WORLD GRATITUDE DAY

..today i just want to say how grateful i am..

..for all my beautiful family and friends..

..following are just a few pics of some of the people that fill my life with so much

..fun..love and laughter..

..i truly am grateful for all of you in my life at the moment..

that give me so much support and encouragement..

..I LURV U..

..i am also grateful for all the new friends that have come into my world lately..

..for all my family that i may not get to spend time with..

and all of my old Friends that i do not see on a regular basis..

..i am grateful that you have been a part of my life at some time..

..for each of you has helped me be the person i am today X

some stories don't have a clear beginning..middle or end..

..life is about not knowing..having to change..

taking the moment and making the most of it..

..without knowing whats going to happen next..

..delicious ambiguity..

- gilda radner

LOVE

..inspired by one of my favourite authors Nicholas Sparks..

..love is like the wind..you cant see it but you can feel it..

..true love means..
..caring for another persons happiness more than your own..
..no matter how painful the choices you face might be..

..nothing that is worthwhile is ever easy..

..sometimes you have to be apart from the people you love..

..it doesn't make you love then any less..

..sometimes you love them more..

..passion and love go hand in hand..

and without both..any happiness is only temporary..

..because there is nothing to make it last..

..the best love is the kind that awakens the soul and makes us reach for more..

it plants a fire in our hearts and brings peace to our minds..

..love means seeing the one you love happy..

..love is fragile..we are not always its best caretakers..

..we often just muddle through..

..and do the best we can..hoping this fragile thing survives against all odds..

..we need to take care of it..
..nourish it..treasure it..

true love..

..is always patient and kind..

..it is never jealous..

..love is never boastful..concieted..rude or selfish..

..love takes no pleasure in other peoples pain..

..it is always ready to trust..to hope..

..and to endure whatever comes along..

x

FAR FROM WHAT I ONCE WAS..

NOT YET WHAT I AM GOING TO BE..

..its really important to believe in yourself..

..to know there is something inside of you that is greater than any obstacle..

..so promise yourself to be so strong..

that nothing can disturb your peace of mind..

..to look at the bright side of everything..

and make your optimism come true..

..to think only of the best..work only for the best..
and expect only the best..

...to forget the mistakes of the past..

and move forward to the greater things of the future..

..to spend so much time on the improvement of yourself..

that you don't have time to criticize others..

..and live in faith that the whole world will be on your side..

as long as you are true to the best that is in you..

- Christian Larson

..it's all part of our journey..

and remember that the journey is just as important as the destination..

..for as far as i have come in my life.. i know i still have a very long way to go..

..the difference now is i take one step at a time and really try to live in the moment..

..instead of worrying about what might be..

..because as you all know..life is full of surprises..
..so continue to..

..live..love..laugh..

and enjoy life's journey x

FATHERS DAY..

..father means so many things to so many people..

..it may be the man who biologically assisted in creating you..

..it may be the man that raised you..

..it could be a male figure that was there for you at a significant time in your life..

..whoever that may be..

..today we show gratitude to you..

..happy fathers day..

..to the 'new' daddy's...

..to the dads that are far away..

..or the dads that have passed away..

..a special mention to..

..the grandpa's..pops..pa's..

(..my gramps..i miss u..)

..the dads sending daughters off to begin their new lives..

..to the famous dads..

..to all the very special dads...

...HAPPY FATHERS DAY...

..for any man can be a father...it takes a special person to be a dad..

..and a dad can give you the greatest gift of all..he can believe in you...

..to my hubby Paul and all the wonderful men out there..

..thankyou for believing in your children..

..thankyou for your unconditional love..

have a really happy day x

BEAUTY

..is in the eyes of the beholder..

..it's true..
..what i may see as beautiful..may not be what you see..

..and of coarse inner beauty is the most precious of them all..

..but as Emerson once said..

...'never lose an opportunity of seeing something beautiful..

...for it is God's handwriting'...

..so here are some of my ideas of "BEAUTIFUL"...

...freedom...

..a gorgeous dress..

..a great pair of heels..

..holidays..

..a safe quiet place..

..talent..


..a passionate kiss..

..a daddy's love for his little girl..

..a picnic..

..old books with wonderful stories..

...friendships xxx

..dreams..

..these people..

..mmm..

..rainy days..

...innocence..

..most of all.. finding beauty where no one else can see it..

..these are just a few of my ideas of beauty..

..so take some time to find beauty..it may be where you least expect it..

..it may not be others idea of what is beautiful..

..it doesn't matter..

..for a thing of beauty is a joy forever..

..have a beautiful weekend

x