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Happy Tuesday evening,

How are you all doing on this beautiful night? Shoot me a text or drop me a comment, I’d love to hear from you.

Three more work days, then, it’s the weekend again. Isn’t it crazy how fast two weekend days go by, yet two work days for some of us, just linger? Not sure why that is, however, I do know this much, time flies by the older I get. Remember being a kid and thinking we wanted to reach adulthood so badly, and it seems like it will never get here, then we start adulting and holy heck, time is going by so darn quickly. Now that I’m 55, it seems days, weeks, months and years just fly.

Seeing that time is flying by so quickly, all I can say is, loving life has become so much more important. I do hope you’re loving your life too.

Speaking of how quickly life seems to be flying by, I came across this quote and it seems so fitting right now. “Be too much. Be extra. Live large. Smile big. Laugh hard. Celebrate your damn self. Open your heart. Express your emotions. Use your words. Giggle. Dance. Soak in the sun. Splash in the waves. Breathe deep and love your damn life. You only get one.”-WomanTainment.

At the end of the day, wouldn’t it be awesome to say “it was a good day. I learned something new and I have little to no regrets.”

“You have this one life! How do you wanna spend it? Apologizing? Regretting? Questioning? Hating yourself? Running after people who don’t see you? Be brave. Believe in yourself. Do what feels good. Take risks. You have this one life. Make yourself proud.”-Notsalmon.com.

When we believe in ourselves, anything is possible, even if we fail. Failing teaches us lessons and each day that we wake up, we have another chance to do it all over again. Why not take those chances? Dance in the rain. Sing at the top of your lungs, even if you’re off key. Dance like nobody’s watching. Fall in love. Take that vacation you’ve always wanted to go on. Tell that someone you love them. Enjoy the little moments. Watch those sunsets.

Live comes around but once. Like my Aunt Billie says, “live life with little to no regrets.” Her favorite song is, I did it my way. (Frank Sinatra). “And now, the end is near, and so I face the final curtain. My friend, I’ll say it clear, I’ll state my case of which I’m certain. I’ve lived a life that’s full. I traveled each and every highway, and more, much more than this, I did it my way.”

Living our lives to the fullest, enjoying every moment, including our blunders and mistakes, our lives can be lived with little to no regret.

Nobody says on their death bed, “gosh, I wish I would have spent more time on that project at work. I wish I would have bought the bigger house or the more expensive car.” No! What people say or do more often then not is, reach out to their loved ones, their kids, their family and they say their final goodbyes, including, I LOVE YOU! Sadly, some look back on their lives wishing they would spent more quality time with their loved ones.

I was talking to someone the other day about something that is tearing her apart every day, to the point she’s developed stage one hypertension. Her mother stopped talking to her. Her sister stopped talking to her. The reason? She didn’t take sides for a disagreement between her mom, sister and a friend of the family. She said she saw both sides of the story and felt both parties were wrong, but it wasn’t worth holding a grudge. The friend apologized for her part in the situation, but this persons mom and sister refused. They allowed things to fester, hence, because the person wouldn’t stop her relationship with the family friend, she’s been disowned by her mom and sister. Her comment to me yesterday was heart wrenching, “Some days, I just don’t want to live. Some days, I want to die.”

Note: She is okay and not suicidal or anything like that. I do check in with her throughout the day to make sure she’s okay. I told her and I’ll tell you, you are worthy, you are uniquely made and if you are contemplating harming yourself or anyone else, please reach out and get immediate mental health help. Call 988 now! Call your local fire station. Call your local hospital. Call the police. Just make the call!

Back to the blog:

We have one life to live. Many of us believe in an after-life, or reincarnation, while some believe when you die, you return to dust. Whatever your belief is, we all have one thing in common, we are all living life right now, here on earth. We are living life together, even if we’ve never met. Our lives are going on at the same time, just different circumstance.

I do hope each of us takes to heart, that even though it might be a scary thing, live life to the fullest. I’m not saying to bail on your responsibilities or run away and leave your loved ones behind. What I am saying is, within your circle of life, find joy and happiness. Take up painting, an instrument. Take a cooking class, plant a garden, try rollerblading, go water skiing, whatever it is that you’ve always wanted to try, go for it.

I’ve always wanted to go outside in the rain and dance with the man I love. Not sure we’ll be getting rain anytime soon, but it is something corny I’ve always wanted to do. Something about the water covering our bodies while we embrace each other, just sounds romantic to me. Who knows, maybe he’ll steal a kiss.

I’ve always wanted to ride on a train to a new destination. I want to go to Scotland and Ireland. I’ve always wanted to, not only write my book, but have it published. I want to take a road trip and stop along the way and just write.

When my time comes, I want to look back at my life, the one I lived and say, “regrets, I’ve had a few, but then again, too few to mention. I did what I had to do, and saw it through without exemption. I planned each chartered course, each careful step along the byway, and more, much more than this, I did it my way.”

I am almost 56 years old. I have medical issues and now I’m told I might have an autoimmune disease. Fingers crossed the doctors theory is off and I’m just an oddball patient/case, but if her suspicions are right, well, I best get to living my best life.

John and are together, and officially in one home. I love having him here and I’m excited to begin living the life we’ve dreamt about together.

“Yes, there were times, I’m sure you knew. When I bit off more than I could chew, but through it all, when there was doubt, I ate it up and spit it out, I faced it all, and I stood tall and did it my way. I’ve loved, I’ve laughed and cried, I’ve had my fill, my share of losing. And now, as tears subside, I find it all so amusing, to think I did all that and may I say, not in a shy way, oh no, oh no, not me, I did it my way.”

We are living our one life here on earth, the life we know we have. Any other belief is just that, a belief, something many of us hold on tight to, but we’ll never really know until our final breathe what happens next.

We need to live our life and stop wasting time on things that give our lives no real meaning.

“For what is a man, what has he got? If not himself, then he has naught. To say the things he truly feels, and not the words of one who kneels. The record shows I took the blows and did it my way. Yes, it was my way.”

My dear readers, what is the one thing you’ve always wanted to say or do? Speak up and tell those in your life just how you feel about them. Make that phone call and make a mends if possible with someone you love. Live your life with little to no regrets.

Live life your way. And along the way, we’ll take some blows, but we can live life our way. Live life to the fullest and don’t forget, while living your best life, never stop treating others with love and compassion, forgiving freely and being the best version of who you were meant to be.

You are wonderfully and uniquely made. You matter and you and I were given One life to live. Live your best life with little to no regret and don’t forget, Love Life++ Hugs.