Ok…so it’s only the second week of the New Year and I’ll bet the farm half of you are on fire and igniting a path for real change and success. Aaaannnd then there are the other half (I won’t point you out!) who are seemingly stuck in the quicksand of the rerun habits and crappy thinking of years past. Well, folks, it’s your car to drive, and it ain’t gonna fuel itself up. So get it in gear and light up your journey!
… Kimberlie
Happy New Year, Folks! How many of you are already burning rubber to get thos goals met?! Aaaannd how many of you are still knee-deep in regrets over the mistakes you made, the words you never spoke, the changes you never made, or the habits you’re still tolerating over last year (or last decade)?! Well, here’s a little wake-up call!
Copyright 2000-2010 by Kimberlie Dykeman.
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Hey, Folks! First off, thank you for joining me on an incredible journey as the little SOAPBOX® Queen. This final vignette is oh-so-special, for several reasons: it is an ode to my idol and mentor, Oprah; it is a fair adieu to the written blog format of my vignettes, whose “magic” proved that reading weekly perspective-shifting motivations indeed has lasting, profound impact on one’s life; and it is a beaming HELLO! to multiple new mediums for my SOAPBOX® mini-motivations and the SOAPBOX® brand at large. So please keep coming back, tell others to plug-in, and be ready to BE INTERACTIVE…’cause Kimberlie Dykeman and SOAPBOX® may be coming to your city and knocking on your door soon! Cheers to 2011 and cheers to the person you are about to become!
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“The whole point of being alive is to evolve into the complete person you were intended to be.” ~ Oprah Winfrey, media mogul
Dive into the deep end of your imagination and whirl through the virtual ocean of your existence. Yup, grab an oxygen tank ‘cause we’re going deep, folks! And why not? I mean you must be sick of the kiddie pool, that’s filled with lukewarm experiences, overused toys, regurgitated conversations and all-too-familiar rookies who refuse to grow up? So then, are you stuck treading water in the 6’ section; right where the slant starts and you gurgle with fear that your goggles will fog up and you’ll slip up and sink into a dark abyss?
Folks, deep is where it’s at! Where a glorious fairytale current swirls up a future as infinite as the universe. Its layers sparkle with the magnificence of your brilliant ideas… without the glass ceilings, childhood wishes of carefree pursuits…without the strict chaperones, and multidimensional conversations…without time and weather stamps nor dredged up drama. Deep is where all your senses are stimulated; where you have the power to ripple robust change and epic momentum into your life each and every day. Don’t ignore the call for “adult swim”! Leave the shallow behind for good and evolve in the subterranean!
Copyright 2000-2010 by Kimberlie Dykeman.
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“Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.” ~ The Bible, Isaiah 22:13
Check the bottom of your foot. Go ahead, I’ll wait. See anything? A phrase in permanent ink? Something like, “Born on…” or “Good until…” or “Best when used by…” No? No tattooed set of numbers. Nothing, huh? Gee, big surprise there, folks. I think it’s safe to assume that none of us were born with an expiration date, boldly declaring our earthly duration. And even safer to say that all of us know that our tools, toys, and trash (that stuff that really doesn’t matter!) have longer shelf lives than us. And even if you play your proverbial cards right, boldly stated, you never know when you’re gonna go! So, how come you carry on like Father Time is your BFF, and your Bucket List is a hodgepodge of pipedreams you’ll pursue someday just to placate your inner child?
People, read the title: it’s a damn Bucket List! And if I were you, I’d grab a big red marker and add the following: STOP sweating the small stuff, LAUNCH that business idea, VISIT distant friends and family, CASH IN those vacation days, USE the good China, LOVE that person with ALL of your heart, OPEN that bottle of wine, FORGIVE everyone, STAND UP for yourself! The future isn’t going to fire a warning shot when “things” are getting close, so get tangled up in TODAY, forego the judicious forecasts, and reel in real joy, peace, freedom and love. After all, your life is BEST WHEN USED…right now!
(FYI: This is the 2nd-to-last “SOAPBOX of the week” as you know it! The SOAPBOX® mini-motivations videos launch in 2011!)
Copyright 2000-2010 by Kimberlie Dykeman.
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“Life is a state of constant radiation and absorption; to exist is to radiate; to exist is to be the recipient of radiations.” ~ William George Jordan, American editor and essayist
Think of some special one who illuminates your world with wisdom, joy, inspiration, beauty, compassion and peace. Who do you envision? Dear old Dad? Grandma Evelyn? How about that favorite fifth grade teacher, hilarious next door neighbor, or person with whom you shared suffering and strife? Distinct from you in myriad ways and yet faced with countless circumstances and crucial choices each day –just like you. The shadows of these exceptional people have been stitched into your virtual cape, perhaps because they exemplify just how to welcome the opacity of opportunity or step into the unknown of change with admirable measures of courage, enthusiasm, and faith. Regardless, you chose to absorb their energy and the fragrance from those metaphorical embraces still lingers in your persona. What a gift to receive! Moreso, what a gift to give. Needless to say, you cannot pretend to be like these people…but you can choose to emulate them. So, how can you mix with the other silent, unconscious, unseen influences of life for the benefit of others? Choose wisdom, joy, inspiration, beauty, compassion and peace as a unified needle in your own moral compass and witness how your “good emissions” indeed make the world a better place to live.
Copyright 2000-2010 by Kimberlie Dykeman.
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“Restlessness and discontent are the first necessities of progress.” ~ Thomas Edison, inventor, scientist & businessman
Remember when you were a kiddo and nothing could limit your imagination or abilities? Even when the omnipotent ogres (named Mom and Dad) interrupted your schemes with a booming NO and a list of chores, you’d soon return to your secret homebase and set to saving the world from evil or concocting a magical potion to fly. And even though you never reeaally beat out all the bad guys, touched the clouds, nor became the first fifth grade President of the United States… day after day, with invisible cape in tow, you’d drink a glass of milk, punch your fist to the sky and jump off the front porch to have another go at it! Dreaming and trying went hand-in-hand because you just couldn’t sit still with not knowing “what if…?”
So, what about now? When people, politics and predicaments halt your high-reaching, how do you redeem the cape, deactivate the doubting voice, and once again take to leaping tall buildings? Perhaps an ounce of reverse-psychology might do the trick. Imagine where you might be if you had purposefully lowered your expectations of yourself throughout life. Dropped them right to the bottom rung. Listened to naysayers. Tabled your dreams. Never asked the tough-as-nails questions. Never investigated the what-if’s in life. The results would have been completely unacceptable, if even imaginable in the first place. Right? Well, then trust that this magically unyielding childhood curiosity, which steered you clear of a stalled, unexplored life, is still within you, folks! So, go on! and dig it up, fire it up, and wrap yourself in its power to again move you forward, onward and up, up, and away.
Copyright 2000-2010 by Kimberlie Dykeman.
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