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I Am Me
Accept me as I am, I have no guarantee.A claim to perfection I have not.Perfect I cannot be.I, like you, am human.Prone to make mistakes.Failure is not a character flaw,just a part of the human makeup.I live, I laugh and I also learn.My knowledge is incomplete.I am searching all the time,in waking hours as well as sleep.I have a long road to travel, as well as you do.We learn our lessons on the way.Wisdom we shall accrue. So please accept me as I am,because I am just me.No one like me in the world.That is my only guarantee.This is how I feel, I have a heart, open it and see.Please take care.That's all I am, just me.
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It’s sad when people you know, became people you knew...
Current mood: validated
Category: Friends
I was reading a bulletin that someone posted a few days ago that got me to thinking .... Really thinking!
Here is the part of that bulletin that really got to me:
It's sad when people you know,became people you knew...
And when you can walk right past someone that at one time in your life was a big part of your life...
And how you used to be able to talk to them for hours about the little nothings in life...and now you can barely look at them....
That is oh, so true!! Within in the past year I have learned a whole lot about friendship and how some people are not who you truly thought they were. Two friends that I thought I knew so very well turned out to be people that were NOT who they acted to be.
April and I were just talking yesterday about different types of friendships and the 'seasons' of friendships. I truly believe that God does place all different types of people in our lives for all different reasons .... Reasons we may never know.
I try and proud myself in knowing many different people and socializing with all. Alice makes fun of me that I can be shopping in Target (my favorite store!!) and can start talking to a complete stranger and within 10 minutes we are exchanging email addresses. She has witnessed me first hand doing this and was in complete shock (and embarrassed). What can I say?
I think by the different clubs and groups we are in, we become friends with those people while we are participating in that said organization. Now, whether we continue that friendship beyond that, is a totally different story. Lisa and I met when Jade entered public school for the first time when she was in 4th grade. I joined the school's PTA and Lisa was the PTA president. They needed a treasure and she asked me .... I accepted. For the next 9 years we did TONS of PTA stuff together ... We advanced to middle school PTA and then to high school PTA. Went on tons of trips and PTA conventions ... Logged 100's and 100's of volunteer hours together!! Are we still friends ... YOU BET CHA!! Now, I have to input here, that I also met lots of lots of fine gals during that time,also. And while we enjoyed the times we had (and there were many fun times spent together) , after that said period of time in our lives, we just kinda drifted away. Did we get mad at each other ..... NO. If I run into any of them today, we will chat and update each other.
When we got our 3 little ones 7 years ago, I was in need of some type of support group. I joined MOPS (Mothers of Preschoolers) and it was wonderful. I also met wonderful people there and we would get together outside of MOPS for fun things to do. Do I still talk to them all ..... No. Is that bad .... I don't believe so. If I see any of them now, we visit and are friendly to one another. I did manage to get a pearl of a friend from my MOPS time that has become one of my very best friends today..... Robin S!! I believe the Lord placed Robin and I at those meetings at that time of our life line because we both needed 'a sister' .... And she is my true twin sister!!
High school is another prim example of what I am talking about. We all had 'our best friends' while in school. Those girls that we could not even buy a shirt without asking them about what they thought. Those ones that if we didn't get to talk to EVERY. SINGLE. DAY we were not complete. Remember those times?! Are you still friends with them today? I am very proud to say that Alice and I have maintained our friendship since high school (and that has been a long time ... We graduated in 1979!!). My life would not be 'my life' with out Alice in it .... She IS my family!! I am very thankful for a group of FINE ladies that I went to school with that we have all reconnected with each other again .... I am so very thankful for them!!
There is this one special gal that I FIRMLY believe God placed into my life to give me a life message that I NEEDED to hear. I told her that same thing ..... I wonder if she truly knows that her advice, I believe, was the changing point in a huge decision that I was about to make. Cyndee, you will never, ever know how much sitting with you at Houlihan's over drinks and conversation made me look at 'the big picture' and to just step back and let life be life in it's own time!! I owe you BIG girlie!! Do Cyndee and I get together every week or every month .... No ..... But, I proudly call her MY FRIEND and I know I am hers!!
I have met people over my life that are smothering and that is so not me!! I have met fake people, rude people, people who wear different masks depending who they are with, greedy people, people that want to debate every single word you say, liars, cheats, users ...... I shook them off like a wet dog!!! Some of those people took me longer to shake off ..... I am sometime 'blinded' and don't pick up on the signs fast enough. My theory is life is way to short to spend it with people that are not were they say they are .... I have no freaking use for fake people and people that only want to be with you when it in convenient for them.
What is the point of this blog, you are asking? Hell if I know. I guess I am just rambling here. There is this little saying I like that I believe fits what I am trying to say "Life is to short too wake up in the mornings with regrets. So, love the people who treat you right, forget the ones who don't and believe that everything happens for a reason".
Another one that I like is called Bits and Pieces:
BITS AND PIECES ...... People important to you, people unimportant to you, cross your life, touch it with love and carelessness, and move on. There are people that leave you, and you breathe a sigh of relief, and you wonder why you ever came in contact with them. There are people who leave, and you breathe a sigh of remorse, and wonder why they had to go and leave such a gaping hole...... Children leave parents, friends leave friends, acquaintances move on. You think on the many who have moved into your life with hazy memory. You look on those present and wonder....... I believe in God's master plan for our lives....... People move in and out of each other's lives, and each leaves his mark on the other. You find you are made up of bits and pieces of all who have touched your life, and you are more because of it, and you would be less if they had not touched you....... Pray to God that you can accept the bits and pieces in humility and wonder, and never question, and never regret.
Because I AM a Man__________
Because I'm a man, when I lock my keys in the car, I will fiddle with a
coat hanger long after hypothermia has set in. Calling AAA is not an
option. I will win.
______
Because I'm a man, when the car isn't running very well, I will pop the
hood and stare at the engine as if I know what I'm looking at. If
another man shows up, one of us will say to the other, "I used to be
able to fix these things, but now with all these computers and
everything, I wouldn't know where to start." We will then drink a couple
of beers and break wind, as a form of holy communion.
_____
Because I'm a man, when I catch a cold, I need someone to bring me soup
and take care of me while I lie in bed and moan. You're a woman. You
never get as sick as I do, so for you, this is no problem.
______
Because I'm a man, I can be relied upon to purchase basic groceries at
the store, like milk or bread. I cannot be e xpected to find exotic
items like "cumin" or "tofu." For all I know, these are the same thing.
______
Because I'm a man, when one of our appliances stops working, I will
insist on taking it apart, despite evidence that this will just cost me
twice as much once the repair person gets here and has to put it back
together.
______
Because I'm a man, I must hold the television remote control in my hand
while I watch TV. If the thing has been misplaced, I may miss a whole
show looking for it, though one time I was able to survive by holding a
calculator instead (applies to engineers only).
______
Because I'm a man, there is no need to ask me what I'm thinking about.
The true answer is always either sex, cars, sex, sports or sex. I have
to make up something else when you ask, so just don't ask.
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Because I'm a man, you don't have to ask me if I liked the movie.
Chances are, if you're crying at the end of it, I didn't . . . and if
you are feeling amorou s afterwards . . then I will certainly at least
remember the name and recommend it to others.
______
Because I'm a man, I think what you're wearing is fine. I thought what
you were wearing five minutes ago was fine, too. Either pair of shoes is
fine. With the belt or without it, looks fine.. It does not make your
rear look too big. It was the pasta and potatoes and Margaritas that did
that. Your hair is fine. You look fine. Can we just go now?
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Because I'm a man, and this is after all, the year 2007, I will share
equally in the housework. You just do the laundry, the cooking, the
cleaning, the vacuuming, and the dishes, and I'll do the rest. Like
wandering around in the garden with a beer, wondering what to do.
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This has been a public service message to help women to better
understand men.
Spreading Happiness
You don't have to be a star
Or win the public gaze,
To spread a bit of happiness
In simple little ways.
In this busy world of ours
We can all find time to spare,
To help a troubled soul
By showing them we care.
A loving touch and gentle words
To ease another's pain,
Can cheer a heart that's sad
And make them smile again.
If you spread a little happiness
Each and every day,
It will always be remembered
By those who passed your way.
-Marian Jones-
THE OLDER I GET
the simpler my HOLIDAY PREPARATIONS
become...
the closer I feel to OLD FRIENDS as I write my
CHRISTMAS CARDS…
the more I cherish the Oldest
ORNAMENTS…
the more fondly I remember
Christmases PAST…
the longer I hold on to a Holiday HUG…
the more I realize Christmas is a
Matter OF THE HEART…
the tighter my throat gets when I sing
“SILENT NIGHT”…
the more I enjoy GIVING than receiving…
the more I try to see Christmas
THROUGH THE EYES OF A CHILD…
the longer I sit at night in the
GLOW OF THE CHRISTMAS TREE..
the more wondrously beautiful the
CHRISTMAS STORY is...
the deeper my awe at
GOD’S INFINITE LOVE…
THE MORE I LOVE
CHRISTMAS
~Author unknown~
Personal Motivation
Yesterday Today and Tomorrow
There are two days in every week that we should not worry about - two days that should be kept free from fear and apprehension.
One is yesterday - with its mistakes and cares, its faults and blunders, its aches and pains. Yesterday has passed forever beyond our control.
All the money in the world cannot bring back yesterday. We cannot undo a single act we performed. Nor can we erase a single word we've said - yesterday is gone!
The other day we shouldn't worry about is tomorrow with its impossible adversaries its burden - its hopeful promise and poor performance. Tomorrow is beyond our control.
Tomorrow's sun will rise either in splendor or behind a mask of clouds - but it will rise. And until it does - we have no stake in tomorrow, for it is yet unborn.
This leaves only one day - today. Any person can fight the battles of just one day. It is only when we add the burdens of yesterday and tomorrow that we break down.
It is not the experience of today that drives people mad - it is the remorse of bitterness for something which happened yesterday, and the dread of what tomorrow may bring.
Let us -therefore live one day at a time!
God may have created man before woman, but there is always a rough draft before the masterpiece
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