R.A.D.I.C.A.L. Thoughts

"Either you let your life slip away by not doing the things you want to do, or you get up and do them."
Carl Ally

In a Book about creativity called "A Kick in the Seat of the Pants," author Roger von Oech talks about the Warrior in each of us. The Warrior in us is the action part of who we are. The Warrior takes an idea, a "what if," and makes it happen. A Warrior is bold. A Warrior is confident and follows through with her course of action. Today, I'm going to visualize myself as a Warrior. In fact, in my book, "Radical Recovery," I talk about becoming a Warrior Woman. Let's set a goal and go after it. Whether it's to get in better shape, or go back to school, or get some job training for a new work opportunity, or to just grab hold of a new interest we have discovered, let's quit prissing around and do something today to make it happen. And do something tomorrow and the next day. I've found that if a goal also has the merit of being good for us or good for our community or good for someone, it's easier to get motivated to get moving. A Warrior Woman doesn't just sit around wishing things were different or better. She MAKES them better .... so let's all be Warrior Women today about something. About something good. Like Dr. Barrie said at the Kansas City Boot Camp, "Imagine yourself with a machete in your hand and cut your path!" Our midlife divorce instead of being a great catastrophe, might be just the motivation we need to accomplish things we never thought possible!

"Work hard and cheerfully at all you do, just as though you were working for the Lord and not merely for your masters. Remembering that it is the Lord Christ who is going to pay you, giving you your full portion of all He owns. He is the one you are really working for."
Colossians 3:23-24