A friends dog was brutally attacked by a pack of dogs. My friend said that her dog was a very friendly dog and never strayed far from home. The thought of this made me want to sit in the big blue chair.
You need people! You need people that love you and surround you with kindness and joy. You can't do it alone! The world is going to chew you up and spit you out! I want to clarify something here. This is all not to say that you should cower in your home where it is safe and never leave. This is to say that you need a support system of friends and loved ones that are there to be your life line!
You absolutely can invest your time into your career! You can lose yourself in working out to make sure your body is completely physically fit. There are so many things that one might be doing that is completely solitary. Stop it. These things aren't bad by any means but don't forget to invest in those around you because that investment is way more important than having great abs. You can look great and if all you are left with is superficial relationships who is going to care about you if something happens and you no longer have those perfect abs? Is your job going to care if for some reason you have to quit? No, they are just going to fill your position with someone else.
Love the people around you well. Not because you have to or should but because you want to make the world a better place! There is so much hate in the world right now. We don't need any more negative or passive individuals. Go out. Be kind. Be the light. Help keep someone from being devoured by the darkness.
Wednesday, October 11, 2017
Tuesday, October 10, 2017
Next chapter please!
I received word tonight that a dear friend of mine is losing her battle with cancer. Now. I am going to stay absolutely positive about this and pray for a miracle, a Hail Mary in the final seconds of the game, a "we just can't explain it!" She deserves it. She is joy and light and makes this world a better place.
I was thinking about her, looking at old pictures and yearbooks when it hit me, and therein the topic of tonights big blue chair moment.
I went to look up Stephanie's freshman picture in the yearbook. I looked at the names, I looked at the faces. Some were familiar, some absolutely were not. Absolutely no recognition of them whatsoever! This is incredible to me. These were the people that I lived life with for some 13years. I thought of some of them as more popular than me, some were the tough kids, some were the ones that always got into trouble none of that information is still prevalent in my mind. They all look extremely goofy to me. Big hair, big glasses, big teeth. The ones that I thought were SO HANDSOME!! Are anything but at this point. It is blowing my mind! My perception of these people for those years is gone. They have been left behind in my memories.
I tell my children all the time. Some of these people aren't even going to be in the next chapter of your life. Do not concern yourself with what they think of you. Be yourself. Be kind. Be the ingredient to this crazy world that you were meant to be, otherwise it won't be the same without you!
The special gems that stay with you for several chapters are the ones to cherish. They are your tribe. Love them well.
I was thinking about her, looking at old pictures and yearbooks when it hit me, and therein the topic of tonights big blue chair moment.
I went to look up Stephanie's freshman picture in the yearbook. I looked at the names, I looked at the faces. Some were familiar, some absolutely were not. Absolutely no recognition of them whatsoever! This is incredible to me. These were the people that I lived life with for some 13years. I thought of some of them as more popular than me, some were the tough kids, some were the ones that always got into trouble none of that information is still prevalent in my mind. They all look extremely goofy to me. Big hair, big glasses, big teeth. The ones that I thought were SO HANDSOME!! Are anything but at this point. It is blowing my mind! My perception of these people for those years is gone. They have been left behind in my memories.
I tell my children all the time. Some of these people aren't even going to be in the next chapter of your life. Do not concern yourself with what they think of you. Be yourself. Be kind. Be the ingredient to this crazy world that you were meant to be, otherwise it won't be the same without you!
The special gems that stay with you for several chapters are the ones to cherish. They are your tribe. Love them well.
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