The more that I listen to and observe people… the more convinced I become of just how stale and unsatisfying life has become for so many of you these past several years.
It’s reminiscent of when I went to my 25th high school reunion a while back. There were only a few couples out on the dance floor as everyone else had relegated themselves to the sidelines. When I asked the once vibrant women why they weren’t dancing, they replied that they were too old and too tired to tango.
Just because the world is in a state of upheaval and turmoil doesn’t mean that you are supposed to go through life on emotional cruise control and live a life of stress, fatigue and worry. There are real people out on the town who are dancing all of those hot Latin dances that you have relegated yourself to summarily watching on “Dancing With The Stars”.
It’s time to shake things up and put some zest back in your life! Take a moment to recall what your first date was like. Life was exciting and intense back then. And it can be again… but you’re going to have to stop living life in a protective bubble. So, what would bring out the flavor in your life?
Here are just a few of the many ways that you can put some real zest back in your life:
Be Bold and Do Something New: Stop telling yourself that “Some Day I’ll…” Dare yourself to do what it is that you’ve been contemplating for far too long.
Say Goodbye To Your Junk: There’s a bunch of crappy stuff that’s junking up your life. Deal with it and then get rid of it once and for all.
Get Off-Centered: You know everything that is at the center of your life only too well. That’s the biggest part of your problem. Start exploring the outer “edges” of your life. What’s out there on the fringe of your universe just waiting for you to discover it?
Pump-Up The Volume: What still excites you? What’s important to you? What ever it is… pump-up the volume and start doing a lot more of it.
Get Zest From The Best: What’s the “best” thing you ever ate? Go enjoy it again! What’s the most fun that you ever had? Go do it again!
Decide What’s Non-Negotiable: What are the things that you absolutely can’t live without? Make them a part of your life for keeps.
Determine What’s Missing: What is it that needs to be an integral component of your life? Build it in now.
Lighten Your Load: What ever has been weighing you down… get it off of your shoulders. Stop being so darn serious. Get real about it. Deal with it. Then be done with it.
Snag A Sunrise: Catch a spectacular sunrise at the beach or on a mountain vista and remember just how precious and fragile life really is.
Make A New Memory: Stop reliving your old memories and start making new ones. As Frank Sinatra once crooned… “The best is yet to come…” So go dip your toe into the unknown.
And then there is this one other thing… the daunting words of the famous publisher Elbert Hubbard… “Do not take life too seriously. You will not get out of it alive.”
Copyright © 2012 Developing Forward | Thomas H. Swank, CBC All Rights Reserved.
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