Quote of the day ... Oct. 22, 2012

"Don't miss the donut by looking through the hole."

~Author Unknown

The bigger picture. It's a wonderful thing. When we open our eyes to the bigger picture we are enabling ourselves to see things from a different perspective.  Often times we are so close to the situation that we are unable to see past the immediate.  It helps to take a step outside the clouded box and clear the fog from your eyes so you can begin to see clearly.  Open your mind to fresh and new ideas that you may not have thought of.  Don't reject an idea just because you don't think it will work.  Every idea, whether it works or not, is a step on your path to success.  You have to know what works and what doesn't.  That also doesn't mean that just because it didn't work in the past it won't work in the future.  Keep your mind open, at all times, and see how high you can fly! 

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Quote of the day ... Oct. 16, 2012

"Love is the difficult realization that something other than oneself is real."

~Iris Murdoch

Love is my favorite thing. The feeling it sends through every inch of your being is simply amazing.  Love is not enough though. It may be patient, it may be kind, but it's not enough. 

Love needs to be embraced with understanding, communication, willingness to do whatever it takes to get through.  Love requires patience and kindness.  Love knows no wrong. Love can see how a past can make a person who they are today, and does not judge based on a place where one no longer lives.  Love can help you hold onto a future.

In my mind there is a clear difference between loving someone and being IN love with someone.  I have heard many people say that the part of being IN love fades to simply loving someone.  I do not believe this to be true.  I believe that in real love, it is imperative to find a way to fall IN love constantly.  Take Lucy and Ricky, no matter how crazy Lucy made him, you could always tell that Ricky was IN love with her.  It's all in the eyes and the body language.

Finding someone to spend a lifetime of falling IN love with may not seem realistic to many, but you know when you see those really cute old couples walking down the street or in the mall or at Target still holding hands and gazing at each other ... they have it. They are the ones that have held onto the fact that true love exists and gives the rest of us hope that we will find that same thing.  I believe that anyone can find this, it's all in how you grow together. More times then not, people get comfortable and without even realizing it, start to take their true love for granted, this is when I believe falling IN love fades into simply loving someone.

Wouldn't it be wonderful to have that feeling you had back in the beginning when everything felt good, there was nothing to fight over, nothing to complain about, and you missed the person the minute you were no longer with them? You can have it again, and you don't even need to find someone new.  You just need to do something different.  You need to vocalize your thankfulness for that person being in your life.  Remember all the things that made you fall IN love in the first place, and find those things again. 

Sometimes we have to stomp on the grapes to make the wine, but the end result is always worth it. Go for it! I encourage you to find yourself being IN love again! 

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Quote of the day ... Oct 2, 2012

"The best thing about the future is that it 

comes one day at a time."   

~Abe Lincoln

One day at a time is one of the hardest concepts to really achieve.  It takes time, patience and understanding.  It also takes great courage to be able to let go of yesterday, live for the moment and not worry about tomorrow.  Once you realize how wonderful it is to live one day at a time, you feel a sense of relief that you do not have to go back to a way of living that involves unnecessary pain and suffering.  

Give it a try.  Go live for today and only today. Let the sun shine thru your life!

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