Showing posts with label do good anyway. Show all posts
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Friday, February 25, 2011
Cara: I'm not really done...
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Cara
Lately I have been saying I am done. People disappoint me and I think "I am done". I go about a situation with good intentions, be it in my own way, and I get what's the equivalent of a kick in my back side. Pity party? Not likely, that's really not my style. It's probably a combination of winter blues (vitamin D and all), cabin fever and recent events. But as I always say, God whispers in your ear and then when you don't listen he bonks you on the head. This week I got bonked on my head.
Moving through my week, of kids home from school on winter break being a little grumbly about not being somewhere warm and beach like I was getting a little, not cranky but I would say just blah.
Then top off the mood with someone coming out of left field trying to cut me down to size, when I really didn't ask for it. It didn't really hurt me as much as annoyed me. And in my usual style I came back at them with guns a blazin'.
And even though I like the way I handled it, made me think for a bit the heck with putting myself out there. What's the point? Why do I do it? I share ideas with people they think I am bragging. (which, if you know me or have even read this blog before you know it's something I loathe. I am not even comfortable bragging when it's OK... like if my kids' doing something great) I go out of my way to help someone feel better about crappy stuff going on in their lives only to have them throw me under the bus at their first opportunity, because it will make them feel better, even if I am now road kill.
But then God bonked me on my head. My friends and family came to my defense. I am not one that usually needs any type of defending. But these people felt they needed to be heard, and to let me hear it. I won't nauseate you with the things they said about me...but they were overwhelming to me to say the least.
It made me remember...to have Red Dinner on Valentine's Day even if it's a Tuesday and I am not really in the mood. This is the family I have created...and it's kinda pretty great "What you spend years building can be destroyed overnight. Build anyway."
Run to your friends' defense even if they might without meaning to hurt you, throw it in your face. "The good you do today may be forgotten tomorrow. Do good anyway"
Even if a person is rough on the outside stop for a minute and think why and maybe give them a chance. "People can be unreasonable, illogical, and self-centered, love them anyway".
Write your blog and even though there will be naysayers "Little people will try to shoot down your big ideas. Think big anyway"
"Give the world the best you have and you might get kicked in the teeth. Give the world - and especially the people around you - your best anyway."
When I put my head down on my pillow at night, I may not always be able to say I gave the world my best today. Most days I can. Most days I try real hard and sometimes it works and sometimes I fail. I learned a lot this week about myself and the people I surround myself with. It has all made me look at things a little differently, a little more clearly. A bonk on the head can do that to a girl.
Jenn's two cents: Bonked on the head, thrown under a bus, it's been a rough week for you Cara. Hoping for some sunshine this week so we can get out there and replenish your vitamin D.
I'm right behind you sista. ~Cara
Moving through my week, of kids home from school on winter break being a little grumbly about not being somewhere warm and beach like I was getting a little, not cranky but I would say just blah.
Then top off the mood with someone coming out of left field trying to cut me down to size, when I really didn't ask for it. It didn't really hurt me as much as annoyed me. And in my usual style I came back at them with guns a blazin'.
And even though I like the way I handled it, made me think for a bit the heck with putting myself out there. What's the point? Why do I do it? I share ideas with people they think I am bragging. (which, if you know me or have even read this blog before you know it's something I loathe. I am not even comfortable bragging when it's OK... like if my kids' doing something great) I go out of my way to help someone feel better about crappy stuff going on in their lives only to have them throw me under the bus at their first opportunity, because it will make them feel better, even if I am now road kill.
But then God bonked me on my head. My friends and family came to my defense. I am not one that usually needs any type of defending. But these people felt they needed to be heard, and to let me hear it. I won't nauseate you with the things they said about me...but they were overwhelming to me to say the least.
It made me remember...to have Red Dinner on Valentine's Day even if it's a Tuesday and I am not really in the mood. This is the family I have created...and it's kinda pretty great "What you spend years building can be destroyed overnight. Build anyway."
Run to your friends' defense even if they might without meaning to hurt you, throw it in your face. "The good you do today may be forgotten tomorrow. Do good anyway"
Even if a person is rough on the outside stop for a minute and think why and maybe give them a chance. "People can be unreasonable, illogical, and self-centered, love them anyway".
Write your blog and even though there will be naysayers "Little people will try to shoot down your big ideas. Think big anyway"
"Give the world the best you have and you might get kicked in the teeth. Give the world - and especially the people around you - your best anyway."
When I put my head down on my pillow at night, I may not always be able to say I gave the world my best today. Most days I can. Most days I try real hard and sometimes it works and sometimes I fail. I learned a lot this week about myself and the people I surround myself with. It has all made me look at things a little differently, a little more clearly. A bonk on the head can do that to a girl.
Jenn's two cents: Bonked on the head, thrown under a bus, it's been a rough week for you Cara. Hoping for some sunshine this week so we can get out there and replenish your vitamin D.
I'm right behind you sista. ~Cara
Thursday, February 24, 2011
Jenn: Home Sweet Home
A girl goes away for six days and all hell breaks loose! I have to thank Cara for covering for me while I was in Florida enjoying 80 degree weather and the company of a particular mouse. It's always so nice to go away but for me the best part of vacation is coming home.
I was able to follow the blog from my iphone and I have to say - I was surprised at all the attention generated this week. Cara and I put ourselves out there and sometimes it comes back to bite us - as it did Cara this week. But we keep on truckin'. Why? Some days I don't know. Other days I have a lot to say. We are all on this journey together and it's nice to see that someone across the street or country or world is having the same issue. I read a lot of blogs. Some on decorating, some on cooking and some on just others people's lives. It's like reading a book. It takes you away from your day-to-day and let's you visit someone else. Sometimes when I am reading someone else's blog I am inspired, sometimes awe struck and sometimes not so interested. The not interesting ones I don't go back to. We had a lot of comments this week but today Moongate, a fellow blogger, left a great comment I want to share. It gives you something to think about - thanks MoonGate!
People can be unreasonable, illogical, and self-centered, love them anyway.
When you do the right thing, some people will accuse you of a "holier than thou motive". Do the right thing anyway.
If you are successful, you will win false friends and true enemies. Succeed anyway.
Honesty and integrity will make you unlovable. Be honest anyway.
The good you do today may be forgotten tomorrow. Do good anyway.
Little people will try to shoot down your big ideas. Think big anyway.
What you spend years building can be destroyed overnight. Build anyway.
Give the world the best you have and you might get kicked in the teeth. Give the world - and especially the people around you - your best anyway.
Cara's two cents: I too have things taped to the insides of cabinets...dieting reminders, garbage schedules. handy dandy kitchen tricks...(maybe not baby schedules....hmmm I do have them though just not in my cabinets lol) But I was so struck by those words last night it will take today for me to process (have had a lot to process the past 48 hours) but those words are so true and really they describe me and my journey in a nutshell. Like I said yesterday I love to learn from other people. This will get taped where I can remember to read it, that's for sure. Again it's what our blog is all about. Thanks Moongate for being my inspiration today.
I was able to follow the blog from my iphone and I have to say - I was surprised at all the attention generated this week. Cara and I put ourselves out there and sometimes it comes back to bite us - as it did Cara this week. But we keep on truckin'. Why? Some days I don't know. Other days I have a lot to say. We are all on this journey together and it's nice to see that someone across the street or country or world is having the same issue. I read a lot of blogs. Some on decorating, some on cooking and some on just others people's lives. It's like reading a book. It takes you away from your day-to-day and let's you visit someone else. Sometimes when I am reading someone else's blog I am inspired, sometimes awe struck and sometimes not so interested. The not interesting ones I don't go back to. We had a lot of comments this week but today Moongate, a fellow blogger, left a great comment I want to share. It gives you something to think about - thanks MoonGate!
Do Good Anyway
People can be unreasonable, illogical, and self-centered, love them anyway.
When you do the right thing, some people will accuse you of a "holier than thou motive". Do the right thing anyway.
If you are successful, you will win false friends and true enemies. Succeed anyway.
Honesty and integrity will make you unlovable. Be honest anyway.
The good you do today may be forgotten tomorrow. Do good anyway.
Little people will try to shoot down your big ideas. Think big anyway.
What you spend years building can be destroyed overnight. Build anyway.
Give the world the best you have and you might get kicked in the teeth. Give the world - and especially the people around you - your best anyway.
Cara's two cents: I too have things taped to the insides of cabinets...dieting reminders, garbage schedules. handy dandy kitchen tricks...(maybe not baby schedules....hmmm I do have them though just not in my cabinets lol) But I was so struck by those words last night it will take today for me to process (have had a lot to process the past 48 hours) but those words are so true and really they describe me and my journey in a nutshell. Like I said yesterday I love to learn from other people. This will get taped where I can remember to read it, that's for sure. Again it's what our blog is all about. Thanks Moongate for being my inspiration today.
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