Big accomplishments… small accomplishments… like beauty, it’s in the eye of the beholder. Or maybe I have that exactly backwards. Maybe it’s in the eye of the doer, not the beholder. Sometimes the doer doesn’t see how great they are and it’s a heads-up with a beholder points it out. Sometimes the doer is feeling pretty good about something until a beholder is decidedly underwhelmed by what the doer did. Hmm. Yeah. Go ahead and sort that out.
Anyway, speaking strictly as a beholder – these are some things that doers have done in the last couple of months or so that I think are pretty nifty.
Someone I care about has lost a TON of weight. Not by having surgery, but by sheer willpower and determination.
Someone I care about has started their own blog and is sharing their story with any one who wants to read it.
Someone I care about has overcome their fear of their new laptop and is now regularly surfing the web.
Someone I care about finally made the tough decision to move to another state to persue their dreams.
Someone I care about came to terms with some very tough medical diagnoses and is learning how to live with them.
Someone I care about is trying hard every single day to get better and to get back into the light.
Someone I care about has fallen deeply in love and is actually allowing themselves to believe in it – and believe it can last.
Someone I care about could teach the whole world a thing or two about unconditional love and friendship and I cherish that about them – even though I NEVER tell them that…. I think it. A lot.
Someone I care about took great steps to simplify their life and the lives of those they love.
I hope that I am smart enough to learn something from these people – and maybe, one of these days…. stop being a beholder… and become the doer.