sMiLe & eNjOy ThE jOuRnEy = )

Children laughing.

Uncomfortable shoes.

Freshly cut grass.

Missing car keys.

Chocolate chip cookies,

warm from the oven.

Life is full of ups, downs, and changes...

The more love you give the more you will find.

Have a great weekend!

Motto for a Positive Outlook

Refuse to be unhappy;

be cheerful instead.

Refuse to let your troubles multiply;

just take them one by one.

Organize your time; keep your life simple

and exactly the way you want it.

Refuse to complain about things;

learn to improve your surroundings

and create your world

the way you believe it should be.

Refuse to dwell on the mistakes

or disappointments

that are sometimes a part of life;

instead learn how you can

make things better.

Be optimistic.

Be energetic and positive

about the things you do,

and always hope for the best.

Believe in yourself at all times

and in all aspects of your life.

Before you know it,

those wonderful dreams

you have believed in all your life

will come true,

and your life will be

the happy and successful life

that it was meant to be.

Ben Daniels

Have a great day!

Tina Smith

Someone once said, "Success is when those who know you the best are those who love you the most."

Carry with You These Gifts of the Heart...

Trust... that whatever happens,

there is someone who will understand.

Honesty... the feeling that you

never need to hold back.

Peace... in being accepted for

who you really are.

Beauty... in outlook

more than appearance.

Freedom... to be yourself,

to change, and to grow.

Joy... in every day, in every memory,

and in your hopes for the future.

Love... to last a lifetime,

and perhaps beyond.

D. L. Riepl

What a thought for me today...  These 7 things are gifts.   Very simple and what a blessing to have in life.  Take time to think today about these gifts and share them with the world.   = )

Tina Smith

Monday Motto - Have Faith

Monday Motto: Have Faith


But whenever you set out to do something extraordinary, there comes a point where, you have to choose between trying to control everything – or letting go and getting carried away by something bigger and more powerful than yourself. - Mark McGuinness

Do you need to have it all figured out?

Do you need to know what to say to speak?

Do you need to know what the outcome will be before you move?

What if we just JUMPED........??

What if we just understood that it is par for the course to trip once in awhile? and Ran anyway...??

Can you be willing to make a mistake?

God is not in the business of LETTING US DO IT OUR WAY........

He is however in the business of us DOING IT.......when HE says to.....whether we understand it or not.........even if we fall flat on our face.........did we listen???

It is not easy for us to let go of our need for controls, to know, to have it all figured out, and yet God knows that to listen to Him will bring us many things...maybe joy ....maybe persecution......maybe ridicule.......maybe success ...maybe...maybe...maybe.....

We are not guaranteed that what we think is a "good outcome" will happen.We are however promised this......we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose.-Rom 8:28

Are we listening?? Are we Moving...working....acting...trying....doing....GOING FOR IT....

To do anything....taking the risk means it could take us through things that we may not like, want to deal with, or care to feel...(or we may have a factor of FEAR holding us back)....and to do them requires us to have FAITH.

Faith is not Belief. Belief is passive. Faith is active.
- Edith Hamilton

Now go JUMP !!

Have a great Monday!
F & L'er
Starla Smith

A Gateway to Self Knowledge

#945   Lift Your Spirits

Here are some ideas to help you feel better:

(1) Fill your mind with happiness-producing thoughts. Create an encouraging inner voice.

(2) Remember the positive moments of your life. Re-experience the positive feelings you had when you lived through those moments.

(3) Get in touch with your moments of strength. When you felt strong, how did you create those feelings?

(4) Increase your sense of meaning in life by doing meaningful things.

(5) Create enjoyable mental imagery. Visualize yourself being joyous.

(6) View your depressed feelings as a challenge that can eventually help you to elevate yourself.

(7) Find some positive way of looking at each event and situation in your life.

(8) Keep a diary of the good things that happen to you.

(9) Keep a self-mastery journal to give you a greater sense of empowerment.

(10) Engage in physical exercises such as brisk walking or running.

(11) List ten reasons why you can feel better even though you are experiencing difficulties.

(12) Each day, do acts of kindness for others.
(For a series of probing questions on this topic, see Rabbi Pliskin's "Gateway to Self Knowledge," p.193-7)