11/15/12 Living and Living

Today I am thankful to be alive. Once in a while i have the right mind to think about this existence and how lucky I am to participate in it.

11/14/12 Fun and Ty

Even if life is dealing you the SHITTIEST hands, shit within shit, a shitception, it is so so so good to have some fun. It may even help you think of the shit pile in a different way. Let go of your anger and have fun!

Ty-

Thank you for suggesting and making an US night happen. Totally what I needed (and i didn't even have to tell you which means the world to me). I love you, sis.

11/13/12 Caring a Regina

To care about someone is to put their feelings in the forefront of your mind. By doing so, you're able to show love.

Regina-

thank you for letting me be a part of your struggle. i actually appreciate your honesty, dignify your struggle and want to help. i'll be here always as a sober friend.

11/12/12 Love and Kaleigh

Sometimes love isn't enough. Never forget to talk to yourself in your love languagae to remember you're worthy of your own love.

Kae-

Thank you for being there for me. I love you soooo much! You are one amazing person and friend. And you're probably really good at all the other titles you identify with.

Me

11/11/12 Disagreeing and Soliders

I was indoctrinated to believe that you must gives thanks to the brave men and women who fight for our country. Thank you to all those men that did not voluntarily serve in Vietnam and prior. Thank you, service-folk since Vietnam for being brave and fighting for what you believe in.

11/10/12 Patience and Nora

Patience is most certainly a skill that must be practiced. When I have been impatient, I find it incredibly healthy to relive the situation and redo my actions, how i wished i had handled things. Redo's are important to me.

<3
Nora Lee- thank you for being a wonderful auntie and friend to the girls. I know you love them so much and it means the world to me.

11/9/12 A Good View and the Hollons

If you have the sense of sight, it can help remind you how wonderful it is to be alive. When I am down, I like to find a pretty view and think. Life goes on within you and without you.

Hollons-

Thank you for continuing to invite me into your lives. I understand it may be painful to see me, and relive some of the hard times you've been through. I am grateful you love me and want to see me.

11/8/2012 Breaking up and Leticia

Breaking up is hard to do. But sometimes it's the best. For me personally, there is a point where I am more frustrated with a friend than any benefit they bring to my life, I have to divorce them.  I find myself frustrated with someone else's actions, especially when their actions are not healthy nor promoting growth or health, I have to distance myself from them. 

Tish-

thank you for being my friend. thank you for making time for me and being honest and genuine and helping me learn life lessons in a healthy and dynamic way!

<3 you!

11/7/12 Set Goals and Brain

I find when I am not centered, I need to write down my goals: emotional; physical; mental goals. Often I find that I didn't realize a core value not being met until I have taken the time to define my own goals and reflect on the commonalities within the goals.

dear brain

thank you for the wonderful dreams. thank you for existing. thank you for being able to overcome obstacles.

love, your PFC

11/6/12 Be forgiven and Mooreheads

To be forgiven you have to accept that you are forgiven.

Thank you, Mooreheads, for an excellent party an your forgiveness over a year ago!

11/5/12 forgive yourself and sav

You have to (truly, wholly, with most difficulty) forgive yourself in order to get over an unresolved issue.

Sav-

Dude you always make me feel like I can do anything. How lucky is the world to have you?

Me

11/4/12 selfless and the girls

Try to love others as you love yourself- you absolutely deserve the same.

my dearest darling lovely girls-

thank you for being the most precious and important things that could ever come to be. you make me want to be a better person and when you smile it makes everything okay. my mom used to make me feel that way; her positivity  helped me remember things are going to be okay. now you do. when mommy is having a bad day all i want to do is hold you and take a warm nap. when you fall asleep i watch you and admire how beautiful you are until I am so comfortable I drift off to sleep. you are magical people and my luck is beyond conceivable! that i get to be your momma. 

i love you with every cell in my body and every mitochondria of those cells do too, 

mommy

11/3/12 positive thinking and matt

If you're in a human relationship, sometimes you will be annoyed with a situation or your partner, and you're going to feel something like resentment or discontentment with your partner. Sometimes the resolution is lengthy or difficult and cannot be achieved in an immediate sense. If you are in a "rut" as I like to call it, I would like to suggest that you take 1-5 minutes of your day and just think positive thoughts about your life. Simple or complex, any positive thoughts on your life. Then take an equal amount of time to think of positive thoughts about your partner.

Matt-

Thank you for being my husband. You are a strong and brilliant man and your focus and determination is amazing. I hope for you that you find what you need to be truly content. 

Wifey

11/2/12 shut up and julie

When you want someone to share their thoughts with you, shut up. Shut your outward and inward selves up. Be aware of your breath like you're meditating. Listen to the person you've engaged. If what they are saying makes your mind wander, catch up with your breathing. Listen and feel yourself breath until you are centered in listening again. When you figure out how to be less distracted in intense environments you have achieved a little piece of enlightenment. 

Shutting up is a powerful tool when you're an extrovert. 

julie- thank you for bringing me feel better remedies when i was sick. 

11/1/12- vulnerable and krissy

Being vulnerable is critical to your important relationships. Being vulnerable is honest and raw: you can find a person's values in the context of what they choose to share with you if they are doing so with vulnerability.

Being vulnerable can lead to pain but it can also lead to love.

november goals

i am going to post here everyday in november. no joke. i am going to think of a "truth" every day and post it alongside a thank you. also, on a personal note i am going to do a short gratitude meditation every day this month.

cheers