All Over the Place...Random Tuesday Thoughts

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"Random thoughts are received with no context for it, no pre-conceived notions or bias." ~unknown

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Just so you know... I love animals

... they fill me with happiness and peace.

Just so you know... I have a strong intuition

... I can know and feel things without reason.

Just so you know... I have several options

... I'm praying Wednesday gives me direction.

Just so you know... I'm still kind to people

... even if we've outgrown our friendship.

Just so you know... only '4' more days
... to learning the answers that I seek.

Just so you know... I have great empathy

... I've even been called an empath.

Just so you know... I read about empaths
... and I have to agree it sounds like me. :)

Just so you know... I truly like who I am
... so I don't worry what others think. ;-)

HAPPY TUESDAY!!! :-)

Why I suddenly Love Winter... just look outside!

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"Winter is the time for comfort, for good food and warmth, for the touch of a friendly hand and for a talk beside the fire: it is the time for home."~Edith Sitwell

 "Let Us Love Winter.  For is it the spring of genius." ~Pietro Aretino

"In seed time learn, in harvest teach, in winter enjoy." ~William Blake 

"People don't notice whether it's winter or summer when they're happy." ~Anton Chekhov

"There is nothing in the world more beautiful than the forest clothed to its very hollow in snow.  It is the still ecstasy of nature, wherein every spray, every blade of grass.  Every spire of need, every intricacy of twig, is clad with radiance." ~William Sharp

"Winter, a lingering season, is a time to gather golden moments, embark upon a sentimental journey, and enjoy every idle hour." ~John Boswell

Half Full and Aloha Friday!!

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"A great attitude does much more than turn on the lights in our worlds; it seems to magically connect us to all sorts of serendipitous opportunities that were somehow absent before the change." ~Author Unknown

Half Full Friday is a series of weekly posts that Eye Girl originally started in June 2009.  Now the it is hosted by Sprinkles at Wyldechylde.  We believe that a lot of our happiness is determined by our attitude about the things that happen to us. So by participating, we are deciding to see the glass as half full, instead of half empty. We are choosing to concentrate on the positives, instead of dwelling on the negatives. Our Half Full Friday posts are a way to do just that. They are a list of the things in our life that have brought us happiness over the past week. We are determined to find the something good in every day. Are you?

“The are of living does not consist in preserving and clinging to a particular mode of happiness, but in allowing happiness to change its form without being disappointed by the change; happiness, like a child, must be allowed to grow up." ~Charles L. Morgan  

For the next week, we challenge you to keep a list of at least one thing that brought you happiness each day. 

I'm Happy and Thankful for many things every day... especially this week:

• For feeling better today!  

• For heat, blankets and diet 7-up! :-)

• For a new friend to talk to! 

• For having someone check on me this week!!.

• For the help decorating my home.

• For a son's birthday this weekend!  

• For understanding the process and lessons.

• For my outlook and strength. 

• For changing my direction and getting things done. 

"If you focus on results, you will never change.  If you focus on change, you will get results." ~Jack Dixon

It's also "ALOHA FRIDAY" Everyone!!  If you want to join in the fun? Post your own question on your blog and leave your link at the Aloha Friday post at An Island Life. Then you can visit the other participants if you wish...It’s a great way to make new bloggy friends or see what people are thinking about this week and join in a conversation or two if you like.

"Consider how hard it is to change yourself and you’ll understand what little chance you have in trying to change others." ~Jacob M. Braude  

My question:  Have you ever tried to change or re-direct someone?  Most of us have; so share what how you have helped and what you have learned.

My answer:  I certain have more than once.  Not in a manipulative way; but because I truly wanted to help them in some way, because I could see their pain, loneliness or strife.  I have this uncontrollable desire to help lead others to peach and happiness.

However most of us know that we can only lead, encourage and support.  We can't change anyone or another's situation or life.  Only we can change or redirect our own lives.  However, we 'can' open the doors. ;-)

"When one door closes, another opens; but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door that we do not see the one that has opened for us." ~Alexander Graham Bell.

Have a wonderful weekend, Everyone!!
Hugs and Many Blessings,

~ Coreen XO

More Random Tuesday Thoughts...

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"Random thoughts are received with no context for it, no pre-conceived notions or bias." ~unknown

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Just so you know... I'm confused this week

... but I know the answers are out there.

Just so you know... I'm missing some information
... but I know I will figure it all out soon.

Just so you know... It's time to know the truth

... it will help me understand and find direction.

Just so you know... there are Good Souls

... they are Angels whom walk among us.

Just so you know... I get through changes easier
... when I have a trusted friend to talk to.

Just so you know... I've finally found my own voice

... I speak my mind and heart more easily than ever.

Just so you know... I hear the gossip and comments
... however I prefer to ignore it and let things go.

Just so you know... I know more than you think
... and understand more than you know. ;-)

HAPPY TUESDAY!!! :-)

Rolling with the Punches...

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"Happy people roll with the punches.  They know from experience that everything changes.  Today's good fortune may vanish tomorrow, today's crises may turn out to be tomorrow's good fortune." ~unknown

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Sometimes in life you just have to Roll with the Punches, even when the punches feel like they are coming from a pro boxer... and yes, there is a connection.  


The phrase Roll with the Punches originally comes from the technique used in boxing.  The objective is to avoid receiving a direct hit with solid contact.  The technique is to move away from the punch in an attempt to avoid the blow or at least create a glancing blow. A glancing blow being preferable to a direct hit.  Today is means to "Weather through tough times, try to minimize the trouble." 


It can be hard to not get upset or flustered when things start to go wrong and times get rough.  But when the rough and tumble comes, some people are much better at just getting on with it, plugging away and in short, rolling with the punches.


In boxing those who take the punches as well as possible, rather than avoiding them completely, can apparently actually do better in boxing than those who always do everything they can to avoid any punches, and so the phrase of rolling with the punches for anyone who takes what life throws at them, no pun intended.


I realized after a conversation with a new friend recently, that I indeed have learned to roll with the punches.  Taking the punches many times, instead of trying to always avoid them, and becoming stronger and wiser as a result.


How about you?  Can you think of times where you've 'rolled with the punches' and became stronger, wiser or a better person over all?

"You've got to roll with the punches to get to what's real" -Van Halen 

Half Full & Aloha Friday Question!

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"The more we express our gratitude to God for our blessings, the more he will bring to our mind.. other blessings.  The more we are aware of to be grateful for, ther happier we become." !Ezra Taft Benson  

Half Full Friday is a series of weekly posts that Eye Girl originally started in June 2009.  Now the it is hosted by Sprinkles at Wyldechylde.  We believe that a lot of our happiness is determined by our attitude about the things that happen to us. So by participating, we are deciding to see the glass as half full, instead of half empty. We are choosing to concentrate on the positives, instead of dwelling on the negatives. Our Half Full Friday posts are a way to do just that. They are a list of the things in our life that have brought us happiness over the past week. We are determined to find the something good in every day. Are you?

“I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought; and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder.”  ~G.K. Chesterton

For the next week, we challenge you to keep a list of at least one thing that brought you happiness each day. 

I'm Happy and Thankful for many things every day... especially this week:

• For a very nice Thanksgiving!  

• For beautiful weather!

• For so much to be thankful for! 

• For not having to go shopping today!!

• For making Christmas plans.

• For hearing from all my sons!  

• For the deer that entertain us daily!! 

• For listening to my intuition.

• For nice maintenance staff. 

"To be happy with simple pleasures, is no simple matter." ~Anonymous

It's also "ALOHA FRIDAY" Everyone!!  If you want to join in the fun? Post your own question on your blog and leave your link at the Aloha Friday post at An Island Life. Then you can visit the other participants if you wish...It’s a great way to make new bloggy friends or see what people are thinking about this week and join in a conversation or two if you like.

"If you have just a little fun today, it's a sign that maybe the future will hold even more fun for you.  Fun isn't just fun ~ it's Hope." ~Linda Richman   

My question:  What kind of fun do you have during the holidays?

My answer:  We play active video games; and other games during the holidays and family gatherings.   

"The more fun you have, the greater your value to yourself and to your society.  The more fun you share with others, the more fun you have." ~unknown

Have a safe Black Friday!!
Hugs and Many Blessings,

~ Coreen XO

Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!!!

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"Thanksgiving is the holiday of peace, the celebration of work and the simple life... a true folk-festival that speaks the poetry of the turn of the seasons, the beauty of seed-time and harvest, the ripe product of the year - and the deep, deep connection of all these things with God." ~Ray Stannard baker (David Grayson)

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"Thanksgiving comes to us out of the prehistoric dimness, universal to all ages and all faiths.  At whatever straws we must grasp, there is always a time for gratitude and new beginnings." ~J. Robert Moskin

HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO ALL MY FRIENDS!!  

STAY SAFE AND BE HAPPY!!

"Give thanks for unknown blessings already on their way." ~Native American Saying