i will be back later to respond to others, i just read this in someone's thread and wanted a record of it...
Quote: "Passion: "God doesn't want us to be shy with his gifts, but bold and loving and sensible." 2 Timothy 1:7
She's the woman with that extra glow. She only has to walk into the room and people feel better. They are drawn to her like bees to a flower, attracted by her joyous attitude and loving smile. She doesn't have to be a beautiful woman or a party girl. She's just as often a quiet person, one whom you wouldn't look at twice in a crowd. But there is something about her that draws you, warms your heart and makes you feel better about life. She's a woman of passion, embracing life with her whole heart.
Here are some ways to cultivate passion and embrace life:
Appreciate life itself. Enjoy the details of God's creation. Rejoice in the small things as well as the large. Look around you and see how amazing and wondrous life is. Seek out new experiences. Live your life as an adventure - never let it become a routine chore. Always be open to learning something new. Be active, not passive. Don't let the parade of life pass you by. Join in. Don't sit back and complain, get up out of your seat and play. Cultivate beauty. Plant a garden. Put a rose on your desk at work. Go to a museum or art gallery. Take up painting or quilting. Create beauty as well as enjoying it. Reach out to others. Smile. Get to know people who are different from you. Appreciate and enjoy those differences. Really listen when you are in conversation. Give each person your full attention. Show affection. Be encouraging. Add spice and color to your days. Try new dishes from exotic places. Learn new exercises to stretch your body. Break up your routine. Plan a date with friends or just yourself! Give gifts for no occasion - just because. Do something fun on the spur of the moment. Lighten up. Laugh a little more. Take to heart the biblical commend to "Rejoice in the Lord always." Be thankful for the many blessings in your life. Share some of those blessings with others. Never be afraid to be passionate about your faith. Love God with your whole heart, mind, body and spirit. He will be your never failing source of passion and zest for life."
Hi Kitti, Thanks for posting this on your thread. I hadn't seen it elsewhere, but I printed it out and put it in my filofax. I pulled it out a couple of times today when I felt my mind slipping and it helped to focus on what I want to be, not what my emotions lead me to be.
pib - thank you so much for doing your daily checks on me! i have been keeping up, just no time to post recently hardly - but i see your doing well - and bravo with how you handled the whole 'confrontation' with your hubby!!! and i also see you been keeping up with the exercise - GO YOU!!!
pam - i know - i know - post my positives, i really should get back to doing that - it really helps my day get way more focused when i do - thanks for the visit
h2h - i have been reading with interest your responses especially with totally shocked, and i gotta say you sound like a veteran db'r even if you haven't been at this all that long - your doing great - keep it up!!!
totally - thanks for the kudo's on the weight, i am still at the 4.5 pounds, but that's ok - the exercise is helping quite a bit!!! i have some words for you - will be visiting your thread sometime today
deb - are you kidding girl, just a visit from you in my thread is a pearl!!! you are amazing - your life is getting on track - i gotta sprint just to keep up!!!
holdingon - i miss you, but been reading you, and you sound like you are getting better all the time. i will be stopping by your thread later today
kaw - i truly think i am developing this skill The trick, too, is keep the nurturing in balance and not to make it overbearing - slowly but surely. this is a hard one for me cause one of the things right after the bomb that my hubby said to me was that i never showed that i was IN LOVE with him. i have been having trouble with that one - you know, like how do you show your IN LOVE with someone? i am figuring this all out, and i am pleased with the results...
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had a really rough patch on tuesday, thanks to betsey for talking me thru it. it made me realize that i am not completely 'over it' but it also let me know that i have changed QUITE A BIT from that old self. nothing happened between hubby and i, i refused to confront because i decided it was just a case of 'stinkin thinkin' and i let it go
also, been talking with a few posters about 'wild at heart' - this too seems to have an effect on me and i haven't even read it yet
like i was telling someone - i have FINALLY gotten to the place that i am not blaming myself anymore for my husbands infidelity - and now this book comes about and it seems like i might have more things i need to get thru.
not that i am perfect and beyond growing - just in that i don't really feel like blaming myself anymore for hubby's sins. but i gotta consider it growth on my part and just muddle thru it. so i am gonna get the book and read it...
other than that, things are going around here. we are not moving backwards, so that must mean we are moving forward.
hubby is in one of his 'down' periods that manic depressive people go thru - he only likes his cave at this point so i am letting him have his time
been dreaming lately of us being 'intimate' - don't know why, except for the fact that he is allowing me a lot more touching than he has in the past. still this is on his time table
well folks - that is all for now - with computer issues, and busy spring cleaning, i haven't been on much - but i should try to at least post my positives - it helps me focus
i love this...
Relax. Appreciate. Be calm. Laugh. Enjoy. Be secure. Be loving. Be loved. Don't personalize. Don't ASSume. Accept. Be grateful.
Glad to see you posted; I worry about you! {{{KK}}}
We all have to work through those times when we faulter, and have doubts. But, you are diffently moving in the right direction! Seen big changes in you. Sometimes the rest of us need to point that out to our sisters out there!
KK, I may be moving too fast for you, but I keep looking back, LOL. Don't worry I won't leave you behind!
Glad to hear your H is giving you more access. Slowlee, slowlee!
kk, I have been rereading Wild at Heart and it is dredging up issues, but a lot of it is how my H failed our M, and how his father failed/wounded him. Funny, but I think back over our dating and M, and I don't know that we ever really talked about how that made him feel. Except when he asked me to marry him it was hard for him because he did not want to do what his dad did... sigh.
In Wild at Heart he talks about God wounding you where your wound already is. And my Hs wound is exactly what he is doing to his own family. Whether he will heal the wound or walk around with it is anyone's guess.
I hope you are doing okay. I don't know that I am doing as well as you think. Somedays yes, other days, in a fog, wondering what the heck my life is all about.
Anyway, I sure miss our chats.
Relax. Appreciate. Be calm. Laugh. Enjoy. Be secure. Be loving. Be loved. Don't personalize. Don't ASSume. Accept. Be grateful.
my daughter's new love is hillary duff, and so we have got the cd - she has made me listen TIME and TIME again...but these lyrics just hit me today like a ton of bricks
hillary duff inner strength
Gotta find your inner strength If you can't then just throw life away Gotta learn to rely on you Beauty, strength, and wisdom, too You're beautiful inside and out Lead a great life without a doubt Don't need a man to make things fair 'Cuz more than likely he won't be there Listen girl, gotta know it's true In the end all you've got is you
