The title of my blog is "Fabulous You". (Obviously). One thing that made me want this title is to bring some encouragement to someone else. Yeah, my life is not always the way it should be, but in reality, who's is? Just knowing that what I put on here is in my life, someone may be looking at it and thinking, hey, I've been there too. I guess I just wanted to put this here to let others know that they are not alone.
I am a big "Air 1" fan. You should listen. In Fayetteville/Spring Lake, NC the radio station is 89.3. If you are not in this area, and have access to a computer (BTW if you're reading this, you have no excuse) go to the link at the top and listen online. There are lyrics and all sorts of fun stuff. Its positive and encouraging air1.
Just some more ideas of how to help make life a little easier. Some are helpful. Others may not be as much help. You can look, or you don't have to. Its all you.
1. Pray
2. Go to bed on time.
3. Get up on time so you can start the day unrushed.
4. Say No to projects that won't fit into your time schedule, or that will compromise your mental health.
5. Allow extra time to do things and to get to places.
6. Pace yourself. Spread out big changes and difficult projects over time; don't lump the hard things all together.
7. Take one day at a time.
8. Separate worries from concerns. If a situation is a concern, find out what God would have you do and let go of the anxiety. If you can't do anything about a situation, forget it.
9. Live within your budget; don't use credit cards for ordinary purchases.
10. K.M.S. (Keep Mouth Shut). This single piece of advice can prevent an enormous amount of trouble.
11. Do something for the Kid in You everyday.
12. Get enough rest.
13. Eat right.
14. Get organized so everything has its place.
15. Write down thoughts and inspirations.
16. Every day, find time to be alone.
17. Having problems? Talk to God on the spot. Try to nip small problems in the bud. Don't wait until it's time to go to bed to try and pray.
18. Remember that the shortest bridge between despair and hope isoften a good "Thank you Jesus."
19. Laugh.
20. Laugh some more!
21. Take your work seriously, but not yourself at all.
22. Develop a forgiving attitude (most people are doing the bestthey can).
23. Be kind to unkind people (they probably need it the most).
24. Talk less; listen more.
25. Slow down.
26. Every night before bed, think of one thing you're grateful for that you've never been grateful for before. GOD HAS A WAY OF TURNING THINGS AROUND FOR YOU. "If God is for us, who can be against us?"(Romans 8:31)
You have a great day!
Fabulous!
5 comments:
Nice... 26 bits of wisdom. Thanks for sharing (I'm actually going to make a conscious effort on a couple of these... :-)
I love your list! I think I'm going to have to try harder on doing some of those things, too...
My sister and I had a conversation when she was in her first year of college. She was having a rough time with some people... those not quite friends, but rather acquaintance type people.... She was frustrated--understandably under the circumstances, but I told her (and I'm sure I should remind myself more often) that those people that are the hardest to love are those that want to be loved the most. I think that fits with your be kind to an unkind person.
Today I went out to eat (bad habit it's becoming), but one thing that I try very hard to do, especially at fast food restuarants, is to make eye-contact, smile and ask the person on the other side of the counter how they are today. Lunch hour rush... is not a picnic, it's hot back there, it's noisy, you get grumpy customers all the time and sometimes the register just plain won't work like it's supposed to--a smile can make someone else's day just a tiny bit brighter, if even for a moment.
Oh yeah, thanks, we appreciate you, very much in fact ;-)
Thank you for those things. Theres alot of things i think alot of christians try to do, but most of the time they don't work out. I know i'm guilty of waiting till right before bed to try and pray, your right, it DOESN'T work that way. i always seem to fall asleep in the middle of it. I know i sure need to try harder for alot of those things. :-D thanks Jess
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