Be the Change

Be the change! Mary Kate Kopec. Love and Big Hugs!

“Be the Change you wish to see in the world!”  Mahatma Gandhi

Mahatma Gandhi got it right!

If I’ve learned anything in this life (and I’ve learned lots), it’s that you can’t control others.  You can’t make them be anything.  For instance, you can’t make someone else be happy.  You can’t make someone care.  You can’t make someone be anything they don’t want to be.

We are impressionable beings.  We are social.  We hang out in groups, and we listen.  We can be influenced.

We can be change!

We can be goodness!  We can be love!  We can be light!

Today I have a singular light brightening my brain.  This light has been calling to me for months.  It’s a light I need to shine brightly and to share, because it’s a light of making a positive difference.  It’s a light that shows just how good we can be!  It shows the change we can make!

Be the change! Mary Kate Kopec. Love and Big Hugs!

Be a BEST PERSON in peoples lives!

A little while back I learned that a dear friend had passed.  She was young.  … Cancer.  Taken before her time, and a devastating loss to all those who were fortunate to share life with her.

She liked ice cold cokey colas.  Just about everything she ate needed “a lil salt” after a first tiny bite.  Her laugh was mirthful and hearty.  No one could decorate a Christmas tree like her, but pilots could use the lights as a landing beacon.  And her heart was pure gold!

She was hard work, determination, grit, and a lickity split brain!  She was reliable, authentic, and she liked flying under the radar.  Meghan wasn’t looking for other people to make her feel important with ribbons and awards.  But she was special; she was perfect (in only a way Meghan could be)!

Meghan was a Best Person in my life! (which is why I’m sharing with you!)  :0)

Do you have a Meghan (Best Person) in your life?

I think we all have Meghans in our lives.  The people who authentically shine and make us look inward to be our best selves!

I think to all the people who have come into my life.  Beautiful souls!  Bright lights!  Angels on earth!  Even spritely little fairies of goodness!

I can strive to always be my best, give my best, and help my best for others!

I feel that even if I only get five seconds in passing, I can smile!  I feel deep gratitude for you and this time we share!  And I strive to always be a light in your days!

I can be the change for goodness!  I can be the change for love!  I can be the change for authenticity!  I can be the change for happiness and wellness!

Be the change! Mary Kate Kopec. Love and Big Hugs!

I invite you to be a Best Person for others!  (Be the change!)

Being a best person (the change) isn’t about being perfect.  It’s not about always being something uber, impossibly positive.

  • A smile.
  • A hug.
  • Words of kindness, or love, or support, … or all of these!
  • Maybe it’s a gift of your time to help them tackle something challenging they are facing.
  • Maybe it’s just time shared laughing together and having a fun chit chat.

“Be the change …”, as Gandhi has said.  I call it Being the Ripple!

You are precious!

You are light!  We need you!!!!

Our world is faced with many struggles!  And one thing is for sure, Our Love and Light can help!!!  (It certainly won’t hurt … so … sweet blossom … Let’s be the change!  Let’s be the ripple!)

Love and Big Hugging you big … and I’m smiling at you so bright my cheeks are practically in my ears!!!!

Love and Big Hugs Mary Kate

Living an Inspired Life!
Welcome! Let’s get you started!

Live an Inspired Life! Mary Kate Kopec. Love and Big Hugs!

Living an Inspired Life!

Living an inspired life fulfills your heart, mind, body, and soul!  You starburst with your own brightness!  Your goodness gushes out of you with the mirth of authenticity!  You feel real!  You glow with happiness!  Your unique beauty and gifts light up the world, making us a better place to be!

Live an Inspired Life! Mary Kate Kopec. Love and Big Hugs!

Living an inspired life is knowing yourself in this moment, recognizing and valuing your ideas, self-worth, hopes, and potential!

Living an inspired life is seeing that you are a Beautiful Blossom and wanting to flourish!

Live an Inspired Life! Mary Kate Kopec. Love and Big Hugs!

 

 

It’s your 90 year ticket (plus/minus a few years).  You can live the life YOU want to live.  Not the life other people are telling you to live.  Not the life media shows you and compels you to live ( … let’s be honest, that life – the life media wants you live – it’s the life that lines the pockets of the already rich and few … but that’s a story for another day.).

So this life of yours?

What does it look like?

What does your life look like when you are being true to you?  When you think about what you like, and dislike, how you feel, what your internal strengths are, what inspires you, what motivates you, what challenges you, . . . when you look at you and are honest with yourself, what do you see?

I think some people are content to live the regular life.  The life that has already been lived.  The life of others.  The life that doesn’t require thought.  The life that simply bumbles along and lets others have the control.

If that’s for you, and it makes you happy, hugging you big and loving you, too!  That’s ok.  For some, taking a look around and following suit – staying inside the box – is what keeps them doing just fine.

Live an Inspired Life! Mary Kate Kopec. Love and Big Hugs!

In this new blog mini-series of mine, I’m going to help you, just like I help all of my coach-ees.

It’s a step-forward process and requires thought.  It requires you to look inside yourself, do some reflection, and it requires you to be brave enough to know that no matter where you are today – in case that scares you – in case you aren’t sure you like who you are right now – or if you don’t feel “perfect” … just know, that’s ok.  It’s a baseline.  Your baseline is just that, a baseline.  The foundation.  The ground from which you will grow!

And this, my sweet beautiful blossom and bright star with so much love in your heart, this is just the beginning!

So … if you’re game … get out some blank paper, colored pens, pencils, markers, crayons (whatever makes you giggle) and title up some starter pages:

  • My likes
  • My dislike
  • My values
  • My strengths
  • My challenges (some might call them weaknesses)
  • What inspires me?
  • What motivates me?
  • What knocks me flat?
  • My vision (when you close your eyes and look at you and your life, what do you see?)

Now, using your blank pages and your colorful pens, draw, write, doodle, depict, list, … see yourself for who you are and who you want to be!

Live an Inspired Life! Mary Kate Kopec. Love and Big Hugs!

Until our next Living an Inspired Life! post, give yourself some love.  Take some time for yourself.  Know you are important!  Know you are loved!

Hugging you so big!  Loving you ginormous!

Thank you for sharing this wonderful time with me!  You, beautiful blossom and bright star with big love in your heart, are an absolute delight!

Love and Big Hugs Mary Kate