Today was an eventful day, full of last minute learning and stress from a final exam that had me all in a fluster at 7 in the morning (coffee helps :) Sometimes, you feel like when you are under stress that you are learning all this information over again even though it was being taught all semester. When you feel as though you are up to your head in information, nothing else seems to matter and you can't seem to think about anything else.
After I took the exam though, I walked into my office and started talking with one of my girlfriend's about her new baby that she is expecting in September. This is her and her husband's first baby, and she is ecstatic! It's going to be a little girl named Emma. They are getting ready to paint her room (pink and green- adorable!) but they have come up with a lot of adversity from friends of the family. These friends don't believe that they should start on this big of a task yet or be this exctied about the baby yet, because so many things could go wrong yet and it would just be devastating after all they have worked towards.
Well I am so sorry, but honestly, why not? Why shouldn't she be excited about her very first baby girl?? Why shouldn't she be bursting at the seams trying to fix it up ahead of time for this sweet bundle of happiness?
If we live in fear all the time, what have we accomplished but being afraid. I understand having reservations because things do go wrong, but keeping your emotions hidden and not allowing yourself to get exctied is keeping you from enjoying the beautiful opportunity that is right in front of you. To live in fear is to be completely controlled by something that is surpressing what you can do in your life. Be excited, take risks that other people think you can't or shouldn't (within reason of course- I am not condoning anything reckless here ;) But just live. Have emotions and share them. Trust me- you will be surprised to find out who really wants to listen to them and who really cares. My challenge to you, find something silly that happened to you today, something that made you laugh, and tell someone about it. A close friend, a family member, maybe even someone you aren't that close to- just tell them. They will appreciate the time you have taken to talk with them.
The other side of that is to listen to them. Without bias, without judgement. If they want to tell you something, listen to them and don't try to make them feel bad about their feelings.
You never know who is going to need a listening ear....
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
Ooo.. Afternoon Delight
SO this is my first blog, but I have been a long time follower of many. I figured that it would be a start for me in trying to discover a new side to myself and possibly what I can become through just letting some of my crazy, awesome life out there.
Some background on the name of my blog can be found in the kind of person that I am. I am the kind of person that you cock your head to the side, take on a smirk and go "Where does she get that from and how does she keep it up?" I LOVE people and everything about their amazing characters with all their differences and flaws! They intrigue me and make me wonder how they were taught when they were young, how they will grow when they are an adolescent and what they will accomplish and hold dear to them when they are old.
People constantly surprise you and those are the best kind of surprises. My surprise is that I love to give! If you are around me for 10 minutes (maybe that's too much time), you will find that I am constantly looking to give. And dont think I mean money-it doesn't grow on tree people! :) I mean my time, my service, my love, my exuberance, my life, my help, and my faith. That's right, I said it. My faith. Maybe it is through my faith, that I have discovered this much about myself. Whenever something goes wrong in life, I am usually the first person to jump on the band wagon to fix it. To see a smile, to hear a laugh, and most of all to see people branch out and see the world in a new way. A refreshed way. I want it to blow their minds!
I'm quirky, and I love to find my joy wherever I can. Where is your joy? When was the last time you thought about finding it?
That's why this will be a hodge podge. There is no specific theme, or plan to this. I am not trying to make a point, or preach. I will be here to help you find your joy in wherever that will be and whatever way that is.
I am a generous person and this will be my gift to you! Enjoy and breathe deeply~ I smell a new horizon on the way!
Some background on the name of my blog can be found in the kind of person that I am. I am the kind of person that you cock your head to the side, take on a smirk and go "Where does she get that from and how does she keep it up?" I LOVE people and everything about their amazing characters with all their differences and flaws! They intrigue me and make me wonder how they were taught when they were young, how they will grow when they are an adolescent and what they will accomplish and hold dear to them when they are old.
People constantly surprise you and those are the best kind of surprises. My surprise is that I love to give! If you are around me for 10 minutes (maybe that's too much time), you will find that I am constantly looking to give. And dont think I mean money-it doesn't grow on tree people! :) I mean my time, my service, my love, my exuberance, my life, my help, and my faith. That's right, I said it. My faith. Maybe it is through my faith, that I have discovered this much about myself. Whenever something goes wrong in life, I am usually the first person to jump on the band wagon to fix it. To see a smile, to hear a laugh, and most of all to see people branch out and see the world in a new way. A refreshed way. I want it to blow their minds!
I'm quirky, and I love to find my joy wherever I can. Where is your joy? When was the last time you thought about finding it?
That's why this will be a hodge podge. There is no specific theme, or plan to this. I am not trying to make a point, or preach. I will be here to help you find your joy in wherever that will be and whatever way that is.
I am a generous person and this will be my gift to you! Enjoy and breathe deeply~ I smell a new horizon on the way!
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