Comments on: 5 Simple Truths from Gretchen Rubin

By: Nancy Ruegg

Nancy Ruegg — Mon, 14 Apr 2025 22:27:57 +0000

LOTS of wisdom in those five quotes you shared, Lisa! A favorite mantra of mine comes from the Bible story in Mark 14, when Mary of Bethany anointed Jesus’ feet with expensive perfume. Jesus rebuked her critics by saying, “She did what she could. She poured perfume on my body beforehand to prepare for my burial” (v. 8). Those five words, “She did what she could” offer me consolation when time has run out and the to-do list is not done. If I have done what I could, then that is enough!

By: Ashley Rowland | HISsparrowBlog

Ashley Rowland | HISsparrowBlog — Mon, 14 Apr 2025 14:36:58 +0000

“Just show up” is one of the mantras I tell myself all the time too. It helps me to remember that I’m not responsible for everything. My job is to do whatever little I can do in that moment, and God will handle the rest. I think of it a little bit like Dr. Charles Stanley’s saying: Obey God and leave the consequences to Him. That book seems like a wonderful read. I loved the second one in the list. That is so true. Oh, and I loved the series on mantras you did a while back. You had so many good ones. I need to go back and refresh my memory!

By: Jennifer Wise

Jennifer Wise — Mon, 14 Apr 2025 14:35:09 +0000

These are great! 3, 4, and 5 are the ones that resonate with me the most. In my work as a photo and digital memories preservation guide, I often talk with people who are overwhelmed. Less often, though, I hear people say things like “I have to get my photos organized first” (before they can put them in books, buy digital photo storage for them, etc.). A friend told me that when people say that to her, she suggests that if they’ve been saying that for very long, it’s time to try a different approach. That’s what comes to mind when I read #3. And I have to say that #5 is brilliant! Visiting from Senior Salon Pit Stop.

By: Willow

Willow — Sun, 13 Apr 2025 02:12:06 +0000

I have to remind myself: Bloom where you’re planted.

By: Jean Wise

Jean Wise — Fri, 11 Apr 2025 21:26:46 +0000

I started a list a while back and just recently got this book to read. I think I need to dig out that old list and reread and refresh it. You both inspired me!!

By: Michele Morin

Michele Morin — Fri, 11 Apr 2025 14:15:46 +0000

Love me a good aphorism. (I even love the word “aphorism.”) ????

By: Mona R McGinnis

Mona R McGinnis — Wed, 09 Apr 2025 12:52:17 +0000

#2 resonates with me when I think of the to-do list. My SIL says – there is always a list of things left undone. And that list takes up mental space.

By: Heather G. Edwards

Heather G. Edwards — Tue, 08 Apr 2025 21:44:03 +0000

This one has been important for me lately in dealing with a co worker who won’t do right …”Let them.” I can’t control what she does.

By: Donna

Donna — Tue, 08 Apr 2025 18:52:25 +0000

Nice review and great mantras. My favourite mantra is ‘use it or lose it ‘ it is a great reminder to preserve what I have and not take anything for granted

By: Dianna

Dianna — Tue, 08 Apr 2025 16:04:51 +0000

“Nothing is more exhausting than the task that’s never started”! I can relate to that SO easily. The crazy thing is, once I jump in and do that task, it takes so little time, and I wonder why I ever took so long to do it! That’s when I need to put your phrase to work…”Just show up!”

The one thing that I go to when I am feeling overwhelmed is something that Elisabeth Elliot used to say a lot…”Just do the next thing.”