Aubrey Elaine has arrived

Let me introduce to you my pur newest grandbaby Aubrey Elaine. Her picutr is to your right. I had the honor of being with my daughter and her husband and through labor and delivery . What a miracle. I was able to hold her just minutes after she arrived on earth. I am blessed among all Nana's...

Every Passing Day

Every passing minute is another chance to turn it all around." ~~From the movie "Vanilla Sky"

Sometimes we just need to be reminded!

$20.00


Sometimes we just need to be reminded!



A well-known speaker started off his seminar by




holding up a $20.00 bill. In the room of 200, he asked,




"Who would like this $20 bill?"




Hands started going up.




He said, "I am going to give this $20 to one of you




but first, let me do this.




He proceeded to crumple up the $20 dollar bill.




He then asked, "Who still wants it?"




Still the hands were up in the air.




Well, he replied, "What if I do this?"




And he dropped it on the ground




and started to grind it into the floor with his shoe.




He picked it up, now crumpled and dirty.




"Now, who still wants it?"




Still the hands went into the air.




My friends, we have all learned a very valuable lesson.




No matter what I did to the money, you still wanted it




because it did not decrease in value.




It was still worth $20.




Many times in our lives,




we are dropped, crumpled, and ground into the dirt




by the decisions we make and




the circumstances that come our way.




We feel as though we are worthless.




But no matter what has happened or




what will happen, you will never lose your value.




Dirty or clean, crumpled or finely creased,




you are still priceless to those who DO LOVE you.




The worth of our lives comes not in what we do or who we know,




but by WHO WE ARE.




You are special- Don't EVER forget it."

Where were you when.....

Susan Summerville

I will never forget where I was on 9/11. I was driving to the bookstore I owned when the radio announced an airplane had hit the tower (the first one) and how the rest of the events of that day consumed me along with an entire nation. I remember cryi...ng. I remember feeling like everything was surreal. I remember watching the day unfold on the television in terror. I will never forget where I was on 9/11.

Where were you when you found out. Post and tell us.

Good Intentions!

Five birds are sitting on a telephone wire. Two decide to fly south. How many are left? Most people would say three. Actually, all five are left. You see, deciding to fly isn’t the same as doing it.

If a bird really wants to go somewhere, it’s got to point itself in the right direction, jump off the wire, flap its wings, and keep flapping until it gets there.

So it is with most things. Good intentions aren't enough. It’s not what we want, say, or think that makes things happen; it’s what we do.

I frequently think of writing thank-you, birthday, and congratulatory notes. Unfortunately, only a sad few of these good sentiments ever make it to paper. Still, if I don’t look too closely, I can delude myself into thinking that based on my good thoughts I’m a gracious and grateful person. A truer and less admirable picture of my character is drawn by my actions.

In the end, we either do or don’t do. We either make the time to do the things we want to and should do or we make excuses. As Alfred Adler said, “Life happens at the level of events, not of words. Trust movement.”

What do you want to do? Do you want to take a course, change your job, lose weight, make new friends, or spend more time with and appreciate more the ones you have?

What’s stopping you from jumping off the wire and flapping your wings?

By Michael Josephson

Monday Monday

Men are anxious to improve their circumstances but are unwilling to improve themselves. They therefore remain bound.– James Allen, essayist (1864-1912)

When I told you I would post again on Monday I bet you thought I meant last Monday! I did. I have had many challenges this past week, including health and was unable to post. I am sorry I left you hanging.

When I last left you I asked you to be thinking about what you feel strongly about and what you are willing to stand up for. This is all a part of really getting to know ourselves. Many of us have never asked ourselves this question.

When I asked myself this question, I came up with many answers. Here are a few of them.

The Value of Human Life (all life)
Human Rights (including the rights of children)
My Faith
Freedom for each person.......freedom of expression, opinion, religion etc.

What about you? What are you willing to stand up for? Please share with us.

Start Thinking About....and winner of the giveaway!

Start thinking about what your convictions are. What do you believe in or believe so strongly that you are willing to stand up for? This is one of the questions we will be asking on Monday when we look a little deeper into ourselves.

The winner of the journal this week is Nicole. Please email me at smsummerville@hotmail.com your address and I will send it off to you next week.

I am out of town and will be home by Monday so the picture of the new giveaway will go up then. All you need to do to be entered into the drawing on Friday, May 1st is to post a comment between now and Thursday the 30th.

PLEASE make sure you are writing your answers in a notebook or journal. It is very important to write these answers down as we will be referring back to them later in this series.

HAVE A WONDERFUL WEEKEND!

Peace,
Susan