Silver linings

I know that these glasses are very definitely MORE

than half full, but I have

been challenging myself to see every glass as half full,

to see every downpour as a rainbow in waiting.

I have been reminded this week that just because I

want everything to be sunshine and flowers

doesn't necessarily make it so.

BUT...

.....I have also been reminded that I still have a CHOICE

as to how I deal with that.

I have chosen to go with the flow.

I have chosen NOT to let one off day get me down,

but to forgive myself and move on.

After all...

...yesterday is history

tomorrow is a mystery

but today is a gift.

That's why we call it the Present

I'm not sure who first said that

but it's making more and more sense to me!!!

So, moving mindfully into a new Monday, I'm choosing to keep

thinking positively.

I'm choosing to be grateful for all that I have,

and all that I am....warts and all!!

Hope you choose to have a good week too.

Gratefully yours.

xx

18 years on

18 years is a long time!

Lots of things have happened in the last 18 years, not

least of which was the birthing of my two

glorious offspring.

There have been several trips to Australia (boasting!!), a trip

to the Cayman Islands and Cyprus,

many, many trips to Scotland,

Burns Suppers, "come dine with me" dinners,

friends, family,

christenings, funerals, first holy communions and

one confirmation!

And through it all, there has been one man walking along the road beside me.

I'm grateful to Kieran for always being there for me, right by my side.

And we've only just started!!

Gratefully yours.

xx

Positively fun.

It's been a lovely, positive week...

...or even a positively lovely week!

It's amazing how changing how you think about things

can change how you look at things, and how

you feel too.

I've been using this new technique (you'd think I'd invented it!!!)

to motivate myself to get fit and get in shape.

I went to the gym at K's hotel and got the lovely Hazel

to sort me out with some exercises

that I could do at home to increase my fitness

levels, and decrease my weight-ness level!

Now, in the past, this has been a recipe for "disaster da-ling!"

But this time, it was MY CHOICE!! and I have chosen to

exercise because I WANT TO, not because I have to!

And it's F U N !!!

I'm constantly surprised at how consciously choosing things

totally changes how they feel, or, more correctly,

how I FEEL about them.

This week I am grateful for positive changes, and for making

them because I want to!!!

Looking forward to a new and exciting week!

Gratefully yours.

xx

Choose with care

I'm liking the thought that I have a choice about what I do,

how I behave and how I feel.

And I am slowly realising that by consciously making choices

I am being more mindful, which can only be a GOOD thing!

And it's not just a case of choosing what to wear,

or what to eat (although even taking time to

make those choices can only be good)...

....but choosing how I want to spend my time, what will make me feel better,

and not just plodding from one day to the next.

....and choosing how I will react to a situation rather than simply

reacting, without thinking or engaging my brain!

...and choosing to be POSITIVE, and UPLIFTED and MOTIVATED.

Even CHOOSING to CHANGE the way I think about things

is working out even better than I hoped!

I am now CHOOSING to TREAT myself to a lovely walk,

rather than feeling that I really should get some EXERCISE!!

Today I am grateful that I feel more IN CHARGE!!

Give it a go! You may just like the choices you make!!

Gratefully yours.

xx