Sunday Sayings and My Word . . .

For the first time since I've been choosing "my word" for the new year I've been struggling with coming up with just one.  2016 was a tumultuous year for me in many ways.  I try to share most of the happy stuff in my life here but, just like everyone else, there is also the not so happy stuff.  People showed their true colors.  Decisions were made that were thought for sure to be the right ones but ended up being wrong.  Doors that I had kept cracked open with a glimmer of hope were shut.  The lesson of acceptance came up over and over again for me this last year and I struggled with it.  I'm not going to lie.

In working on acceptance though, I have also asked for the wisdom to see my own flaws in how I react to people and problems in my life.  Am I taking something too personally?  Am I being too defensive?  Is my reaction ego driven?  Am I coming from a place of love or a place of fear?  Is the person I'm interacting with coming from a place of love or a place of fear?  So many questions but I'm grateful for the awareness to think this way.

During this new year I would like to grow in different areas of my life.  I'd like to grow my businesses.    I'd like to grow as a photographer.  I'd like to grow in my Spiritual life.  I'd like to grow healthier.  I'd like to grow as a wife, mother and friend.  I'd like to grow as a more loving and caring human being.  I'd like to continue to grow into being the best person that I can be.

My Word for 2017.  : )

Many blessings to you ~ Wendy

Sunday Sayings . . .

The older I get, the more I realize this.  I also realize that you have to become a little selfish sometimes in order to carve out the time to do those things that make you happy.  It's all about balance.  I kinda hit a wall last month.  I felt like my life was in a slump.  The same thing day after day and a lot of things weighing on my mind.  My husband came to my rescue in the form of a weekend getaway.  I can't tell you how much we needed a weekend of just he and I.  In the present moment.  Uninterrupted.  It's been three weeks already and there have definitely been some ups and downs in my life since then but that's life, isn't it?

The difference now is that I'm focusing on keeping the balance mentally.  I'm paying more attention to my thoughts and if they're having a positive effect on me or not.  Every day, I am a work in progress.  I learn things about myself that I don't always like and I learn things about others that lets me see them in a different light.  A brighter light.  Am I in the current moment or am I projecting?  AWARENESS.  AWARENESS.  AWARENESS.   That is the key.  It comes in spurts.  Sometimes it doesn't come for months.  Maybe even years.  But as long as it keeps coming I know I'm headed in the right direction.


Namaste ~ Wendy