Thought for the day …..

Good Morning and Welcome to Wednesday the 28th day of February, 2018.

The last day of February 2018.

What a great way to celebrate this day with the birthday of my nephew “D.”

Sending him out wonderful wishes for an amazing day.

The weather is supposed to be mild today.

 

I can feel it in my bones that today is going to be like the first day of the rest of my life.

Sometimes you have to stop and think about your life.

The manner in which you speak to people.

The way that you do things.

My work and home life are so different.

Time to bring my home life to work.

Time to be my true self.

Somewhere along this crazy journey I forgot myself at work.

You can get wrapped up in things and sometimes lose yourself.

That has been me.

I am usually a positive, happy, energetic human being.

I want to be that person during the day and not just at night and on the weekends.

Not that I am saying that I am miserable and mean and negative all the time during the day.

But I find myself more and more turning in that direction and it sucks.

Time to turn go back to me.

My true self.

Sometimes it is easy in different situations to get carried away and forget the things that mean most to you.

So today is the first day of the rest of my life.

I want to be fun, 99% positive (have to have the odd moment) and all the time retaining my hard work ethic.

I believe in working hard and earning my salary.

But after all we spend most of our waking hours at the office, at your job so we have to remember to have a bit of fun along the way.

Happy Wednesday.

I am back.

Thank goodness.

I remember.

Special Hello to: all those folks who struggle with the work and home balance of being there true self in the midst of it all.  I hear you.

Always, Carol & Alvin

Thought for the day …..

Good Morning and Welcome to Thursday the 26th day of January, 2017.

Does not appear to be foggy outside, so that is good for drivers this morning.

Forecasting 0 degrees for Edmonton today, +1 for tomorrow and +5 degrees celsius for Saturday.

Plus temperatures in January in Edmonton – well that is just crazy.

We are loving this mild weather for sure.

It makes going for walks more enjoyable and allows us to go for walks.

It makes walking to and from the bus actually nice.

A far cry from normal temperatures for this time of year.

So nice and I am so grateful for this wonderful reprieve from “winter.”

 

So Thursday already ….. another week almost over.

It has been an odd one….

You would almost think that there has been a full moon.

But this time … it is just the time of year.

Not much sunlight and despite the warmer temperatures it is still winter.

I think most of us feel some degree of depression at this time of year.

If you feel yourself slipping into  that place …. go talk to someone.

Talk to a professional ….. always best to seek someone who understands.

Maybe it is a simple as taking a vacation to a tropical destination …..

So many people with varying degrees of depression and other mental illnesses sometimes do not realize or understand that they need help.

Also for far too long those suffering have been afraid or embarrassed to come forward because of the stigma attached to depression and other forms of mental illness.

You are important and if you are not well, seek help.

I can tell you that when the sun does not shine, I can feel the dip in my well being.

I feel less joyful.

I feel less “sunny” and more “foggy.”

I feel less social.

The list could go on.

Take care of yourself.

Ask the questions.

Find the answers.

 

Have a wonderful Thursday.

Special Hello to: my sister ….. time to SKYPE?????

Always, Carol and Alvin

 

Thought for the day…..

Good Morning and Welcome to Wednesday the 6th day of November, 2013.

How was your day yesterday?

I hope that it was great and that you are figuring out your passions.

It is so important to absolutely “love” something that you like to do.

I mean love something that you do ….. like singing or dancing.

Making crafts, building a boat, travelling, writing a book or starting a book club.

Volunteering at an animal shelter or starting your own animal sanctuary.

Whatever it is that you that makes you feel like you are soaring and on cloud nine most of the time.

If you like something that is a good thing.

The feeling that you get when you do something that you LOVE and are PASSIONATE about is like sprouting wings and flying.

You feel light and airy.

Like you own the world.

Let us own our worlds.

See, I am passionate about getting my thoughts down on “paper” so to speak.

So on this WONDERFUL WEDNESDAY ….. ENJOY …. LIGHT YOUR LIFE WITH YOUR PASSIONS.

BE CREATIVE … BE SMART …. BE FUN….. BE LOVING …. BE GIVING AND BE YOURSELF.

Special Hello to: YOU AND YOU AND YOU.

Always, Carol and Alvin

Thought for the day …..

I just want to shout from the rooftops that my life is PERFECT.

I have love in my life.  I love my life and, most of all I love myself

Loving yourself is the key.  Once you love yourself – everything falls into place.

If you can say those things your life is PERFECT.

Have a great day.