God morgen til deg:) Har vært fraværende i går da hjernen var ubrukelig, men jeg lever fortsatt:) Og det er jo bra. Mye å glede seg denne måned med Valentinsdag og morsdag. Og jeg kan feire de sammen med min sjømann som er hjem nå. Det er jo en glede det også å se frem til noe slik at man ikke blir fokusert på alt elendighet i verden.
Yey! I dag er første dagen i februar måned. Kjærlighets måned.
Og i dag, er det bursdag av et av mine barnebarn. Sendte han en kake. Det står Love, Mama Gaying. Det er meg og mitt kallenavn på Filippinene. Han vil ikke titulere meg som bestemor fordi det gjør meg gammel sa han. Så, det ble “Mama.” Og jen kan være mammaen hans ettersom han hadde mistet sin mor i 2020.
1. Positivity does not mean ignoring the negativity around you, it means overcoming the negativity within you. There is a big difference between the two. The peace, happiness, and effectiveness of your life greatly depends on the quality of your thoughts.
2. On an average day, most of your stress comes from the way you respond, not the way life is. Adjust your response and all that extra stress is gone. Truly, inner calmness among chaos is a superpower that frees you to focus more effectively on what actually matters.
3. The trick is to be present. Don’t wish away all your days waiting for better ones ahead. Just appreciate where you are today. You’ve come a long way, and you’re still learning and growing. Be thankful for the lessons. Take them and make the best of things right now.
4. You don’t need to attend every petty argument you are invited to. Take this to heart and your future self will appreciate it. Because as you age, you will learn to value your time, heartfelt moments with loved ones, and peace of mind, much more. Little else will matter.
5. Everyone you encounter is struggling in some way. Some people are just better at hiding it. So even when you have good reason to be angry, don’t be hateful. Rise up, with boundaries and grace. Remind yourself that peace is not the absence of pain, but the presence of love.
The bottom line is, despite the real-world challenges your face, the biggest and most complex obstacle you will ever have to personally overcome is your own mind.In other words, you aren’t responsible for everything that happens to you in life, but you ARE responsible for undoing the self-defeating thinking and behavioral patterns that these undesirable experiences create.
YES, YOU CAN THINK BETTER, which means you can tap into your inner strength and ultimately live better.
And yes, of course that’s sometimes easier said than done.
Thinking better when you’re in the heat of a tough moment takes guidance and practice.
Sola har en tendens til å gjøre en lykkelig. Denne morgenen gjorde solen det til meg minutt til minutt! Utsikt fra soveromsvinduet.
Men solen kom bort like fort som den kom og det ble grått igjen. Så dagen ble tilbrakt til å hvile og hekle litt. Jeg har begynt å med et nytt prosjekt. Guttedokke! Så det gjenstår om jeg får det til:)
God mogen til deg. Ny uke og ny muligheter. Verden hos meg gynger fortsatt som i går. Fikk ikke skrive et eneste blogginnlegg.
Gårsdagen: Hodet mitt var så kaputt at jeg klarte ikke engang å være med på online chat sammen med mine barnebarn. Vi chatter hver søndag. Det var så trist når jeg ikke får det til.
Øynene mine svir så mye. Hele formiddagen i går lå jeg bare. På ettermiddagen prøvde jeg å hekle litt slik at jeg har en ting jeg kunne gjøre.
Hei på deg. En god lørdagskveld til deg. Jeg våknet med mye smerter i øynene i dag og derfor ble det lite blogg lesing og skriving i dag.
Ellers chattet jeg med mine barn på Filippinene tidlig på dagen og etterpå min søster som bor i Norge. Vi er jo spent på om mine barn får visum til Norge i disse koronatider. Planen var at min datter med sønnen sin kommer på besøk i mars og min sønn med familien sin i juni i år. Så jeg er litt spent. Jeg håper det får det til. De har jo spart lenge nå til denne reisen til Norge. Synd at billettprisene har doblet seg i det siste. Tur retur for to stykker. Det er mer en det dobbelte. Da de reiste til Norge i 2019 betalte de bare nesten halve av den prisen nå.
Og det er bare billeter. Det kommer forsikring og visa i tillegg. Men min datter sa at det er verdt et besøk ettersom jeg har ikke lenger helsa til å reise til Filippinene for å besøke dem.
Ellers lytter jeg på en lydbok. Den 9. boka hittil i år.
Mens jeg hekler denne type gryteklut. Bildet er fra hekleboka.
Ble ferdig med den ene. Jeg synes dem er ikke helt likens. Jeg hadde problem med å skjønne hvordan jeg skulle hekle sammen volanger. Men jeg er fornøyd med resultatet likevel.
Til middag i dag, spiste jeg ris, stekt fisk og gratinert grønnsaker. Det var godt.
In 1911, two explorers, Amundsen and Scott, embarked on a race against each other to become the first known human being to set foot upon the southernmost point of Earth. It was the age of Antarctic exploration, as the South Pole represented one of the last uncharted areas in the world. Amundsen wished to plant the Norwegian flag there on behalf of his country, while Scott hoped to stake his claim for England.
The journey there and back from their base camps was about fourteen hundred miles, which is roughly equivalent to a round-trip hike from New York City to Chicago. Both men would be traveling the same distance on foot through extremely cold and harsh weather conditions. And both men were equally equipped with experience, supplies, and a supporting team of fellow explorers.
As it turned out, Amundsen and Scott took entirely different approaches to the very same challenges. Scott directed his team to hike as far as possible on the good weather days and then rest on bad weather days to conserve energy. Conversely, Amundsen directed his team to follow a strict regimen of consistent daily progress by hiking exactly twenty miles every day, regardless of weather conditions. Even on the warmest, clear-sky days, when Amundsen’s team was capable of hiking much farther, he was absolutely adamant that they travel no more than twenty miles to conserve their energy for the following day’s hike.
Which team succeeded in the end?
Amundsen’s team, the one that took consistent daily action.
Why?
Because what we do every day defines us.
Today’s progress is always compounded by yesterday’s effort, no matter how small.
And it all comes down to the power of self-discipline. Think about the most common problems we deal with in our modern lives, from lack of presence to lack of exercise to unhealthy diets to procrastination, and so forth. In most cases, problems like these are caused not by a physically present limitation, but by a limitation of the mind—specifically, a lack of self-discipline.
We put the hard things off until tomorrow for a variety of reasons until we’ve lost our momentum. We grow accustomed to the belief that things should be easier than they are, and that waiting another day or two makes the most sense. Then one day we wake up and we’re emotionally incapable of doing the hard things that need to be done.
Let this be your wake-up call!
Your mind and body both need to be exercised to gain strength. They need to be challenged, and they need to be worked consistently, to grow and develop over time. If you haven’t pushed yourself in lots of little ways over time—if you always avoid doing the hard things—of course you’ll crumble on the inevitable days that are harder than you expected.
And if we had to guess, we’d say Scott’s team suffered in exactly this way. They tried to make things easier on themselves; the fantasy of “easier” became their mantra, their subconscious goal. But this fantasy was never going to be a reality during a fourteen-hundred-mile footrace in the South Pole.
Scott’s team lost the race, not only on the ground, but in their minds first.
In the Getting Back to Happy Course, Marc and I build tiny, life-changing daily rituals with our students… that strengthen the mind and make the hard things much easier to handle.