Hope floats. It is immortal. No matter how far down it may sink, you will never drown it - it always rises up again.
I've spent a lot of energy questioning everything and getting upset lately, probably being prideful and ignorant... but I believe my emotions are stabilizing.
John 14:27 has been helpful... Jesus gives me His peace, but it's up to me to not let my heart be troubled, or as the Amplified says, "stop allowing yourself to be agitated and disturbed."
Jogged 6 miles this morning and had a good talk with Natalie on lap 1 and Laura on lap 2! =)
New weight loss plan = eat well and exercise often, but avoid the scale till January 1st. I love it!!
After my hair appt at Ihloff, I browsed the Art Show at Utica Square, which was fun and gave me several abstract painting ideas. It was such a nice day today!
I bought a clearer version of the above picture ...black and white where only the balloons are red! (photo by Mia Bella) Kinda random, but I liked it for several reasons - it represents so much joy and hope! :)
Oprah interviewed J.K. Rowling, and I was very impressed with her -- her story, imagination, intelligence, and down-to-earth attitude were inspiring! Perhaps I'll start reading and become an extremely late fan of Harry Potter now? lol
*2019 Edit - YES, THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED. I'M ON ROUND 4 OF LISTENING TO THE AUDIOBOOKS NOW. SOOOOO FANTASTIC!!
"Why do I talk about the benefits of failure? Simply because failure meant a stripping away of the inessential. I stopped pretending to myself that I was anything other than what I was, and began to direct all my energy into finishing the only work that mattered to me. Had I really succeeded at anything else, I might never have found the determination to succeed in the one arena I believed I truly belonged. I was set free, because my greatest fear had been realized, and I was still alive, and I still had a daughter whom I adored, and I had an old typewriter and a big idea. And so rock bottom became the solid foundation on which I rebuilt my life. You might never fail on the scale I did, but some failure in life is inevitable. It is impossible to live without failing at something, unless you live so cautiously that you might as well not have lived at all." ~J.K. Rowling
Failure stripping away what is inessential, and rock bottom becoming a solid foundation - love that.
"Life's really not worth living if you can't have a Cosmic Brownie binge now and then!" -Malori ...amen to that! lol
Monday night tennis lessons starting soon... get excited! =)
I want to learn to cook... for real this time... and sometime soon, Sarah's going to help me get started. :)
Last night's Los Cabos outing was also a lot of fun... and this picture makes me laugh!
I'm really tired, so that's about it for today. Goodnight!
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