Terri King Speaks

I was having a meaningful conversation with a friend today.

We laughed, we cried and before we knew it nearly 2 hours had passed.

A piece of the conversation was about following your heart.

You really can’t go wrong when you do what you know is right for you.

Whatever the consequences, it will be worth being true to yourself and understanding to others.

If you are facing a situation and wondering what to do, do the thing you know is right and the rest really will work itself out.

A heart-felt talk with a good friend is the stuff that great days are made of.

Terri King

Special thanks to Brandi Henson for her contributions to this posting.

Got problems? Sure. We all do.

What we don’t seem to have enough of sometimes are solutions, right?

When you’ve exhausted every logical answer, perhaps a look around might pay off.

Solutions can be found in the most unrelated places to the problem.

It has been said that Henry Ford got the idea for the first assembly line construction of a car from a slaughter house.

3 exercises that might generate a creative solution:

1. Go ahead and explore a subject you’ve always wanted to know more about but couldn’t come up with a good reason to spend the time on it.

2. Choose a successful person you have an interest in. Learn something of their challenges and how they surmounted them.

3. Pick up a magazine you wouldn’t normally read and thumb through it. Observe the articles. What are they writing about? Observe the advertisements. What are they selling?

The idea is to walk far enough away from the trees that you might be able to look back and see the forest.

Happy hunting.

Terri King

While spending a long weekend on the beach, I was watching a family of 5 when it became clear they had lost one of their children.

The mother was screaming hysterically what sounded like, “Byron, Byron!”

Some people around her including myself went over and asked, “What’s he wearing?” She replied through her bursting tears, “ blue shorts with orange frogs, he’s carrying a yellow bucket and a blue shovel, he’s 3 and he can’t swim!”

As the lifeguard came to handle the situation, we set out in all directions combing the beach looking for a lost little boy.

We had gone nearly ½ mile up the shoreline when I began to think he couldn’t have come this far. And then I saw a lifeguard coming holding the hand of a crying child wearing, guess what?

I was never so happy to see blue shorts, orange frogs, a yellow bucket and blue shovel in my life.

I said, “Do you have our lost boy?” See the minute I got involved he was my child too.

He said yes. I rubbed his little blonde head and tried to comfort him by saying, “all right, your mom is waiting for you, good job.”

At that moment, and every time I have thought about it since, I am unable to hold back the tears.

The loss of something so absolutely irreplaceable is devastating. Equally as emotional is the joy of finding it again.

Love on your people today.

Terri King

In the course of one day, we have an overwhelming list of responsibilities and obligations that we have taken upon our shoulders.

Our lives are moving at such high rates of speed we’re often plagued with obesity, high blood pressure, high cholesterol and the like.

The truth is, without you your day stops in its tracks.

If you don’t take care of yourself all your plans and promises will be for naught.

Here’s 3 basic things we can do to nurture good health:

1.Feed your mind the right stuff: Read something positive each night before bed and each morning before you begin your day.

2.Feed your body the right stuff: You know what to do. Keep the junk to a minimum.

3.Move with purpose: Make everywhere you go a deliberate action. It will increase the calories burned, strengthen core muscles, and cause people to see you as a person who knows what they want and where they are going.

I have 3 friends battling cancer right now.

Every healthy day is priceless. Let’s don’t waste it.

Terri King

Every successful journey that arrives at its proper destination at the appointed time starts with a plan.

Life is our ultimate journey. What’s the plan?

Take out a piece of paper, decide what you want out of your experience of life, and write it down.

A life plan isn’t a static plan. It can and should shift and move as you go along.

You might find this exercise exciting and fun. I know I always do.

I’m modifying and rewriting mine right now.

I know what you’re thinking: “Terri, what’s with all this plan, plan, plan, you’re always talking up?”

It’s one thing I do that helps me keep my emotions on an even keel especially when times are rough.

And most of all, it puts you in the driver seat of life and builds self-confidence.

You know, confidence is…… sexy!!

You’re all beautiful people.

Terri King

I know we all have so much going on in our personal lives, but this is worth taking time to consider.

Maybe you heard, one June 2, 2008 Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, while making a speech said this about YOUR country:

“ Today, the time for the fall of the satanic power of the United States has come and the countdown to the annihilation of the emperor of power and wealth has started.”

What countdown? What annihilation?

Whether you are Democrat or Republican and regardless of your religious beliefs, we are all Americans and I’m sure we would all prefer to continue to enjoy our free lives as we know them.

This is one world and we are in it.

Please be vigilant.

You can make a difference.

Terri King

Sometimes I get bogged down with the same ole grind. I get into a rut and can’t get out.

I feel like screaming, “Man, this is crazy. Get me outta here!”

Ever feel that way?

Yea and we should. After all, life is a short trip, why do we waste a moment of it in monotony?

But, I guess there are some portions of the experience of life that just are what they are at times.

That’s no reason to wallow in unnecessary monotony, is it?

No indeed, we will never get today back so let’s break what we can of dull routines.

Little changes can shake things up just enough to bring some spice back to life.

I think I will invite my family to leave the dining table behind today and join me for supper on the porch.

Life is your experience. Let’s keep it interesting.

Terri King

First let me say thank you to everyone who has made a sacrifice for freedom and especially to those who have given their lives.

Now, let me tell you about my bear encounter on Sunday.

I was mountain biking on the north boundary of Bent Creek. I was bringing up the rear, as usual, when I heard a rustled off to the left up on the bank. I thought, “ That sounded bigger than a squirrel or turkey, maybe it was a deer or maybe…..a bear?”

See item number 70 on my list of “Things to Do in my Life” is seeing a black bear in the woods, safely. (Thank God I put the word SAFELY in there)

So I looked up as I rode by just at the chance to see if maybe….yes! It was a bear. Oh and her cub! It was so exciting. We had a moment, we met eyes. She saw me and I saw her. Of course my next thought was Oh God! I saw a bear.

After a minute or two of going way too fast down the trail, I got a handle on myself and was delighted again.

That’s when I began to think about the deeper meaning behind what had just happened. This was a “bear” sign, if you will.

Why did I see the bear and Bryan, who was riding in front of me, didn’t? Why did I even look over?

The answer….She was on my list. My subconscious mind was actually looking for her and that’s why I saw her.

So what about the other things on my list? What about the things on your list?

Could it be as simple as writing our goals down, keeping them in the backs of our minds, putting ourselves in the position to have them just literally cross our paths?

I think maybe so! We don’t have to know how or when things are going to happen we just have to believe they can.

Here’s wishing you can cross off an item on your list this week.

Terri King

Last night I watched the movie “Into The Wild”.

What I thought was going to be a story of a young man’s quest for adventure and finding himself, turned out to be the tale of a troubled kid who ran from his problems.

He was young, bright and handsome. He lost the hope of his future because he allowed the present to be poisoned by the past.

The next time you hear yourself say, “So and So used to say to me….”, or “ I’ll never forget ….”, or “ There was one time….”, pay attention to what you are bringing up from the depths of yesterday.

If it doesn’t bring you closer to who you are trying to be now and in the future, perhaps it’s better left behind you FOREVER!

The only past that has power over you is that which you give life to in the present.

Cut the throat of bad past experiences.

Take what you can learn and bury the rest.

You won’t miss it, I promise.

Enjoy today and plan big things for tomorrow. I will join you in doing so.

Terri King

I’m late posting this blog. Let me tell you why.

Last night we had a send off party for my sister’s oldest daughter who has reached the age of adulthood. She has decided to go into the Army.

My sister spent most of the day following a mental slideshow of the past 19 years. Needless to say, it was an emotion-filled experience.

As a parent, you are charged with the job of shaping the life of another human being. Preparing them for the day when they are old enough, mature enough, to take the reins of their own life and run with it. You have to let go and know the future is now up to them alone.

But we know, no matter how old they get, no matter how far they go, we are always going to be here to support and offer guidance at a moment’s notice.

Whether you have the title of parent, or aunt, or uncle, or friend, if you take the time and interest to help shape the life of someone coming up behind you, today I salute you and thank you for what you are doing to make the world of tomorrow a better place for us all.

Thanks.

Terri King