The Good Old Days

The good old days never really existed. They were just days, like today.  That's not to say that massive change has not occurred on this planet.  And that is not to say that many of us prefer more open space, less technology, or you fill in the blank.  But, in reality, all of us are going through the same emotions everyday just based on different or sometimes exactly the same struggles.

Be grateful for today.  For your life just the way it is.  Keep your goals, your plans, your hopes, your dreams. But today, be thankful just to be alive.

I recently made a list that I call my "daily reminders" to hang on my bedroom wall.  I see them every morning and every evening.  I do not always read them, but that sheet of paper alone is a reminder of my gratitude.

There are many things you may want to accomplish in this lifetime. And we can all relate to the terrible feeling of disappointment and regret in different areas of our lives when we don't accomplish, or perhaps that feeling of elation when we do accomplish.  When we do have regret, sometimes it is from areas in our lives that we have a desire to change and can actually change, but just don't have the discipline, knowledge, or you fill in the blank to actually take the steps to change.  But regardless of how much sadness, regret, disappointment you feel, there are so many more things to be grateful for.  Tap into those things because it is too easy focus on the negative.

It goes something like this... some are shallow and some are deep, but they are all real and honest:

Daily Reminders

I am so incredibly lucky.

 

I am grateful for…

A loving, supportive husband (and having found a man that is everything I could dream of)

The fact that he puts up with me 

Having Liam and Cooper in my life

An incredible family that never gives up on each other

A goofy, fantastic Kona Bear

My health

My Mother's love

My Father’s strength

My few close friends whom we have each other’s best interest in mind, always.

Many incredible friends all over the world

Finding an incredible coach and mentor

Having found a passion in sport

The massive improvements on my bike

I want to improve…

My patience

My ability to be kind regardless

By losing my desire to “get something out of every situation” especially human relationships—I want to give without wanting back…

My ability to “go with the flow” (smooth out my emotions)

My threshold for patience in the kitchen: spending the time to plan and cook healthy meals

Becoming even more mindful about what I put in my body (and Steve, Liam, and Cooper’s)

My swim (therefore… swimming more often)

My run (therefore learning to suffer more in training and racing…)