy Father.

On this Father's Day weekend I will give thanks to my Heavenly Father first and my wonderful Daddy next. How wonderful is that?

Many joys be with you today. This day. The only day we have.

Robin

Rain Rain Go Away Come Again Some Other Day

it is a beautiful day nonetheless

My hands are always my indicator of a wet day as anyone with arthritis can attest. This day is like any other rainy day...today my hands ache and to top that off my physical terrorist really did a number on me yesterday. Yay! You say, how can I say Yay to hurting? Well, let's be positive here for a darn minute. Or, how 'bout for the rest of our lives? Because this is my long term strategy beginning right now. Positivity, period. In everything, period.

You have heard it hear first people. I am making a commitment right here on this blogspot to do my PT everyday, fearlessly and ferociously. With the complete competitiveness that has made me a brilliant business entrepreneur, writer and athlete. Whahoo, I say! Let's get Rockin at The RockinR Design Group where we are Extraordinarily Creative!

Who wants to join me in this type of commitment? You can commit to doing anything you have been procrastinating about. It can be anything you chose it to be, but it has to mean something and it has to be something that will add value and positivity to your life today and everyday. And then it will have lasting value to you and have a positive impact on someone else. Because we don't live in a vacuum now do we? As my dear, loving girl friend of all time and my spiritual guide, Joan Ryan says, positive, Godly energy is like Tinkerbell dust, it gets all over everybody around you once you have it inside your belly. Positive, Godly energy is positive, powerful stuff. I love that notion and visual in my mind's eye. Read some Louise Hay to get started if that helps as her positive affirmations regarding health is nothing short of amazing and transforming, not to mention spot-on!

For me, I am being asked to do two different types of PT. One is for my L5S1 facet joint impingement, and the other one is for my 8 week old post-operative right psoas tendon repair surgery. Ferocious. Fearless. Fiercely. The three F's. These words can be our new and vastly improved F-Bombs. And Brand New Mantra! I LOVE IT!

I am saying this for me, of course, having leanings slightly to the selfish side....ooops. But, I do want all of us to improve our situations and look at our health or anything else with new eyes and with the eyes of positivity. I do not believe, for one moment, that my creator put me on this planet to be unhappy and miserable. I believe He put me here to LOVE and BE of Service. Now, that I can understand and can relate to. How about you?

Now, I can do all of this by myself, but it seems to me to be much more fun if others reading this will challenge themselves to the three new F-bombs and commit to eating better, exercising more, loving more, and to improving our relationships with others and with God. Ultimately, this is my goal. To improve my relationship with God. Period. And since this body of mine is something He gave me I must do my best to take care of it. I have been blatantly irresponsible in this regard for many years and I am NOT doing it any longer. How about that! I feel empowered and I hate that word. It's so PC. And I HATE anything that smacks of PC. Ha!

So, I am beginning today, on this gloriously rainy day, by saying::

Good Morning God, what would you like me to do for YOU today? Because I will willingly do anything you would like me to do for You. The first is being gentle with my body and still give it some good, old-fashioned, physical terror! Ha. So, balance ball here I come...

Have a wonderful day where ever you are reading this.

Blessings and Namaste.

Robin