Sunday Thinking

Give yourself permission to unfold, bloom, and grow.

January 31, 2021

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“I think when you begin to think of yourself as having achieved something, then there’s nothing left for you to work towards. I want to believe that there is a mountain so high that I will spend my entire life striving to reach the top of it.”

― Cicely Tyson, Pioneer Actress

I. What Matters

Every day we are confronted with truth and lies. Deciding what to focus on becomes the liberating journey of self-leadership and self-discipline:

  • Our time and family matter.

  • Our voice and values matter.

  • Our life and well-being matter.

  • Our behavior and attitude matter.

  • Our courage and character matter.

  • Our growth and forgiveness matter.

  • Our gratitude for life and how we live in this moment matters.

At the end of each day, let's ask ourselves: Did we live? Did we love? Did it matter?

II. Finding Balance

  • We can be direct and still be kind.

  • We can be strong and still be soft.

  • We can be grieving and still find joy.

  • We can be a listener and still have a voice.

  • We can be a leader and still need guidance.

  • We can be creative and still need inspiration.

  • We can be independent and still need support.

  • We can be understanding and still have boundaries.

Source: Alexandra Elle, Today I Affirm: A Journal That Nurtures Self-Care

III. Moving from Titles to Purpose

  • Talent is never enough. It's the starting point. Cultivating a mentality that takes us beyond our talent is the marathon journey.

  • We can get what we want out of life if we help enough people get what they want.

  • One of our best friends in life is books. They are our mentors, advisors, and our roadmap to exploring the depths of who we are.

  • Always plant flowers on the way up because we will need to pick them on the way down.

IV. Question

What layers do I need to pull back in order to bloom?

V. This Week I Will

  1. Be mindful of my self-talk.

  2. Slow down and take notice.

  3. Pour into myself as I pour into others.

  4. Live the change I wish to see in the world.

  5. Practice patience while trust the timing of my life.

The Last Words…

“There is a brokenness out of which comes the unbroken, a shatteredness out of which blooms the unshatterable. There is a sorrow beyond all grief which leads to joy and a fragility out of whose depths emerges strength. There is a hollow space too vast for words through which we pass with each loss, out of whose darkness we are sanctioned into being. There is a cry deeper than all sound whose serrated edges cut the heart as we break open to the place inside which is unbreakable and whole while learning to sing.”

― Rashani Réa, The Unbroken

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P.S. Searching for a book recommendation? Our team at The Daily Coach highly recommends All About Love: New Visions by bell hooks. “The word ‘love’ is most often defined as a noun, yet we would all love better if we used it as a verb,” writes bell hooks as she comes out fighting and on fire in All About Love. Here, at her most provocative and intensely personal, renowned scholar, cultural critic and feminist bell hooks offers a proactive new ethic for a society bereft with lovelessness--not the lack of romance, but the lack of care, compassion, and unity. People are divided, she declares, by society’s failure to provide a model for learning to love. 

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