Have a Very Happy Sweetest Day!

I wanted to wish each and every one of you a very Happy Sweetest Day.

And, to my beautiful niece Teresa Ann and her adorable husband Chris that were married on Sweetest Day, but unfortunately it doesn’t fall of the same day every year, so its really tomorrow… I say, “Celebrate twice… Happy Anniversary!”

Anthony will be taking me to the Cheesecake Factory today, to celebrate our day and life together.

Love to you all and may you have a wonderful day with someone you love.

Best Wishes,
Sheila Jean Adkins Metcalf

Friendship is the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with a person, having neither to weigh thoughts nor measure words. ~ George Eliot

 

Spend Some Time Alone

I found a very nice article that basically says what I want to say about this subject on a blog called Word of Wisdom and I wanted to shared it with you and to keep it later reference. Here is her post:

Most people keep themselves extremely busy throughout the day. They make so much time for others that there is no question of spending time with themselves. There is no time for thinking. Even when they are by themselves, they clutter up their ‘alone’ time with the presence of the cell phone, computer, TV, iPod and other such gadgets. Due to not having time alone, they become very annoyed and unpleasant, and fail to pinpoint the reason.

Society also seems to suggest that a person who enjoys being by himself is ‘weird.’ Being a loner is considered unhealthy. The fact of the matter is that unless you spend time alone, you don’t really find out what you are all about, and who you really are. When you are with others, you put on many masks. You are a boss, a worker, a mother, a father, a son, a daughter, a sister, a brother, a wife, or a husband. It’s only when you are by yourself that you start peeling away all the masks and get in touch with your true identity. When you remove yourself from friends, family, coworkers and society, you discover who you truly are.

Spending time alone provides an opportunity for reflection on matters beyond everyday living. I am certain that the Wright brothers could not have come up with ideas about flight if they had not spent hours and hours alone. Einstein surely could not have come up with the theory of relativity without a lot of thinking in private. A world leader deliberately secludes himself from everyone to think matters through. A general needs time by himself to strategize.

You may not be a world-leader or a general in a war, but you still need to regroup your thoughts and strategize your life. For that, you will have to spend time alone.

Yours,
Didi Ji

Let there be spaces in your togetherness. ~ KAHLIL GIBRAN

 

Don’t ever think…

that it is beneath your dignity to apologize to me. An honest apology makes me feel surprisingly warm toward you.

The greater part of our happiness or misery depends on our mental disposition and not our circumstances.  ~ MARTHA WASHINGTON

 

Don’t ever suggest…

that you are perfect or infallible. It gives me too great a shock when I discover that you are neither.

When we are planning for posterity, we ought to remember that virtue is not hereditary. ~ Thomas Paine

 

Wonderful Advice

1. Pray

2. Go to bed on time.

3. Get up on time so you can start the day unrushed.

4. Say No to projects that won’t fit into your time schedule or that will compromise your mental health.

5. Delegate tasks to capable others.

6. Simplify and unclutter your life.

7. Less is more. (Although one is often not enough, two are often too many.)

8. Allow extra time to do things and to get to places.

9. Pace yourself. Spread out big changes and difficult projects over time; don’t lump the hard things all together.

10. Take one day at a time.

11. Separate worries from concerns. If a situation is a concern, find out what God would have you do and let go of the anxiety. If you can’t do anything about a situation, forget it.

12. Live within your budget; don’t use credit cards for ordinary purchases.

13. Have backups; an extra car key in your wallet, an extra house key buried in the garden, extra stamps, etc.

14. K.M.S. (Keep Mouth Shut). This single piece of advice can prevent an enormous amount of trouble.

15. Do something for the Kid in You everyday.

16. Carry an inspirational book and/or the Bible with you to read while waiting in line.

17. Get enough rest.

18. Eat right.

19 Get organized so everything has its place.

20. Listen to a tape while driving that can help improve your quality of life.

21. Write down thoughts and inspirations.

22. Every day, find time to be alone.

23. Having problems? Talk to God on the spot. Try to nip small problems in the bud. Don’t wait until it’s time to go to bed to try and pray.

24. Make friends with godly people.

25. Keep a folder of favorite scriptures on hand.

26. Remember that the shortest bridge between despair and hope is often a good ‘Thank you Jesus.’

27. Laugh.

28. Laugh some more!

29. Take your work seriously, but not yourself at all.

30. Develop a forgiving attitude (most people are doing the best they can).

31. Be kind to unkind people (they probably need it the most).

32. Sit on your ego.

33 Talk less; listen more.

34. Slow down.

35. Remind yourself that you are not the general manager of the universe.

36 Every night before bed, think of one thing you’re grateful for that you’ve never been grateful for before.

 

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“Never borrow from the future. If you worry about what may happen tomorrow and it doesn’t happen, you have worried in vain. Even if it does happen, you have to worry twice.”