Uplifted Today

What in the world is January Jolting Jitters ? Let me explain. January Jolting Jitters are post holiday blues that occur after the holiday season. The holidays are known for end of year celebrations, religious observances, charitable giving,and gathering of family and friends. January 1st, the New Year, is often festive with display of fireworks, a countdown, and discussion of New Year Resolutions. For some, the feeling of joy and cheer dissipates into post holiday blues as lives return to their normal daily routine. It can be an unexplainable feeling, a jitter, or even a jolted emotion triggered by a previous situation or event. b>Ways to Overcome

Why uplift civility? It is desperately needed in our world and society. It needs to be part of the curriculm among youth and taught as a principle. Many hearts are in despair with the on-going reports of violence at schools, places of worship, and other venues. Violence has overshadowed civility. To gain traction against violence, individuals will need to promote uplifting civility. Uplifting civility has to start in the home, demonstrated among and within familial relationships and shown in public spaces. Civility has to be at the forefront of civics, cornerstone of community, the apex of spiritual living, and the core oneself in hope it will defeat the perils of unscrupulous world.

Have you ever been amazed by all the facets of Olympian? Often, the olympian has achieved endurance through devotion, persistance, and committment in rigorous training. The olympian often has experienced a setback related to health and sometimes the financial constraints to committ fully to their craft. The olympian has to sacrifice to invest physically, emotionally, and financially to keep their eye on the prize and remain competitive above and beyond their peers. The olympian has to develop a strategy, commit to a plan, enhance or revise the plan, and follow a reptitious cycle. The olympian often has a technique, trait or style in their craft that sets them apart from others. This can uniquely position them or influence their judges or even reasons why companies may want to endorse them or why the olympian wants to endorse or launch a product. How does this all relate to you and this blog? Uplifted Today is about sharing words of optimism, positivity and affirmations. Often, to b...

You are not obligated to forgive. Unforgiven is on an external side of a boundary where feelings of mistrust, disloyal, deception and abuse is located. These feelings are felt and often actualized by the offender. The offender can be a stranger, a former friend or alleged friend, relative, acquaintance or non-acquaintance. Restoraton of a relatonship is dependent on you. You have the option to forgive and not restore a relationship, to not forgive and not restore a relationship, or even not forgive but restore the relationship. It is all dependent on YOU. Unforgiveness is an affirmation of a person's decision to not forgive. Yes, an affirmation. Many perceive unforgiveness as not having peace or holding a grudge. Yet, when an action is egregious and one overlooks it, it is perceived as having selective amnesia of some sorts. Yes, unforgiveness can be an affirmation on a decision to not forgive. This affirmation can be aligned with having peace. It can be peace in your decision m...

What are your reset days or reset moments? Reset or starting over can be great for your energy,confidence, and outlook. It may seem arduous or daunting to reset your priorities, goals, wants, desires, and relationships. It starts with looking within yourself and being confidant that resetting yourself will result in a positive outcome. Resetting yourself is a form of nurture and nourishment to your inner self or soul. When you are in a space of wanting to resetting yourself, consider confiding in a trustworthy person or group of people who want you to succeed genuinely. Resetting yourself or having reset moments is self care.

@upliftedtoday is on threads and Instagram. Today's post was New Year, New Month, New Day, New Hour, New Second = New Start. The truth is any moment you make a committment, change, or new habit it can begin at any second. Often we use January 1st to begin a New Year Resolution. It is the way we are programmed on the Gregorian Calendar. Most of us postponed our goals to a start date. We may wait until the beginning of the month, the next day, or the next hour to start something. I encourage you to take a moment and write down everything you would like to do or accomplish. Then, write down the initial step you can start today related to what you would like to do or accomplish. Review the list daily and continue to add the subsequent second and next steps daily or weekly. Find you a trusted accountability partner to share the list daily and your updates minimumally on a bi-weekly basis. Follow my blog with Bloglovin