Good morning, everyone!!!
It is the last full week of July. This summer is flying by for sure. Hubby and I got quite a bit done around here this weekend. He redid our big gates to make it easier putting the camper where we need it between camping trips. Now I just have to finish getting things reorganized in there from our camping trip with the grandchildren. Yeah, I'm a bit behind on the things I need to get done :(
I did get my fairy garden done this week along with cleaning out the cupboard, the inside freezer, and tried my hand at homemade dog treats. Shadow and Bear have approved the taste and enjoyed a few of them yesterday :) I am compiling recipes I'm using and creating for my homemade puppy goodies and will be publishing a Spoiled Puppies Cookbook in the next few months :) I was supposed to make dog food yesterday, but by the time hubby and I went to the store and got home, well, it was a bit late so that will wait until today after work.
My spiritual studies are going well. I am ready for a new chapter this week. It is pretty great refreshing my memory on a few aspects :) I was reminded this morning as I began waking up that choice is actually a part of spirituality. Choosing to be happy and satisfied with life is also a spiritual aspect that is not well considered when thinking of the word spiritual. Being thankful, yes, but choice not as much.
This spiritual path I've chosen has given me so much insight into the actual control over my life I do have. By looking into my own inner self I've found so much in this life to not only be thankful for, but realized how much my choices transform my life.
Each day I wake up, no matter what is going on in the world around me, I choose to find the good in each day. Even if the good is just a glimmer. I choose to make the most out of each day, even if the most for that particular day is nothing more than rest. No beating myself up because there is still more to be done, or because I didn't get everything accomplished in a day that I wanted. I know myself well enough to know I always expect more than I can get done in a day sometimes. There's always tomorrow and if tomorrow doesn't come for some reason, I have done my best and tried my hardest. This I have learned to be happy with and not berate myself for the things I haven't finished, but rejoice in the things I did.
I've learned to accept that just because it is not how I would do it, or how I choose to live, or even those nagging issues that make me ask 'why' that if it doesn't apply to me, I need to let it go. I spent a good deal of my life trying to live other people's lives, that this was the first and hardest aspect for me to learn and apply. I still have my days where I just want to choke someone because the obvious to me is right in front of their nose, but then I have to tell myself, not my life, not my issues, not my solutions. Basically, I scold myself and tell me to mind my own damn business. Sometimes it works, sometimes I have to do this in mid sentence LOL. Either way I am more mindful now than I used to be of this behavior pattern in myself.
Most days I have to do a LOT of praying to get me through the day. LOL. I always ask for assistance in helping me to be more mindful of this behavior pattern in myself and to help me remember everyone is going through something they need spiritual guidance for and that is between them and Spirit.
Well I guess I should get ready to wake up hubby. He leaves out this morning for the week.
Everyone have a lovely day!!!
Blessings to all!!!
It is the last full week of July. This summer is flying by for sure. Hubby and I got quite a bit done around here this weekend. He redid our big gates to make it easier putting the camper where we need it between camping trips. Now I just have to finish getting things reorganized in there from our camping trip with the grandchildren. Yeah, I'm a bit behind on the things I need to get done :(
I did get my fairy garden done this week along with cleaning out the cupboard, the inside freezer, and tried my hand at homemade dog treats. Shadow and Bear have approved the taste and enjoyed a few of them yesterday :) I am compiling recipes I'm using and creating for my homemade puppy goodies and will be publishing a Spoiled Puppies Cookbook in the next few months :) I was supposed to make dog food yesterday, but by the time hubby and I went to the store and got home, well, it was a bit late so that will wait until today after work.
My spiritual studies are going well. I am ready for a new chapter this week. It is pretty great refreshing my memory on a few aspects :) I was reminded this morning as I began waking up that choice is actually a part of spirituality. Choosing to be happy and satisfied with life is also a spiritual aspect that is not well considered when thinking of the word spiritual. Being thankful, yes, but choice not as much.
This spiritual path I've chosen has given me so much insight into the actual control over my life I do have. By looking into my own inner self I've found so much in this life to not only be thankful for, but realized how much my choices transform my life.
Each day I wake up, no matter what is going on in the world around me, I choose to find the good in each day. Even if the good is just a glimmer. I choose to make the most out of each day, even if the most for that particular day is nothing more than rest. No beating myself up because there is still more to be done, or because I didn't get everything accomplished in a day that I wanted. I know myself well enough to know I always expect more than I can get done in a day sometimes. There's always tomorrow and if tomorrow doesn't come for some reason, I have done my best and tried my hardest. This I have learned to be happy with and not berate myself for the things I haven't finished, but rejoice in the things I did.
I've learned to accept that just because it is not how I would do it, or how I choose to live, or even those nagging issues that make me ask 'why' that if it doesn't apply to me, I need to let it go. I spent a good deal of my life trying to live other people's lives, that this was the first and hardest aspect for me to learn and apply. I still have my days where I just want to choke someone because the obvious to me is right in front of their nose, but then I have to tell myself, not my life, not my issues, not my solutions. Basically, I scold myself and tell me to mind my own damn business. Sometimes it works, sometimes I have to do this in mid sentence LOL. Either way I am more mindful now than I used to be of this behavior pattern in myself.
Most days I have to do a LOT of praying to get me through the day. LOL. I always ask for assistance in helping me to be more mindful of this behavior pattern in myself and to help me remember everyone is going through something they need spiritual guidance for and that is between them and Spirit.
Well I guess I should get ready to wake up hubby. He leaves out this morning for the week.
Everyone have a lovely day!!!
Blessings to all!!!