Take a deep breath and do it!

What will your next step be?  

Listen to your heart.  

Which will you choose today? 

CAREGIVER NOTE:
Sometimes, a do-over is a good thing! Moods, feelings and emotions from bad dreams are often difficult to reset. Listen and let them talk it out. Once they’re ready to move on, invite them to join you for a bit of food (that will often tip the scales on resetting the mood). In our case, a light breakfast of his choosing was enough to move forward. After eating and talking for a little longer, he wanted to go back to bed (5:30 am was a little too early for him). When he got up again at his regular time, he was fine and didn’t remember having been up earlier. He was ready for the day.

Take a few minutes throughout your day — to pause and reflect.

CAREGIVER NOTE:

Celebrate little moments as they occur. Listen to the stories as often as they are retold — there may be a few nuggets of gold found in those few minutes of sharing.

Every day has the potential of being the best day ever!  Make today one of those days!

Don’t let the world define who you are. Be your unique you.

CAREGIVER NOTE:
Acknowledge the memories of conversations that seem so vivid that they happened moments ago, yesterday or last week. These are happening more frequently and it’s been interesting to hear about the experience that happened more than 20 years ago that he refers to so often.

Don’t neglect the miracles that come your way today —  they may be the entré act to the miracle(s) of tomorrow.  

Reset your intentions to make every day a little better.  (image credit: Lynn Parrish 2023)