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.

   

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.

    

    

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.

    

    

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.

     

YOU CAN........ but WILL YOU?

      You COULD be a POSITIVE ROLE MODEL to others but ARE YOU?

     You COULD be a PART OF THE SOLUTION but that is ONLY POSSIBLE IF You are NOT PART OF THE PROBLEM.

     You COULD ENCOURAGE OTHERS but it is ONLY POSSIBLE if You SAY SOMETHING ENCOURAGING to SOMEONE.

   You SHOULD HELP OTHERS if YOU CAN........ but WILL YOU?

    You may have a LOT OF LOVE in your heart but CAN ANYONE FEEL IT?

    You may NOT BE ABLE TO ALWAYS HELP but YOU CAN ALWAYS BE KIND TO EVERYONE YOU MEET and greet them with a SMILE.

    A SMILE says PEACE in any language.

It starts out as a SIMPLE FLEETING THOUGHT then....

     When a NEGATIVE THOUGHT pops up trying to GRAB YOUR ATTENTION...... JUST FLUSH IT at FIRST GLANCE.

    If YOU let it GRAB YOUR ATTENTION....It brings with it an AVALANCHE OF NEGATIVE THOUGHTS.

    And as you know an AVALANCHE of NEGATIVE THOUGHTS......will BURY YOU IN NEGATIVE FEELINGS.

    Our MINDS have a NEVER ENDING STREAM OF THOUGHTS and some are POSITIVE and will lead to POSITIVE IMPACTS on you.

    Some are NEGATIVE THOUGHTS that will only lead to NEGATIVE EXPERIENCES and NEGATIVE OUTCOMES.

    Some are INSPIRING and they MOTIVATE YOU to ACCOMPLISH your GOALS.

    Some bring up CHERISHED MEMORIES for you to RELIVE and ENJOY once again.

    You can't STOP the ENDLESS STREAM OF THOUGHTS but YOU CAN CHOOSE which ones you let GRAB YOUR ATTENTION.

    YOU may not have had a CHOICE the FIRST TIME YOU HAD to EXPERIENCE it ....but you can JUST FLUSH IT OUT OF YOUR MIND and CHOOSE NOT TO RELIVE IT and EXPERIENCE IT EVER AGAIN.

    ONE THOUGHT AT A TIME....... DECIDE if you want to GRAB IT OR JUST FLUSH IT.

    ONE THOUGHT AT A TIME YOU CAN MAKE ROOM FOR PEACE OF MIND TO GET IN.

Obviously YOU CAN only DO what YOU CAN DO

      If YOU are NOT A LAWYER than YOU can't possibly be the BEST LAWYER.

     If YOU are NOT A DOCTOR than YOU can't possibly be the BEST DOCTOR.

    If YOU are NOT A MAGICIAN than YOU probably aren't going to be good at MAGIC TRICKS.

    OBVIOUSLY YOU CAN only DO what YOU CAN DO but YOU can't be the BEST YOU that YOU CAN BE unless YOU DO YOUR BEST.

     OBVIOUSLY YOU CAN only have a POSITIVE IMPACT on OTHERS if YOU DO SOMETHING POSITIVE.

     OBVIOUSLY YOU CAN only be COMFORTABLE in the SKIN YOU ARE IN if YOU ARE COMFORTABLE with what YOU DO IN THE SKIN YOU ARE IN.

     At the end of the day all that matters is that YOU make sure that YOU ARE PROUD of everything YOU DO EACH DAY. 

     As long as YOU DO THE BEST that YOU CAN DO then YOU WILL KNOW that YOU DID THE BEST that YOU COULD DO and YOU SHOULD BE PROUD OF YOURSELF.

      At the end of the day YOU don't want to have any REGRETS so DON'T DO anything that YOU WILL REGRET.

      It's UP TO YOU to be the BEST YOU that YOU CAN BE.

How they FEEL ABOUT it doesn't affect how you FEEL ABOUT IT

     You KNOW that you CAN'T PLEASE EVERYONE so you KNOW that NOT EVERYONE will be PLEASED with what you do.

     You KNOW that we are ALL UNIQUELY DIFFERENT so you KNOW that we are NOT ALL THE SAME.

     You KNOW that what WORKS for someone else may NOT WORK FOR YOU so you may have to do things DIFFERENTLY.

     You KNOW that the CARDS you are DEALT IN LIFE are the CARDS you have to PLAY WITH IN YOUR LIFE, that's just LIFE.

    You may THINK the GRASS IS GREENER on the OTHER SIDE but if you LOOK CLOSELY you WILL SEE that THEIR GRASS is REALLY JUST FULL OF GREEN WEEDS.

     So LOOK CLOSELY and then you will SEE that you should be THANKFUL for your MINTY COLORED HEALTHY LAWN.

     Being your GENUINE UNIQUE SELF is what makes you SPECIAL so BE YOURSELF and LET THEM BE THEM.

    

We all have to LEARN HOW TO find the LIGHTER MOMENTS to SHARE

     When someone ASK YOU how you are doing.... you have to DECIDE WHAT YOU want them to know.

     You don't have to give them THE ENTIRE LIST of OBSTACLES that you have had to FACE TODAY.

     They HONESTLY REALLY DON'T need to know nor do they care that you spilled your coffee TODAY.

    They HONESTLY REALLY DON'T need to know nor do they care that your puppy chewed up your favorite shoes TODAY.

   They are REALLY JUST ASKING to be POLITE and START a CONVERSATION with you.

    When they ASK How you are doing TODAY remember to STOP.... and THINK about WHICH MOMENT YOU WANT TO SHARE WITH THEM.

    YOU will have to SCAN WHAT YOU DID TODAY and CHOOSE to FOCUS ON a l LIGHTER MOMENT that you experienced TODAY to SHARE WITH THEM.

     This is what those around you that you love do and have been doing.... They CHOOSE TO only SHARE a LIGHTER MOMENT with you.

    You may THINK YOU KNOW what someone is GOING THROUGH but the TRUTH IS... YOU ONLY KNOW what they CHOSE TO PORTRAIT TO YOU.

   Which is WHY...... you should not judge anyone so harshly for what THEY CHOOSE TO DO because you really have NO IDEA WHY THEY CHOSE TO DO WHAT THEY DID.

    

     

    

     

   

Do you WAVE at the Driver who MADE ROOM for you to pull out on the road way?

      Well I hope everyone reading this would at least give a quick HAND POKE IN THE AIR as a gester of a genuine THANK YOU.

     I have to ADMIT that it is that THANK YOU WAVE I anticipate getting that makes me GLADLY MAKE ROOM for you to pull out comfortably.

     I ALWAYS say YOUR WELCOME regardless of whether they GIVE ME A THANK YOU WAVE or NOT.

     But I have to ADMIT that the TONE IN MY VOICE when I say those WORDS is 100% based on whether I GET A WAVE OR A POKE IN THE AIR or NOT.

    When my Son HOLDS THE DOOR OPEN at our local post office he LOOKS FORWARD to that LOOK IN THEIR EYES WITH A SMILE that they greet him with.

    The POSITIVE EFFECT OF a random ACT OF KINDNESS makes BEING KIND something we LOOK FORWARD TO FEELING PROUD of OURSELVES for our KIND GESTURE.

    BE KIND to EVERYONE YOU MEET because you have no idea what they may be facing. 

    You would be SURPRISED at HOW WELL people including people you THOUGHT YOU KNEW very well were HIDING THEIR PAIN.

    A HOUSEHOLD may LOOK LIKE A HAPPY HOME but the people LIVING IN THAT HOUSEHOLD may NOT actually be HAPPY AT ALL.

     You don't have to know their personal business or KNOW them at all to KNOW that YOUR KINDNESS would be APPRECIATED.

    A SMILE makes a SMILE HUG THE FACE of WHOEVER YOU SEND A SMILE TO and they CAN'T HELP BUT SMILE BACK AT YOU.

    TRY IT.... SMILE at someone and you WILL SEE that they can't help but SMILE BACK at you.

    AND BEST OF ALL....You can HUG SOMEONE WITH A SMILE without fear of CATCHING THE FLU.

Make a PATHWAY to get WHERE you want to be

      There may not seem to be a PATHWAY that you can SEE that you CAN TAKE but you can MAKE A PATHWAY to get you WHERE you want to be.

     There may not be any EASY WAY to do it but it is still EASY to get there if you are willing to put in the HARD WORK that is NECESSARY to get you WHERE you want to be.

     Not everything you WANT is what you will ACTUALLY GET in LIFE but you SHOULD still BE HAPPY with what you DO HAVE.

      Don't let a MINOR SETBACK or a HURDLE along your PATHWAY on your LIFE'S JOURNEY stop you from reaching any of your DREAMS.

     Don't EXPECT INSTANT GRATIFICATION for things that you know REALISTICALLY will TAKE TIME TO ACHIEVE.

     Rome wasn't BUILT in a day and it's because they CHOSE to BUILD it STURDY REGARDLESS of HOW LONG IT WOULD TAKE.

      If you want it to WITHSTAND THE TEST OF TIME you have to be willing to PUT IN the TIME it will REQUIRE to make sure it CAN STAND THE TEST OF TIME.

     If YOU REALLY WANT IT then YOU HAVE TO do WHATEVER IT TAKES for as LONG AS IT WILL TAKE YOU to GET IT. 

     NOTHING FROM NOTHING LEAVES NOTHING. 

      

     

 

What you do is up to you

     You can try to convince yourself that it wasn't your fault but if you chose to do it then obviously it is your fault.

    It is up to you to do the right thing because saying other people are doing it doesn't mean that it is the right thing to do.

    The path that looks more traveled can look more worn simply because when people went that way they had to turn around and come back down the path because it lead to a dead end.

    In life you may have to make some tough decisions but as long as you get all the facts to make an informed decision then you at least have a chance to make the right decision.

    Sometimes you can still make a mistake but as long as you did what you thought was right you will be proud of your decision no matter how things turn out.

    You can blame it on the moon if you want to but the truth is it is up to you to do the right thing because it is you that will pay the consequences for everything that you do.

     It's your Life to live and the Life you will live is made up of the choices that you make along the way.

Do they make you feel STRESSED OUT?

     Have you ever WALKED into a room and you could INSTANTLY just FEEL the TENSION IN THE AIR?  

    Have you ever MET someone and INSTANTLY realized that you didn't want to INTERACT with them?

    Have you ever finally ACHIEVED YOUR GOAL only to then REALIZE it wasn't IMPORTANT ANYMORE?

     When you FEEL IT deep down in the PIT OF YOUR STOMACH it ISN'T ALWAYS GAS. 

     Sometimes It's your BUILT-IN WARNING SYSTEM trying to WARN YOU...... and you should HEED THE WARNING.

      When your SPIDEY SENSES get TRIGGERED and GO OFF you NEED to FOCUS AND GO INTO STEALTH MODE.

     If you FEEL IT then......REACT ACCORDINGLY and everything will BE ALRIGHT.

     KEEP your EYES WIDE OPEN so you can SEE what you NEED TO SEE.

     KEEP your EARS CLEAN so you can HEAR what you NEED TO HEAR.

     AND....... LEARN THE DIFFERENCE between what's POSSIBLE and what's IMPOSSIBLE.... because if it SOUNDS TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE that MEANS IT ISN'T TRUE.

    

Do you want A FRESH START in 2025?

     TODAY is the START of OUR BEST YEAR EVER because we will take all the CRAP from OUR PAST and JUST FLUSH IT out of OUR MINDS and OUT OF OUR LIFE so we can have a FRESH START.

    From this DAY FORWARD what DIDN'T WORK in 2024 we WILL NOT BRING INTO 2025......CHEERS TO OUR BEST YEAR EVER.

     I feel LIGHTER and the FUTURE LOOKS BRIGHTER TODAY because it's a NEW YEAR and I  DIDN'T BRING any of OLD CRAP so it is TRULY A FRESH START. 

    HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE 🥂