~~I don't know anything about being a millionaire, but I'm sure I'd be darling at it.~~ Dorothy Parker
My son gifted me with a coffee mug with that quote....he said it sounded like something I'd say 🙂 Last night, he smiled at me when he caught me dancing in the kitchen and said, "It's ok, mom. You dance if you want to." I was listening to "Shake It Off" in my head and how can you not dance to that beat?!
So my gentle advice to you today? Let today be about smiling. Let today be about doing what it is you always wanted to do. Let today be about laughing at yourself. Let today be......FUN!! Push aside all those pesky worries, all those depressing thoughts about that half-empty glass.....and simply enjoy the day.
I hear some of you already...."I have to work". "I have to pay my bills". "I have a condition". "It's cold".....yep. You are right to all of that. But can't you have......both?!! Work, even icky work, can be done while you have a fun day. Paying bills can be done while you have a fun day. Being ill...well, let's just say you heal faster and better when you have fun. And the weather? Love it or hate it, it's still gonna do what its gonna do. Emotions do not effect the weather.
So laugh at yourself. Wear two different colored socks to work. Come in wearing those fake glasses with the big red nose attached. Buy a hula hoop and challenge your co-workers. Put a smiley face on that check you are paying your electric bill with. Put some cookies in your mailbox for the mailman. Buy someone a cup of coffee.....and a red balloon.
Life. All we have is now. I would like to make now amazing rather than wait until I .....pay those bills, feel better, have a different job, get married, get divorced.....you know? My life is too precious to wait until later. So is yours!! Be darling at it!! Confound people. Make them wonder what you are up to. Giggle more, worry less. Feel lighthearted. Giggle some more.
All we have is now. So breathe, smile, and plow through this day with energy, enthusiasm, and gusto!! Oh, and don't forget to break a few rules. Katherine Hepburn said, "If you obey all the rules, you miss all the fun."
Make your own sunshine today, my wonderful friends, and shine.........
Sheri
