Want, Welcome, Willing, Workable, Write
Surfers “ride” the waves, using their power to take them where they want to go. The surfer does not use his or her power to change the wave to make it go where he or she wants it to go! I often tell my colleagues when discussing a new idea to lean into it, breathe and go through it. When we work from a point of resistance, our success is often diminished or halted completely.
When circumstances change, rather than trying to resist that change, it is often better to seek harmony with it. It’s important to learn how, why and where things are changing so we can make the most of the possibilities. When seen as a new method that will increase service and effectiveness, we welcome change and it becomes workable. Rather than swim against the current, we learn how to ride it to propel us to where we want to be!
It’s an irrefutable truth that change will occur and we can either embrace it … or resist it. The greatest rides occur when the surfer, working in harmony with the wave, finds the possibilities within it. Maybe, rather than resisting change, we should find the possibilities within it, and ride it to even greater horizons!
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By Sandy Vobian March 22, 2019
My word for “W” is “walking”. I think of walking the path of health and sanity as a journey I can enjoy and continue as long as I live. Along the way I see beauty and serenity which makes me smile with contentment. There will be times when I take my eyes off the wonderful freeing goal at the end. I may slip and stumble into the ditch along the sides of my path, but I will get up, brush myself off and say ‘silly girl’ and climb back up onto the wonderful path. There was a time that I spent a lot of time sitting and pouting in the ditches, but I’m healing now and keeping my eyes on the goal with perserverence and determination of the love of self and this body I was blessed with. I’m not stumbling as much and know if I fall again the helping hand of my TOPS friends are there on the path with me and will pull me back out of that depressing ditch.
By Wanda Jewett March 19, 2019
There was a time when I just was not willing. Interested, but not willing yet….I attended my first TOPS meeting and joined after seeing all the support that was there. By the time I had attended my third or fourth meeting I moved from interested to ….hmmmm maybe…and became willing to be willing and began to learn more about nutrition, about our reasons for overeating or making poor food choices. A few pounds started leaving and I found walking actually felt good….Wow, I was fully willing….and motivated….and determined. It has taken me a long time but now I am a KOPS and it all started when I went from interested to WILLING. What a great W word!
By Teena Conrad March 18, 2019
Excellent message….it truly resonated with me.