Feelin Down?

I have to say that this quote is the best advice for anyone that is feeling down, sad, hurt, lonely or even in pain. To serve another person, makes you feel better and truly changes your perspective for the better!
Good Night dear friends, and thanks for all the times you have been a blessing in my life!

This is harder to do, than one might first think!

We are all very different, everyone would agree on that. But for some when certain situations happen, it can let others not only feel bad about what happened ...but also wonder if there are more things they have done wrong. For others, they can let things roll off their backs and not take it personally. But for those of us out there that live life very PERSONALLY...it is hard not to feel bad or disappointed.
For me, I have to realize that I need to be a bit more like a Duck, and let things roll off my back without getting so upset, offended and or hurt. I need to look at the situation and the person for what it is, and if I didn't do something on purpose...then I need to let it go and learn from it.
I am 55 years old and believe it or not... I have have a rubber duck in my medicine cabinet ( that a dear friend gave to me ) as a daily reminder to live the best way I know how, and not to take things so personally!
But some days it is much harder to do than one might think!
Still it is a daily goal of mine!
Thanks for listening dear friends and Good Night!


Maybe I should even get a tiny one like this and wear it around my neck all day! So I really don't forget this principle! :)

Today's wisdom!

Today was a very busy day but a good day.
 I learned something today that struck a cord to my heart. It wasn't from the pulpit or even in a lesson in class, it was from a friend. She brought up about me speaking at church last week and what a great job I did on my talk. I told her that I didn't really feel that I got across exactly what I was hoping to. Then these wise words came out..."You know what they say Lynn, thank goodness...Feelings aren't Facts".
 So true, even if we feel strongly about something, like we didn't do something well, or we should have done more; or even wished you could let some one know what you really meant or felt. The important thing I think is...we need to remember those words of wisdom..."Feelings aren't Facts".

How grateful I am that I have a Heavenly Father and a Savior Jesus Christ who do know my feelings and the facts. I get great comfort when I know that they truly know my heart and my intentions.

Another couple of friends shared with me a few weeks ago "Don't worry about what others think, your true friends, know who you are and that is all that matters. " 
So today I am also grateful for good friends and family, who know me and know the facts!
Good Night dear friends!

Date Night

This was the perfect quote for me tonight. I have been struggling with my thoughts and feelings, and I know it is because I feel so bad. I am usually a upbeat, happy and half full type of girl but...this bug or whatever it is ...has been tough on my thoughts and feelings. I just really feel bad and I am struggling to breath and that wears you out too!
Hope to start feeling better soon.
Tonight is Date Night and I think we are going to stay home and just watch a movie, no complaints from me. Grateful to just have the time together.
Good night dear friends!

How you make people feel!

Well, we didn't go out last night so we are going out tonight!
Love this quote and believe in it!
Good night dear friends, thank you for how you make me feel!

Trust verses Love

This quote (below) is very sound advice. For those of us who  have had abuse in the past, you truly understand how hard it is to trust someone. And when the one who abuses you, is someone who is suppose to love you, or says they love you...then that trust is broken.
 I knew something was wrong when I told someone( when I was just little ) that I loved and trusted; and they didn't believe me! Then I started to doubt myself and my gut feelings. I began to think then it must be just me, I must be a bad person if all these people love and trust my abuser..why didn't I?
  But the help that I received after breaking my silence about my abuse was..to learn to trust my gut again!
 I would be guided and told who I can trust and not trust. And when I get that feeling, and the feeling is "this person can't be trusted " then no questions ask...I stay away or have my kids stay away!  I don't care how much other people love them, or how popular they are...I owe it to myself to listen to that still small voice inside. It will never lead me astray and that is something I know I can trust! And the when you know you can really trust someone, then there is a LOVE there that is hard to even explain, it is simply the BEST!

Good night dear friends!

Hurt Feelings

I have wondered many times why people say hurtful things. Don't they know that they are hurting someone's feeling? Do they care? I guess the answers could be many. Maybe they don't care, maybe they just don't think before speaking, maybe they don't realize how harsh their words are or maybe that is the way they were brought up?

No matter what, there will be times in all of our lives they someone says something that really hurts our feelings. I am learning in my OLD AGE, to try to ask some of those questions before I take offense. I still get my feelings hurt; probably more than the average person, but I am trying to learn and grow from the experience. I try to first ask myself if their is any truth in their comment? Sometimes there is... sometimes not. But I do realize that I try to distance myself from people who seem to constantly put me down or make fun of me. No one likes that feeling, and so I need to protect myself. Life is certainly a growing experience isn't it?

I also try more often to think about what I say. Did I say it the way I really meant it? Did I use the right or wrong tone? Do I come across harsh at times? Yes, I continue to learn and try hard, not to get too upset but try and learn and grow from each of these experiences. I used to just run away, cry and never try to be around that person again, while carrying a grudge. Grudges are not good for anyone, and like this quote below says.. there is something good that can come from everything, if we are willing to put forth the effort to learn from it.

 

"A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him" ~ David Brinkley

"Strength of character means the ability to overcome resentment against others, to hind hurt feelings, and to forgive quickly."   ~ Unknown

 

"Resentment or grudges do no harm to the person against whom you hold these feelings but every day and every night of your life, they are eating at you."   ~ Norman Vincent Peale