Category Archives: Inspirational

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Family, Favorites, Inspirational, Names, Travel

Twenty One Things To Be Thankful For On The Twentyfirst, In No Particular Order

  1. Emerald green corn taller than me, growing outside my front door
  2. Sunshine
  3. Perfect puffy clouds on a bright blue day
  4. The pool at my apartment complex
  5. The new novel I’m working on which is a lot of fun and a great challenge
  6. My laptop
  7. Sprint’s truly Unlimited Data plan
  8. My family and friends who mean more than I could ever say
  9. The Amazon gift card sitting next to me this moment
  10. Books to read
  11. Libraries to get those books for free
  12. Book stores to take those books home and keep
  13. Meaningful work
  14. Everyone who supports Wendy’s Butterfly Garden at the Quad City Botanical Center
  15. Oranges
  16. Hawaii
  17. Beaches
  18. Enough money to pay bills
  19. Caramel covered anything
  20. God’s mercies poured upon me
  21. My twenty one year old son who is the Best Kid Ever (Except for Jesus)
Events, Family, Inspirational, Nature, Sycamore, Travel, Work, Writing

Things I Wasn’t Sure I Could Do But I Did

  • The portage to Sunbeam Lake
  • Losing 40 pounds
  • Assembling my TV cabinet
  • Asking a guy on a date
  • Eating rice with chop sticks (which I am still not good at)
  • Writing a novel
  • Completing a triathlon (although actually I was pretty confident in that one)
  • Moving away from my son
  • Taking on a new job with people I didn’t know
Triathlon
Triathlon

 

Favorites, Inspirational, Quotes, Social Media, Words

Favorite Quotes From Pinterest

  1. Feelings are much like waves.  We can’t stop them from coming, but we can choose which one to surf.
  2. “I still find each day too short for all the thoughts I want to think, all the walks I want to take, all the books I want to read, and all the friends I want to see.”  John Burrough
  3. “I have decided to be happy because it is good for my health.”  Voltaire
  4. There is a difference between giving up and knowing when you have had enough.
  5. You don’t have to attend every argument you are invited to.
  6. If your dreams don’t scare you they’re not big enough.
  7. “You are never too old to set a new goal or dream a new dream.”  CS Lewis
  8. Be strong when you are weak, brave when you are scared, and humble when you are victorious.
  9. There are many things in life that will catch your eye, but only a few will catch your heart.  Pursue those.
  10. “Be silly.  Be honest.  Be kind.”  Ralph Waldo Emerson
  11. Being powerful is like being a lady.  If you have to tell people you are, you aren’t.
  12. Have less.  Do more.  Be more.
  13. “There is no passion to be found in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living.”  Nelson Mandela
  14. Character is how you treat those who can do nothing for you.
  15. “When you stop doing things for fun, you might as well be dead.”  Hemingway
  16. Work like a Captain.  Play like a Pirate.
  17. In order to lead a fascinating life– one brimming with art, music, intrigue and romance– you must surround yourself with precisely those things.
  18. Strong is what happens when you run out of weak.