Positive Thinking

Let's get inspired!!
Positive Thinking every Wednesday.
A simple, remarkable thought to uplift you.  

Positive thinking can improve your life and the power of it will bring you happiness.

 

"Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, not even if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense."

-Buddha

Great stuff to live by!

Always be yourself.  Never try to hide who you are.  

The only shame is to have shame.  

Always stand up for what you believe in.  

Always question what other people tell you.  

Never regret the past.  It's a waste of time.  

There's a reason for everything.  

Every mistake, every moment of weakness, 

every terrible thing that has happened to you.  

Grow from it.  The only way you can ever get the 

respect of others is when you show them that 

you respect yourself and most importantly, 

do your thing and never apologize for being you.  

-Author Unknown

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This Moment

{this moment}     

A Saturday ritual. A single photo -no words- capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember.

Halloween Story

My beautiful friend wrote the below story.  Her name is Dorey and she has 3 awesome boys.  She is one of the best Moms I know and her kids are so lucky to have her.  When I read this story I could not stop giggling all day and wanted to pass on the smiles to other Moms that can relate to this.  Hope you enjoy this story as much as I do....

So the other night I was walking up my stairs to go to bed when I saw a HUGE black bug on my stairs, I had never seen anything like it. It was moving it's legs up in the air at me! I knew my boys would want to see this thing so I RAN to the kitchen and grabbed a jar, luckily the bug was still there when i came back.  It took me a few minutes to gather up enough courage to put the jar over the bug, but with a couple short screams, I finally did! I then went and grabbed a piece of paper and carefully slid it under the jar! All in all it took about 15 minutes to capture the thing! I then took it into the light to see it closer and saw that it was.....a black feather from my Halloween costume.

Scary Feather

 Thank you Dorey for putting a smile on my face all day!!  I love you!

Positive Thinking

Let's get inspired!!
Positive Thinking every Wednesday.
A simple, remarkable thought to uplift you.  

Positive thinking can improve your life and the power of it will bring you happiness.

 "It's kind of fun to do the impossible." 

-Walt Disney

Connor

I went upstairs to check on Connor who was supposed 

to be taking a nap......

Yes.....my gorgeous son has taken his pants off...put his shirt on his head and is looking at himself in the mirror, cracking himself up.  We had to run for the camera...haha  

So much for nap time today.  :)

Pancakes Anyone?

I love having my husband home on a weekend day.  I love having breakfast with all of us just sitting, talking about what we want to do today, just being together.  It is very rare for us to be able to have breakfast as a whole family so when we get to...we sure make a big deal of it.  Today we made Organic Gluten Free, Dairy Free chocolate chip pancakes. They were so good.

Here is what you need:

Simply Organic Pancake and Waffle Mix 
Simply Organic Pure Vanilla Extract 
Simply Organic Cinnamon
Imagine Rice Dream Drink 
Enjoy Life Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips
Organic eggs
Organic Maple Syrup 
Organic Smart Balance Butter
Cast Iron Griddle  


Here is the recipe:
1 cup pancake mix
1 large egg
1/2 cup milk
1 teaspoon of vanilla
1 teaspoon of cinnamon
palm size hand of chocolate chips

Heat your cast iron skillet....mix all together and make pancakes.  You can add as much as you want of everything.  

For us..I have to use the whole box of pancake mix...3 eggs...about 2 cups of rice milk...a pour of vanilla....lots of cinnamon...lots of chocolate chips...and lots of love.  Matt made sure he filled our bowl of pancake mix with all the love he could give.  He said his heart was so full and it was pouring out.  

I only buy the pancake mix, vanilla, and cinnamon off of Amazon but I wanted to show you pictures of everything I use.  I got my griddle at Walmart.  Enjoy!

This Moment

{this moment}     

A Saturday ritual. A single photo -no words- capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember.

Positive Thinking

Let's get inspired!!
Positive Thinking every Wednesday.
A simple, remarkable thought to uplift you.  

Positive thinking can improve your life and the power of it will bring you happiness.

The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out of the depths.  These persons have an appreciation, a sensitivity, and an understanding of life that fills them with compassion, gentleness, and a deep loving concern.  Beautiful people do not just happen.

Elizabeth Kubler Ros

Positive Thinking

Let's get inspired!!
Positive Thinking every Wednesday.
A simple, remarkable thought to uplift you.  

Positive thinking can improve your life and the power of it will bring you happiness.

The worst thing you can do is not to try, to be aware of what you want and not even giving it a go, to spend years wondering if something could have worked - never knowing.... Come on, Get up, Get going, at least give it a try.

-Think and Grow Rich-Success Group

This Moment

{this moment}     

A Saturday ritual. A single photo -no words- capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember.

Positive Thinking

Let's get inspired!!
Positive Thinking every Wednesday.
A simple, remarkable thought to uplift you.  

Positive thinking can improve your life and the power of it will bring you happiness.

 Learn to enjoy every minute of your life. Be happy now. Don't wait for something outside of yourself to make you happy in the future. Think how really precious is the time you have to spend, whether it's at work or with your family. Every minute should be enjoyed and savored.

~ Earl Nightingale

This Moment

{this moment}     

A Saturday ritual. A single photo -no words- capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember.

Positive Thinking

Let's get inspired!!
Positive Thinking every Wednesday.
A simple, remarkable thought to uplift you.  

Positive thinking can improve your life and the power of it will bring you happiness.

The best way to cheer yourself is to try and 

cheer up somebody else.

-Mark Twain

This Moment

{this moment}     

A Saturday ritual. A single photo -no words- capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember.

Incredible Day

My son Matt came home from Kindergarten today and yelled that he had an "INCREDIBLE" day!  He then said "look Mom...I'm wearing my incredible underwear, it sure helped...seeeeee."  as he proceeded to show all of us that he was wearing his actual "The Incredibles" underwear.   haha

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Are you having an incredible day?? 

I sure hope you are!!

Positive Thinking

Let's get inspired!!
Positive Thinking every Wednesday.
A simple, remarkable thought to uplift you.  

Positive thinking can improve your life and the power of it will bring you happiness.

"I'm grateful for ____________" 

Just answering this right now will shift your energy 

in a positive direction.

This Moment

{this moment}     

A Saturday ritual. A single photo -no words- capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember.

Just For Today

1.  Just for today I will be happy.  This assumes that what Abraham Lincoln said is true, that "most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be."  Happiness is from within, it is not a matter of externals.

2.  Just for today I will try to adjust myself to what is, and not try to adjust everything to my own desires.  I will take my family, my business, and my luck as they come and fit myself to them.

3.  Just for today I will take care of my body.  I will exercise it, care for it, nourish it, not abuse it or neglect it, so that it will be a perfect machine for my bidding.

4.  Just for today I will try to strengthen my mind.  I will learn something useful.  I will not be a mental loafer.  I will read something that requires effort, thought and concentration.

5.  Just for today I will exercise my soul in three ways; I will do somebody a good turn and not get found out.  I will do at least two things I don't want to do, as William James suggests, just for exercise. 

6.  Just for today I will be agreeable.  I will look as well as I can, dress as becomingly as possible, talk low, act courteously, be liberal with praise, criticize not at all, nor find fault with anything and not try to regulate nor improve anyone.

7.  Just for today I will try to live through this only, not to tackle my whole life problem at once.  i can do things for twelve hours that would appall me if I had to keep them up for a lifetime.

8.  Just for today I will have a program.  I will write down what i expect to do every hour.  I may not follow it exactly, but I will have it.  It will eliminate two pests, hurrying and indecision.

9.  Just for today I will have a quiet half-hour all by myself and relax.  In this half-hour sometimes I will think of God, so as to get a little more perspective into my life.

10. Just for today I will be unafraid, especially I will not be afraid to be happy, to enjoy what is beautiful, to love, and to believe that those I love, love me.

-Written by the late Sibyl F. Partridge       

Positive Thinking

Let's get inspired!!
Positive Thinking every Wednesday.
A simple, remarkable thought to uplift you.  

Positive thinking can improve your life and the power of it will bring you happiness.

Courage doesn't always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, 

"I will try again tomorrow.”

Unknown