HOW to: Create it your way

Just

WOW

Just sit with that a minute... Breathe deep within...

and

Exhale into your day with Gratitude

My goodness, it's morning already... Got that Monday behind you didn't ya?

Looks like no readers yesterday... well ok, maybe a few... LOL

Coffee goin, cup poured, ready to jump in to the day.

Funny how time just slips away,

thinking I keep getting up earlier but it still runs so fast, blink twice.. it's bedtime!

Was thinking this morning about conversations I've had recently: can't better think of a description than

THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE UGLY... wasn't that the name of a movie? A song? Bumper sticker?

hmm... sounds very very familiar!
Continually amazed when out and about so many people pay good money to go out and still seem to not have fun!
Wassup with that?
I am so very blessed and I guess very selective... I just enjoy every moment of those I am surrounded with in my free time; my "discretionary" time of relaxing and play.
Whether in a boat on the Gulf of Mexico, Lake Tarpon, or sitting around a table or on the ground counting caterpillar's with true excitement of the coming butterflies... we just have the absolute best of times!

And heaven help us when we dock at the Tarpon Turtle where the food is great and the views of the lake are awesome... We have more fun and laughter than we can stand (others even laugh with or at us) ~

Speaking of the Tarpon Turtle... best crab cakes anywhere there... and... they just so happen to call me the "Mayor" of the place! The food is really awesome, manager Brenda and her staff great ~
So if you live nearby... put it on your list of "gotta go and eat" places and see the lake; where you can also see those little gators! One of them is wearing a very expensive pair of shades from a couple of summers ago {MINE}, but didn't want to wrestle him for them, so just walked away... Oh yes, a reader did comment about the gator in the shades now that I remember ~ LOL, they sure were pretty too.

Surround yourself with good people. REALLY GOOD AND LOVING PEOPLE, who will stand for and by you during the GOOD, THE BAD, THE UGLY AND THE WONDERFUL times.

 Fill your head with good thoughts. AND stop any other thoughts from renting space there... it is after all YOUR head we're talking about here, right?

Fill your heart with great love.
Live well and find your own happiness. Your own fulfillment, your own sense of "awe" in every day.


Create the life you want.

The challenge we face is to do this when we are allowing ourselves to be surrounded by joyless and negative people.
People who wouldn’t accept an optimistic thought if it got a choke hold on their head.
We all know those people. C'mon now... you know someone like that in your life don't you???
I remember Olivia (10 years old) saying to me, "Nana, negative people are so tiring... they wear me out!"

AVOID THEM LIKE THE PLAGUE.   Feeling me???
I am totally serious. Well ok, you can't go around avoiding everyone now can ya? But not everyone is dark and negative and thank goodness for that right?

Some people you can be the light for, some you can reflect the light off,
but some have chosen to dwell in the dark, like a black hole.

They will infect/affect you with anger, upset, and overall "fall in the hole" feelings.
Anger turned inward turns to depression, dissatisfaction and a heavy dose of pessimism.

Really how much of that do we want to bring into our own lives?

When you find yourself struggling to keep you own self positive in the company of these people, STOMP ~ ~ ~RUN. RUN as fast and as far as it takes.
You cannot change them. They are the only ones who can change them... BUT you can change your "REACTION" and whether you choose to be a part of it...

They will infect you.

They will change you. Like oil and water. It’s a bad mix. Can you say... "BP OIL SPILL IN OUR PRECIOUS GULF"... Oil and water do not mix!

If they can’t be avoided, for instance, perhaps it’s someone you work with, an "in-law" a "Facebook person", a "heaven forbid family member"

… until you can make a job change, life change, or attitude change...
just know that while you can’t change them, you can change your reaction toward them.

So stop struggling against making them change.
 Change how you see them.
Accept that they are who they are.
 They may always be the kind of person that drags you down.
 So be it.
But DO NOT let yourself be sucked into their vortex. They chose it, they own it. It is their choice. You make your own choices. DO NOT LET THEM Change you. You will be less, if you do. Less happy, less cheerful, less light, less of everything you choose to be.
"Every thought is a seed. If you plant crab apples, don't count on harvesting Golden Delicious". ~Bill Meyer
Avoid contact when possible or when not feeling strong.
Stay focused on who you are.
Know that if the problem is persistent;
You will have to create the lack of contact you desire.

Now for the even more disappointing truth.
 You may find that one of these toxic people are in your own family, or is someone you have been involved with for many years; a once trusted friend even.

Hard to imagine we would have such close contact isn’t it. Have we really let this happen in our own life?

 Sad though it is, you may need to evaluate how the continued contact serves your purposes.

 If you want to maintain that kind of influence and relationship. Go for it.

But know that YOU are choosing the negative impact it will have.
 So do it on purpose. Do everything with MINDFUL PURPOSE.


A life of purpose.
 Own it.
 Take responsibility for it.
Take responsibility for how much you give, and how much you are willing to take ~

STOMP
S      T     O     M      P

Create the life you dare to dream... surround yourself with light and love of good people, great friends, loving family of birth and choice ~
Enjoy this day... As someone recently told me,
"A day above ground is indeed a great day doc" ~ We will not be broken... We will fly, soar... if we believe and we try...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_FcAg4ObRQ
So there ya go... and if that's not enough...
heehe
I wish I was a glow worm,

A glow worm's never glum.


'Cos how can you be grumpy


When the sun shines out your bum!
~Author Unknown ~

The fire is burning brightly, its embers are hot... Sending healing thoughts of strength, humor, and light to you and yours on this beautiful morning...
We are together in prayer, in thoughts of all that is needed to remind you out there, we are WARRIORS... we are with you, along with some powerful angels... May you find comfort in knowing that we stand strong when we stand together:


FOR: Our beautiful Gulf of Mexico and all those affected/infected by this horrific accident; our sea-life creatures, those living in and on the gulf waters and trying to make their livelihoods and provide for their families our prayers are with you and yours... Please help our Gulf...


Our North American Black American Bears and Lily and HOPE, http://www.bear.org/ , Dr Rogers, Donna, Sue,
and Chris, Jill {IS IN REMISSION}, the folks at the NABC, Joseph, Cathy M., Vicki and Matthew, Cindy in NC, Cindy C, Laura, Mitch and family, Liz, Lee, Molly, Joanie, Jude, COFA,Judi, Matthew, Matt, Mark's family and many friends , Andrea, Jimmy, Marie and family up in New England, Pat, Dorothy, Angela, Elijah, Ode, Linda M, "Southwest VA", Irene, Kevin, Dr D, Deb, Randy, Dr B , Charlie and family, Booker, Bernice, Jean, Julie, Rhonda, Victoria, Mildred, Andi and family, Irene, Faith, Denise, Jim, Tom, Joey, Shelby friends and family, Judi, Phylis, Joyce, Gina, Tonya, Deb O., Beverly and Family, Janeth, Melissa, Pam, Virginia, Stacey, Kevin Edward Belevich and his Pops Jack Phelan, Elizabeth, Nita, Gary Siegal, Adrienna,Brian Mawbey, of Mafia Wars Please hold the friends and family of these people in your hearts and prayers as they begin that long and uncertain journey through grief ~


Wherever you are and whatever you are doing... STOMP... have a marvelous day today....
You are in the arms of some powerful Warriors here ~


Walk In Beauty,
DRSES  http://www.healingheartaches.com/
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