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More than what you see……
All of my blogs have special meaning to me. I don’t blog as often as I would like or should. The main reason I don’t is because I’m too tired. Yes, just tired. It may seem strange for some to think that I’m too tired to type on a phone or laptop, that it doesn’t take much energy. The thing is, it does. There are many times that I think of doing it but my body isn’t mentally or physically able because I suffer from chronic fatigue and pain. You would never know this if I didn’t tell you. My personal Facebook page has revealed this a few times. Not…
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Live the positive when handed negative.
It’s easy to focus on the negative. It hurts. It is painful. It is emotionally draining. It seems to make more of an impact on us than the positive that seems to be light hearted and doesn’t weigh so much on us. It also makes us lose sight of the good. Don’t focus so much on the bad that you lose sight of the good. Today, as I was looking in the mirror, a beautiful insight came to me. I was actually shocked by the woman standing before me. Why did it take me so long to see her? For the last three and a half years I had been…
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When you want to quit life………..keep going!
Life can be tough. It can knock you down. It can barrel you over. It takes unexpected punches we weren’t prepared to protect ourselves from. Life can make us want to curl up and stay there. The outside world is angry and brutal. It is easier to stay inside and hide. Some just don’t want to live it at all and want to give up. But don’t! This is it! One life. One glorious life. I know to many it may not seem too glorious right now. I know there are some on the last leg of wanting to live it. I know there are days that feel like they…
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Don’t feed the negative….. be the twist!
Negative, negative, negative!!!! We see it everyday, throughout the day. In social media, news threads, news broadcasts, sitcoms, comedy…… everywhere! You just can’t seem to get away from it. I have had a few friends taking breaks from social media because of it. I see tweets that start arguments. I see Facebook posts ending friendships. It’s absolutely out of control. Or is it? I will admit I have been drawn into the negative here and there. I have had my share of being unfriended. Not because I was being really negative but I was sharing what others didn’t want to hear. I am still hurt over a loss that happened…
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Fall is the time for change………..
Summer is on it’s way out and fall is just around the corner. Change is everywhere right now. Kids are going back to school and meeting new friends. We will be spending more time indoors. Snowbirds are making plans to head out. Flip flops are traded for socks and boots. Football season is here and holidays will be soon upon us. The change of season is here. It is also the time where the warm air turns colder. The greens leaves turn color and start to fall. The lively life of summer months now prepares for the winter slumber. The world of nature around us quiets down, unwinds, and starts…
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Take time to self reflect………
Life can be so busy. We are running here, running there, and still trying to manage everything else. We have hardly any time to think let alone reflect on our life. I am not talking about thinking about our life, I am talking about reflecting on your life. Really looking at your life and where you are in it. Something was brought to my attention that took me off guard. For many years I thought I had been clear letting people know how I feel about them and certain things. I thought that even if I didn’t agree with what they might do, I support them and will be there along…
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2016 is YOUR year!!!
The New Year brings New Beginnings! Such an exciting time. Throwing out the old, bringing in the new. Making new resolutions and hoping we stick to them. Looking forward to what the future has to offer or sometimes dreading what lies ahead. It is all how you see it. It is all what you want it to be. It can be filled with joy or full of sorrow. You can start fresh or drag worries behind you. You can bring in new light or sift through darkness. I love the new year! I look forward to what lies ahead and what changes will come. I look forward to accomplishing goals…
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Self Reflection……..
Often I post messages about letting go of negative people in your life. This is true for friends, co-workers, and even family. You don’t want to have negative in your life that brings you down and takes your energy. But……. could you be your own source of toxic? Could you be the negative energy that is bringing you down and others around you? If you can’t seem to get out of a certain rut in life, is it you? Sometimes we tend to make our own problems. Some problems are just going to happen, it’s life. But other times we cause our own. We create more than what is there…
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Do not give up……………..
Life can be hard. We all have had tough experiences we have had to go through in this journey called life. Some tougher than others, but tough just the same. We have all had dreams we have wanted to achieve but maybe something came in the way of that and we stop perusing for it to come true. We have all wanted better in life with either a job, finances, living situations, or something else but came to face that it would never change and stop thinking that it could. DO NOT GIVE UP! Just because things may be hard now, or for the last five years, does not mean…
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Keeping faith in trial……..
Life can be hard. Very hard. We hear the quote, “What doesn’t kill you, makes you stronger”. But the tough times are hard to get through. They can bring us to our knees. They can test everything we have inside to get through. They can crumble us. And if we let them, they can destroy us. Faith is one of the greatest beliefs we can feel. Trusting that everything happens for a reason. Even if what is happening or has happened has been very tragic. The faith that the outcome will be for good even if the trial is unfair or devastating. It can be difficult to have faith. We…