2 unforgettable motivational comments by ORDINARY PEOPLE

[Glenda]

I am so ordinary.  We may not be as smart and clever as the people on TV but two comments I will never forget were made by ordinary people.  One day a lady on the Hoarders TV show, after her house had been cleaned  said, "Every little thing you do creates a bit of a mess; clean it up!"  Absolutely right.  Brilliant observation from someone with obvious mental problems.  Don't delay, just get it done, or it grows.  

         The other person was a nurse.  She looked at me laying on a table in an exam room and made a note on her clipboard and said,"Flat stomach".  I said, "I'm laying down!".  She said, "That counts".  I didn't think about that too much at the time,  but I have remembered it many times since then. Overweight people can lay on their back and not have a flat stomach.  I just didn't think of it then.  So we can try for a flat stomach at least when we are laying down.  That counts.  

[Odyssey13 · Accepted solution]

@Glenda  what's wrong with being ordinary? Some of the world's greatest people have been ordinary. Your post cheered me up. The Hoarders show is often my motivation when I see clutter accumulating in a corner of a room. I remind myself that left unattended, it could grow into one of those houses where you can't really live, but merely exist. Thanks for this!