From Someday to Action!
And I Can’t Remember the Movie
It was simple thing. I had gone to a movie with a friend.
The story was grand, sweeping, moving. The sets were outstanding. The cinematography was well-directed and beautiful. As we left the theater, my head was filled with images of the movie and the grand mansion that the characters lived in.
My friend was walking alongside me talking about the characters. They were well-cast in a story well-told, but I was distracted as sometimes happens. Suddenly, thinking of the mansion with the mahogany tables, I blurted out, “One day, I’m going to have fresh flowers in every room in my house too.”
Being a friend, my friend went with the conversation. She commented that fresh flowers do add to the mood and ambiance of a space. But I was still thinking.
I stopped in my tracks and said, “What’s this some day? … one day? It’s long time since I’ve been old enough to choose to eat ice cream for breakfast if I want. What am I waiting for? When is the day I’ll give myself permission?”
So my friend, who is my friend, drover her car from the theater to the nursery and that day I started a garden.
It’s not hard to get from someday to action.
It starts with figuring out that you can give yourself permission.
What could you put into action just by giving yourself permission?
