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Monday Motivating Moment

May 31, 2010

Your Weekly Attitude Booster

Fountain or Stagnant Pond

This week my husband, Dick, has contributed the following Monday Motivator.

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During the past month or so, I've been taking time each morning to read, think, and meditate. I guess that's one of the benefits of having a life-threatening disease - you realize that life is precious, and limited. I've been very fortunate this lifetime and have always expected my life to flow smoothly, without serious challenges that other people face. But is smoothly flowing through life enough?

We all make choices every day that determine the shape and outcome of our life. As Mary quoted Dr. Norman Vincent Peale in a previous post, "The secret of life is not what happens to you, but what you do with what happens to you." I believe that I've made lots of good decisions in my life, but I've also suffered through the consequences of some not so good decisions.

A recent reading compared water to our life. Water can be trapped in a pond in the woods and become stagnant. Or water can dance down the face of a beautiful fountain in the city square. One is barely alive and the other is vibrant and inspiring, just as with our lives.

I'm not there and I'm sure it won't be easy, but I choose to live the rest of my life like the water in the fountain, full of energy, flowing freely, and maybe even inspiring others. How about you?

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Affirmation for the Week:

"Life offers us lots of choices. I choose to live life joyously."

Have a bubbly week!

Mary Rau-Foster,

A few weeks ago I told you about my husband's journey to cure his cancer. The website is www.fostercuringcancer.com if you wish to read his blog.

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