AUTHOR: Linn Woodard TITLE: Ordinary Happiness DATE: 6/07/2008 09:51:00 AM ----- BODY:

I came across this amazing post from the ordinary courage blog about remembering to embrace yourself where you are in your journey. Wow! It is really a revelation for me to think about being ordinary and to be "mindful of the seductive lure of the 'the extraordinary life.'" I've never thought about it that way, but there is a seductive lure that tells us we need to be something more than we are. This is the lure that has me spending so much time thinking about how to start a business or write a book or make a difference to a vast number of people's lives. There is a place for all of those people who do those things, but there's also a place for the ordinary everyday of our lives.

Today I: made 48 cupcakes for my grandmother's 95th birthday party. ran around the kitchen and sang the 'Go, Diego, Go!' theme song with the boys. scrubbed a spiderman tattoo off my cheek. cleaned up the backyard.

Ordinary things. Wonderful things. Hmmm. What a change in mindset for me.

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