Here's part 1 of a share a did in December of 2019.  The audio isn't the best.  Part 2 will be out tomorrow. 

What's keeping me from sitting still with myself for 10 minutes a day?  Even in being successful in running and pushups, the meditation did not happen.  What lies beneath that avoidance?

Well, I was gonna record the share I did in my online meeting, but I forgot to do that, so you are stuck with me talking about how I forgot to record that.  You're welcome. 

Had a phone call with someone and only recorded my portion of the conversation.  Then, that was incredibly boring, so I edited in the highlights, or lowlights, depending on your point of view.  Here is what is left. 

OMG kids will drive you crazy.  And I'm curious how you've been.  Also, this is a podcast done by birds. 

Maybe I should read the Just For Today on the podcast and talk about it?  But I'll read a day ahead of time.  I don't know.  Just figuring out what in the world I'm doing with this podcast.  

We can use Maslow's hierarchy of needs in reverse to see how much is going right in our lives.  Start with your biggest current complaint.  Then realize how many of our needs have already been met if that can be the problem we are worried about.  This can help improve your mood and perspective. 

Like the title says, skilled people are not born with their skills.  Are they born with potential?  Sure, but the skills come from practice and being willing to fall short or do things less than perfect the first time.  Knowing this allows us to be more willing to make mistakes when trying new things and also be gentle when we aren't instantly great at something. 

It's okay for things to be out of whack.  It's okay to feel off some days.  It's okay to just get by.  It only takes a couple next right things to get back on track.  It's not about perfection, just about continuing to try.  Are you going to put on your rose tinted glasses, or your shit colored glasses today?

We don't have to be all out successful every day. During a global pandemic or not, if you haven't written a novel, solved world hunger, or cured cancer, you didn't fail today.  It's enough to get through the day sometimes.  Maybe you didn't get to your whole to-do list today.  Maybe you didn't do any of your to-do list today.  It's okay, you can still be kind to yourself.