“In order to change, we must be sick and tired of being sick and tired.”
~ Unknown
What a beautiful still morning it is here today. But I almost missed it. I’d been awake, but lying in bed for some time before my alarm went off, took up my normal seat, but my mind was elsewhere. Where? I can’t say. Just not “present.”
When I finally realized I was off in la-la land, instead of being in the now, I realized that I am tired. It was a long, hot day yesterday, and it zapped me of my energy.
What’s amazing about this tiny bit of realization is how readily the mind get’s lost out of “now” when it’s tired. This shouldn’t come as any great surprise, because anyone will tell you that it’s easier to snap at people, etc. when someone’s had a long day. When we lose our mindfulness. So see, mindfulness is that fine tether. It’s neither thought, nor no-thought. With practice, it can become an ever present state of being, which keeps us rooted in the now, which is where peace and well-being lie. Wow!
Of course this is why Buddha lists “sloth & torpor” as one of the five hindrances …. Along with ill-will, restlessness & remorse, sense desire and doubt.
So today, here’s a few fun quotes on being tired … We have so many ways of using that word! I hope, unlike myself, that you are feeling energized today, and ready for the start to an amazing weekend!! And if you have some excess energy, would you mind sending me some 😉
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Man was made at the end of the week’s work when God was tired.
~ Mark Twain
You either get tired fighting for peace, or you die.
~ John Lennon
I’m tired of ignoring that I march to a different beat.
~ Charlie Sheen (I hear that Charlie!)
I’ve done all my tricks. I’m tired of myself.
~ Sandra Bullock
I seated ugliness on my knee, and almost immediately grew tired of it.
~ Salvador Dali
Laziness is nothing more than the habit of resting before you get tired.
~ Jules Renard (ok, have to keep this in mind today, as I have more of the same)
The Statue of Liberty is no longer saying, ‘Give me your poor, your tired, your huddled masses.’ She’s got a baseball bat and yelling, ‘You want a piece of me?’
~ Robin Williams
All parts of the human body get tired eventually – except the tongue.
~ Konrad Adenauer
You never get tired unless you stop and take time for it.
~ Bob Hope (true!)
On a day when you’re tired, it’s important to just say good morning to everyone so they’re kind of aware that it’s gonna be a good day. Jamie Lee Curtis told me that.
~ Lindsay Lohan
So Good Morning All .. It IS going to be a great day!!
