Last month I was inspired to think about a life lesson for each of my 47 years.
As you know, I love to journal, reflect and learn and I love a quote or ten. So I relished int he opportunity of putting pen to paper.
This exercise was a great reminder that during good times and not so good times we are always growing.
So here are my life lessons so far:-
Be where your feet are
Watch the sunrise - its a reminder that each day is a new day
Be consistently, consistent - in everything
You either succeed or learn, therefore failure is a lesson
Listen to yourself! Your body, your heart
Meditation is better than medication
Heal the cause not the symptom
“You either do or you don’t, there is no try” thank you Yoda
Make choices, not excuses
Remember the little girl with the BIG DREAMS - be her!
Dance like no one is watching
Don’t just be - be more
”Change is hard in the beginning, messy in the middle gorgeous in the end” Robin Sharma. - Embrace change
Jerry McGuire was wrong - You don’t need someone to complete you, you’re already whole
Health is wealth
Water is your magic potion
Early is on time, on time is late and late is unacceptable
Love deeply - yourself and others
Learn, evolve, grow - “Life isn’t about proving what you know, it’s about improving what you don’t know”
People come into your life for a Reason, a Season, a Lifetime
Don’t stop daydreaming
Alcohol has no purpose
Keep you heart, eyes and ears open
Heels are great, barefoot is bliss
How you do one thing is how you do everything
Don’t wait to dies, start to live - “We only live once” “No, we only die once we live every day”
Live without labels or limitations
Our external words to others are the internal words they say to themselves
Rumi’s Three gates of speech - Before you speak ask yourself, Is it true? Is it necessary? Is it kind?
I do at have control over everything that happens around me but I do have control over everything that happens to me.
Stay in gratitude daily
Go with the flow
Its ok not to be ok
We are not alone - “Tell the stories of the mountains you’ve climbed, they may be a page in someone else’s survival guide” Morgan Harper Nichols
The universe always has your back
Be authentically you
We grow through what we go through
School isn’t about grades its about effort
Education doesn’t doesn’t only happen in the classroom
Enjoy the journey
Pay it forward - always
The law of cause and effect - every action has a reaction
Surround yourself with the doers and the dreamers
You’re the author of your story
Own your mistakes
You can‘t begin the next chapter if you keep re-reading the last one
This too shall pass
I would love for you to share your Life Lessons with me - kate@thepurposefullife.com
Love Kate x
