Donna Martini - Mentally Speaking

Mentally Speaking

A force to be reckoned with, the mind sometimes has a mind of its own! In dealing with your mental state, it is important to remember that it is at the mercy of your body and what your physical state is dictating. The good news is that you have the ability to change your mind any time you wish!

For Everyone Who Says "I Can't"

Here is an email I got that made me cry like a baby. I’m not sure what aspect moved me so, but perhaps it is just about love.

In the future when my clients tell me they can’t stop smoking, eating, drinking, or start to exercise, I will show them this video. Sometimes, we all just need to get over ourselves and live up to our human potential. After all, what else do we have?

(Here is the email as I received it. Let it move you too.)

A son asked his father, ' Dad , will you take part in a marathon with me?' The father who, despite having a heart condition, says 'Yes'. They went on to complete the marathon together. Father and son went on to join other marathons, the father always saying 'Yes' to his son's request of going through the race together. One day, the son asked his father, ' Dad , let's join the Ironman together.'

To which, his father said 'Yes' .

For those who don't know, Ironman is the toughest triathlon ever.
The race encompasses three endurance events of a 2.4 mile (3.86 kilometer) ocean swim, followed by a 112 mile (180.2 kilometer) bike ride, and ending with a 26.2 mile (42.195 kilometer) marathon along the coast of the Big Island .

Father and son went on to complete the race together.

Click here to view the two of them together

Martini Spoken Here...

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“Most thieves aren’t smart. If they were, they would be able to think of better ways to make money.”

“If the eyes are the window to the soul, then the mouth is the door to the human persona.”

“Whatever goes in or comes out says a lot about someone.”

“Everyone in your life represents energy you can borrow. Take the best of what they have to offer and give back the best of you as payment.”

“Start your journey NOW before the world decides to leave without you.”

"You can decide right now to start being the best you can be. And if you do, every second from this moment on means you are better than the second before.”

"You don’t need to know how to get to your best life. You just have to want it. The universe takes care of the rest.”

“I must have been absent the day they taught entitlement.”

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Talk About Family

He said -

“The happiest moments of my life have been the few which I have passed at home in the bosom of my family.”

~ Thomas Jefferson

She said -

“In some families, please is described as the magic word. In our house, however, it was sorry.”

~ Margaret Laurence

Talk About Philanthropy

He said -

“Never respect men merely for their riches, but rather for their philanthropy; we do not value the sun for its height, but for its use.”

~ Gamaliel Bailey

She said -

“I don‘t think you ever stop giving. I really don‘t. I think it‘s an on-going process. And it‘s not just about being able to write a check. It‘s being able to touch somebody‘s life.”

~ Oprah Winfrey

Talk About Fitness

He said -

“A lot of people are afraid of heights. Not me, I‘m afraid of widths.”

~ Steven Wright

She said -

“Find fitness with fun dancing. It is fun and makes you forget about the dreaded exercise.”

~ Paula Abdul

Talk About Forgiveness

He said -

“Forgiveness is the fragrance the violet sheds on the heel that has
crushed it.”

~ Mark Twain

She said -

“Once a woman has forgiven her man, she must not reheat his sins
for breakfast.”

~ Marlene Dietrich

Talk About Gratitude

He said -

“The only people with whom you should try to get even are those who have helped you.”

~ John E. Southard

She said -

“The debt of gratitude we owe our mother and father goes forward, not backward. What we owe our parents is the bill presented to us by our children.”

~ Nancy Friday

Talk About Health

He said -

“Life expectancy would grow by leaps and bounds if green vegetables smelled as good as bacon.”

~ Doug Larson

She said -

“True friendship is like sound health; the value of it is seldom known until it
is lost.”

~ Helen Keller

Talk About Love

He said -

“Do I love you because you‘re beautiful, or are you beautiful because I love you?”

~ Richard Rodgers

She said -

“I have found the paradox, that if you love until it hurts, there can be no more hurt, only more love.”

~ Mother Teresa

Talk About Success

He said -

“Try not to become a man of success, but rather try to become a man
of value.”

~ Albert Einstein

She said -

“There is no point at which you can say, ‘Well, I'm successful now. I might as well take a nap.’ ”

~ Carrie Fisher

Talk About Kindness

He said -

“If you haven‘t any charity in your heart, you have the worst kind of
heart trouble.”

~ Bob Hope

She said -

“Open your heart — open it wide; someone is standing outside.”

~ Mary Engelbreit