I saw an advertisement for this beach area where this picture was taken. The quotation describing the area was,
“Fifty Shades of Blue!”
While I may be biased… I think this picture of my beautiful beach babies basking in the blue waters… could fit their advertisement just perfectly.
Bliss.
~K
My beautiful beach boy! Look at that smile! He is perfect and sweet, kind and curious, gorgeous and smart, thoughtful and genuine.
I look at this child and am always so grateful. With each of his beautiful smiles and sparkling chocolate eyes, I am forever in love.
~K
She is full of pure joy…and provides me with just as much.
May she always carry herself so happily and always retain this joy in her heart and in her spirit.
How fortunate I am to have this bundle of joy in my life. I am in awe of her light and am forever in amazement and astonishment that she is ours.
~K
Complainers. Some people just complain. They complain if the weather is too hot, they complain if the weather is too cold. They complain about friends, work, life, sports….everything. These people simply exude negativity and this becomes in essence their personality.
I’m not even sure that it’s a conscious choice but rather, perhaps, the way they have unknowingly trained themselves to operate.
I am not exempt from this but want to consciously try to untrain myself of any of this. To remember that for the most part, our lives are so positive and filled with so much to be grateful for. To know that my happiness each day is a choice and generally one that I have a great deal of control over. I want to surround myself with others who share this view, to practice ways of living which encourage these beliefs and to monitor my personal outlook so that it doesn’t in turn affect my character.
~K
"Dwell not on the past. Use it to illustrate a point, then leave it behind. Nothing really matters except what you do now in this instant of time. From this moment onwards you can be an entirely different person, filled with love and understanding, ready with an outstretched hand, uplifted and positive in every thought and deed.
"Eile...en Caddy
1917-2006, Spiritual Teacher and Author
Someone I know posted the above quote on facebook. The interesting thing is that this person, specifically, who is using this quote to guide her life today has been recently permanently disabled in an completely random and unexpected accident which left her permanently and suddenly blind. She has a four year old daughter whom she can no longer see.
With this in mind, I focus on this quote today not only because of it’s ability to uplift and to be positive, which it certainly does, but rather, to focus on perspective… we’re all dealt hands we didn’t expect. The perspective we take , this goes to show, is what moves us forward or keeps us stagnant.
Thoughts for today.
~K
An interesting thought. Driving today, my daughter, who is six, expressed interest in the art museum. We agreed from the front seat that this was a great idea and was something we should experience ‘one of these days’.
“You guys say that always, ‘one of these days’. But why not today? Today is a day and we have time now…why not now?”
Well, there were a few reasons why, which were legitimate and we also try not to have our children determine our days or schedules completely, so don’t misunderstand. Her point, however, was interesting to me. How many things do we say we’ll do ‘one of these days’? Every now and then maybe we should consider today and now, to be the absolute perfect time.
~K
