Wonderful Wednesday...Enjoying Life

“What I do you cannot do; but what you do, I cannot do. The needs are great, and none of us, including me, ever do great things. But we can all do small things, with great love, and together we can do something wonderful.”

-Mother Teresa

I don't know what has gotten into me recently.  For the past few weeks, I have been waking up every single morning excited and happy about life.  I've been smiling more, laughing more, sharing more and giving more.  I really think it has to do with "getting out of my own way" and asking myself two things:  what can I do for someone else today to improve their lives because "giving is the price we pay for living" and what can I do for myself...because I can't truly love anyone until I love myself.

It really is easy to do.  Just start with one thing and watch the change in your life.  Here are five doable things that you can start with; just pick one:

1. Sign up as a volunteer at a Domestic Violence Shelter.
2. Start a Senior Citizen book club at a local nursing home.
   
3. Serve food at a homeless shelter.
4. Buy a bag of fresh fruit and vegetables and leave it at the home of the single mother with four kids on your block.
5. Perform a random act of kindness for a stranger.

Remember not to leave yourself out because

“A healthy self-love means we have no compulsion to justify to ourselves or others why we take vacations, why we sleep late, why we buy new shoes, why we spoil ourselves from time to time. We feel comfortable doing things which add quality and beauty to life.”
-Andrew Matthews

So this is for you...

1. Take a long bath...with bubbles (in the tub and in the glass you take to the tub).
2. Buy some sexy undies and wear them when you don't have a date.
3. Smile at a stranger on the bus, subway, in the grocery story or on the elevator.
4. Learn how to make a something decadent like homemade pound cake, white sangria or sauteed soft-shelled crabs...for yourself.
5. Take a tango class so you get "dipped" at least once in your life.

It's about living everyday people...living your life "like it's GOLDEN!"

Have a WONDERFUL week!