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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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How long do you try before you give up????
I talk a lot about not giving up. Keep moving forward. Keep trying. Well, the question is, how long do you keep trying before enough is enough? That all depends. But let me tell you a story that may inspire you to keep trying for as long as it takes. My dad was medically disabled at the age of 45 due to rheumatoid, degenerative arthritis. By the time he was 50 years old he was in a wheelchair. His neck has been fused. He has had surgery on his hands, feet, knees, hips, and neck. His surgeries are numerous in number. He couldn’t drive anymore. He couldn’t walk anymore. He…
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One step forward, two steps back……..
Have you felt like you were moving forward only to be pushed back, yet again? Feeling frustrated that once you start making progress, it stops? Set backs are tough. Sometimes it is difficult to keep that positive outlook when we are being pushed back more than moving ahead. But don’t give up! I often use that quote, “Everything happens for a reason.” I do believe this. I am not always sure of what the reason is and sometimes I never find out. I struggle to keep positive when I get pushed back sometimes. I am like everyone else. I have bad days. Then you need to get back up and…
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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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Take Control………..
Many of us feel like our lives are out of control. Either nothing is getting done or it is spinning around in circles and we can’t do anything to stop it, slow it down, or get a grip on what is happening. Life is controlling what direction you are going, what you are doing, and it is taking away a lot of fun. Humans like control. Yes, some of us are “control freaks”! But having a little control is better than no control. Even when you do not have control, you have control. So whatever control you can get, take it! When you think you have no control, find it.…
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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…
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It is not rejection ………
So, you didn’t get the job you wanted or the house you hoped for or the car that was screaming your name. You were REJECTED! Or were you? I don’t think so. I know it hurts and makes you feel sad but there is a brighter side. You just don’t see it right now. That job may have had a very difficult person you would have had to work with and was not in your favor. The house may have had a neighbor that would have caused you tremendous grief and that would not be to your best interest. The car, well, you didn’t need the payment even though you…
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Are you holding yourself back?
You want change! You think about it, you dream about it and you focus so much attention on it. BUT………….. do you do anything about it? What steps are you making to get the change you want? Dreams are great and I encourage them but you have to do something about it in order to make it happen. You can’t focus on something and leave it at that. AND…………………. stop thinking and start doing! What is holding you back? YOU! You may be saying, “Now wait a minute! I am NOT holding myself back. ______________ is holding me back!” What is __________________? Money, your job, your health, your spouse, parents,…
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Do not quit!!!
Life has its challenges. It throws us unexpected curves and a spiral of winds. And usually when we least expect it. Somethings feel like we will never get through. It keeps taking us down the long road and it keeps on going but doesn’t seem to have a stop sign or turn anywhere in sight. We want to quit the adventure and get off the road but we just keep following it into no where. We want to give up and not see where this is going to take us. Sometimes it is just too hard and the longer it lasts, the more drained we become to continue on. This…