Not Much

I can't believe it has been so long since I've updated. Where does the time go? I've been reading a book called Dance As A Healing Art searching for inspiration to write my admissions essay. It talks about how movement effects our mental state of health and how we can help heal ourselves mentally and physically. Very good book if you're into that kind of thing. I know I am.

I'm patiently waiting for summer to arrive. I don't feel like we are there yet. 3 warm days out of the last 30 does not count for me. I guess now that I work during the day I don't get to play as much either. That's going to be an adjustment from last year. Hopefully this weekend will prove me wrong about summer. I am in need of warm, warm sunshine!

I do get to cook on the new grill that has made it's home on our back patio. I love grilled food in the summer. And watermelon, oh I love watermelon. Did I mention ice cream? Oh I love ice cream.

I bought a new book to put in my summer line-up. Gift Of The Sea by Anne Morrow Lindbergh. I believe it's the book the quote in my last post comes from. I am anxious to read it, but I have two ahead of it so I must be patient. Patience is not my virtue, it's something I'm trying really hard to acquire.

There is a quote in my therapist's office that I love. I shall share it now....


My life cannot implement in action the demands of all the people to whom my heart responds.

-Anne Morrow Lindbergh

Motivaional Speaker

So, I like my job. Not what I want to do forever, but I like it. This week is Summer University where all of the staff and faculty get together and attend mini seminars and conferences for the week. So far it has been a wonderful little break from the usual daily routine. I wasn't too stoked for the first event of the morning. It was a motivational speaker. I have not had good experiences with motivational speakers in the past. One word, BORING explains it the best. I had yet to experience a truly motivating motivational speaker. I'd rather read my motivation in a book thank you.

Well, today my opinion has changed about all of those speakers. I had quite an amazing experience with Keith Harrell this morning. He has the best attitude out of anyone I've ever met. It was absolutely contagious. As usual, everything he had to say was obvious and common sense, but the way he talked about making improvements in your life really made me want to do it too!

He gave us a nice little shpeel about worry. There were 3 things he said that I really liked.

1. Worry is nothing but a negative form of meditation.

2. 40% of your worries have already happened. 30% never will.

3. As long as you can look up, you can get up.