Describe one simple thing you do that brings joy to your life.
I love simple things. You heard the phrase stop and smell the flowers. One of the simple things I do that bring me great joy is being able to watch a sunrise or sunset. Last night driving home from dinner the sky was amazing it had the greatest colors the clouds were dark but underneath it there was pinks and oranges blended into some purple. It was magnificent and of course driving I couldn’t just stop and take a photo.
There is something so simple at getting up early in the morning. The birds are out singing and the baby rabbits are playing out in the sun. The world seems to stand still. The clouds are out and the colors seem to blend into them with such unique colors. It brings me so much joy to my life. ❤️
Never in my wildest dreams did I ever imagine I would participate in a 30 day push up and plank challenge. If you had asked me at the beginning of the year, I would have looked at you like really!!!! The company I work for had a push up and plank challenge that I decided I wanted to be part of. A lot of my team mates were participating and you could do a modified version. It was at your own pace and you could video it as well and post it on the company website. Ok this is all out of my element. I was told that you can improve by 1% a day. Ok I can do that. I also had a pulled muscle from coughing a while back that seemed to never go away.
The first day you had to do your push ups and planks with no tech on so no patches. I managed to do 5 pushups on the wall and could do a 30 sec plank. The next way we could wear our Victory and Boost patch and then had to wear them for the remainder of the challenge. The Victory patch helps with enhanced athletic performance. It helps with more balance, more, stability, more mobility , enhanced stamina and more agility. So many athletes are using it to enhance their performance.
This is the other patch I used it’s called the boost patch. It gives you steady energy all day long. I’ve never used energy drinks at all but this amazing patch keeps you going all day long. All the patches in this company are 100% drug free and work through touch on your skin with the ridges in each patch. It’s 30 years ahead of it’s time. I wrote another blog about them that you can check out.
My second day I did 10 pushups and a one minute plank. I doubled what I did from the first day with no tech. 💪 Each day I did 1% more and by the end of the challenge I was able to do 33 push ups and a 2:50 minute plank. What I loved about it was I watched all the people who participated and put up videos. It was really inspiring. Families did it with their children, people for creative and did it in different ways but everyone who did it was able to participate.
I’m so proud of myself for not giving up even when it was hard and there were days I didn’t want to do it. I realized that there’s nothing I can’t do. I feel so much better about myself and it boosted my confidence. In fact my physio has me continue doing them. I smile everytime I think of what I did. So now I’m doing 1% better each day in my life. That way your going to be successful.
How do you know when it’s time to unplug? What do you do to make it happen?
Unplugging is hard for me. I use the Internet to promote my business and do vendor events. Those weeks it’s very busy as you have to participate as well as promote. Every Sunday for over a year now I unplug on Sundays. I will check my emails in the mornings. At first it was hard and now I love it.
I find other things to do that day. I need to completely unplug for more than one day. I think I will try to do more days maybe now the summer is coming. I will let you know.
Wow I’ve had many jobs , my first one was I worked at McDonald’s. I was so shy as a teenager and went there to learn how to be more outgoing. Well to work there you can’t be shy. It was so hard for me at the beginning but I learned to speak up and we used to run competitions during lunch and dinner rushes. I made many friends and it helped me make money for college.
I has a babysitting job and then went into Early Childhood Education. From there I worked in an infant/toddler daycare. It taught me a lot of skills and I had a chance to go to Ottawa and go back to school. I got my diploma there. That was amazing. I loved the daycares I did my practicums in. One of them was a head start program. Wow that was eye opening but my professor told me that the time the children come , make it the best time for them. I taught them how to play with toys and it became a place that helped shaped me into who I am today.
I came back from Ottawa and worked in a preschool in a rough area of town and I worked with teens mom’s. I worked at the University daycare and loved it there. Then I worked a one on one for a boy who had a brain injury. That was an amazing job I got to learn so many skills that has helped me in the job I have today.
Lastly I work in the school district as an Early Childhood Educator working in Kindergarten and Grade 1. It’s challenging but I love it and the skills I’ve learned from all those jobs and my life experience, they have helped me be the best educator that I am today. ❤️
I read my Bible and pray everyday. The Faith I have is not religious. In fact I don’t like religious people they think they know it all and they often are very narrow minded. The Lord I know loves everyone. I think of Jesus in the synagogue eating with everyone. That is the Lord that I follow.
I read recently that when you can’t sleep at night to get up and get down on your knees and pray to the Lord for peace. I love that because when I can’t sleep I tend to stay in bed and pray from there. ” I’ve discovered the best thing I can do when I can’t seem to let go of thinking about a particular problem, conversation, or criticism, is to get out of bed, get down on my knees, and cry out to God: “Please help me through this. Help me focus on You alone.”
There is something very powerful about getting down on your knees and praying to the Lord. I was just thinking you need to have good knees to do this. I think about all the good things the Lord has done for me in my life, the provisions and his protection. Thinking about the Lord brings me much peace especially when I have a worry about something.
I feel much peace when I lay in bed and think about my favorite place in the world. It’s my home away from home. I imagine walking all around the ranch and can stop at each place in my mind and think of how this place makes me feel. I’m at complete peace as soon as I get into the road the ranch is on. Stepping out of the car into the dusty parking lot. I can see it all. I love walking in my mind around the ranch. It makes me smile as I remember each part. My favorite place is called https://crystalpeaksyouthranch.org/about/our-four-pillars/
Another thing that I get amazing peace from are bald eagles. When I see them I feel surreal peace in my heart and know that everything is going to be all right. God sends them just at the right time. I love that so much.
Friend, no matter where you are at any given time, Jesus is the source of your contentment. See the Lord walking with you in peace. Sense His presence. Become aware of His awesome power and authority over your life. When by faith you enter into a personal relationship with Christ, living with the assurance of His presence and provision in your life, I promise you will experience true peace. It’s nothing like you ever could imagine.
” The Lord himself goes before you and will be with you; He will never leave you or forsake you. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged.” Deuteronomy 31:8
“Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, make your requests known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.”. Philippians 4:6-7
” I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid.”. John 14:27
There are so many amazing verses in the Bible about peace. Next time your feeling anxiety, fear or having a tough time. Reach out to the Lord and tell him what is bothering you and think about a place that brings you much peace. The ranch I feel JESUS all around it that’s why I feel surreal peace there. ✝️
I’m really missing my dad and wish that I could sit and chat with him one more time. I miss our chats, our laughs, being able to have coffee with him and people watch. He and I could chat about everything. He often gave me the best advice as to what I was supposed to do with issues. I miss that a lot.
We used to walk on the beach right near this house. My dad loved to pick up rocks and give them to me. He loved watching the people, especially the children in the beach. He knew every inch of that beach. 🐚🪸
Oh how I wish we could walk and talk one more time. In heaven we will be able to do that everyday. I love and miss you very much. ❤️
Yesterday I was triggered at school out of the blue feelings that I’ve not had in a very long time appeared. Yesterday was icecream day at school. You could order icecream and then enjoy it with your class. The children whose families did not purchase icecream for popsicles so every child had something. Everyone was eating their treats and I had nothing . I just chatted with the kids as they were all so happy. My teacher had ordered something and then she asked me oh did you not get anything.
All of a sudden I could feel tears emerging and it brought me back to when I was a young kid when my family got things and I didn’t get anything. Or when I was at school and the children for things and I didn’t and I was left out. I moved away from my teachers view and just chatted with the kids. Later another teacher came up and did give me a popsicle.
I went home and was thinking about what had happened and tears came again and I realized that this obviously was a hurt in my life that needed to be recognized. It’s amazing that even after all those years things like that can still bother me. I was kind to myself and reminded myself that I wasn’t in that place anymore but still validated how I was feeling.
Now I know how kids feel when they get left out for some reason. That hurt is real. ❤️
I have a snow globe collection which I’ve been collecting for many years now. They are part of a snowman collection that I have with different figurines. All the snow globes they play music.
I also have a collection of Dvd’s of different shows I love.
I have a collection of magnets from all the States I’ve been too which is a lot. I’ve been to 29 states.
I’ve broken the tip of my ring finger on my right hand 3 times. The first time I broke it I was in Ottawa coming back from school. I stepped on a piece of ice and fell and landed on my finger as I fell.
The second time I broke the tip was at a dog training class and my golden retriever saw someone she knew she was super excited and ran over to her. My finger was wrapped in the dog leash and we so hard a snap and it broke again.
The third time the tip broke again my fingers were in the dog leash and it broke again. Apparently the surgeon I went to see said that the biggest thing they see in broken fingers is dog leashes. Now it’s super crooked because I never got surgery on any of the breaks but it is painful.
I also broke my toe when I first got married and there was a chair outside the bathroom and one night I banded my toe on it. I heard a crack.
Beauty from Ashes. 