QUOTE #8 - LISTEN, I HAVE AN IDEA...

"To develop an idea you must listen to what is going on in your head."  Oh my, this is a confusing quote for me because there is ALWAYS something going on in my head.  What do I want to be when I grow up; do I call today to make that appt. with the school principal or do I cool off for a day or two; what can I do to make my fundraisers for the parade an even bigger success; what more can I do for my dear friends at Ballou; what can I do to stay motivated to a healthier lifestyle - and the list goes on.  A wonderful friend of mine always had ideas running through his head, amazing ideas, and he made me believe that ideas are dreams and dreams can become a reality or a nightmare.  Life is like that for people that have ideas.  They are there and they circle and circle in your head until you either give up or you take that leap to act upon them.  If you take the leap you will be a success even if you fail as long as you get back up - and as my mom told me one time when my world had completely blown up in my face "Pick yourself up by your bootstraps, move on and forgive because without forgiveness (to yourself or to others) you will carry that with you and it will make you a bitter person."  What???? - Pick myself up - I'm having a breakdown, I'm a mess, I can't do that and how dare you ask me to do that at this moment (you have to know my mom), but I did it and guess what - I moved forward and I forgave.  The best advice I ever got -Thanks Mom!  So I have ideas, lots and lots of ideas and some of them I will act on and others will get lost and go away.  I guess the question is for the ones that stay - where will they lead me?  My only hope is that in the end my ideas will have made me a better person and will have made someone elses life just a tiny bit better in some way.   My idea for this week is that I need to change my way of thinking about my physical self - through exercise and eating healthy & I'm ready to get that idea out of my head and act on it - I joined the gym this morning and started - Day one of a great idea!!!