Blog #550: Ditto, Little EMi…Ditto

Inspiration.

It lives everywhere.
Every day.

If…we just open our eyes.

Three short stories.
One single Tuesday.

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Story #1:

I’m in Marina del Rey right now.

In the morning, the dogs and I take a 35-minute walk through the docked boats in the marina. On this morning’s walk, I saw a woman open multiple wine bottles, lean over the rail, and pour each bottle into the water.

It wasn’t hard to imagine why.

“That takes huge courage,” I said.
“If I don’t change me, I won’t change,” she replied.

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Story #2:

After our morning walk…

The dogs and I went upstairs, had breakfast…and then the dogs siesta-ed while I worked. I found zero success; lots of rejections with author, speaker and media stuff…all the things that measure “success” in my professional world.

Needing an attitude change…

I took the dogs outside a second time. I sat on our curb, and they sniffed the grass for old friends, barked at new ones, and looked at the day with inspiring curiosity.

I asked EMi who was sitting by me:

“Are YOU having a good day? I’m not.”

She seemed to get what I was saying. With her kind, happy, sweet doggy eyes…she didn’t need words to tell me:

“Every day is a great day when I get to hang out with you!”

Ditto, little EMi…ditto.

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Story #3:

We went back upstairs.

Now wearing a changed attitude, I got back to my work. A phone call came in.

I rarely answer calls I don’t recognize, but my gut silently whispered:

“Answer this one.”

I did.

A guy representing a national health-oriented organization with a couple hundred thousand members was interested in my message.

“How can we team up?” he asked.

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So yeah…

Tuesdays are special.
They always carry a little extra hope.

The same goes for…

Mondays.
Wednesdays.
Thursdays.
Fridays.
Saturdays.
Sundays.

Those days are excellent for inspiration…too.

If…we just open our eyes.