What is important is heart!

[caressa]

Whether we succeed or fail in what we do is not the essential thing. What is important is the heart with which we live our lives.

- Today's Gift

This quote made me realize how much I can still measure myself by old tapes. Not measuring up to my own expectations and to those imposed on me in the past.

I tend to forget that it is in the trying not in the doing and falling short of what I expect from myself and others.

When I put my whole heart into something, it can't help but be good. When I examine my motive and intent, when it is for the good of all and just not for my honour and glory, nothing but goodness can come out of it.

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[SunnyGirl]

“The greater danger for most of us lies not in setting our aim
too high and falling short; but in setting our aim too low, and
achieving our mark.” - - Michelangelo

I have no problem with "old tapes", I gave away the tape
player and refuse to think about them. What other's say
or have said about me is none of my business.

I do get grand ideas and fall short of my goal, but I just can't
get excited about a half-a$$ attempt. My Granny always said,
"it's not whether you win or lose, but how you run the race"...
Every single day, we get a brand new chance to try it again!

Peace on the journey, SunnyGirl

[caressa]

My mother use to say, "If you can't do it right, don't do it at all" So I didn't! If it wasn't done her way, it wasn't the right way. Thanks to the program, I have learned to be more open minded. Some people aren't capable of meeting my expectations. Some people can only do things a certain way, it doesn't mean it is wrong.

I have worked with several people who are mentally challenged and it is amazing what they can accomplish and what they can do. Even those who are not diagnosed as such, can only do one thing at a time and are not capable of muti-tasking. Accepting people for who they are and their capabilities allows me to accept and for where I am in the moment. Knowing that everything is subject to change, allows me to accept things as they are, not always I would have them be. Sometimes it is my perspective on things, not always aware that they need changing or that if I can't change things, God can. It has been a process for me.

I find that things evolve. Sometimes I take a couple of steps back, realize I am back in an old behavior and that I need to turn things around, perhaps even heading in a new direction.