If you have never tried allowing acrylic paint to dry and add more on top repeating over and over only to find joy in peeling it off the paint palette, I'm not sure if you have lived fully! 🎨🎨🎨 Almost the equivalent of peeling glue, but more colorful!! The only thing I'm going to peel today is paper, since I used paper plates for my paints, but listen.... Our lives can get messy and so many times we resort quickly to the thought and idea that life sucks and there is no beauty in it whatsoever.
We have to remember good things grow through the mess. God can turn our mess in to something so good that it will blow our socks off. While its messy we have to be a little patient like bringing a painting to life or waiting for sunflowers to grow through the dirt.
But when the wait is over, something beautiful blooms from the mess. Being able to tell our story requires digging through the mess <3
#grow #lifeisbeautiful #makeamess #messy #goodthingsgrowinthedirt
Morning coffee, journal and putting on the Armor of God to start this amazing Thursday <3
I had this saying that your day will only be as great as you think it will be.
I used to think that when something changed or unexpected happened that my day was crap and would continue to be crappy.
Guess what, following those thoughts, my day was crappy and everything seemed horrible and bad.
But when I changed my mindset and perspective, I wake up every single day excited to get dressed because I think the new day will be the best day of my life.
Granted when my mom passed away in 2013, it was a sad day and wasn't the best day of my life, I still had joy.
I'm not talking about gut wrenching life situations, I'm talking about the little and medium things that we can blow way out of proportion and allowing them to steal our joy and happiness.
Throw on something colorful, mix patterns, wear some big earrings, the funky glasses, and decide ahead of time that you are going to enjoy the crud out of today. 💐💐💐💐 We don't have to have all the money, the fancy car, spending on crazy stuff to be someone or to live a wonderful life.
In fact, so many that have loads of money are actually miserable and unhappy 🤔🤔 Things will come up to make you think otherwise, but think about this.... If a bad attitude or thoughts produced our best lives, would we have so many miserable people walking around?
I wasn't living my best life when I had some stinking thinking and some crappy words flying out my mouth all the time.
But each day, I decide ahead of time that THIS day will be the best day of my life <3
#truth #liveyourlife #bestlife #bible #armorofGod
Someone once asked me what keeps me motivated. Motivated for working out, continuing to work on a dream, taking on a huge renovation project, bringing my daughter up in the way she should go, investing in a marriage when things got bumpy.... What keeps me motivated?
The truth of God's word and remembering where I came from. Remembering What God brought me through. Knowing there is more in life than just doing the same things over and over. Seeing others go through hard stuff and come out on the other side. Realizing that each day of life is an absolute gift. Knowing who I am in Christ. Setting goals and turning off the TV.
Now there were times when I watched tv all day and then wondered why I couldn't accomplish anything. I eventually got rid of cable. Binge watching shows will not get you closer to where you want to be.
I have shed tears, wanted to give up, have said under my breath, "what's the use", and times when I have extremely hard days. The key was to feel the feelings, have a day, BUT the next day I HAD TO GET UP. I wouldn't allow myself to stay down in the dumps because that's not who I wanted to be. I also had to change the way I ate, what I was drinking, and cut out being a night owl.
I wanted more out of life. I started waking up earlier, fed myself all kinds of vegetables I did not like because I knew they were good for my body, I put down the soda and picked up water, and I started going to bed at a decent time.
I take time out to do things I enjoy and things I enjoy are truly about simplicity. Not spending tons of money on wants, but taking time to just be on the beach, read a book, paint my nails, get coffee from my favorite coffee place, meet up with girlfriends for lunch, go ice skating, paint, draw, photograph flowers, plant flowers, etc.
The truth is we have so much on the inside of us and most of us haven't even realized our potential.
If you are thinking "well I'm just not motivated like that", you are feeding yourself a bunch of crap. May we stop giving up and stop accepting less than what we are capable of.
You are motivated. You may have been telling yourself the opposite and started to believe that lie.
#motivation #truth
