Can you have more than one purpose?
Can your passions change?
I know that in my life when I was younger I was consumed with my job. I thought it was my passion but I am discovering that while it was something I was very good at.....it was not my passion.
Do you have something that when you do it makes you feel like you could do it all day and night? That finishing it gives you a satisfaction that you never found with a job. I see it now and it feels good to know that purpose.
The biggest question is how to turn your passion into you life's work. Not a job but a purposeful life.
I think it's never too late to start to pursue your dreams and discover your passions.
Take time to find what will give you that joyful completed feeling.
XOXO
" I have the power to change my life and follow my dreams".
I find such joy in the simple pleasures of my life.
Dinners with family,
Vacations with my husband,
Walking my dog and giving him kisses,
Seeing the flowers blooming in my yard,
Quiet mornings with my first cup of coffee,
Sunrise and sunsets,
A drink on my patio,
A good book,
Catching up with a dear friend,
A day with my daughters,
Sharing ideas,
Living near the beach,
Watching the blue-jays eat peanuts,
Making my house a home,
Writing this blog~
I could go on and on.......
Tell me what simple pleasures give you the most joy.❤
XOXO
" I have the power to change my life and follow my dreams".
Have you ever had a song you just can't stop humming or thinking about?
As a child I remember going to Sunday school and singing the song:
Count your blessings name them on by one.
Count your blessings see what God has done.
Count your blessings,
Name them one by one.
Count your many blessings see what God has done.
I can hear the song and it is so sweet.
This song has been with me for several days and I find myself singing it over and over.
I have so many blessings to think about.
Are you counting your blessings?
Give thanks, take a look at your life, and count your blessings!
XOXO
" I have the power to change my life and follow my dreams".
Have you found your rhythm?
Do you dance to your own beat and know your calling?
I think this can change. I always felt I was meant to be a retail buyer. I love fashion, colors, and creating the perfect garment. But lately I have gone back to doing what gave me the greatest pleasure in my youth and it is striking a cord within me I thought I had lost.
Just writing how I feel.
Are you doing what gives you joy and pleasure?
Are you in a rhythm with your life?
Are you seeking what will make you happiest?
Finding the rhythm in your life will give you such meaning. It is the feeling that when you do it, you know it is what you were meant to do.
I love sharing my writing. If it gives one person joy or lifts them up for a few moments it is all worth while.
Find your rhythm. Do what you love and life will be brighter and you will feel rewarded.
It's your life ~ Do it your way ~
" I have the power to change my life and follow my dreams".
Are you choosing to see the good stuff?
The positive things that are presented to you every day?
How can you focus on these and not something negative.
Recently my husband and I had a trip and we were flying standby. We got bumped off several flights and ended our day July 4th with no connecting flights. Luckily we were in Dallas so I got to see my sister. She was off and picked us up, we celebrated the 4th with her family and had such a wonderful day that we were not even planning!!!
I felt like we got an additional vacation just being able to spend time with them.
What plans have changed for you and the end result was so much better then you could have planned?
Are you appreciating all of the things in your life that go unexpectedly right?
Are you focusing on them?
Appreciate the good stuff. Make sure you are focusing on them.
XOXO
" I have the power to change my life and follow my dreams".
Are you living your dream?
Are you allowing yourself to dream?
Are you following your dream?
What is it you dream of doing?
Can you picture it?
Half the battle is to be able to keep the focus on those dreams.
One of my life's goals is to work with my family. I have a lot of ideas but making them come true is not always easy. I have tried to focus on attaining that goal. I am starting today putting down ideas to take me in that direction. What can we all do together even though we are scattered all over the country. How can we make the living we all want and spend more time together?
I think I can make my dreams come true. Do you?
Plan it - Focus on it - Achieve it
Take the steps you need to today to get you there.
XOXO
" I have the power to change my life and follow my dreams".
How are you spending your time?
I recently saw the movie "About Time". It was a sweet story about a young man who could go back in time and relive certain days. He was able to alter some events to have a better outcome and savor the most precious ones.
It has had me thinking of all the days in my life I would love to live again. Happy times, sad times that might end differently if events were changed. To know then what I know now.......
Memories are powerful.
Memories can bring you into a happy place or lead you down a path that you don't need to go.
Try to spend your time making positive things happen.
Focus your time on what is going to give you and others around you happiness.
Try spending your time on the good things in life. Incorporate into your life more of these times.
Don't waste your time.
We cannot get it back and we cannot do it over.
Make your time count. ♥
XOXO
" I have the power to change my life and follow my dreams".
How good does it feel to receive an unexpected kindness?
It can be a smile,
It can be nod,
It can be someone making eye contact,
Just when you needed it.
As a young mother I can remember strangers giving up seats for my children or myself, doors being opened, words of kindness that always touched my heart. It always mattered and made me feel like giving that kindness back.
Can you give some kindness to a stranger today?
Or to someone you love who may need it?
It may be the only smile, the only courtesy, the only nice thing they receive, but it may mean the world.
Try to see how much lighter and brighter your own world will seem if you can spread kindness.
It may seem small but could be big.
Try a little tenderness, spread kindness, and see your world be a place you want to be in.
XOXO
" I have the power to change my life and follow my dreams".
How to change your life.....
You can start small.
Find things that you love and make an effort to do them more.
Carve out time to focus on the things that speak to you.
And once you do them, make you feel good deep inside.
Do you know your purpose?
Have you discovered what you were meant to do?
Can you say I was born to______________?
If you can, you are very lucky.
If you are living your purpose, you are blessed.
I know that when I write I feel energized to write more. It gives me such a strong feeling of accomplishment and satisfaction. And when I am told it makes others feel good, well it is the best feeling.
So do whatever makes your heart sing. It isn't always your profession but if you can make it your life's work - Wow -what a wonderful thing.
Don't wait to find out why you are here.
Figure out what brings you joy and fulfills you now.
Enrich your life with the things that make every day special because you are doing what you love.
Look at all the things in your life and take stock of what makes you feel right when your doing it.
Start living your life with your purpose and everything will fall into place.
XOXO
" I have the power to change my life and follow my dreams".
Are you holding on to feelings, misunderstood events, or harsh words that you cannot change?
It's not important who is right.
It is important not to allow these things to take over your thoughts and lead you to be bitter.
If there is forgiveness that needs to happen - forgive.
If there is distance that needs to happen - distance yourself.
If there is hurt that needs mending - find a positive replacement for those thoughts.
Think about what you want your life to be about.
Think about what gives you joy, peace, and happiness.
Create a mantra that represents how you feel or want to feel.
Say it to yourself several times a day.
Replace those negative thoughts and feelings with your mantra.
Take a positive step to releasing yourself from the burdens.
Allow yourself to make it less and less important in your life until it will have no place in your heart.
Let it go, set yourself free, and lean into happiness.
XOXO
" I have the power to change my life and follow my dreams".
What brings you joy?
Have you thought about all the things that bring you the most joy?
How does it feel when you experience that?
Can you close you eyes and get that feeling by thinking of them?
For me some of them are:
✿ My Family ✿ My Friends ✿ My Dog ✿ My Cat
✿ Writing ✿ Flowers ✿ Books ✿ Old Photos ✿ Paisley
✿ My Inspiration Board ✿ Purple ✿ Living by the Water
And so much more........
How many things can you think of?
Are you surrounding yourself with positive people and energy that make your life complete and full?
If your warm on the inside it has to come out.
If you have joy you can be the sunshine in someones day and warm them.
Peace within and love in your heart.
Showing Joy ~ Sharing Joy ~ Giving Joy ~
Make someones day by spreading your joy!
XOXO
" I have the power to change my life and follow my dreams".
Are you happy?
Do you make each day an adventure in yours and others lives?
Are you taking in the world around you and really looking at all the beauty there is to see?
My Mom woke me up every morning with a song while she was opening the blinds and letting in the sunshine! At the time I couldn't imagine why she was always singing but I now realize she was just a happy person, and sharing that was what she did!
Oh to hear her sweet voice again. Thinking of it makes me happy.
Center yourself with things, people and memories that give you happiness so you can give this to others.
Focus on the happiness you have in your life and the more you give the more you will get.
Make it a happy day!
XOXO
" I have the power to change my life and follow my dreams".
What have you been thankful for today?
How many times have you wished you would have been more appreciative?
Maybe you felt it, you just didn't share it.
Maybe you meant to, but you didn't.
As a child and when my children were young, I can remember going around the dinner table and telling each other what we were thankful for that day.
It doesn't have to be a holiday or a special occasion to remind us what we are thankful for.
Take the time every day to give thanks for the many wonderful people and things in your life that really matter.
Tell them.
Write them a note.
Send them a text.
Make a call.
Just make sure they know you are very thankful to have them in your life.
I am thankful for you.
XOXO
" I have the power to change my life and follow my dreams".
So many times I am thinking of you.
How many times a day are you thinking of someone that has been in your life or is in your life?
Are you telling them how special they are to you?
Make sure they know.
I can't tell you how many times a day I think of my parents, and how much I miss them. Something will happen that makes me think of them, a smell, a thought, a wonderful memory comes along.
I love the Luther Vandross song that is about just one more dance - he wants to see his Mother dance with his Father one more time.
I know that feeling. I want one more time with the special people who I have had the privilege of loving in my life and them me.
Appreciate all of the ones you love. Tell them how much they mean to you. Enjoy every precious moment you can grab with them.
Make sure they know.
XOXO
" I have the power to change my life and follow my dreams".
