“Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.”
Albert Einstein
My girlfriend Joy and I talk almost every single day. Friends since 10th grade, we have gone from double dating, cutting classes and wearing each other’s clothes to relocating, raising children, saying goodbye to our parents (and each of us to a brother), and basically everything in between. Though she lives back in NY and I in Florida, we hardly miss a day and most of our conversations span everything from the mood of the day, what the scale reports and what we ate for breakfast, to brainstorming on major medical decisions and talking each other through some of the toughest days of our lives. For many years, we got together every Friday afternoon with other good girlfriends, for what affectionately called “group therapy.” IT CERTAINLY WAS.
Last week we got into a discussion about making change happen. “That’s ok, I am good with course correction,” she said, regarding something that I no longer remember, and is no longer pertinent. COURSE CORRECTION. I love that expression. I have thought about it a lot since that conversation last week.
How many times have people said to me “but Bonni, I use that treadmill for an hour every single day and I haven’t lost a pound,” or “I already eat all the right foods, I can’t understand why the scale isn’t budging.” Here’s the answer to those dilemmas and so many more that are much bigger than food and weight. Change it up! COURSE CORRECTION.
Scroll back to the top and re-read Einstein’s quote. Write it down. Read it regularly. Make it your mantra. Believe it because Einstein, after all, was a genius!
Have a wonderful weekend. If you are observing the holiday this evening/tomorrow, I wish you an easy fast and a very happy new year filled with all the sweetness life has to offer. What better time is there than to think about how you might want to correct YOUR course. As Led Zeppellin penned and sang so poetically, “yes, there are two paths you can go by, but in the long run, there’s still time to change the road you’re on.”
Happy, Healthy New Year to you, Mitch and your wonderful sons!! May your new year be filled with a bounty of wonderful, memorable moments. Thank you, Bonni, for your amazing blogs, inspiring quotes and “on-point” visuals. You are loved by many!!
A BIG DITTO TO THAT!! especially the love part.
Have peaceful Yom Kippur.
I have been making some course corrections myself lately. I have eliminated (almost) all artificial sweeteners (except for my evening creamsicle). Also, I have added more strength training to my workout routine (now that my broken arm is all healed). Hoping these corrections lead to changes in my body (and mind and heart and spirit).
I’ll miss you tomorrow Bonni – See you Tuesday.
Wow, Carol you are doing REALLY well on your new course of eliminating the artificial sweeteners. I hope this helps with the migraines as I know it will help your liver and your general health! Great job.
COURSE CORRECTION…I went to Parsons School of Art…loved it but missed some subject so COURSE CORRECTION went to Hunter College @ night. Got best of both worlds…ended up (like Mad Men) in advertising. The best New Year to you & your family.
Happy New Year to you and Fred, Judith…you definitely look the advertising type!
Carolanne–thanks…there is definitely lots of science to support all the benefits of meditation–as Alzheimers is my personal biggest aging opponent, I’ll take all the brain function improvement I can get….
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Love you, ladies!