"'There can be no happiness if the things we believe in are different from the things we do'. - Freya Stark"

"'Happiness often sneaks in through a door you didn't know you left open.' - John Barrymore

Funny how when we stop rushing to get the necessary things of life accomplished, we realize we have many things in life for which to be thankful and grateful. When we look at the flat tire and become thankful we have a car to begin with, pay the electric bill and express gratitude for both warm and cool comfort, or even wash up another pile of dirty dishes and are touched by the
crowd of loving friends who visit, we find that authentic happiness exists all around us.

Real living happens between the hustle and bustle of everyday activity...in quiet moments that wrap around our heart like a soft tender hug."

"'It doesn't matter who
is right or wrong. It only matters that you are not hurt.
And that we both can benefit. All true benefits are mutual.'"

"'Dream big dreams! Imagine that you have no limitations and then decide what's right before you decide what's possible.' - Brian Tracy"

"Believe in yourself! Have faith in your abilities! Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers you cannot be successful or happy - Norman Vincent Peale"

"The best way to make your dreams come true is to wake up. - J. M. Power

We have all been guilty of talking more about our dreams than actually doing something to make them a reality. Today, be challenged to 'wake up' and visualize yourself actually living the life you envisioned. Work backwards to where you are today. Then you can take the needed steps to make that vision your reality. By making a list of the steps you need, you can truly begin to live the dreams and desires of your heart."

"'Be the change you wish to see in the world.' - Gandhi"

"Your security is guaranteed through the sharing
of your love.

The peace and safety for which you yearn is not a
matter of food, clothing, and shelter. It is a matter of
love. Love and be loved, and all else will be added
unto you."

"It is an illusion to think that more comfort means more happiness. Happiness comes of the capacity to feel deeply, to enjoy simply, to think freely, to be needed. - Storm Jackson"

he who eats till he is sick must fast till he is well.


That is a Hebrew proverb, and it has to do with a lot
more than food. Look to see what behaviors you are
indulging in over and over again that are clearly not
serving you. Then, go on a 'bad habit diet.'

I mean it. I'm not kidding, Pick one bad habit, one
bad behavior, a day for five days. You can do this.
Stop doing the stuff you're doing that obviously
does not serve you--or others."

"'There are only two ways to live your life, one is as though nothing is a miracle, the other is as though everything is a miracle.'
- Albert Einstein"

"Some people accumulate money so they can convert it into happiness, but the wiser ones accumulate happiness so they can give it away and still have it in abundance. - Napoleon Hill"

"I don't know what your destiny will be, but one thing I do know: the only ones among you who will be really happy are those who have sought and found how to serve. - Albert Schweitzer"

"Winners are those people who make a habit of doing the things losers are uncomfortable doing. - Ed Foreman"

"Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were. But without it, we go nowhere. - Carl Sagan

Imagining things that do not exist allows true creativity. Today as you live your life I bet you utilize hundreds of objects that were once only an idea!! I wonder what great things you have hidden in your imagination."

"What great thing would you attempt if you knew you could not fail? - Robert H. Schuller

Most of us read that quote and never seriously give it thought. Today, stop and ask yourself...what would I do? Your answers will reveal much about your dreams. Don't stop with your answers...take a few more minutes and write down your answers and then choose one activity. Give it more thought...what small steps could you do today that will take you closer to seeing that dream a reality? Then do those small steps each day...you are guaranteed success as long as you keep moving and don't quit."

"The man who makes no mistakes does not usually make anything. - William Conner Magee
Today, be encouraged to keep on trying. What often times at first glance, seems like total failure is but in reality, an entryway back to success."

"Each problem has hidden in it an opportunity so powerful that it literally dwarfs the problem. The greatest success stories were created by people who recognized a problem and turned it into an opportunity. - Joseph Sugarman"

"Choose the way of life. Choose the way of love. Choose the way of caring...Choose the way of goodness. It's up to you. It's your choice. - Leo Buscaglia

It is true that one person alone cannot change the world. There is more power in the truth that joining hands with people around the world, changes the world. Think what would happen if each person you knew, took just 30 minutes a week to help out a neighbor, write notes at the nursing home, helped plant a community flower garden or read to a child. Think what would happen if you did those things. The rewards are too vast and too numerous to even count...yet the life lived in service to others is a life lived well."

"Everything starts as somebody's daydream. - Larry Niven

True isn't it? Each new invention started with someone somewhere thinking...'what if I did this? What would happen if I did that?' I love impossible feats...because it means that I will experience some impossible happenings. It sounds impossible that one person could change the world...but it is true! One person dreaming out loud and daring to invite someone else to join in their dream creates something new. Today, think about how you can alter your dreams into reality and thus alter the world around you!"

My "Why"

I need some help with my homework if ya'll don't mind!
Please read all of this post and give me your honest opinion.
I have been asked how I learned about My Power Mall, my answer was, I read about it on a forum and people were talking about the hassle of Christmas shopping, someone mentioned why don't you get your own shopping mall, I wrote the name down and then forgot about it until Christmas, when I was standing in the dreaded long line to check out. Needless to say I checked it out when I finally got home, liked what I saw and got my own mall. Little did I know it was so much more than just a shopping mall, these people actually wanted to HELP people, imagine that?
The next question was, why do I want to help others? What is My "Why"?
I will just tell you a small part of my story and hopefully ya'll can steer me in the right direction.
I am an ex-alcoholic, have been for almost 4 years now and I thank God every day for my freedom. I come from alcoholic parents. Almost every problem that my family has had was alcohol or drug related. My brother died in his 50's from a drug overdose. My grandson is on his third round with crack addiction (that I know of) and I expect he will be back in jail soon if he isn't already, he has a 1 year old that needs him. I never really knew my father sober, but he was a fantastic father, never abusive, he helped so many people, I love him dearly, he just never got over ww11 and the people he had to kill to protect our country.
My sister is a Special Ed teacher, almost every one of her students are handicapped in some way due to their parents drug/alcohol addiction and most of their parents are incarcerated leaving them to be raised by their grandparents or foster homes. I could go on telling of so many lives that have been destroyed of just the people I know, but you get the idea.
I voluntarily went through rehab for a year, also AA. I have watched my grandson go to several rehab programs obviously without success, my brother went through a bunch and I will say this, my going through rehab did not heal me of my alcoholism, my faith in God did. I DO NOT believe that once you are an alcoholic/drug addict you always will be, but my doctor tells me so, rehab tells me so, AA tells me so, that's a bunch of horse hockey!!!!! Why are they setting people up to fail in this by telling them that crap?
For those that would say "she must not have been a very bad alcoholic", in 1999 my family rushed me to the hospital, I was neon yellow, with no insurance, the doctors told my family to take me home and if I lived through the night they would be surprised, well I lived obviously, and stayed sober for almost a year. Why I went back to drinking, I will never know, but I did it with a vengeance, I'm talking 24-7. I realize now that I am still alive for a reason. I want to help others with their addictions, I just simply don't know where to start. Any programs that I have found that may help are too expensive for that person who has lost everything due to their addiction. Thanks for listening, any advise is most welcome.

I am new to blogging, I promise not to bore you. Heres a thought.

'May you live all the days of your life' - Jonathan Swift

The challenge in life is not to merely exist but to experience life to the fullest.

Choosing to embrace life and really live requires us to move from the known to the unknown. Life seems to wait on us to decide to enter in. If we choose to only do the minimal activities, then we will have minimal joy in our life. However, when we look up and step out into the unknown, we then increase our joy, our passions and our fulfillment with life."