Don’t wait

Happy Wednesday,

How are you all doing on this rather hot Wednesday afternoon? Not too much to report, other then I’m staying in and trying to keep cool. Even the pups were a little resentful of their last couple of walks. The good thing is, they were quick about their business.

It’s was a rather difficult morning for me. I woke up around 3 this morning and threw up for about 2 hours. Made me so tired, but I am feeling more alert now. I feel fine too. One of my medications occasionally makes me sick, just a part of medicine now and then.

Tonight I get to enjoy a birthday dinner with my friend Susan. I’m excited. She’s one of my closest friends and she has to be one of the most amazing quilters I know. Gosh, I wish I could share some of her work with you. Simply amazing.

I love going to her house to sew because I always leave feeling so inspired and I have no doubt, I’ll leave tonight with that same feeling. I’m taking some projects with me so she can help me lay them out to hopefully finish them up. I have so many that need just an hour or two to complete. One of my projects I came across is an embroidery sampler I did.

I’m almost embarrassed to admit it, but I did the embroidery back in 2012 and I’ve never made it into the quilt is was meant to be. Below are some photos of the embroidery I did. I hope you like them. They’re a little wrinkled from being boxed away for so long, but that’s an easy fix.

What a shame all this hard work has been sitting for so long. I’m not even sure how I forgot about this quilt project, but I remember making it. I couldn’t get enough sewing in each day. I wanted to sew more and more. I sure miss sewing.

It’s funny I came across this today. While driving this morning I was thinking about the stockings I want to make for my boys. I was thinking if I could find the time to make them, then I came across this and felt inspired to try my hand at sewing once again.

I’ve been having this odd dream lately. It’s hard to explain, but it’s like I feel as though I’m up high somewhere looking down at those I love. Odd to, the dogs are a little more clingy and I’ve been feeling off. Not depressed, not anything bad, just different I guess. Like I need to get things done. Maybe it’s the Universe reminding me that my lifetime is right now. Tomorrow is never promised.

“You have this lifetime to make the best of your dreams. Don’t wait a moment longer and start right now.”-Eve Evangelista.

True isn’t it. We are living our lifetime however long that may be. Nobody knows when our final day will arrive. Waking up tomorrow is a blessing that many won’t see, so we owe it to ourselves and them to live our best life. To live our life to the fullest and to stop wasting it.

My friend whose daughter passed away a few months back had no idea that when she met her daughter at the hospital she wouldn’t be coming home. My friend made arrangements to have her home set up for her daughters recovery. Now those things she had done are only a reminder that she is gone from this world.

My sons best friends mom passed away on Saturday. She wasn’t even 60. She left behind three grown children and two grandchildren. She battled her sickness for a little over a year, then, her body gave out and she couldn’t fight anymore. She passed peacefully at home with her children by her side, holding her hand.

I wonder if there was anything she left behind unfinished? I suppose it doesn’t really matter, but I can’t help but wonder.

When I pulled out my embroidery project I was saddened to think that all the time I put into it is gone, and I don’t have a finished product to gift to someone or to leave behind for my kids.

I have my book I tell you about every day and how sad it would be if I don’t make the deadline for submission. It’s my dream to be a published author, but I allow myself to procrastinate or I simply let it pass me by while saying, “I’ll get to it tomorrow.”

Life is so short and I’m realizing tomorrow may never come. “Tomorrow is not promised. Not a single second or minute is. So live for today. Keep the promises you make. Take action on the things you desire and need. Make the calls you’ve been telling yourself you’ll do tomorrow. Let the small shit go. Never go to bed angry. We will all die one day, so learn to live each day with the promise to yourself that it’ll be better then yesterday.”-Unknown.

If only this mindset would be easy, but it’s not always. Holding onto the small stuff, not letting things go, holding those grudges, not taking a chance or following your dreams, what are we waiting for? What am I waiting for?

Only you can answer that question. Only I can answer it for myself. I know I fear failure, yet, failure is just another way of learning something new. It’s time to get off the pot, wipe myself clean and get to moving. Are you with me?

What is the one thing you keep putting off for tomorrow, the tomorrow that may never come?

Shoot me a text or drop me a comment. I’d love to hear from you and I’d love to cheer you on.

Thanks for stopping by and until next time, don’t forget, Love Life++ Hugs.