Good morning, everyone!!!
This week has been a wild ride for sure and the ride isn't over yet. I'm always being tested in this life on the patience aspect, because frankly that aspect of life is the one that has been most difficult for me. However, I am hoping this time will be the test I pass :)
I strive daily to work on my inner self. To remind myself of the qualities I wish to possess and be that person. I've learned in my lifetime you will always have difficult people to deal with, however, you do not have to allow these experiences to make you bitter toward life in general, you just keep pushing forward to make the life you want.
I firmly believe in the saying, Life is what you make it. So, even on those bad days I strive to see the good in the day. Some days are easier than others and yes, even I have moments where I just want to scream. But I can't reside there or I will lose all the progress I've made within myself. Because let's face it, sometimes it is easier to live in the grumpy aspect of life than it is to find the good in a day.
With everything that has happened this week from schedule changes to planning a family dinner, to hubby coming home and shaking up my normal routine :) Back in the day I would have allowed myself to stress out over so much going on. Today, I just go with the flow, take each day as it comes and do my best to make the most of it.
I know it is up to me how I look at each day that will determine what sort of day I have. In the past, I've allowed myself to remain in a horrible mood not just for a day but for months on end. I look back on those times and realize how much good I missed in each day for allowing myself to wallow in the self-pity and in those moments.
To me those times weren't really living to the fullest.
I think about how I allowed others to determine my thoughts and moods. Thinking this is how friendships work. How wrong I was.
You trick yourself into believing this makes you a better friend. However, in reality it only makes you a shell of who you are.
Yes, I get angry. Yes, I get my feelings hurt. Yes, I have my moments where I would just like to shake a person and say, Wake UP!!! But to remain in these moments only takes away from the person I want to be in this lifetime.
Life is about choice. We are in absolute control of the choices we make each and every day. This includes how we deal with difficult people in our every day life. I've been blessed with so many wonderful people in my every day life. However, I've also been blessed with some difficult people in my every day life to allow me to remember my choices on how I wish to live my life. To set in stone my belief on finding a positive moment in the midst of someone else's choices.
Their choices are just that, their choices. I have lived a good portion of my life trying to be the 'fixer' so it is difficult for me to stay out of it, mind my own business, and just let them deal with the choices they make. Yes, it is aggravating when their life choices effect me, but it is my choice on how I allow that to transform my life.
Everything in this life is a learning experience to bring us closer to the person we need to be in our daily life. I chose happiness and seeking the positive. For that is who I wish to be when the day is done.
Everyone have a lovely day!!!
Blessings to all!!!
This week has been a wild ride for sure and the ride isn't over yet. I'm always being tested in this life on the patience aspect, because frankly that aspect of life is the one that has been most difficult for me. However, I am hoping this time will be the test I pass :)
I strive daily to work on my inner self. To remind myself of the qualities I wish to possess and be that person. I've learned in my lifetime you will always have difficult people to deal with, however, you do not have to allow these experiences to make you bitter toward life in general, you just keep pushing forward to make the life you want.
I firmly believe in the saying, Life is what you make it. So, even on those bad days I strive to see the good in the day. Some days are easier than others and yes, even I have moments where I just want to scream. But I can't reside there or I will lose all the progress I've made within myself. Because let's face it, sometimes it is easier to live in the grumpy aspect of life than it is to find the good in a day.
With everything that has happened this week from schedule changes to planning a family dinner, to hubby coming home and shaking up my normal routine :) Back in the day I would have allowed myself to stress out over so much going on. Today, I just go with the flow, take each day as it comes and do my best to make the most of it.
I know it is up to me how I look at each day that will determine what sort of day I have. In the past, I've allowed myself to remain in a horrible mood not just for a day but for months on end. I look back on those times and realize how much good I missed in each day for allowing myself to wallow in the self-pity and in those moments.
To me those times weren't really living to the fullest.
I think about how I allowed others to determine my thoughts and moods. Thinking this is how friendships work. How wrong I was.
You trick yourself into believing this makes you a better friend. However, in reality it only makes you a shell of who you are.
Yes, I get angry. Yes, I get my feelings hurt. Yes, I have my moments where I would just like to shake a person and say, Wake UP!!! But to remain in these moments only takes away from the person I want to be in this lifetime.
Life is about choice. We are in absolute control of the choices we make each and every day. This includes how we deal with difficult people in our every day life. I've been blessed with so many wonderful people in my every day life. However, I've also been blessed with some difficult people in my every day life to allow me to remember my choices on how I wish to live my life. To set in stone my belief on finding a positive moment in the midst of someone else's choices.
Their choices are just that, their choices. I have lived a good portion of my life trying to be the 'fixer' so it is difficult for me to stay out of it, mind my own business, and just let them deal with the choices they make. Yes, it is aggravating when their life choices effect me, but it is my choice on how I allow that to transform my life.
Everything in this life is a learning experience to bring us closer to the person we need to be in our daily life. I chose happiness and seeking the positive. For that is who I wish to be when the day is done.
Everyone have a lovely day!!!
Blessings to all!!!