1. Beauty is WAY overrated.
It’s not something you earned, or fought for, or discovered or created. How I
wish our culture did not put so much emphasis on a random biological process
that none of us have any control over.
2. (on that same note) The 400 lb woman thinks the 200 lb woman is lucky and has nothing to
complain about. The 200 lb woman looks at the 150 lb woman and thinks she is
beautiful and wishes she could be her. The 150 lb woman looks at the 120 lb
woman and thinks she is perfect. The 120 lb woman sees nothing but flaws when
she looks in the mirror. It's madness I tell you!!!!!!!!!!
3. Life is simply too short
to exercise more than 40 minutes a day (unless you’re on the show The Biggest
Loser).
4. Eating healthy as a
lifestyle is the way to go, but I will always make room in my diet for the
naughty things! Bacon, candy corn, fried cheese curds, mini donuts, yeah you
guys will always have a special place in my heart.
5. Marriage is one of the
hardest and one of the most rewarding things in life you will ever experience.
When you find someone who will be your greatest advocate in the world, and you
are his, that my friends is worth any fight, any drama, any sleepless night and
all the work it takes to get there.
6. You can never take back
something you said. But, if you don’t take risks and say some things that are
on your mind and make some mistakes, you never learn which things are important
to say out-loud, and which things you should just keep to yourself.
7. I believe in living with some regret, but only if regret can be
the catalyst you need to change, do better, be better, grow and clean up your
messes.
8. There are a rare few that
will be in your life forever. For all the rest of the people that come and go,
hurt you, make you smile, make you laugh, break your heart, its all a part of
the process. Embrace it all because without the negative experiences, we really
would not be able to truly value the positive ones.
9. Take the time to interview
the older people in your life. Ask them; what was a waste of time? what did they
wish they would have done more of? what were their victories and what were
their failures? Learn from it. I once heard someone say write your ideal obituary,
and then work backwards from it. Don’t be a passive human being. Live
intentionally! Happen to your life,
don’t let life just happen to you.
10. Whether you feel like a
creative person or not, we are all born with a form of art that we are to present
to the world. Each one of us carries inside the ability to do something unique
and special that no one else in the world can do like we can. What is your art
that the world is waiting for?
11. Pay attention to the
movies, the commercials, the poems, the books, the greeting cards and the
quotes that make you tear up, they will lead you in the direction of your
destiny.
12. Every morning when you
wake up and have your coffee or your tea, think about how the grass is plenty
green on your side. A thankful heart cannot be a depressed, discouraged or sad
heart.
13. Today, a real woman is
powerful. She may have been born with a loud, strong personality, or a quiet,
shy personality. Either way she should own that and be true to herself. She may
have been born with a lean athletic build and gorgeous eyes, or a short frame
with freckles and beautiful teeth. Either way, she should own that too and be
proud. A real woman today might be president of a nation, or a stay-at-home
mom. The point is that now she has a choice.
This woman isn’t yet modeled in media or advertising as much as we would like,
but she is all around you. She’s at the grocery store, she’s your neighbor,
she’s your sister, she’s your classmate, she’s your boss. It’s our
responsibility to make sure this is the model we are teaching our little girls
from here on out.
14. People with secrets never
have true peace. It’s so much better to get your failures out in the open, talk
about them in your words, from your perspective. No secrets = freedom. Freedom
= the ability to love openly and live powerfully.
15. Choose your battles
wisely. Some things are worth fighting to the death, and some things are not
your problem.
16. Never work harder on
someone else’s problems than they are willing to work on themselves.
17. Watch more funny movies,
you tube videos and read more far side books. Life is too short to not spend at
least 50% of it laughing! And if you’re husband is funny, that’s a bonus!
18. When life presents
extraordinarily difficult circumstances – fight back with extraordinary
gestures of courage and strength!
19. The quickest path to self-deception
is when we ignore the still small voice.
20. It will never be about
what you did, how much you made, how well you did in a career. It will always
be about who you loved, how well you loved, and who loved you. Period.
