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Live Life & Love It!
Broken Tibia, Over Extended Shoulder & A Sprained Wrist
It was my birthday trip and my husband and I headed north to Boone, NC because there was snow storm bearing down like a freight train and I didn't want to miss it because my favorite thing is ...SNOW!
We were snowed in for two days and I had a brilliant idea that we should go skiing ...so we did
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What do all these things have to do with quality of life?
They are attention-getters!
We finally pulled into a beautiful little town covered in snow and it looked like a scene out of a Thomas Kinkade painting and immediately I felt like a kid again and I start jumping up and down in the seat looking for stinkin' reindeer!
You know that saying ...GO BIG OR GO HOME?
I went BIG as I did three cartwheels down the mountain with my ski's still on my feet!
As I'm being skied down to an emergency vehicle, with everyone pointing ...I wanted to yell "what are you looking at, your ski jacket doesn't even match your pants!" and OMG one lady I wanted to yell "they don't make ski clothes your size" and I know this, BECAUSE she was bent over AND I couldn't tell where the snow capped mountain stopped and her bootie started. Oh so white ...to much daylight for me.
Next thing I know I'm in surgery with a broken tibia. For the next eight weeks I learned a few things that I wanted to share with my friends,
1. I learned of a pain medication called "dilaudid" and how it makes you feel like Wonder Woman. (that was a lie)
2. I learned that if you push that button long enough someone will show up and give you enough med's to shut you up. (that was not a good day)
3. I learned that after tibia surgery there's a reason you should stay more than three days (that one backfired on me too)
4. Lastly, I learned that my hopes of an Olympic Medal for downhill skiing are probably over. ( I may re-think that, I don't give up easily.)
How has this changed my quality of life?
I know how to stop and breathe.
I am living life at a slower pace, which before now was foreign to me.
I am happier, more thankful and more patient.
I now enjoy living in the moment.
Just when you think you can't be humbled anymore, trust me ...you can.
OMG! I think I'm growing up! (But I don't want to grow up!!!)
Living Life and Loving It!
1. Possessing my power and taking action to determine my destiny.
2. Seeking my purpose and making sure it is larger than I.
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* Destiny without purpose is empty.
I could be a billionaire and that might represent my destiny, but I contend; that unless I have "selfless" purpose motivating me, I am living an empty existence.
3. Making sure that my destiny and my purpose align.
*Purpose without a defined plan can leave you frustrated and defeated.
*Purpose involves reaching out to improve or help someone or something larger than yourself.
*Your purpose determines your legacy.
*Your destiny is the end result of what you have strived for. Good or Bad.
*Destiny + Purpose is a a life giving source of power because it is built around selflessness. When we understand that we were put here to serve others first, our legacy lives on forever!
Living Life and Loving It!
Your 25 and you get that promotion you have worked so hard for after only a year but it felt like 5 years. You feel Empowered!
Your 30 and your first child is 6 months old. this is the first day you have managed to shower, dress yourself and get dinner on the table since baby was born. You feel Empowered!
Your 40 and ready to start your own business. And your disappointed when you realize the world wasn't sitting and waiting on your new business. You showing up everyday giving it all you have and one day you get to the office and discover that you have 8 orders all in the same day.
Your 50 ready to run your first 5k. You sign up and pay the entrance fee. The race is in 30 days and then you remember you need to loose 25lbs. So you get your priorities in order loose 5 lbs. in 30 days. OK I confess, this was me. That first 5 lbs made me feel Empowered!
Your 55 and you just realized that today is the first day in five years you did not have hot flashes. Thats's some serious empowerment right there!
Empower is a verb and it means that we feel "approved" or "authorized." Whether it's making a stand on something you feel strongly about or taking a day off in the middle of the week, the next time you do something that allows you to feel empowered, try to stop and allow yourself to feel the healing that is taking place in your soul, mind, and spirit. And no I don't believe you can overuse the word empower.
" Destiny Without Purpose Is Empty " - Lauren Veach
No... I'm talking about money, wealth, status or things. As nice as they are they do not have the same effect on me anymore.
With a little age comes wisdom.
I took the week off to spend with my son, his wife and my 3 grandchildren.
I cleaned, cooked, baked and prepared because I wanted everything to be perfect. And when my family arrived, it wasn't long before the glass panes in my double french doors had little handprints all over them. Toys were scattered all over the house along with crayons and pictures they had created for me and it was then that I realized... that I have lived my entire life waiting for this moment!
The years have flown by since my three children were youngsters, As I look into the rearview mirror, it seemed that life was moving so quickly, that I was unable to stop and celebrate their tiny fingerprints, crayons & toys scattered about.
Now as a grandmommie, I celebrate the beautiful chaos and... I take the time to cherish every single moment.
My grandchildren have been gone for several days now and it's the tiny fingerprints that make my life wonderful. I'm not sure if I will ever clean my glass doors again!
No Windex For Me Please!
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