If it DOESN'T MATTER then it SHOULDN'T AFFECT you

    If it DOESN'T MATTER then why are you WASTING your time WORRYING about it?

   If it DOESN'T AFFECT you one way or another then why are you letting it WAY HEAVY ON YOUR MIND?

    If it DOESN'T MATTER in the "BIG PICTURE" of your life then JUST FLUSH IT out of your mind and FORGET ABOUT IT.

  IF you have to put off DOING SOMETHING another day it's OKAY TO WAIT another day.

  It DOESN'T MATTER if you can't get EVERYTHING DONE today then DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT if you can't get EVERYTHING DONE TODAY.

   If WORRYING ABOUT it WON'T HELP then WHY ARE YOU making yourself sick WORRYING ABOUT IT?

   If it ISN'T a LIFE OR DEATH situation then DON'T MAKE IT ONE by WORRYING yourself to DEATH about it, JUST FLUSH IT OUT OF YOUR MIND.

   If you want PEACE OF MIND you have to take all your WORRIES and the THOUGHTS that DON'T MATTER and JUST FLUSH IT out of your mind so PEACE OF MIND has ROOM to get in!

   PEACE OF MIND is JUST A FLUSH AWAY!

Happily ever after doesn't mean you won't have any struggles

     Life is a ROLLERCOASTER which means it is full of UPS and DOWNS as well as TWISTS and TURNS.

    On your LIFE'S JOURNEY you will have GOOD DAYS and you will have BAD DAYS, that's just LIFE.

    You will experience HAPPY MOMENTS as well as have  MOMENTS of SADNESS, that's just LIFE. 

   Living HAPPILY ever after doesn't mean you won't have any STRUGGLES.

   It means IN SPITE of the CHALLENGES you will have to face you can ENJOY LIFE. 

   Like the plaque on my wall says...

   I asked God for all things that I might ENJOY LIFE, he gave me LIFE that I might ENJOY all THINGS.

   The next time you are facing a NOT SO PLEASANT CHALLENGE in Life remember that before you know it you will be enjoying a PLEASANT MOMENT. 

   LIFE IS LIFE and throughout your LIFE'S JOURNEY you will live HAPPILY EVER AFTER as you navigate through the BUMPS along the way.

    Being HAPPY is a STATE OF MIND and HOW YOU LOOK at things will DETERMINE WHAT YOU SEE which will DETERMINE your STATE OF MIND.

  

You can't be YOU if you KEEP CHANGING

    You CAN'T please everyone, so DON'T keep CHANGING to TRY to please ANYONE.

   BUT you CAN ALWAYS be PROUD OF YOURSELF, as long as YOU stay TRUE TO YOURSELF.

   If YOU keep CHANGING to please OTHERS before YOU know it YOU WON'T KNOW WHO YOU ARE.

   All that really matters is that at the end of the day YOU are PROUD OF EVERYTHING that YOU DID that day.

   YOU won't Always make the RIGHT DECISION or say the RIGHT THING, but if YOU did what you thought was the RIGHT thing to do EVERYTHING WILL BE ALRIGHT.

   No one is PERFECT so don't JUDGE YOURSELF so harshly by expecting everything YOU DO to be PERFECT.

    The MISTAKES you make on your LIFE'S JOURNEY are NECESSARY to LEARN so YOU GROW to be the BEST YOU that YOU CAN BE.

    At the END OF THE DAY All that matters is that YOU ARE PROUD of YOURSELF.

   

It may be BOGO but should you BUY IT?

     Since the prices on GROCERIES have DOUBLED it has made it NECESSARY to HUNT the stores and find your GROCERIES for BOGO deals.

    BUT...Unless you have a WALK IN PANTRY to store a lot of items you have to LIMIT what you can BUY no matter if it is a BOGO item.

    I have ENJOYED the EASTER EGG HUNT to find the bargains BUT....I am ready for prices to get BACK TO NORMAL PRICES so I don't have to HUNT anymore.

    And if it's BOGO on a box of chocolate you  have to ask yourself do you SERIOUSLY think that you should BUY them knowing that you don't NEED TO EAT TWO of them?

    When I walk in the front door at my local GROCERY STORE they have TABLES LINED UP with all kinds of GOODIES on sale BOGO.

   Now it's a different EASTER EGG HUNT trying to find the HEALTHY ones and IGNORING the UNNECESSARY SWEET ones.

   What you HAVE IN YOUR PANTRY is exactly what you CHOSE TO BUY at the store to bring home. 

   If you DON'T HAVE ice cream or chips to EAT then you will EAT something else.

   

They may not REMEMBER IT but IT had a big IMPACT on WHO THEY ARE TODAY

    YOU may not REMEMBER a lot about your GREAT GRANDPARENTS but you wouldn't be WHO YOU ARE TODAY without the AFFECTS they had on YOU.

   Even a BRIEF ENCOUNTER with someone can have a AFFECT for THEIR LIFETIME even though they have NO MEMORY OF THE ENCOUNTER.

   The SEEDS of THOUGHT that YOU PLANT can grow ROOTS and make a HARVEST THEY will SOW throughout THEIR LIFETIME.

   WHAT KIND of SEEDS are YOU PLANTING?

   LIKE YOUR MOM TAUGHT you....If YOU don't have anything NICE TO SAY then don't SAY ANYTHING AT ALL because WHAT YOU PLANT IS WHAT WILL GROW AND SPREAD onto others.

  We NEED to SPREAD SEEDS OF KINDNESS so KINDNESS WILL SPREAD into OUR COMMUNITIES and REPLACE the INSANITY we see in SOCIETY.

  The WORLD won't get BETTER on its OWN we all MUST DO OUR PART.

   Be KIND to EVERYONE you meet so EVERYONE can BENEFIT From YOUR KINDNESS. 

   What YOU SOW is what will GROW. 

   REMEMBER , when you are ANGRY DON'T SAY ANYTHING AT ALL SO YOU DON'T SPEW IT ONTO OTHERS 

TURN THE CHANNEL on the THOUGHTS that you CHOOSE NOT to THINK about

    Our minds have an ENDLESS STREAM of THOUGHTS that try to GRAB our ATTENTION.

   It is UP TO YOU WHICH THOUGHTS you will CHOOSE to THINK ABOUT.

   Just like you USE the REMOTE CONTROL to CHOOSE what you WILL WATCH on TV, you USE your WISDOM to CHOOSE what THOUGHTS you WILL THINK ABOUT.

    You can't PREVENT a NEGATIVE THOUGHT from POPPING UP front and center AGAIN and AGAIN,  but you can at a QUICK GLANCE JUST FLUSH IT OUT OF YOUR MIND so it can't HURT you AGAIN AND AGAIN.

   You NEED to FILL YOUR MIND with POSITIVE THOUGHTS that will KEEP a POSITIVE OUTLOOK that will have POSITIVE AFFECT in your life.

  If all you THINK ABOUT is NEGATIVE THOUGHTS then you can ONLY HAVE a NEGATIVE OUTLOOK which can ONLY LEAD to a NEGATIVE OUTCOME.

   YOUR THOUGHTS DETERMINE the REALITY YOU will LIVE IN.

   Peter Pan could ONLY FLY if he THOUGHT HAPPY THOUGHTS.

   If you want a POSITIVE OUTCOME think POSITIVE THOUGHTS like Peter Pan and BE HAPPY. 😀

   

You don't have to LIKE EVERYTHING ABOUT IT

    There are MANY THINGS on our LIFE'S JOURNEY that we HAVE TO DO even though they are NOT TOTALLY WHAT we WANT TO DO.

    If you are those LUCKY FEW who LOVE EVERYTHING ABOUT THEIR JOB then you will be ONE OF THE LUCKY FEW people who do. 

   GROWING A GARDEN takes a lot of HARD WORK but if you PUT IN THE HARD WORK you will ENJOY EATING your HARVEST OF VEGETABLES.

   You may NOT LIKE GOING TO WORK but you sure LIKE the PAYCHECK that you will EARN FOR GOING TO WORK, and YOU NEED THE PAYCHECK.

   You may NOT LIKE EVERYTHING about your family and friends but you WILL GLADLY take the GOOD WITH THE BAD to STAY CLOSE to your family and friends.

   You may DISAGREE with SOME PEOPLE but you can AGREE TO DISAGREE with them to GET ALONG.

    A LOT of the MOM AND POP BUSINESSES had to close during the pandemic making us all have to SHOP AT BUSINESSES that we WOULDN'T if WE COULD SHOP somewhere else.

   LIFE is something you have to CONSTANTLY ADJUST to HOW YOU HAVE TO DO THINGS because LIFE is CONSTANTLY CHANGING.

   You DO WHAT YOU GOT TO DO IN LIFE, THAT'S JUST LIFE.

    

You can't STOP IT but you can STOP giving your STAMP OF APPROVAL

    There are MANY THINGS that are OUT OF YOUR CONTROL.

    There are MANY THINGS that are NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS.

    There are MANY THINGS that you WILL HAVE TO CHOOSE on your LIFE'S JOURNEY.

    Keep in mind that EVERY CHOICE you make MATTERS.

    AND that CHOOSING TO DO NOTHING is still a CHOICE you make.

    If you don't AGREE with a TELEVISION SHOW than DON'T WATCH IT.

    To express your DISAGREEMENT don't give it high ratings to keep it on the Air, TURN THE CHANNEL.

   If you don't LIKE IT then don't SUPPORT IT in any way.

   ONLY if you PROMOTE things that MAKE A POSITIVE DIFFERENCE will you be a PART of what MAKES A POSITIVE DIFFERENCE.

   It's true that you REAP WHAT YOU SOW, so PAY ATTENTION to the SEEDS you are PLANTING.

   The WORLD won't get BETTER on its OWN we ALL MUST DO OUR PART.

   

   

An HOUR can make a Big difference

    You WOULDN'T think the CLOCKS springing FORWARD an HOUR could have any REAL IMPACT on you.

    After all ....you went to SLEEP at the SAME TIME AFTER you CHANGED THE CLOCK.

    So if you WENT to bed at 10 LIKE NORMAL and you GOT UP at 8 Like NORMAL, then WHY does it FEEL like you were CHEATED out of an HOUR SLEEP?

   The ONLY DIFFERENCE is it is DARKER OUTSIDE in the morning.

   Goes to show you that if you are USED TO IT, Then if what you are USED TO CHANGES the SLIGHTEST BIT, YOU NOTICE 

    Old HABITS are HARD TO BREAK even INSIGNIFICANT HABITS are HARD to BREAK, CHANGE is still a CHANGE you will have to GET USED TO.

   Luckily our phones CHANGE TIME AUTOMATICALLY because when I saw the TIME ON THE STOVE this MORNING I thought I had PLENTY OF TIME to get ready.

   So I was WASTING TIME RELAXING when I looked at the TIME ON MY PHONE and realized I didn't have ANY TIME to WASTE if I was going to be READY IN TIME.

   You will get done the SAME AMOUNT of stuff in an 8 HOUR SHIFT but that HOUR SHIFT IN TIME will take you TIME TO ADJUST TO.

   LIFE is full of things CHANGING on your LIFE'S JOURNEY and you will JUST have to ADJUST as YOU GO on your LIFE'S JOURNEY.

   You can't get TOO COMFORTABLE in LIFE because LIFE is always CHANGING.

You have to ACCEPT IT for what IT IS

     You can't PRETEND that it is not WHAT IT IS, because IT IS WHAT IT IS.

    You may WISH it was DIFFERENT but IT IS WHAT IT IS.

    If you only have APPLES you can't make LEMONADE, you have to make APPLESAUCE.

   If life gives you nothing but LEMONS you can't make APPLESAUCE, but you can make some delicious LEMONADE.

   You may not be a FAMOUS PAINTER, but you can still find JOY in PAINTING.

   You may not have EVERYTHING that you ever wanted but you can be HAPPY that you have EVERYTHING you NEED.

    You can either see the GLASS HALF FULL or HALF EMPTY, It is up to you.

   But you could DIE OF THIRST if you don't TAKE A DRINK of the HALF OF GLASS you do have.

    Have you ever COMPLAINED about something SMALL to someone only for them to say I understand then you find out that they face far WORSE?

    You can ENJOY WHATEVER YOU GOT, if you make the MOST OF WHAT YOU GOT.

   So ACCEPT that Life isn't PERFECT, NOTHING IS PERFECT, but you can make PERFECTLY DELICIOUS LEMONADE.

    

Before you team up with anyone, Ask yourself will they be a TEAM PLAYER?

   There are many different kinds of PLAYERS on a TEAM.

   There are many different TEAMS you will need throughout your LIFE'S JOURNEY.

    Before you TEAM up with ANYONE to do ANYTHING, stop and ask yourself a very important question.

   Will they be a good TEAMMATE?

   Will they WORK TOGETHER for the good of EVERYONE on the TEAM?

   To be a good TEAMMATE they have to be a good LISTENER so they  will to know what EVERYONE NEEDS.

   So you have to ask yourself are they a GOOD LISTENER?

    Each TEAMMATE has a ROLE to play for the TEAM if the TEAM is to be SUCCESSFUL.

   Each TEAMMATE should be INDIVIDUALLY SUCCESSFUL as well as be a SUCCESSFUL TEAM.

   Who you TEAM UP with in Life determines whether you will have the TEAMWORK you will need to be SUCCESSFUL in LIFE.

   Before you TEAM UP with ANYONE, STOP and Ask yourself will they be a TEAM PLAYER?

   

    

   

   

    

Every story is MOMENTS you ENJOYED

    As we sat around listening to the MANY STORIES about their VACATION days, it was like watching a movie.

    We followed along with the STORY vividly as they told us MANY DETAILS about how it LED UP TO the result of the MOMENT.

   There may have only been THREE SNOWBALLS thrown but it is the STORY told so VIVIDLY that it was a SNOWBALL FIGHT that we will remember.

   The FUNNIEST MEMORIES are the NOT SO FUNNY MOMENTS that you experienced.

   Yes there was lots of GOOD FOOD and GOOD FUN that are memorable but the MEMORIES of the NOT SO PERFECT MOMENTS are the MEMORIES we will always TREASURE the MOST.

    EVERY MOMENT is a MOMENT TO TREASURE even the MOMENTS that were NOT SO PERFECT MOMENTS you had to live.

    ENJOY Your LIFE'S JOURNEY while you are on the ROLLERCOASTER OF LIFE.

    

Until you OWN UP to your SHORTCOMINGS you will ALWAYS come up SHORT of where you want to be

    It's hard to ADMIT that it is in anyway, YOUR FAULT.

    In NO WAY do you have to ADMIT it to others, BUT you DO have to ADMIT IT to YOURSELF if anything is going to CHANGE at all.

    It's EASY to see the FAULTS of others BUT YOUR FAULTS are OUT OF SIGHT, OUT OF MIND.

    If you want ANYTHING to CHANGE in YOUR LIFE, you will have to do SOMETHING DIFFERENT.

    DON'T WAIT for the PERSON to say IT'S THEIR FAULT before you SEE YOUR FAULTS.

   BECAUSE if they were going to ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY to their part they would have done it before now.

   You are the LEADER in your LIFE so your DESTINY is up to you to DECIDE where YOU will LEAD YOURSELF.

    YOU don't LIVE LIFE ALONE but YOU ALONE DECIDES how YOU WILL LIVE your life.