Stop and smell the roses Thursday! Good Stuff 11/14

**lynnzop**[$] · #1 11-14-2002, 09:19 AM

STOP.

Whatever you are doing, stop doing it, RIGHT NOW. Look around you and appreciate the beauty of what is in your midst. Whether it be a palace, a place of work, a humble home...you have something worth cherishing.

Do the same with your family and friends today. Practice kindness and love in your daily activities. You might be surprised at just what you get back.

Stopping to smell the roses will decrease your stress level and increase your awareness of the good things in life. Sometimes, we just need to be reminded to slow down a bit.

Have a great Thursday!

Lynn

magenta321 · #2 11-14-2002, 06:35 PM

Great post. I stopped and looked up at my mommy making me dinner.

I

my mommy, and cherish her.

Her surg is on Monday. The roles will be reversed for a bit. But, I'll still have my mommy.

**lynnzop**[$] · #3 11-14-2002, 09:16 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by magenta321
I my mommy, and cherish her.

Her surg is on Monday. The roles will be reversed for a bit. But, I'll still have my mommy.

Okay, you made me cry.

Make sure you let us know how things go, huh?

Lynn

murasaki · #4 11-14-2002, 10:03 PM

I'll be thinking about your mom on Monday, Margaret.

As for me today, I did resistance bands this morning and some scrubbing in the bathroom. I decided I'd rather walk from downtown to Smith to drop off my library books than take the risk of having to walk from downtown Amherst back to UMass in case I missed the bus I needed after making a mad dash to the Airborne Express box. So I got in a little walking. Then, of course, I ended up checking out more books once I got to UMass and walking downtown for dinner with a friend and to borrow some of her books. You'd think I'm in training to carry a duck around.

--naomi

jenninca · #5 11-14-2002, 11:38 PM

When I read this message the first time, I was sitting in my classroom. I appreciated the fact that my class is basically wonderful this year. There is no one in there that I am having trouble liking and appreciating as an individual.

And good stuff has been abounding the past two days! Yesterday was week 2 of the runner's club. I arrived 5-10 minutes late and still managed 1 3/4 miles, of which one whole mile was running/jogging.

Tonight was tap, and, as the instructor put it, we did aerobic tap tonight. Lots of nearly-running-across-the-floor-making-sounds steps. Have I mentioned that I

tap? Well I do. I appreciate tap.

Cindy
who is trying to dance while sitting down...stop that!