How to defeat worry by Robin Sharma

Folks, watch this video by Robin Sharma: http://www.robinsharma.com/how-to-defeat-worry/

If it doesn't make you go hmm, watch it over & over till it does.

dawn of a new Athena

As I've said previously, 2012 is a big year; not just for me but for every single person who walks this planet.  Life as we know it will never be the same again.

Having said that, each day I surround myself with positivity.  I've lived too long shrouded in negativity.  I've been surrounded by people (family included) who think life is just one big pile of shite.  Is it really?  No - simple as that.  Life is a gift.  Life is amazing.  Life continues to take my breath away.

I'm in the process of losing weight - really truly honest-to-God losing weight.  How wicked is that?  My Twitter feed is just full of affirmations that serve to remind me that life is indeed beautiful.  One look at the news'll tell you that there's a lot of shite happening in the world - uh-huh.  The economy is in the toilet.  Swordfights are happening between countries to see who's got the biggest rod nuclear arms cache.  Plus there's just way too many ignant-ass people on this planet.

To all of this shite I say count your blessings & not your pennies.  Your worth isn't determined by the size of your rod but what you do to help yourself & others.  Take off the blinders & look around.  Learn from someone who walks a different path than you.

Speaking of which, I keep seeing bits & pieces about the GOP race in the US.  I like to call it the "ignantest-ass contest".  I just can't believe some of the utter rubbish that's been coming out of these fools' mouths - education isn't a right? Scholarships for white males only?  Food stamps to fight obesity?

Never thought I'd say this but to all you GOPites out there: y'all need Jesus.

I wanna win an iPad 2!

should old acquaintance be forgot

As of right now, there are 7 hours & 7 minutes left of 2011.  I, for one, am glad to see the back of this year.  Between the natural disasters, crackhead family and other goings-on, midnight just feels like paradise.  Imagine - when the bell tolls the witching hour, we can say all the crap that happened to us in 2011 (or is still happening now depending on your situation) happened last year.

Next year.  It's tomorrow morning.  It's a few hours from now.  A clean slate awaits us on the other side of midnight.  We've all got those pesky resolutions that seem to wither & fade around February 10th yet the one thing I know I'll be doing is taking care of ME.  2012 is the year I straighten myself out. I get healthy.  I get happy.  Hell, I'm getting married!  I also turn 35 but let's not talk about that.

Thank you to Your Pocket Guru for the insightful tweets.  Thank you to everyone who's following me on Twitter!  Thank you to Linda from @treeandtwig for following my running Social Commentary!

If I haven't said it before, 2012 is going to be a BIG HUGE year of change.  There are things that will happen in 2012 that will change our lives forever.  Spend tonight with your loved ones.  Better yet, spend every day with your loved ones.  Make every day count.