Goes Without Saying...: A Little Something For Me!

Wednesday, February 2, 2011

A Little Something For Me!

Life is not about finding yourself, it's about creating yourself.

We are already a month into the new year. Wow!

In looking at what I want to accomplish this year I am going to start by fast forwarding to January of 2012. I want to look back on this year and have far more things I can say "I am so glad I did..." instead of "I wish I would have...".

We don't get to decided what happens to us, but I want to live this year (my life actually, but I'll start with the year) deliberately. I want to do more than just shuffle along and let things happen, I want to make things happen that will give me satisfaction with myself, and closer relationships with those I love, and and a greater appreciation for all I have been blessed with. I want to handle any of Life's challenges in a healthy upbeat way. By the end of 2011 I will have more balance.

This will take a lot of time and work, but it is worth it . I made a plan, I know what I want to accomplish this year, I know what my weaknesses are, and I know what I am going to do to fight hard for what I want.

Just writing this got me all Fired Up! Now, it's time to get to it.

2 comments:

Matt and JessFebruary 02, 2011
I like your outlook of 'I'm so glad I did this' instead of wishing you had done certain things. Good luck this year!!
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ShannonFebruary 04, 2011
Good reminder. I want this year to be like that too.

I love that picture of Cori. She is a wild things and it so cute.
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Reminders to Self on Parenting...

Seek first to understand, then to be understood
-Covey

More important than speaking is listening.
-Jeffery R. Holland

If we wish away the moments they will be gone. The things that we wanted to leave-the mess, the noise, the obligations- will be gone, but so will the children! This is true with every moment of life. If we do not see its joys, if we do not make the most of it, it will pass- and so will it's opportunities.
-Jaroldeen Edwards

Sometimes weaknesses challenge weaknesses. Maybe the child who needs patience the most has the trick of exasperating you almost past endurance. Maybe the child with a flaring temper that needs control, repeatedly kindles your own temper. Whether at peace or at loggerheads, the two of you are joined together... You have lesson's to teach each other, and once you've weathered the process, you will each be more of what your Heavenly Father knows you are capable of being.
-Beppie Harrison

Do not find fault with every trifling error that you may see, for this will discourage your family, and they will begin to think that it is impossible to please you: and, after a while, they will become indifferent as to wether they please you or not. How unhappy and extremely wretched is that family where nothing pleases- where scolding has become almost as natural as breathing.
-Orson Pratt

Filling my Spiritual Tank...

Obedience brings forth blessings. Exact Obedience brings forth miracles!
-Unknown

I know in who I have trusted.
-Stephen E. Robinson

Your Father in Heaven knows your name and knows your circumstance. He hears your prayers. He knows your hopes and dreams, including your fears and frustrations. And He knows what you can become through faith in Him...Seek to comprehend the significance of these doctrines.
-Jeffrey R. Holland

I hope for you the very best that life has to offer, but I hope even more for a few simple things- things that come of the heart, things that come of the spirit, things that come of the divine within each of us.

When all is said and done, when you have lived your life and grown old as I am, you will recognize that it is the simple virtues that count, that make the great difference in our lives...

When all is said and done, our success in life will not be spelled out in the money we make, in the honor we attain, in the plaudits of men, but in those virtues which become the essence of that which is greatest within each of us.
-Pres. Gordon B. Hinckley

Let us relish life as we live it, find joy in the journey, and share our love with friends and family.
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Simplification goes way beyond organization. It is not having "it" so you don't have to organize "it". It's not buying "it", looking for "it", subscribing to "it", insuring "it", building "it", or worrying about "it" in the first place.

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-Elder Neal A. Maxwell

Have no doubt in your mind when you turn your light off at night, that you did your best that day. Then, proceed to count your blessings. Be grateful for what you have, not wishful for what you don't have.
-Kara Liston

Wednesday, February 2, 2011

A Little Something For Me!

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