When you read the title, did it make you feel good? Did you get an instant visual in your mind? Did you smile from head to toe or grin from ear to ear? Did it make you want to kick up your heels -- just to see if you could? Did it make you want to whistle a happy tune?
It's astounding how so few words can make all those good feelings POP! It's funny, I'm always looking for uplifting quotes. This one today just struck a chord. I've repeated it over and over in my mind so many times since I read it early this morning. That said, I'm having the best day ever! Most days are great days for me, but today is remarkable. I know it's the quote. I've repeated it to myself so many times, my self talk is trying to press the STOP button, or at the very least, Pause! Positive thoughts make you want to do all the right things and make all the right choices all day long -- and often carry on to the next day. They can make you feel so good that you want to reach out and share them with others who might need a boost.
One of the questions on the Discussion Board of the Facebook group, Believers are Losers, was "what do you do non-caloric to get yourself through a period in the day when you need a pick me up?" Today, I found a new answer, thank goodness, otherwise all that self talk would have been such a waste! Next time I need a pick me up that is no calorie, fat-free, and sugar-free, I'm going to reach out and share my pocket full of sunshine. Ironically, I'll be making someone else feel good while I'm believing I'm a loser!
Nice start!!! My pick-me-up is taking my doggy out to play! I know it picks him up too!
ReplyDeleteI like to go for a mid day walk! I also try to make at least one person smile every day. Sometimes it is bringing someone a favorite snack/cup of coffee or holding a door for a random stranger. Just something that you go slightly out of your way to make someone else feel special.
ReplyDeleteNow I see that awesome "blogging" runs in the family:)...My pick me up is Kelloggs Protein packets, I add them to water and drink when I am wanting something to replace my pop.
ReplyDeleteI love your blog!!!
ReplyDeleteI also try to make others happy or smile. A kind email or facebook post or text... it's all good! Sometimes I write.
If I'm out and about, I stop to get a Latte. However, if I'm just sitting at home working, I love the experience of making tea. It is very calming to me, refreshing and warm and beautiful with my pretty teapots and cups and saucers and demitasse spoons. I love the ritual of it. It always makes me smile and as silly as it sounds I feel like I'm drinking a cup of love. And... ZERO calories!!
I tell myself......this will go away and I won't die if I'm hungry. Then I use the Lipton Mango and Mandarin green tea water mix in packet and it actually satisfies me and energizes me!!
ReplyDeleteyou, valerie, are "a pocket full of sunshine" to me...i don't know how i would have smiled somedays w/o you. keep it up beautiful friend.
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