Do We Really Need Valentine Validation?

Ok, call me a cynic.

Or blame it on being married 32 years and so therefore my fire must have gone out, right? (it hasn’t, ask my husband ;)

Why do we look to Hallmark, chocolatiers and florists to validate our love, passion or lust… based on our ‘get’ this one day each year?

Do you really need to receive something on Valentine’s Day to know how special you are??

I hate to think someone will feel ‘less than’ (or worse, greater than!) if the package that arrives at the office is for the cubicle next door… Or a surprise on the doorstep actually sent for the neighbor down the street.

If nothing arrives for you, will it wreck your day? Really?

Then why not be the sender? Make your own AND someone else’s day!

(My friend, a leader at Ambius.com, would love your order. That was not a commercial, just an outstanding online resource if you need one.)

Let’s not let any day on the calendar determine our happiness or sense of value.

That is entirely up to us.

Own this.

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(c) 1993-2012 Ann Ulrich, Ann Ulrich Inc. BOLDCAFFEINE.com

Best Message I Ever Posted On My Mirror

Over a year ago, I decided to forever from that day forward *Feel Younger, Be Stronger* each year, re-committing on my birthday.

I’ve stayed on track and know, without a doubt, that posting this most powerful message I’ve ever posted on my mirror… (my former You Can Do This! and WOW! Keep Going! mirror messages don’t hold a candle to this one) … and reading this many times each day, helped me focus:

THE POWER OF MY COMMITMENT IS STRONGER THAN ANY DISTRACTION THAT MIGHT OTHERWISE DERAIL ME !

I titled it FITNESS. Why not post the same message on YOUR mirror and title it with whatever goal YOU really truly want to achieve.

It’s not magic.You have to really WANT it.

And above all, you must be willing to DO THE WORK to get there.

Post yours and let us know what happens!

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(c) 1993-2012 Ann Ulrich, Ann Ulrich Inc. BOLDCAFFEINE.COM

How Do You Wear Your Passion?

I wear my passion on my sleeve and when I have no sleeve I wear my passion on my arm.

Not saying that’s always good. Or welcome. But I am saying I feel ALIVE.

Here’s how I see passion: You either express it or you hide it.

Either way it can come back to bite you.

And if you’ve lost your passion (we all do at times) then you might be living, but are you feeling alive?

How do you wear your passion? You get to decide.

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