I realize that Mondays usually get a pretty bad rap.
No one seems to like Monday, but how much of that is programmed into us and how much of that do we actually choose?
We are told Monday is bad, Wednesday is hump day and the weekends are next to heaven.
What if we chose to look at Monday as:
~fresh start days
~clean slate days
~goal making days
~anything is possible days
~opportunity days
~impact others days
Mondays are only negative if we see our work as a burden to bear. When we see our time as a tool to be honed and well used, Monday can be like a chess game, a goal sheet, a "choose to walk in the way of your dreams" day.
What dreams can you take a step toward this Monday?
Create a great day today...on your way to an amazing week!
Monday, April 30, 2012
Friday, April 27, 2012
Random thoughts
Good Morning everyone...
Strange how quickly time can move.
I remember when the kids were little and the days seemed to go on forever, but the years went so quickly.
Now, even the days are moving fast, so the years are slipping through time even faster.
I love technology because of what it allows us to do. I love being able to "see" friends, family and coworkers in other states through Skype.
I love that I am able to connect with people and work from anywhere, not just my desk and my office.
I love the ability to unite people in a group on facebook to encourage, lift up and spur one another on.
There are so many benefits to these advances in technology.
But as I read this morning in A Holy Experience,
"When one consistently chooses cyberspace over holy space — life becomes a hollow place.....Whether you have much or little, the truth will just tell you plain: the only wealth you’ll ever have is God.
I want to appreciate what technology can do for me to improve my walk with God without allowing all of the glitz and glamor, high tech and savvy gadgets to distract me from the quiet place where I make the most important connection, get encouraged and spurred on, "see" Him for who He really is and unite with followers all over the world and throughout time...
Have you connected with God today?
I have my morning routine....up at 650, turn on computer, hug the kids, check my emails and my facebook messages, check the PD site and welcome new jewelers, check my plan for the day, make coffee, kiss the kids goodbye and then the house is quiet....
and my spirit is called...
this is the time for me to retreat to my prayer space and connect with the Source, my Strength, my daily and eternal Savior.
...and yet....sometimes I don't. I don't even really have a reason. I just don't.
That makes me sad.
But I am also grateful because the Spirit that calls to me every moment and especially every morning keeps calling even when I don't come. He keeps wooing, keeps asking, keeps tempting us with Himself. He allows my safety nets, my temporal securities to waver and crumble out of His deep love for me. He knows that He is the only One that can sustain me and keep me safe.
His love allows my false cornerstones to crack and shift so that I am reminded that there is only one foundation.
I am grateful for the challenges we face because I always draws me closer. I am grateful for the abundant blessings of health, family, marriage, friends, home and grace because it reminds me that our God loves to be extravagant with His children!
This has been a particularly difficult month for me. There is no reason to go into any detail about the events because the reason behind those events is more important.
When we take our eyes off of our blessings and look at what isn't working, what we don't have and how hard our life is, the power of God shrinks and the importance of the life and its struggles magnifies.
When we focus on Him and look only at what is....we begin to see the gifts of life rather than the challenges. All is gift. I have no problems. At least none that are worth losing joy over....and those I do have- I know that when I stay connected and plugged in to the True Source, He is leading me through them to a better place.
For today: have you taken time to reconnect and plug in to God? Why not? make a list of the 20 things you are most grateful for and see if your outlook improves. Just being able to see this screen, read these words, connect with the internet, understand this language and comprehend this message and be invited by grace to turn to Him....that's 6 gifts right there...
keep going. What else can you thank Him for as all good things come from God. Take some time today to do that. We always ask God to bless us, keep us safe, bless our time together, our meals, our loved ones...but how often do we thank Him for the continuous, sustaining Love we have every moment of everyday?
Enjoy this blessed day!
Strange how quickly time can move.
I remember when the kids were little and the days seemed to go on forever, but the years went so quickly.
Now, even the days are moving fast, so the years are slipping through time even faster.
I love technology because of what it allows us to do. I love being able to "see" friends, family and coworkers in other states through Skype.
I love that I am able to connect with people and work from anywhere, not just my desk and my office.
I love the ability to unite people in a group on facebook to encourage, lift up and spur one another on.
There are so many benefits to these advances in technology.
But as I read this morning in A Holy Experience,
"When one consistently chooses cyberspace over holy space — life becomes a hollow place.....Whether you have much or little, the truth will just tell you plain: the only wealth you’ll ever have is God.
I want to appreciate what technology can do for me to improve my walk with God without allowing all of the glitz and glamor, high tech and savvy gadgets to distract me from the quiet place where I make the most important connection, get encouraged and spurred on, "see" Him for who He really is and unite with followers all over the world and throughout time...
Have you connected with God today?
I have my morning routine....up at 650, turn on computer, hug the kids, check my emails and my facebook messages, check the PD site and welcome new jewelers, check my plan for the day, make coffee, kiss the kids goodbye and then the house is quiet....
and my spirit is called...
this is the time for me to retreat to my prayer space and connect with the Source, my Strength, my daily and eternal Savior.
...and yet....sometimes I don't. I don't even really have a reason. I just don't.
That makes me sad.
But I am also grateful because the Spirit that calls to me every moment and especially every morning keeps calling even when I don't come. He keeps wooing, keeps asking, keeps tempting us with Himself. He allows my safety nets, my temporal securities to waver and crumble out of His deep love for me. He knows that He is the only One that can sustain me and keep me safe.
His love allows my false cornerstones to crack and shift so that I am reminded that there is only one foundation.
I am grateful for the challenges we face because I always draws me closer. I am grateful for the abundant blessings of health, family, marriage, friends, home and grace because it reminds me that our God loves to be extravagant with His children!
This has been a particularly difficult month for me. There is no reason to go into any detail about the events because the reason behind those events is more important.
When we take our eyes off of our blessings and look at what isn't working, what we don't have and how hard our life is, the power of God shrinks and the importance of the life and its struggles magnifies.
When we focus on Him and look only at what is....we begin to see the gifts of life rather than the challenges. All is gift. I have no problems. At least none that are worth losing joy over....and those I do have- I know that when I stay connected and plugged in to the True Source, He is leading me through them to a better place.
For today: have you taken time to reconnect and plug in to God? Why not? make a list of the 20 things you are most grateful for and see if your outlook improves. Just being able to see this screen, read these words, connect with the internet, understand this language and comprehend this message and be invited by grace to turn to Him....that's 6 gifts right there...
keep going. What else can you thank Him for as all good things come from God. Take some time today to do that. We always ask God to bless us, keep us safe, bless our time together, our meals, our loved ones...but how often do we thank Him for the continuous, sustaining Love we have every moment of everyday?
Enjoy this blessed day!
Wednesday, April 11, 2012
Back to reality
Hello friends!
It has been quite a while...
We were on a cruise with our jeweler family, then away with our kids for spring break and then it was Easter.
I was actually unplugged for over two weeks! Honestly, I loved it!
As much as I rely on technology for work, connections, relationships long distance....I would much rather not be! It is so refreshing to wake up and not have anything beeping, buzzing, ringing, dinging or mechanically "talking" to you!
I enjoyed the time away, but while we would think it would help us to come back refreshed, I sometimes have a really hard time re-inserting myself into real life.
It's not that I don't like work, or that I don't like my work. I do. I've always enjoyed having a lot to do and I very much love having the privilege of mentoring other women. But I must confess, sometimes I am just lazy and would love to stay that way!
Proverbs 14:23 says "Work brings profit; talk brings poverty." Work is something that we have to actually do, not merely talk about in order for it to be beneficial~ to us and to others.
We are created to work and we all have unique talents and skills that we are meant to use in our work. The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak! I am passionate about what I do and excited to share my gifts and experiences with those with whom I work. But the other part of me would like another coconut drink with an umbrella laying on a chaise on white sand along the tropical sea....
sorry, I got distracted!
It's hard to keep going sometimes, even when things are not really that difficult! My life is certainly not difficult! I have my best friend for a husband, an incredible business, healthy and amazing children, a great income, and time to enjoy those things. Even still, it can be a challenge to be motivated to work.
Why? My thought...because it's good for us! Nothing that is truly good for us rates high on our list of loves.
Think about it: green vegetables vs hot brownie with ice cream, up at 5am for a run or sleeping in, going to bed early or staying up late, coffee and wine or water...... the list can continue.
I know that I feel better when I do things that are good for me. I know I am happier, more productive, more energetic and more fulfilled. AND YET, it's still so hard to get myself to do those things.
I read a great quote yesterday from a sign in front of a manufacturing plant that read, "If you are like a wheel barrow, going no farther than you are pushed, you need not apply for work here."
Are you like a wheelbarrow, always needing someone else to push you?
Find YOUR inner strength because ultimately, there is no one who can motivate you to give all out. Only you can do that. Be passionate today with whatever you are doing. Find a reason to be intentional about another person. Work on purpose. It's good for you.
It has been quite a while...
We were on a cruise with our jeweler family, then away with our kids for spring break and then it was Easter.
I was actually unplugged for over two weeks! Honestly, I loved it!
As much as I rely on technology for work, connections, relationships long distance....I would much rather not be! It is so refreshing to wake up and not have anything beeping, buzzing, ringing, dinging or mechanically "talking" to you!
I enjoyed the time away, but while we would think it would help us to come back refreshed, I sometimes have a really hard time re-inserting myself into real life.
It's not that I don't like work, or that I don't like my work. I do. I've always enjoyed having a lot to do and I very much love having the privilege of mentoring other women. But I must confess, sometimes I am just lazy and would love to stay that way!
Proverbs 14:23 says "Work brings profit; talk brings poverty." Work is something that we have to actually do, not merely talk about in order for it to be beneficial~ to us and to others.
We are created to work and we all have unique talents and skills that we are meant to use in our work. The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak! I am passionate about what I do and excited to share my gifts and experiences with those with whom I work. But the other part of me would like another coconut drink with an umbrella laying on a chaise on white sand along the tropical sea....
sorry, I got distracted!
It's hard to keep going sometimes, even when things are not really that difficult! My life is certainly not difficult! I have my best friend for a husband, an incredible business, healthy and amazing children, a great income, and time to enjoy those things. Even still, it can be a challenge to be motivated to work.
Why? My thought...because it's good for us! Nothing that is truly good for us rates high on our list of loves.
Think about it: green vegetables vs hot brownie with ice cream, up at 5am for a run or sleeping in, going to bed early or staying up late, coffee and wine or water...... the list can continue.
I know that I feel better when I do things that are good for me. I know I am happier, more productive, more energetic and more fulfilled. AND YET, it's still so hard to get myself to do those things.
I read a great quote yesterday from a sign in front of a manufacturing plant that read, "If you are like a wheel barrow, going no farther than you are pushed, you need not apply for work here."
Are you like a wheelbarrow, always needing someone else to push you?
Find YOUR inner strength because ultimately, there is no one who can motivate you to give all out. Only you can do that. Be passionate today with whatever you are doing. Find a reason to be intentional about another person. Work on purpose. It's good for you.
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