Disrupt the ordinary.......

Disrupt the ordinary and insert the extraordinary wonder of YOU and what you have to offer! - Recognize/Create opportunities to make good better and better Best.....Go the extra mile....brighten the way for someone. Grasp life with both hands.....Be Honest...Be Bold....Walk your Path...Take intelligent risks......Live out loud!

The status quo should not be the standard for your life.  If the ordinary feels like a box....step out of it and sing your own song....walk your own path. Disrupt what's uncomfortable and create opportunities where none exist that align themselves with your soul's calling. 

Be bold enough to be YOU....and that just might mean shaking a few things, people and places up....and that's a good thing......Disrupt!

Happy Mother's Day....

Today, Moms are celebrated and greeting card and flower shops recognize an increase in revenue. We shouldn't, however, dedicate just one day to such an honored assignment, but find ways each day to remind Moms of their special place in our hearts.

Mothers aren't just women who've given birth to a child. They are the warriors who step in and nurture every soul that they come in contact with. They will fight a bear on your behalf and challenge you to become the very best version of who you came here to be.  Yes, Mothers are more than we give them credit for.....

I am honored to be called "Mom" by my son and daughter and hope they know with each day of their lives that I love them with every part of my being. They are grown, yes, but I still think of them each morning, throughout the day and before I fall asleep each night, I say a prayer for them.  I'm always wondering whether they've eaten properly, flossed, had enough water, etc.....Yes, that list goes on and on and I continue to cheer each and every effort of whatever they attempt and excel at.

Today, honor the Mothers who have nurtured and encouraged you, fought for you, stood by you and smiled at you and reminded you to simply keep your head up and journey on. Honor the women who told/tell you that you were/are beautiful, loved and special and that you could/can achieve whatever you set your mind to do.  Honor the stranger who smiled/smiles at you and you never knew/know her name.  Today, honor the spirit of Motherhood and all that it brings.

Today, I'm grateful that Love transcends our physical limitations of hugs, hand-holding and kisses......Today I am embraced by my Mother and her spirit which resides in my heart each and every single day - Happy Mother's Day!

Something to ponder......and embrace

Instead of me blogging today, I thought I'd share  from Seth Godin's blog, of which I'm a fan.....I hope that you will enjoy and open yourself to new worldviews...

Who Do You Know?

Let's define "know" as... you're connected with them, in real life, by email or through a direct relationship online.
It might be someone in a different state, religious, atheist, straight, gay, in a developing country, a lawyer, a politician, struggling to pay the bills, ill, recovered, in recovery, a dedicated athlete, a computer programmer, angry at the system, an insider, an inventor, from a very different political stance, a pilot, unemployed, a millionaire, an inventor, a tax cheat, a gun owner, a rabble rowser or an adult without a driver's license.
Can you see them? Understand them? Ask them about what it's like to be them? Would you miss them if they were gone?
Sixty years ago, TV news changed everything, because it introduced us to ideas and places outside of our personal experience. Today, like it or not, despite the fact that we continue to segregate the places we choose to live by politics and race, the online social network is anti-gerrymandered. Connect with enough people and you can't help but bump into something outside your worldview.
The question is: now that we know these people, will we listen to them in an effort to understand? Tom Friedman famously wrote that there's never been a war between two nations that had McDonald's franchises in them. I wonder if we're going to develop a new sense of mass, one where it's harder than ever to demonize a group that contains your friends, even if they're merely online friends. Or, are we going to get better at hating people we know, at de-personalizing our experiences...
When they're no longer faceless strangers, is it more difficult to hate them?  - Seth Godin, posted 5/9/13

Rest in the present moment.......

True happiness is to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future, not to amuse ourselves with either hopes or fears, but to rest satisfied with what we have, which is sufficient, for he that is so, wants nothing. The greatest blessings of mankind are within us and within our reach. A wise man is content with his lot, whatever it may be, without wishing for what he has not. — Lucius Annaeus Seneca