THE COURAGE TO BE MYSELF.............

I have the courage to :

Embrace my strengths - Get excited about life - Enjoy giving and receiving love.

Face and transform my fears - Ask for help and support when I need it.

Trust myself - Make my own decisions and choices - Befriend myself - Complete unfinished business.

Realize that I have emotional and practical rights - Talk as nicely to myself as I do to my friends.

Communicate lovingly with understanding as my goal - Honour my own needs - Give myself credit for my accomplishments.

Love the inner child within me - Feel all my feelings and act on them appropriately.

Nurture others because I want to, not because I have to - Choose what is right for me.

Set limits and boundaries and stick by them - Say "yes" only when I really mean it.

Have realistic expectations - Take risks and accept change- Grow through challenges.

Be totally honest with myself - Correct erroneous beliefs and assumptions. Respect my vulnerabilities.

Heal old and current wounds - Plant "flower" not "weed" thoughts in my mind.

Treat myself with respect and teach others to do the same.

Plan my future but "live" in the present - Value my intuition and wisdom.

Develop healthy, supportive relationships - Make forgiveness a priority.

"LA MIA MAMMA"

Here she is, my mum.

87 years young and still going strong.

She still has a marvellous sense of humour.

A lovely happy, smiley face.

A kind heart.

And a generous spirit.

SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT........

"We can't all make a BIG difference - but we can all make a LITTLE difference in a

BIG way"

LIFE QUOTES

Some people collect stamps - I collect quotes. Here are a selection of some of my favourites :

Hope you enjoy reading them, and that they may inspire you as they have inspired me.

• Life is like riding a bicycle, you don't fall off unless you stop pedaling.
• We can alter our lives by altering our attitudes of mind.
• You are the creator of your own life, the author of your own life story.
• To transform your life is an amazingly creative and artistic process, It takes time, it takes courage, it takes your love.
• Life is a song - sing it! Life is a game - play it! Life is a challenge - meet it! Life is a dream - realize it! Life is love - enjoy it!
• Life does not have a re-wind button.

One of my all time favourites, is a quote by Michelangelo which resonates with me on a personal level : "The greater danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we miss it, but that it is too low and we reach it"

A VERY PRODUCTIVE AFTERNOON

Would you believe today I have done the following;

• Taken a photo using my digital camera
• Uploaded the software that came with my camera to my lap-top
• Used my USB cable to connect my camera to my lap-top
• Uploaded all my images from the memory card in my camera to my hard drive
• Then burnt these images to a CD
• I then put the CD in a Mind Bloggling PC
• Connected to my blog on the Internet and uploaded one of my photos to this post as you can see.

Will now sign off, my brain is in melt-down mode. Although I am delighted to have been able to have accomplished so much in a relative short space of time.