We Are Family

To get what you want,
STOP doing what isn’t working

Dennis Weaver

Have to keep this in mind as I go to work. I’m so glad that it’s finally the end of the working week! Happy Friday!!!!

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Dying yourself ensures growth in
others. This is true of great mothers,
effective executives, winning professionals,
and successful employess. As we grow
in humility, those around us open up to
change, and we grow as well

Ron Jenson

So true but so hard to do. I hope this serves as a reminder today. Good morning!!!!

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Don’t give up when you still have something to give.
Nothing is really over until you stop trying

-Unknown

I’m going back to work today. May these words be my guiding light to shield me with all the frustrations and negativity. 

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It’s Monday once again folks and I want to remeber some positive words so that I can take whatever life throws me this week.

This is the precept by which I have lived: 

Prepare for the worst; expect the best; and take what comes.

Robert E. Speer

I’m still on leave today.  Good thing that the little boy is still asleep and I can still write something about

term insurance. It’s included in my assignments. Then Debbie and I will buy stocks for our nappy cakes. We received two orders this July. We’re so excited.

I hope we all have a great week ahead of us.

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Running makes us lose weight—a plus for our hearts. Not only does it burn up fats, it also curbs hunger. Low blood sugar is a stimulus to hunger, but exercise releases fats into the bloodstream for energy, so the blood-sugar level does not drop appreciably.

Interestingly, a study with pigs confirmed this. Forty-five jogged on treadmills, another group loafed. Food was kept before both groups. The sedentary pigs ate more than the joggers, and at the end of the test the runners weighed 20 pounds less than those that loafed.

Cool huh?!

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Just think about the difference it makes in our family when:

INSTEAD OF MAKING WITHDRAWALS BY
Speaking disrespectfully, putting people down or acting in rude and discourteous ways
WE MAKE DEPOSITS BY
Being kind

INSTEAD OF MAKING WITHDRAWALS BY
Never saying “I’m Sorry”
WE MAKE DEPOSITS BY
Apologizing

INSTEAD OF MAKING WITHDRAWALS BY
Criticizing, complaining, and talking about others in negative ways when they are not around
WE MAKE DEPOSITS BY
Being loyal to those not present

INSTEAD OF MAKING WITHDRAWALS BY
Never making commitments to anyone, or making commitments but rarely following through.
WE MAKE DEPOSITS BY
Making and keeping promises.

INSTEAD OF MAKING WITHDRAWALS BY
Being quick to take offense, holding grudges, throwing people’s past mistakes up to them and nurturing grievances.
WE MAKE DEPOSITS BY
Forgiving

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I love this poem because it reminds me as a parent that children learn by example. That thinking and actions of children are shaped by what parents think and do. It’s good to reflect on it and watch what we say and do.

If a child lives with criticisms, he learns to condemn.
If a child lives with security, he learns to have faith in himself.

If a child lives with hostility, he learns to fight.
If a child lives with acceptance, he learns love.

If a child lives with fear, he learns to be apprehensive
If a child lives with recognition, he learns to have a goal.

If a child lives with pity, he learns to be sorry for himself.
If a child lives with approval, he learns to like himself.

If a child lives with jealousy, he learns to feel guilty.
If a child lives with friendliness, he learns that the world is a nice place in which to live.

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It’s the job that’s never started that takes longest to finish

-Tolkien

Such words of wisdom that I should keep in mind.  Instead of being overwhelmed with work that it paralyzes me into action I should start working on it.  No more procastinating.  No more fear.  I gots lots of work to do.

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Thanks for this tag Amore. This is a great way of counting our blessings.

I am thankful

1. For the love and support that GOD showers upon me. When I’m at my lowest point he is there to uplift my spirits. He sustains he during the most challenging parts and I am thankful that he hears my prayers.

2. For the unwavering patience that M0rn1ng shows me through the years. For supporting my plans and thoughts, for helping me out in our household chores and simply being there when I need someone to talk too.

3. For the wonderful sisters I have. They’ve been another pillar of support. I don’t know what to do without them. Though they look up to me as their ate and always been the one who makes the big decisions for them, I am also dependent on this two. Thank you for sticking up with me through thick and thin.

4. For the little boy who gives me joy, strength and inspiration in every thing I do each day. You are the reason why I strive to be a better mommy, a better wife, and a better individual.

5. For the companionship of friends I have both online and offline.

I feel so blessed. :)  I’m tagging Eds, Vannie, Kelly and Jody.

In order to be able to achieve and maintain happiness we need to, actively, be able to do two things: Complain and then let go (Dump the baggage, the roadblocks to happiness.) Express Gratitude (The open expression of gratitude promotes happiness.) After all everyone has something to be grateful for and/or something to complain about. If you would like to share, please follow the appropriate link and do so: “Are You Grateful?”, “Complain Complain Complain.”

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I’ve read this very nice passage and it’s so good not to pass along….

A good marriage and a good family require service and sacrifice. But when you truly love another and share a transcendent sense of purpose in creating the “we”-such as rasing a child-then sacrifice is nothing more than giving up something small for something big. True fulfillment comes from sacrifice. It is this very shift from “me” to “we” that makes family, FAMILY!

Oh so true.

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Commitment to marriage does not mean that marriage mates will never disagree with each other. When a conflict occurs, there should be an earnest desire to resolve the matter not only because of an obligatory vow but because of an emotional bond. Regarding husband and wife, Jesus said: “They are no longer two, but one flesh.”

What does it mean to be “one flesh” with your mate? The Bible says that “husbands ought to be loving their wives as their own bodies.” (Ephesians 5:28, 29) In part, then, being “one flesh” means that we feel as concerned with the welfare of our mate as we are with our own. Married people need to shift their thinking from “mine” to “ours,” from “me” to “we.” One counselor wrote: “Both partners must stop being single at heart, and come to be married at heart.”

Are we and our spouses “married at heart”? It is possible to be together for many years and yet not be “one flesh” in that sense. Yes, that can happen, but the book Giving Time a Chance says: “Marriage means sharing a life, and the more two people share, the more there is to grow on.”

Some unhappy couples stay together for the sake of their children or for financial security. Others endure because they have strong moral objections to divorce or because they fear what others will think if they break up. While it is commendable that these marriages endure, remember that our goal should be to have a loving relationship, not simply a lasting one.

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Parable of the pig and the cow…

The pig was unpopular while the cow was beloved. This puzzled the pig…

PIG: people speak warmly of your gentle nature and your sorrowful eyes. They think you are generous because each day you give them milk and cream, but what about me? I give everything I have. I give them bacon, ham, etc. I give my all.

The cow replied, it’s not really what you give when you’re dead. It’s about what you give while you’re still alive

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Take time to pause and reflect on the two greatest love shown to mankind; that of the FATHER and his Son.

“For God loved the world so much that he gave his only-begotten Son, in order that everyone exercising faith in him might not be destroyed but have everlasting life. – John 3:16

“This is my commandment, that YOU love one another just as I have loved YOU. No one has love greater than this, that someone should surrender his soul in behalf of his friends” - John 15: 12-13

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