Cherish today

Happy Tuesday,

How are you all doing on this terrific Tuesday afternoon? Good I hope. I’m doing well. Decided to prop my bed up so I could sit and write to you all while being distracted by my little hummingbirds. I don’t think I’ll ever get board watching these amazing little creatures buzz around just outside my window. Anyway, I do hope today is finding you all doing well. Shoot me a text or drop me a comment, I love hearing from you.

Today I wanted to talk a little bit about the way we view ourselves and the way we look at life. How are we living our lives? Like my Aunt Billie is always saying, live life with little to no regret. Her favorite song is, My Way by 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

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 charted course
Each careful step along the byway
And more, much more than this
I did it my way”

Aunt Billie is a huge supporter of following your dreams and living life to the fullest. You can see this in the way she lived her life and the way her daughter and grandchildren are living their lives.

Life is short and in some cases, much shorter for some then others.

A friend of mine posted this really thought provoking quote and it made me stop and think about my life. Made me wonder if I’m living my life to the fullest? I will say, probably not, but each day that I am blessed to wake up is a new day to begin again and do the things I enjoy.

“The way you live your life.

Imagine being in your 80s and you catch yourself thinking about your life.

And how you never took that trip to go swimming in the ocean on a beautiful summer day because you didn’t like the way you looked in your swimsuit.

Or realizing you never laughed until you couldn’t breathe because your teeth weren’t straight enough.

Or how you never embraced the sun on the beach because of the stretch marks on your stomach.

You never allowed yourself to let go and have fun because the pressure to look perfect consumed you.

Just imagine being at the end of your life and realizing you’ve hidden yourself away from the fear of being real.

Just think about all the years you wasted hating yourself.

And all this time you were perfect exactly the way you were.

Take my advice and cherish every single day you have left, because tomorrow is never promised.”~ Cody Bret

It’s sort of a weird thing I’m discovering about myself. I do avoid certain things because of the way I look and feel. I mean, I feel so beyond blessed to have this amazing home that looks out over the lake. I am blessed to have John and all our boys. I have the most amazing girl tribe and sisterhood, yet, I don’ think I’m living my life to it’s full potential.

Some of the reasons I’m not doing everything I want to do are, money, time and my health, however, while these are legitimate reasons, I can’t allow them to rule my life either. If there’s a will, there’s a way.

Wayne Dyer says to visualize the life you want and not allow doubt to creep in. In other words, we can’t say I’ll become an author and then have doubts in the back of our minds. We need to beyond any reasoning, believe in ourselves. We need to believe and take advantage of opportunities as they come into our lives.

John reminded me of this just yesterday. He said, “you’ve only submitted your book to one publisher. You know, there’s a lot more publishers out there.”

He’s right. I can’t stop at just one publishing company and be done, I need to submit to those that already publish my type of book. Time to get researching.

I need to live each day as though I’m already published. Who else is going to believe I’m an author if I don’t truly believe it myself.

I’m 56 years old now and I’ve never ridden a train. I mean, I’ve been on a train at the train museum and at amusement parks, but I’ve never taken a trip on the train. It’s something I’ve always wanted to do.

I’ve stopped spending time at Moonstone beach writing, but I will take that up again real soon. Once the weather cools.

I avoid certain outfits because I think I don’t look good in them. I avoid a lot of things because I’m not always happy with me myself and I.

I do want to settle more in my home and not be gone so much. Life has handed me this incredibly busy schedule that makes me spiral sometimes, but as Wayne Dyer says, picture the life you want as though it’s already here and before you know it, you’ll have it as long as it’s in line with His will.

I have ideas for the way I want to decorate, but I get afraid of failing, so I don’t do it. I have an idea for a village platform that I want to build, but I’m fearful of it not coming out the way I’ve visualized it.

Bottom line is, if I don’t try different things, I’ll never know if I can do it. I need to cherish the abilities I have to be able to do it and if they don’t all turn out quite the way I imagined, well, there’s do overs.

Every day is a blessing and should be cherished. If we keep saying things like “I’ll call tomorrow, or I’ll stop by tomorrow,” or put off whatever until tomorrow, we might not get the chance because tomorrow is never promised.

Cherish every day like it’s your last. Take that walk. Call an old friend. Take a break and enjoy that movie you keep putting off. Write that book, sing those songs that bring you joy and happiness, write the letter, whatever it is, cherish the opportunity to be able to do something you’ve been putting off. Cherish those moments like they’re your last and while doing it you will be creating some pretty amazing memories that will indeed, last a lifetime.

My dear friends, I appreciate you stopping by and taking the time to read today’s blog. Thank you to all my subscribers for your continued support.

I hope you had the best of days and don’t forget, until next time, Love Life++ Hugs.

Another glimpse into my book:

I made sure to make the boys’ dad look good, but in the end, I was the one that looked bad. I never realized while I was hiding the normal teenage things my son was doing, I was keeping Rick’s dirty little secret from our boys—the secret of his temper and lack of compassion and understanding. I spent my kids’ entire life juggling both sides, keeping us looking like the perfect Leave it to Beaver family, or should I say, the perfect little JW family, at least for a while anyway.