Always Remember

Happy Thursday,

How is everyone doing this fine Thursday afternoon? What have you all been up to? Things have been crazy busy here. I had my cousin in town with his three little kiddos for about 10 days, so my house was crazy busy. I loved having them, but I’ll tell you, I’m exhausted and thankful for a little quiet time. John and I went to the golf cart dealer yesterday to make our final decision on the seats for the cart and that is just what we did. I can’t wait to get my cart. The cart has been assigned a shipping number, so now its just when will they actually load it and ship it. I’m told it could be here as early as next week. Oh, but that doesn’t mean I get it next week. All it means is, it’ll be in Temecula next week, then the dealer needs 2 weeks to assemble and put on all the upgrades. I think things have finally calmed down for the time being, so I am taking advantage of my time and I’m going to be finishing, not only my book, but writing my blog again and getting my Canyon Lake blog up and running.

I saw something the other day that made me stop and think about how much power we actually do have when it comes to our lives and how we, or I, don’t hold that thought precious enough to always follow my dreams. I saw a quote on manifesting, walk the heart writer on Instagram and I thought about the words written and how they have the ability to change, not only my life, but anyone who chooses to be open to living the best life ever. The short story is called, Write Your Story and it says, “always remember that you hold the pen to your beautiful story. You can chose the pages of this chapter and start a brand new one whenever you need. You can chose a chapter and leave it behind even if you never quite finished and you never got closure. You can write in more things of joy into your life, and scratch out more of the things that drain your spirit. You hold the pen to your beautiful story. Dream of your future and start writing the adventure towards it. Find the people who are meant to help you on your journey, and that you are meant to help on their journey too. Learn to embrace the middle chapters when you’re unsure of what’s to come, because they too, are full of possibility and excitement. Write your story because you are the only one who can. Write your story of overcoming, write your story of following your heart. Write it with passion, write it with hope, write it with love.”-Nikki Banas//rewritten series no. 7.

I love the conclusion of this, “write your story, following your heart. Write it with passion, write it with hope, write it with love.” When we follow our hearts, we cease in having regrets. This doesn’t mean things always go the way we want, and that’s okay, it’s just God’s way of redirecting us to the path we need to be on. “Follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.”-Steve Jobs.

When we follow our heart, even when things don’t go our way, we’ve at least tried. Living life with passion means we are truly living, instead of just existing. I’ve really been thinking deeply about this whole idea of what life means, especially these last couple of weeks. You see, I have an aunt who is in the hospital and most likely won’t recover from her condition. She will get a little better, but she will probably spend the rest of her life in a cared facility. She is only 68. My cousin and I spent much of Sunday packing up her belongings for storage. We had to decide what was worth keeping, what was worth donating and what was worth tossing. An entire life behind the doors of her home and non of it means anything anymore, because her life is now confined to a hospital.

I have sat many of hours since being in her home just pondering what life really means. I wonder about her life and it makes me sad to think, everything she worked for her entire life is packed up in boxes and in storage, or it went into a dumpster or was donated. When you go through someone’s belongings, its one of the most difficult things I think you can do. It’s up to you to decide what value something has. I don’t mean financially, I mean value to the person as far as was it a gift from someone? Was it something they picked up on a trip? Maybe it belonged to a family member that is no longer here. What might look like junk to me, could be something very special to her. Then you decide what furniture to keep, what do you donate, what do you sell and at the end of the day, someone’s whole life is packed up in a few boxes. Having experienced this situation with my aunt and doing what I can to be a support to my cousin, it really has put life into perspective.

I wonder, did my aunt live her life with passion? Did she follow her heart and life with passion in her blood? I hope so. I pray that while she is sitting in her bed that somewhere in her memories, she is holding onto those dreams she dreamt, the adventures she had and the risks she took. I pray that if I’m ever in her shoes that I can find memories and even if I can’t get out of a bed, I can get lost in those life stories I wrote. I am holding my pen even tighter now. I am waking up each day with the passion to write something beautiful each and every day. I am starting a brand new chapter and leaving the old ones behind., even the unfinished ones. I’m going to fill my life with people who lift me up and I’m going to spend a little less time with those that drain my spirit. I am dreaming of my future and I’m writing my way towards it. I hold the power to write my own story and it’s okay to be afraid from time to time. Fear can be an adventure in itself. I will follow my heart and live my life the way my Aunt Billie told me to do. “Live with little to no regrets.” I did it my way.

I have overcome so many obstacles and I know there are many more in my path, and that’s okay, they will teach me, guide me and make me stronger, and hopefully, more loving and compassionate towards others who I may cross paths with. Looking back, I can honestly say, that the reason I’m where I am today is because I followed my heart and while things didn’t go the way I dreamt they would, I’m in a better place and I have no regrets.

I will continue to live my life, writing each and every chapter with love, passion and hope. I will follow my heart and when my life is coming to an end, I hope to be like my Aunt Billie saying, I have little to no regrets in this life. Following my heart, I won’t ever wonder, “what if?” I know if I listen carefully, my heart will guide me in the right direction. “Do not let arrogance go to your head and despair to your heart; do not let compliments go to your head and criticisms to your heart; do not let success go to your head and failure to your heart.”-Roy T. Bennett.

When our time comes to leave this world, may our hearts be filled with love and hope. If in life we ever end up in a hospital not knowing who our loved ones are or where we’ve been, may our memories and dreams some how flood our minds, knowing, we followed our life with passion from the heart. I might not be able to speak to you the way I used to, but those that have come into my life and have fueled my passion for life, you’ll forever be engrained in my mind, in my thoughts and in my heart.

Always remember my dear readers, our lives can change in the blink of an eye. “Today , why don’t you love a little deeper, laugh a little louder, hold the ones you love a little tighter. Because tomorrow is never promised.”-Truthfollowers.com. Now is the perfect opportunity to write the most beautiful story ever written, the story of your life the way you see it. Follow your heart with no regrets, your life is worth it, you are worthy of writing your best story ever written, yours. Until next time, don’t forget, Love Life++