When You Fail to Plan, You Plan to Fail

My 43 yr. old self...

If at first you don't succeed, try, try again!

I don't know about others, but for me, I must have a plan of action decided upon, or the hours of the day slip past me ever so quickly! Before I blink a couple of times, I am yet again flipping the calendar month to the next.

Today is the first day of the rest of my life. Yours, too. The next 12 hours (or more) are ours to use as we see fit. How we use them is totally up to us. We must decide, then follow through. If I don't make a clear decision, the day has been for naught. Nothing (or very little) will be accomplished. And there is no one to blame but ourselves. It's absolutely no one else's fault. We gotta stop shifting the blame. Unless a gun is being held to our head, the decision is 100% ours to make. Yes...we may feel we must make a decision we'd rather not because of family issues. Regardless, the decision is ours. We must weigh the consequences of our choice(s), then choose.

While it's great (some days) not having a "have to" agenda, if I'm not careful, I will while away the hours and find rest at night not a thing to be had. I'm still working on this retirement thing. So far, it's been nice in that my time is my time. But there are days I'd rather it be just a bit more active. I'm working on it.

My dad often reminded us as kids, that when we work hard while work is to be had, we could lay our heads upon our pillows at night and rest well because it was an earned rest. Always speaking the truth in any situation, was also a real thing and was the needed choice if one wanted to truly rest. Day, or night. He wasn't wrong...

That, among many other things, found a nesting place in my mind over the years of training that my parents provided. I'm so glad he and mom taught truth, regardless of how it made us feel in the moment. They trained us to live an honest life. A life of giving an honest days work for an honest days wages. And always being truthful...even when it hurt. And more so, we learned helping others gave us a sense of worth. We never begrudged helping where help was needed.

Soooo...today, I am planning the course of my week. Forward movement will be made. Even if it hurts in the moment. The results will be (I hope) phenomenal!

Carry on, soldier!

As always, here you will find me...in Mary's World