{"id":2201,"date":"2015-01-04T19:08:17","date_gmt":"2015-01-05T00:08:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ordinarylegacy.com\/word\/?p=2201"},"modified":"2015-01-04T19:08:17","modified_gmt":"2015-01-05T00:08:17","slug":"if-wishes-were-horses-beggars-would-ride","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ordinarylegacy.com\/word\/2015\/01\/04\/if-wishes-were-horses-beggars-would-ride\/","title":{"rendered":"If Wishes Were Horses Beggars Would Ride"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Old<\/a><\/p>\n

In the week of resolutions and calls to action and life changing scenarios this Scottish proverb, originating in the 16th century, suggests that it is useless to wish and that better results will be achieved through action.\u00a0 So how are your resolutions going\u2026?\u00a0 Since this has also been a week of lists let\u2019s look at the top resolutions of those living life and the top regrets for those who are close to the end:<\/p>\n

The top ten wishes for this year:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Top ten regrets of the dying:<\/p>\n

1 Lose Weight\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a01 never pursued my dreams and aspirations<\/p>\n

2 Getting Organized\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 2 worked too much\/neglected\u00a0my\u00a0family<\/p>\n

3 Spend Less, Save More\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a03 should have made more time for my friends<\/p>\n

4 Enjoy Life to the Fullest\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a04 should have said I love you more.<\/p>\n

5 Getting Fit and Healthy\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a05 should have spoken my mind<\/p>\n

6 Learn Something Exciting\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a06 should have\u00a0resolved my problems.<\/p>\n

7 Quit Smoking\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a07 wish I had children<\/p>\n

8 Help Others in Their Dreams \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 8 should have saved more money.<\/p>\n

9 Fall in Love\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a09 not having the courage to live truthfully<\/p>\n

10 Spend More Time with Family\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 10 I didn\u2019t choose happiness<\/p>\n

Interesting no?\u00a0 I hate to be the one to remind you that at some point your legacy will take up where your life left off but the truth is, well the truth.\u00a0 If you only made one resolution this year why not just resolve to live your life the way you want your story told.\u00a0 Why not?<\/p>\n

I\u2019m not a big fan of anything that contains the words coulda, shoulda, or woulda so the regret list is certainly grating my spine…\u00a0 Get rid of those words while there\u2019s still time to change the road you\u2019re on<\/a>.\u00a0 Don\u2019t know if you\u2019ll wind up with your stairway to heaven (jury\u2019s still out on that) but you will relieve yourself of an awful lot of angst.<\/p>\n

Is there a correlation between lists?\u00a0 Certainly losing weight, getting fit and quitting smoking may keep you from getting to the thoughts on the right too early\u00a0but check your motivation too.\u00a0 If this is about health then you\u2019re on track to solving what may be a huge life problem.\u00a0 If it\u2019s about trying to live up to the ridiculous standards that only makes money for the diet\/beauty business stop it right now. Remember who you are, practice some self-kindness and choose to be happy where you are now.\u00a0 I think you\u2019ll see that most of the time that is just the impetus for the rest to follow.<\/p>\n

Getting organized and spending less more often than not comes down to \u201cstuff\u201d .\u00a0 Does your stuff define you?\u00a0 Are you in constant pursuit of stuff?\u00a0 Do you need to work harder and longer and spend less time with your family and friends because of stuff?\u00a0 Then you may be able to kill several birds with one stone.\u00a0 If you want a practical way to rejoin your life you may want to check out Becoming Minimalist<\/a>.\u00a0 Joshua Becker has plenty of first-hand information to help and no you don\u2019t have to give up everything to be a minimalist, you can define your own parameters based on which of the things in the two lists above might be most important to you\u2026just sayin.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m pretty sure that enjoying life to the fullest, learning something exciting or even just something new to you, and spending more time with your family will produce the kind of stories that will begin to make up a wonderful legacy.\u00a0 I know like I know that helping anyone with their dreams, or their aspirations or redecorating their home or teaching them to cook or any service to anyone with good intention will rocket you into the legacy hall of fame.<\/p>\n

I hope that you will embrace living your truth, if you don\u2019t know your truth make that your life\u2019s work. It will elevate the need for any forward or backward looking list and provide just the exhale you a really looking for.<\/p>\n

If wishes were horses then beggars would ride,<\/p>\n

If turnips were swords I\u2019d have one by my side.<\/p>\n

If \u2018ifs\u2019 and \u2018ands\u2019 were pots and pans<\/p>\n

There would be no need for tinker\u2019s hands!<\/p>\n

The one exception to the wishes dilemma is wishing good for someone else.\u00a0 With that I wish you hope, peace, ordinary moments in time and plenty of food for thought toward an extraordinary legacy through an ordinary life well lived.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In the week of resolutions and calls to action and life changing scenarios this Scottish proverb, originating in the 16th century, suggests that it is useless to wish and that better results will be achieved through action.\u00a0 So how are … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[6],"tags":[548,509,555,64,554,238],"class_list":["post-2201","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pause-points","tag-legacyinthemaking","tag-be-that-person","tag-be-who-you-are","tag-ordinary-legacy","tag-service","tag-truth"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p27hQ5-zv","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ordinarylegacy.com\/word\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2201","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ordinarylegacy.com\/word\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ordinarylegacy.com\/word\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ordinarylegacy.com\/word\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ordinarylegacy.com\/word\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2201"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.ordinarylegacy.com\/word\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2201\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2204,"href":"https:\/\/www.ordinarylegacy.com\/word\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2201\/revisions\/2204"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ordinarylegacy.com\/word\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2201"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ordinarylegacy.com\/word\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2201"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ordinarylegacy.com\/word\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2201"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}