Being Me: Week 49

"When you learn, teach, when you get, give." ~Maya Angelou 

Being Me: Week 49 Be the reason someone smiles today

December theme: Unexpected kindness is the most powerful, least costly, & most underrated agent of hope

We all know it's better to give than receive, and since losing Ryan I have learned first hand how powerful giving can be. Like the many lessons we master through each season of our lives, loss and heartache are our most powerful teachers. And with time, as you grow through grief there is a lingering light that guides you back to the place that saves you, that giving place.

So when you're feeling down, try doing something for someone else. An act that has no strings attached, no reaction to their response, whether good or bad. Just allow the act itself to fill you up.

• compliment to a stranger
• purchase coffee for the person behind you in line
• put coins in a parking meter
• write a handwritten thank you
• tip 100% for good service
• bring coffee to share at work

There are so many ways you can make someone smile, and that small act will fill you up too.

 Themes for each month to journal, create or contemplate on your journey

• January - The best time for new beginnings is now

1. Morning routine
2. Mission statement
3. Create your YES list
4. Goals, baby steps, tiny promises
5. Putting it in motion

• February - Before anything else, find yourself, be yourself and love yourself

1. Take care of your body
2. Meditation and solitude
3. Food choices and ideas for change
4. What makes you happy

• March - All you need is tea and warm socks

1. Enjoy the simple things
2. Letting go of thoughts and things
3. Both hands
4. Mindfulness (social media and smart phones)
5. Setting intentions

• April - Water your roots so your soul can blossom

1. Water and other things we need to grow
2. Time to blossom
3. The 3 R's
4. Forgiveness

• May -  The difference between a flower and a weed is judgment

1. Stop judging yourself and others (why we judge)
2. The grass isn't always greener
3. Love is the absence of judgement
4. Stop judging yourself if you don't want to be judged

• June - Believe you can and your halfway there

1. Believe in yourself
2. Believe in others
3. What thoughts have distorted our beliefs
4. Invest in yourself

• July - Bold stripes, bright stars, brave hearts

1. Integrity
2. Taking risks
3. Abundance
4. Let your light shine

• August - We are who we choose to be

1. Who do you think you are

• September - Sometimes we can learn and study & know, and sometimes we have to believe, trust and hope

1. What do you know to be true of you
2. Books that create thought
3. What holds you back
4. Trust yourself
5. Hope means your ready to see the good in tomorrow

• October - We can't become what we want by remaining what we are

1. Do the work if you want change
2. A mind stretched can never go back
3. Healthier is not just what your eating, but what you think and say
4. In the end we only regret the chance we did not take

• November - Small seeds of gratitude will provide a harvest of hope

1. Count your rainbows not your thunderstorms
2. What consumes your mind controls your life
3. Be grateful when things are going your way. Be graceful when they are not
4. Interrupt anxiety with gratitude

• December - Unexpected kindness is the most powerful, least costly, and most underrated agent of hope

1. Be the reason someone smiles today

 Mission Statement:  I will improve my overall health and wellness, use kindness and inspiration with a vision that creates  a community of giving and in doing so achieve my purpose in this life.   

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