Go Low and Slow

I love crossword puzzles.     There is solving potential in every new clue, and you are introduced to worlds of facts you would never ordinarily enter into.   Who knows what an Old World Merganser is anyway?   Smew-a duck.    And a Korean apricot?    An ansu.      Thank you, google and thesaurus.com.

Now I rarely do newspaper crossword puzzles, because they take so long and I get so few right.  They are considered a luxury item.   But I had started it very late in the evening and I was feeling guilty.    A sleep-deprived existence the next day does not set one up for greatness.

When I sorted out the clues, however, the finished quote released me from all guilt.  It confirmed the 'path of humility to Limitless' message I'd been getting for days.  

At 1:30 am there was John Wayne saying,  "Talk low, talk slow and don't talk too much."   My favorite humanitarian lady in Mozambique had just been saying the same thing.    Take time for the person in front of you.   Help the one.    The secret is to Go Low and Slow.

I have a ways to go, practicing in this area, but just knowing that the message can get through is comforting.   Even if we feel like we're going backwards, sometimes our desires guide us and we get a message in the night.

'You're on the right path,'  '...just keep swimming, just keep swimming...' -- Dory, Finding Nemo

Just a Spoonful of Sugar: 11 Ways to Make the Hard Things Easier

Just a Spoonful of sugar
   helps the medicine go down,
  the medicine go down,
  the medicine go down,
Just a spoonful ofsugar
   helps the medicine go down,

       in the most delightful way.  


Life it hard.  We have to go through hard things. So....

11 ways to make doing hard things easier to endure.  

1).  Make a game of it.
Best examples:  Life is Beautiful
Gamer lady: Ted talk

2)  Just a little treat.
5 mintues of funny vidoes on Youtube, a piece of candy, quality time with the games on your phone, a quick nap if time allows.  Think about 3 positive things.

3)  Take it bit by bit (low expectations of what you would accomplish)
*Lord of the Rings

4)  Make it a race and time yourself.   (Get your mind off of it.)
*    Indiana Jones

5)  Do your job or chore with a friend.
(Possible to Skype while your're cleaning or cooking dinner?)
*Multi-tasking

6)  Keep the prize in the front of your mind.  Anticipate the reward.
*Charriots of Fire

7.)  Dance while you do it.  
Turn everythimg into an aerobic excercise.
*Every musical known to man.  (Annie, Aladdin, The Little Mermaid, Footloose)

8.)  Turn on the anthem soundtrack in your soul.
* Rocky theme song.  (Need I say more?)
* The Karate Kid
* Here Comes the Boom!

9.)   Send up a prayer first.   (Then pray again in the middle when you hit that wall.)
*Football movies
*Life and Death movies?
*Fury

How many times have things gone so much smoother when I have asked the
God of the Universe to help me--to intervene.  If He could make things go easier, with less interruptions, greater focus, strength and wisdom...

   (Funnest thing to try is to pray for traffic to move faster.   Watch how it works, miraculously.  Lanes starts to even out, cars eek by a little quicker; soon, everyone is going at a little faster and a little suaver.  Even lane changes seemed safer and more orchestrated.   It's fun!   You can also try this with weather/clouds and see what happens.)

10.   Write it down.
Accomplishments seem to add up and feel more fulfilling when we put them on paper.
Or make your list and get to check it off.
*Santa Clause movie
*How does She Do It?

11.  Find Creative Ways to Accomplish your Tasks.

Ever mopped the floor with sponges on your feet?
   Now's the time to try.
Ever wanted to learn how to snap a towel? 
   How bout practicing on those cobwebs in the corner?
Someday I want to see if I can paint on those stilts ...or change a light bulb...or hang curtains...  Just need to find me some stilts!  
* Goofy Cleans the House (book)
* Mr. Mom
* Overboard!

Have fun y'all!    I'd love to hear about your 'spoonful of sugar' experiences and how they helped the medicine go down in the most delightful way!