Thought of the Day 10/7/09

A Little Too Imperfect

“It takes a minute to find a special person, an hour to appreciate them, a day to love them, but then an entire life to forget them.” – Unknown

The Let it Go TOD continues to inspire more thoughts. As mentioned yesterday, I received the most feedback of any TODs to date on that one subject. From what I’m reading, it looks like there are lots of people in the group with “stories”. If it would help you clear some of the things in your life, send me your story, and I’ll share it with the group. I will keep them anonymous. We all have unique life experiences that could possibly help someone else in the group. Sharing sometimes helps with the processing.

To continue with this current “inspiration” I have going on letting go and loving the people in your life no matter their role, I wanted to share one of the emails I received. Much like the words from T.D. Jakes the other day, this one needs no interpretation as it stands on its own.

“Just wanted the let you know something...I only really know you from all your writings that you have shared with me, we really haven't spent much time face-to-face. It has been a good relationship but a little one sided...you talk, I listen. I kinda put you in this little box way over there...not really connecting to some of the words. I felt like maybe I was just a little too imperfect for Rodney's world at times, it just seemed like you had it all together and even though I am whole again, I'm a serious work in progress and many parts are still in need of repair.”

“I want to thank you for sharing your "imperfect' moments with me yesterday, it made it all real....It made you real...Heavy stuff, no?”

Everyone here is working on something. Whether it’s trying to find your way, the process of becoming whole, grief, or whatever, we all are works in progress. I am certainly a work in progress. That’s why I write what the Good Lord puts in my heart and head. That’s the same reason he gives others in the group words to send to me upon occasion. So when you think you are out there all alone struggling to find your way, read the email above and just know we all have “imperfect” moments. We change them to perfect moments by helping each other.

Action Item – Do you have a story you want to share? You see that we all have “things” we are dealing with that are just called life. Sharing helps you get it out. If you would like to “tell your story” to the group, send it to me. We all have our imperfect moments.

POSITIVE NEWS

The Health Front
Both of my Uncles did well with their respective medical issues. Thank you for your prayers and positive energy.

New Stuff
I’ve been doing the “eat healthy” thing this week, more than usual, with meals from My Fit Foods. They prepare healthy meals that you can buy by the meal or on a program. Rather than spending $11 for a soup and salad today, I had bakes spicy salmon and veges for about $8. Not a bad savings plus good food. Check it out: www.myfitfoods.com.

WHAT I LEARNED

I was discussing the value of journaling with a friend at work, and how much it helps me. She asked me a simple question. “Rod, do you go back and read them?” I answered yes and she responded “why”. She was totally right. Why go back and read something that you were trying to get rid of? She told me of another approach she read about when you journal and throw it away. Meaning, write down whatever you need to on a piece of scratch paper or whatever, read it, then throw it away. I deleted three years of online journals today. From now on, I will be Junk Journaling. I listened and acted rather than trying to “engineer.” That’s huge growth for me. Thank you Tamara for the knowledge you gave me.