Let the Games Begin by The FlyLady, Marla Cilley
The opening ceremonies for the 2008 Olympics were on this past Friday. We watched as those athletes entered the stadium with their flags flying high and their smiles guiding them around the track. I have never seen so many happy faces in one place.
I was wondering about all of those smiles and it hit me! They are seeing the fruition of their life's work. At a very early age they decided that they wanted to be in the Olympics and compete with the world's best athletes for the gold medal. Do you want to know what got them to the Olympics; it was not just saying their goal, it was putting together a plan and implementing it every day of their life? Can I say routines here!!!
Do you want to smile too? Many of you came to FlyLady.net with one goal in mind; to get your home in order. That is an honorable goal but that is not the be all and end all. It is just the stepping stone to opening up your world to many wonderful things. Getting my home in order has allowed me to be who I was put on Earth to be! I am fulfilling my life's mission and I would not have ever been able to find my reason for being if I had stayed in my clutter and CHAOS.
CHAOS separates us from our goals. We may not even know what they are when we first start, but if we will practice our routines every day then we will begin to see what is waiting for us once we get out of our clutter and CHAOS. These skillful athletes practice every single day: Some times for several hours. God gave them a talent and they have taken that talent to its highest levels. They did not hide it under a bushel or go bury it under the clutter. They set up a plan (control journal) and each day, each week and each month they took the babysteps to help them accomplish their goal of being the best in the world.
Well friends, there is not a world championship for homemaking! It seems like a thankless chore, but it really is not to you and your family. Even world class athletes need clean toilets. We all deserve to live in a home that blesses us and nurtures us to become who we were born to be. We may not have been born organized but we can learn some of those traits to help keep us focused on the blessing at hand.
Have you noticed that each athlete has the proper attire for their sport; beautiful functional uniforms that do not hinder their performance but enhance it? Even down to the shoes (except for the swimmers and gymnasts). They adhere to strict nutritionally sound diets, they drink their water and yes, they go to bed at a decent hour! Does this sound familiar to you?
You cannot expect to function at world class status if you do not follow these guidelines. Did you know that all of these athletes have a coach? Imagine that! They didn't have to sit down and figure this all out for themselves. They had someone who had done it before them to help guide them and tell them what to do! Yippee! We are not failures after all. We all need a coach and guess what you have a whole coaching staff: FlyLady, Kelly, the FlyCrew and our FLY Friends.
The good part about our FLYing Olympics is that our personal Olympics doesn't end in just two short weeks. We are not establishing our routines to have it all end with the final ceremonies. We have a lifetime of being able to stand up on the platform and accept our gold metal for a sport that was not the most glamorous but for a blessing that we have preformed out of love for ourselves and for our families. Take your bows friends and put that smile in your face! You have worked hard and your gold metal is going to be your home that cradles you in comfort each day of your life!
Get out your timers! We are going to have fun with our FLYing Olympics.
For more help getting rid of your CHAOS; check out her website and join her free life coaching at www.FlyLady.net , listen to her channel http://www.blogtalkradio.com/channels/flylady show or read her books, Sink Reflections published by Bantam and her New York Times Best Selling book, Body Clutter published by Fireside. Copyright 2008 Marla Cilley Used by permission in this publication.
