Quote of the day: Planting Seeds

 

I love this quote that always reminds me of the little things in life that plant seeds of hope and inspiration in the hearts of others . Don't ever think something so small as a friendly smile, opening a door, or complimenting someone goes unnoticed. Simple things in our life add up to much larger things to others. You might just be the ray of hope that another person needs to get through a difficult time.

 

 

Quote Of The Day: Autumn's Flower~~

Remember to bloom this week where you are planted:) ~~

 

Quote Of The Day: Momentum #quotes

I always love those people who spend more time complaining about topics or situations than producing solutions to the problems. If you are going to waste the energy complaining, why not come up with solutions instead. Move on in a positive light~~ Momentum is a forward motion, not a backwards approach in my opinion.

 

 

Quote Of The Day: Change.....

How changeable are you? How adaptable are you? Being flexible and understanding in the world today goes a long way.

 

I is for Inspiring... #atozchallenge

How Inspiring to others are you?

As a homeschooling mom that may or may not be a difficult question to answer. You are more inspiring than you think. I once thought that there was nothing inspirational about my life, as a young woman I will admit that my self esteem was low and I thought more of what others thought about me instead. Growing in Christ has helped me to overcome thru many trials and tribulations. Having a strong faith has kept me well planted in Gods word when times have been rough or almost impossible for me to bear. He has taught me that there is nothing I can not do without Him by my side. As the Bible promises, He will not put more on you than you can bear without his help.

Inspiring others is one thing I have learned to do with Gods help, he leads me to those he feels need a smile, that special touch of a nurses hand, or an inspiring blog post here or my other blogs. There is not a weekend that goes by that I don't work my busy weekender shift in the ER and someone comes across my path I know God has put there. It might be a patient that needs to talk or a family member who is scared.

How can you inspire others? First ask for God's guidance, pray about it. He will lead your path.

You are already inspiring your family, being a parent is an inspiration itself. Smile at others you meet, you never know what another person's walk is in life. Do what you do best, whether it be cooking, writing, crafting or talking, use those tools you have to help and inspire others.

Be an inspiration and pass it on, be contagious ....

Enjoy these Inspiring and Lifting Words! I love these.

Have a fabulous day!

Saturday blessings

Hello weekend,glad you are here! Praising God for all blessings whether they be great or small.

 

An Attitude of Gratitude

 

A Dose of Positive Attitude

Shared from Godvine website ~

Michael is the kind of guy you love to hate. He is always in a good mood and always has something positive to say. When someone would ask him how he was doing, he would reply, "If I were any better, I would be twins!" He was a natural motivator. If an employee was having a bad day, Michael was there telling the employee how to look on the positive side of the situation.

Seeing this style really made me curious, so one day I went up to Michael and asked him, "I don't get it! You can't be a positive person all of the time. How do you do it?" Michael replied, "Each morning I wake up and say to myself, you have two choices today. You can choose to be in a good mood... or you can choose to be in a bad mood. I choose to be in a good mood. Each time something bad happens, I can choose to be a victim... or I can choose to learn from it. I choose to learn from it. Every time someone comes to me complaining, I can choose to accept their complaining... or I can point out the positive side of life. I choose the positive side of life.

"Yeah, right, it's not that easy," I protested.

"Yes, it is," Michael said. "Life is all about choices. When you cut away all the junk, every situation is a choice. You choose how you react to situations. You choose how people affect your mood. You choose to be in a good mood or bad mood. The bottom line: It's your choice how you live your life."

I reflected on what Michael said. Soon thereafter, I left the Tower Industry to start my own business. We lost touch, but I often thought about him when I made a choice about life instead of reacting to it.

Several years later, I heard that Michael was involved in a serious accident, falling some 60 feet from a communications tower. After 18 hours of surgery and weeks of intensive care, Michael was released from the hospital with rods placed in his back. I saw Michael about six months after the accident. When I asked him how he was, he replied. "If I were any better, I'd be twins. Wanna see my scars?" I declined to see his wounds, but I did ask him what had gone through his mind as the accident took place.

"The first thing that went through my mind was the well-being of my soon to be born daughter," Michael replied. "Then, as I lay on the ground, I remembered that I had two choices: I could choose to live... or I could choose to die. I chose to live."

"Weren't you scared? Did you lose consciousness?" I asked.

Michael continued... "The paramedics were great. They kept telling me I was going to be fine. But when they wheeled me into the ER and I saw the expressions on the faces of the doctors and nurses, I got really scared. In their eyes, I read "He's a dead man. I knew I needed to take action."

"What did you do?" I asked.

"Well, there was a big burly nurse shouting questions at me," said Michael. "She asked if I was allergic to anything. "Yes, I replied." The doctors and nurses stopped working as they waited for my reply. I took a deep breath and yelled, "Gravity." Over their laughter, I told them, "I am choosing to live. Operate on me as if I am alive, not dead."

"Michael lived, thanks to the skill of his doctors, but also because of his amazing attitude. I learned from him that every day we have the choice to live fully. Attitude, after all, is everything. Matthew 6:34 states: Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own."

After all, today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday.

Enjoy each day, each breath and mostly... each and every friend.

And remember to start each day with an "attitude of gratitude!"

 

 

Just Because~~

I saw this little image on Facebook today and it to me says it all, just how I feel most days, or how people seem to treat me. I am a real person, I do have feelings, deep ones that are hurt very easily. I have faced some very large monsters in my 47 years here on earth and slain some nasty dragons literally speaking, so I have a bit of knowledge under my belt. I am not like you and never will be, don't try to change me. My family is happy, we live life a bit different somedays than others, but if we are all happy what does that matter to you, its really none of your business. I don't care how you live your life, if I ask somebody about you, it is only out of shear concern, not nosiness, that is not my style. 
I enjoy helping others, I would not have been a nurse for 25+ years if I did not, so I enjoy making others feel special, needed, loved and appreciated. I just sometimes wish that others thought the same way I did....
Just because....................

Imagine the World if Everyone Sent out Love!

From the words of a very special lady Heather Fortune, Founder of the non-profit organization The Mommies Network

What does it mean to support someone?

It means that you assume benign intent. It means that you take them for face value and don't judge them. It means you put yourself in their shoes and see the world from their perspective, just long enough to empathize with them and understand their situation.

And then you love them. A lot. Maybe they are a stranger. Maybe you will never meet them in person. Maybe they will end up being your best friend. It doesn't matter. Because they are a fellow human being. And they are walking this same walk through life as you are, even though their path may branch in different ways. And doesn't that alone connect us all?

Imagine the world if everyone sent out love, instead of hate. If we all tried to see the good in each other instead of instantly looking for the bad? And if we could look past the differences and see what we share in common.

I'm proud that I am able to support amazing wonderful mommies every single day. I can't think of a better way to spend my life than this........

                                                          ~~~~~~~~Heather 

Can you image a world without so much hate and more beauty, slow down this week and notice the beautiful people in your world!

Leslie

F.L.Y. and fly high

This speaks so loudly and echos in my mind

If you do not love yourself

take care of yourself

open your mind

and let God take over

your life

you will never get off the ground!

You will crash

You will burn

Give all your cares away to him, let your worry FLY so 

you can F.L.Y.

Have an awesome high flying day today

Sweet Strawberry Goodness for your Valentines

I saw this and knew I had to make it and blog about it, so pretty and yet so delicious. I love to make fruit pizza's and my family loves to gobble them down. The brownie based sweet treat was a hit with my household tummies as well. A bunch of strawberry monsters I have living here I tell you!

This heavenly treat comes from "i am mommy" blog but adaptable to suit your tastes and budget as needed.

I also used this super fudgey brownie recipe here

made them on a flat cookie sheet so I could cut out the hearts

I used cookie cutters of all sizes and a knife to do the larger one

Get some nice pretty strawberries and cute them into heart shapes

Next I made a cream cheese spread.

1 8oz package of cream cheese

1/2 cup powder sugar

1/2 tsp clear vanilla extract

Blend all ingredients well.

Simply spread the cream cheese over the brownie getting as close to the edges as you want. 

Now add all your heart shaped pretty strawberries

to make your masterpieces! 

The finished splendor  will look like this

Talk about a special treat on Valentines morning or for a special desert that evening drizzled with chocolate syrup................hmmmmmm

Enjoy! 

Our First and Second Responsibilties ~

Our First Responsibility is to be happy, our second is to make others happy. Seems simple enough and a wonderful thought to live by. I was touched by this video and wanted to share. Something so simple yet so hard probably for most people to do, give back to others. Accept change and just do it! Giving back to others is one of my most important life works, my profession as a nurse I guess has lead me to think like this. I teach my children the same thing (when they listen) in hopes that a legacy of doing and caring about others will remain for generations to come.

30 gifts to 30 strangers : how sweet this was to do, celebrate your birthday by making others happy! Do you think we can do this when I am 50? hmmm 50 gifts :)

Enjoy!!

Thank you and big hugs to Lucas for posting on You Tube for people like me to enjoy, made me smile  :)

Here is more of Lucas
Website: www.lucasjatoba.com 
You need to see his work, incredible artist both print and video!! Wow
Twitter: www.twitter.com/#!/iamlucasjatoba 
If you liked the video, watch the making of! www.vimeo.com/28850787

Wordless Wednesday~ leaves of blessings

Wordless Wednesday~ many leaves of blessings pouring out upon the ground 

Have a terrific day! think positive and throw some leaves!

Field Trip~~ whoo hoo!

Who does not love the word field trip!! I know a homeschool mommy does, that sometimes means a break or another chance for teaching (which is what I love). My kids think field trip means "no work"" "fun and frolic" "play" , well ....... we do those things, but never miss an opportunity to learn something new or possibly relearn things that might have been forgotten, even by mom and dad.

Our trip this time to the Catawba Science Center, right here in our own county, was a day filled with lots of fun things to do. We also visited the Hickory Art Museum, in the same building, one of our favorite spots to visit because it is always a changing canvas of modern art, history, sculpture and imagination. I know that momma could stay in that gallery all day long and bask in the quietness and soak up the history of all that artwork. As usual ,momma is out numbered by her peeps and has to keep moving along back to the Science Center.

Enjoy some of the photos we took that day:  A little physics, some geometry, chemistry, zoology, botany, history and more all while having fun!

 The Many face of our crazy Mommy~ A Lego/K'nex lesson

 Leave me alone momma, but note the grin...lol, never to big to get some sugar from your momma, what happened to my little boy?

 My girlies and some flash black-light photography, another lesson.

My payback, Mr B got me, in the ear......yuck--- slimed, lesson learned by momma.

Have a blessed day!!