My family is watching Fear Factor tonight. I gotta' tell you, I think this is the stupidest show! One of the tasks the competitors have tonight involves snakes. I could get off track telling you just how much I hate snakes. Ughhh!
The competitors compete in pairs. In this challenge one of the pair has to lie down in a glass box and have bunches of snakes-ughhhhh! dumped on them in the box. The partner has to move the snakes out of the box and into another box-with their mouth!!!!
In one pair the guy spent so much time looking at the snakes instead of grabbing them. I was just watching in horror, but my husband, who is way more competitive than I am, hollered at the television, "Quit thinking about it, stupid!"
I really didn't care how many pounds of snakes this guy moved. I can guarantee that I will never need any advice about moving a snake with my mouth! I must say though that I had an aha moment. How often do I stew over how hard or how unpleasant a task is? How often do I waste time trying to avoid or put off a task? How much time do I spend trying to find an easier way to do it? What I really need is to quit thinking about it and just do it!
Monday, January 2, 2012
Sunday, January 1, 2012
Welcome 2012!
verb (used with object)
1.to take or clasp in the arms; press to the bosom; hug.
2.to take or receive gladly or eagerly; accept willingly: to embrace an idea.
3.to avail oneself of: to embrace an opportunity.
5.to take in with the eye or the mind.
Embrace. My word for 2012.
"verb"--something I do! "(used with object)"-- to something else
I clasp it in my arms. A child. A friend. My husband.
Press it to my bosom. A dream. A desire. A prayer.
To receive it eagerly. Good news. The Spirit's touch. The Word of the Word.
To be available for it. A child who needs. A lonely one who needs. An invisible one who needs.
To take it in with the eye or the mind. The unseen. The unknown. The Embracer.
Fully engaged. Fully alive. Fully engaged.
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