Living Life Beautifully

Yesterday Bruce brought in some packages that had been delivered. One was from my cousin and I thought the other was something I had ordered online, until I looked at who it came from.  I realized it was my book.  I was so excited and part of me couldn't believe what I was holding in my hands.  I have dreamed of this for many years.  It felt amazing. When you start a blog and write posts here and there for 10 years, you can't imagine what all it has to say.  Part of you is a little scared to read it.  It's been a really hard 10 years.  I know what I've gone through in that time, but I have no idea how much of it came through to the posts, or as they are now.. pages.  But still...how cool!!! I decided it would be a smart idea to print myself a copy of everything and then read it and see what I had written.  Blogging can be about so many subjects or just someone's feelings or opinions.  Mine was about a journey and what I was learning....

Today is the begging of a new blog set of adventures. Last week I realized that I had been writing for 10 years. That is a really long time. I started this to share my growth.  And then I went through some crazy hard stuff during those 10 years.  So I decided I would have those 10 years of posts printed into a book. It should be interesting.  After I print it I will read it. Hmm... that will be interesting and maybe a little painful. I'm thinking I might go through it and pick the posts that are decent and put together a smaller book to print out to share.  I'm not sure I feel worthy.  But... I can't think that way. We are all imperfect and have a story to tell. I woke up with a lot of pain this morning.  Everything hurt.  It took a while to get out of bed. Move a little here, move a little there and then start some stretching. It scares me when my body hurts that bad.  Some days my knees are bad, some days my hands and wrists hurt...

I just realized that I have 175 published posts on this blog. That is a lot. It has definitely been a journey and a long one. In the time I've been blogging, I have gone through a lot of stuff. I've shared the good the bad and the ugly. I guarantee, if I went back and read some, I would delete them. It would be interesting though.  I would probably cry reading some. Today is a beautiful day.  I have a great mindset for today.  I pray it stays there and doesn't get sucked out by the junk that happens through the day. Bruce and I did some reading in our "Boundaries" book and then did some reading in a book called, "The difference maker".  The two books really compliment each other. One is about creating boundaries in life because so often we don't and it hurts everyone. Creating boundaries is scary because most people don't like being told no, and we are so bad about trying to make everyone happy.  It talks about how damaging it ca...