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SOAPBOX® mini-motivation: Earth DAY…WEEK…YEAR…LIFETIME

admin — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 16:31:35 +0000

Well, Earth Day and Earth Week have come and gone… and now what? Do you go back to your old habits of driving to the corner store instead of walking; tossing everything in the garbage because your apartment complex or office still doesn’t have a recycling program; running the water while you brush your teeth?! Folks, celebrating Earth Day isn’t supposed to be a party that you go all out for and then toss it’s memory into your rusty pile of annual “do-good” days. You should be celebrating what EARTH PROVIDES FOR US and, in turn, making lifelong changes to ensure that this planet CAN keep taking care of us. I hope that sometime very soon, all of us, as a connected human race, will have the ultimate paradigm shift and SEE with truly open eyes what evil we are doing to our planet and what good is IN US to change our mentality to one of appreciation, concern, and action…. every day! ~ KD

Here is a SOAPBOX® mini-motivation from 2008 that still echoes truth today:

“To cherish what remains of the Earth and to foster its renewal is our only legitimate hope of survival.” ~ Wendell Berry, philosopher, novelist and social activist

It’s about time we stopped snickering at Al Gore, the forewarning NPR folks and tree-hugging, hybrid hippies…because they might be onto something! It’s about time we stopped being so selfish and purposefully merged as Humankind for the simple Darwinian hopes of perpetuating our existence by strengthening our collective homebase – we call Earth! For, not seeing is believing. When a species of animal disappears, we must rescue braver. When a strain of plant disappears, we must think greener. When snowcaps are melting, swallowing up islands and life, we must conserve stricter. Amidst the chatter of economics, religion and war, don’t miss the underconversation of environment, culture and interdependent community. My fellow EARTH-lings, we must research cleaner, protect fiercer, commit firmer, explore broader, spend wiser, educate brighter. May we all look back after long, fulfilling lives to proclaim that we are survivors and all did our part. It’s our time to think globally…and act globally.

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SOAPBOX® mini-motivation: human being blessing

admin — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 03:49:11 +0000

“The most interesting thing in the world is another human being- who wonders, suffers and raises the questions that have bothered him to the last day of his life, knowing he will never get the answers.” ~ Will Durant, writer, historian and philosopher

Enough with the cars, computers, collectibles… and crap, folks. You can’t take any of it with you when you go. And when you’re grey and gabbing about unforgettable memories… I’ll bet the farm and Buffet’s bank account that the human beings you knew will bring the most awe-inspiring images to your stories, not the stuff.

Get to know a few more human beings… really know them. Talk like there’s no such things as things more worthy than another breath. ~KD

SOAPBOX® mini-motivation: fight or float?

admin — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 04:00:10 +0000

“Each day it seems we have a gloriously befuddling choice: battle the wind with our oars, or let it guide us with grace and fill our sails.”

~ Kimberlie Dykeman, human being

Indeed to have the breeze at our backs we must first understand the quandary. Then, of course, we must be willing to surrender…

SOAPBOX® mini-motivation: ode to the great LEAP!

admin — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 20:46:53 +0000

May this coming Leap Day prompt you to jump ship of your old ideas and habits… and land in the arms of a welcoming new world filled with so very much more glory, greatness and gratification! And who better that Mr. Miller to plant the seed! ~KD

“All growth is a leap in the dark, a spontaneous unpremeditated act without the benefit of experience.” ~ Henry Miller, writer & painter

Can I get an Amen?! Man, is that good! Amazing how such an uncomplicated, yet purposeful pairing of words can reignite the profound sensation of discovery, fear, and perpetual enlightenment we all experienced as little kids. I call this your curiosity quotient: That indescribable yearning for knowledge, newness, and surprise; that willingness to test drive without experience, to journey forward without direction, to jump into the proverbial spotlight without inhibitions.

As children we eat, sleep, and breathe it, then we mutate into adults! So many of us awaken to find ourselves in situations because of our personal, professional, or familial obligations, where we purposefully and painfully go out of our way to avoid rocking the boat. We work ourselves to death just to keep our sights narrowed on our own backyards, filled with that which we are familiar, can juggle, and, perhaps, can control. God forbid a curve ball gets thrown into the works, let alone, we allow our minds to wander and wonder “what if” or “why not.”

Believe it or not, just peering over the barbed wire comfort zone of your current reality raises your curiosity quotient. In turn, you might then ponder the tethered state of affairs within the mossed-over walls. Do you dare stir up the daily minutia fogging the pillars of your temporal life? The 9-5 grind, beer and golf on Saturdays, scheduled fun with the kids on Sundays, the same treadmill routine, same breakfast, same date night, same family vacation, same circle of friends, same closet of clothes, same goals for the past 20 years. Are you asleep yet?

Maybe it’s time you challenge yourself with all your senses to examine this recycled lifestyle with the same wonderment of what might need a little shaking up. Then take that next step and put thoughts into action. Become a kinetic Being. Turn your curiosity quotient up a notch. And don’t stop to see if there’s an owner’s manual. Don’t ask for directions. Don’t worry about an audience. Savor the sizzle of spontaneity. Bask in the carefree sensation of renewed youth that ensues. And leap!

This is an excerpt from “Pure Soapbox“ by Kimberlie Dykeman.

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SOAPBOX® mini-motivation: keeping it weird for love

admin — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 18:53:14 +0000

“We’re all a little weird. And life is a little weird. And when we find someone whose weirdness is compatible with ours, we join up with them and fall into mutually satisfying weirdness – and call it love – true love.” ~ Robert Fulghum, author

And so, as we approach le jour de l’amour …I only hope that you look beyond the obvious to see how love cannot be confined, let alone definitively defined. LOVE exists between you and another when things just ….click. Period. Think about this fabulous “weirdness” that is already living in your life… for it goes beyond you and your sweetheart or parent. It reaches uncles, cousins, friends, neighbors, mentors, coworkers… the list goes on. You know who “clicks” with you… now think of the joy, delight, peace, laughter, perspective and relief which those relationships confetti into each of your passing days.

Sure, Valentine’s Day may be just for lovers, but maybe this year you should break prescribed customs and Hallmark card categories and act a little WEIRD! Choose to tell all of those other folks who complete you on this journey called life… that you love them too! ~KD

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SOAPBOX® mini-motivation: everything happens for a reason

admin — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 19:01:18 +0000

“ You don’t lose your balance unless your life is out of balance.” ~ Arthur Smalls, jazz cat musician

Well, friends, it’s been a whole month since 2012 rang her bell with a promise to bring “change” into your lives. And so I ask, candidly…is anything different? If the answer is YES, and it’s deeper than simply a new brand of toothpaste, then I congratulate you! Keep it up! Now, if you answer NO, or have found yourself brewing in a mindbog of uncertainty, apathy, frustration or desperation, perhaps you take some time to assess your terrain to see the real culprit weeds that are tangling you up… and then reread my ditty on January 9th. Just a suggestion. ~KD

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SOAPBOX® mini-motivation: New Year, Same Brilliant YOU

admin — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 05:22:09 +0000

“Remember, the light at the end of the tunnel may be you.” ~ Steven Tyler, musician & wordsmith

Cheers to 2012 for all who fall upon this little ditty and drink it in with celebration! Tis just one day past yesterday, which is no different from the day before. And if it weren’t for calendars, Hallmark, and Dick Clark, January 1st would feel just the same, year after year. That is, unless you take on the aerobic challenge of changing one thing. No, not your toothpaste, nor your weight, job, bad habits, zip code, or last name. Nope. That omnipotent, omnipresent, blessed thing called your perspective.

I beckon you to sweat it out until you shift your outlook to see that YOU indeed are the light in your own life. YOU have the real answers to your questions, the solutions to your problems, and the intrinsic brilliance to your extinguish your darkness. Quick fixes, shiny new toys and winning lottery tickets are meaningless if you still think you’re your own dilemma.

So, this is my wish and prayer for you, folks. That you remove the bushel to reveal your golden glow for your own optimism and opportunity… day after week after year. Just imagine if we all took to beaming our gifts to create peace and joy with domino effect. What a world this would be. Isn’t that right, John? ~KD

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SOAPBOX® mini-motivation: pop a wheelie!

admin — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 19:35:13 +0000

“Life begins at the end of your comfort zone.” ~N.D. Walsch, author

I don’t know about you, but if this premise rings true, then many of you can identify this past year (let alone the past five!), as a time in which you have truly lived. It seems that as we careen forward into our collective 21^st century future, our boundaries of ease, familiarity and honest-to-goodness comfort are severely truncated, causing us to freak out, freeze up, fumble, fail and fight back tears.

Proudly acknowledge though that you have also strived and survived the confounded labyrinth of potholes and prop doors. And with mosaic-ed prayer and possibility in hand, you have deciphered the message to unfold an irrefutably timeless and timely fact: Training wheels are meant to be taken off.

So, as I take my place at the helm of this little ditty, I say, “Comfort, shmomfort.” Roll up your sleeves, toss on a helmet, kick up the stand, and pop a wheelie down the open road of adventure. Start the coming blessed year with the wind in your face and your hair on fire and see where the journey takes you! ~ KD

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SOAPBOX® mini-motivation: true Christmas spirit

admin — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 19:04:40 +0000

“He who has not Christmas in his heart will never find it under a tree.” ~Roy L. Smith, author

I think that says it all, no?

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SOAPBOX® mini-motivation: the game of greed

admin — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 17:27:46 +0000

Tis the season for shopping til you’re blue in the face (or until someone pepper sprays you!)… stockpiling your baskets and SUVs with stuff many of you really cannot afford , let alone even need… and, ultimately, stuffing away your Grinch-like feelings of greed and receipt-laden guilt. But who’s to blame for your frenzied, Black Friday addictive actions?

“Society drives people crazy with lust and calls it advertising.” – John Lahr, drama critic

Surely not the scheming stores and malevolent marketing execs… for YOU bought into the game again! YOU drove yourself to the store at 3AM! YOU are still trying to top last year’s gift giving. YOU still have your priorities out of whack. Yup, I said it.

Remember: too much will always be too much. And the goods ain’t so good if they only bring out the bad in us. ~ KD

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