January 31, 2010 -

Character is like a tree and reputation like its shadow.  The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.  - Abraham Lincoln

I can type these  inspirational thoughts each day and I can keep acknowledging daily appreciation and positivity, and that’s really nice and sometimes difficult, but it is not what really matters.   What most counts is our actions.   Who we really are.   When no one is looking, in our deepest most personal thoughts, …. what is most significant is our character.

At the end of the day, I strive to be able to look at myself in the mirror and be able to sincerely be the most proud of my character.  

~K

 

January 30, 2010 – Amen!

After too many days of struggling for positivity after a diagnosis of H1N1 and swearing to myself I was surely dying, I do believe today I’ve turned a small corner.

Today,  I have a lack of energy, headache and serious nauseating feelings from the Tamiflu…. and that. is. serious. PROGRESS!!!

Amen!  I am so grateful to have stood up and fed my children lunch today.  I am thrilled at the prospect of popcorn and a movie with my husband tonight.  I am thinking of sitting on the toilet while my husband bathes them tonight and watching them splash and squeal.  And I am celebrating a stronger body than was here yesterday and hopeful for continued strength as the days go on!

~K

January 29, 2010 – Choices

I’ve come to realize that no matter what cards you’re dealt, it’s how you play them that matters.  

Life responds to the choices you make.  Some have a much easier choice, but at the end of the day, our lives will be determined by the choices, so the sooner we understand this and act, the sooner our lives can be more positive, or otherwise, if we so choose.  The point to understand, for today, is that we do have the power, we do have the control and we do have the choice. 

Some people have it terribly rough.  They have to make this choice, consciously, deliberately, each day, each hour…. and while that’s not fair,  it is still, most definitely the truth. 

~K

January 28, 2010 – Don’t just think… BE!

Ghandi said:

“My life is my message.”

It made me think.  We can read, talk, inspire, blog, complain, wish, all. day. long. 

At the end of the day, though… at the end of your days… what will matter is how you’ve lived your life.  What you’ve done.  How you’ve lived.

Let your life be your message. 

~K

January 27, 2010 – Something borrowed

For the next few days, I’m going to borrow some positivity from others… I’m under the weather and unable to do, but still feel like now, even more than ever, daily positivity should be acknowledged.

This.  Is.  Amazing.  

Helen Keller said…

“I am only one, but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something. And because I cannot do everything I will not refuse to do the something that I can do.”

How true?  Sometimes life limits what we are able to do and even sometimes limits our dreams or desires.  It doesn’t mean that we can’t do something.  Do something.  Do it well.  Do it to your best ability.  Today.

~K

January 26, 2010 – Lofty Goals

“A year from now, you may wish you had started today.” Robert Schuller

I liked this.  It is applicable to so many situations, so many changes that may seem insurmountable today.  Applying this quote, or thought to these changes takes some of the hugeness away from it and makes it easier to grasp.

So whatever goal you have today that may seem lofty or unattainable, get started on it.  You’ve got to start somewhere… and think where you’ll be in a year from now… think where you’ll be if you make the change and then again if you don’t.

~K

January 25, 2010

Okay, so I’m actually writing this on the morning of the 26th, which technically means I screwed up… here’s the lesson:  know when to say when.

Know when is enough for you.  Because to continue to push on past that will not be helpful to anyone, least of all yourself.

I have the flu… or some variation of it, consisting of a 101 fever.  I remembered, after 3 hours at Urgent Care and while shivering with hot tea and a raging fever that I hadn’t done the post for the day.   And then I went to sleep.  It was time to throw in the towel for the day.  That’s okay.   I’m better today for it.

Know when to say when.

Peace of Mind 365 took a backseat last night.   BUT… I’ll be back up today for today’s post.   And I promise it won’t be the upside of having the flu.

~K