What do I want my life to look like?
It is another absolutely beautiful day outside!!!
Although....I tend to think every day is beautiful in it's own way. But today it really is beautiful in a more popular sense of the word. :) Blue skies, sunshine, warm and a soft breeze.
I'm in the kitchen. I was unloading and loading the dishwasher while watching "the Secret" on Netflix. If you've ever watched it....it's a very different way of looking at things. I think I agree with much of it. I know that different attitudes can effect my day. I know that I used to believe too much in what I was told I should be. I was supposed to be the perfect wife, who cooked dinner every evening and kept her children in line. I was supposed to train my husband to be a certain way. I was raised to wear makeup every day and look nice for my husband, to keep a perfect home. Children weren't supposed to make messes outside of their room.... etc......
I learned that all those things are not me.
I am not required to be the person that others want or need me to be.
I am required to be me.
Figuring out how to love that person took a lot of time.
I don't think I had seen myself without makeup and EVER thought I was anything other than scary looking. Clothing...does not make a person who they are. Weight does not create the human soul. Money does not define our value..
The idea that we can think for ourselves and love ourselves and pull good things into our life by believing we deserve to be loved for who we are, should be a very logical concept.
Yet...it is so hard to tell a person, especially a young person, how precious they are and that they deserve to have a beautiful life being who they are. The more a person is loved and accepted for who they are...the more they shine and they get excited about who or what they want to be, do, excel at......
I always find it a magical thing when I see a young person start to become themselves and find themselves.
I have a vision board in my dining room. I set up a desk against a wall and placed a framed collage of pretty scrapbooking paper on the wall. When I think of something that I hope for or some good quote I need to remember, or some positive thought I need to tell myself each day, I write it down and post it on my board.
I think I'm still trying to find myself.
I am far from having things figured out.
When I think of what I want my life to look like....
I think I'm on a great path, but have so very far to go.
I look at my children and my oldest son's girlfriend, and it excites me to see their life and how it is progressing. When I see other young people who are family or children of friends and I see their lives unfolding, I am so proud of them.
The world has so much negativity that feeds us through news and comments and conversations. It makes us think things are desperate or frightening when they aren't nearly that. There is so much good in the world. We can't let the hype of media, anger, and frustration turn us into a world of drama 24-7, when the fact is.....there is so much good. There are things that need to be fixed and protests aren't always bad and our new president is trying. But I think we feed our minds with way to much negativity.
What if we had one day a week, where we can vent and complain but then that's all. I wonder if the world would be a kinder place.
So...the thing I taped up to my vision board today says.
WHAT DO I WANT MY LIFE TO LOOK LIKE?
Under that I have......
Energy
Health
Joy
blogging
journaling
bible reading
thrift stores
crafting
sewing
garden
creating
artistic
abundance
Love
What would your list look like?
Although....I tend to think every day is beautiful in it's own way. But today it really is beautiful in a more popular sense of the word. :) Blue skies, sunshine, warm and a soft breeze.
I'm in the kitchen. I was unloading and loading the dishwasher while watching "the Secret" on Netflix. If you've ever watched it....it's a very different way of looking at things. I think I agree with much of it. I know that different attitudes can effect my day. I know that I used to believe too much in what I was told I should be. I was supposed to be the perfect wife, who cooked dinner every evening and kept her children in line. I was supposed to train my husband to be a certain way. I was raised to wear makeup every day and look nice for my husband, to keep a perfect home. Children weren't supposed to make messes outside of their room.... etc......
I learned that all those things are not me.
I am not required to be the person that others want or need me to be.
I am required to be me.
Figuring out how to love that person took a lot of time.
I don't think I had seen myself without makeup and EVER thought I was anything other than scary looking. Clothing...does not make a person who they are. Weight does not create the human soul. Money does not define our value..
The idea that we can think for ourselves and love ourselves and pull good things into our life by believing we deserve to be loved for who we are, should be a very logical concept.
Yet...it is so hard to tell a person, especially a young person, how precious they are and that they deserve to have a beautiful life being who they are. The more a person is loved and accepted for who they are...the more they shine and they get excited about who or what they want to be, do, excel at......
I always find it a magical thing when I see a young person start to become themselves and find themselves.
I have a vision board in my dining room. I set up a desk against a wall and placed a framed collage of pretty scrapbooking paper on the wall. When I think of something that I hope for or some good quote I need to remember, or some positive thought I need to tell myself each day, I write it down and post it on my board.
I think I'm still trying to find myself.
I am far from having things figured out.
When I think of what I want my life to look like....
I think I'm on a great path, but have so very far to go.
I look at my children and my oldest son's girlfriend, and it excites me to see their life and how it is progressing. When I see other young people who are family or children of friends and I see their lives unfolding, I am so proud of them.
The world has so much negativity that feeds us through news and comments and conversations. It makes us think things are desperate or frightening when they aren't nearly that. There is so much good in the world. We can't let the hype of media, anger, and frustration turn us into a world of drama 24-7, when the fact is.....there is so much good. There are things that need to be fixed and protests aren't always bad and our new president is trying. But I think we feed our minds with way to much negativity.
What if we had one day a week, where we can vent and complain but then that's all. I wonder if the world would be a kinder place.
So...the thing I taped up to my vision board today says.
WHAT DO I WANT MY LIFE TO LOOK LIKE?
Under that I have......
Energy
Health
Joy
blogging
journaling
bible reading
thrift stores
crafting
sewing
garden
creating
artistic
abundance
Love
What would your list look like?
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