Carpe Diem!

Today is my first week of non-work, work and I'd say it falls on a pretty momentous and significant day. Today is not only the second inauguration of President Obama but it is Martin Luther King Jr. Day as well. How much more symbolic could this day get as far as living the dream, making changes and seizing the day goes? On that note I would like to give you a few quotes to sit on as you go about your daily activities.

"If you can’t fly then run, if you can’t run then walk, if you can’t walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward."  MLK Jr.

“Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we’ve been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.” Obama

Think about these two men we get to celebrate today. They represent the progress we have made as a nation and that is beautiful but they also represent the future and that there is no time like the present to DO things. I may not currently be working on the momentous things that they were/are like equality or ramping back U.S. spending, but I am working towards their ultimate goal which is happiness and (inner)peace.

So to turn the symbolic meanings of this day inward it is yet another reminder that I should just LIVE life and not worry so much. There is no one else on this earth who can propel me on my most productive, my most inspirational, my most meaningful life path then me. From today onward I would like to propel my own self closer to happiness and peace one small project at a time starting with the clothes that are waiting to be donated in my closet!

Before I really get down to the nitty gritty of de-cluttering I would like to leave you with one last gem of wisdom bestowed on us by Mr. Obama, "Why can't I just eat my waffle?" Now ponder that!