Good morning!

This quote has always resonated with me. I actually found it on an inspirational wall calendar my mother gave me about five years ago.  I placed a photo of me doing a running leap and breaking a board in karate and mounted it over the photo on the calendar.  I then framed it and look at it often as inspiration of what I can do when I set my mind to it.

Karate has always interested me.  When I was little, I remember envying other kids who were enrolled in lessons at a young age and earned their various belts.  I liked the idea of being able to protect myself.  When my daughter was five, I took her to a local karate studio, wanting her to have the experience that I hadn’t.  The Master of the studio talked me in to giving it a whirl.  I fell in love with the discipline.

Your Turn:  What hidden dreams or goals or childhood ambitions do you have?  Why not pursue them?  Why not live out loud?  Pick up a paintbrush, join a karate or jazz-dancing class.  It it never too late to pursue a childhood dream, unless we allow it to be.

Today’s Affirmation:  I pursue my ambitions, treating them with as much importance as I do those of my family members.

And as always, don't forget to start your day with a heartfelt: "Something great is going to happen today... I can't wait to see what it is!"

And when ending your day ask yourself: "What is one more thing I can do to make today matter?

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