That's How I Roll

This week has been a bit of a struggle in terms of me finding something to write about. I have a few drafts that just didn't pan out despite the fact that they each seemed like a good idea when I started writing about them. As it turns out, they bore me to tears looking at them now, ergo my return to the drawing board. Seeded Buzz doesn't really have much new this week, but there's a post of memorable quotes that's interesting because I gather inspiring quotes myself. Inspiration and/or motivation can come from any number of sources and sometimes it's more difficult than others to seek it out and apply it - basically my biggest work in progress these days.

This post (http://ladaisi.blogspot.com/2011/01/you-are-not-tree.html) got me thinking about my own collection of quotes and the ways I'm currently seeking out inspiration or motivation and what I'm struggling to turn away from in my day - to - day life. On my Google home page, I have a gadget that shows three quotes of the day. That's where I started collecting the ones that really appealed to me. From there it was a simple matter of googling (soon to be a verb in the Urban Dictionary) and finding more. I'm a fan of anything that gets me thinking in the right direction and putting my focus there - no matter what may be wrong on any given day.

Lately I've been avoiding people who do nothing but talk about things they don't like. Simply put, why on earth would someone want to focus on things that are undesirable? So I thought I would conduct a little experiment and use a sort of passive activism, via Facebook, to see if I can get people to talk about what they like on any given day. I'm not interested in what they don't like, tell me something about your day that is making you smile, something you noticed that you appreciated - anything, or anyone that is shedding even a little bit of favorable light on your day.

My experiment is a group I've created and that I'd like to invite anyone and everyone to join and post - the group is called That's How I Roll and you can find it on Facebook. I ask only one thing of anyone who joins, and that is to keep your posts limited to things you like - I'm not interested in what you don't like or don't want on your pizza. What do I hope to accomplish with this experiment? Mainly inspiration and a sharing of joy - and I started it by putting some very inspiring friends on my Facebook friend list in the group. I look forward to seeing posts about what makes any part of anyone's day better - even if only a little bit.

I'll close this post by sharing one of the inspirational quotes I've collected and say thanks to Lauren for some of the inspiration behind this little experiment and for always giving me props when I link her blog. Have a great weekend everyone!

 

If you have an apple and I have an apple and we exchange apples then you and I will still each have one apple. But if you have an idea and I have an idea and we exchange these ideas, then each of us will have two ideas.

-      George Bernard Shaw