Recently, I received an email from Susan Rooks, a fan of Remember the Ice. She is the Grammar Goddess and specializes in Editing and Proofreading. Here is the text of her message:
Hi
Bob – First, happy new year! I hope the holidays have been joyous
for you and your family.
Second,
I saw this blog post and immediately wanted to put this woman into
your (K)notty Words Protection Service!
Blog Post from Janet Callaway
The blog post is from a poem entitles “A Creed to Live By” by Nancye Sims. In “A Creed to Live By,” poet Nancye Sims tells you what not to do so that you can live a rich and full life being the best you possible.
Here is the text of her poem:
Don’t undermine your worth by comparing yourself with others.
It
is because we are different that each of us is special.
Don’t
set your goals by what other people deem important.
Only
you know what is best for you.
Don’t
take for granted the things closest to your heart.
Cling
to them as you would your life, for without them life is meaningless.
Don’t
let your life slip through your fingers by living in the past or for
the future.
By
living your life one day at a time, you live all the days of your
life.
Don’t
give up when you still have something to give.
Nothing
is really over until the moment you stop trying.
Don’t
be afraid to admit that you are less than perfect.
It
is this fragile thread that binds us to each other.
Don’t
be afraid to encounter risks.
It
is by taking chances that we learn how to be brave.
Don’t
shut love out of your life by saying it’s impossible to find.
The
quickest way to receive love is to give love.
The
fastest way to lose love is to hold it too tightly; and the best way
to keep love is to give it wings.
Don’t
dismiss your dreams.
To
be without dreams is to be without hope; to be without hope is to be
without purpose.
Don’t
run through life so fast that you forget not only where you’ve
been, but
also where
you’re going.
Life
is not a race, but a journey to be savored each step of the way.
If you are familiar with Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP), chances are you have heard the infamous question:
“If I say to you don’t think of the color blue, what color did you just think of?
The answer is BLUE. Even though some will attempt to be clever and say some other color; the fact still remains they thought of BLUE first.
My point is simply this: Tell me what you would like me to do.
By just removing the “don’t”, look how confusing the message becomes.
Undermine your worth by comparing yourself with others.
It is because we are different that each of us is special.
Set your goals by what other people deem important.
Only you know what is best for you.
Take for granted the things closest to your heart.
Cling to them as you would your life, for without them life is meaningless.
Let your life slip through your fingers by living in the past or for the future.
By living your life one day at a time, you live all the days of your life.
Give up when you still have something to give.
Nothing is really over until the moment you stop trying.
Be afraid to admit that you are less than perfect.
It is this fragile thread that binds us to each other.
Be afraid to encounter risks.
It is by taking chances that we learn how to be brave.
Shut love out of your life by saying it’s impossible to find.
The quickest way to receive love is to give love.
The fastest way to lose love is to hold it too tightly; and the best way to keep love is to give it wings.
Dismiss your dreams.
To be without dreams is to be without hope; to be without hope is to be without purpose.
Run through life so fast that you forget where you’ve been, and also where you’re going.
Life is a journey to be savored each step of the way.
Regarding Ms. Sims words, her message offers great inspiration in her second statements. In my opinion, she could have enhanced her overall message by stating what she wanted people to aspire to — here is her message minus the “(K)notty Words”
Stop undermining your worth by comparing yourself with others.
It is because we are different that each of us is special.
Avoid setting your goals by what other people deem important.
Only you know what is best for you.
Appreciate the things closest to your heart.
Cling to them as you would your life, for without them life is meaningless.
Stop living in the past or for the future.
By living your life one day at a time, you live all the days of your life.
You still have something to give.
Nothing is really over until the moment you stop doing.
It is healthy to accept that you are less than perfect.
It is this fragile thread that binds us to each other.
Be willing to encounter risks.
It is by taking chances that we learn how to be brave.
Know that love is easy to find.
The quickest way to receive love is to give love.
The fastest way to lose love is to hold it too tightly; and the best way to keep love is to give it wings.
Hang on to your dreams.
To be without dreams is to be without hope; to be without hope is to be without purpose.
Appreciate and embrace your life — where you’ve been, and also where you’re going.
Life is a journey to be savored each step of the way.
Thoughts are things. Words mean
things. Maybe by focusing on what you want to accomplish you can
lead yourself to numerous levels of success. There is Power in the
Clarity of your Articulation!
“People are just as happy as they
make up their minds to be.”
― Abraham Lincoln
― Abraham Lincoln
Make a determined effort to change
your thoughts. Eradicate the “(K)notty
Words” and start right now using the Re-Framing
Five: Do, Can, Will, Would, Could.
Happy New Year!!
Bob
