Today's mantra: Choose happiness!
I have been thinking a lot about happiness today. More along the lines of "I am not responsible for someone's happiness." You can not control whether another person is happy or not, but you can control your happiness and sometimes happiness is contagious!!
Much like thinking everything is greener on the overside of the fence, I have been shifting negative thoughts to positives. Looking for the things that make me happy and doing them more often. Surrounding myself with those that make me happy - because happiness is contagious!!
While writing this I'm thinking of the Gumball cartoon characters singing "When life gives you lemons" clip - I love Gumball!!
So remember to choose happiness!
And really heat does not help blog writing creativeness!! So hot!! But on the bright side ---- hmm there really isn't a bright side except I hate being cold worse!! Choose happiness!!
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Friday, January 2, 2015
Monday, June 17, 2013
#blogjune Post 18 - It's Just a Quote
This morning it is cold - apparently 6.1'C but I believe it was 5'C when I got up at 6.15am. No boot camp this morning - thank goodness!! But tomorrow morning it will be on and it is supposed to be just as cold - I do question my sanity at times!
So because it is so cold, my fingers aren't typing that well so I'm going to fall back on a quote I found in a book I was reading recently.
"Waves rolled out of the steel-grey world to hurl themselves at the shore like battering rams, full of force and fury."
This was from Nora Roberts latest, Whiskey Beach. I'm a bit of a Nora Roberts fan - so much so that Miss A frequently asks me if I read any books by other authors!!
This quote from the book, resonated with me because I live near the beach and during our East Coast Lows - which we seem to have quite often - the waves do exactly as that quote says.
Although, I imagine a house high on a rocky headland with the waves crashing against the rocks below on a grey miserable day - to be more apt for the quote.
However, at night when you can hear the waves crashing on the beach - you can almost imagine that your house is on a rocky headland and the waves are crashing below. And if you imagine even harder, that even though it is cold outside, you have a nice warm open fire heating the house up as you lay under big fluffy doonas in blissful sleep.
Ok, in reality we are in a fibro house with no heating (electricity prices are so high here that we can't afford to run a heater), dressed in layers of clothes, sleeping in beds with flannelette sheets and fluffy doonas, trying to stay warm.
That's why I love books - because I can imagine I'm in that house on the rocky headland nice and warm!!
So because it is so cold, my fingers aren't typing that well so I'm going to fall back on a quote I found in a book I was reading recently.
"Waves rolled out of the steel-grey world to hurl themselves at the shore like battering rams, full of force and fury."
This was from Nora Roberts latest, Whiskey Beach. I'm a bit of a Nora Roberts fan - so much so that Miss A frequently asks me if I read any books by other authors!!
This quote from the book, resonated with me because I live near the beach and during our East Coast Lows - which we seem to have quite often - the waves do exactly as that quote says.
Although, I imagine a house high on a rocky headland with the waves crashing against the rocks below on a grey miserable day - to be more apt for the quote.
However, at night when you can hear the waves crashing on the beach - you can almost imagine that your house is on a rocky headland and the waves are crashing below. And if you imagine even harder, that even though it is cold outside, you have a nice warm open fire heating the house up as you lay under big fluffy doonas in blissful sleep.
Ok, in reality we are in a fibro house with no heating (electricity prices are so high here that we can't afford to run a heater), dressed in layers of clothes, sleeping in beds with flannelette sheets and fluffy doonas, trying to stay warm.
That's why I love books - because I can imagine I'm in that house on the rocky headland nice and warm!!
Wednesday, January 11, 2012
Appreciation
Finally, the final installment of the #blog12daysxmas has finally arrived. Sorry for the delay but I have been in Qld for the last week and my tablet would not let me type in blogger - will have to sort that out.
In this post I'm going to focus on appreciation because most of my other posts have been focusing on negatives, so now for some positives.
After visiting Qld and experiencing the wonderful 35-42'C temperatures - I appreciate being home where today brings us a top of 25'C. It didn't take me long to appreciate where I live after being in Qld a week. I know that there had been some nice cooler temperatures before I arrived but it didn't take long for me to remember the constant sweat of the Qld summer. I used to love it but I must be climatising!! 8-)
It was great to catch up with my family and good friends and I appreciate that they took the time out from their regular routines to make time for me. I wish they could all relocate here but seeing them so few times a year makes me appreciate them more!!
This time last year I was in Qld and I was "stuck" due to the floods. I remember feeling helpless as I wasn't able to assist anyone and I was more concerned with getting home to my husband then hanging around during the clean up. Watching people talking about how their homes and loved ones were washed away made me appreciate my family and friends even more. While it floods often here, the flooding in Qld was much different.
You may have heard about the terrible accident that happened in Urunga while I was in Qld. A B double truck ran into a ute and some houses and killed 2 people, one of them an 11 yr old boy who was on holidays from Sydney. I can not begin to fatham how their loved ones feel but again it makes me appreciate what I've got.
Those of you who are mums/dads will understand when I say that you can spend a lot of time imagining the worst things that could happen to your child(ren). It tears you up and you want to lock them inside and not let them do anything. The fear grips you. But you must let go and let them experience life - including the times where they may experience hurt and pain. I appreciate that so far life has been kind to me and has not let anything bad happen to my child nor my family.
There are many many other things that I appreciate but I will finish by saying that I appreciate those that have taken the time to read my #blog12daysxmas and I hope that my motivation continues throughout the year to continue to blog.
In this post I'm going to focus on appreciation because most of my other posts have been focusing on negatives, so now for some positives.
After visiting Qld and experiencing the wonderful 35-42'C temperatures - I appreciate being home where today brings us a top of 25'C. It didn't take me long to appreciate where I live after being in Qld a week. I know that there had been some nice cooler temperatures before I arrived but it didn't take long for me to remember the constant sweat of the Qld summer. I used to love it but I must be climatising!! 8-)
It was great to catch up with my family and good friends and I appreciate that they took the time out from their regular routines to make time for me. I wish they could all relocate here but seeing them so few times a year makes me appreciate them more!!
This time last year I was in Qld and I was "stuck" due to the floods. I remember feeling helpless as I wasn't able to assist anyone and I was more concerned with getting home to my husband then hanging around during the clean up. Watching people talking about how their homes and loved ones were washed away made me appreciate my family and friends even more. While it floods often here, the flooding in Qld was much different.
You may have heard about the terrible accident that happened in Urunga while I was in Qld. A B double truck ran into a ute and some houses and killed 2 people, one of them an 11 yr old boy who was on holidays from Sydney. I can not begin to fatham how their loved ones feel but again it makes me appreciate what I've got.
Those of you who are mums/dads will understand when I say that you can spend a lot of time imagining the worst things that could happen to your child(ren). It tears you up and you want to lock them inside and not let them do anything. The fear grips you. But you must let go and let them experience life - including the times where they may experience hurt and pain. I appreciate that so far life has been kind to me and has not let anything bad happen to my child nor my family.
There are many many other things that I appreciate but I will finish by saying that I appreciate those that have taken the time to read my #blog12daysxmas and I hope that my motivation continues throughout the year to continue to blog.
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