A Lesson...

A Lesson in Life


Everything happens for a reason. Nothing happens by chance or by means of good or bad luck. Illness, injury, love, lost moments of true greatness and sheer stupidity all occur to test the limits of your soul. Without these small tests, if they be events, illnesses or relationships, life would be like a smoothly paved, straight, flat road to nowhere.
If someone hurts you, betrays you , or breaks you heart, forgive them. For they have helped you learn about trust and the importance of being cautious to who you open your heart to.
If someone loves you, love them back unconditionally, not only because they love you, but because they are teaching you to love and opening your heart and eyes to things you would have never seen or felt without them.
Make every day count. Appreciate every moment and take from it everything that you possibly can, for you may never be able to experience it again.
Talk to people you have never talked to before, and actually listen. Hold your head up because you have every right to. Tell yourself you are a great individual and believe in yourself, for if you don't believe in yourself, no one else will believe in you either.
You can make of your life anything you wish. Create your own life and then go out and live it.

Be Your Own...

I found this and a few other things I liked. So I thought I would share. More to come.

There comes a time when you must stand alone.You must feel confident enough within yourself to follow your own dreams.You must be willing to make sacrifices.You must be capable of changing and rearranging your priorities so that your final goal can be achieved.Sometimes, familiarity and comfort need to be challenged.There are times when you must take a few extra chances and create your own realities.Be strong enough to at least try to make your life better.Be confident enough that you won't settle for a compromise just to get by.Appreciate yourself by allowing yourself the opportunities to grow, develop, and find your true sense of purpose in this life.Don't stand in someone else's shadow when it's your sunlight that should lead the way.

A Few Things...

A few things I have learned from Austin and Paige.......

1. Toilet water attracts 1 and half year olds, which in turn attracts their older sibling.

2. Dish washing fluid on your kitchen floor, will require at least 5 mops in order to not slip

3. A child's scream can and will bring on an instant headache.

4. Crayons and markers will come off the walls with the magic eraser but so will your paint.

5. A new movie should be played 30 times in a row, until a 4 year old is satisfied.

6. Puddles attract new white sneakers.

7. The toy a child plays with will always be more appealing to the sibling, and will result in cries and fights.

8. The word NO is not comprehensible unless the child is saying it to you.

9. Something expensive you buy for yourself, will be touched by a child within 3.5 seconds of them seeing it.

10. Poop is not a good finger paint to use.

11. Your children will always make you look like a liar to strangers when it comes to a certain behavior.

12. A child always poop's right after a diaper change.

13. Hugs and Kisses are always sincere

14. The first time your child tells you they love, it will bring tears.

15. Watching your child get vaccinations will bring tears to your eyes.

Please feel free to share things that you learned from your kids/spouses/siblings.

Who Am I...

I use to think I knew who I was, but over the years, I've learned I don't. Maybe it's not that I don't know who I am, maybe it's that I lost track of who I really am. Sometimes when I sit back and look at what my life is, compared to what it was. I don't think I can ever fix it. How can you fix something, when your not exactly sure where it broke?

When I first moved, I said I wanted to accomplish so many things, and I have, yet I feel like I haven't. In a lot of ways I really wish I knew how to become a stronger person, in order to make the things I want to happen, happen. Instead I'm such a "go with the flow" person, and really it's not getting me anywhere. Well it is in some sense. It's getting me annoyed, and angry.

Where I am right this very second in my life, is not where I wanted to be. If you would have asked me 8 years ago, I would have told you nothing compared to now.

It's sad to think back to how I use to picture life, and then look at it now, and see the 360 degree turn it took. I guess in a way it's like that for everyone. Think back 6 years ago, or even a year ago. Is your life the way you pictured it back then? I bet a majority will say no, not at all.