Welcome to a New Day...

Here it is, a brand new day.  Funny how we forget we can start over...everyday...new!  Oh sure there are things that follow us around but most of the time we can just move forward, start over, and begin new.  I had an old boyfriend, years ago, that use to tell me that every night he went to bed he would "hang" all his worries on the coat rack in his room.  When he did this, he would sleep well with no worries and to his amazement, there were some things left over in the morning that he just had to deal with, but for the most part the small worries were gone.  It's not a bad idea.  I don't always do it, but I try to remember it from time to time to make my worries less, and it does seem to work.  So, I suggest to give it a try!

And that is one reason I wanted to start this blog.  To some how make our worries less.  To deal with our emotions head on, face them, scream, yell or jump for joy (these can last longer of course) and then move forward.  That is one reason I wrote the book, to deal with what we really don't want to deal with and then move forward.  Life gives us days....good ones and bad ones, happy ones and sad ones, long ones and short ones and we always seem to manage to get through.  Sometimes I think the bad part is that we never stop to see them and our surrounding, and I mean really "see" them.  We are so busy doing something we don't like or working somewhere we don't like or dealing with how busy we are, that we forget in the midst of everything, there is beauty.  For example, and for those of you who have gone through chemo, I am sure you will understand.  One of the hardest things about "chemo" day was just even getting in the car to go to the hospital, sometimes this took everything I had.  And as lucky as I am that I have a wonderful Mother that did not miss one visit, we would pile in the car for the first few trips and not say a word.  I would be screaming inside and trying to act like it was okay and of course, she would just be at a lose for words.  Til one day, I was waiting to get in the car, and in her garden were the most beautiful daffodils.  I stood looking at them in amazement of how they just looked so happy and seemed to be singing with their bright mouths open and for some un-known reason, the song from OKLAHOMA popped in my head.  You know the one "Oh what a beautiful morning, Oh what a beautiful day, I have a wonderful feeling every things going my way".  And I shared this with my Mom.  Well from then on, we decided that no matter how we were feeling on the way to chemo, we would sing this song.  So, my wonderful mom and my bald little self would pile in the car, get all strapped in and sing all the way to chemo as loud as we could, like two goofs.  But...it helped and it made us laugh and it got us there in a better frame of mind.  And this works for other things in life and I will share more about that in this blog later, but for now deal with what you need to deal with and try and notice something good, even if it is just a small yellow flower and if what you are dealing with is not your favorite thing, then concentrate on this small "good" item. 

And then pick a gal that helps. 

Really you will be amazed at how this helps!  For anything in life, a job interview, a big decision, a diet.  Pick a gal that describes how you feel, honor that emotion, deal with it and then conquer the day!!!  You can do it!!!  And then share with us how you are feeling!  What gal you picked.  It is safe here and we are all sharing our emotions, so join in!  I will show you how.  Scroll down the side and read about all the gals and then pick one.  For example today, I feel like the Cheerleader!!  I am excited about this blog, excited about getting all of you involved and excited about my day so...I am the Cheerleader!!! 

Who are you today???