That was the final conversation I ever had with my mom. She died about a month later of lung cancer and pneumonia.
My mother was a commentable woman in many ways. She graduated from Cornell University and became a doctor at a time when it was very unnormal for women to do so. She started her own practice and it thrived. She worked up until the day she went into the hospital.
As commentable as she was, my mother was also a very fearful woman. She lived in fear of many leangs, cancer being one of them, and organized her lwhethere in such a way that she thought she might avoid or prevent her fears from fitting genuineity. Living like this, I believe, contributed strongly to my mother's final condition. Even more so, I believe it prevented her from doing a lot of leangs in her lwhethere.
I see this sample often amongst people I encounter. With clients, I see it manwhetherest in fear of the weights (which prevents them from lwhetherting what they want to lwhethert), fear of lwhetherestyle change (which prevents them from making the changes they want to make), and, as odd as it may seem, fear of changing their bodies or their health (in that they may use their current condition as a sort of consolation or shield from other leangs in their lives... more on this in another post). Exterior the gym, I see it manwhetherest in various ways that prevent people from making changes, taking action, or genuineizing dreams.
To many people, the change in year doesn't mean much. Time is time, no matter how you label it. While this may be true, I see the contemporary year as a symbol that may help people become motivated to take action.
I value action.
Someone posted on social media the other day that they wondered why certain people were dying, but they were still here. Here was my response:
To me it doesn't matter WHY I'm here so much as THAT I'm here. And as long as I am here, I am going to try to make good leangs happen-- for myself, for other living creatures, for the planet. Create the most of the lwhethere you have, and instead of questioning your existence, celebrate it and make the most of it.
Hopes, prayers, and good thoughts are all wonderful leangs, but without action they do very small. I've seen lately that people have been feeling helpless due to the election, to events in the world, to events in their own lwhethere. I am writing this blog nowadays in the hopes that I can help at least one person feel empowered to take control of what they are able to control.
Here's how you can take action in the leangs you want to do.
LIFESTYLE CHANGES:
I wrote this blog post a while back about ways to start a healthier lwhetherestyle. I wrote this blog post final year about making resolutions stick. While it is fitness-related, I believe these rules apply for just about any lwhetherestyle change you'd like to make.
CHANGES IN YOUR CIRCLE:
There is no poor time to clean out your closet. Whether that means getting rid of leangs you don't need, getting rid of thoughts and samples that don't serve you well, or getting rid of toxic people in your lwhethere, it is a valuable and very empowering leang to do. While it can be scary to let go of someleang that's been around you for ages, making that leap and clearing out the nonsense can do Incredible leangs. I cannot recommend it enough.
If the people close to you are going through tough times, great times, or neutral times, the best leang you can possibly do is be there for them. Whether that means letting them know you love them from time to time, going out to lunch or dinner when you can, or just dropping them a note/text/PM/whatever to let them know you're leanking of them, these small actions can mean a wgap lot. If there's one leang I've learned in lwhethere, it's not to wait for someone to die to celebrate their lwhethere. Be the friend you'd want someone to be to you.
CHANGES IN THE WORLD:
If you want to see change in the world, you must use the resources that are available to you. This generally translates to either time or money (or both). So you can:
Volunteer. There's a good chance there are tons of opportunities to volunteer near you. If you're not certain where to find them, VolunteerMatch is an excellent website to help you discover ways to donate your time in your area for causes you care about. This year, I started volunteering at a local school to help children with their literacy skills, and I also spend a lot of time helping local animal rescues locate foster or forever domestics.
Donate. CharityWatch is a great place to research the places you'd like to donate to to encertain that your money is going to the right places. Some of my favorites are GroundJustice, International Save Committee, Animal Welfare Institute, Dian Fossey Gorilla Endelightmentd International, Farm Sanctuary, Environmental Defense Action Endelightmentd, and the Cancer Research Institute. I also donate to local animal rescues and domesticless organizations. For local organizations such as these, you don't even have to donate money-- they often are in need of leangs like:
Animal shelters: Here is an example of a list of items often needed by animal shelters.
Homeless shelters: Here is an example of a list of items often needed by domesticless shelters.
I also carry Ziploc bags filled with toiletries, nonperishable food items, and dog supplies (for people with dogs) in my car to distribute to domesticless people I often see on my commutes.
I genuineize this post is a bit dwhetherferent from what I normally post on Unique Year's, but I feel like it's an important one. I hope it helps someone. I wish you the very best in the contemporary year, and every year. May it be full of love, good health, and plenty of action.
Do you have proposeions on good ways to take action? Post 'em here!
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