Change Rules!

Change can be strange but it can also open up all kinds of adventures and opportunities! Just last week I thought one thing was going to happen, something completely different came of the situation, and even though it wasn’t exactly what I expected, it opened my eyes. Suddenly I felt like doing new things. I joined a culture club. I hung some of my grandmothers’ hand-embroidered pictures on my wall to spruce it up. I took a walk in a place I’d never been before and noticed the colors of the leaves, branches, the sailboats and everything around me.

Here are a couple of poems/tips/ideas from my upcoming book “How to Deal with Just about Everything.” I hope they bring you a smile or bring comfort or simply give you a new idea, whatever changes are coming your way.


How to Deal with Changes,
Big and Small


Situations you face every day, like, say:
school or work and friendships -- in the end --
are mostly what you make of them
and how you think about them --
and what you can bring to them.
Every Day.
SO…EVEN when the world around you
seems like it’s constantly changing,
maybe rearranging your days
or your emotions, your own ideas
or feelings…
Remember that you
have got a voice too…
and that you are, by far,
a very important, very unique and very individual person.
AND…as you move toward your own future,
towards what you can create, relate to and imagine
that is yours…
AlWaYs ReMeMbeR these things:
HEART
DETERMINATION
BRAVERY.
REAL FRIENDS
GREAT TIMES
LAUGING!
LiFe LoVe and CrEaTiVitY!
Don’t forget them when the day seems long.
Don’t forget them when you feel
like you’re alone.
Don’t forget them…
no matter how close you are to your own dreams -- and no matter how far.
Don’t forget them when you are smiling wide.
Don’t forget them if you feel down sometimes.
Take them with you along the way…in a bright
and bold here-we-go!! suitcase.
Take them with you wherever you are.
And by the way:
You’ve got an incredible life already.
Go with that!



How to Have Endurance

It’s not always the dreams that
come true right away
that keep us going through all our days –
sometimes it’s the ones that, at first, don’t.
And it’s not only the things we know best
that help us face life’s never-ending tests – because there’s always more to know.
And if you don’t succeed
the first time you try something:
Don’t worry at all about that!
When the time’s right for you
you’ll accomplish everything you want to…
You’ve just got to rely on your heart’s endurance.
Trust it.


and one more thing...:

The flame that encourages us
to go on and live our day-to-day lives
and to laugh and to learn and to create things
is largely lit by the lights of those
who have inspired us to be who we really are
no matter what.


Whatever changes you may face today, always be yourself -- no matter what! : )