Looks can be deceiving so pay attention

     Just because they have COLORFUL hair doesn't mean they have a COLORFUL personality.

    Just because they have many TATTOOS doesn't mean that they enjoyed the pain of getting a TATTOO.

   Just because they talk a good GAME doesn't mean they are a good GAME player.

    Just because they say they aren't WORRIED about it doesn't mean that deep down they aren't WORRIED.

    Just because they seem a little DISTRACTED at that moment doesn't mean that they are always DISTRACTED.

    Some people can't SING but they still enjoy SINGING SONGS.

    Some people think they CAN'T DO IT but once they try it they easily GET 'R DONE.

    Some people look HATEFUL yet they are the SWEETEST person ever.

    Don't fORM YOUR OPINION without getting to truly know the TRUE FACTS to base YOUR OPINIONS ON.

   You can't JUDGE a BOOK by the COVER because the HEART of the BOOK is HIDDEN INSIDE.

    

Don't let what happened in your PAST hold you back

    Don't let what happened in your PAST prevent you from ENJOYING your TODAY'S.

    Don't let what happened in your PAST prevent you from LOOKING FORWARD to your FUTURE.

    Don't let what happened in your PAST prevent you from being EVERYTHING that you want to be.

   Your PAST is NECESSARY to PREPARE you for your FUTURE.

    Your MISTAKES on your LIFE'S JOURNEY are NECESSARY in order for you to LEARN from them.

    Your TOUGH TIMES on your LIFE'S JOURNEY are NECESSARY to BUILD your STRENGTH so you can stand LOUD AND PROUD.

    Take the PAINFUL EXPERIENCES from your PAST and LEARN what you need to from them then.......JUST FLUSH IT out of your mind.

    Don't let your PAST PREVENT you from ENJOYING the MOMENT YOU ARE IN.

    

    

    

    

You can't write a BIOGRAPHY on what you THINK your LIFE will be

     If you write your BIOGRAPHY at age 20 is it really your BIOGRAPHY?

    Or is it just STORIES about the FIRST TWENTY YEARS of your LIFE?

     If you write your BIOGRAPHY at age 30 is it really your ENTIRE BIOGRAPHY?

    Or is it just STORIES about the first THIRTY YEARS of your LIFE?

    Can you TRULY call it your BIOGRAPHY if you still got a lot of YEARS of your LIFE to live?

    If you write about what you THINK OR WANT OR HOPE your LIFE will be, it CAN'T BE YOUR TRUE BIOGRAPHY.

    What you THOUGHT LIFE would be RARELY turns out to be what LIFE really is.

    So after saying that you need to ASK YOURSELF why do you feel SOOO.....UPSET when things on your LIFE'S JOURNEY doesn't turn out EXACTLY like you THOUGHT they would?

   LIFE is LIFE and LIFE is UNPREDICTABLE.

    Which is why you can not WRITE your TRUE BIOGRAPHY based on what you THINK YOUR LIFE SHOULD BE.

When it is gone it's gone

    You won't ENJOY the gentle breeze if you don't slow down so you can feel it.

   You won't get to see the beauty of a flower when it blooms if you don't stop long enough to ENJOY it before it withers away.

   You won't notice let alone ENJOY the little things in life if you only look for the big things that may or may not come your way.

   You can't wait to ENJOY your children because before you know it they will be grown ups.

   You can't put off doing something when you are younger that you won't be able to do physically when you are old.

   If you have something to say to those around you then say it because you don't want to miss your opportunity to say it because there is no guarantee that tomorrow will come.

   Slow down so you can ENJOY the gentle breeze while it is blowing.

   Stop and smell the flowers while they are in bloom.

    You can only ENJOY the laughter of a child when they are still children.

   To ENJOY LIFE you have to slow down so you can ENJOY it while you are living it.

Pay attention to your GUT

     Your GUT INSTINCTS are trying to WARN you about something.

     Your GUT INSTINCTS are your BUILT-IN WARNING system trying to GRAB YOUR ATTENTION to WARN you.

    When you feel your GUT gargling it DOESN'T always mean you have GAS.

    When you are about to do something and your GUT starts TUMBLING you need to STOP and THINK before you do it.

    At the end of the day you don't want to say I had a FEELING that I shouldn't do it but I IGNORED the FEELING.

   MISTAKES happen but is it a MISTAKE that could have been AVOIDED?

   IF you pay attention to your GUT you will be able to AVOID the DANGER if you HEED the WARNINGS.

   

    

You get used to your surroundings so surround yourself with positivity

    If it is the ONLY way you had ever done it then it is NORMAL for you to do.

   If you live in a state that it always SNOWS then you will learn how to DRIVE in SNOWY weather.

   If you live in a state that NEVER SNOWS you might not know how to safely DRIVE in the SNOW.

   If you surround yourself with NEGATIVITY then you will have a NEGATIVE outlook.

   If you surround yourself with POSITIVITY then you will  have a POSITIVE outlook.

    If you surround yourself with people who INSPIRE you then you will feel INSPIRED.

    If you surround yourself with people who have nothing POSITIVE to say then you will only hear NEGATIVITY.

   It is BETTER to SWIM alone in the ocean then to be surrounded by SHARKS.

   CHOOSING who to surround yourself with is CHOOSING who you want to be.

   

Have you ever met a Bee that could outsmart you?

    About a Decade ago I couldn't get past a BEE that was guarding my front door.

   He would fly off the porch and I would think I could finally go on the porch and go inside.

   Then before I could grip the door handle, he would come out of nowhere and I would retreat as I screamed back out to the front yard.

   I didn't want to open the door and take a chance that he would fly inside and take over where I could go inside too.

   Here I find myself again a Decade later being controlled and told what to do by a BEE.

   I wandered whether it was possibly the same BEE but I Looked up the lifespan of a BEE, so I knew it definitely wasn't.

   Turns out that I am JUST LUCKY to get to have ANOTHER encounter with a BEE who was ENJOYING how easily he could stop a giant human.

   But this Time I decided to show the BEE that I had made a plan a decade ago, in case it ever happened again, that I would just walk around to the side door and go inside.

   And after I went inside I looked out the front window on the porch and let him see me LAUGHING from INSIDE my house.

   

Will it be TEMPORARY OR PERMANENT?

    Don't turn a TEMPORARY SETBACK into a PERMANENT SETBACK.

   When you are facing a NEGATIVE MOMENT don't turn it into a PERMANENT LIFETIME PROBLEM.

   How you REACT to the CIRCUMSTANCES that you must face will DETERMINE whether you have a POSITIVE OUTCOME or a NEGATIVE OUTCOME.

   STOP and THINK about what your REACTION will BRING because ONCE YOU REACT you CAN'T TAKE IT BACK.

   You will have to LIVE with the CONSEQUENCES that your ACTIONS will BRING.

   Don't let a TEMPORARY FIX to the TEMPORARY PROBLEM that you are facing be something that you will have a LIFETIME OF REGRET DOING.

   Your CHARACTER is not JUDGED by how you REACT when TIMES are GOOD but your CHARACTER is BASED on what you do when TIMES ARE TOUGH.

   Anyone can turn a MOLE HILL into a MOUNTAIN if they keep ADDING DIRT. 

  It's EASIER to STEP OVER a MOLE HILL than it is to CLIMB A MOUNTAIN.

   Life is HARD ENOUGH without you making it HARDER ON YOURSELF.

  

You may not be able to FIX it but you definitely can make sure you don't make it WORSE

    You may not have the SOLUTION to their problem but you can make sure you don't cause them anymore PROBLEMS.

    You may not know the ANSWERS to their QUESTIONS but you can make them feel HEARD.

    You may not UNDERSTAND what they are going through but you can ACKNOWLEDGE what they are going through.

    You may not know what to SAY to HELP but you can take the time to LISTEN to them and that will HELP.

   They are not EXPECTING you to FIX their PROBLEMS but they are HOPING that you CARE enough to LISTEN to them.

   If you LISTEN to them it will give them a chance to JUST FLUSH IT out of their minds so PEACE OF MIND will have ROOM to get in.

   If you take the time to LISTEN, it will give them a chance to FIGURE out what they need to do for themselves as they SAY it OUT LOUD.

    All they may need is someone to take the time to LISTEN so they can CLEAR their mind so they can think MORE CLEARLY to FIGURE out what THEY NEED to do to FIX IT.

   Will you give them a MOMENT of your time?

    

Since prices on groceries are rising you got to UP YOUR GAME

    Grocery prices started rising during the pandemic but now the pandemic is over but PRICE GOUGING is apparently here to stay.

   At first they said it was because of the pandemic but now they won't say that it is because they can GET AWAY WITH IT. 

   Unfortunately we all have to ACCEPT that the prices are not going down so we have to get CREATIVE to be able to AFFORD to eat.

   Luckily being CREATIVITY is fun especially if you make it an EASTER EGG HUNT to find a bargain price.

   I get excited to find items on sale especially when I get something BOGO.

   But PLEASE CHECK THE EXPIRATION DATES.

   It isn't a BARGAIN PRICE if it EXPIRES before you can eat it. 

   There are many things in Life that you have NO CONTROL OVER like the HIGH PRICES of groceries but you are IN CONTROL of how CREATIVE you are to find a BARGAIN PRICE.

  With a little bit of a IMAGINATION and some CREATIVITY and PLANNING you can keep your COST for FOOD down to earth.

   

   

   

STRESSING ABOUT IT WON'T PREVENT IT but you can PREVENT yourself from STRESSING ABOUT IT

    STRESSING about it WON'T PREVENT IT from HAPPENING so DON'T STRESS about it.

    STRESSING about it JUST IN CASE it HAPPENS is UNNECESSARY STRESS that DOES REAL DAMAGE, that is just UNNECESSARY.

   Your THOUGHTS are the REALITY YOU LIVE whether it is TRUE REALITY OR NOT.

    HOW YOU LOOK at IT determines what YOU SEE and what YOU SEE determines what you THINK about IT.

    DON'T LOSE FOCUS STRESSING over things UNNECESSARILY,  just FOCUS on WHAT IS HAPPENING so you can ENJOY IT.

  You CAN'T LIVE the PRESENT MOMENT you are in UNLESS YOU FOCUS ON the PRESENT MOMENT not WASTE IT STRESSING about a MOMENT that MAY OR MAY NOT HAPPEN TOMORROW.

  You CAN'T LIVE the PRESENT MOMENT you are in UNLESS YOU FOCUS ON the PRESENT MOMENT not WASTE IT STRESSING about a MOMENT FROM YOUR PAST.

   YESTERDAY is already GONE and TOMORROW may NEVER COME, but TODAY is YOURS TO ENJOY.

   If you want to ENJOY LIFE you have to ENJOY THE MOMENTS while you are LIVING THEM.

If you KNOW there COULD be a TRAFFIC JAM then make sure you LEAVE A LITTLE EARLIER then.

    Have you ever heard someone say I KNEW that I would get STUCK in a TRAFFIC JAM and BE LATE.

   You LOOK at them and say then WHY didn't you LEAVE Earlier then so you WOULDN'T BE LATE?

   How MANY TIMES have you YOURSELF said....I KNEW THAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN AFTER IT HAPPENS?

   IF you KNOW that TROUBLE is COMING then GET OUT OF THE WAY, IT'S SIMPLE JUST GET OUT OF IT'S WAY.

   You have to HOPE FOR THE BEST but JUST IN CASE you have to PREPARE yourself if you KNOW it's POSSIBLE that things won't go exactly as you had PLANNED.

   And if you want to MAKE SURE you are going to arrive ON TIME you have to leave EARLY in case there is a TRAFFIC JAM, that's JUST LIFE.

   You won't be ANGRY if you ARRIVE five minutes EARLY but you will be ANGRY if you ARRIVE five minutes LATE.