Positively 2018

by Mauverneen

"The best way to succeed in this world is to act on the advice you give to others." - Unknown

     So - how are those New Year's Resolutions going? Personally I don't make many, if at all. Not because I don't need to but because there are so many to choose from. The ones I do make I usually keep to myself. Not so much that fear of failure will bring criticism for having failed but because they are so personal. Sure I want to lose a few pounds, travel extensively, win a million bucks, but who doesn't? Those are more desire than resolve.
      Resolutions are the steps to the goal. If I want to lose weight I have to commit to either eating less or exercising more. If I want to travel, I have to do my research, book those tickets, and if I want to win a fortune, well, I better start buying those lottery tickets.

"Our greatest fear should not be of failure ... but of succeeding at things in life that don't really matter." - Francis Chan
       If I want to become a published author, I need to commit to writing - regularly and earnestly. If I want to become good at watercolor painting, then I need to practice. If I want to become a better person, I need to bite my tongue more often.

      Making resolutions requires commitment. Unless of course those resolutions are merely made on the assumption that we HAVE to make them. Which we don't. But we do because we know we are not perfect. We WANT to do better.
      So, for this year I resolve to....
      Aah, if only procrastination and diversion weren't so wonderfully tempting.

     "We become what we think about most of the time, and that's the strangest secret." - Earl Nightingale

 Have a wonderful 2018 - may you reach your goals!

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Positively The Day After

by Mauverneen

It's all over but the exchanging.

There is a saying that goes something like this
Everyone brightens a room - some by their coming into it, others by their going out.

The same can be said of holidays - We love to see them come, but we are often just as glad to see them go, too. Christmas, with all those brightly colored packages under the tree gives way to garbage bags full of brightly colored wads of paper and bows. (Do you save your bows? We always did - I still do sometimes.) 

Does everyone feel as lazy as I do today? I just want to lounge around in my pj's, drinking coffee and eating some of those cookies I was too full to eat after yesterday's feast and admiring my gifts, one by one, and think about trying on any new sweaters - later. Sometimes everything is wrong - wrong size, wrong color, wrong gift! And other times everything is perfect. All your gifts are perfect for you and all the gifts you've given are perfect for those who received them. That's when it makes basking in the glow from the Christmas tree lights so special. The thought that 'I did good -

I made someone happy'. And that, I think, is what makes a good Christmas. Making someone happy.

May you have a Positively Lazy day, and may all your memories of Christmases past be happy ones.

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Positively Half Full

by Mauverneen

"When you look at a field of dandelions you can either see a field of weeds or a field of wishes." -unknown

Another version of the glass half full idea. It's all in how you look at things - as disasters, or possibilities.  I came across that quote in a catalog. Proving you can find inspiration anywhere.

Have a Positively wonderful Tuesday. May it be full of possibilities, and your glass half full.

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