“We are here on earth to do good for others. What the others are here for, I don’t know.” W.H. Auden
Yesterday we dealt with getting unstuck and with the new day brings more unexpected inspiration. My clients are “helpers” either by trade or by habit/personality. The kind of people who want to make the world a better place and are changing the world one person at a time. As a result many of them are a bit worn out and have little left at the end of each day with which to inspire themselves. They say “physician heal thyself” and laugh at the irony that they can help others through difficult times but find it almost impossible to reach their own goals.
Here are 3 things that inspired me today:
1. A friend sent me a link to this music video, I hope you have access to Youtube so you can see it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjXyqcx-mYY
2. A client sent me the following Dr. Suess poem to congratulate me on getting past my “stuckness” yesterday and to prove that there is someone out there reading so I had better keep on going! It’s from the lovely book “Oh the Places you’ll go”.
“You can get so confused
that you’ll start in to race
down long wiggled roads at a break-necking pace
and grind on for miles across weirdish wild space,
headed, I fear, toward a most useless place.
The Waiting Place…
…for people just waiting.
Waiting for a train to go
or a bus to come, or a plane to go
or the mail to come, or the rain to go
or the phone to ring, or the snow to snow
or waiting around for a Yes or a No
or waiting for their hair to grow.
Everyone is just waiting.
Waiting for the fish to bite
or waiting for wind to fly a kite
or waiting around for Friday night
or waiting, perhaps, for their Uncle Jake
or a pot to boil, or a Better Break
or a sting of pearls, or a pair of pants
or a wig with curls, or Another Chance.
Everyone is just waiting.
NO!
That’s not for you!
Somehow you’ll escape
all that waiting and staying.
You’ll find the bright places
where Boom Bands are playing.”
3. Bill O’Hanlon. One of my favorite writers, therapists, workshop presenters and all round great guys. He can be found at www.brieftherapy.com and with his permission I have included an inspiring post from one of his news letters on “Developing a positive addiction”. Please click more to read from his newsletter. [click to continue...]
