If it DIDN'T HAPPEN then...

       We make our PLANS that we want to ACCOMPLISH by what WE THINK WE KNOW about it.

      The other day a friend and I spent WEEKS MAKING PLANS so that we COULD ENJOY a fun day out.

      We sat TOGETHER and took the INFORMATION that WE BOTH HAD about WHERE we were going and WE TOOK QUITE A WHILE to PLAN a great outing.

      We both had spent WEEKS GATHERING everything that was ON OUR LIST.

       Then FINALLY IT WAS TIME TO GO and WE KNEW that we had EVERYTHING WE PLANNED for the OUTING.

        Then WHEN WE GET THERE... let's just say WE PLANNED A TRIP TOGETHER but APPARENTLY WE HAD NO IDEA about WHERE WE WERE ACTUALLY going to spend the day at.

      BUT INSTEAD OF what WE THOUGHT we ACTUALLY DIDN'T HAVE WHAT WE NEEDED for our OUTONG.

       LUCKILY WE LOVE EACH OTHER and therefore all WE COULD DID WAS LAUGH about IT and ENJOY OUR TIME TOGETHER.

       Sometimes WE ALL MAKE MISTAKES and EVERYTIME WE DO WE can JUST LAUGH ABOUT IT and JUST FLUSH IT and MOVE ON to ENJOY OUR DAY.

      To ENJOY WHAT YOU HAVE takes FLUSHING AWAY A BAD DAY. 🫪

Even those that have always been against it suddenly......

       When you are GUESSING that DOESN'T MAKE IT A FACT.... it's just YOUR GUESS.

       So if you want to make an INFORMED DECISION then GET ALL THE FACTS so that YOU WILL BE INFORMED. 

       Because without the FACTS all you are doing is MAKING AN UNINFORMED DECISION.

      I had BELIEVED something AS A FACT then found out YEARS LATER that what I THOUGHT WAS A FACT was actually TOTALLY DIFFERENT than the TRUTH.

      If YOU BELIEVE that it is TRUE than TO YOU IT'S TRUE even if it REALLY ISN'T TRUE AT ALL. 

      THE TRUTH MAY HURT but if YOU KNOW THE TRUTH then YOU WILL FIGURE IT OUT as long as YOU GET THE FACTS.

      Telling someone AN HONEST NO will hurt them LESS because then THEY WILL KNOW TO ASK SOMEONE ELSE.

       BEFORE YOU FORM YOUR OPINION just GET ALL THE FACTS so that YOU DON'T STRESS about the DECISION YOU WILL MAKE. 

DON'T JUDGE ANYONE TOO HARSHLY.....because

       If you judge anyone TOO HARSHLY then you will make things HARDER FOR THEM.

      If you judge yourself TOO HARSHLY then you will make yourself TOO STRESSED to TRY IT AGAIN so that YOU CAN DO IT BETTER.

      If you JUDGE your FRIENDS TOO HARSHLY then you might make them CHOOSE TO IGNORE YOU because they DON'T DESERVE TO BE TREATED SO HARSHLY.

      When you want TO TEACH someone the BEST WAY TO DO IT then YOU SHOULD POLITELY EXPLAIN the REASONS WHY something SHOULD BE DONE DIFFERENTLY so THEY WILL UNDERSTAND. 

      But if YOU JUDGE THEM TOO HARSHLY then THEY WON'T LEARN ANYTHING except that the WAY YOU MAKE THEM FEEL IS UNCOMFORTABLE. 

       You may not UNDERSTAND just HOW HARSHLY YOUR JUDGEMENTS CAN BE so TAKE A MOMENT TO THINK BEFORE YOU SAY IT so that YOU ARE NOT SAYING ANYTHING TO YOURSELF OR ANYONE that is TOO PAINFUL TO HEAR.

Every time it comes.....ADJUST

      You may be running behind but as long as you are getting everything done then it is done on time.

      Obstacles happen throughout your LIFES JOURNEY but those are just Obstacles that you will move around. 

     When you begin to doubt yourself just remember all the Obstacles that you dealt with throughout your life that you dealt with already. 

      Adjusting is part of GROWING and when you LEARN TO GROW WHERE YOU ARE PLANTED then you will proudly stand firmly grounded.

Be the BEST YOU THAT YOU CAN BE and THEY CAN BE THEIR BEST SELF TOO

       Let's START OFF by saying that it is IMPOSSIBLE TO MAKE EVERYONE HAPPY so TAKE THAT THOUGHT and JUST FLUSH IT out of YOUR MIND.

      You just make sure that YOU ARE HAPPY with EVERY THOUGHT, EVERY WORD, EVERY ACTION, and EVERY INTERACTION that YOU MAKE that YOU ARE PROUD OF YOURSELF.

      If YOU KEEP CHANGING to PLEASE ANYONE then YOU WILL NEVER BE THE TRUE YOU.

      Because YOU WILL NEVER GROW TO BE THE BEST YOU that YOU ARE.

      With all the ANGER and FAKENESS from those AROUND YOU and THROUGHOUT THE SOCIAL MEDIA..... I HOPE YOU CAN SEE that YOU NEED TO BE ABLE TO REMAIN TRUE TO YOURSELF.

       If YOU HAVE SET BOUNDARIES then remember to NEVER CROSS YOUR OWN BOUNDARIES... PERIOD.

       Remember that WHO YOU CHOOSE to ASSOCIATE WITH is YOU CHOOSING the TYPES of CROWD YOU ARE COMFORTABLE AROUND. 

       And if YOU ARE NOT COMFORTABLE AROUND people WHO HAVE A NEGATIVE ATTITUDE then FIND NEW FRIENDS WHO POSITIVELY INSPIRES YOU. 

      If I DIDN'T CHOOSE to go to the store EARLIER IN THE MORNING then I WOULD BE CHOOSING to go in the AFTERNOON WHEN THEY ARE PACKED WITH PEOPLE. 

      There are BILLIONS OF PEOPLE IN THE WORLD and yet there is ONLY ONE YOU and as long as YOU ARE PROUD OF YOURSELF then YOU ARE AWESOME.

      

If you THINK it is TRUE then is it really TRUE?

      If you tell yourself that YOU CAN'T DO IT then the TRUTH is that YOU WON'T DO IT because YOU WILL NEVER TRY TO DO IT.

     After you CONVINCE YOURSELF that it is TOO HARD FOR YOU then YOU ALREADY CONVINCED YOURSELF so YOU WON'T EVER TRY IT.

      You may be AFRAID OF HEIGHTS yet if YOU TRY DOING some things that are DONE THAT ARE HIGH then YOU MAY ENJOY DOING THEM.

      If you want to ENJOY YOUR LIFE'S JOURNEY then it means that there may be times that you need to TRY THINGS even if YOU THINK IT IS TOO HARD.

     There are MANY THINGS that YOU WILL FINALLY TRY that then YOU FIND OUT THAT YOU DON'T LIKE DOING THEM.

     But TRYING IT GIVES YOU THE TRUTH about whether YOU CAN OR YOU CAN'T DO IT.

      And the TRUTH MAKES YOU HAVE A CHANCE TO KNOW THE WHOLE TRUTH not a FALSE GUESS.

     DON'T GUESS just TRY IT so YOU WILL KNOW then forever YOU CAN KNOW THE TRUTH.

Having troubles means.....

      No matter how hard you plan something you have to ACCEPT that things don't always go as you had planned.

       But you can regroup and make things work out differently but first you have to STOP being ANGRY about how things have changed.

       Because until YOUR ANGER IS GONE then YOU CAN'T REGROUP because you are TOO ANGRY to THINK about how to ACCEPT IT so you can ENJOY IT DIFFERENTLY.

       I had to ACCEPT that we can still have FUN we have to JUST FLUSH IT out of our mind so we can PLAN a new ADVENTURE. 

      But when you can FEEL THE ANGER SO DEEP INSIDE YOU then....STOP THINKING ABOUT IT UNTIL YOUR ANGER IS GONE.

     If the ANGER is GONE then USE YOUR IMAGINATION and MAKE A NEW PLAN that YOU KNOW WILL BE JUST AS MUCH FUN TO DO.

      ANGER UNFORTUNATELY makes you ANGRY TO BE AROUND so ACCEPT IT then JUST FLUSH IT and EVERYONE will FORGET ABOUT IT and ENJOY YOUR NEW PLANS TOGETHER. 

Better to be SAFE not SORRY

      I really wanted it but at that price I would FEEL BAD about paying that much so.....I will CHOOSE to wait until it is ON SALE to buy it. 

     I wanted the kids to have FUN DOING IT but I decided that there was TOO MANY CHANCES that it would be DANGEROUS so....I  found something FUN that they could do. 

     I can UNDERSTAND how much FUN RIDING a ELECTRIC BIKE could be but going SO FAST for a young person is DANGEROUS so.....I decided buying a COOL BIKE for them was SAFER. 

     Some people can SEE THE FUN but it doesn't STOP THEM from doing it even after you tell them HOW DANGEROUS it COULD BE. 

      Sometimes my GRANDCHILDREN think I am always WORRIED about the DANGER WITHOUT SEEING THE FUN PART OF ANYTHING. 

      But what they DON'T KNOW is being OLD ENOUGH to have SEEN THE DANGERS happening during the DECADES it kinda makes you REALIZE that although it ISN'T ALWAYS DANGEROUS there is sometimes where it was DANGEROUS OCCASIONALLY. 

      Just take a MOMENT to LOOK AT THE POSSIBLE DANGERS before you CHOOSE TO DO IT because it is better to be SAFE NOT SORRY.

     But while you are doing it ENJOY IT because YOU GOT TO ALSO ENJOY YOUR LIFE WHILE YOU ARE LIVING IT. 

     There are MANY THINGS that I did when I was YOUNG and I HAD FUN but my BODY STILL REMEMBERS a few times when I GOT HURT and I DECIDED that I WOULD NEVER DO THOSE THINGS A SECOND TIME.

      NO MATTER how many times someone tells you that YOU SHOULDN'T DO IT you MAY NOT UNDERSTAND what they MEANT UNTIL YOU WERE DOING IT and YOU SUDDENLY UNDERSTOOD what THEY MEANT.

    LIFE is like a ROLLERCOASTER and a ROLLERCOASTER may be FUN they are ALSO A LITTLE SCARY. 🎢

      

Don't STRESS over IT..... JUST FLUSH IT

      Sometimes when you are cooking dinner and one of the things you were trying to cook wasn't edible just DON'T STRESS about it because the rest of the food you cooked tasted awesome.

     Sometimes during your exciting weekend there may be a couple things that were not as exciting as you thought it would be but DON'T STRESS about it the rest of your weekend had plenty of HAPPY TIMES.

     You may have worked hard to get everything that you needed but DON'T STRESS if you forgot something because it is going to be a great time because of everything else you did get.

     Not everyone will ENJOY EVERY MOMENT of it but everyone will ENJOY MANY MOMENTS of it.

     There are many things in your LIFE'S JOURNEY that DON'T HAPPEN like you PLANNED but DON'T STRESS about the negative things because OVER ALL you have had an AMAZING LIFE'S JOURNEY. 

     When you catch the FLU you feel sick but DON'T STRESS about it because eventually you will RECOVER FROM THE FLU.

      You may be upset at the COST OF YOUR CAR REPAIR but DON'T STRESS about it because you should be THANKFUL that you will have a car to drive because some people DON'T. 

     Recently I was feeling STRESSED about being STRESSED over stupid things so I STOPPED and ACCEPTED IT then I decided to JUST FLUSH IT out of my mind so PEACE OF MIND will have ROOM to GET IN. 

      If you want PEACE OF MIND then you have to FIND IT by LEARNING how to JUST FLUSH IT  so you DON'T HAVE TO STRESS about it.

     

Have you ever found things that you forgot about?

       Have you RECENTLY LOOKED at what you have in your "JUNK DRAWER" in a ROOM in your house?

      I have realized that I seem to have a "JUNK DRAWER" in EVERY ROOM.

      Do you know how many "JUNK DRAWERS" that you have?

      Every "JUNK DRAWER" even if they were stuffed in a "JUNK BOX" that I went through were full of MEMORIES and some of it was just JUNK.

     I have learned that going through your "JUNK DRAWERS" was something that is actually FUN TO DO every now and again.

    And although DUSTING ALL YOUR "JUNK SHELVES" you have throughout your house is NOT FUN but by DUSTING IT sure gets YOU ANOTHER CHANCE to ENJOY THE MEMORIES of when you got it.

     And ENJOYING all those HAPPY MEMORIES if YOU LOOK AT THEM is why ANYTIME YOU WANT TO REMEMBER IT just START DUSTING IT.

    

   

     

Before you REACT take a minute to THINK BEFORE YOU REACT

      When something happens that makes you FEEL NEGATIVELY then YOU KNOW that your FIRST THOUGHT WILL BE NEGATIVE.

     So if you REACT IMMEDIATELY then YOU KNOW that if YOU RESPOND NEGATIVELY that things will END NEGATIVELY.

     So in THAT MOMENT just STOP and THINK about what YOUR ACTIONS WILL BRING.

     And YOU WILL SEE that YOUR FIRST REACTION was LEADING TO ANGER and ANYTHING DONE OUT OF ANGER will BRING YOU A NEGATIVE OUTCOME.

     But when YOU STOP AND THINK it through then YOU WILL FIGURE OUT what TO DO to have the BEST OUTCOME POSSIBLE despite the circumstances.

     Remember that YOU CAN..... if YOU STOP and TAKE A MINUTE TO THINK BEFORE YOU REACT. 

CHOOSE to do what MAKES YOU HAPPY

     Have you ever found yourself doing something that you DON'T have to do that you DID JUST BECAUSE you HAD ALWAYS DONE IT?

     Well then maybe you should STOP DOING IT because we only have one life to live and we need to STOP WASTING a moment of it.

     It is hard to STOP sometimes because you know that if you DON'T DO IT then it will STOP BEING DONE.

     So take a moment and DECIDE how you will feel if it STOPPED HAPPENING.

    If YOU REALIZE that YOU DO IT FOR YOURSELF because YOU WANT IT TO HAPPEN then KEEP DOING IT.

     But if YOU REALIZE that by NOT DOING IT that it would give YOU EXTRA TIME to do something else that YOU ARE EXCITED about then STOP DOING IT.

     If YOU LIKE DOING IT then as long as YOU CAN KEEP DOING IT and HAVE FUN DOING IT.

    It is UP TO YOU to CHOOSE TO DO WHATEVER YOU WANT TO DO and if YOU NO LONGER WANT TO then ITS UP TO YOU to STOP DOING IT.

    

It's a 250 YEAR CELEBRATION for USA but EVERY COUNTRY should CELEBRATE THEIR COUNTRY TOO

       It wasn't easy to become OUR OWN COUNTRY but the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA is something SPECIAL TO CELEBRATE.

     EVERY COUNTRY has millions of people that work hard to keep their COUNTRY SAFE and STRIVE to be a PROSPEROUS COUNTRY TO PROUDLY LIVE IN.

     EVERY PERSON IN YOUR COUNTRY has to WORK HARD INDIVIDUALLY to STAND LOUD AND PROUD.

     If you WANT PEACE in YOUR COUNTRY you have to FIND YOUR PEACE OF MIND to SHARE IT so PEACE OF MIND will SPREAD HUMANITY in YOUR COUNTRY. 

      There will always be ISSUES that EVERY COUNTRY will have to FACE but HOW YOU DEAL WITH and REACT to the ISSUES is WHAT DETERMINES THE OUTCOME.

      Just when EVERYTHING IS WORKING out then BAMMMM.... something HAPPENS.

     Then TOGETHER YOU WORK HARD and TOGETHER YOU FIX IT and you CELEBRATE.

     But TOMORROW the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA will CELEBRATE 250 YEARS of becoming the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

     And I KNOW that ALL AMERICANS will be CELEBRATING and I HOPE that EVERY COUNTRY will be CELEBRATING THEIR OWN COUNTRIES because WE ALL LOVE OUR COUNTRIES.

     WE ALL DESERVE TO BE COMFORTABLE and FEEL SAFE NO MATTER WHAT COUNTRY WE LIVE IN.

      TEACH YOUR CHILDREN TO LOVE THEIR COUNTRY and to SPREAD HUMANITY to SPREAD KINDNESS FROM ONE COUNTRY TO ANOTHER. 

     WORLD PEACE IS POSSIBLE by BRINGING PEACE OF MIND to ONE PERSON AT A TIME.

    So LEARN HOW to take all the NEGATIVITY IN THE WORLD and JUST FLUSH IT so PEACE OF MIND will have ROOM to GET IN. 🌻 

    

     

We are all DIFFERENT and our DIFFERENCES are what makes us all UNIQUELY DIFFERENT

      If you get burnt from the stove you quickly LEARN not to TOUCH IT again because it hurts you if you TOUCH IT. 

      If you TRIED to do it but you REALIZE that it is just something that you CAN'T DO then ACCEPT that you CAN'T but at least you TRIED.

      If you KNOW when enough is enough then ACCEPT IT and MOVE ON and do something else. 

      I have seen people get so UPSET that they COULDN'T do what their friends did that they IGNORED the fact that everyone DOESN'T do EXACTLY the same thing. 

       We each are GOOD at some things but NO ONE is GOOD AT EVERYTHING so you do what you are GOOD at and they will do what they are GOOD AT.

      If we were all the same then none of us would do anything differently and that DOESN'T seem like we would ever have any chance of doing anything differently. 

     I like LEARNING NEW THINGS even if I choose not to do it I can still ENJOY hearing about new exciting things that other people were doing. 

      We are all UNIQUELY DIFFERENT and that is what makes a UNIQUELY DIFFERENT WORLD that we all GET TO ENJOY LIFE in our OWN UNIQUE WAY.