Be aware of who you are hanging out with!!!

Today's Quote.....Walk with the dreamers, the believers, the courageous, the cheerful, the planners, the doers the successful people with their heads in the clouds and their feet on the ground.

We are all highly influenced by those people whom we 'hang out' with. Negativity breeds negativity and positive breeds positive. Observe over the next few days....If there are people in the room who have a negative complaining spirit soon everyone seems to have something they can complain about. Whereas if you get someone in there who is speaking positively, laughing and having fun everyone adopts that behaviour. Decide what kind of person you want to be and then surround yourself with that type of person. I have gone as far as gradually dissociating with people who bring me down. I try to keep a room happy if I can although there are times when I can get caught up in the negativity as well. I'll tell you though it is not a good feeling afterwards and I do regret stooping to negative.

Also since I had a busy weekend and didn't get to post on Sunday I will give you this week's challenge today.

This week practice being the positive influence. If the room has a negative feel try to turn it around. If you are not able to turn in around then leave the area so that you don't get caught up in the negativity. If someone asks you why you are leaving be honest and tell them you are trying to avoid negativity.

Have a positive, happy remainder of you week. 

Forgive on Firday

Today's  quote.....Butterflies don't know the colour of their wings, but human eyes know how beautiful they are. Likewise you may not know how good you are, but others can see that  you're special.

So as we head into the weekend think positively about yourself. Take time to realize how many positives you have. Think about positive things that others say about you and realize that is how people think of you. Even if you don't see positive, dwell on what others say.
Also make sure that you let your friends and family know what their positive qualities are. Somedays people need to be told how special they are as they may not being feeling it.

Have a great weekend.

Thursdays are for Kindness

Today's Quote......I will waste not even a precious second today in anger or hate or jealousy or selfishness. I know that the seeds I sow I will harvest, because every action good or bad is always followed by an equal reaction. I will plant only good seeds today.

Think about this quote today and every day. Think about the seeds you are planting. When you are no longer around don't you want people to be harvesting the good thought seeds that you planted. Being kind, fun, caring, appreciative etc. Also remember that people will remember how you made them feel for a lot longer that they will remember what you said.

Chocolate Weekend Next week's challenge

Today's quote.....Life is like photography. You use the negatives to develop.

                                                                                                                 Unknown


This week's challenge is...... Everyday this week at the end of your day write down one thing you are grateful for and then 3 things that went well that day.
Doesn't have to be earth shattering!!!! Could be that you are grateful for a home to live in. Things that went well, was able to get some yard work done, spent time with Bruce, almost finished the book I'm reading.

 As I shared earlier a friend of mine passed away very suddenly and it really knocked the stuffing out of me.  Her wake was Friday and her funeral yesterday. I am still having trouble wrapping my head around the fact that I won't see her again. I have been putting a lot of thought into how precious life is and how we don't know how long we will be here and how long we will have others. Over the next week really concentrate on being grateful for everything you have whether great or small. Think positive not negative, thus the part about writing down 3 things that went well. That forces us to think of the positive.

Have a great week. 

Be kind on Thursdays

Today's quote/question......If you were paid $2. for every kind word you've spoken, and $1. for every unkind word, would you be rich or poor???
Taken from Good Hearted Living by Steve Wilson

Think about this today and every day. Words can be very harmful so think before you speak!!!!

Be Grateful for relationships on Wednesdays

Today's quote....There are persons so radiant, so genial, so kind, so pleasure-bearing, that you instinctively feel in their presence that they do you good, whose coming into the room is like the bringing of a lamp. 
                                                                                             Henry Word Beecher

Be grateful for relationships today.... Whether it is a friend, family member, co- worker, neighbour, be grateful for the time short or long you get to spend with them. If you don't spend face to face time make sure you are phoning writing (yes I said writing!!!) texting or emailing them. Time is precious and we don't know how much time we have with anyone. Take the time to be grateful for the relationships you have and let the people around you know that you are grateful.

Flexible Tuesdays

Today's quote.....We live our lives as if nothing is a miracle. Dogs live their lives as if everything is a miracle. 

                                                                                                              Unknown

The definition of miracle from Websters

A remarkable event or development that brings very welcome consequences:

 Appreciate everything in your life no matter how big or small because we are blessed to have everything we have. Miracles happen all the time. For my dogs when I drive in the driveway this is a miracle, they are glad I am home and are happy to see me and I know this by their reactions. We should make sure our friends and family always know how happy we are to see them because it is a remarkable event each time we see them because we can never be sure when we won't have the opportunity to see them. My dogs are happy every time I feed them, give them a treat, or pay attention to them. They don't expect this, instead they appreciate it each time it happens. This is how we should be. We should never expect things or take things or people for granted we should always appreciate and let people know how much we appreciate, even if it is something that happens often.

Show your flexibility by going outside your comfort zone to tell someone, you may not normally tell, how much you appreciate them as a person and/or how thankful you are for something they have done for you.