sometimes i wonder how i am ever going to keep coming up with new things to write about. i don't want to sound like a broken record and repeat the same old same old. but then i think back to something i wrote a few weeks ago about how we often need to hear the same message but just hear it said differently. and perhaps that 100th time we hear something is the time when it finally hits home. apparently, that time is different for each and every one of us. with that in mind i have decided that i should never run out of things to say. there are just so many consistencies in this battle that we (or at least i) need to hear them again and again. i'll just be as creative as i can when i say them. when i stop enjoying the words or seeing something new in what i write, i’ll stop. i don’t see that happening for awhile.

so today's inspiration comes from my cousin's email again. today's "rule for the universe” is "never be afraid to try something new. remember that a lone amateur built the ark. a large group of professionals built the titanic." those words gave life to the following poem:

on this long journey
still so very new
i am often amazed
at what i thought i knew

like how to diet
and how to lose weight
how to cut calories
and manage what i ate

but now i face
a very ugly fact
i was not always right
there was so much i lacked

i was set in my ways
i guess more than i thought
i was an old dog
that couldn’t be taught

i was stubborn and feisty
i didn’t want to change
i would get things right
no need to rearrange

the way i thought
and the beliefs i had
a mule comes to mind
i was really that bad

but i have learned
to open every door
to try new tricks
to look for something more

beyond the knowledge
i thought tried and true
that didn’t really work, i see
so it’s time for something new

an epiphany perhaps
but maybe not so grand
it’s just my eyes now open
i can accept that helping hand

try some of the things
i’ve shunned in the past
kick the old tires
make sure it will last

i read every label
buy produce that’s fresh
i am tempting my taste buds
not just eating less

i work out now
more than ever before
i don’t dread every moment
and I try to do more

i log every morsel
every meal that I eat
it’s so very helpful
when the day is complete

to look at the foods
and see what i’ve burned
and make the adjustments
with all that i’ve learned

i am a woman in motion
now, eager for more
i’m no longer fearful
of opening the doors

i’ll win this battle
with my will and my way
i'll keep making changes
perhaps every day

so bring on something new
i am open to explore
my eyes now wide open
i couldn’t ask for much more



don’t be afraid of uncharted waters
perhaps there’s a secret waiting below….