Month: June 2020

Heard this in a yoga class this AM. Was very fitting for the class, the instructor wanted us to be open to take a chance on a pose called crow. Its a arm balance pose that is quite challenging in many aspects. I could help but think on it in life…

So glad for these thoughts because it is exactly how this site got started. I took a chance a little while back on me. I purchased the domain name, got a hosting company and started this site. Now this may sound like a little chance but for me it was a big challenge and if you have looked thru any of the past posts you will see it hasn’t happen quickly. And each and every time I feel I am taking a chance..

This is how I feel we should be living our lives. Each and everyday we need to take a chance. Now this is such a beautiful thing because taking a chance for all of us is different.. For some of us a yoga class may be taking a chance, or asking a person on a date, or even final getting a tattoo. So many possibilities and I hope you will take a chance because if you are not willing to step out of you comfort zone you are never going to grow. If you continue to do the same things you are doing you will stay in the same place you are..

Growth is so important in this life we live, in order grow we need to take a chance. So thank you for taking a chance on this website and us… Now take a chance on you go out a do something that challenges you.

So here we are again, will you… Take it or let it go? You decide, either way we will be here for you if you want to… Take a chance on us again. TTFN

Courage is the ability to do something that frightens you… Well now isn’t that interesting.. We could say that this is the opposite of fear, but I ain’t no english major or even in many things not much smarter than a fifth grader but I feel it is so.

There are many places in the bible where it says “be strong and courageous”. This seems like such a simple instruction but let me tell you it isn’t always easy. It takes practice to be courageous and it doesn’t come natural, actually it feel like to me that fear comes more naturally…

Like all things in life what we feed thrives. What we starves dies. So we must be feeding this muscle called courage. Yes its a muscle something you can strengthen when fed on a regular basis. Feeding courage is actually quite easy. You can start right now. It’s as easy as having the courage not to eat that extra cookie, or to not use those unkind words. Theses are little things, but if you exercise them daily you will notice that they become a little easier over time. You are actually building that muscle. And if you keep at it, you will be able to make it stronger. Once strengthened you will be able to take on bigger challenges in you life.

Now I know what you may be thinking, thats not courage its self discipline and some would say you are right. But those two hang around together all the time and we all know you eventually become those you associate with. And that is for a whole other post. But I must ask what do you think, can courage be strengthen by these little changes. Can this new found courage become contagious?

So it is that time in the post when I say… Are you going to ‘Take it or let it go’ its up to you, you decide and thanks again for stopping by and checking out our blog. Enjoy your day and please come by again… TTFN – Mark

Wow now this just got real… Fear such a powerful emotion and so many things can bring this emotion to the surface. This year has brought fear to a new level in everyones lives… It was already probably an emotion we felt everyday, well that is if you acknowledged it, I think its easy just to run from it and say its not their at least thats how I do it… But fear is a real emotion and it stops many dreams, desires and people from living their lives.

There are all sorts of things that bring up fear in peoples lives and it’s different for all people. But this virus has really gotten us fearful… Because of this virus lots of us are living in constant fear, it is our go to emotion, afraid to leave the house, touch our face or anything for that matter, hug someone or even shake their hand. Wow that escalated quickly.. I think this virus isn’t the only thing that has become contagious..

I am not saying I know how to totally conquer fear or even if that is even possible, but trying to focus on things you are grateful for is one way that has help me. And there are many verses in the bible about casting our cares on Him, being strong and courageous, love casting out fear, so much help there to encourage us to move forward and start overcoming this paralyzing emotion. So I ask the questions.. Can fear be contagious? Can us being fearful cause another to be fearful?

So it is that time in the post when I say… Are you going to ‘Take it or let it go’ its up to you, you decide and thanks again for stopping by and checking out our blog. Enjoy your day and please come by again… TTFN – Mark

Have you every thought of the example you are leaving when you are with others? For myself I wasn’t very aware of many things like this. I was so driven to succeed in life trying to get to the next big thing, get my license so could drive, graduate from High School so I could finally have freedom from my parents, graduate from college so I could start that real job instead of what I was doing currently, see always the next big thing.

Not that this was bad but I wasn’t very conscientious about what kind of example I was leaving. I was so focused on myself and accomplishments that I’m not sure I considered how I was effecting others. I’m not sure when I started being aware of my example, I’m sure it around the time I had kids but I do have a real vivid story of how an example can effect others.

Now let me say that I am not judging or condemning anything anyone else does, this is just a story about me and one of my lessons in life. I am not a person who uses cuss words, now I think I started that when we had kids and they where young and we did want them using those words. So my wife and I helped each other probably her reminding me more then me reminding her. So I kept it up thru out the my life this not using cuss words. So back to my story. When I work I don’t use cuss words in all that I do their. I have come to realize that others around try not to cuss or apologize for doing so. Now that is powerful. So what do you think, can your example be contagious?

Well its time, here we go again, I am done for now. So now its time are you going to “Take it or let it go” you decide. Thanks again for checking in and reading please feel free to comment and until next time, TTFN….. Mark

I remember as a teenager I was told I needed an attitude adjustment, now I’m sure I am not the only one who heard this… Well I think it is in order again. Yes attitudes need checking and adjusting even when are older which of course is a relative statement.

When I was a teenager I heard about this attitude adjustment from my Dad. If my memory serves me correctly, which isn’t alway the case, my wife has reminded me of this a time or two, my attitude was not where it should have been. My bad attitude was effecting everyone around me, and that was unacceptable to my father so he help me realize it need to change. Now at the time I didn’t like it or feel I needed to change but fathers have a way of making you see things another way. Now that I’m married my spouse is very helpful in this area also..

Looking back I realize that my attitude had effected all that where around me and if I’m mindful of my attitude today I can see its effects. So that brings me back to my pervious post about contagiousness. Can your attitude be contagious?

Well that is it for now, as always thanks for stopping by you are always welcome and now its time to ‘Take it or let it go’ you decide. TTFN
Mark

Good Morning. I am Guy Easy Herr. Its time for me to come up on the net!

I figured it best to do a quick introduction of myself in the forum as we get started on this new journey. In all actuality, this journey has been going for some 46 plus years, only I’ve just now come to this post. After much professional procrastination and a self induced anti-technology writers block, the time has come where my pen comes to paper/my pointer finger comes to key.

One day not long ago, I opened my eyes again for the first time with a new awareness of self and the world around me, each moment bringing a new clarity and renewed purpose. It wasn’t from my bed nor a foxhole carved of the earth. No. I came back to the world in a pool of my own sweat on a yoga mat. Oh, this is different. Very different!

I’m excited for this platform and the opportunity to share with everyone the lessons and adventures of this journey. For this I am also blessed. Thank You.

A smile doesn’t cost anything, makes most people feel good, some people suspicious wondering what you’re up to, but most people feel good and welcome and sometime smile back. It makes you feel better, try it right now, come on give it a try see if you feel better??? Now I feel some of you will think this is weird or it will feels weird or unnatural that is just because you haven’t been doing it enough. When we were young we smiled a lot especially when we were playing.

I feel like at least for myself I get so involved with trying to accomplish these goals of mine I forget to play like I did when I was young. Now don’t get me wrong goals are essential in living a fulfilled and happy life. But it is also essential to play a little. So put a little play in your day and maybe it will put a smile on your face.

Well that all she wrote for today, what ya think can your smile at another create a smile on their face??? Can a smile become contagious?

Now its that time, will you ‘Take it or let it go’ whichever way you choose thanks for checking out this site and feel free to comment and we look forward to seeing you on your next visit.. TTFN.

Contagious, a word, a feeling, a virus that changed our world. A word that you probably didn’t hear or use that often unless you worked in the medical field. A word that for many of us is viewed as a bad word because it directly effected our lives in one way or another. Words have a way of doing that because words, like people, matter.

I would like to shed another light onto this word that has changed our world. Contagious isn’t just a word, it can be action. We have a choice in everything we do and say, well except during this pandemic on the doing part, but we do have a choice in what we say… Words carry a lot of weight and can shape our lives just like we have seen with this world today.

When we think of this word Contagious we mostly think of a sickness, virus, or disease, because the definition is: spread from one person to another by direct or indirect contact. But what about an attitude, can an attitude become contagious? Can we spread that to another? What about a smile, can we by smiling at another, cause them to smile and feel better? Can that smile become Contagious? Over the next few posts I am going to dig into this much deeper and see where we can go with this.

Thanks agin for checking out our site and… Now you decide “Take it or let it go”. Until next time… TTFN