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A Shift in Thinking

SimplySheri
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3 9 13

~~She was done thinking of her life as a difficult and scary struggle.  She decided to shift her thinking and call her life what it was, a rip-roaring adventure being led by a bold, daring, and pretty nifty woman.~~  Queenisms

And what an adventure it has turned out to be!!  I love my life!!  Correction....I love my smoke free life!  All 760 something days of it.  It has ups and downs, twists and turns, unexpected gifts and unwanted challenges, all of which I am able to handle with pizzazz and flair.  Just who I am now.

Who I am now is so far removed from who I used to be.  We all grow up, I know.  We all mature.  We all gain knowledge, wisdom, experience.  But I think that when we actually let go of the illusion that life is difficult or scary or hard, we actually soar in a way not possible before.  Because fear holds us firmly in place.  We don't move forward when we are paralyzed by it.  We tend not to be bold when we find life a struggle.  When we battle daily with these struggles, we tend to be too exhausted and bruised to do anything but try again tomorrow.

But when we shift our thinking and see our lives as adventures......when we rise to the challenge of attacking life with enthusiasm and delight....when we believe we are pretty nifty individuals capable of remarkable, amazing feats....we become warriors rather than victims.  Bold rather than timid.  Daring rather than scared.

Quit smoking???  Oh, yes, my friends, you can!!!  Of course you can!!!  You are bold and daring!!  You are an adventurer!!  And a pretty nifty individual, to boot 🙂 

Enjoy the journey, my friends!!  Sheri

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