I have decided to share one of my favorite poems by my grandfather. I have been wanting to write a poem myself but I seriously have been suffering from writers block and lack of time. It takes me a while to write one and I do not like to leave it unfinished. I hope you enjoy the poem as much as I do.
I Send You Love
I send you love. What else have I to send?
Ah! Vanity of dreams! Should I pretend
To offer one, as bright as it might be,
Across the counters of reality,
Who would accept it as a payment for
The smallest gift? Where would I find a store,
Had I sufficient wealth to buy, that sells
Such things as gossamer's and silver bells,
The merchandise that poets can afford?
I, of all men, am poor, for I have poured
The sum of me, both what I am and own,
Into one throw of dice, and stand alone
In fate’s dim light with nothing left to spend.
I send you love. What else have I to send?
Written by:
Clarence Campbell
My grandfather wrote this for the love of his life. He was away from her for many years before he was able to be with her. I have many poems written by him that I will share periodically. Most are written for or about Edna.
One thing I have learned throughout my life is that when true love is present one is in love with another's spirit and soul. To me, being in love with someone's outter shell is simply infatuation. Our bodies change and we show our age. However, our spirit and our soul stay young if we allow them too. My grandfather and Enda were definitely in love with each other's spirit and soul. The rest was just a bonus.
Today I am thankful for:
inheriting my grandfathers poetry
the gift of writing
true friends
Jamie
people who crack me up...you know who you are!
Jenny
Denise who visited my store yesterday for the first time
my flowers in my garden getting greener every day
my brother and sister-in-law getting their house built this weekend
Pepcid (Lord knows I needed it!)
water
music
signs from our angels
tears of joy
my mom for picking Gavin up from school tomorrow
Diane for watching my store on Saturday (and always being there for me)
my new PartyLite sponsor which will be qualified on Saturday!!!! WHOO HOO!
my new Nickleback and Daughtry CD's
Buffy for being concerned about me
the nice weather this weekend
PartyLite
my niece and nephew who I love to death and will have Saturday night
my kids
my dreams
my goals
my positive attitude
the ability to change any situation
Thursday, April 23, 2009
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Daily Teachings, Bad Situations & Good Positive Choices
I have to share with you today's Daily Teaching of The Secret. It says: We are all entirely free to choose whatever we want. The power is in your hands now, and YOU are the one who chooses how to use that power in your own life. You can choose: To have a happier life today, or put it off until tomorrow. What feels better? You choose.
Reading this makes me wonder why people who are not happy in certain situations just continue to stay there. The answer behind this: because they choose to. People choose to be in their awful stressful job. They also choose to stay in unhealthy relationships. Others just complain or find excuses to why they are either over or under weight. Some complain constantly about their lack of money or how they are always sick. Are they not getting the fact that the more they think negative things the more negative things they will bring into their life? I do not find this concept very hard to understand.
Look at every successful person out there, do you think they got where they are because all they did was think negatively? They may have at one time but they chose to turn their life around. Every person has a story, I have blogged about this before. Everyone has stress, everyone goes through times of being unhealthy, over or under weight, lack of self confidence, the feeling of being strapped with no money....EVERYONE. Ok, maybe not a 3 year old...LOL! Their time will come. In this economy I have heard more complaining than I ever had in my entire life. Guess what, it is normal. HOWEVER...you knew I was going to type that......
I have seen, met, talked too many people who have over come some awful circumstances in their life. Between divorce, cancer, losing jobs, losing a baby, losing a loved one, unknown illnesses, bankruptcy and so on. Most of you have experienced at least one of those things or more...including myself which has experienced most of them other than the cancer and unknown illnesses...thank God. I try very hard not to complain even when I am going through situations like those. It is impossible not to vent or complain at all. However, even through the tears, anger and all one is faced with, there is an end. We all need to focus on that. This brings me to yesterdays Daily Teaching:
To change our lives, at some point we have to decide that, rather than suffer anymore, we are going to live in happiness. And the only way we can do that is to make the decision to look for the things to appreciate, NO MATTER WHAT! (did you read that? Basically no matter how sad, angry or confused you may be, no matter how horrible the situation seems.....LOOK FOR THINGS TO APPRECIATE!) Why do you think I end my blogs with the things I am thankful for?
The rest of the teaching was....
As we begin to focus on the good and the brighter side of things, the law of attraction responds by sending back to us the exact photocopy of our new thoughts. And good things begin to appear. And then more good things, and then more......
So, if you find yourself 'stuck' in any situation it is because you are choosing to stay there. It doesn't matter if you are staying 'stuck' for reasons of what others will think, or the fear of what lies ahead for you.....whatever....you are still choosing to stay 'stuck'. You can come up with any excuse in the book to make staying in that situation easier...but it only lasts so long. It doesn't matter if it is your health, money, relationship, weight...it can all be changed if you choose to change it. Once again I will write it...it all starts with one positive thought. To me, that isn't that hard.
I just had a customer in here tell me how sweet I am and how much of an inspiration I am to her. I have been hearing this a lot lately and it makes me feel like I am helping so many people in need. This customer has been through very similar situations as myself so I passed on The Secret to her. Immediately I saw a change in her for the better. Each time she comes in, she is smiling, life isn't as bad as it used to be, and everything that is still negative in her life....she turns into a positive thing. Not many people can do that. She just shared with me today that it would have been her wedding anniversary today, instead she was getting divorce papers in the mail. Of course she feels that her ex did this on purpose. However, she turned it around and said, "It's all good and I AM ok." How awesome is that? Here is a woman that is now a single mom of two, doesn't like her job and is living with her parents. Still she is able to look ahead and know that she will be ok. She left with the smile on her face saying that she will be back because she loves coming here. Most of you know that I do not take compliments well. I am working on this. I do feel wonderful to be able to be an inspiration to people who will allow me to be.
What I am thankful for today:
my customers
people who inspire me
the Daily Teachings
positive thinking
Cheryl for taking Makenna to the park today
positive conversation
standing in the rain with Jenny
the new book Jenny let me borrow
the Grateful journal that Jenny bought me
a good night's rest last night
staying healthy
my store
music
laughter
a good night's rest tonight
Diane
Reading this makes me wonder why people who are not happy in certain situations just continue to stay there. The answer behind this: because they choose to. People choose to be in their awful stressful job. They also choose to stay in unhealthy relationships. Others just complain or find excuses to why they are either over or under weight. Some complain constantly about their lack of money or how they are always sick. Are they not getting the fact that the more they think negative things the more negative things they will bring into their life? I do not find this concept very hard to understand.
Look at every successful person out there, do you think they got where they are because all they did was think negatively? They may have at one time but they chose to turn their life around. Every person has a story, I have blogged about this before. Everyone has stress, everyone goes through times of being unhealthy, over or under weight, lack of self confidence, the feeling of being strapped with no money....EVERYONE. Ok, maybe not a 3 year old...LOL! Their time will come. In this economy I have heard more complaining than I ever had in my entire life. Guess what, it is normal. HOWEVER...you knew I was going to type that......
I have seen, met, talked too many people who have over come some awful circumstances in their life. Between divorce, cancer, losing jobs, losing a baby, losing a loved one, unknown illnesses, bankruptcy and so on. Most of you have experienced at least one of those things or more...including myself which has experienced most of them other than the cancer and unknown illnesses...thank God. I try very hard not to complain even when I am going through situations like those. It is impossible not to vent or complain at all. However, even through the tears, anger and all one is faced with, there is an end. We all need to focus on that. This brings me to yesterdays Daily Teaching:
To change our lives, at some point we have to decide that, rather than suffer anymore, we are going to live in happiness. And the only way we can do that is to make the decision to look for the things to appreciate, NO MATTER WHAT! (did you read that? Basically no matter how sad, angry or confused you may be, no matter how horrible the situation seems.....LOOK FOR THINGS TO APPRECIATE!) Why do you think I end my blogs with the things I am thankful for?
The rest of the teaching was....
As we begin to focus on the good and the brighter side of things, the law of attraction responds by sending back to us the exact photocopy of our new thoughts. And good things begin to appear. And then more good things, and then more......
So, if you find yourself 'stuck' in any situation it is because you are choosing to stay there. It doesn't matter if you are staying 'stuck' for reasons of what others will think, or the fear of what lies ahead for you.....whatever....you are still choosing to stay 'stuck'. You can come up with any excuse in the book to make staying in that situation easier...but it only lasts so long. It doesn't matter if it is your health, money, relationship, weight...it can all be changed if you choose to change it. Once again I will write it...it all starts with one positive thought. To me, that isn't that hard.
I just had a customer in here tell me how sweet I am and how much of an inspiration I am to her. I have been hearing this a lot lately and it makes me feel like I am helping so many people in need. This customer has been through very similar situations as myself so I passed on The Secret to her. Immediately I saw a change in her for the better. Each time she comes in, she is smiling, life isn't as bad as it used to be, and everything that is still negative in her life....she turns into a positive thing. Not many people can do that. She just shared with me today that it would have been her wedding anniversary today, instead she was getting divorce papers in the mail. Of course she feels that her ex did this on purpose. However, she turned it around and said, "It's all good and I AM ok." How awesome is that? Here is a woman that is now a single mom of two, doesn't like her job and is living with her parents. Still she is able to look ahead and know that she will be ok. She left with the smile on her face saying that she will be back because she loves coming here. Most of you know that I do not take compliments well. I am working on this. I do feel wonderful to be able to be an inspiration to people who will allow me to be.
What I am thankful for today:
my customers
people who inspire me
the Daily Teachings
positive thinking
Cheryl for taking Makenna to the park today
positive conversation
standing in the rain with Jenny
the new book Jenny let me borrow
the Grateful journal that Jenny bought me
a good night's rest last night
staying healthy
my store
music
laughter
a good night's rest tonight
Diane
Monday, April 20, 2009
Crazy week and weekend...
All week I have been pondering on what to write about. There has been so much negativity that I wish I could block my ears off too however, the positive has definitely over come the negative. Believe me, there were a lot of Goosfraba moments this past week and weekend.
The customer who recently delivered her baby way too early actually came in to the store yesterday for some change of atmosphere. She has been at the hospital for weeks now for hours at a time. It was nice to see her smile. However, when the class was over we were all in tears over the video she had brought in of her, her husband and their baby. You are thinking "what is so positive about this?" Right? Well, I stepped out of the circle of women to see a circle of women, some who didn't even know this customer. I saw tears going out to this family, and then hugs with best wishes. Of course I had a lump in my throat as well. How awesome is it that complete strangers can come together for a family they do not even know? I sat down and thought, this woman and her husband are going to be ok. No matter what the outcome of this situation, they have a lot of people praying for them. Then I thought, there is so much everyone can sit and complain about that is actually so petty. Honestly I am tired of hearing negative things. This is a huge negative situation but it is far from petty. If we could all sit back and really listen to what we are complaining about, we would see that it doesn't compare to a family who is losing a child, a family who lost their home in a fire, someone who was diagnosed with a terminal illness and so on.... That moment yesterday made me thankful for so many things and made me know that I have nothing to complain about.
Today, I was blessed with the chance to have lunch with a good friend from school. Holly and I were good friends in middle school who went separate ways because of different classes. However, we continued to take dancing lessons and were in the same class. Holly now is the owner of the Dance Conservatory in Hellertown. It was so nice to reminisce the good old days. We laughed about guys we liked in 6th grade to the point of "marrying" their picture..LOL! Honestly neither of us can remember who married who. What is funny is that the guys we once chose are not anything we would want now..LOL! There is a reason why the Universe doesn't allow to have the person we think we want....thank God! It was so nice to see her. As usual, she is beautiful, sweet, level headed and funny. It was like no time had past between us. I am hoping that we can find the time to get together more often.
In The Secret it says to reconnect with old friends. I am glad that I joined facebook and am able to do just that. I am however finding it very hard to stay positive all the time. Just recently I read in the Daily Teachings that when you are trying to make your life more positive you will have your ups and downs. Thankfully this stage doesn't last long. I cannot wait until it is over!
Today I am thankful for:
getting together with old friends
bonding moments between strangers
the power of prayer
people who do not complain
Diane for watching Makenna so that I could go out with Holly
Holly
Red Robin
the rain
a full class yesterday
Holly's amazing jewelry (hopefully will be in my store soon!)
dance
friends
life
The customer who recently delivered her baby way too early actually came in to the store yesterday for some change of atmosphere. She has been at the hospital for weeks now for hours at a time. It was nice to see her smile. However, when the class was over we were all in tears over the video she had brought in of her, her husband and their baby. You are thinking "what is so positive about this?" Right? Well, I stepped out of the circle of women to see a circle of women, some who didn't even know this customer. I saw tears going out to this family, and then hugs with best wishes. Of course I had a lump in my throat as well. How awesome is it that complete strangers can come together for a family they do not even know? I sat down and thought, this woman and her husband are going to be ok. No matter what the outcome of this situation, they have a lot of people praying for them. Then I thought, there is so much everyone can sit and complain about that is actually so petty. Honestly I am tired of hearing negative things. This is a huge negative situation but it is far from petty. If we could all sit back and really listen to what we are complaining about, we would see that it doesn't compare to a family who is losing a child, a family who lost their home in a fire, someone who was diagnosed with a terminal illness and so on.... That moment yesterday made me thankful for so many things and made me know that I have nothing to complain about.
Today, I was blessed with the chance to have lunch with a good friend from school. Holly and I were good friends in middle school who went separate ways because of different classes. However, we continued to take dancing lessons and were in the same class. Holly now is the owner of the Dance Conservatory in Hellertown. It was so nice to reminisce the good old days. We laughed about guys we liked in 6th grade to the point of "marrying" their picture..LOL! Honestly neither of us can remember who married who. What is funny is that the guys we once chose are not anything we would want now..LOL! There is a reason why the Universe doesn't allow to have the person we think we want....thank God! It was so nice to see her. As usual, she is beautiful, sweet, level headed and funny. It was like no time had past between us. I am hoping that we can find the time to get together more often.
In The Secret it says to reconnect with old friends. I am glad that I joined facebook and am able to do just that. I am however finding it very hard to stay positive all the time. Just recently I read in the Daily Teachings that when you are trying to make your life more positive you will have your ups and downs. Thankfully this stage doesn't last long. I cannot wait until it is over!
Today I am thankful for:
getting together with old friends
bonding moments between strangers
the power of prayer
people who do not complain
Diane for watching Makenna so that I could go out with Holly
Holly
Red Robin
the rain
a full class yesterday
Holly's amazing jewelry (hopefully will be in my store soon!)
dance
friends
life
Thursday, April 16, 2009
Field Trip, Organizing, Jewelry Party and More!
It has been a busy week. Makenna turned 3 on Monday...I am still in shock over how fast she is growing up. Yesterday was one of the only days that I had to spend away from her for the entire day. At first it didn't bother me since I was so active in the morning with a field trip with Gavin's class. It was a very good trip. We went to a one room school house where my father went to school. It was nice to learn about the school, the memories that past students had shared there and the history of it all. The teacher who was doing the presentation did a very cool visual for the children of what life was like back in 1933 for the students who attended the school. Of course the lights were turned off since back then there was no electric in the school house. The kids could not believe how much more difficult it was to see. The teacher demonstrated what a day would be like in the classroom from start to finish. It was so awesome to see how one teacher managed a classroom from grades 2nd through 8th. We also go to experience what indoor recess was like on a rainy day. The kids got to play two games from the past in which they loved! They also got to eat their "lunch" which was really their snack, at their desk. The kids got to ask the teacher a lot of questions. One was, "Were there snow days?" I knew the answer to this because of my parents always complaining of walking to school in the snow. Of course the teacher answered, "No." The only way they had a snow day was if they walked all the way to school and the teacher didn't show up. This meant that some children had to walk 2+ miles to get to school only to turn around and go back home....in the snow. I had to laugh since there will be days where I walk Gavin to school and he complains the entire way that his legs are tired...LOL! I am glad to know that all those times my parents used to complain about "walking to school, up hill (both ways, of course) in the snow and my mom had to where a skirt or dress...." were actually true statements. Here I thought all this time they were just trying to make our lives look so much more easier than theirs...how wrong was I? LOL!
As for the rest of my day, I got to eat lunch with Gavin then head to work. Work for me yesterday was all about purging the store. I cleaned out the classroom, got rid of things that I didn't need there and so on. Most of the day was spend with a headache due to lack of sleep and most likely the rain.....of course the noisy children on the bus had NOTHING to do with it. ( : I almost cried when I got on the bus and realized that I had to walk sideways through the isle. I distinctly remember being able to walk straight through that as a kid.
Right after work I was hosting a Premier Jewelry show. I host one every 6 months since I love the jewelry and Yvonne the consultant. She has been doing Direct sales for over 25 years. She is very good! I had 5 people at my show. I closed with a $400 show and $260 in free jewelry!! I also managed to get 3 shows booked off of mine! Like I said, Yvonne is very good!
When the show was coming to a close I realized that my heart felt very heavy. I knew that Makenna would not be awake when I got home. I was so sad that I had not gotten to see her all day. I did talk to her on the phone once for a few minutes but it is not the same. Then my husband called to tell me that she was asking for me before she fell asleep. Apparently she bumped her head really hard and wanted me to come home and kiss it. Talk about making me feel worse for not being there. I am so used to having her with me all the time that it is like a part of me is missing when she in not there. I know it is good to be away from each other since it will make us appreciate each other even more when we do spend time together. I am so thankful that I get as much time with her as I do and that our relationship is already very tight.
When the show was coming to a close I realized that my heart felt very heavy. I knew that Makenna would not be awake when I got home. I was so sad that I had not gotten to see her all day. I did talk to her on the phone once for a few minutes but it is not the same. Then my husband called to tell me that she was asking for me before she fell asleep. Apparently she bumped her head really hard and wanted me to come home and kiss it. Talk about making me feel worse for not being there. I am so used to having her with me all the time that it is like a part of me is missing when she in not there. I know it is good to be away from each other since it will make us appreciate each other even more when we do spend time together. I am so thankful that I get as much time with her as I do and that our relationship is already very tight.
What I am thankful for today:
being able to attend the field trip with Gavin
being able to eat lunch with him at school
learning about my dads old school house
meeting someone who knew my grandmother (dad's mom)
my now organized store
my mom for watching my store for me
my jewelry show and everyone who came
Yvonne
my FREE stuff!!
moments where I miss my kids
moments I get to be with them
the relationships I have with my kids
a day that is not so busy today
my classes tonight
the 10,000 step challenge tomorrow!!
being able to attend the field trip with Gavin
being able to eat lunch with him at school
learning about my dads old school house
meeting someone who knew my grandmother (dad's mom)
my now organized store
my mom for watching my store for me
my jewelry show and everyone who came
Yvonne
my FREE stuff!!
moments where I miss my kids
moments I get to be with them
the relationships I have with my kids
a day that is not so busy today
my classes tonight
the 10,000 step challenge tomorrow!!
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