Being Me: Week 40

"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 possible
• The thing that keeps you going when your mind and body want to give up 
• Hope is a feeling of optimism that something will happen

Hope changes the way we see ourselves, giving us a tomorrow to believe in when things are rough, or the comfort in knowing there is calm ahead.

I remember after Ryan died, there was no thought of hope for tomorrow, let alone a future. I could not imagine a going on without him. But somehow, day by day and step by step I learned to live again, eventually allowing joy and hope to return in my life. 

Of course I would prefer a life with Ryan, but that was not a choice of mine to make. My choice was to keep living, uncover joy and believe in hope again. 

No matter what you may be going through, I believe hope in the future will help get you through.

We will always have trials to face, as we learn and grow, but losing hope changes our perspective of the future. 

 Themes for each month to journal, create or contemplate on your journey

• January - The best time for new beginnings is now

1. Morning routine
2. Mission statement
3. Create your YES list
4. Goals, baby steps, tiny promises
5. Putting it in motion

• February - Before anything else, find yourself, be yourself and love yourself

1. Take care of your body
2. Meditation and solitude
3. Food choices and ideas for change
4. What makes you happy

• March - All you need is tea and warm socks

1. Enjoy the simple things
2. Letting go of thoughts and things
3. Both hands
4. Mindfulness (social media and smart phones)
5. Setting intentions

• April - Water your roots so your soul can blossom

1. Water and other things we need to grow
2. Time to blossom
3. The 3 R's
4. Forgiveness

• May -  The difference between a flower and a weed is judgment

1. Stop judging yourself and others (why we judge)
2. The grass isn't always greener
3. Love is the absence of judgement
4. Stop judging yourself if you don't want to be judged

• June - Believe you can and your halfway there

1. Believe in yourself
2. Believe in others
3. What thoughts have distorted our beliefs
4. Invest in yourself

• July - Bold stripes, bright stars, brave hearts

1. Integrity
2. Taking risks
3. Abundance
4. Let your light shine

• August - We are who we choose to be

1. Who do you think you are

• September - Sometimes we can learn and study & know, and sometimes we have to believe, trust and hope

1. What do you know to be true of you
2. Books that create thought
3. What holds you back
4. Trust yourself
5. Hope means your always ready to see the good in tomorrow

• October - We can't become what we want by remaining what we are
• November - Small seeds of gratitude will provide a harvest of hope
• December - Unexpected kindness is the most powerful, least costly, and most underrated agent of hope

 Mission Statement:  I will improve my overall health and wellness, use kindness and inspiration with a vision that creates  a community of giving and in doing so achieve my purpose in this life.   

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