Change One Thing And Everything Will Change

Daily Sunrise: Change One Thing

"If you can change one thing--
everything will change."

George A. Romero 

American filmmaker George A. Romero (1940-2017) specialized in the zombie apocalypse with his iconic film, Night of the Living Dead (1968). 

Who better to be inspired by Today's Quote and Today's Sunrise about change? If you saw the flick, you know the zombies just wanted to live and the humans did not want to die. 

Whether zombie or human, one change, even a small change, would have affected everything, in the film and in life.

What Would You Change?

As this video shows, there are some things you can't change--like your height or your eye color. But we know that true power is within and there are bad habits we can change.

4 Ways to Change A Small Habit

1. Choose your small habit to change.
2. Come up with a plan: How, when, where to make this change?
3. Stay focused on your goal.
4. Celebrate after you've made the change!

My Change? Eat Less Sugar

I have a sweet tooth and have been trying to eat less sugar. I finally committed to the change.
First, I thought about it and realized I'm sugar vulnerable at 3 or 4 in the afternoon. 

Second, knowing this, whether at work or at home, I removed all sugar temptations. 

Third, the plan was not easy at first, but I tried to focus on the goal. Don't give up. Research shows it takes anywhere from 18-254 days to change a habit, but the average is 66 days.

Finally, after about a month, I zapped the daily sugar habit. Hallelujah! Now I choose when to enjoy a brownie. And somehow, when I do eat a brownie, it tastes even better than before!

Today's Lesson -- Change One Thing And You Change EverythingI can make a change with awareness, time, and commitment. When one thing changes,  everything changes. And the next change will be easier.

Death Will Tremble

Asheville, North Carolina

"We are here to laugh at the odds
and live our lives so well that Death will tremble to take us." 

Charles Bukowski

Inspiration and freezing joy: I had an idea to take a selfie with the bright light, cresting with me... 

Me and My Sunrise

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Within A Dream

"All that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream."

Edgar Allan Poe

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Accept Things

"Our vision becomes very narrow when we need things to be a certain way and cannot accept things the way they actually are."
Sharon Salzberg

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Hoped For

Birmingham, Alabama Sunset

"Do not spoil what you have 

by desiring what you have not; 

remember that what you now 

have was once among the things 

you only hoped for."

Epicurus

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An Abstract Noun

“Love is an abstract noun, something nebulous.
 And yet love turns out to be
the only part of us that is solid,
as the world turns upside down
and the screen goes black.” 

~ Martin Amis

Capable Of Living

"There is no passion to be found playing small in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living."

Nelson Mandela

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The Hugest Gift

"It’s such a gift for someone to tell you the truth,
and it’s such a gift for someone to create art
with the mess and the chaos and the despair of life,
to have turned it into a song,
a poem,
a novel.
It’s the hugest gift we have
to offer one another."

~ Anne Lamott

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Creative Minds

"Creative minds are rarely tidy."

~ Abbey Plaque

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Pillars Of Learning

 "Seeing much, suffering much
and studying much,
are the three pillars of learning."

~ Benjamin Disraeli 

I am reaching out to a wonderful Birmingham sunset... What a deep connection, So close to the horizon, it sets so quickly. Delight! I must pause, settle down, watch. Or I'll miss it.

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Important Things

"A shaft of sunlight at the end of a dark afternoon, a note in music, and the way the back of a baby’s neck smells if its mother keeps it tidy… Those are the important things."

~ E. B. White 

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Wake Up

"Wake up… Your ultimate purpose in life is to awaken."

~ Eckhart Tolle

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A Living Prayer

Outside, Birmingham

"When you live with constant gratitude, 

your life will become a living prayer."

~ Barbara De Angelis

Inside

Happiness Is Contagious

"Happiness is contagious. Be a carrier!"
~ Robert Orben

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Participating in Divinity

"When before the beauty of a sunset or a mountain you pause and exclaim, 'Ah,' you are participating in divinity."
~ Joseph Campbell

Sitting at my desk, screen open, my flowers and I are soaking in this afternoon's red-orange sun.

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Is the World

"Is the world a problem?

Is the world an opportunity?
Is this challenge a crisis?
Or is this challenge an opportunity?"

~ Deepak Chopra

Rejoicing In Ordinary Things

"Rejoicing in ordinary things
is not sentimental or trite.
It actually takes guts."

~ Pema Chödrön

Beyond the sounds of the city, I am listening deeply to the sky. So many birds, singing as if just for me. Sweet, light, deep, steady. A concerto. An invitation. 

A celebration.

The Creative Power

"Odd how the creative power at once 

brings the whole universe to order."

~ Virginia Woolf

Finally home from work. A wonderful, full 15,000-step day. Letting the setting sun massage my feet and happy to just soak in the beauty of the dwindling day. Oh, how grateful I am to be alive.

Rose Again

"Courage is not defined by those
who fought and did not fall, 

but by those who fought, fell, and rose again."

~ Adrienne Rich

Delighted by the setting sun, hitting the horizon, and the sky, ablaze with color and courage. Birmingham, Alabama, I am enthralled, grateful, and falling in love with your beauty.

The Wonders of Life

 "When we practice mindfulness 

in our daily lives we open to 

the wonders of life and allow the world 

to heal and nourish us."

~ Thich Nhat Hanh

Good morning!

I am feeling the breeze through my mind's screen: Chanting with the birds. Dreaming as new light transforms the night sky. In my view, Aloha is everywhere: Let the healing continue.

Make No Judgments

"Make no judgments where you have no compassion."

Anne McCaffrey

Oh yes, the sun is off my lanai in Birmingham, Alabama and I can happily share it with you. Love shines.

Part of Something Larger

"A life of spirit, regardless of what path you choose, 

begins with a person's acceptance 

that they are part of something 

larger than themselves."

~ Mark Nepo

Better By Morning

"Most things get better by themselves. 

Most things, in fact, are better by morning."

~ Lewis Thomas

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See the Moon

"Glance at the sun.
See the moon and stars.
Gaze at the beauty of the green earth.
Now think."

Hildegard of Bingen

An unexpected distraction, 

A skylight surprise.

Two days from being full: 

this moon, setting golden to orange, 

cutting the indigo over the city of Birmingham, Alabama.

Something about the moon that welcomes dreams...

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Face Everything And Rise

"F-E-A-R has two meanings: 

'Forget Everything And Run'

or 'Face Everything And Rise.' 

The choice is yours."

~ Zig Ziglar

Beginning of a Beginning

"The past is but the beginning of a beginning."
~ H. G. Wells

Another beginning. How wonderful, to celebrate this moment with you.

Be True To Who You Are

"To live a good life is to be true to who you are. 

Always remember it. 

And be optimistic about where you're headed. 

Everything will somehow come together."

~ Aleksandra Scepanovic

More Strength

"Always remember,
there is more strength in you than
you ever realized or imagined.
Nothing can keep you down
if you are determined
to get on top of things
and stay there."

~ Norman Vincent Peale

Kayla and Tony are married and happy and I am back in Birmingham, Alabama. Always the spirit of a sunrise to inspire: Ready, set, go.

Grief Isn't

"Grief isn’t all tears."

~ Patti Smith

Good morning, Sweet Grief
I feel you, like the Tradewinds
And the smell of the ocean.

I cannot change what happened.
But I can celebrate what was good.
And be grateful
for everything.

Fire For Fire

"Honest criticism means nothing; 

what one wants in unrestrained passion, 

fire for fire."

~ Henry Miller

Dreams.
Holy morning 
My New Year: 
Bold colors
Freedom Fire
Endless sky
New adventures
Unrestrained passion.

Through the worst times,
I've earned this clean slate
Rebirth.

Now ask for it, make it:
the best year,
Ever.