Transformed Life 2 Min Encouragement

Have you ever tried to brush your teeth with the opposite hand? Can be comical and difficult. Finding each tooth, keeping the toothpaste inside your mouth! And the concentration it takes. Transformation is just like that. Messy, comical, difficult, and sometimes hard to keep somethings from slipping out of your mouth. Here is a challenge. For one week brush with the opposite hand while thinking wo...

What is your morning like? I know it's early, I wanted to share a great  idea. Noticing your thoughts first thing in the morning is something I  have practiced for a long time. It is sort of like meditating only I  NOTICE what I am thinking about right when I wake up. Awareness is the beginning of transformation. Noticing them, then choosing how I want to feel about them, or choosin...

I have often wondered what meditation really is! I love to meditate.  Meditation is not about making myself better or changing who I am.  Maybe meditation is about learning more about focusing on the GOOD parts of you and allowing them to show up more often. I Love you. I'm Dan  Clark. https://tinyurl.com/y4kropz2.

Vulnerability is our willingness to express something about myself that I don't want you to know. Even sharing about our future can be vulnerable. Today, it's time to share more often what you want tomorrow to be like, and be more vulnerable.  Love you. I'm Dan Clark.  https://tinyurl.com/y4kropz2.

My dad, who has been gone for a number of years now, had some great  sayings. One was this. When there is ice or snow on the windshield, you want to make sure their window is clean too, otherwise, they will be on your side of the car, looking out your window. That is so true. Today,  think of a funny story from your childhood and share it. Laugh today and enjoy the moments.   I...

What color are your eyes? Whatever color they are, you can't change the color of your eyes, yesterday, and or your body style. Why do we spend some much time wanting to change the things we can not change. Today,  practice accepting something that you can not change about yourself.  Accepting things that I can not change is so freeing. Be willing to change only things you can change.&nbs...

Winter is here! Here in the midwest, it was -2 degrees where I live. That is cold. Hot chocolate and marshmallows and a good movie make evenings like this memorable.  What are your plans for tonight? It's Winter. A time to reflect, slow down, enjoy an evening of fun and relaxation! Do something you love tonight! Have an awesome evening. Let me know what you did!..  Love you. I'...

Letting go of what you want life and accepting what is. Not the easiest  thing to do. Most of us notice how we are being treated and what we  don't like about life.  Authentic joy comes from knowing what you can not change, accepting it, and focusing on what you can change. Today think more about what YOU CAN influence by expressing your love and appreciation for life, for fami...

The best way to make yourself happy is to make someone else happy -  Mark Twain. That is so true. Think of someone you know and that you have not seen or spent time with them in a while. Now, think of something you can do for them that would be a surprise. Text, phone call, coffee,  send them a card or plan time to see them. Do you give gifts? That would be wonderful to buy a small surpr...

It's a tool called DIFFICULTY!  A tool has a very specific purpose and  is only used for that purpose. In ancient days there was a tool called  DIFFICULTY. This tool was used to increase faith and help transform your  life. When DIFFICULTIES show up this tool should be used. How are you  using this tool of DIFFICULTY? Are you improving in your faith and are  you...

There are over 300 million people in America. And every one of them has  their own past and their own way of looking at the world. Wow, we all  have our own experience. So many different ways to experience the world!  The next time you meet someone you don't know, get to know them by  asking about their life and their experience! We live in such a  fascinating world! ...

Want to have an adventure? What is it like for you to take that first  step of risk? Do you do things for the adventure, or because you are  curious, or do you want something? Unless we take risks, life can be  pretty boring. LIfe is about a happy brain. Openness and curiosity are  the happiest brains. Take a risk today and lean into the unknown. So  have a happier brain t...

What did you do yesterday? What you did yesterday does have an influence  on today. What did you do? How does it affect the day today? Even though we try to not let yesterday affect us, it does. Was yesterday a  day you never want to have again or was it a day that you would love to have more often? Remember to bring forward what you want from yesterday,  and let go of what does not...

Both the Angel of Good Fortune and the Unwanted Guest all show up in our  lives. We celebrate and enjoy the Angel of Good Fortune, however what  do when the Unwanted Guest shows up. What you do to prepare for either  of these visitors is directly related to yesterday. What you did  yesterday and how you feel about yourself is how you handle either of  these visitors. ...

Choosing your own path can be a difficult decision. An example is  Patrick Mahomes.  His father was a pitcher in the Major Leagues and his  family expected their son to follow in his fathers foot steps. However,  Patrick choose football as his path. That choice turned out to be the  best choice he could have made. Patrick is now a world class quarterback  for the...

I don't know about you but I love mornings. That was not always true. As  I have gotten older, I go to bed earlier and I get up earlier.  I  believe that we can be REBORN EVERY morning. No matter what the day before, we can have a fresh start. There are always things that carry over from the day before, yet your ability to choose and have a great day is like being reborn. ...

What are you thinking about? I want to know. The reason is your thoughts  are coming from your core emotions. What you think about YOU is how  your life goes. Knowing what you think about is a good indication of how  your life will go in the future. Emotions drive our behavior. I  practice thinking about my future self all the time! That is how I LOVE  who I am becoming. M...

Do you have a night light in your hall? It sheds light so you can see where you are going. Friends, who care about you, are like this light.  Asking and allowing your friends to shed light on the things you do not see in yourself is like this light. You can see much better. I am not talking about hurtful condemning words being said to you. Friends who share with you things they think you coul...

Do you journal? I journal a lot. Journaling helps you got to know YOU! I  write about my future, also.  I only journal things that are true,  without the details or opinions. Facts are true. Occasionally I need to  journal about a bad experience. I use a separate piece of paper, write  all my thoughts and then throw that paper away. Journaling released  negative...

Life is a journey! As I navigate life it becomes more apparent to me  that I get to adjust my own thinking, behavior, needs, choices, and  wants based on what shows up. The Wonderful Life is choosing what I can  choose, and allowing the unknown to show up in front of me. The ability  to choose how I am experiencing life is the JOY of being alive. I have  learned to surrend...

What is your most pleasant childhood memory? All memory is wired with an emotion. When you remember and talk about a pleasant past memory,  especially a memory from childhood, those emotions can be felt as if they are happening today. This practice is so fun and revealing! Life has  many difficulties and right now there are so many unpleasant things happening in our world. Take a moment,...

Superbowl is a week from today. Do you want your team to win? It takes \ an entire team doing well to win the super bowl. Not unlike life, there  are a lot of variables that can produce happiness and joy that we do not  have control over. Maybe we have more control over our own lives than  we think. Winning in life is not like the Superbowl. WE know that. But  what is LIFE abou...

I was recently at an event where they passed out coins for each day of the week with a word to focus on that day. When I got to my room I noticed that I had two Thursdays and didn't have a Monday. That morning I told them I had two Thursdays. They said it looks like I would have a really great Thursday. My reply was "I want a MONDAY!"   Monday morning, while walking in the hall alone aft...

Peanut butter emotions?  Rick Blue in his book "Surprised by God" calls some emotions Peanut butter emotions. He states that when you put enough peanut butter on something that is all you can taste. When you have an emotional bucket that is full of one emotion, then that tends to be the only emotion you feel! Everything makes you angry! How do you empty the bucket? Say the emotion. "I am...

So you really hide your sadness? Isn't sadness a natural emotion that shows up on the inside of us? I seldom hear someone say to me they are sad. I often say to them they seem sad and they agree. Sadness is not depression it is just sad. A couple of Saturdays ago I sat in my living room and was sad for a few hours while I journaled and thought. I let it pass through me. I didn't try to fix any of...