Are you back to reality after floating through holiday fun, food and frolicking? I sure hope so because today is #MammothMonday and you need to get back on course.
I am not going to be one of those people who tells you that I had an amazing holiday with my amazing family and we did amazing things and I got amazing presents. Those kinds of statements are what you read in other peoples social media feeds that make you feel “less than” because they make you feel as though everyone except you has a perfect and amazing life. I want to be the one to tell you that nobody has perfection and the sooner you realize that, the sooner you will progress in your own life and in reality.
What do I want to tell you? I want to say that I had a very nice and a very happy holiday season that I am grateful for. Why would I not consider my holiday amazing? First of all, like so many others, there are people in my life who have passed and even though the tears are gone, the memories always bring pain especially during this time of year. So how do I get through that? You just do. Period. If you are hurting, there is nothing that anyone can say to make it better. It is up to you to be grateful for the memories that are left behind and then it is detrimental to continue to live your life and that is exactly what I did and what I do. I kept the memories present and I enjoyed the fact that I had all the people who were celebrating with me around me for another holiday. My ability to consciously see this is one of my mammoth ways of progressing through life.
Next, my holiday was great because of the family and friends that came to my home to celebrate but it was not amazing because there was family who could not come and therefore caused a void in the celebration for me. So what did I do? I did what I hope you all do, I loved and enjoyed every second with every person that was able to be there with me without ruining my holiday by focusing my energy on all of the missing faces. My mammoth point here is that you must appreciate what you have rather than wallowing in what you do not have.
My next statement is about everyday personal life. We all have something going on and if we allow it to inundate our every thought than we will destroy ourselves from within. What am I trying to say? I, like many others, am currently in the process of ending my twenty-five year marriage. There was no way for my holiday to be amazing when I have this heavy burden on top of me. So how did I handle this? I was extremely grateful that we were able to put our issues and differences aside and have a peaceful holiday. Do not get me wrong, my nerves were on edge because I was in a constant defensive mode, ready and waiting to diffuse any possible issue at all costs. It made for an extremely tense situation for me, inwardly, but my mammoth move was to consciously make sure that everyone that I invited over to celebrate the holiday was there without burdening them with any personal issues. I also made sure that my spouse had everything he needed and wanted. Not because I wanted to keep him quiet, I did it because I wanted to treat him the same way I treated everyone else, because it was the right thing to do. Period.
My point for this #MammothMonday is to kick off your New Year by making you realize that in life, just because things are not perfect and they may not be amazing, does not mean that you cannot have a great life. What you have is more important than what you want. What you want is something you can work toward when you appreciate what it is that you have. Do not stress over yesterday because you cannot change a single thing about it. Do not stress over tomorrow because it has not been given to you yet. However, good, bad or indifferent, be grateful for today and everything it gives you. It may give you a lesson or it may give you a gift but for sure what it has given you is an opportunity. It has given you the opportunity to choose whatever path each event brings to you. Maybe it gives you the opportunity to start a new diet or open a savings account or meet up with an old friend or end a bad relationship and start a new or start an exercise regimen or make an apology or start a novel you have put off or, and I stress this with pride, the opportunity to start living your life on your terms.
My blog is meant to help you along your path toward your journeys end or rather, toward your dream goal. I hope you read my previous and future blog post because like anything else in life, most things just pass through your brain but eventually, there are things that stop you in your tracks and make you say, “Oh, I get it now”. So please read my blog post and enjoy them for what they are, your personal cheerleading squad along your journeys path.
To kick off my reading list for this New Year, I am going to once again suggest that you read Crushing It. Even if you have read it before, read it again. You will definitely pick up on new things that you may have missed during your first read through. If you have not read it and you do not have a copy see if you can borrow it from your library or from a friend. If neither option is available, here is a link to get a copy from Amazon >> https://amzn.to/2OHJCFg
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