Monday, August 30, 2010

check the attitude


Step by step it is all about our attitude. Some are the most positive, some the dreary of dreary negative, some in between but it is all up to us. I have really been thinking quite a bit lately and it has come to me that there are those that can rain on any parade no matter what. You know the attitude. Maybe it comes from being related to "GRUMPY" from the Snow white and the seven dwarfs, or Eore from Winnie the Pooh. Okay so those are fictitious characters but you get the point.
Who can make a difference? YOU and ME with the right ATTITUDE! Yes our attitude determines every thing. Which is the outcome we desire? The pain of CHANGE of the pain of REGRET? With deep thought and a wake up call, I know which I desire. WAKE UP!!!! Do a check up for the neck up! OKAY, Maybe a Heart stress test from the bowels of who we are inwardly. There are so many outcomes that lie in our paths because of OUR ATTITUDE.

So I ask, as Art Williams once said, "Are you a Dud or are you a STUD?" He has a wonderful attitude, a heart check up with the LORD and is a wonderful Leader! When you run into an ongoing pessimistic, negative attitude of a person - LEAVE. If it is YOU - CHANGE YOUR ATTITUDE. The Lord gave a wonderful example in so many ways through his Son, Jesus Christ. Many can not stand Him, because it requires change of life for the here and now, only to create the BEST IN YOU to really be one that attracts light and POSITIVE change.

You CAN DO IT! Everybody wants to BE somebody! EVERYBODY! Somebody to LOVE! Somebody to LEAD! Somebody to Change! Somebody to LISTEN! Somebody to CARE! Somebody to REACH the LOST! Somebody to CURE! Somebody to invent the REAL CURE FOR CANCER - Without being GREEDY of the MONEY! Somebody to RESCUE the weary! Somebody to be a GREAT MAMA or DADDY! Somebody to Touch the UNTOUCHABLES! Somebody to ENCOURAGE! Somebody to SACRIFICE! Somebody to SERVE!
It's all attainable!
ATTITUDE.
Positive.
Negative.
Where is MINE, Where is YOURS?
Attractive?
Repelling?
hummmmmmmmm.


So take the attitude check and "Be a Stud!" It's all up to you. Go do it!

Friday, August 27, 2010

communication via a call

It's so sweet to hear and discover that her "Daddy" has been calling her. He has contacted her more than I realized. :-) Yes He also misses his little girl. When we left last week before he joined us on the weekend he had called her each day. He also called her the morning he was going to "see her." Since our return home he has called her quite a bit. ;-) The conversations, sweet (and will be left private) and catching up.Me? I've desired to call her yet give her some room to just get acclimated to the environment and the studies and the social life, which I know is NOT hard for her whatsoever. Now maybe it's time for me to call her and not just "write" her via technology. Here is to a phone call and communicating. Not texting. ;-)

Daddy's little girl is getting to hear his voice and I believe it warms them both!

When we think of someone; we need to pick up the phone and call them.
It is good for both.

Thursday, August 26, 2010

One week

She has been gone one week today! Can it be possible? Where did the last eighteen and one half years go? When did those wee little fists stretch to reach out and be transformed for new adventures outside of our foundational four walls? Is she missed? YES. Is our home 'different'? Yes. Are there any regrets? NO. Seeing her new world, meeting her roommate and her roomies family, literal relatives from AZ and the sweet relationships missed, it all made a world of comfort and assured it is all okay! She is just going to LOVE it here (her new home), okay THERE.
The room was set up in roughly 35 minutes. A MAZING!!! The finished product? "PRESSSSHHHH!" The families who helped us get the furniture there AND set up was so appreciated. The set up process was wonderful! Reconnecting with our AZ family - SWEET as well those we miss seeing around Mo Town and from Kent and my past! One week that brought many years into prospective - deep breath in, exhale peeeeacccce, JOY, awwwhhhhhhh.

Am I excited? YES (can't you tell by all the exclamation marks? Tee Hee ROFLOL). Oh my heart aches to talk with her and "hear all about her first week and its adventures", to hear her come in at night, lock the doors, turn out the lights, open our bedroom door and say, "Mommy, Daddy, I'm home!" :: knowing we all are "in and safe". She is safe. She is enjoying her new life. She is capable to survive and lead with her God Blessed given abilities. We release her back to HIM knowing we tried our best to give her the training necessary for "such a time as this" to fly. Also to see the nest here at home :: it is flying with confidence in the midst of one weeks change that is not so weak. ;-) One week. Many lives = One LIFE. ONE UNITY - THE LORD REIGNS and BLESSES ABUNDANTLY. One week warms the heart to the deepest of reflection and exhilarating liberty of true tranquility. The soft tear gently escapes finally while penning this reflection. Thank You Lord for many ONE WEEK events through my midst, a vapor called, MY LIFE.
One who thought, "I will be weak probably" realized differently the heavenly blessings of this season. I AM BLESSED and it showed in ONE WEEK!

30 Days

I have been laid a challenge which I am going to do! Will it be unnatural? I don't believe so. Will it be a challenge? Yes . . . anything for a consistent thirty days consecutively is CHALLENGING. Will it have results? Yes when totally implemented. Will it change me? Most definitely.
It begins NOW. I'll live these next 30 Days like I was just given only thirty more days to live LIFE.
Bring on the challenge and let's see what the results bring about! ;-D

"Giddy Up!"