It's TIME to SPREAD the HOLLY JOLLY to EVERYONE WE SEE

     Holidays are full of LOVE and JOY for most people but for some it is PAINFUL.

    Every CHANCE that YOU CAN take a MOMENT OF YOUR TIME and MAKE SOMEONE SMILE that will also MAKE YOU SMILE TOO.

    You could.... OPEN THE DOOR for someone and that will MAKE THEM SMILE 

    You could..... Simply SMILE and without even THINKING about it they will automatically be forced to SMILE BACK at you.

    You could....... Take a MOMENT and STOP BY to VISIT someone that you hadn't seen in a while, that will MAKE BOTH of you SMILE.

     You should..... Always be KIND to EVERYONE that YOU MEET and that just might be what THEY NEED to MAKE THEM SMILE.

     SPREAD the HOLLY JOLLY to EVERYONE that YOU SEE so we can all FEEL the HOLLY JOLLY TOGETHER.

     

     

As we PREPARE our THANKSGIVING PLANS we have to PREPARE.... how to....

     As we begin to start MAKING PLANS for our THANKSGIVING DINNER we have a LOT of SPECIFIC TIMES we have to make PLANS ON because we are COOKING MANY THINGS.

     It takes a SPECIAL AMOUNT of PREPARATION if everything is going to be READY AT THE SAME TIME.

     No matter how many TIMES you COOK YOUR THANKSGIVING DINNER you will still have to MAKE PLANS if you are going to get EVERYTHING HOT at the SAME TIME.

    As we start to EAT OUR THANKSGIVING DINNER we have MANY THINGS TO BE THANKFUL FOR.

     And although it is A LOT OF WORK to PREPARE OUR THANKSGIVING DINNER.... it is WELL WORTH ALL THE WORK. 

      There are MANY THINGS that you ONLY COOK ON THANKSGIVING and..... MY OH MY you realize that THEY ARE WORTH THE EFFORT to BE ABLE TO ENJOY THEM.

      After we finally COOK OUR THANKSGIVING DINNER then we get to RELAX AND ENJOY THE NEXT FEW DAYS WITHOUT HAVING TO COOK.

     AND because it's a HOLIDAY.... then you KNOW that you DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT the CALORIES no matter WHAT YOU EAT.

    HAPPY THANKSGIVING EVERYONE 🦃

       

OH NO the parking lot is stuffed with cars

    With THANKSGIVING just days away going to the GROCERY STORE can be filled with anxiety.

    I had already bought all of my THANKSGIVING DINNER FOOD already but I still NEED everyday items today.

    And unfortunately the GROCERY STORE PARKING LOT was full and we had to PARK FAR AWAY from the front door.

     I just kept reminding myself that I NEEDED TO WALK more so PARKING so FAR AWAY is actually a GOOD THING.

    I only NEEDED FOUR ITEMS but with the amount of cars in the PARKING LOT it could take a while to purchase them.

     LUCKILY I BARELY SAW ANYONE in the TWO AISLES I was in.

     And CHECKING OUT was EASY  because I could go to the TEN ITEMS or less aisle.

     I guess EVERYONE was SHOPPING but I was IN AND OUT WITHOUT RUSHING INTO THEM so a BUSY PARKING LOT DOESN'T MEAN that it is BUSY AFTER ALL.

    HAPPY THANKSGIVING EVERYONE 🦃

    

    

No matter what had happened today you have to.....

     Sometimes TIME GOES FLYING BY so..... YOU have to STOP and ENJOY YOUR TIME.

     FLOWERS only BLOOM at certain TIMES so STOP and ENJOY the FLOWERS WHILE THEY ARE BLOOMING.

     CHILDREN are only CHILDREN for a SHORT TIME so TAKE THE TIME to ENJOY THEM before they GET OLD and they get TOO BUSY to VISIT.

     The OLDER YOU GET the more YOU REALIZE HOW IMPORTANT it is to STOP and ENJOY PEOPLE WHEN THEY COME AROUND.

      At the END OF THE DAY you have to just STOP and REMEMBER the HAPPY TIMES YOU HAD TODAY.

      OBVIOUSLY not EVERY MOMENT WAS EASY but EVERY MOMENT that YOU DID ENJOY TODAY is something that YOU are LUCKY YOU HAD TODAY.

     What YOU LOOK FOR is WHAT YOU WILL FIND. Like if you LOOK FOR TROUBLE then YOU WILL FIND TROUBLING TIMES.

     If YOU LOOK FOR the POSITIVE IN EVERY SITUATION then YOU WILL FIND POSITIVE MEMORIES.

     YOUR THOUGHTS are YOUR REALITY so...... Be like Peter Pan and THINK HAPPY THOUGHTS and BE HAPPY. 🧚

     

Do it if YOU CAN but still BE OKAY if YOU CAN'T

     YOU WONT get ANYTHING DONE if YOU CHOOSE TO NEVER get up to DO ANYTHING.

     If YOU want to make sure that IT GETS DONE then YOU have to MAKE SURE that somehow IT GETS DONE.

     If YOU CAN'T DO IT then try to see if YOU CAN FIND SOMEONE WHO CAN DO IT so IT CAN GET DONE.

    At the end of the day if it is truly something that YOU CAN'T GET DONE AT ALL then.... ACCEPT IT and then JUST FLUSH IT out of YOUR MIND.

   Today I WANTED to GET A LOT of things DONE but MY TO DO LIST was just TOO LONG.

    UNFORTUNATELY I set MYSELF up for FAILURE by DEMANDING MORE than ANYONE COULD DO IN A DAY.

    But luckily I knew that I had to ACCEPT that I COULDN'T DO IT and BE PROUD of what I DID GET DONE and REALIZE that I COULD DO THE REST ANOTHER DAY.

    REMEMBER that IF YOU CAN then YOU WILL but IF YOU CAN'T then YOU JUST CAN'T.

    

     

     

Let THEM BE and YOU WILL SEE that FREES YOU TO BE YOU.

     If YOU KEEP TRYING to make THEM CHANGE then it will KEEP YOU EXHAUSTED and YOU WON'T GROW.

     YOU DON'T HAVE TO AGREE with everything THEY CHOOSE.... YOU just have to WORRY ABOUT WHAT YOU CHOOSE TO DO.

     WHAT MATTERS TO YOU is WHAT IS IMPORTANT for YOU so..... FOCUS on WHAT is MOST IMPORTANT TO YOU.

    If to YOU the BEST PART of CHRISTMAS ISN'T WHAT YOU BUY FOR OTHERS but it's ABOUT SPENDING TIME with PEOPLE THAT YOU LOVE then DON'T WASTE YOUR MONEY BUYING things YOU CAN'T AFFORD.

      Just SPEND TIME MAKING THEIR FAVORITE FOODS and YOU AND THEM will both ENJOY EATING IT TOGETHER.

      The SILLY PRIZES that YOU end up BUYING for EVERYONE TO CHOOSE if THEY WIN the GAME is just the SILLY STUFF THEY WANTED but were EMBARRASSED TO BUY FOR THEMSELVES.

     And BOY HOW MUCH FUN it is to SEE LOTS OF TASTEFUL TREATS that YOU GET TO CHOOSE if YOU WIN THE GAME.

     It makes the YOUNG ONES AS WELL AS THE OLD ONES..... FIGHT HARD to WIN THE BEST TREAT WAITING FOR ANYONE WHO WINS.

     I KNOW last year I made sure I took a second to ASK THE CRAZY 8 BALL GIFT I had gotten for a GIFT a QUESTION BEFORE THEY TOOK IT HOME 

    And just LIKE WHEN I WAS A KID I COULDN'T WAIT to EXCITEDLY HEAR THE MESSAGE IT GAVE ME and I DIDN'T TELL ANYONE WHAT I ASKED IT.

    MAKE YOUR HOLIDAYS FULL OF FUN AND LET THE LAUGHTERS HUG US ALL.

    

    

SMELLING the THOUGHT of my THANKSGIVING DINNER

     Before you KNOW it THANKSGIVING will be here. And even if it is more CONVENIENT to meet after THANKSGIVING......THE FOOD taste just like it would on a THURSDAY.

      It was ALWAYS IMPORTANT to make sure THANKSGIVING DINNER was EATEN ON the day of THANKSGIVING.

     But the OLDER my KIDS GET they have more than ONE FAMILY TO VISIT and ANY DAY THEY VISIT we will ENJOY A THANKSGIVING DINNER TOGETHER.

      And no matter WHAT DAY we EAT I will have PLENTY OF LEFTOVERS to ENJOY FOR DAYS AHEAD.

     HOPEFULLY when I go to the store I will GET EVERYTHING I NEED to COOK EVERYTHING so the SHOPPING will be EASY.

     And I BELIEVE on THANKSGIVING NO ONE SHOULD DIET because you ONLY GET ONE GIANT THANKSGIVING DINNER.....SO ENJOY EATING all your favorites.

     I can HONESTLY SMELL IT even though I WON'T be COOKING IT for DAYS and HERE I GO into my kitchen because NOW I AM STARVING.

     JUST MAKE YOUR LIST and maybe we will SEE EACH OTHER WHILE WE ARE SHOPPING at the GROCERY STORE.

     

It's HARD TO BELIEVE if you don't have TRUSTWORTHY people to BELIEVE

    As I was just watching the movie Raya and the Last Dragon it brought on feelings of HOPEFULNESS that even in OUR WORLD to be able to find people you can BELIEVE IN.

     NOT EVERYONE TODAY will be HONEST so make sure that EVERYONE that you CHOOSE to ASSOCIATE WITH is someone that you can always BELIEVE will be HONEST. 

     Remember that IN LIFE when you are trying to STOP a BAD HABIT the FIRST THING that you HAVE TO DO is DON'T spend time with ANYONE that STILL HAS THAT BAD HABIT.

     When you start FEELING POSITIVELY INSPIRED by OTHERS you might REALIZE that those are the most IMPORTANT PEOPLE to HANGOUT WITH to HOPEFULLY HELP YOU FEEL INSPIRED. 

     When you want to FORGET IT so you can JUST FLUSH IT you can't HANGOUT with people who CONTINUALLY KEEP IT FRESH ON YOUR MIND.

     LOOK AT WHO YOU CHOOSE TO HANGOUT WITH and DECIDE SHOULD YOU HANGOUT WITH THEM.

     

    

    

     

     

    

Before you KNOW IT you will have to ADJUST during your LIFE'S JOURNEY.

     What used to WORK BEFORE just DOESN'T WORK that way NOWADAYS.

     But SAVING for YOUR FUTURE is STILL IMPORTANT TODAY just THE SAME as it ALWAYS HAS BEEN.

     You have to make sure YOU DO WHAT IS NECESSARY for YOUR FUTURE because ONLY YOU are IN CHARGE of what YOU will have in YOUR FUTURE.

    Staying CLOSE TO YOUR FAMILY is still just as IMPORTANT TODAY as it ALWAYS HAS BEEN.

     Although even YOUR FAMILY has ISSUES they will ALWAYS be there to HELP YOU if it's NECESSARY because that's what FAMILY DOES.

    Staying TRUE to YOUR STANDARDS is the ONLY WAY to STAY TRUE TO YOURSELF.

    If YOU KEEP CHANGING to PLEASE OTHERS before YOU KNOW IT you WON'T KNOW WHO YOU TRULY ARE.

    Staying HUMAN is NECESSARY during the GOOD DAYS and ALSO on the BAD DAYS if you plan on ALWAYS being a KIND HUMAN.

    YOU CAN'T CHANGE OTHERS but WHAT YOU DO IS YOUR CHOICE and YOUR CHOICES will be YOUR REALITY.

     BE the BEST YOU that YOU CAN BE and YOU WILL BE AS HAPPY as YOU CAN POSSIBLY BE.

You can LOSE yet you can be a WINNER

      You may NOT get everything that you could ever want but as long as you GET enough then you SUCCEEDED.

      If you can GET BY with WHATEVER you DO HAVE then you should be HAPPY that you have what you NEED to GET BY.

     Taking WHAT YOU GOT and USING IT CORRECTLY is BEING SMART and USEFUL with what you have.

     Sitting around WASTING your TIME worrying about ANYTHING that you DON'T HAVE is JUST BEING WASTEFUL of your TIME.

     When you KNOW what being GRATEFUL means then you know that you are LUCKY even though LIFE can sometimes be tough at times.

     When you are GRATEFUL then you realize that there are MANY THINGS that you are THANKFUL FOR even though there will be TOUGH TIMES. 

     Just WAKING UP each day is something to BE THANKFUL FOR even though you may face STRUGGLES you have to BE THANKFUL that YOU ARE ABLE TO FACE THEM.

     YESTERDAY is already gone and TOMORROW may never come but TODAY IS YOURS TO ENJOY.

     But it is UP TO YOU whether you will CHOOSE TO ENJOY IT. 

     We only have ONE LIFE TO LIVE so ENJOY IT on the GOOD DAYS and the BAD DAYS!🍄

THEY may NOT HEAR YOU but....

     But remember that THEY DEFINITELY CAN'T HEAR YOU if YOU DON'T SAY ANYTHING so that it CAN even POSSIBLY BE HEARD.

     You may KNOW a lot more about it but sometimes you don't SAY A WORD to TELL ANYONE that you ACTUALLY KNOW a lot about it.

     If YOU want to ENCOURAGE ANYONE then YOU will have to SAY SOMETHING ENCOURAGING to THEM.

     Even though THEY may NOT HEAR what YOU SAY, as long as YOU SAY IT to THEM then YOU WILL KNOW that at least YOU TOLD THEM.

     Because IF YOU DON'T SAY IT TO THEM and it HURTS THEM then YOU will REGRET NOT TELLING THEM so JUST TELL THEM..... whether THEY LISTEN is UP TO THEM.

     

     

     

Once YOU DECIDE then....

     Some people may REACT DIFFERENTLY than YOU CHOOSE TO REACT because what works for THEM just DOESN'T work for YOU.

     Some people NEED THINGS that you just DON'T NEED so they fight for WHAT THEY NEED just like YOU WILL fight for WHAT YOU NEED.

      ONCE YOU DECIDE then YOU DO WHAT IS BEST FOR YOU TO DO no matter what anyone else DECIDES that THEY will do.

     Let THEM BE THEM and do what THEY NEED TO DO and just worry about WHAT YOU NEED TO DO for YOURSELF.

    If YOU NEED IT then DO what YOU have TO DO to GET IT.

    If it is IMPORTANT TO YOU then DO WHATEVER YOU NEED TO DO to GET WHAT YOU WANT to have for YOURSELF.

    IF YOU DON'T WANT TO REGRET IT then...... JUST DO IT so YOU CAN BE PROUD of WHAT YOU DID.

     SO IN LIFE.....Make up YOUR OWN MIND and JUST DO IT because WE ONLY have the TIME WE HAVE so WE NEED TO ENJOY EVERY MOMENT WE HAVE. 🐞