Do Not Settle For One Victory

 

The poster says:  Take your victories, whatever they may be, cherish them, use them, but don't settle for them. ---- Mia Hamm

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Have you ever noticed that when you sit and chat with family or friends, that often the topic turns to the successes that a person or people had in the past, and how they mourn them?  They do not ever seem to talk about victories in the present, and there must be some.

So often we look in the mirror of the past that we do not see the present and all the great things that are right before us.  Some of the every day victories that we can celebrate include:

-setting a personal best at an exercise routine that you do whether it is running, walking, weight lifting, pilates, etc.

-walking in nature three out of seven days of the week.  Talk about it.  Celebrate it.

-making it to two out of four games that your child is playing either for school or in a community league.  When you are working, breaking free from work to champion your child is worth celebrating.

-talking to a parent or sibling or good friend who is far away can also be a reason to feel victory when your time is jammed with things that must be done.  

-going shopping when you have been getting groceries and other things delivered. Or, the opposite, you now order things to be delivered to free up some time for other things.  A change is reason to feel a personal victory.

The list can go on.  Please add to it by putting in a comment below.  I see people sigh and list all the things they cannot do.  They do not talk about the things that they have accomplished.  Accomplishments are the way to help you live positively.

Blessings,

Judy

Mountain Sheep Support

Picture of Big Horn Sheep Rams in Radium Hot Springs

Several years ago, Roger and I and the dogs spent four days in Radium Hot Springs.  We stayed in a lodge up the side of the mountain.  Everyday, when we took the dogs for their outings, we saw Mountain Sheep.  The Mountain Sheep seemed to show an unusual interest in us.  They would come down the slope towards us, baa-ing.  On one occasion, several ewes chased us down the path.  I use the word “chased” when perhaps all they were was curious.  

I began to wonder why the sheep were so in-our-face the whole time that we were in Radium.  Then I realized that they were telling me, by their actions, to be confident.  They were telling me to go forward and do what I must because, like the sheep, I could be sure footed in uneven ground.  I could be challenged, and not need to worry about falling.

On one outing, we were surrounded by rams.  They simply walked around us so that we were in the center of their ring, and then past us.  I understood that they were telling me that I could butt-heads with anyone, and be sure of victory.  They were also saying that the numbers did not matter.  And, they offered me their strength.

I realized that we were given a unique chance to interact with these wild animals because we were to learn some lessons from them.

I walk with the confidence of the Mountain Sheep, now.

Blessings,

Judy