Always take the time to play with animals and babies/children, and as well lend an ear to the elderly. You are helping the circle of life in regards to your fellow humans. Always think to yourself, "I would want someone to be kind to my child or my grandmother".
As far as animals go you never know what they have been through in their lives so a little kindness to them might mean the world.
Often all three of these groups get overlooked.
Take the time.
Create a smile. :o)
Wednesday, May 23, 2012
Tuesday, May 22, 2012
Ted Talk
Don't let what someone said to you one time, long ago in your life shut down your creativity for your whole life! ♥
A Note From The Universe:
To clarify, Lisa, the primary roles of LOVE are not to heal, fix, or mend. Not to soothe, cure, or ease. Not even to refresh, rejuvenate, or restore. Hardly.
The primary roles of LOVE, Lisa, are to "Yahoo!" "Yeehaa!" and "Whoohooo!"
Get your love on,
The Universe
You were born to love, Lisa, no matter the cost, no matter what someone else said, and no matter how the past once played out.
If you would like to receive your own Notes from The Universe you can by clicking HERE!
The primary roles of LOVE, Lisa, are to "Yahoo!" "Yeehaa!" and "Whoohooo!"
Get your love on,
The Universe
You were born to love, Lisa, no matter the cost, no matter what someone else said, and no matter how the past once played out.
If you would like to receive your own Notes from The Universe you can by clicking HERE!
Friday, May 18, 2012
Important Message - Email from my Aunt.
Too many people put off something that brings them joy just because they haven't thought about it, don't have it on their schedule, didn't know it was coming or are too rigid to depart from their routine.
I got to thinking one day about all those people on the Titanic who passed up dessert at dinner that fateful night in an effort to cut back.. From then on, I've tried to be a little more flexible.
How many women out there will eat at home because their husband didn't suggest going out to dinner until after something had been thawed? Does the word 'refrigeration' mean nothing to you?
How often have your kids dropped in to talk and sat in silence while you watched 'Jeopardy' on television?
I cannot count the times I called my sister and said , 'How about going to lunch in a half hour?' She would gas up and stammer, 'I can't. I have clothes on the line. My hair is dirty. I wish I had known yesterday, I had a late breakfast, It looks like rain' And my personal favorite: 'It's Monday.' She died a few years ago. We never did have lunch together.
Because Americans cram so much into their lives, we tend to schedule our headaches.. We live on a sparse diet of promises we make to ourselves when all the conditions are perfect!
We'll go back and visit the grandparents when we get Steve toilet-trained. We'll entertain when we replace the living-room carpet. We'll go on a second honeymoon when we get two more kids out of college.
Life has a way of accelerating as we get older. The days get shorter, and the list of promises to ourselves gets longer. One morning, we awaken, and all we have to show for our lives is a litany of 'I'm going to,' 'I plan on,' and 'Someday, when things are settled down a bit.'
When anyone calls my 'seize the moment' friend, she is open to adventure and available for trips. She keeps an open mind on new ideas. Her enthusiasm for life is contagious. You talk with her for five minutes, and you're ready to trade your bad feet for a pair of Roller blades and skip an elevator for a bungee cord.
My lips have not touched ice cream in 10 years. I love ice cream.. It's just that I might as well apply it directly to my stomach with a spatula and eliminate the digestive process. The other day, I stopped the car and bought a triple-Decker. If my car had hit an iceberg on the way home, I would have died happy.
Now...go on and have a nice day. Do something you WANT to...not something on your SHOULD DO list. If you were going to die soon and had only one phone call you could make, who would you call and what would you say? And why are you waiting?
Make sure you read this to the end; you will understand why I sent this to you.
Have you ever watched kids playing on a merry go round or listened to the rain lapping on the ground? Ever followed a butterfly's erratic flight or gazed at the sun into the fading night? Do you run through each day on the fly? When you ask 'How are you?' Do you hear the reply?
When the day is done, do you lie in your bed with the next hundred chores running through your head? Ever told your child, 'We'll do it tomorrow.' And in your haste, not see his sorrow? Ever lost touch? Let a good friendship die? Just call to say 'Hi'?
When you worry and hurry through your day, it is like an unopened gift....Thrown away.... Life is not a race. Take it slower. Hear the music before the song is over.
Show your friends how much you care. Send this to everyone you consider a FRIEND including me if you consider me a friend. If it comes back to you, then you'll know you have a circle of friends. To those I have sent this to... I cherish our friendship and appreciate all you do. We have some history together.
'Life may not be the party we hoped for... but while we are here we might as well dance!
I got to thinking one day about all those people on the Titanic who passed up dessert at dinner that fateful night in an effort to cut back.. From then on, I've tried to be a little more flexible.
How many women out there will eat at home because their husband didn't suggest going out to dinner until after something had been thawed? Does the word 'refrigeration' mean nothing to you?
How often have your kids dropped in to talk and sat in silence while you watched 'Jeopardy' on television?
I cannot count the times I called my sister and said , 'How about going to lunch in a half hour?' She would gas up and stammer, 'I can't. I have clothes on the line. My hair is dirty. I wish I had known yesterday, I had a late breakfast, It looks like rain' And my personal favorite: 'It's Monday.' She died a few years ago. We never did have lunch together.
Because Americans cram so much into their lives, we tend to schedule our headaches.. We live on a sparse diet of promises we make to ourselves when all the conditions are perfect!
We'll go back and visit the grandparents when we get Steve toilet-trained. We'll entertain when we replace the living-room carpet. We'll go on a second honeymoon when we get two more kids out of college.
Life has a way of accelerating as we get older. The days get shorter, and the list of promises to ourselves gets longer. One morning, we awaken, and all we have to show for our lives is a litany of 'I'm going to,' 'I plan on,' and 'Someday, when things are settled down a bit.'
When anyone calls my 'seize the moment' friend, she is open to adventure and available for trips. She keeps an open mind on new ideas. Her enthusiasm for life is contagious. You talk with her for five minutes, and you're ready to trade your bad feet for a pair of Roller blades and skip an elevator for a bungee cord.
My lips have not touched ice cream in 10 years. I love ice cream.. It's just that I might as well apply it directly to my stomach with a spatula and eliminate the digestive process. The other day, I stopped the car and bought a triple-Decker. If my car had hit an iceberg on the way home, I would have died happy.
Now...go on and have a nice day. Do something you WANT to...not something on your SHOULD DO list. If you were going to die soon and had only one phone call you could make, who would you call and what would you say? And why are you waiting?
Make sure you read this to the end; you will understand why I sent this to you.
Have you ever watched kids playing on a merry go round or listened to the rain lapping on the ground? Ever followed a butterfly's erratic flight or gazed at the sun into the fading night? Do you run through each day on the fly? When you ask 'How are you?' Do you hear the reply?
When the day is done, do you lie in your bed with the next hundred chores running through your head? Ever told your child, 'We'll do it tomorrow.' And in your haste, not see his sorrow? Ever lost touch? Let a good friendship die? Just call to say 'Hi'?
When you worry and hurry through your day, it is like an unopened gift....Thrown away.... Life is not a race. Take it slower. Hear the music before the song is over.
Show your friends how much you care. Send this to everyone you consider a FRIEND including me if you consider me a friend. If it comes back to you, then you'll know you have a circle of friends. To those I have sent this to... I cherish our friendship and appreciate all you do. We have some history together.
'Life may not be the party we hoped for... but while we are here we might as well dance!
Wednesday, April 25, 2012
Dog Philosophy
(Found somewhere on the great and vast internet)
If you live by these dog rules, you will be a happier person! There's a lot we humans can learn from dogs. If you live your life by the same philosophy that dogs do, you will be much better off in life. In the wild, animals fight only for two things, not a fancy car, not clothes or jewelry, they just fight for food or a mate, everything else they get after that is just pure happiness.
1. See life with joy and wonder.
2. Experience the beauty of nature and smell as much as you can.
3. Open your heart to the ones you love.
4. Sometimes you are allowed to break a few rules, go for it.
5. Be loyal, you will keep friends for life.
6. Cravings are good, enjoy them while you can.
7. Make sure you do something fun everyday.
8. Enjoy good foods, savor them like if it was your last meal.
9. Be yourself and you will always have true friends
10. Be persistent and bark until you get what you want.
11. If someone is having a bad day, snuggle the worries away.
12. Enjoy the love of your pack.
13. Delight in the simple joys of a long walk on the beach.
14. Allow people to love you.
15. Less barking, more tail wagging.
16. Celebrate if you feel like it.
17. Get inspired by the simplest things in life.
18. Everything is possible, all you need is love.
If you live by these dog rules, you will be a happier person! There's a lot we humans can learn from dogs. If you live your life by the same philosophy that dogs do, you will be much better off in life. In the wild, animals fight only for two things, not a fancy car, not clothes or jewelry, they just fight for food or a mate, everything else they get after that is just pure happiness.
1. See life with joy and wonder.
2. Experience the beauty of nature and smell as much as you can.
3. Open your heart to the ones you love.
4. Sometimes you are allowed to break a few rules, go for it.
5. Be loyal, you will keep friends for life.
6. Cravings are good, enjoy them while you can.
7. Make sure you do something fun everyday.
8. Enjoy good foods, savor them like if it was your last meal.
9. Be yourself and you will always have true friends
10. Be persistent and bark until you get what you want.
11. If someone is having a bad day, snuggle the worries away.
12. Enjoy the love of your pack.
13. Delight in the simple joys of a long walk on the beach.
14. Allow people to love you.
15. Less barking, more tail wagging.
16. Celebrate if you feel like it.
17. Get inspired by the simplest things in life.
18. Everything is possible, all you need is love.
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
A Beautiful Moment.
I found myself lost for a few moments this morning in the beauty of the sunlight coming through the leaves of the trees and hitting the tile floor that belongs in the 70's.
It was absolutely beautiful and reminded me of the swirling of the gases in the universe, dust being carried on the wind, and the movement of water.
So fluid and lovely.
It was absolutely beautiful and reminded me of the swirling of the gases in the universe, dust being carried on the wind, and the movement of water.
So fluid and lovely.
Friday, February 24, 2012
30 Day Challenge - February - No Facebook
I am nearing the end of my February 30 Day Challenge. No Facebook for the entire month. I have done remarkably well I'd say! I haven't even been tempted to cheat!
Even though it feels like the Universe decided to throw in extra temptation on me daily. Everyday around two-thirty or three o'clock in the afternoon my phone tries to sync up with Facebook, because I had it attached to my contacts. So about that time every day I go to see what time it is, or see if I have any messages, and there it is... mocking me... the Facebook login screen. Everyday I clear it, and say "NO! I will succeed in my challenge this month!"
I would have to say that I have brokenmy addiction. I do not have the constant problem of my mind wandering to what everyone else has got going on, and I am able to focus more on what I am doing or what I need to get done.
I had my friend handle my Palate Adventurers group, and while doing so she mentioned to me that everything was gone. It threw me for a minute, but after I thought about it it made sense. I started pretty much every line of conversation in that Facebook group, and without me it all just disapears. I would have made more announcements about my decision to take a Facebook hiatus, but I thought it through and I knew that they would just go away with me when I deactivated my account.
A few people got in contact with me to make sure I am alright (Thanks Friends!), and I hope that when I come back all questions will be answered. If I had a piece of advice to give about doing this it would be to start making announcements in advance about your departure just to save yourself some issues.
For my next 30 Day Challenge for March I will be working on my career for at least thiry minutes to one hour a day everyday. It can be anything ranging from the path I need to take, articles/blogs on the subject, or scholarship programs. I have a feeling by the end of March I will be much more prepared to take the path I am currently on!
Where did I get this idea? Well two places really...
1. The original post came from here 30 Challenges For 30 Days
2. And the idea to do one every month for all of 2012 came from here 12 Tips To Make 2012 Your Breakthrough Year
(These are actually two of my three new favorite websites/blogs!)
Even though it feels like the Universe decided to throw in extra temptation on me daily. Everyday around two-thirty or three o'clock in the afternoon my phone tries to sync up with Facebook, because I had it attached to my contacts. So about that time every day I go to see what time it is, or see if I have any messages, and there it is... mocking me... the Facebook login screen. Everyday I clear it, and say "NO! I will succeed in my challenge this month!"
I would have to say that I have broken
I had my friend handle my Palate Adventurers group, and while doing so she mentioned to me that everything was gone. It threw me for a minute, but after I thought about it it made sense. I started pretty much every line of conversation in that Facebook group, and without me it all just disapears. I would have made more announcements about my decision to take a Facebook hiatus, but I thought it through and I knew that they would just go away with me when I deactivated my account.
A few people got in contact with me to make sure I am alright (Thanks Friends!), and I hope that when I come back all questions will be answered. If I had a piece of advice to give about doing this it would be to start making announcements in advance about your departure just to save yourself some issues.
For my next 30 Day Challenge for March I will be working on my career for at least thiry minutes to one hour a day everyday. It can be anything ranging from the path I need to take, articles/blogs on the subject, or scholarship programs. I have a feeling by the end of March I will be much more prepared to take the path I am currently on!
Where did I get this idea? Well two places really...
1. The original post came from here 30 Challenges For 30 Days
2. And the idea to do one every month for all of 2012 came from here 12 Tips To Make 2012 Your Breakthrough Year
(These are actually two of my three new favorite websites/blogs!)
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