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"You don't have to control your thoughts. You just have to stop letting them control you." 
Being Me:  Week 46 What consumes your mind, controls your life
November theme: Small seeds of gratitude will provide a harvest of hope
I always regret the time I wasted worrying over something in the future, the way my mind plans how things will unfold, causing a worry I cannot control. A few words...

Gratitude helps us see what is there instead of what isn't 
Being Me: Week 45 (Count your rainbows not your thunderstorms)
November theme: Small seeds of gratitude will provide a harvest of hope
Why is it so hard for most of us to view our lives with the glass half full instead of half empty? Is it our past circumstances that dictate our future thoughts, or are we prone to being negative positive...

 
"I'd rather regret the risks that didn't work out than the chances I didn't take at all." ~ Simone Biles 
Being Me:  Week 44 - In the end we only regret the chance we did not take
October theme: We can't become what we want by remaining what we are
 There will always be things in life we regret. Chances we did not take, time we did not spend. But the biggest lesson of regret is the insight...

Your body hears everything your mind says 
Being Me: Week 43 - Healthier is not just what your eating, but also what you think and say
October theme: We can't become what we want by remaining what we are
A negative mind does not only change our attitude, it also affects our mind. According to research, negative attitudes and feelings of helplessness and hopelessness can create chronic stress,...

If you do not experience anything, it's impossible to gain knowledge. ~Chinese proverb 
Being Me: Week 42 - A mind that is stretched by new experience can never go back to its old dimensions
October theme: We can't become what we want by remaining what we are
We become who we are from our experiences. Whether good or bad, something we plan, or something that happens to us, experience shapes...

"Your life does not get better by chance, it gets better by change." 
Being Me: Week 41- Do the work (if you want change)
October theme:  We can't become what we want by remaining what we are
There are less than 90 days left in the year as we count down to 2020. Another year of goals and lists, intentions and promises and another year of seeking change. But until you make the commitment to change...

"Once you choose hope anything's possible." ~Christopher Reeve 
Being Me:  Week 40 - Hope means you're ready to see the good in tomorrow 
September Theme: Sometimes we can learn and study & know, and sometimes we have to believe, trust and hope
We all need hope...
Hope is the power to believe anything is possibleThe thing that keeps you going when your mind and body want to give up Hope...

"As soon as you trust yourself you will know how to live" 
Being Me: Week 39 - Trust yourself
September theme: Sometimes we can learn and study and know, and sometimes we have to believe, trust and hope
Sometimes trusting our thoughts and decisions can be difficult, especially when it goes against the norm. And while wisdom comes with age, the first step to trusting ourselves is to be ourselves,...

"Nothing holds you back more than your own insecurities" 
Being Me: Week 38 - What holds you back
September theme: Sometimes we can learn and study and know and sometimes we have to believe, trust and hope
What holds you back from pursuing your dreams? Most often it is one or several of the following:
fear procrastination doubts distraction you avoid the truth you want it to be easy you want...

 
"The greatest challenge in life is discovering who you are. The second greatest is being happy with what you find." 
Being Me: Week 32 Who do you think you are
August theme: We are who we choose to be
There must be something about reaching your 50's, that wakes you up to life. To me, this is the reminder of the finite amount of time we are given, and even that time is not guaranteed. Life...