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My Word For 2016

30 Wednesday Dec 2015

Posted by dianasschwenk in Hump Day Chronicles, In My Opinion, My Stories

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Diana Schwenk, Fear, happy, Happy New Year, Hump Day Chronicles, life, Life's like that, living in the moment, love, service, tenacity, Word, words are powerful

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I’m not big on New Year’s resolutions. But this is the third year in a row that I have chosen a word for the new year.

For 2014, I chose tenacity.

Believe you, me – I needed it! That was the year I gave all I had to the Other Bottom Line. I developed a marketing package. I created a brochure. I wrote posts meant to be used as a resource by non-profits and invited conversation regarding engaging the community. I actively sought out clients. Did tons of research. Worked with a few clients and documented the entire process for them. I sought advice and did everything I could think of to make it work. I really put myself out there, even when it was scary to do so.

Although it didn’t quite work out the way I planned, it was not wasted time – I got to work with some pretty amazing people and I learned so much about myself and working with others; things that have benefitted me since.

For 2015, I chose service.

It dawned on me at the end of 2014, that I’d become angry about so many things; governments, world issues, red tape and bureaucracy, the ways that people, including me, were treating others and so on. While sharing these thoughts with a friend, she wisely said to me, “You can’t do anything about how others handle situations. And you definitely can’t complain about it if you’re not personally doing anything about it. Figure out what you can do and just do it.”

That advice led me to choose the word Service. And it’s a tough one for me. I’d much rather give someone money to rent a moving truck than physically help them to move, for example. I got service wrong a lot and I’d beat myself up every time. Eventually, I got it right by setting specific goals and playing out potential scenarios in my mind, in case they came to be. I definitely need to keep working on Service.

In a world where many pursue (selfish) happiness and fall short, I discovered that for me, at least, happiness comes in service to others, especially when I get to employ my natural gifts and abilities.

For 2016, I choose love, or rather the word love chose itself for me. 

This year, I’ve become aware of, and sometimes participated in, fear-mongering. There seems to be a general move toward assuming the worst of people that aren’t like ‘us’ and it’s dividing us instead of building us up in the global community.

So I will use the word love like a measuring stick to make decisions. I will ask myself, “What is my motivation in pursuing a certain course of action? Am I motivated by love or fear?”

If it is love, I will move forward, if not, more examination may be necessary,  perhaps an attitude adjustment is in order before proceeding, or maybe it is not worth pursuing at all.

Something tells me I will be needing my old friends Tenacity and Service as well!

~ HUMP DAY CHRONICLES ~

Do you make New Year’s resolutions or choose a word? If so, what have are your resolutions or what word have you chosen for 2016?

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Prepare To Stop Ahead LARDA55

05 Sunday Apr 2015

Posted by dianasschwenk in Diana's Enormous Book of Quotes, In My Opinion

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200 words, believe, caring, courage, Diana Schwenk, Diana's Enormous Book of Quotes, growing up, integrity, kindness, laughter, life, powerful, protected, signs, Taking offense, vulnerability, words are powerful, world issues

“Some people take offense like it’s a limited time offer.” ~ Tim Fargo

IMG_20150402_151840_edit_editI passed this sign the other day.

Don’t take it personally. I didn’t.

In fact, it made me laugh out loud. Then I took three steps back to photograph and tweet it out.

It got me thinking about all the times I take offense at the things people say.

And although words are powerful – and I’d like to think that I am careful about the words I choose – I can’t help thinking that we take far too much personally these days.

Do we step in too much to protect our children and others, thereby stripping them of their power to stand up for themselves?

Yes words have power, but I have power too – power to rise above the words used against me and what I believe to be true.

After all, who knows? Maybe that sign is a message from God to get my attention about something I need to stop. 😀

~ DIANA’S ENORMOUS BOOK OF QUOTES ~

What do you think? Do we need to be more careful with words? Or should we learn to “shake it off?” Or is it a little of both?

Difficult Things, Impossible Things

29 Sunday Sep 2013

Posted by dianasschwenk in Diana's Enormous Book of Quotes, In My Opinion

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200 words, courage, Diana Schwenk, Diana's Enormous Book of Quotes, discourage, dreams, encourage, focus, perserverance, vision, words are powerful

Difficult things take a long time, impossible things a little longer. ~ Andre A. Jackson

You have a dream, a vision of what can be.

Image by Kaiser.net

Image by Kaiser.net

Some folks who mean well will believe in you, in your gifts and share your vision of the future.

They may even come alongside you to help bring it to fruition.

Others who also mean well may try to reason with you, they’ll tell you it’s too difficult, maybe impossible.

This often comes from a place of genuine concern, they want you to take the road well-travelled, to get your head out of the clouds, they want you to be OK.

And others may want you to just plain fail for their own personal reasons.

Words are powerful.

They have the power to encourage and discourage.

When a dream matters to you, I mean really matters – it is likely to be an uphill battle – brace yourself.

If you decide to follow your dream, have courage and stay focussed.

It’s just when you think you can’t press on, that you are standing on the threshold of realizing your dream.

~ DIANA’S ENORMOUS BOOK OF QUOTES ~

Don’t give up

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