JEANIE IN A BOTTLE

I read today "you get in Life what you have the Courage to ask for" by none other than Oprah Winfrey. I love her because she has been bold in going after her Dreams and making a difference in so many other lives in the process, mine included.  It is as if she has the internal make up of Steve Austin or Jaime Sommers better known as the Six Million Dollar Man or the Bionic Woman.  She has been able to outplay the expectations of all around her and she is still at it. Recreating and diversifying her interests and talents and leaving behind yet another goal to be checked off  and  still another one made. That is someone who has my full attention on High Alert. I love that it is from the Passion within her driving her to dare.


We all possess a  Competitiveness and Zeal to surpass the "Norm." Everyone has the "Ideal" they are striving to meet at countless levels. But who has their hand up that they are exerting the energy with the tenacity that forces them to not give up? As my Best Friend will always say, "Retreat is not an option." Number one requirement is you have to know what you are driven by. Now let me share with you another example, this one more personal to me... One of My Grandmother's encompass my heart. It is as if "Polly" (this is what her Father would call her) is alive within me. What I want to share with you about my "Gran" is that she was true to herself. She knew what her talents and interests were and she imparted them into me and so many around her. That is what set her apart and made her different. Christine Cranwell Elmore lived  a life that to most was nothing more than Ordinary perhaps; but I am convinced she found at the end of her long lived life that she was one of the fortunate ones that  lived a life of effervescence and drank in the glorious riches that so many miss all because she followed her own Ideal Direction.  This meaning of Inspiration excites me, it delights me and it is delicious to my soul  : something that makes someone want to do something or that gives someone an idea about what to do or create : a force or influence that inspires someone

: a person, place, experience, etc., that makes someone want to do or create something

: a good idea
My life was changed by her simply living her life. By embracing her own Ideal, her Life will perpetuate  not only in my life, but already in my daughter's and countless others yet to be discovered. 


“The purpose of life is to live it, to taste experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without fear for newer and richer experience.” ― Eleanor Roosevelt. As spring has sprung around my boarders I am continually enthralled with Nature. Returning Birds have found their beloved coveted spots and some to give life to their babies. My heart dances as I hear their chirps of unison bellowing out for their tireless parents return yet again and again with nourishment for their young bellies. It is such a Beautiful Wonderment of Life and I breathe in to inspire others and to allow myself to be inspired to nourish my own soul. As with the birds, may we chose not to Fear or Lack the Courage to leave our own Nest, but, may we strive for more Inspiration and Reach Those Goals that Life has Awaiting us.

 "Do the one thing you think you cannot do. Fail at it. Try again. Do better the second time. The only people who never tumble are those who never mount the high wire. This is your moment. Own it."
 -Oprah Winfrey 
I screen shot this picture and I LOVE IT. Try moving and grooving to some of your own "Homemade Jam" instead of dancing to someone else's song and see what happens....


 
Rock on to this Inspiring Tune....https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gN_pmV1Sfy4