BLOG 338–Challenge Yourself!

 “KITTING AROUND”
BLOG 338–Challenge Yourself!
Don’t sleepwalk through life.
I aim to illustrate and Deepen Contemplation Together.
I WANT TO INSPIRE YOU TO LIVE DIFFERENTLY AND BETTER!

*** A world-class juggler/performer.
*** Only YOU know what is best for you.
*** Going through a 37-day coma — Yikes!
*** This blog looks best when viewed on a laptop.
*** If you read through Facebook, see >> kitsummers.com
*** Despite being hit by two trucks, I remain happy.
*** What do you want to accomplish before you die? 
*** I lived in my van for six years, which was quite pleasant.
*** I visited all the US national parks and met Beth.
*** Beth and I got married on 2/22/22 at 2:22.
*** But sadly, our divorce is imminent.
*** In 2025, I met Jennifer. We are sooo happy together!
*** Regretfully, we broke up.
*** I have a great deal of love for someone.
*** But I have not yet found them.
*** Always remember, the past is a teacher; learn from what happens and move on.
*** Every day is better than the day before.
*** Remember, the future will come.
*** All you have is “now”—ALWAYS!
*** Make each “NOW” excellent!
*** You should not be allowed to die until you have done something to advance people.
*** Have you seen >> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFC5vLPDWRo 

BE TAKEN AWAY WITH ME
ON WONDERFUL ADVENTURES!

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WHY I WRITE THIS BLOG
You have many who assist and teach; I hope I help guide you. I want to lighten your path toward excellence. I am not trying to show you “the way”; I am trying to help you find “your way.” Writing this blog each week is a new and different experience for me every time—I love it! In other words, I hope to continually enrich your life and elevate you to a higher level of achievement. Your life should always be starting again–a better life each time! You should not be allowed to die until you have done something to advance human life.
   
I WANT TO INSPIRE YOU WITH MY WORDS –WORDS HAVE POWER!
Are you accomplishing what you want before you pass away?
These words can fill you with optimism and empower you to think positively.
You can (and should) make changes to improve your life at every age.
Let these ideas motivate and drive you towards self-improvement.
Of course, that leads to helping others lead better lives.
We all need to help each other reach a higher level.
           
MY EXPERIENCES
You already know a great deal about my writing, and I want to remind you of the key ideas that are most important to me. I can provide you with additional thoughts on how I can assist you. ering about
I hope to share ideas from my life to help you live better.
Remember — only you know what is best for you.
And — you are only as young as the last time you changed your mind!
     
A NEW WORD DAILY!
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YES, YOU STILL HAVE TIME TO FIND YOUR SUCCESS!
‘THINK  —  AND THEN THINK AGAIN.
WHAT NEW STORIES ARE YOU READY TO WRITE? 

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OPENING WORDS
   
Right now it is Friday, 6 pm, and I recently published my blog 337. Did you enjoy the read?
           
Talk about a challenge, having no teeth on my lower jaw is interesting. I have to use my tongue to push food up against my upper teeth, chewing it smaller to swaller (as they say.). This is difficult and delicate work that must be done.

I feel that my drive toward challenges is one of the main things that helped me find success again after my accident and 37-day coma.
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I heard from Mark, who sent these words about the last BLOG >>

Hi Kit,

Thanks for sharing this, and for the link to your blog. The opening you wrote is very insightful. It’s a great reminder to find joy and beauty in both the most minor and most intricate things, and that this mindset can lead to a better life.

I’ve just read your latest post, and it’s fantastic. Your words about finding the beauty everywhere and living a better life resonate.
Best,
Mark Richards l (657) 214-7675

Mark is seeking sponsors to help develop a movie based on my story.
This movie will help advance everyone on Earth.
Please help and get your investment money to Mark.
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And I heard from my good friend, Phyllis, who sent these words >>
“Love this Kit, only sorry to hear about Linda! I read ALLLLL your blogs and love every one!!! I set them aside and save them for when I’m not running around 100mph and can enjoy them!! Be well, my friend. I hope and pray things get better for you. You are such a fantastic person who inspires me every day, TRULY!”
Warm regards,
Phyllis ; )
Thank you for your words, Phyllis. You are such a great friend! 

WELCOME THE PRESENT MOMENT- EVERY SINGLE INSTANT!
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BLOG 338–Challenge Yourself!
   
Challenging yourself is important for personal growth, increased motivation, improved happiness, and developing resilience. Challenging yourself helps you learn new skills, overcome obstacles, and build confidence. By intentionally pushing beyond your comfort zone, you expand your horizons and experience new things, ultimately leading to a more fulfilling life.
     
I first experienced a challenge back in Jr. High School when I took up juggling and unicycling. That is how I got better and better. I would compare myself to my past self and to top jugglers, always striving for more. That is what must be done for any goal that you have in life. Through my juggling efforts, I achieved the world record of juggling 7 clubs at the time. 
 
This passion continued in high school when I took up pole vaulting. I had my best jump at a height of 18’.6”! This was a record at the school. I did the same for my salsa business. At one point, I went daily to a farmer’s market, a festival, or a fair and sold salsa. This, along with selling the salsa in 25 food stores, has been a success.
Have you seen >> https://www.summerssalsa.com/
   
Speaking of high, back in High School metal shop class, I built a 14-foot-high unicycle, which, of course, produced another challenge. I lived for changes; that was my life. Always bigger, always better, always moving. That was the life I had, and you can find this for yourself.
     
So many reasons to challenge yourself in your future >>
1. Build Confidence.
2. Grow Into Your Personality.
3. KNOW That You Did Your Best.
4. Take Control of Your Life.
5. Share The Positivity With Others.
     
HERE’S WHY CHALLENGING YOURSELF IS GOOD SO >>
   
You Will Build Confidence:
Successfully completing challenges, no matter how small, can significantly boost your self-esteem and confidence.
   
Expand Your Comfort Zone:
Stepping outside of your comfort zone allows you to try new things and discover new possibilities. It makes you more open to new experiences and opportunities.
   
Boost Your Creativity:
When faced with a challenge, you’re forced to think creatively and find innovative solutions, which can improve your problem-solving skills in other areas.
   
Developing Your Growth Mindset:
Challenges encourage a growth mindset, the belief that your abilities can be developed through dedication and hard work.
   
Add to Your Personal Growth:
Challenges push you to learn and grow as an individual. You develop new skills, broaden your perspective, and become more adaptable.

Increase Your Motivation:
Having a challenge to work towards can be a powerful motivator. It provides a sense of purpose and direction, keeping you focused and engaged.
   
Overcome Obstacles:
Challenges teach you to persevere and develop problem-solving skills. When you face obstacles and find solutions, you build resilience and the ability to overcome future challenges.
 
Invest:
In essence, challenging yourself is an investment in your personal development and overall well-being. By embracing challenges, you can unlock your potential, achieve your goals, and live a more meaningful life.
   
Enjoy Life:
If there’s no challenge in your life, then there’s no enjoyment in your life. Challenge yourself to be an example of change. We won’t grow and learn, doing what we’ve always done, and thinking what we’ve always thought. We need to move beyond our comfort zones. Change with the changes and keep moving forward. 

ALL YOU HAVE IS NOW!
MAKE THINGS FANTASTIC! 

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WORDS TO INSPIRE YOU!
Inspirational quotes and sayings have a unique ability to change the way we feel about life and can change our thoughts. They are attractive, challenging, and essential on our path to joy and happiness, as well as finding ways to inspire ourselves and others.
     
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Reading through the quotes below about life can do the trick if you’re looking for a pick-me-up or a healthy dose of motivation. Whether centered around positive affirmations, self-care, or success, life quotes can be powerful inspirational tools.
   
THE BURST!
Inspirational quotes and ideas provide a quick and timely burst of wisdom to help us regain our focus, offering the inspiration needed for the day or occasion. I hope the words below bring a smile to your face and drive you to make this day and every day a fantastic event.
   
BE POSITIVE!
Just as positive words can make someone smile, and a well-timed, amusing quote can make someone laugh, your thoughts react to real life. Have this control! You have complete control over only one thing in the universe—YOUR THINKING!—and that’s where motivational quotes come in!
     
“YOU”
Your quality of thinking and how you think and feel about yourself, including your beliefs and expectations about what is possible, determine everything in your life. Use quotes to move ahead in your life.
   
SELF-TALK IS SO ESSENTIAL—THINK RIGHT!
To stay motivated, use each day as an opportunity to improve and move closer to your goals. It might sound like a lot of work, and it’s next to impossible with your busy schedule. But you can do it! Motivational words, yes, are just words. But they are positive words; they will keep you on track.
   
QUOTES
Motivational quotes impact our brain, behavior, and lives because they make us feel like we are in control of our success and have a sense of self-efficacy. Quotes make us believe that we have the confidence to complete a task successfully, which is different from having the motivation to succeed.  

QUOTES WILL BENEFIT YOU!
Positive and inspiring quotes can be like sunshine on a cloudy day. They inject optimism into our thoughts, brighten our mood, and help us focus on the good in life. They remind us that even in the face of adversity, we can see the silver lining and embrace a positive attitude.
   
PEARLS OF WISDOM
In a world filled with challenges and indecisiveness, the power of inspirational quotes cannot be exaggerated. These pearls of wisdom uniquely uplift our spirits, can spark positive change, and fuel our motivation when we need it most.
     
WORDS WILL CHANGE YOU!
The correct motivational quote can transform you and your perspective, helping you overcome excuses, step out of your comfort zone, and take action. Read these words with an open mind and learn to improve your life.
     
THESE QUOTES
When you read these quotes, you’ll also realize that many other people worldwide are experiencing these feelings. These feelings make you think you’re the only person who could feel this bad. But you’re not. Many other people also feel bad. This is the irony of it. You don’t want other people to feel crappy, but it does make you feel better, or at least comforted to know that other people feel just as bad as you.
     
READ CAREFULLY
These quotes can be used when you wake up or prepare for work.
You can write your favorite quotes somewhere where you can see them as soon as you wake up.
These quotes are motivating, inspiring, and encouraging.
They will help you see your potential, stay motivated, and see the beauty in every morning.
Use them to your advantage!
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I HOPE THE FOLLOWING WORDS
INSPIRE YOU AND ADD TO YOUR LIFE >>
   
“The only way to do great work is to love what you do.”

“Believe in yourself and you’re halfway there.”

“If it doesn’t challenge you, it doesn’t change you.”
   
Focus on growth: “Growth is in the discomfort”.
 
Embrace challenges: “Challenges are gifts that force us to search for a new center of gravity”.
   
Find your strength: “You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think”.
   
Overcome adversity: “The struggle you’re in today is developing the strength you need for tomorrow”.
     
Persevere: “Fall seven times, stand up eight”.
   
Believe in yourself: “Believe in yourself, take on your challenges, dig deep within yourself to conquer fears”.
   
Turn challenges into opportunities: “Everything negative – pressure, challenges – is all an opportunity for me to rise”.
   
Find motivation in your passion: “Focus on what lights a fire inside of you and use that passion to fill a white space”.
     
Don’t be defined by limitations: “Don’t be defined by other people’s expectations. Define your own strengths,” Peloton.
   
Find inspiration in the journey: “Embrace the beauty of uncertainty. It’s a place of infinite possibility.” Peloton.
   
Don’t be afraid to take risks: “He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life.” Quora.
Learn from setbacks: “Failure is a bruise, not a tattoo” Quora.
   
Challenge yourself to be better: “The only way out is through.” Matchbox Gifts.
   
Embrace the struggle: “The harder the struggle, the more glorious the triumph.”
   
Here are more quotes >>
“Don’t live the same day over and over again and call that a life. Life is about evolving mentally, spiritually, and emotionally.”
― Germany Kent
   
“Sometimes it’s like: If something terrifies you, you should totally do it BECAUSE it terrifies you. And then you’ll do it and you’ll realise what you’re capable of.”
― Jonathan Saccone-Joly
   
“Be thankful to those who refuse to help you, for they force you to summon upon your warrior within.”
― Miya Yamanouchi
   
“Wisdom starts when you know yourself. You will realise that everything aligns itself perfectly when you live your truth, break limiting habits and challenge yourself daily.”
― Itayi Garande
   
“There is a fine line between challenging yourself and overwhelming yourself.”
― Brittany Burgunder
   
“Every once in a while, you need to challenge yourself and learn new things.”
― Amit Ray
     
“If there’s no challenge in your life, then there’s no enjoyment in your life.”
― David Tian
     
“Challenge yourself to be an example of change.”
― Debasish Mridha

YOU MUST IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF YOUR THINKING,
YOU CAN CHANGE YOUR LIFE’S DIFFERENTIA—SOMETIMES INSTANTLY!
COMPOSE A NOBLE BOOK AND WRITE A BEST-SELLER.
YOU ARE AMAZING—PLAY YOUR PART!
YOU CAN TURN THINGS AROUND FAST AND ACHIEVE YOUR
WILDEST DREAMS NO MATTER WHERE YOU ARE IN LIFE!

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MY DAILY JOTTINGS >>
Each week goes by so quickly.
It seems that time is passing more quickly.
You must live joyfully, daily, for each day!
     
Do you know what you did last Monday?
Do you remember what you ate for dinner last Thursday?
Keep track of your doings for a few weeks; you will see your time differently.
Remember, the quality of your life depends on what you do each day, in every moment.
  
8/16/25–Awakening early, as usual. I have no hunger, but my bottom teeth, which I recently had removed, hurt much. I soon received a pill for my pain, and I’m much better now. I could have left the teeth I had in my lower jaw, but more teeth needed replacement.
   
Eating is such a habit. I am not hungry, but I want to consume nutrients. This is because I have not been eating anything. I plan to do a two-day fast, and I’ll complete it quickly. (Why is not eating called a “fast”, after all.

At 3 in the afternoon, I went across the street to do some juggling. It felt great to be out in the bright sun. I’ve been inside for many days. I kept the juggling clubs flying well. Even behind-the-back throws went smoothly. I thought I would be unable to reestablish my juggling, but my mind has shifted now.
    
Someone always has to be with me, so Terry came along. I tried to teach her to juggle 3 balls, but she couldn’t understand, and her juggling was a mess. I was tired due to lack of sleep, so I didn’t stay long. But I was there long enough to see that I could reestablish my 3-club juggling. I used to juggle 7 clubs, so 3 should be no problem.
   
8/17–Had a better sleep last night. Crawled out of bed at about 5 am. My mind is still a sleepy head, so what do I do?
   
No hunger is grabbing me this morning, so I will continue not eating and wonder if I should have had all my bottom teeth pulled. Well, too late, now I live with this. It doesn’t hurt not to eat; I am doing fine. Do you need to stop eating for a time? Do it, it’s good for you.
   
This morning I was watching CBS, a show I like. On the show was a man who, because of a stroke, can no longer move from the neck down and cannot speak. This man amazed me, he writes music with someone who reads his eyes and a letter chart.
     
This man can write amazing music in this way, simply by using his eyes to pick out letters and create a song. I was impressed.
 
8/18–I was going to start eating today, but I am not hungry, so I won’t.
   
An Occupational Therapy session was scheduled at 9 am, it was postponed because the therapist was not around. And, later, I was supposed to be with someone outside to work on my juggling, but no one ever showed up.
   
For dinner tonight, there was lasagne, which looked very good. So, I broke my fast (but I broke the fast very quickly). But I couldn’t chew anything, no bottom teeth. So, only a bit of the lasagne was consumed. Yet, I am still not hungry at all. As usual, life goes on, not seeming to care in any way.
   
8/19–This morning, I’m going for lab tests. They will be checking my blood and its composition. For this reason, I was told not to eat or drink anything last night and this morning. Of course, I have no hunger, so I am alright with that.
   
Not sure if I should have had all my lower teeth removed. With no teeth, I cannot chew anyway. This is very difficult now. It is another life-change that, at this point, I have no control over. I might have to say that it is interesting, that’s just about it.
   
8/20–As a group, we went to help at cleantheworld.org/. As you know, I’ve been here before. We boxed up bars of soap. I ended up boxing up ten boxes, whereas others put together 5 boxes. I work quickly on tasks like this. We basically put recycled soap bars, melted together into new bars, into boxes, 40 to a box. I work fast doing this sort of thing. I completed ten boxes, while others completed five. 
   
Mary Ann helped me with my balance and basic stance. I saw in the mirror how I needed to change. My body has taken up a wrong look. Whenever I passed by a storefront, I noticed how I would droop my head, and I didn’t like that about myself. I will have to consciously apply this and make a new look with my body and my presence.
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Let me tell you why I decided to have my bottom teeth extracted >>
Eating without bottom teeth can be very painful. It is still a delicate area where my teeth were. When I eat, I have to push food up against my upper teeth to break it down before it can go down my throat. A new way to eat, but I wish I had upper teeth to chew.
     
8/21–I went to a doctor about what is called a Plantar Wart. It was on the ball of my foot and often hurt. He whittled away on it with a knife, then put on some liquid to kill whatever was there.
   
A plantar wart is a type of wart that appears on the soles of the feet, specifically the plantar surface (the bottom of the foot). These warts are caused by the human papillomavirus (HPV) and can be painful, especially when bearing weight or walking. They are typically characterized by a rough, thickened surface, sometimes with black dots (dried blood capillaries).
 
8/22–While I am staying here, I want to get anything that is wrong with me fixed. As you know, I plan on living past the age of 100, so I always want to make the best life I can! This is something you can do–to always aim toward joy and excellence THE REST OF YOUR LIFE.
   
You are not suffering; I hope not.
You are not in pain; I hope not, anyway.
Make all of your life the excellence and pleasure that you envision.
   
I just met Brett Arouette, who works here.
Of course, I had to put him on the list to receive this blog notification.
A new friend is found. 

MAKE THIS DAY GREAT FOR YOU!
THEN, KEEP DOING NEW (DAILY) FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE!

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THE GARDEN THIS WEEK   
I keep this section on gardening.
I do like the skill and hope you do, too.
   
Winter is here now.
But there are still things you can grow.
And remember about indoor gardening.
   
A self-supporting life can be a better life.
A garden would be a part of that life.
You must look into it!
   
Because I am back on the road.
There will be no more words about the garden.
I do hope Beth keeps it up.
We put a lot of effort into establishing our vegetable garden.

START YOUR GARDEN TODAY!
IT MAY BE NECESSARY FOR YOUR LIFE!

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ALL OUR LIVES, WE MUST CHALLENGE OURSELVES!
YOUR CHALLENGE FOR THE WEEK >>
I went for three days without eating anything (I’ve done two weeks).
Your challenge is to go without eating for ONE day.
Only drink liquids.
You can do it, I’m here to help.
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NEXT BLOG >>
BLOG 339–Finding Joy in the Little Things
There are so many joys if you look for them.
Allow me to open your mind to what there is.
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AND WHAT ARE YOU PLANNING FOR YOUR UPCOMING WEEK?

ALWAYS REMEMBER,
YOUR PRESENT SITUATION IS NOT YOUR FINAL DESTINATION,
THE BEST IS YET TO COME!