Make A Difference Monday

As promised...

the new direction of my blog.

Along with my everyday crafting,

cooking, and whatever else comes up,

I am starting a Make A Difference Monday.

This means every Monday I will be doing a post

on how to make a difference.

I have a photograph that I took hanging in my bathroom,

to which I photoshopped a quote onto it.

It's one of my most favorite quotes by Gandhi, which says,

"You must become the change you want to see in the world"

I totally love this quote.

So, for this first Make A Difference Monday,

I'm starting with me.

Now, you are welcome to join me on this journey,

or follow along,

or share ideas,

whatever wets your whistle.

But the first few posts will be how I can start with myself to make a difference.

The first change I am working on is my thought pattern,

my internal voice,

that most of the time isn't so nice to me.

It's the voice that sets me up for failure.

If I'm going to do this,
I have to be honest.

So, though I may always seem happy-go-lucky,

inside I have this old tape recording,

that lets me know I'm really not

"good enough".

Now, I will tell you, I do not like pity.

All of us are worth more than that,

so please don't think that's where I'm headed with this.

I am heading on the path which leads to great things!

But, in order to get to the 'great things', I have to be

honest with what my internal voice is doing

to sabatoge me from moving forward.

Why, do you ask, am I doing this?

Well, I have always felt that somewhere in life,

I would do something great.

But again, I have let that nasty voice

keep me from doing the things in life that I really want to do.

Once I became an adult, I have no one to blame

but myself for not achieving the things in life I wanted to achieve.

So, if you are coming on this journey with me,

look deep inside yourself.

What is your internal tape recording saying to you?

Is it telling you that you're a victim?

That the way your life is now, is because of someone, or something, else?

Where you are at, where I am at, is because of the choices we ourselves have made.

If you don't like what you see when you look in the mirror,
(meaning from the inside out)

fix it.

On July 7th, I will turn 50 years old.

And I am excited.

One of my biggest hurdles will be loosing weight.

 I didn't get this way because I love food.

I got this way because I let the internal voice

take over and I stuff my feelings.

No more!

So....here I am today.

Yep....this is me in all my chubby cuteness!  LOL

The first of every month

I will post a picture of myself

with my accomplishments from the prior month.
Not only the physical changes,
but also the internal changes
I hope to make.

Let me tell you...

this was a hard choice for me to make.

Now that I've made this public,

I HAVE to do something.

Keeping my word,

makes a difference.

Right?

Now, I am by no means a therapist,

or trying to be one.

I'm just trying to work on myself,

 and because I know what's wrong,

I am choosing to fix it.

So, the first few weeks will about self-improvment.

Once I get the hang of that, I'll move

on to 'sharing the love'.

Referring to the lyrics of Michael Jackson's, "Man in the Mirror"

I'm Starting With The Man In
The Mirror
I'm Asking Him To Change
His Ways
And No Message Could Have
Been Any Clearer
If You Wanna Make The World
A Better Place
Take A Look At Yourself, And
Then Make A Change

So here we go, folks!
Whether it's loosing weight,
something inside stopping you from being truly happy,
your creativity is blocked,
whatever the case may be,

we can do it!
I'm, by no means, saying this is going to be easy,
but it is going to be worth it.

xoxo

Cindy