"Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going."
Jim Rohn
When my friend Doug Smith launched his new Facebook Page What did you learn today?" I was reminded of a time when I did something similar.
About 7 years ago, shortly after I started writing on a daily regularly.I added a nightly email about gratitude.
Each night I would post 3 things I was grateful for.
It wasn't as if before that I was ungrateful.
The exercise of specifically taking note of these 3 things helped to make me remember just how much I have to be grateful for.
The same is true with Doug's new project.
I have never stopped learning.
Learning is growing and if I am not growing I am dying.
This is a great way for me to remind myself to learn. And to be grateful.
And to be aware.
It is even a great reminder when it comes to taking care of myself. How easy it was and has been for me to forget that during this quarantine.
Speaking of reminders, my calendar reminded me today that it's my friend Tom's birthday.
Tom passed away a short while ago.
I don't need a reminder to miss him.
Hardly a day goes by without some memory or thought of him.
Still, the email that I received reminding me that today is Tom's birthday waas a gift.
So Happy Birthday my friend.
Today's song of the day is for you!
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