Friday, February 7, 2025

A BORING DAY BEING SICK WITH THE FLU AT HOME is a DAY YOU SHOULD BE THANKFUL YOU DIDN'T SPREAD IT TO ANYONE ELSE

    The FLU SEASON this year is TOTALLY DISRUPTING what you FEEL LIKE DOING or WHAT YOU CAN EVEN DO.

    YOU CAN'T go out not only because YOU ARE TOO SICK but also because it is HIGHLY CONTAGIOUS and YOU SHOULDN'T SPREAD the FLU.

     Why? Because it can have a DEVASTATINGLY IMPACT on those YOU SPREAD YOUR FLU to.

    There are SOME PEOPLE BOTH YOUNG AND OLD who's HEALTH CAN NOT HANDLE the FLU.

    I KNOW that YOU HAVE THINGS TO DO and if YOU DON'T DO IT THEN NO ONE WILL do IT and  it WON'T GET DONE but..... YOU SHOULDN'T SPREAD THE FLU.... PERIOD.

    If YOU have gotten the FLU then YOU KNOW that YOU JUST GOT TO STAY HOME and GET PLENTY OF REST and DRINK PLENTY OF WATER and before YOU KNOW IT IN A FEW DAYS YOU WILL RECOVER FROM THE FLU.

    YOU NEVER KNOW WHO WILL BE AT THE GROCERY STORE that is just TOO WEAK TO CATCH THE FLU.

    YOU NEVER KNOW WHO IS AT THE ELECTRIC COMPANY when you go to pay your bill...WHO HAS A COMPROMISED IMMUNE SYSTEM and they are just TOO WEAK TO CATCH THE FLU.

    YOU NEVER KNOW WHO AT THE RETAIL STORE that you VISIT has CANCER AND THEY are just TOO WEAK to HANDLE CATCHING THE FLU.

    Having the FLU MEANS YOU SHOULD STAY HOME so YOU DON'T SPREAD THE FLU TO OTHERS ....... PERIOD.... It's that SIMPLE...DON'T SPREAD THE FLU.

    REMEMBER....WHATEVER NEEDS DONE CAN WAIT A FEW DAYS WHILE YOU RECOVER FROM THE FLU....SO WAIT UNTIL YOU RECOVER FROM THE FLU.

      


Wednesday, February 5, 2025

CUTTING it TOTALLY out of your DIET may be IMPOSSIBLE TO DO

     Sometimes when you decide to go on a DIET you set yourself up for FAILURE.

     If YOU DECIDE to have it in MODERATION you can find it EASIER to STICK TO THE DIET because you can still EAT IT IN MODERATION.

   If YOU tell yourself you can NEVER HAVE IT EVER AGAIN, you are LIKELY TO NEVER STICK TO THE DIET. 

    If YOU tell yourself that you can only have it ONCE A WEEK it let's you LOOK FORWARD TO ENJOYING IT WITHOUT OVERDOING IT.

    I THOUGHT I would MISS NOT HAVING it WHENEVER I WANTED but HONESTLY I now see it as something I TREAT MYSELF TO ONCE A WEEK.

     YOU CAN BENEFIT from CUTTING BACK WITHOUT FEELING CHEATED OUT OF ANYTHING.

     BE REALISTIC with SETTING your GOALS from the BEGINNING by MAKING A PLAN THAT YOU CAN EASILY STICK TO.

     NOTHING IS PERFECT NOT EVEN A DIET.... but it is PERFECTLY GOOD FOR YOU TO DO WHAT YOU CAN DO to be HEALTHIER.

    DON'T SET YOURSELF UP FOR FAILURE by HAVING UNREALISTIC EXPECTATIONS FOR YOURSELF.

    

    

Monday, February 3, 2025

Be careful GIVING someone YOUR OPINION

    If someone DOESN'T ASK for YOUR OPINION then..... Keep YOUR OPINIONS to yourself.

    You may THINK that GIVING YOUR OPINION is something that THEY WANT TO HEAR or it MAY HELP THEM...BUT

    YOUR OPINION can really make them FORM AN UNFAVORABLE OPINION of you.

   And unfortunately being older I KNOW that a SIMPLE OPINION YOU EXPRESSED years ago can be something that THEY NEVER FORGET.

    Which can then make it IMPOSSIBLE to CHANGE THEIR OPINION OF YOU for a LIFETIME.

    I REMEMBER when I was young there was ALWAYS a COUPLE OF RELATIVES and FAMILY FRIENDS who were always QUIETLY OBSERVING the CONVERSATIONS.

    They NEVER seemed to PUT IN THEIR TWO CENTS or APPEARED to NOT HAVE AN OPINION ON ANYTHING.

   They would just SIT THERE QUIETLY AND SMILE and occasionally nodded their head.

    Now I GET WHY they ONLY LISTENED. That is why everyone looked forward to seeing them and NO DISAGREEMENTS over their DIFFERENCES OF OPINIONS.

    Because they had NEVER EXPRESSED THEIR OPINIONS OUT LOUD...so THEREFORE they weren't EVER JUDGED BY THEIR OPINIONS.

   YOUR OPINION is the only one that truly matters but it it also MATTERS that SOMETIMES YOU just NEED to KEEP YOUR OPINIONS TO YOURSELF. 

    JUST like in a poker game in the GAME OF LIFE You got to KNOW WHEN TO HOLD THEM.... WHEN TO FOLD THEM....AND WHEN TO WALK AWAY QUIETLY.

Friday, January 31, 2025

Have you ever just relaxed by PEOPLE WATCHING?

     Today I got stuck waiting on someone for a long time and I had to INVENT ways to stay busy while I waited.

    Otherwise I would have gotten FRUSTRATED about having to wait so long.

    Since I was in a store parking lot waiting, there was plenty of people moving around in the parking lot.

    LUCKILY that meant I had PLENTY of PEOPLE I could WATCH to DISTRACT MYSELF.

    And I ACTUALLY had FUN WATCHING PEOPLE of all ages as they SCURRIED AROUND.

   There was those that QUICKLY ran into the store to get a COUPLE OF THINGS.

   Then there was those who took so long that I had to WANDER if they got LOST IN THE STORE or perhaps they FORGOT WHERE THEY HAD PARKED.

   It was FUN to see all the DIFFERENT STYLES of CLOTHES that people were wearing TOO.

   Then ALL OF A SUDDEN I was STARTLED by the person I was WAITING ON because I was LOST IN THE GAME OF PEOPLE WATCHING and FORGOT I WAS WAITING ON THEM.

   YOU Won't get FRUSTRATED ABOUT WAITING when you ENJOY RELAXING while you are PEOPLE WATCHING.

   TRY IT next time you find yourself stuck waiting on someone, you just might realize that PEOPLE WATCHING IS FUNNER than you might have IMAGINED.


   

Wednesday, January 29, 2025

The HURDLES on your LIFE'S JOURNEY are NOT ONE AND DONE

     There will be many CHALLENGES you will have to face but you can only face them AS THEY COME.

    You can't get too COMFORTABLE in Life because Life is always CHANGING and you have to make the NECESSARY CHANGES.

    You can't get DISCOURAGED and get IMMOBILIZED by the BOULDERS that fall in your LIFE'S PATH just GO AROUND THEM.

    LIFE is not ALWAYS EASY but as long as you are ALIVE ANYTHING is POSSIBLE.

    You may NOT THINK you can DO IT but before you KNOW IT you will CLEARLY KNOW YOU CAN after YOU FINISH DOING IT.

    HURDLES in LIFE are HURDLES not BRICK WALLS that can HOLD YOU BACK.

     LIFE is a ROLLERCOASTER and you can ENJOY THE RIDE even though it is a BUMPY RIDE AT TIMES.

     DON'T EXPECT LIFE to be SMOOTH SAILING and you won't EXPECT a LIFE WITH NO CHALLENGES.

    



    

Monday, January 27, 2025

It is IMPORTANT to FOCUS on what is REALLY IMPORTANT

     Not EVERYTHING is NECESSARY all that matters is if you have EVERYTHING that you REALLY NEED.

    What OTHERS think is what THEY THINK but what OTHERS THINK has NOTHING TO DO what YOU HAVE TO CHOOSE TO THINK.

    You may not be able to buy your DREAM HOME but the HOME YOU DO HAVE is pretty AWESOME.

    The PLANS you made may have to CHANGE but sometimes CHANGE IS A PART of the PLAN, that you didn't know you needed.

    STOP letting what you don't have STOP you from ENJOYING what you do have. 

    If you ONLY FOCUS on the PAST you will LOSE FOCUS on the PRESENT MOMENT.

    Since Your THOUGHTS determine the REALITY that YOU WILL LIVE.... THINK HAPPY THOUGHTS AND ENJOY YOUR LIFE.

    

    

Friday, January 24, 2025

Keep your OPTIONS OPEN so you will have OPTIONS

     You may not CHOOSE to take advantage of all your OPTIONS but you should ALWAYS keep all your OPTIONS OPEN so you will be able to CHOOSE that OPTION LATER IN YOUR LIFE.

    You may not WANT to HANGOUT with them EVERYDAY but you can still treasure their FRIENDSHIP and you can HANGOUT with them another day if you WANT TO.

    You may not be ABLE to EAT it all in ONE MEAL but you can ENJOY your LEFTOVERS when you are HUNGRY later.

    You may THINK about GOING but are TOO BUSY at the moment but luckily you can CHOOSE to GO ANOTHER DAY.

     Remember to ALWAYS Keep all your OPTIONS OPEN so you will ALWAYS have OPTIONS to CHOOSE from later in your life.

    OPPORTUNITIES may come KNOCKING AT YOUR DOOR but if you DON'T OPEN THE DOOR you will MISS YOUR OPPORTUNITY.

    OPPORTUNITIES are NEVER LOST they are just TAKEN BY SOMEONE ELSE.

     KEEP YOUR EYES WIDE OPEN for OPTIONS and OPPORTUNITIES that may come your way.