Day of Hope #65
Sunday May 13 – Day of Hope #65
Goal: Kick my own ass
Quote: “The past is in your head. The future is in your hands”. - Unknown
Today is Mother’s Day and my mom happens to be in Boise visiting for a few weeks. We started the day off by going to Black Bear Restaurant for breakfast. My kids and granddaughter also attended. They serve a great breakfast but since it was a holiday it was completely packed and took a long time to get the food. They had someone in a black bear costume going around the restaurant entertaining everyone. We were supposed to go to a movie around noon but because the food took so long, we did not make it. We had to go the next day instead to see the movie, I Can Only Imagine, by the Erwin Brothers. Great message in the movie of forgiveness and letting go of the past.
We went back to the condo to watch movies instead. After everyone left, I went into my room to listen to my latest book on Audible and get some time to myself. I was listening to Kick Ass by Mel Robbins. She also wrote, The Five Second Rule as well, which is an amazing book. The Kick Ass book was not quite what I expected and it’s an audio book only. It’s private sessions between Mel and eight different people whose problems range from simple to complicated. Some of the stories are heartbreaking. It’s about working through the past, so their problems don’t seem so big. Some of them hit close to home. It was some good gut-wrenching work on myself and getting through my own issues and kicking my own ass into letting go and becoming a better version of myself.
My lesson of hope: Taking time to work on my future self is so rewarding and making sure I incorporate breaks and clock timers really helped me to stay focused and reenergized as well.
Bonus – Race for The Cure
This month I did the annual Race for The Cure again. This race is the Susan G. Komen race, which is a Breast Cancer organization in the U.S. They focus on patient navigation and advocacy. They provide resources for those with breast cancer. Every year they do a 5K race/walk for fundraising to help find a cure. It celebrates the survivors and honors those that have lost their battle with the disease. It also gives family and friends the opportunity to support those they know that have been affected by cancer. It’s such a humbling walk and really makes you appreciate life and memories of those lost.
This year my mom got to join us, and we had a great time. I love spending this time each year with my loved ones and supporting the cancer race.
