Drop everything and have some FUN!

Ever had someone tell you…”Loosen up, have some fun!”  I did, a couple weeks ago, I felt stressed to the max. “Have some fun”?? When??  I have things, serious things I need to do, bills to pay, I gotta make $$$ and prove I’m successful, I gotta have  a great looking house so that people will see I have it together…”I gotta be”..”I gotta be..”  & I crashed.  Even though that voice may drive me - deep inside I’m a homemaker!!:)  I decorate, I bake, I make gourmet meals for my husband, I garden, I could spiff up our house each day,  greet him with a kiss… & I LOVE IT ALL.  Especially him.. I WAS TORN between my career &  my Love.  One day I missed him so much, I was heartbroken, and convinced that I needed to call a friend and get her advice on what to do.   So, I asked  Gerald if he would join me, & we called my friend.  INSTEAD of my friend telling me I’m doing great.. everything will even out after awhile… she told us ” YOU NEED to go have FUN!  RIGHT NOW”  I knew in my spirit, she was right.  I started to cry.

It was only my pride that said, I had to pull it all off -I wanted to shoulder it all & show myself & everyone else, I could do it.  Whoo, PRIDE.. taken down by my foolish pride.  The enemy of my soul bested me again. 

So, I decided right then and there I was going to take her advice, – I dropped everything.  Yep, I walked away from all my chores, my responsibilities, everything,  & got dressed up, lookin’ good – & my hubby & me went to town in our ’67 Lincoln and had a BLAST!  The best medicine I could of received that day… FUN. 

You see, when we carry all these expectations, and have no time for fun, we get resentful, tired, and bound up in foolish pride.  I was walking around bitter at all I had to do, & feeling defeated.   Take MY advice – “Have some fun-  drop everything.”  Take a few Quiet Moments for YOURSELF, and trust me… you were created by God to be free & satisfied.  { (Jesus said) I give you PEACE, not as the world gives, but as I give. Do not let your hearts be troubled.}  I had pushed that aside to long-  things that satisfied my heart & filled up my soul and brought me peace.  As soon as we shut the world out, we found it, and it renewed us & ME.

Remember who you are

I have always loved people. Now in later years I think a Golden Retriever would probably make a good companion, I’ve heard we’re alot alike. Just the thought of meeting someone new… oh, excuse me my tails wagging:) I mean – I still get a thrill of knowing someone new is coming into my life & all I want for that person is for them to feel  unconditional love.  The other day I went to a coffee shop to pick up a treat for my couples massage I was doing later & I commented on the waiters hair. It was long & wavy & tied back. I said, “you have beautiful hair!” & he smiled, we talked briefly, & he commented on the angel pin on my coat.  He said “wow, thats good company”.  We never would’ve exchanged those words, had I kept my thoughts inside. Instead they came rolling out, meant to Bless, & I recieved the blessing too. Over the past year I’ve learned to appreciate people for who they are..not judge them for who they’re not- & you know, I’ve been alot happier. I enjoy seeing peoples AUTHENTIC SELF. It’s beautiful.  Who are you?  Remember the personality you had when you were young, before the hurt & when you learned people were NOT always nice just because you were?  My aunt did, she reminded me I was always smiling, I was confident.  Confident?  When was the last time I felt confident… I asked “How can you say that?’  She said “I remember you when you were little!”  It confirmed something in me – that needed to come out again, something I felt was there but forgot.  So, take a few “Quiet Moments” to remember who you are – you might surprise yourself:)

Gardening is Therapeutic!

I find alot of joy in gardening, even though it’s alot of work.  Today I was going from spot to spot, clearing away leaves & weeds from my new spring shoots. Ah, the promise of things to come!  Are you ever surprised by spring? I don’t know about you, but it’s new to me every year- I’ve lived through 39 spring seasons & you’d think I’d be unimpressed. Not so, in fact it brings me to my point to ponder.

Weeding, the shoots that don’t belong, pesty, hard to tug out, threatening to pull out my precious new growth of the things I DO want to keep…  well isn’t that just like life.  How many times have you started something new, a new “shoot” in life, & then the doubt, the fear, the unknown creeps up & threatens to choke out what you just started?  Yep, I’ve felt them entwine me.  Only one solution. Pull it out by the roots.  I’ve learned to trace that sucker right to the beginning & with Gods help, round it up!  Weeds go to the soul of us. What things do you want to weed out of your life?

As I stand back admiring my weed free spring garden, I think about ways to protect my new growth, & making sure MY weeds stay in check.   “Gardening” is very therapeutic…isn’t it beautiful, watching people bloom?

You Are Miraculous

What does it mean to be “Truely Beautiful?” Have you ever known someone who had something special about them, something you really admired? Did you ever ask yourself- how did they get that way? I’ve known people like that & thought they must have had some advantage I didn’t have. I don’t think that’s true anymore….

Being”Truely Beautiful”is symply being “real”.

I believe there is potential inside us ALL to become who we dream to be, the problem lies in our disbelief of the dream. By listening & learning from those people I admired, I realize that we are meant to be much more involved with eachother than we are. Reaching our potential lies in our willingness to set aside our pride & draw strength from those who have it, grow from it – & then- give to another to build them up.

Being part of something “Truely Beautiful” is getting to know real people, sharing real moments that change who we’ve been – into what we were meant to become.

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