Live as Royce, the Kid

Written by Julie Jordan Scott


Many years ago lived a farmer who, in addition to raising crops, had a herd of goats who provided his family and community with milk and cheese.

One day, a curious-and-often-getting-himself-in-trouble little kid (the term for young goat) named Royce strayed fromrepparttar herd and found that he had tumbled into a deserted well. Straight down he fell with no apparent way out ofrepparttar 123838 hole.

Royce cried and cried, attractingrepparttar 123839 attention of repparttar 123840 farmer.

After numerous attempts to save Royce,repparttar 123841 farmer could no longer stand his bleating pleas for help so he decidedrepparttar 123842 only thing he could do was to putrepparttar 123843 kid out of its misery and bury it inrepparttar 123844 well.

He invited his neighbors to assist him inrepparttar 123845 painful andrepparttar 123846 only way conceivable wayrepparttar 123847 farmer could see to put an end torepparttar 123848 problem.

Royce stood atrepparttar 123849 bottom ofrepparttar 123850 well, sad and dejected. He was unaware ofrepparttar 123851 farmer's plan was for him. He had grown tired of crying for help. He changed his strategy to deep thinking and trust that he would soon be presented with a solution if he kept his eyes, mind and heart open.

He simply knewrepparttar 123852 tools to his freedom would appear.

He spent time in quiet contemplation, allowing peace to fill him whererepparttar 123853 sadness used to be. He meditated, focusing on his breathing.

As he felt contentment rise from deep within his spirit, he found himself surrounded in raining dirt from above.

He notedrepparttar 123854 dirt with curiosity as he saw his hoofs were quickly covered with its brownness.

He realized something in that moment and took action.

Meanwhile,repparttar 123855 farmer sadly took his shovel and continued to put more dirt intorepparttar 123856 well. He had noticed how quiet it was down inrepparttar 123857 well, and he was beginning to grieve forrepparttar 123858 curious-and-often-getting-himself-in-trouble little kid named Royce.

Beat The Procrastination Blues

Written by Kathy Gates


Ever find yourself delaying and delaying on something until it becomes a crisis? That's when Procrastination has taken charge of your life -- instead of YOU being in charge of your life.

Procrastination is as natural to human beings as eating. It 's easy to do things we want to do, butrepparttar things we find difficult or unpleasant are what we put off. And sometimes delaying a little bit here and there is not a big deal. But if procrastination is habitual for you, and is causing things to happen in your life that you don't want to happen, it's time for a new sheriff in town.

Simply, procrastination is just a habit of makingrepparttar 123837 wrong choices. It's choosing to take a nap instead of mowingrepparttar 123838 lawn. It's deciding to watch "Friends" instead of working out. It's opting to socialize with a co-worker instead of working on a project. It's cleaning off your desk instead of getting prepared for a meeting. It's "I'll do it later".

Now there's nothing inherently wrong with any of these choices. As an adult you haverepparttar 123839 luxury of choosing how you behave, and choosing your own responsibilities. And we all have responsibilities that we don't particularly care for. But if you allow Procrastination to make choices that aren't good for you, or that you don't really want to make, then it's time to put your Procrastination Buddy on a leash.

"Just Do It" may be a great marketing slogan, but in real life we often need a little bit more to work with. To conquer Procrastination, you will need to changerepparttar 123840 behavior that works against you achievingrepparttar 123841 desired results. Remember that you are changing a habit, and it will feel uncomfortable and unnatural at first. But with practice, you can teach Procrastination that it is not welcome in your life. Here are three ways to do this.

1. When you recognize a particular task is difficult for you and that you continually put it off untilrepparttar 123842 last minute, try designing a system to handle it, instead of just "putting outrepparttar 123843 fire" when it becomes a problem. For example, if you're always putting off or talking yourself out of your gym time, consider setting up a buddy system, so that you know you're going to meet someone. Or make a date with someone to come over to your house to work out with you - a trainer, or a friend. By doing this, you have set up a system that will pull you forward when you're willpower is low.

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