Some days I feel like the Dream Stealer is working overtime to knock me off my path. My Inner Peace has been challenged many times since returning from my vacation. But I remain steadfast(: firm in belief, determination, or adherence) in keeping my Inner Peace.
With each challenge I am learning more and more to take each situation and try to learn from it and become better. The time of allowing circumstances or negative interactions to bother me are getting less and less. I am choosing to reflect on those situations and learn from them and to not let my emotions rule me.
I have finally learned about myself that when I let my negative emotions rule that everything stops in my life. I am not able to move forward with my dreams and goals. The choices I make reflect those negative emotions.
I made some poor choices this weekend. My first reaction is to "kick myself".
I made better choices today.
For about four hours today, I helped my cousin put in new insulation in her attic. We crawled on our belly's on pieces of plywood and the 2x6 beams. We sweat. We were huffing and puffing. It was quite the workout! Kind of like doing planks and elbow crawls. We both ended up with bruises on our knees, hips, elbows and some on the ribs. We bumped our heads on the attic ceiling beams too many times to count. Our whole bodies are sore. Then I went to a late lunch with a friend and had a grilled chicken sandwich(but I did have some ice cream for dessert) Within 3 hours I was starving! So after showering the insulation dust I had a big protein shake and then went out to the garage and did my workout for the day. I had to get out there before my body "said" no. I am so glad I did, even after working so hard in the attic. I felt great! (even with the poor choices from the weekend) I did more reps with heavier weights and more sets(compared to the last time I did this workout). My body feels completely worked, from head to toe.
I am blessed! During lunch today with my friend, I was sharing with her how blessed I am to have such a blessing in some very special friendships that have grown over the past year. I remember as a young person feeling like I never had any friends or only a very few. Now I am finding I am blessed by some truly wonderful people in my life. I want to always be very thankful and grateful for these gifts in my life. These gifts are what have helped to carry me through some very tough trials over this past year. It is my hope to give back to those who have lovingly given to me.
With each challenge I am learning more and more to take each situation and try to learn from it and become better. The time of allowing circumstances or negative interactions to bother me are getting less and less. I am choosing to reflect on those situations and learn from them and to not let my emotions rule me.
I have finally learned about myself that when I let my negative emotions rule that everything stops in my life. I am not able to move forward with my dreams and goals. The choices I make reflect those negative emotions.
I made some poor choices this weekend. My first reaction is to "kick myself".
I made better choices today.
For about four hours today, I helped my cousin put in new insulation in her attic. We crawled on our belly's on pieces of plywood and the 2x6 beams. We sweat. We were huffing and puffing. It was quite the workout! Kind of like doing planks and elbow crawls. We both ended up with bruises on our knees, hips, elbows and some on the ribs. We bumped our heads on the attic ceiling beams too many times to count. Our whole bodies are sore. Then I went to a late lunch with a friend and had a grilled chicken sandwich(but I did have some ice cream for dessert) Within 3 hours I was starving! So after showering the insulation dust I had a big protein shake and then went out to the garage and did my workout for the day. I had to get out there before my body "said" no. I am so glad I did, even after working so hard in the attic. I felt great! (even with the poor choices from the weekend) I did more reps with heavier weights and more sets(compared to the last time I did this workout). My body feels completely worked, from head to toe.
I am blessed! During lunch today with my friend, I was sharing with her how blessed I am to have such a blessing in some very special friendships that have grown over the past year. I remember as a young person feeling like I never had any friends or only a very few. Now I am finding I am blessed by some truly wonderful people in my life. I want to always be very thankful and grateful for these gifts in my life. These gifts are what have helped to carry me through some very tough trials over this past year. It is my hope to give back to those who have lovingly given to me.
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