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"In history as in human life, regret does not bring back a lost moment and a thousand years will not recover something lost in a single hour." 
For over 25 years I have shared stories of Ryan. Stories of heartbreak and sadness, sweet moments and memories and the treasure of pictures where I reminisce in the joy of his smile. But the one story I have never told, the one that has been locked down...

Gratitude turns what we have into enough 
Being Me Week 47: Be grateful when things are going your way. Be graceful when they are not
November theme: Small seeds of gratitude will provide a harvest of hope
Gratitude is not about just being grateful for things when they are going your way, but also and probably more importantly, to see the good when things are not going as you had hoped.
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"You don't have to control your thoughts. You just have to stop letting them control you." 
Being Me:  Week 46 What consumes your mind, controls your life
November theme: Small seeds of gratitude will provide a harvest of hope
I always regret the time I wasted worrying over something in the future, the way my mind plans how things will unfold, causing a worry I cannot control. A few words...

Gratitude helps us see what is there instead of what isn't 
Being Me: Week 45 (Count your rainbows not your thunderstorms)
November theme: Small seeds of gratitude will provide a harvest of hope
Why is it so hard for most of us to view our lives with the glass half full instead of half empty? Is it our past circumstances that dictate our future thoughts, or are we prone to being negative positive...

 
"I'd rather regret the risks that didn't work out than the chances I didn't take at all." ~ Simone Biles 
Being Me:  Week 44 - In the end we only regret the chance we did not take
October theme: We can't become what we want by remaining what we are
 There will always be things in life we regret. Chances we did not take, time we did not spend. But the biggest lesson of regret is the insight...

Your body hears everything your mind says 
Being Me: Week 43 - Healthier is not just what your eating, but also what you think and say
October theme: We can't become what we want by remaining what we are
A negative mind does not only change our attitude, it also affects our mind. According to research, negative attitudes and feelings of helplessness and hopelessness can create chronic stress,...

If you do not experience anything, it's impossible to gain knowledge. ~Chinese proverb 
Being Me: Week 42 - A mind that is stretched by new experience can never go back to its old dimensions
October theme: We can't become what we want by remaining what we are
We become who we are from our experiences. Whether good or bad, something we plan, or something that happens to us, experience shapes...

"Your life does not get better by chance, it gets better by change." 
Being Me: Week 41- Do the work (if you want change)
October theme:  We can't become what we want by remaining what we are
There are less than 90 days left in the year as we count down to 2020. Another year of goals and lists, intentions and promises and another year of seeking change. But until you make the commitment to change...

"Once you choose hope anything's possible." ~Christopher Reeve 
Being Me:  Week 40 - Hope means you're ready to see the good in tomorrow 
September Theme: Sometimes we can learn and study & know, and sometimes we have to believe, trust and hope
We all need hope...
Hope is the power to believe anything is possibleThe thing that keeps you going when your mind and body want to give up Hope...

"As soon as you trust yourself you will know how to live" 
Being Me: Week 39 - Trust yourself
September theme: Sometimes we can learn and study and know, and sometimes we have to believe, trust and hope
Sometimes trusting our thoughts and decisions can be difficult, especially when it goes against the norm. And while wisdom comes with age, the first step to trusting ourselves is to be ourselves,...