My noom slogan/acronym for the day, BLISS-believe, laugh, inhale, scan, savor.

This pic is from 1978. I was 9. It was before I started yo yo dieting.

No maudlin post intended here…..just a memory that brought some light today. When we lowered my dad’s body into his grave in October 2001, my aunt Keo Leigh Andrew said probably one of the best things someone could have said to my numb self at the time “Darn it Liz, your Dad gets to know first about the afterlife.” I’m not sure why this memory popped into my head today. Maybe I was in the zone after playing 4 masses. It made me think of my dear friend Cara Shlau and Tarnia Van Zitters who for sure are taking charge and robustly enjoying the beyond. No one one knows for sure but I do believe there are 3 formidable forces whose poignant spirits are here to stay. #beyondlife #spiritsigns

LIFE FORCES

7.14.2022 EAP

How do forces (school, work, kids, your partner, your friends) impact your life positively or negatively?

Which forces come to mind immediately?

Positive & Negative

-partner 

-family 

-friends 

-professional acquaintances

growing school teaching expectations 

-interpersonal relationships

-finances

-overall health

-self belief

What have you learned about how different forces impact your journey?

-avoid immediate reactions to triggers 

-importance of satiety/emotional awareness

-try to breathe 

-try not to assume 

-be cautious with expectations 

-distract, delay, and forgive 

What are the biggest forces, and what are the forces playing a supporting role?

Negatively impacting:

-Feeling powerless

-Lack of hope and potential

Supportive roles:

-Being unaware and caught off guard (decision fatigue)

Which forces work for you, and which forces work against your goals?

Helpful:

-Open communication, humor, enough sleep, lack of judgement, and ability to look from the outside in

Unhelpful:

-Paranoia, allowing the past to affect my present, assumptions

KINETIC ENERGY is the energy that you create by taking action.

Emotions that can encourage motion: excitement, surprise, guilt, shame, joy, optimism, trust, anger, sadness, acceptance, anticipation, envy, confidence. 

Emotions that can prevent motion: anxiety, fear, guilt, shame, comfort, acceptance, calm, confusion. 

Triggers that can stimulate motion: hunger, thirst, visual cues, food pushers, motivation, success. 

Triggers that can inhibit motion: punishment, negative outcomes and consequences, time, money, stress, food pushers. 

Thoughts that can encourage motion: all-or-nothing thinking, positive filtering, positive thoughts, labeling, analytic reasoning, core beliefs, creative thoughts, groupthink, intuition.

Thought that can discourage motion: limiting beliefs, mind reading, fortune-telling, future-tripping, all-or-nothing thinking, core beliefs, jumping to conclusions, emotional reasoning, groupthink.

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B.B. King in 2010: Let me tell you the definitive truth about Elvis Presley and racism. With Elvis, there was not a single drop of racism in that man. And when I say that, believe me I should know. All of our influences had something in common. We were born poor in Mississippi, went through poor childhoods and we learned and earned our way through music. You see, I talked with Elvis about music early on, and I know one of the big things in heart was this: Music is owned by the whole universe. It isn’t exclusive to the black man or the white man or any other color. It shared in and by our souls. I told Elvis once, and he told me he remembered I told him this, is that music is like water. Water is for every living person and every living thing. Water from the white fountain don’t taste any better than from the black fountain. We just need to share it, that’s all. You see, Elvis knew this and I know this. Many people make the mistake of being wrong about all of this. If you ask anyone, I’m talking about people from all kinds of music – Blues, Soul, Country, Gospel, whatever – and if they are honest with you and have been around long enough to know—they’ll thank Elvis for his contributions. He opened many doors and by all his actions, not just his words, he showed his love for all people. When Elvis appeared (in 1956) he was already a big, big star. Remember this was the fities so for a young white boy to show up in an all-black function took guts. I believe he was showing his roots and he seemed proud of those roots. After the show he made a pint of posing for pictures with metreating me like royalty. He’d tell people I was one of his influences. I doubt whether that’s true but I like hearing Elvis give Memphis credit for his musical upbringing. Back in ’72, Elvis helped me get a good gig at the Hilton Hotel while he was playing in the big theater. He put in a call for me and I worked in the lounge to standing room only. Elvis fans came in different colors but their love of good music was all the same. They were always a good audience. Many nights I’d go upstairs after we finished our sets and go up to his suite. I’d play Lucille (his guitar) and sing with Elvis, or we’d take turns. It was his way of relaxing.

If anyone says Elvis Presley was a racist, (charged B.B. King in the 2010 interview) Then they don’t know a thing about Elvis Presley or music history.

Built on the Rock

(Kirken Den Er Et Gammelt Hus)

Today’s noom prompt….what’s yours?

When I walk into a room, what do people “see”?

-Usually friendly
-A jovial full figured gal
-Non trad clothing style
-Often energized/positive
-Frosted lips
-Theatrical proclivity
-Sometimes shy
-Prone to wackiness

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