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I (Ginny) love spring. For some, the season implies HOPE; but hope is merely a starting point and, alone, brings nothing to fruition. Like a match that has not been struck, it sits idle, waiting for more. The word spring also implies ACTION! Plants that have been dormant spring back to life, blossoms spring forth from new buds, and I spring out to my clothes line to dry my laundry with a sunny breeze. I can almost hear the dryer sighing with relief. Ah, at last! Some time off!
Can you hum the tune to the Disney lyrics, “A wish is a dream your heart makes…” If you’re female and over fifty, I’ll bet you can. Most mothers and fathers of daughters can, also. If you can’t, no worries. The lesson here isn’t about singing, it’s about taking the necessary ACTION to make it possible for wishes and dreams to come true. I’ve recently discovered a delightful example of the above. Jennifer Lind, who was blessed at birth with an incredible singing voice that she nurtured second only to the raising of her now-grown children, has recently said, “My turn!” and she’s going pro. Her first CD speaks my language - “Cowboy State of Mind.” Hear a sample at www.jenniferlind.net. There’s a difference between Country/Western and Cowboy. I enjoy both; but Jennifer’s songs tell poignant stories well worth hearing over and over again, and the purity of her voice plucks at my heartstrings like an angel playing a harp.
Words alone can be music to our ears. Recently a man who came to our house to give us an estimate on work we’re having done, noticed our karate trophies in the attic. He asked us where we trained, I told him, and he said his sons trained there as well, at the same time (about 15 years ago.)
If you have a dream, a wish, or maybe just a goal, use it as a spring board to catapult you into action. Then while you are doing what needs to be done, vividly imagine yourself at your very best. The conscious part of your mind and the subconscious part and your body will all work together in perfect coordination. Next thing you know you’ll be sipping from the well spring of success! |
A bright light went on in my head. When I
tested for my first promotion, I was the only woman at the dojo and one of the
oldest students. I knew I had to give it my all, and when I performed my kata, I
wasn’t trying to impress the judges, I was defending myself with all my
might against imaginary assailants! Others were simply demonstrating the
right moves in the right sequence, but (mentally) I was fighting for my life!
With that in mind, my body behaved accordingly. When I bowed my
way off the floor, an onlooker with a big grin on his face said to me
enthusiastically, “Bodacious kata, Ma’m!” I’ve never forgotten those
words, and now I was looking at that same face as I said, “I know it’s a
silly question, but do you ever use the word ‘bodacious?’” Turns out the
man who recognized our trophies, and the man who made my day that day 15
years ago were one and the same.