Keep Believing!

Happy New Year!!  It's been quite some time since I have blogged, and I do apologize.  I'm going to try to blog more this year.  I hope that everyone's New Year has started out well.  I hope 2012 will be filled with good health, success, and happiness for you all.  Take the time to nurture those dreams that you've been constantly thinking about, but haven't made the time to really focus on.  Over the past several months, I've had an opportunity to learn some important lessons about faith.  Keep trying even if you can't see the progress.  Just continue to believe in what you're doing, and know that when the time is right, what you're hoping for will happen.  Remember what's for you is for you, and no one can take that away.  No one can steal your destiny because it's yours!

Seize the Day!

Today I found out about the death of a friend's daughter.  It was another reminder of how incredibly short life is.  She was a fairly young lady, but we all know that death has no age limit.  There used to be a time that it seemed as if old people were the only people dying, but that has changed.  Today it's young and old people.  Finding out about this young lady's death made me immediately reflect upon my life as well as the lives of my loved ones.  We're only here for a short period of time, and when that time is up, life as we know it, is over.  Make the most of each day that you're given.  Find something to be grateful for from the moment that you wake up until the moment you go to sleep.  Life is tough, but it is great to be alive.  Any day above ground is a good day.  Whatever aspirations you may have, don't put them off for tomorrow, work on them today.  If you truly love someone, tell them.  You don't know when your last words to them will be your last words.  Stop stressing about the small stuff.  Stress is a killer in more ways than one.  Take care of yourself, because if you don't, no one else will.  Above all else, make the most important person in the world happy; you!

Checking In

Hello Everyone:

I hope this post finds everyone doing well.  It's been a few weeks, and I just wanted to check in.  Stay cool this summer.  Nurture your goals.  Be there for your family and friends, but don't neglect yourself.  Do something for the kid in you every once in a while.  Live life to the fullest.  We're all here for a short period of time.  Make every moment count.  Have a blessed weekend and a wonderful summer!!


All My Best,

Robin

Parental Holidays

"Father's Day" is coming up on Sunday, and last month we celebrated "Mother's Day."  Personally, I think it's great that we have these days set aside to honor our parents, but in all actuality, we really don't need a special day to say that we appreciate our mothers and fathers.  If you truly love and appreciate your parents, they should know it on a daily basis.  I don't have to wait until "Mother's Day" to tell my mom that I love her, or show her that I care with some sort of gesture.  Also, if you're not kind to your parents throughout the year, what's the point in being kind to them on that one day?  My
great-grandmother used to tell us to give her flowers while she was alive, and those flowers weren't just the beautiful, colorful, flowers that we can smell, but it was the way that we treated her.  She always said that when she died, it didn't matter how many flowers she had, she wouldn't be able to see them.  So, if your parents are still alive, and they're decent human beings, treat them well, and count your blessings!  Have a great weekend!!

Hope

Merriam Webster's Dictionary's definition of the word "hope" is "to desire with expectation of obtainment" or "to expect with confidence."  These are the transitive verb meanings.  The intransitive verb meanings are "to cherish a desire with anticipation" or it is "archaic":trust.  Nevertheless, it is with hope that most people make it through any given day.  They press on hoping that tomorrow will be better than the day before.  As one travels on this journey called "life," with the many obstacles that can face you, it is sometimes difficult to hold onto hope.  We lose hope when things go wrong, and we get it back when things appear to be getting better, or they actually do get better.  The one thing I know for sure is that whether we have hope, or we lose it sometime along the way, we have to get it back, because in the beginning and in the end, sometimes it's all we really have. Also, as my great-grandmother used to say, "As long as there's life, there's hope."  So, as long as we are breathing, we have the power to change our lives for the better; simply by taking the first step.  To everyone that may be going through some sort of struggle right now, don't lose hope.  Hang in there.  Tomorrow will be better.  Just believe!

If Today Had Been The End

If today had been the end of the world, what really would have happened?  I asked myself this question, because it amazes me what some people believe.  As far as I'm concerned, "Judgment Day" can be any day.  Only God knows the date and time.  The best advice I can give and take for myself is to make certain that you and your Creator are at peace with one another, and then whenever your time is up on Earth, you will have nothing to worry about as far as where you will spend eternity.  We've already been given the information we need from "The Holy Bible."  Why on earth would we believe a human being instead of what is written in the Word?  "No one knows about that day or hour, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father."-Matthew 24:36.  If the Son doesn't know, what makes us think that someone else would know other than the Son?  Now, that is something to think about.  Live each day like it's your last.  Don't waste time on petty things.  Love with all of your heart.  Be happy.  You only get one chance at this thing called "life."  Make the most of it!

It's the Little Things

 Over the weekend, I spent time at Borders bookstore working on my novel.  As I wrote, I sipped on a delicious Hazelnut Latte.  It was very relaxing.  The coffee cost me $3.80, but the experience was worth so much more.  I left there feeling proud that I had made more progress on my novel.  Had I not purchased the coffee, the trip would have been totally free.  It costs nothing to visit the bookstore or the library for that matter.  Sometimes just the change in atmosphere can make all the difference.  It truly is the little things in life that can totally make your day.  From there, I completed my Saturday errands and at the end of the day I felt great!