LOOK and YOU might be SURPRISED at WHAT YOU FIND

       I started to CLEAN OUT my closet but I ended up APPARENTLY SHOPPING because I had FORGOTTEN about a few things that I FORGOT THAT I HAD BOUGHT.

       I was LOOKING IN BOXES that had BEEN THERE FOR YEARS and FOUND that I HONESTLY had FORGOTTEN about MANY things.

      I REMEMBERED when I was at a CREATIVE WRITING CLASS a couple DECADES AGO and one day OUR ASSIGNMENT was to WRITE about WHAT YOU FIND in a BOX IN YOUR CLOSET that YOU FORGOT about.

       So then as I SAW A BOX I would TRY TO GUESS WHAT was INSIDE IT.

       And I FOUND MANY FUN THINGS that I was EXCITED to FIND and it DIDN'T COST ME A PENNY.

      I was TELLING my friend about how much FUN it actually was CLEANING OUT MY CLOSET. 

      I SENT HER A PICTURE of a STACK of things that I FOUND that I knew I DIDN'T WANT to KEEP ANYMORE.

      And believe it or NOT my friend SAW SOMETHING that she NEEDED in MY PILE so she was able to SHOP FOR FREE TOO.

      One day ASK yourself what is in that BOX IN YOUR CLOSET? Then one day when you have time YOU can LOOK INSIDE of it and HAVE FUN 😊 

     

      

Your DIFFICULTIES can turn out to be......

      I will NEVER FORGET the day we had the COOKING STRUGGLE WE had because it turned out to be an AWESOME MEMORY WE HAD TOGETHER.

      I will NEVER FORGET the BUMPY ROAD WE HAD that LEAD US to OUR EXCITING ADVENTURE.

    I will NEVER FORGET the day we had GETTING WET FROM ALL THE RAIN because WE COULDN'T FIND MY CAR.

     Of course GETTING WET was NOT OUR PLAN but WE will ALWAYS REMEMBER the FUN WE HAD THAT DAY even though WE WERE COLD AND WET.

     NOT EVERY MEMORY YOU TREASURE is PLANNED but EVERY MEMORY YOU MAKE is SPECIAL MEMORIES that YOU SHARED TOGETHER.

     Of course if WE COULD HAVE PREVENTED IT WE WOULD HAVE but the TRUTH IS that it was ONE OF OUR FAVORITE MEMORIES WE SHARED TOGETHER.

       YOU MAY NOT THINK YOU NEED IT but sometimes YOU NEED TO FACE YOUR STRUGGLES in order to GROW UP to be HAPPY AND HEALTHY.

      What YOU LEARN WHILE YOU ARE LEARNING IT is FULL OF HAPPY MEMORIES YOU MADE to LEARN WHAT YOU NEEDED TO LEARN.

       LIFE is FULL OF MANY THINGS that can ONLY BE LEARNED BY LEARNING IT.

      WE EACH ONLY HAVE ONE LIFE TO LIVE so ENJOY YOUR LIFE WHILE YOU ARE LIVING IT.

     

Making NO DECISION YET means you have TIME TO FIGURE OUT HOW to REACT

      The MOMENT that something HAPPENS that is NEGATIVE TOWARDS YOU then YOU KNOW that it will MAKE YOU ANGRY.

      That is a NATURAL REACTION when ANYTHING NEGATIVELY HAPPENS TO ANYONE.

      But HOW YOU REACT to WHAT HAS HAPPENED to YOU is UP TO YOU.

     If YOU REACT NEGATIVELY TO IT then YOU KNOW that YOUR NEGATIVE REACTION is DEFINITELY MAKING THINGS MORE NEGATIVE for EVERYONE. 

      If YOU STOP for a MOMENT AND THINK BEFORE YOU REACT then YOU WILL REALIZE that if YOU WANT the BEST POSSIBLE OUTCOME to ANYTHING then DON'T DO ANYTHING ANGRILY.

      Sometimes it is BEST TO SAY NOTHING AT ALL and then sometimes YOUR POSITIVE REACTION could bring a POSITIVE OUTCOME despite everything that is happening.

       EVERY THOUGHT IN YOUR MIND can DECIDE HOW YOU SEE THINGS which DETERMINES HOW YOU WILL REACT.

       If YOU WANT A POSITIVE OUTCOME then THINK POSITIVELY or...... 

       It's YOUR CHOICE so CHOOSE WISELY and if a NEGATIVE THOUGHT POPS UP IN YOUR MIND then JUST FLUSH IT.

      

ONE MINUTE YOU LIKE It the NEXT MINUTE YOU DON'T

      Just because YOU LOVED the TASTE OF IT then OUT OF THE BLUE YOU NO LONGER ENJOY THE TASTE OF IT is MORE COMMON than YOU THINK.

     When my Uncle and I try COOKING some OLD FOODS FROM OUR CHILDHOOD we are surprised that they DON'T TASTE as GOOD as WE THOUGHT THEY WOULD..

     When things we HAD DONE MANY TIMES BEFORE GO WRONG IN LIFE we REALIZE that WE DID WHAT WORKED BEFORE yet for SOME REASON it DOESN'T WORK ANYMORE.

     The FUN I had DOING CERTAIN EVENTS when I was in MY TWENTIES NOW gives ME a HEADACHE IF I TRIED TO DO IT TODAY. 

      And it TURNS OUT that the OLDER I GET the MORE IMPORTANT THINGS I USED TO DO is NOW in the I DON'T WANT TO DO ANYMORE LIST.

      When YOU ARE YOUNG YOU are FULL OF ENERGY and YOU END UP USING YOUR ENERGY TO DO FUN EXPERIENCES AND ADVENTURES.

    But THE OLDER YOU GET the MORE YOU REALIZE that the MORE REST YOU NEED TO GET TO STAY HEALTHY.

     LIFE is FULL OF EXPERIENCES but SOME THINGS YOU GOT TO DO THEM at THE RIGHT TIME OF YOUR LIFE to BE ABLE TO DO THEM AT ALL.

      REMEMBER.....YOU CAN DO IT IF YOU WANT TO DO IT BUT YOU HAVE TO DO IT WHILE YOU ARE ABLE TO but if YOU NO LONGER WANT TO DO IT THEN DON'T DO IT.

      WE EACH ONLY HAVE ONE LIFE TO LIVE so ENJOY EVERY MOMENT THAT YOU HAVE DOING WHAT YOU CAN DO WHILE YOU ARE LIVING IT.

      

     

      

     

      

Some people ONLY TALK but NEVER MOVE

      I have a friend who has been DESCRIBING for YEARS about DOING SOMETHING ABOUT GETTING IT DONE.

     UNFORTUNATELY my friend DIDN'T DO ANYTHING so..... NOTHING AT ALL GOT DONE.

     I was trying to DECIDE if I should TELL Her that she has TALKED ABOUT IT for YEARS.

     Or should I just be quiet and just let her TELL ME again about WHAT SHE PLANNED TO DO.

     Have you known someone who ONLY TALKED but NEVER MOVED?

     Just because you are a GOOD SPEAKER it has nothing to do with YOU BEING GOOD AT GETTING STUFF DONE.

     In THE END I DECIDED to just BE A GOOD FRIEND and take my time with her and JUST LISTEN AND ENCOURAGE her.

      I REALIZED that she had been TELLING HERSELF TO DO IT FOR YEARS but UNFORTUNATELY it DIDN'T GET THEM UP TO GET UP AND DO IT.

      So CERTAIN TIMES IN LIFE when YOU KNOW that YOU WISH YOU COULD MOTIVATE THEM the TRUTH IS SOMETIMES YOU JUST CAN'T. 

      If THEY WON'T LISTEN then STOP SAYING IT AND BREATH 🌬️ As YOU LISTEN it will HELP THEM to JUST FLUSH IT out of their mind. 

    

     

     

     

Everyone DESERVES THE TRUTH even though the TRUTH CAN HURT

     You always want to BE TRUTHFUL with everyone even though THE TRUTH can BE PAINFUL.

     You CAN'T TELL THEM that IT SHOULDN'T HURT THEM if WHAT IS HAPPENING is HURTING THEM.

     You CAN TELL THEM that by BEING POSITIVE MEANS that NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS they CAN HAVE a POSITIVE OUTLOOK through their STRUGGLES.

     You CAN'T TELL THEM that someone WILL ALWAYS HELP THEM because THE TRUTH is there is NO GUARANTEE that ANYONE WILL HELP THEM.

      If YOU KNOW that YOU SHOULD WARN THEM then BE HONEST WITH THEM and WARN THEM even though YOUR WARNING may NOT BE what THEY WANT TO HEAR.

     Even though YOU KNOW that THEY WILL DO WHAT THEY WANT TO DO, YOU HAVE AN OBLIGATION to at least BE HONEST WITH THEM.

     If YOU DON'T SAY WHAT YOU THINK YOU SHOULD SAY and one day YOU DON'T GET ANOTHER CHANCE TO SAY IT...... YOU WILL REGRET IT.

      Most of the OLDER PEOPLE you will  meet will TELL YOU that what THEY REGRET MOST is THE THINGS THEY DIDN'T DO OR DIDN'T SAY.

      If it is IMPORTANT TO YOU then YOU KNOW that it's IMPORTANT FOR YOU TO DO even though it WOULD BE EASIER if someone else was HELPING YOU.

     The TRUTH CAN HURT but the ONLY WAY for YOU to BE HONEST is by BEING HONEST even WHEN IT HURTS.

       

     

I know I SHOULDN'T have LAUGHED but......

       Have you ever watched someone you know FALL and you AUTOMATICALLY started LAUGHING?

       You KNOW that YOU WEREN'T LAUGHING because they FELL and COULD HAVE been HURT.

        You WERE NOT just LAUGHING UNCONTROLLABLY because you are just MEAN, you are JUST HUMAN and as a HUMAN you NATURALLY AUTOMATICALLY LAUGHED.

        I still REMEMBER the DAY 30 YEARS AGO when I was OUTSIDE visiting with my sister when she came to my town to VISIT me.

       It was a dark evening when WE HEARD a NOISE of what WE THOUGHT was SOMEONE HEADING TOWARDS OUR DIRECTION.

      Then OUT OF FEAR I RAN as FAST as I COULD INSIDE MY HOME and SLAMMED THE DOOR TO BE SAFE.

       BUT as I WAS LOCKING MY FRONT DOOR I was SHOCKED when MY SISTER was BANGING SAYING LET ME IN.

       As I AM WRITING this blog about it I CAN'T HELP BUT START LAUGH OUT LOUD.

       Now DON'T GET ME WRONG I CERTAINLY WOULD have DONE ANYTHING and EVERYTHING to SAVE MY SISTER.

        But OUT OF PURE FEAR I RAN AUTOMATICALLY TO SAVE MYSELF.

      There is NO DOUBT that MY SISTER KNEW I WOULD ALWAYS SAVE HER.

       But she ALSO KNEW that MY FEAR WAS REAL at THAT MOMENT so SHE FORGAVE ME.