It is what it is.

You only have one Life to live and how you choose to live it and whether you enjoy it is up to you. You may be facing a lot of negative things but you positively won't enjoy Life if you only think about the negative things. Life is how you look at it. Just waking up each morning is a reason to smile. You may have to accept things that you wish you didn't have to accept it so you can move on. Things happen in Life, that's just life. It is what it is but how you look at it will determine how you are affected by it.

Just Admit it!

If you want to learn from your mistakes you have to first admit you made a mistake. If all you do is place blame for it on someone else then you will not learn what you needed from it. We all make mistakes. In fact many things that we consider necessities today would not exist if those responsible for it didn't learn from their mistakes along the way and made adjustments. Like the old saying goes "If at first you don't succeed, try and try again". So if you don't admit when you make a mistake you won't adjust to be able to succeed.

Will it matter?

You have to pick and choose your battles. You don't have the time or energy to fight for everything and anything that comes your way. If it doesn't really matter in the "big picture" in your life then it isn't worth fighting for.

It's not really Thursday it's Wacky Wednesday

Today is Wednesday to me. I took cold medicine and lost Wednesday all together. So my blog will post on Wacky Wednesday this week. As I hear my kids and grandkids opinion on things it reminds me just how important it is that we understand the influence we have as elders. They hear your opinion and see your reactions to everything and they believe that is the basis for their opinions. In other words every Home is a classroom and parents are the teachers. What are you teaching?

Is there a reason?

People get frustrated and worry when they are dealing with a negative situation. Although it's not what they want to hear everything does happen for a reason. Recently my friend lost their job. Now the fact that these days jobs are hard to come by it sure seemed like the worst thing possible. After weeks of looking for a job they finally got hired. This job paid more and it had great benefits. Then they were able to say they were glad they lost that job because if not they wouldn't be working where they are now. But thank goodness they only had weeks of worrying because that stress was taking a toll on them. There is a reason it happened but no matter what the reason was it didn't stop them from worrying until the reason was clear. I know it won't keep your from worrying as you face a negative situation but if you keep telling yourself"everything happens for a reason" it may help you from making yourself sick with worry.

A job well done is done with a smile.

Just when it seems like the World is full of people who have no compassion for anyone someone will do something kind. It makes me realize that there are kind caring people out there. Even though he was doing his job he was courteous and pleasant which made the cost not so painful. Just being kind while you are doing whatever it is you have to do makes Life easier for those you encounter throughout your day. I want to say Thank you to the employee at O'Reilly Auto Parts for helping me flush away a bad day. And I would like to encourage you to be kind to everyone you meet because you have no idea what they may be facing.

Walk around it and carry on.

As I was waiting outside the building for someone I noticed an ant hill. After waiting a while I got bored and decided to walk over closer to observe the ants. They walked straight in a line carrying food back to their home. As the wind blew a leaf came drifting down and came to rest right in their path. Within a second the ants started walking, still in a straight line around the leaf. Without hesitation they knew the line had to keep moving so they quickly realized they could keep on track by taking extra steps to go around it. As Humans as we go through Life there are sometimes boulders that disrupt our path, that's just Life. So remember when a boulder blocks you, all you have to do is go around it so your Life can stay on track.