When you DON'T REACT it makes them WANDER WHY YOU DIDN'T REACT

     Your FIRST REACTION to ANYTHING OR ANYONE that HURTS YOU is GUARANTEED to be a NEGATIVE REACTION.

    And YOUR NEGATIVE REACTION will DETERMINE WHETHER you are GUARANTEED to have a NEGATIVE OUTCOME OR NOT.

    You NEED TO STOP AND THINK about what YOUR ACTIONS WILL BRING BEFORE YOU REACT AT ALL 

    The CIRCUMSTANCES that you FACE DOESN'T DETERMINE the OUTCOME....It is HOW YOU REACT to the CIRCUMSTANCES that will DETERMINE the OUTCOME you will have.

    NEGATIVE Things HAPPEN in LIFE through NO FAULT OF YOUR OWN but HOW YOU REACT to the THINGS THAT HAPPEN in YOUR LIFE is PURELY UP TO YOU.

     When you CHOOSE NOT TO REACT to a NEGATIVE SITUATION until you can THINK ABOUT HOW YOU SHOULD REACT........ you are CHOOSING TO THINK ABOUT IT SO YOU CAN HAVE A POSITIVE OUTLOOK so you can have a POSITIVE OUTCOME.

   REMEMBER TO STOP AND THINK ABOUT IT BEFORE YOU REACT because ONCE you REACT YOU CAN'T TAKE it BACK.

    It makes me THINK about the Elvis song lyrics....STOP....LOOK .. AND LISTEN... THAT'S MY PHILOSOPHY.

    ADOPT THE PHILOSOPHY to STOP AND THINK ABOUT what your ACTIONS WILL BRING.... BEFORE YOU REACT so you can have the BEST POSITIVE OUTCOME YOU POSSIBLY CAN.

    

   

Give them HOPE and HOPEFULLY they will have HOPE for a BRIGHTER TOMORROW

    You can't deny that we all have seen that EVERYONE has had TIMES on their LIFE'S JOURNEY that are CLOUDED with WORRISOME CIRCUMSTANCES.

    But there are some people who seem to be CONSTANTLY having to FACE one PROBLEM after another.

   Even though you don't have a MAGIC WAND to make ALL of their PROBLEMS go away, you can still give them HOPE that THEIR TOMORROW'S WILL BE BRIGHTER.

    Although YOU CAN'T and THEY DON'T EXPECT you to FIX ALL THEIR PROBLEMS, they are HOPING that YOU will give them a moment of YOUR time to LISTEN to THEM.

    Just by LISTENING TO THEM it will HELP them by allowing them to TALK ABOUT IT so they can then JUST FLUSH IT out of THEIR MIND. 

    For anyone to have PEACE OF MIND they have to be able to take their PAINFUL EXPERIENCES and JUST FLUSH IT out of their MIND so PEACE OF MIND will have ROOM to GET IN.

    You DON'T have to have the SOLUTION to THEIR PROBLEMS but by giving them HOPE you will have HOPEFULLY HELPED them make ROOM for PEACE OF MIND.

    World PEACE is POSSIBLE by bringing PEACE OF MIND to ONE PERSON AT A TIME.

    

    

 

A GOOD RELATIONSHIP means way more than a materialistic item

     A NEW CAR is nice but a NICE CONVERSATION with someone you love is A LOT NICER 

    LIVING in A BIG MANSION may be NICE but it is lonely.....  LIVING in a SMALL BUT LOVING HOME is a LOT NICER. 

    Being surrounded by a LARGE COMMUNITY OF FAKE FRIENDS is LONELY but being part of a small group of LOVING FAMILY MEMBERS feels COMFORTING.

    If you have to CHOOSE then CHOOSE WISELY because your CHOICES make up the REALITY That you will LIVE.

   FAMILY and LOYAL FRIENDS will STAND STRONG WITH YOU BUT.... FAIR WEATHER FRIENDS will BLOW AWAY IN THE WIND.

   TREASURED MEMORIES are PRICELESS MOMENTS that you will TREASURE.

   HAPPINESS isn't something that you can buy.... it's something that you have while SPENDING TIME with those YOU LOVE.

    

STICK to what you KNOW

     If you KNOW that you SHOULDN'T DO IT..... then DON'T DO IT.

    If you KNOW then YOU KNOW that you SHOULD STICK to what YOU KNOW.

    If you KNOW that you have to be the BEST YOU that YOU CAN BE in order to DO YOUR BEST, then YOU KNOW you have to STICK to what YOU KNOW so that you can be the BEST YOU that YOU CAN BE.

    If you KNOW that YOU REAP WHAT YOU SOW then YOU KNOW how IMPORTANT it is to PLANT SEEDS that will make the WORLD A BETTER PLACE for EVERYONE.

    If you KNOW that it will take HARD WORK then you KNOW that you will have to WORK HARD.

    If YOU KNOW..... YOU KNOW..... YOU HAVE TO STICK to what YOU KNOW to GET 'R DONE.

   The WORLD won't get BETTER ON IT'S OWN and no matter WHAT STATE or WHAT COUNTRY you LIVE IN WE ALL must DO OUR PART.

   I KNOW that WORLD PEACE is POSSIBLE by bringing PEACE OF MIND to ONE PERSON AT A TIME.

    

We can MEET in the MIDDLE

    If you NEED to PARTNER UP with ANYONE it will REQUIRE YOU to SIT DOWN AND DISCUSS WHAT EACH of YOU NEED.

    It will REQUIRE YOU to LOOK at it from THEIR POINT OF VIEW and SUCCESSFULLY EXPLAIN what YOUR POINT OF VIEW IS.

   ONCE YOU LEARN about WHAT EACH OF YOU NEED then YOU WILL KNOW whether YOU WOULD MAKE GOOD PARTNERS.

    ONE THING is for sure......YOU WILL BOTH HAVE TO MEET IN THE MIDDLE so that BOTH of YOU CAN GET WHAT YOU NEED.

   Whether it is a BUSINESS PARTNERSHIP or a PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP... the ONLY WAY that IT WILL WORK is to MEET IN THE MIDDLE.

    If YOU BUILD A BRIDGE ONLY HALFWAY... then YOU CAN ONLY GET HALFWAY to WHERE YOU WANT TO BE. 

   

    

LEARN FROM IT so you can LEARN HOW

     DON'T be so HARD on yourself because You weren't born KNOWING EVERYTHING about EVERYTHING.

     If you will LEARN FROM YOUR MISTAKES you will AT LEAST LEARN WHAT NOT TO DO.

    IF at FIRST YOU DON'T SUCCEED.......JUST TRY AND TRY AGAIN... until you LEARN WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW TO SUCCEED.

    DON'T GIVE UP when the going gets TOUGH... JUST LEARN AS YOU GO AND KEEP ON GOING.

    Too many people EXPECT INSTANT GRATIFICATION and GIVE UP WHEN IT DOESN'T HAPPEN INSTANTLY.

    If it is IMPORTANT TO DO then it is IMPORTANT TO DO WHATEVER IT TAKES.

    If you WANT IT then........ JUST DO IT.....PUT IN THE HARD WORK and..... JUST DO IT.

    A LIFE WORTH LIVING TAKES DEDICATION AND HARD WORK.... PERIOD.

Do you have a CONTENTED MIND?

    Even though you MAY have MANY CHAOTIC things you are going through, you can still have a CONTENTED MIND.

    If you CHOOSE to think about the positive things that you are THANKFUL for, you will have a CONTENTED MIND.

   If you CHOOSE to think about all the things that you are GRATEFUL for, you will have a CONTENTED MIND.

    It's all in whether you CHOOSE to SEE the GLASS HALF FULL or HALF EMPTY.

    You could DIE OF THIRST with YOUR HALF FULL GLASS OF WATER if you REFUSE to TAKE A DRINK because it isn't a FULL GLASS.

    Being CONTENT with WHAT YOU DO HAVE is ALL that is NECESSARY to have a CONTENTED MIND.

    When you are DEALING with a TORNADO OF TROUBLE IN YOUR LIFE, you can still have PEACE OF MIND by FOCUSING on the POSITIVE THINGS in YOUR LIFE.

    PEACE OF MIND is a STATE OF MIND no matter what STATE or what COUNTRY YOU LIVE IN.

   You can EITHER SEE the GLASS as HALF FULL or HALF EMPTY, IT IS UP TO YOU!

   Be GRATEFUL for WHAT YOU DO HAVE instead of filling YOUR MIND with THOUGHTS of WHAT YOU DON'T HAVE.

   YOU CAN''T be GRATEFUL for WHAT YOU DO HAVE if you don't APPRECIATE WHAT YOU DO HAVE.

   Do YOU SEE the GLASS HALF FULL OR HALF EMPTY?

   You DON'T have to have EVERYTHING that you EVER WANTED to have a CONTENTED MIND.

  You can HAVE a CONTENTED MIND because you have EVERYTHING THAT YOU NEED.

    

GOOD THINGS come to those who do GOOD THINGS

    It's not always EASY but it's EASY to SEE that two WRONGS don't make a RIGHT.

   Just because OTHER PEOPLE are DOING IT DOESN'T mean that it is the RIGHT THING for ANYONE TO DO.

   Just because it's HARD doesn't mean you can't do it, it just means that it is going to be HARDER than you THOUGHT.

   Which SIMPLY MEANS that YOU will have to WORK HARDER than YOU THOUGHT YOU WOULD have TO WORK.

    EVERY NEW INVENTION was ACCOMPLISHED through the UPS AND DOWNS BY someone who was DETERMINED ENOUGH to do the HARD WORK no matter HOW HARD it got.

    LIFE is HARD AT TIMES but your HARD WORK will BRING you the PEACE OF MIND you DESIRE throughout your LIFE'S JOURNEY.

    Remember those that HURT YOU are PEOPLE WHO ARE HURTING and by SHOWING them LOVE AND KINDNESS you can BRING them PEACE OF MIND.

   PEACE ON EARTH IS POSSIBLE by BRINGING PEACE OF MIND TO ONE PERSON AT A TIME.

   ONE thing LEADS to ANOTHER so BE KIND TO EVERYONE and PASS IT ON.

   

  

You don't have to be the BEST to be GOOD at what you do

    As long as you put YOUR BEST EFFORT into DOING IT then you will be PROUD that you put in the EFFORT you NEEDED to get DONE what you WANTED TO DO.

   You may not be able to SEW an ENTIRE NEW OUTFIT but you can still SEW up a SIMPLE TEAR in the fabric to FIX IT so you can WEAR IT.

   You may not be able to PARALLEL PARK but luckily you don't have to because you can still PARK in a PARKING SPOT in the PARKING LOT to go inside the store.

   You may not be a FIVE STAR CHEF but you can still COOK SOME GOOD TASTING FOOD that you can ENJOY EATING.

   You may not be an OLYMPIC GOLD STAR ATHLETE but you can still be GOOD at PLAYING SPORTS.

   You may not have an amazing VOICE and be able to SING in a FAMOUS BAND but you can still ENJOY SINGING KARAOKE.

   No one is PERFECT so just DO YOUR BEST and ACCEPT that although it won't be PERFECT it WILL BE PERFECTLY FINE.

   ALLOW YOURSELF to BE HAPPY with the OUTCOME REGARDLESS of the OUTCOME KNOWING that YOU did YOUR BEST.

   At the END of the DAY all that matters is that you are PROUD OF YOURSELF because you KNOW that you DID THE BEST YOU COULD DO.

  

Life begins in a GARDEN

    I recently bought a small outdoor LAWN FIGURE of a FROG riding a bike with a LARGE SEED as the  front wheel and a SMALL SEED as the back wheel.

   Although I love FROGS it was the WORDS written on the FRONT WHEEL that captured my FULL ATTENTION.

   It said... LIFE BEGINS IN A GARDEN.

   Just like a FORTUNE COOKIE message it made me STOP TO PONDER what was the MESSAGE that it was saying to me.

   INSTANTLY lots of different WAYS that I had personally PLANTED SEEDS throughout my LIFE'S JOURNEY popped up in my MIND.

   I definitely bought it to sit it INSIDE my home so everyone that READS it will be able to RELAX for a moment while THEY PONDER what it means to them.

   I have MANY little messages on refrigerator magnets and small decor throughout my home to PLANT SEEDS of MESSAGES to distract myself to RELAX as I PONDER them.

  What MESSAGE does "LIFE BEGINS IN A GARDEN" SAY TO YOU? 

  And to give you something else for you to PONDER .....What KINDS of SEEDS are you PLANTING?

   

You have CHOICES to MAKE, CHOOSE WISELY

     You CAN'T FIND IT unless you take the time to LOOK FOR IT.

    It could be RIGHT IN FRONT of your FACE yet you DON'T SEE IT because you CHOOSE TO IGNORE IT.

    If you want to KNOW THE ANSWER to YOUR QUESTIONS you will have to ASK THE QUESTIONS.

   If you want to FIND ANYTHING ...you have to LOOK FOR IT if you HAVE ANY CHANCE of FINDING IT.

   If you want to be HEALTHY you will have to live a HEALTHY LIFESTYLE.

   If you want to have PEACE OF MIND you have to take all the NEGATIVITY and JUST FLUSH IT out of your mind to MAKE ROOM for PEACE OF MIND to GET IN.

   If you want to be KNOWN as an HONEST PERSON than BE HONEST.

   If you want to ENCOURAGE others then you have to say something ENCOURAGING TO THEM.

   If you want to SPREAD POSITIVITY into the WORLD then you have to plant SEEDS OF POSITIVITY so POSITIVITY will SPREAD.

   As you can SEE the WORLD won't get BETTER ON IT'S OWN... WE ALL MUST DO OUR PART.

   IT'S TRUE YOU REAP WHAT YOU SOW.

   You have NO CHANCE of ENJOYING any TOMATOES from your GARDEN if you ONLY PLANT PEPPERS in YOUR GARDEN.

   

   

   

   

What would those around you tell you?

    Do you THINK that those around you would BRING A SMILE to your face when you didn't think there was anything to SMILE ABOUT?

    Do you THINK that those around you would GUIDE you into LOOKING for a POSITIVE OUTLOOK to your SITUATIONS?

   OR are those that are around you KEEPING NEGATIVE THOUGHTS FRESH ON YOUR MIND and PREVENT you from SEEING A POSSIBILITY Of a POSITIVE OUTCOME?

    Who YOU SURROUND YOURSELF WITH will make all the DIFFERENCE in YOUR REALITY by INFLUENCING YOUR THOUGHTS either NEGATIVELY OR POSITIVELY.

    I hope you CHOOSE to LOOK for the POSITIVE in EVERY SITUATION AND...... ONLY SURROUND YOURSELF WITH POSITIVE THINKING PEOPLE.

   HAPPINESS is just a STATE OF MIND.

   Remember Peter Pan could ONLY FLY if he THOUGHT OF HAPPY THOUGHTS.

   SURROUND YOURSELF WITH POSITIVE THINKING PEOPLE TO THINK POSITIVE THOUGHTS.

  

At one time it sounded like a good idea....

     Sometimes you realize that what you THOUGHT was a GOOD IDEA...... ISN'T.

    Sometimes you realize that what you THOUGHT WOULD WORK.... DOESN'T WORK.

   Sometimes you realize that what was IMPORTANT TO YOU BEFORE.... ISN'T IMPORTANT TO YOU ANYMORE.

   Sometimes you realize that you didn't have ALL THE FACTS... WHICH CHANGES EVERYTHING when you CONSIDER ALL THE FACTS.

    CIRCUMSTANCES CHANGE.

    YOUR OPINION CHANGES.

    YOUR WANTS AND NEEDS CHANGE.

    YOU CAN'T GET TOO COMFORTABLE IN LIFE... because LIFE IS ALWAYS CHANGING.

     What USED TO WORK.... JUST DOESN'T WORK ANYMORE.

     BUT one thing that HASN'T CHANGED IS IF IT SOUNDS TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE....IT ISN'T TRUE.

     KEEP YOUR MIND OPEN TO ACCEPTING THAT IT IS WHAT IT IS....NOT WHAT YOU THOUGHT IT COULD BE.

    THINGS are HAPPENING that I never THOUGHT WOULD HAPPEN....BUT LIKE IT OR NOT..... IT'S HAPPENING....SO I  HAVE TO ADJUST if I PLAN to KEEP MOVING FORWARD..... PERIOD.

   IT IS WHAT IT IS.... THAT'S JUST LIFE AND LIFE IS A ROLLERCOASTER FULL OF UPS AND DOWNS AS WELL AS TWISTS AND TURNS.

    WE ONLY HAVE the TIME WE HAVE AND WE NEED TO ADJUST AS WE GO TO BE ABLE TO ENJOY EVERY MOMENT OF THE TIME WE HAVE.

    Some of our MOST TREASURED MEMORIES are from the MEMORIES OF the TOUGH TIMES WE EXPERIENCED AND HOW WE POWERED THROUGH THEM.