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Words to Ponder
Dear Friends,
Here it is my 50th birthday. Oh what a day! As I was starting my
morning in a warm tub of water these lessons started coming to me.
There is something about inspiration and water when it comes to my
writing. These are lessons that I have learned in my 50 years of
living and the last seven years of Finally Loving Myself. These are
not in any order. They are as random as my sidetracked thoughts. I
hope you enjoy them as much as I have writing them down.
1. It is OK to be sidetracked because sometimes the path you take
brings you out into the most wonderful places.
2. Getting dressed in the morning is easier when my clothes are
waiting for me. I don't have to make any decisions to put them on.
3. My dentist loves me when I floss my teeth. With my before bed
routine post-it note I rarely forget it.
4. Drinking plenty of water every day makes my face and skin look and
feel great.
5. Beautiful music filling my home and car keeps away the bad news.
6. There are no good days or bad days; just days that are better than
the day before.
7. I don't have to try to remember everything; that is what my
calendar is for!
8. Alarms don't forget either; that is if you set them!
9. If I sweep, swiffer or mop my floors every day; they never seem to
be that dirty.
10. Dusting is so easy with a feather duster in my hand.
11. Sink shining is an obsession that changed my life.
12. 15 minutes is an amazing amount of time. I can do anything for 15
minutes and then I get to stop!
13. Weighing every morning helps me to see where I am and celebrate.
It is just a number; not a reason to beat myself up.
14. Being in a hurry doesn't get you there any faster.
15. Smiling is contagious to everything around you.
16. Walking into our bedroom and seeing a made bed makes me smile.
17. Birds at our bird feeders make me happy.
18. A little swish and a swipe every morning; blesses my bathroom for
me and anyone who comes for a visit.
19. Feeding myself every few hours like we feed a baby keeps me from
getting too hungry and fires up my metabolism.
20. Our home is not a landfill. Getting rid of clutter saved my life!
21. Our home is not a museum either. Tossing out the bad memories
saved my sanity.
22. Lace up shoes empower me!
23. Shiny sinks encourage me!
24. Cleared coffee tables inspire me.
25. Flowers growing in our gardens are like God smiling down on me.
26. Routines make keeping house seem automatic.
27. Attitude is everything! If you think you can; you will!
28. Hate is like the poison pill you take to kill the other person. It
only hurts you!
29. Martyr attitudes are just self-pity expressed to hurt the people
you love.
30. Laundry really does only take 5 minutes when you don't let it pile
up and stay stuck in the washer and dryer.
31. Forgiveness is freeing to your soul.
32. Listening to waterfalls is calming.
33. Front porch rocking chairs are essential any time of the year.
34. Telephones can suck the life right out of you if you will let them.
35. Bowling keeps you humble and also allows you to rid yourself of
the frustrations that build up. There is nothing like knocking down a
few pins.
36. Meditation sheds God's light on your life.
37. Learning to break big tasks into babysteps gave me a new lease on
life because I was no longer feeling overwhelmed.
38. I don't have to arrange flowers in a vase perfectly to love them
and have them bless me.
39. Routines are not straight jackets they are the framework that
helps us to be creative without the guilt.
40. You don't have to cook to lose weight; you just have to make good
choices for your body when you eat out.
41. Fiber in my diet keeps things moving!
42. Taking care of me keeps me feeling healthy, wealthy and wise.
43. I can't help someone who is not willing to help themselves.
44. My closet is not allowed to talk mean to me. I purge clothes that
are too big and too little. I only have clothes in my closet that make
me feel like a million bucks. When I feel pretty everything falls into
place.
45. It takes all types of people to make the world go round. Without
the Born Organized people helping to take care of you; I would not be
able to be FlyLady.
46. It's OK to finally grow up at age 43. Establishing routines helps
you to mature and find out what it is you are supposed to be when you
do grow up!
47. Most everything is small stuff; so what doesn't matter; just
doesn't matter.
48. Laughing every day is good for me; even if I have to laugh at myself.
49. Love like there is no tomorrow, because one day there will not be
a tomorrow.
50. Finally Loving myself is the best gift I have ever given myself
and the world. This is the cup that over flows and keeps on giving. In
order to receive love you have to give it and it starts with you. It
is time to FLY!
Heres to the next 50 years.
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1/20/06 8:07 AM
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