Maybe It's Time To Figure Out What Is Worth Your Time and Trouble

Old friendships are worth your time and trouble.

Getting together with family in a meaningful way is worth your time and trouble.

Spending time with pets is worth your time and trouble.

Reading a book is worth your time and trouble.

Learning a new skill is worth your time and trouble.

Making regular use of a gym or library membership is worth your time and trouble.

Learning to relax through meditation or yoga is worth your time and trouble.

Simplifying your life is worth your time and trouble.

Going out into nature is worth your time and trouble.

Penning your thoughts and feelings is worth your time and trouble.

Learning to manage your money is worth your time and trouble.

Learning to become more self-sufficient is worth your time and trouble.

Finding creative solutions to problems is worth your time and trouble.

Researching subjects on the internet is worth your time and trouble.

Learning to take time to react to situations is worth your time and trouble.  The more time you take, the more sensible and compassionate will be your response.

Learning to laugh is worth your time and trouble.

Hobbies  - whether a favorite author, or a favorite sport or pastime - are worth your time and trouble - as long as they don't get in the way of something that's more worth your time and trouble.

Paying attention to what you eat is worth your time and trouble.

Exercising is worth your time and trouble.

Showing you care, or you are thankful, is worth your time and trouble.

Anything that helps you get over your self-consciousness is worth your time and trouble.

Finally, pursuing a dream is worth your time and trouble.

Whether your dream is to own a home, publish a book, start a business, or to see social or political change take place, you should find out what it will take, and you should put one foot in front of the other to achieve it, making the sacrifices you need to make.

A dream doesn’t become less valuable, just because you never live to see it achieved in your lifetime.

Elizabeth Cady Stanton (and countless other women like her) never lived to see their dream of women being given the right to vote.

This does not mean they were foolish to have dedicated themselves to pursuing that dream for almost all of their adult lives.

It is only because they pursued that dream all of their adult life, did the 19^th Amendment to the Constitution come to pass on August 18, 1920, giving women the same rights to vote as men.

Think about this, as you wonder whether the big, bold and ambitious dream you have is worth your time and trouble.

As always, thanks for sharing my Journey to Wisdom, Meaning and a Better Life.  Like you I am trying to find my way through this complex maze we call life, and I am honored to have you share my journey, as I continue to seek the wisdom which is hidden in plain sight.

Thanks to Ajay for his compliments on my last post, and thanks to the rest of you for your likes, pins, shares, tweets and votes…..much appreciated….M ……a Pearl Seeker like you. 

Happy Birthday to those with August birthdays.  Hope you use your birthday month to birth something new and wonderful in your life. A commitment to living more purposefully, and contemplating what is worth your time and trouble, is sure to birth a new sense of mission and vision in your life.

Connected Posts To Enjoy While On the Journey…

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Pets

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Nature

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Hobbies

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Managing Your Money

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Simplifying Your Life

You know what Wesabi is, How About Wabi Sabi?  The Simple Life, The Element of Simplicity and Its Hope for Living a More Satisfying Life

Getting Over Your Self-Consciousness

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Learning to Laugh

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Learning to Relax

How To Become a Low Maintenance Person, Connected Minds, How To Become The Kind of Person People Want to Work with, How Many Times a Day Do You Visit Ireland? The Art of Carrying Things Lightly

Health

Raising the Bar, 4 Healthy Eating Ideas I Learned from My Friend Julia, The Element of Becoming More Focused and Precise In Our Goals and Its Hope for Achieving Powerful Results

Pursuing A Dream

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