"If you had a friend who talked to you like you sometimes talk to yourself, would you continue to hang around with that person?"
~Rob Bremer, Speaker
I have thought about this a lot lately. I am harder on myself than most anyone could ever be on me...Why is that? Why do we beat ourselves up most of the time over something that we did the best we could and that is all that can really be asked of us..I always think for some reason that I can do better than I did.
In the back of my mind I know with absolute certainty that I did the best I possibly could have done. So why...why do I do this to myself. I would get downright mad if anyone else talked to me like that, so why do I allow myself to do it? I heard somewhere a while back if you dont value yourself noone else is going to raise their thoughts of you either. This is something that I am learning on a daily basis. I am learning to not be so hard on myself. I am learning that there are things about me that make me who I am. I am beginning to like who I am and what I am doing with my life. I ran across the following quote today...while I was cleaning out my email.
"Between whatever happens to me and my response to it is a space.
In that space is my freedom and power to choose my response. And in response lay my growth and happiness."
~Stephen Covey
I am going to try to make a conscious effort to use that space wisely to choose the response that is and will be best for me and for my family, my business, our life in general. NO one can take that response time away from me and it is within that time that the decisions I make will make me!
Sunday, June 12, 2011
Friday, June 10, 2011
6/10/11 Choice versus Chance....
My quote for the day was by William Jennings Brian and he said that "Destiny is no matter of chance. It is a matter of choice: It is not a thing to be waited for but a thing to be achieved.
Wow...I need to start checking my email in the morning and getting these quotes before I have let myself have a not so great day! I always tell people that the day is what you make it. Today I wish I would have really thought about that statement before I allowed my day to be overran with not so great thoughts and actions.Did I accomplish anything today...sure...did I truly use my time in a manner that I could have achieved more...No I let myself get caught up in anger, aggravation and illness. I overslept, AGAIN. Because I can be tired all day long and then when it is time to go to bed....I end up being wide awake until 2, 3 sometimes 4 in the morning....so then I dont get up when I had planned. then I get aggravated because I have already lost the entire morning. I have things set out a certain way and I like to do things a certain way to ensure that I feel I have accomplished something thruout the day. The last few days i have been really not feeling well...so I havent done very much of anything. Pop this with Shane being in some not so great moods this week leaves us with a very aggravated household. Then you pop that with our business and all that needs to be done....It makes for a very long week. But that is ok. Tomorrow is a new day and it is the weekend. I refuse to have a bad weekend. I feel some wind therapy coming on. then a birthday party for my hubby on sunday, a photo shoot on sunday afternoon, and then I will have a better week next week.
I did manage to make a couple of pieces of jewelry today.So I do feel like I have accomplished something. not to mention I dont even think they were up an hour before someone was interested in them Thank you God for seeing our needs and meeting them despite our waywardness this week. I am truly blessed with amazing friends and family. On a happy note....I didnt gain any weight yesterday...I was still at 216.4 today...however, I dont think I am going to weigh in tomorrow....I cheated tonight and peanut butter crackers and syrup......I will weigh on Monday and set the goal for next week. happy weekend everyone......remember Shiny side up this weekend!!!! Loves to all! My CHOICE is to have a good weekend and that I will not leave to chance!
Wow...I need to start checking my email in the morning and getting these quotes before I have let myself have a not so great day! I always tell people that the day is what you make it. Today I wish I would have really thought about that statement before I allowed my day to be overran with not so great thoughts and actions.Did I accomplish anything today...sure...did I truly use my time in a manner that I could have achieved more...No I let myself get caught up in anger, aggravation and illness. I overslept, AGAIN. Because I can be tired all day long and then when it is time to go to bed....I end up being wide awake until 2, 3 sometimes 4 in the morning....so then I dont get up when I had planned. then I get aggravated because I have already lost the entire morning. I have things set out a certain way and I like to do things a certain way to ensure that I feel I have accomplished something thruout the day. The last few days i have been really not feeling well...so I havent done very much of anything. Pop this with Shane being in some not so great moods this week leaves us with a very aggravated household. Then you pop that with our business and all that needs to be done....It makes for a very long week. But that is ok. Tomorrow is a new day and it is the weekend. I refuse to have a bad weekend. I feel some wind therapy coming on. then a birthday party for my hubby on sunday, a photo shoot on sunday afternoon, and then I will have a better week next week.
I did manage to make a couple of pieces of jewelry today.So I do feel like I have accomplished something. not to mention I dont even think they were up an hour before someone was interested in them Thank you God for seeing our needs and meeting them despite our waywardness this week. I am truly blessed with amazing friends and family. On a happy note....I didnt gain any weight yesterday...I was still at 216.4 today...however, I dont think I am going to weigh in tomorrow....I cheated tonight and peanut butter crackers and syrup......I will weigh on Monday and set the goal for next week. happy weekend everyone......remember Shiny side up this weekend!!!! Loves to all! My CHOICE is to have a good weekend and that I will not leave to chance!
Thursday, June 9, 2011
June 9, 2011....Seriously.....No I mean REALLY????
Ok so I guess this is the part where I realize that I have been slacking again... Life always seems to have a way of catching up with me....WTH....Sometimes it seems that I cant win for losing...my headaches are back for the last 4 days now and they have been insane...Today seemed to be a little better but still wasn't any fun. Hopefully I will feel much better by Saturday. We have a jam packed weekend. Thankfully. I seem to have a lot on my plate and people seem to be irritating me for absolutely no reason at all....things I would normally let roll off of my back. On a happy note...I weighed today...216.4 Seriously???? I am finally under 217. Of course it could very well be from lack of hydration and eating over the last few days....but at this point I will take it. Hopefully next week I will get back in the gym, and get back on track! I am ready! I need some changes to be made and I am the only one who can make them...I refuse to give up! I need my routine back...So tonight I am making the to do list for tomorrow and no matter how bad I feel I WILL accomplish something on that list!!! I MEAN IT!
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