My best friend Linda has plenty of hard-won wisdom.
My favorite “Linda gem”? She has universally-applicable magic words, useful especially for anyone who feels low, in need of motivation or a pick me up – related to everyday sluggishness or the deeper, more entrenched challenges that life throws at us; the dilemmas that prompt us to say we surrender. Wave the white flag. I’m too tired, too cranky, too…everything.
Linda’s wisdom:
Look Up. Look Forward.
No matter what you’re facing that you think you can’t get through, put it aside and focus on something to look forward to…even the smallest thing.
Linda’s advice to peek at the horizon, expand our view to pull us out of the muck of the moment is brilliant. It’s her way of encouraging others to see beyond present circumstances and gaze toward possibilities. Light, love and fun. The places where joy resides.
Most of all, Linda’s advice requires contemplation and reflection. When times are tough, I lose my sensibilities about joyfulness and her ‘look up – look forward’ works. It just does.
But that’s only one of Linda’s trademark talents. I often think of Linda as a ‘counterbalance’ in my life, ready to help me recalibrate when life is out of whack. My Heart of the Matter post this morning provides a few examples and I’d love it if you’d pop over to read. Not for me. For Linda! 😉
Vicki 💓
Victoria Ponders 
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