Marilyn's Lesson Plan

Here's some life lessons from Marilyn at California Fever who calls it Lesson Plan

The most powerful transformations can begin by doing just one kind or compassionate thing a day. Do one nice thing today for someone you really dislike...not for them, for you.

~ An attitude of gratitude will lead to plenitude.

~ Fear is a great motivator...if I get up off the couch long enough to allow it to be.

~ Pity parties don't get the credit they deserve. I think of them as a celebration of bottom dwelling. If I've reached the point where I'm throwing myself a pity party, there's nowhere to go but up.

~ Once I stopped thinking of depression as the enemy, it began to lose its power over me. That doesn't mean I stopped getting depressed--it just means I reframed it. Now I'm able to experience it without the accompanying fear. I've lived with depressive cycles long enough to understand that they're just that--cycles. I'll tumble down again...but I'll rise again, too.

~ When I spend just one day being fully aware of every single word I say, I'm always shocked at what comes out of my mouth.

- Most people think they crave fame...when what they really crave is to be known.

- We are extraordinarily resilient creatures...we just often forget that.

- The only person I need to impress is myself.