SHE STOOD THERE LOOKING A HEAD AS THE BREEZE SEEMED TO PUSH ASIDE HER FEAR OF THE UNKNOWN IN THAT MOMENT. SHE TOOK A DEEP BREATH KNOWING TODAY WAS JUST THE BEGINNING OF SOMETHING AMAZING. SHE HAD LLIVED HER ENTIRE LIFE AFRAID TO STEP OUT AND LIVE LIFE TO IT'S FULLEST. NO LONGER. SHE THOUGHT! SHE COULD HEAR HER GRANDMOTHERS WORDS AS IF SHE WERE THERE: "DON'T LIVE YOUR ENTIRE LIFE ONLY TO LOOK BACK AND REGRET IT ALL" SO TODAY SHE WAS GOING TO LIVE HER LIFE ON PURPOSE.
THE MIND CAN GO IN A THOUSAND DIRECTIONS, BUT ON THIS BEAUTIFUL PATH, I WALK IN PEACE WITH EACH STEP, THE WIND BLOWS. WITH EACH STEP, A FLOWER BLOOMS.
I HAVE COME TO REALIZE THAT THOSE WHO FOLLOW THEIR OWN TRUE PATH AND PURPOSE DO FIVE THINGS: THE ARE ABLE TO READ CLUES THAT GUIDE THEM ON THEIR PATH THEY ARE VERY CLEAR ABOUT WHERE THEY ARE GOING THEY RECOGNIZE AND EMBRACE THERI NATURAL GIFTS THEY ARE WILLING TO SACRIFICE TO MAKE SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS THEY FOLLOW THEIR BLISS AS A RESULT THEY MEET PEOPLE ON THEIR PATH WHO HAVE BEEN PLACED THERE TO GUIDE THEM ALONG THEIR JOURNEY.
SOMEONE ONCE SAID: "IT ISN'T THAT LIFE IS TO SHORT, IT'S THAT WE WAIT TOO LONG TO START LIVING." START LIVING YOUR LIFE TODAY!
SEIZE THE MOMENT LIVE IN THIS INSTANT MOMENT NOT DWELLING ON THE PAST NOT DREAMING ABOUT THE FUTURE BUT BEING FULLY IN THE PRESENT
WORDS CAN HURT IF WE ALLOW THEM TO. HAVE YOU EVER NOTICED WHEN SOMEONE SAYS SOMETHING THAT IS COMPLETELY OFF BASE YOU DON'T REALLY REACT. WHEN FACED WITH VERY MEAN WORDS BY KIDS AT SCHOOL I ASKED MY DAUGHTER "IF THEY SAID YOU WERE PURPLE WOULD IT MAKE YOU PURPLE?" SHE LAUGHED AND SAID "NO" NEVER GIVE POWER TO WORDS THAT HARM YOU. KNOW THEY ONLY HAVE POWER IF YOU GIVE THEM POWER.
IN THE WONDER OF A NEW DAY OR THE BEAUTY OF A SUNSET, NATURE WHISPERS TO ME " THIS DAY, THIS MOMENT IS YOURS, USE IT WISELY. SPEND IT WITH THOSE YOU LOVE, DOING WHAT YOU LOVE."
LOVE IS PATIENT, LOVE IS KIND. IT DOES NOT ENVY, IT DOES NOT BOAST, IT IS NOT PROUD. IT IS NOT RUDE, IT IS NOT SELF-SEEKING, IT IS NOT EASILY ANGERED, IT KEEPS NO RECORD OF WRONGS. LOVE DOES NOT DELIGHT IN EVIL BUT REJOICES, ALWAYS TRUSTS, ALWAYS HOPES, ALWAYS PRESERVES. CORINTHIANS
I'VE FOUND THAT LUCK IS QUITE PREDICTABLE. IF YOU WANT MORE LUCK, TAKE MORE CHANCES. BE MORE ACTIVE SHOW UP MORE OFTEN.
OBEYING GOD SOMETIMES SEEMS LIKE THE HARDEST ROAD TO TAKE. BUT IN THE LONG RUN, IT IS THE ONLY LIFESTYLE THAT BRINGS REAL PEACE AND GENUINE JOY.
"THE FUNCTION OF PRAYER IS NOT TO INFLUENCE GOD, BUT RATHER TO CHANGE THE NATURE OF THE ONE WHO PRAYS."