Makeover Madness

I dont know about you, but usually at the start of each new year people dream up these fancy resolutions that they wish to do or change in there lives, maybe they did take stock of last years errors or feel they need a change within themselves.....well, I am not the type of person to start with these fanciful resolutions, but I definitely do stock taking and am most grateful for all the blessings in my life and ask God to help me to bless others in my journey for the new year.

So, 2014 has not been any different, yet it has been different too.  As I am now officially on a disability pension I decreed 2014 to be "my year" a year where I would like to do things for me myself and I, (not in a selfish way) but putting me first instead of second, needing to fill my emotional, spiritual and physical tank.  Doing a total makeover.

So, taking the bull by the horns, the first "physical" action is doing a makeover of my bathroom and kitchen, making it user friendly for later in my life...a walk in shower, no more bath, a kitchen to last a life time. I am soooo excited I can burst by the seems.

But in reflecting on all this, I can not help but also look at the spiritual aspects, this being my "spiritual" action.  There is a time in our life when God says fine lads...time for a makeover.  Sometimes He brings us to a point in our life where we need to sit back, look and listen and then we need to rest a bit in His presence and truth, to gather the energy we need to enjoy the makeover.  While all this takes place I will enjoy having my emotional cup filled and may it over flow joyfully.

Unless the Lord builds the house,
those who build it labor in vain.
Unless the Lord watches over the city,
the watchman stays awake in vain.

It is in vain that you rise up early and go late to rest,
eating the bread of anxious toil;
for he gives to his beloved sleep.

Psalm 127:1-2
Father, build our house. Father, watch over our city. Father, give us sweet sleep, true rest and surpassing peace as we seek you, find you, and trust in you alone. Amen.

May you be blessed...and in being blessed share your blessing with another

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"The doors we open and close each day

decide the lives we live."

~Flora Whittemore

How many times have your heard the saying, "When one door closes, another one opens"? It seems no matter how many, we often forget this in times of crisis, disappointment and unrequested change.

We need not fully understand why a change is occurring to ask ourselves: Am I going to let this door hit me in the rear or am I going to 'break on through to the other side'?

Very often the doors that close are positive for us!  Let's be honest, whether it be fear or insecurities, we often wait too long to make the necessary changes on our own . There are times when we ought to be grateful for the closure and consider what new and more positive paths await us.

The choice is always ours. Are you a survivor or a victim of change?

I always advocate for survivor and therefore, thriver!

Go ahead, look back and ponder for a bit, always remembering, "The doors we open and close each day decide the lives we live." 

Now, please spend the rest of your time and energies finding and going through the new, more positive door. It is through this door you will discover your best self and gain the ability to enjoy all the wonderful life experiences that await you.  

Believe: You too can "break on through to the other side".

Sharing this with you from:    Positive Adaptation and 'Think, Feel and Do'  your way into becoming the best you can be.  Remember, life is to be enjoyed, not survived!