#susansmorningmusing

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Regardless of the day of the week, we get to choose what occupies our time and attention. Choose daily whether you will exist or live. Don't wait for Friday. #SusansMorningMusing #MorningMusing Model: @mind_into_matter “Don't Just Don't just learn, experience. Don't just read, absorb. Don't just change, transform. Don't just relate, advocate. Don't just promise, prove. Don't just criticize, encourage. Don't just think, ponder. Don't just take, give. Don't just see, feel. Don’t just dream, do. Don't just hear, listen. Don't just talk, act. Don't just tell, show. Don't just exist, live.” ― Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart https://www.instagram.com/p/B3ex1fIh-TI/?igshid=6napolnlr2fc

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So it begins. Another day. Another view of the moon high in the sky and the sun coming over the horizon. Do you ever get up early? There is no beauty quite like that you see with your own eyes. Adjust your schedule one day, go to bed early, get up early, take in a new view of life. Welcome to Wednesday! #SusansMorningMusing #MorningMusing https://www.instagram.com/p/B21PYUQByEg/?igshid=17tdxkv1ns1hf

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Maybe this will be your first thing to see today. That little shirt says, "Tiny but Awesome" -- maybe that's you...feeling small in this world but doing great things where you are. Don't let anyone make you question how important you are. You, my friend, are very awesome. . And in other thoughts -- aren't sleeping babies just the sweetest things? 💜 . #SusansMorningMusing #MorningMusing https://www.instagram.com/p/B2yXovehZxM/?igshid=104ttxibbysxg

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Sometimes, you and I can feel like an empty bottle, tossed out the window, left on the side of the road. Unlike the inanimate object, we can choose to not be consumed, we can choose to refill ourselves, and we can choose to extend our precious insides to all the right people. Looking at that empty bottle, cast aside from a car window, I am stricken about the person who threw it -- Probably a teenager, most likely thinking they were becoming more of an adult by the drinking, and hopefully were not beginning a lifelong spiral of looking for answers and fun inside of a bottle, instead of enjoying a sip or two along the way. What happens, when you consume all that is within another vessel, is not that you feel more fulfilled, it is, oddly enough, that you feel emptier. * Life lesson: other people are not yours to consume, for if you do, you will discover that you feel less fulfilled in your thirst for power. Leave something for someone else, find your strength within your own vessel, and enjoy the sip or two offered freely by those who know they can trust your love. #SusansMorningMusing #MorningMusing https://www.instagram.com/p/B2ZB4VrhsfU/?igshid=1n8qkxh5go6ks

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What does courage look like to you? Courage to me is like standing at the bottom of a steep set of steps and being willing to try to get up the first one, then to try the second one. I might not reach the top, but I tried. . . #SusansMorningMusing #MorningMusing . "I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand. It's when you know you're licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through no matter what." - Atticus Finch #HarperLee https://www.instagram.com/p/B2Ed5JshjEp/?igshid=2vy0e4usayae

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Today's photos are nothing spectacular. Today's photos are part of a bigger story, though, and I'm sharing it because my story might resonate with you. * Last year, on my birthday our dog was attacked by a dog close to our home. Bernie was the one walking him, but because of previous experiences with that same dog and with other dogs in the neighborhood coming after us when I was walking him, I really was affected. I couldn't understand why, but I quit walking for a long time. After several weeks, I was able to make myself walk Mac, but always a short distance as far away from the direction of the neighbor dog's house. This has gone on for a year. I've not walked for exercise/pleasure since last August 20th. * Today, I walked. Even writing those words brings tears. I have been determined to stop letting the family of the other dog have so much power over me. Even though they walk their dog in front of my house, even though my stomach has knots walking past their house (which I've been forcing myself to do with Mac almost every day since this August 20th), I'm reclaiming a piece of my own life. It is scary, but seeing the horses today for the first time in a year was such a sweet reward. * The lesson-- the longer we put off what we dread, the more difficult it is to do. It might still be hard for me tomorrow, and I might never get over the fear of aggressive dogs and thoughtless people, but I'll not give my freedom and peace away to them. I'll go walk again tomorrow. #SusansMorningMusing https://www.instagram.com/p/B16gdG1h3CX/?igshid=16t3kqx2fdk7z