A Tiny Buddha article caught my eye today ... titled "40 Ways to Feel More Alive" written by Lori Deschene
She starts off her article with a quote from Joseph Campbell:
“I don’t believe people are looking for the meaning of life as
much as they are looking for the experience of being alive.”
The experience of being alive ~ so true ... this is what I have been missing of late ... Both my blogs have in their title "High on Life" ... which to me means the essence of "being elevated in the experience of being alive" ... so I have to live up to my "motto". Over the years it has become a struggle at points ~ from losing people - family and friends, both physically and emotionally ~ to feeling lost in that search of "joy - being alive - simply being happy".
I loved this simple article because of that - it gave 40 simple ways to increase the feeling of being alive ... the author stresses that yes this is quite the list but not one to make us feel daunted but merely a good list ... the point is to "do something".
I like that ... I can pick one of these points ... and do ... be proactive ... and who knows maybe it will start a trend. A positive trend in "doing" things to feel more alive ... sounds like an upbeat idea to me.
What would be one point you would add to your list? What is something you could do ... something simple ... to start or add to your foundation of feeling ALIVE?! I would love to read what others may add to their lists. :)
Being alive ... breathe deep ... feels good. :)
20. Make a list of things you think you’d enjoy, and then pick one you’ve never done to try this weekend.
Kind of along the line of this number #20 on the list in the article I know one thing I could add to the list:
1. Find an activity you have always wanted to do more or do more of and search out how to get involved.
I am part of our city's meetup groups and I recently joined the "TheatreGoers Club" ~ Kevin and I do enjoy live theatre in many forms and thought this would be a good fit. So far we have gone to a comedy Improv show at Varscona Theatre, and attended the "Cirque du Soleil - Quidam" show this last weekend - made some new friends and are planning to go to a few upcoming "Fringe Shows" with the same group. This has been one good step in feeling ALIVE.
We also attend a coffee group night with a meetup group ~ again the simple act of sitting and chatting with different people and sharing experiences ... ALIVE.
What could you add on your list?
Cheers :)
Monday, August 13, 2012
Friday, August 10, 2012
Organizing ...
My word of the times lately ... I am busy trying to organize life ~ somedays it is not so much fun but I figure as long as we move forward ... even if just a step at a time that is progress.
I can't believe it has been a year since I have written on my blog ... it has been a long year ... so way too much to catch up on so we start where we are right?! Here and now ... I have a feeling that I need to use both my blogs (my living gluten free and this one) to kick start my motivation in life. I have found that I have stopped writing, creating, feeling that drive to "do" ... so that needs to change. I am frustrated by my older blog ... this one ... because it does not seem to have all the enhancements of my new one and yet I don't want to lose the content. I still feel very much like a newbie when it comes to designing a blog ... it's time I start learning once again.
Life is too busy ... and not busy enough with things I want to do ... things I need to do to keep me feeling alive and joyous ... this will have to change. One step at a time ...
I am excited for tomorrow ... it is going to be a day of wonder and excitement ... so much going on in my home city this weekend ~ so going to capture a bit of it :) Cariwest, the Art Gallery, Supper at one of our awesome restaurants, and then ... AND THEN ... we have tickets to go and see the SHOW!
Cirque du Soleil - Quiddam
SO excited!!!
And tonight I start out my weekend by going out for coffee and a long overdue chat with one of my closest friends Dawn ... Nice ...
Yes it's a start ... on we go!
Cheers - Sherri :)
I can't believe it has been a year since I have written on my blog ... it has been a long year ... so way too much to catch up on so we start where we are right?! Here and now ... I have a feeling that I need to use both my blogs (my living gluten free and this one) to kick start my motivation in life. I have found that I have stopped writing, creating, feeling that drive to "do" ... so that needs to change. I am frustrated by my older blog ... this one ... because it does not seem to have all the enhancements of my new one and yet I don't want to lose the content. I still feel very much like a newbie when it comes to designing a blog ... it's time I start learning once again.
Life is too busy ... and not busy enough with things I want to do ... things I need to do to keep me feeling alive and joyous ... this will have to change. One step at a time ...
I am excited for tomorrow ... it is going to be a day of wonder and excitement ... so much going on in my home city this weekend ~ so going to capture a bit of it :) Cariwest, the Art Gallery, Supper at one of our awesome restaurants, and then ... AND THEN ... we have tickets to go and see the SHOW!
Cirque du Soleil - Quiddam
SO excited!!!
And tonight I start out my weekend by going out for coffee and a long overdue chat with one of my closest friends Dawn ... Nice ...
Yes it's a start ... on we go!
Cheers - Sherri :)
Tuesday, August 30, 2011
Tuesday, July 26, 2011
Needing to be Inspired ...
Well I have used the word Passion (career way) lately in my conversations - as I am in the need of finding out what mine is in life. A friend of mine the other day took a leap of faith as it were ... she left her full time job to pursue her passion of speaking, writing, and sharing her story ~ in truth it left me speechless, a touch envious and made me look at myself and where I am.
Life is in a bit of a chaotic way of late, so it seems as if the passions (interests) ect. are being put by the wayside, and I keep saying "well when we finish this" or "when this gets settled" or "when a bolt of lightning hits me in the side of the head" ha ha ~ making life excuses to not even take a venture out and start feeling the waters.
So I decided this week I was going to start somewhere - I do have some ideas (a hazy form of a path dare I say) of where my passion may lay. Time to start my gluten free blog - this one is my personal one and on it I have collected and resources interests and goals, it has seen me travel through joy and heartbreak ~ I wanted to create a blog that does the same thing but with my learning to love food and being comfortable with being a Celiac, and my ups and downs of being a woman, a mother, a partner, a friend, a family member and a person learning to live gluten and lactose free.
my blog: http://highonlifeandglutenfree.blogspot.com
It's a start ...
Life is in a bit of a chaotic way of late, so it seems as if the passions (interests) ect. are being put by the wayside, and I keep saying "well when we finish this" or "when this gets settled" or "when a bolt of lightning hits me in the side of the head" ha ha ~ making life excuses to not even take a venture out and start feeling the waters.
So I decided this week I was going to start somewhere - I do have some ideas (a hazy form of a path dare I say) of where my passion may lay. Time to start my gluten free blog - this one is my personal one and on it I have collected and resources interests and goals, it has seen me travel through joy and heartbreak ~ I wanted to create a blog that does the same thing but with my learning to love food and being comfortable with being a Celiac, and my ups and downs of being a woman, a mother, a partner, a friend, a family member and a person learning to live gluten and lactose free.
my blog: http://highonlifeandglutenfree.blogspot.com
It's a start ...
Wednesday, July 20, 2011
My son turns 21 today - seriously can't believe how the years have gone by. I am so very proud of the man he is becoming, and so very blessed from the day he came into my life (after many hours of labour ha ha) -
Happy Birthday my dear son - you will always be the most precious thing I have in my life - and my best accomplishment!!!! Love you :)
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
So ... Here I am ...
When the Japanese mend broken objects, they aggrandize the damage by filling the cracks with gold. They believe that when something's suffered damage and has a history it becomes more beautiful. ~Barbara Bloom
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
There will be these days ...
If I had a formula for bypassing trouble, I would not pass it round. Trouble creates a capacity to handle it. I don't embrace trouble; that's as bad as treating it as an enemy. But I do say meet it as a friend, for you'll see a lot of it and had better be on speaking terms with it. ~Oliver Wendell Holmes
I have been struggling to keep a positive attitude ~ I have not been winning the fight with my health lately and it is amazing how not being well affects everything in life, the big one is your mental state and how you view your "world". I think the biggest and most important difference from where I am now and where I was three years ago - is knowledge and awareness. Three years ago feeling like this would control everything in my life ~ I would be so wrapped up in the pain and the misery of how I felt that my mental state would trully match my physical one, it would be a mess. There would be no struggling to keep a positive attitude, one would likely just not be found. How my life has changed since being diagnosed with Celiac Disease and putting a name to what my body was doing, how it was attacking itself.
It's no fun feeling almost like I did when I was first diagnosed, I know there are more issues and likely some different avenues I will have to follow once I have more testing done, but at least now I do what I can to make a difference. I do my best to watch what I am eating, I make appointments with doctors and specialists to get the ball rolling, and I look for avenues to inspire me and motivate me to keep my spirits up. And I try not to fall into the unwell "depression and anger" that I know is out there ~ I have a name for this now, something to continue to work with. And I try not to be as hard on myself as I know I can be.
Try Try Try ...
because that is all we can do in life ... going back to the "near-perfect" analogy :) It's what I tell my son even today - as he heads into finals and exams for University - "All you can do is try and give it your best, if that does not work - then you try some more."
There will be these days ... the days where I feel sick, achy, headaches, and the feelings follow of being edgy, and angry, and sad ... yes they will come ... but they will also go ... and then a better day will follow ... and I will "try" again to make it a grand one.
I have been struggling to keep a positive attitude ~ I have not been winning the fight with my health lately and it is amazing how not being well affects everything in life, the big one is your mental state and how you view your "world". I think the biggest and most important difference from where I am now and where I was three years ago - is knowledge and awareness. Three years ago feeling like this would control everything in my life ~ I would be so wrapped up in the pain and the misery of how I felt that my mental state would trully match my physical one, it would be a mess. There would be no struggling to keep a positive attitude, one would likely just not be found. How my life has changed since being diagnosed with Celiac Disease and putting a name to what my body was doing, how it was attacking itself.
It's no fun feeling almost like I did when I was first diagnosed, I know there are more issues and likely some different avenues I will have to follow once I have more testing done, but at least now I do what I can to make a difference. I do my best to watch what I am eating, I make appointments with doctors and specialists to get the ball rolling, and I look for avenues to inspire me and motivate me to keep my spirits up. And I try not to fall into the unwell "depression and anger" that I know is out there ~ I have a name for this now, something to continue to work with. And I try not to be as hard on myself as I know I can be.
Try Try Try ...
because that is all we can do in life ... going back to the "near-perfect" analogy :) It's what I tell my son even today - as he heads into finals and exams for University - "All you can do is try and give it your best, if that does not work - then you try some more."
There will be these days ... the days where I feel sick, achy, headaches, and the feelings follow of being edgy, and angry, and sad ... yes they will come ... but they will also go ... and then a better day will follow ... and I will "try" again to make it a grand one.
Wednesday, April 6, 2011
Today's thoughtful pause ...
Dr. Dorothy Irene Height ~ A young lady confidently walked around the room while leading and explaining stress management to an audience; with a raised glass of water, and everyone knew she was going to ask the ultimate question,'half empty or half full?'..... she fooled them all... she inquired with a smile "How heavy is this glass of water?".
Answers called out ranged from 8 oz. to 20 oz.
She replied, "The absolute weight doesn't matter. It depends on how long I hold it. If I hold it for a minute, that's not a problem. If I hold it for an hour, I'll have an ache in my right arm. If I hold it for a day, you'll have to call an ambulance. In each case it's the same weight, but the longer I hold it, the heavier it becomes."
She continued, "and that's the way it is with stress. If we carry our burdens all the time, sooner or later, as the burden becomes increasingly heavy, we won't be able to carry on."
"As with the glass of water, you have to put it down for a while and rest before holding it again. When we're refreshed, we can carry on with the burden - holding stress longer and better each time practiced. So, as early in the evening as you can, put all your burdens down. Don't carry them through the evening and into the night.... pick them up tomorrow. Whatever burdens you're carrying now, let them down for a moment. Relax, pick them up later after you've rested. Life is short. Enjoy it and the now 'supposed' stress that you've conquered!"
Answers called out ranged from 8 oz. to 20 oz.
She replied, "The absolute weight doesn't matter. It depends on how long I hold it. If I hold it for a minute, that's not a problem. If I hold it for an hour, I'll have an ache in my right arm. If I hold it for a day, you'll have to call an ambulance. In each case it's the same weight, but the longer I hold it, the heavier it becomes."
She continued, "and that's the way it is with stress. If we carry our burdens all the time, sooner or later, as the burden becomes increasingly heavy, we won't be able to carry on."
"As with the glass of water, you have to put it down for a while and rest before holding it again. When we're refreshed, we can carry on with the burden - holding stress longer and better each time practiced. So, as early in the evening as you can, put all your burdens down. Don't carry them through the evening and into the night.... pick them up tomorrow. Whatever burdens you're carrying now, let them down for a moment. Relax, pick them up later after you've rested. Life is short. Enjoy it and the now 'supposed' stress that you've conquered!"
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