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It really made me ask myself "What's my passion? and What would I be willing to do without in order to have it my life?"
I'll have to get back to you on my passion.
But you brought to mind my mother. She died a couple years ago, but she worked very hard for her passion. Which was? Helping others. Simple? :. She worked part-time (4 hours a day) for a local non-profit (name hidden to protect the innocent ). She was able to help people there by clothing rooms - food baskets - ceramics class (, lonely people needing something to do for free)...the list goes on. None of it was covered in four hours. She worked around the clock, but paid for 4 hours. Before the big social service offices, she would go to a disaster (fire, flood, drownings - we lived by a huge river) and she'd bring home children whose parents were killed or in the hospital. We had so many children in our home through the years! Her heart was so big and she lived her passion daily!
I was impressed with Bo because not only was he living his passion, he swallowed his pride in the meantime. Imagine the locker room gossip about him returning year after year. Too many times, we let our pride get in the way of our passion. My mom could have said - no I'm working around the clock and being paid peanuts. But she put away her pride and made a difference in the world around her. I can imagine some of the players in the locker room looking up at Bo and say - if he can do it, so can I. I'll keep working to make my dream come true.
My passion in life is Outrigger Canoe. I race on a competitive team (vs rec. team). We travel around our local race circut, races can be up the coast or on Vancouver Island. And every other year we go to a race in Hawaii. I'm lucky in that my family is very supportive. The downside is I have to run, and go to the gym to cross train, which I hate, lol.
Hey Sue, I can be very supportive! Want to take me to Hawaii with you?
I also continue to make sacrifices to be a Humane Officer with my Police Department. My family doesn't understand why I work EVERY weekend and why I take orphaned animals into my home that need 24 hour care and feedings every 4 hours each spring but because I LOVE MY JOB it does not feel like a sacrifice.
Oh my! You sound like my mom! I'm catching up on everyone's posts and came across yours after talking about my mom! I know the care it takes to bring someone (even animals) into your home!
Oh my! You sound like my mom! I'm catching up on everyone's posts and came across yours after talking about my mom! I know the care it takes to bring someone (even animals) into your home!
Bo is really growing into his roll as a dad. And I think AJ maybe seeing him in a new light. So many stories, Bo & AJ, Bo and Kim, Penelope & Dino, Daisy & Jullian, I can't wait to see how they unfold. And what's with the e-mail from Lloyd? Do you think he's going to come after her? hmmmmm And I wonder what will happen to Bo & AJ if Yolanda is released? Do you think they would share custody or would AJ just vanish from his life?
An unmarried friend was wishfully thinking of finding a man over coffee the other day. ( Starbucks, of course!) So I say to her innocently...open a boarding house. She looked at me like I was crazy! So I started telling her about Fireside! Because I think everyone will get together in the end -- at least I hope so!
As far as Bo disappearing in AJ's life - oh, I hope not! He seems to be really affected by AJ and upset at himself for not pushing the issue with Yolanda. Somehow, I think he'll stay put in AJ's heart and life.
Ok so who else had the scene from the movie Practical Magic playing in their heads when they read the Tequilla scene (put the lime in the coconut and shake it all up)!!!!!! Great now I am singing it in my head!!!!
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I found myself SO drawn to Penelope!!! Losing her husband, relaizing things were not as they had always appeared, picking herself up by her boot straps, and 'making lenomade'!! Talk about stepping out of your comfort zone!
Speaking of comfort zone - I think that is a major stumbling block to trying something new. I know, for me, it's all a bit overwhelming. I start to think about doing what I love, then reality hits. I need to draw up a business plan, How will I get customers, Is there a market out there, What regulations would I have to follow........? So many unknowns. So I just sit back down in my familiar comfort zone.
I think for some people,stepping out of that zone into the unknown is easy and exciting. Others need a swift kick in the tush. Wanna guess whcih one I am?
Hey Betty Sue:
I hope the class will open up doors you never even dreamed of!
But oh...I fully understand about not wanting to step out of our comfort zone! At one point about fifteen years ago, I was working full-time (flexible hours); going to college full-time and our Kiwanis Club asked me to be president. I was comfortable in my schedule and couldn't see taking anymore time away from my family at that point. But I Kiwanis and my DH is supportive of any decision I make. So I stepped out of my comfort zone and had the time of my life! And instead of missing my Dgang, they joined in the projects and special events and to this day, my Dkids remember how we were helping others in Special Olympics, in building playgrounds, in countless other projects. That was just a small step out of my comfort zone. Sometimes I wonder if I could take a giant leap, how would my life be different!
But you brought to mind my mother. She died a couple years ago, but she worked very hard for her passion. Which was? Helping others. Simple? :. She worked part-time (4 hours a day) for a local non-profit (name hidden to protect the innocent ). She was able to help people there by clothing rooms - food baskets - ceramics class (, lonely people needing something to do for free)...the list goes on. None of it was covered in four hours. She worked around the clock, but paid for 4 hours. Before the big social service offices, she would go to a disaster (fire, flood, drownings - we lived by a huge river) and she'd bring home children whose parents were killed or in the hospital. We had so many children in our home through the years! Her heart was so big and she lived her passion daily!
I was impressed with Bo because not only was he living his passion, he swallowed his pride in the meantime. Imagine the locker room gossip about him returning year after year. Too many times, we let our pride get in the way of our passion. My mom could have said - no I'm working around the clock and being paid peanuts. But she put away her pride and made a difference in the world around her. I can imagine some of the players in the locker room looking up at Bo and say - if he can do it, so can I. I'll keep working to make my dream come true.
Your Mom sounds awesome!
My REAL dream, I'd say, is to be a writer. I mean a REAL writer, not just a few obscure things here and there. That takes alot of time with questionable reward. I suspect most people who make it do what BO did, they keep at it!
My passion in life is Outrigger Canoe. I race on a competitive team (vs rec. team). We travel around our local race circut, races can be up the coast or on Vancouver Island. And every other year we go to a race in Hawaii. I'm lucky in that my family is very supportive. The downside is I have to run, and go to the gym to cross train, which I hate, lol.
OK, now THAT is cool! Please keep us posted on that!
Ok so who else had the scene from the movie Practical Magic playing in their heads when they read the Tequilla scene (put the lime in the coconut and shake it all up)!!!!!! Great now I am singing it in my head!!!!
I was going back to a little episode which caused me to feel sick now at the taste of Tequilla. AH, to be young again!
I hope the class will open up doors you never even dreamed of!
But oh...I fully understand about not wanting to step out of our comfort zone! At one point about fifteen years ago, I was working full-time (flexible hours); going to college full-time and our Kiwanis Club asked me to be president. I was comfortable in my schedule and couldn't see taking anymore time away from my family at that point. But I Kiwanis and my DH is supportive of any decision I make. So I stepped out of my comfort zone and had the time of my life! And instead of missing my Dgang, they joined in the projects and special events and to this day, my Dkids remember how we were helping others in Special Olympics, in building playgrounds, in countless other projects. That was just a small step out of my comfort zone. Sometimes I wonder if I could take a giant leap, how would my life be different!
I really liked that comment! I need to step out of my comfort zone with a few things, and I keep draggin my feet, which is paradoxically NOT comfortable. That creates a constant state of conflict because I stick to a comfort zone that is honestly no longer comfortable.
The old comfort zone is a trap that keeps you from evolving. THe people in this book were forced, though. WHen you are forced, I think it is easier to change your comfort zone because you have nothing left of the old one to hang onto.
The old comfort zone is a trap that keeps you from evolving. THe people in this book were forced, though. WHen you are forced, I think it is easier to change your comfort zone because you have nothing left of the old one to hang onto.
I agree they were forced to change. Now wouldn't it be better to change on your own and if things didn't work out you could find the best of both the new and the old and be furtherf along than staying in your comfortable "trap"?
I agree they were forced to change. But without a proper attitude and an amount of acceptance they could have grown to hate the new circumstances very quickly.
I agree they were forced to change. Now wouldn't it be better to change on your own and if things didn't work out you could find the best of both the new and the old and be furtherf along than staying in your comfortable "trap"?
I agree they were forced to change. But without a proper attitude and an amount of acceptance they could have grown to hate the new circumstances very quickly.
Yes, we can be forced to change, but we can't be forced to make the best of things! That is a choice we always have.
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, lonely people needing something to do for free)...the list goes on. None of it was covered in four hours. She worked around the clock, but paid for 4 hours. Before the big social service offices, she would go to a disaster (fire, flood, drownings - we lived by a huge river) and she'd bring home children whose parents were killed or in the hospital. We had so many children in our home through the years! Her heart was so big and she lived her passion daily! 
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I was comfortable in my schedule and couldn't see taking anymore time away from my family at that point. But I 
Kiwanis and my DH is supportive of any decision I make. So I stepped out of my comfort zone and had the time of my life! And instead of missing my Dgang, they joined in the projects and special events and to this day, my Dkids remember how we were helping others in Special Olympics, in building playgrounds, in countless other projects. That was just a small step out of my comfort zone. Sometimes I wonder if I could take a giant leap, how would my life be different!
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