Find the QUIETNESS in a NOISY PLACE by FOCUSING on LOOKING for the QUIETNESS

    Sometimes YOU NEED a QUIET PLACE so YOU CAN RELAX and have a QUIET MOMENT to RELAX.

   In the FAST PACED WORLD we live in it's hard to remember to STOP every now and again and just RELAX and "SMELL THE ROSES." 

   As you find yourself RUNNING AROUND with TOO MANY THINGS TO DO remember to STOP and take a MOMENT throughout your day to RELAX.

   YOU won't be able to ENJOY the FLOWERS when they BLOOM unless YOU STOP long enough to ENJOY them while they are BLOOMING.

   You may have to FOCUS HARD on the SOUNDS OF THE BIRDS SINGING to HEAR them over the SOUNDS OF THE TRAFFIC, but if you FOCUS YOU CAN.

   YOU may have to FLUSH OUT all the OTHER NOISES around you to CHOOSE WHAT YOU WANT TO BE ABLE TO HEAR.

   ALL THE NOISES around YOU are just NOTHING BUT NOISES that can ONLY DISTRACT YOU if YOU LET IT.

You can ONLY LEARN what TO DO by DOING IT!

    If YOU DON'T TRY then YOU will never know if it will WORK OR NOT.

   Some LESSONS can ONLY be LEARNED by LEARNING what DOESN'T WORK FIRST.

   The FIRST TIME you got on a BICYCLE did you think you would AUTOMATICALLY KNOW HOW TO RIDE A BIKE?

   OF COURSE NOT, because YOU KNOW THAT YOU will start off all WOBBLY AND FALL a FEW TIMES.

   But YOU DON'T GIVE UP just because you FALL a FEW TIMES.

   IF YOU DID then you will NOT LEARN how to RIDE A BIKE.

    YOU JUST GET UP and GET BACK on that bike because YOU KNOW YOU WANT TO RIDE A BIKE.

   LIFE LESSONS are LEARNED by LEARNING AS YOU GO. 

   SOMETIMES YOU CAN ONLY LEARN the HARD WAY.

   If YOU PUT IN THE WORK then everything will WORK OUT OKAY.

REGROUP to continue moving forward

    When you get KNOCKED DOWN on your LIFE'S JOURNEY, you got to GET BACK UP in order to KEEP MOVING FORWARD.

    Although it may be true that you take TWO STEPS FORWARD and fall ONE STEP BACK, you are still ONE STEP CLOSER to where YOU want to go.

    On your LIFE'S JOURNEY you will face CHALLENGES along the way and you will have to ADJUST to SUCCESSFULLY meet the CHALLENGES.

    When you get THROWN A CURVE BALL on your LIFE'S JOURNEY you will have to REGROUP to go AROUND THE CURVE to KEEP MOVING FORWARD.

    LIFE IS A ROLLERCOASTER and THERE will be UPS AND DOWNS as well as TWISTS AND TURNS, you JUST have to GO WITH THE FLOW to KEEP MOVING FORWARD.

    We only have the TIME we have so we have to ADJUST, REGROUP, and at times we may even have to BEND LIKE A PRETZEL to ENJOY THE TIME WE HAVE.

    If YOU SEE TROUBLE COMING then GET OUT OF THE WAY.

   

A TEXT from time to time doesn't allow any CHANCE for SIMPLE "SMALL TALK"

    You would be surprised at what you COULD LEARN that could help you in your FUTURE by just sitting around together, IN PERSON, and just SIMPLY TALK.

    "SMALL TALK" is TALKING about NOTHING IN PARTICULAR just ODDS AND ENDS of STORIES about NOTHING BUT it's ENTERTAINING AND.. It just might help you one day.

   TO ME ...That is what MY BLOGS ARE, just "SMALL TALK" about NOTHING but IT JUST Might HELP DISTRACT you while you PONDER each BLOG.

    "SMALL TALK" ALLOWS FOR AT LEAST A CHANCE that SMALL CONVERSATIONS might TEACH you things that you DIDN'T KNOW THAT YOU WOULD NEED TO KNOW.

    You LEARN how to RELAX by STOPPING LONG ENOUGH to have time for "SMALL TALK" and just RELAX and take a deep breath of FRESH OXYGEN.

   IF YOU want to really have a BOND with someone it takes stopping long enough to BOND with them, not just send them a TEXT from time to time.

   A physical HUG 🤗 is not the same as a FACEBOOK POKE.

   TO STAY CONNECTED TO YOUR HUMAN SIDE you got to INTERACT PHYSICALLY WITH REAL HUMANS. 

    

There is NO HURRY so ....

     If you are TRAVELING OUT OF TOWN to ENJOY MEMORIAL DAY with OTHERS...  There is NO HURRY so SLOW DOWN and DRIVE SAFELY.

    As long as YOU ARRIVE SAFELY then it DOESN'T MATTER if you ARRIVE LATER THAN YOU HAD PLANNED.

    AS WE ARE REMEMBERING those that are no longer with us on MEMORIAL DAY we also NEED TO REMIND OURSELVES TO CHERISH our LOVED ONES that are AROUND US EVERY DAY.

    We are REMINDED that EVERY SINGLE ONE OF US ONLY HAVE THE TIME WE HAVE SO DON'T WASTE A MOMENT OF THE TIME YOU HAVE.

    TODAY IS THE ONLY DAY YOU CAN ENJOY because YESTERDAY IS ALREADY GONE, TOMORROW MAY NEVER COME, but TODAY IS YOURS TO ENJOY.

   If YOU want to ENJOY LIFE YOU have to ENJOY IT WHILE YOU ARE LIVING IT, BOTH ON THE GOOD DAYS AND THE BAD DAYS. 

   LIFE IS A ROLLERCOASTER and THERE WILL BE UPS AND DOWNS, as well as TWISTS AND TURNS, THAT'S JUST LIFE.

    

    

Take care of YOURSELF..!!

    You ALONE decide WHAT YOU ARE GOING TO EAT, no matter how many times someone has told you how UNHEALTHY IT IS FOR YOU.

    You ALONE decide WHETHER YOU WILL EXERCISE TO MAINTAIN YOUR HEALTH, no matter how many times you have been told that REGULAR EXERCISE is NECESSARY to maintain your OVERALL WELL BEING.

    You ALONE decide WHETHER YOU WILL BE AN HONEST PERSON OR NOT, the CHOICE OF WHO YOU WILL BE is UP TO YOU.

    You ALONE SET THE STANDARDS you will LIVE BY NO MATTER HOW CHALLENGING LIFE CAN BE they are STANDARDS YOU WILL NOT CROSS 

    You can BLAME IT ON THE MOON OR JOE BLOW but the TRUTH is THAT YOU ALONE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR WHAT YOU DO.

    DON'T DO ANYTHING to get through a TEMPORARY SETBACK that YOU will PERMANENTLY PAY THE CONSEQUENCES for.

    Your REPUTATION is WHAT people THINK THEY KNOW ABOUT YOU but YOUR ACTIONS DECIDE the TRUE CHARACTER THAT PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT YOU.

What You HEARD can have MANY MEANINGS

     YOU MAY have HEARD yet you COMPLETELY MISUNDERSTOOD what you HEARD.

    It's like FIVE PEOPLE can Read the same FORTUNE COOKIE and HEAR A TOTALLY DIFFERENT MESSAGE.

   I Love getting a FORTUNE COOKIE knowing I am going to be TAKEN ON A short JOURNEY to PONDER THE MESSAGE and HOW I INTERPRET IT will determine WHERE the MESSAGE TAKES ME.

    Go on a JOURNEY the NEXT TIME you GET TOGETHER to have some CHINESE DINNER with your FRIENDS.

    WHILE you are all sitting around the table letting the FOOD DIGEST, READ YOUR fortune Cookie messages out loud.

   GO on A JOURNEY in the DIRECTION TO WHEREVER THE FORTUNE COOKIE MESSAGES LEAD each of YOU AS YOU PONDER WHAT IT WAS SAYING TO EACH OF YOU. 

   IT will do ALL OF YOU some GOOD to PUT DOWN YOUR PHONES long enough to take a JOURNEY AND USE YOUR MIND TO PONDER YOUR THOUGHTS.