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Strength in a Smile

Sunday, January 02, 2011

I am almost 48 hours into this New Year...how soon are we supposed to make those 'resolutions' everyone keeps talking about? :)
So far...I've heard people say they are going to lose weight, they are going to quit smoking, they are going to get more sleep, take better care of themselves....I've even heard from one young lady that she is going to give up meat. THAT is one resolution that I don't think I could do. LOL... being born and raised on a farm in Kansas...I could probably take out everything BUT meat in my diet. :)
I don't think I really have any 'set' resolutions just yet. I know the things I want to accomplish in this year... number ONE: BE HAPPY....TRULY HAPPY. Number two: get my bachelor's degree in marketing and management. Number three: Always say ' I Love You ' to my children, and to the people who mean the most in my life.
I am working hard at not being so 'anxious' about tomorrow, or the next day. I will always have some worries, I believe that I can't go without SOME worries about tomorrow. But I am going to live each day as if I could die tomorrow. And for the first time in my 34 years.... I know that I when I die, I will go having felt true love and found my soulmate.
I will no doubt face obstacles as I live each day...but I will face them with a smile, and the strength that I found within myself in 2010. I found this quote...its come from Greta Garbo ..."Anyone who has a continuous smile on her face conceals a toughness that is almost frightening."
I know what I dream, I know what I hope, I know my prayers, and I know my wishes.... but my own strength and what I am capable of accomplishing....there are no boundaries... as long as I don't put them there! :)
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SMILINDI 1/2/2011 11:01PM

    Sweet Shannon,

My dear what a WONDERFUL blog! Hoorayyyyy~I feel your strength, and am celebrating here in the still of the evening with a soft smile accenting my face, and warmth in my heart for YOU. Thank you for taking the time to post a note on my page~I love you dearly. Go Get 'em LADY! You are so in the right frame of mind living each day as if could be your last. There was a time my perception of that meant "death," being the last; however last can mean many things. Anything that might alter what was "normal, healthy living," the freedom to get out there and give it your gusto loving exercise, fresh air, and the ability to move and go non-stop......yesssss pleaseeee live every day as if it could be your last. Do that for yourself. Do it for your beautiful daughters, and whom ever that cowboy might be....(smiling softly) who adds to the brilliance I see shining soul deep in your eyes. We just never know.....truly we don't. Sending loads of LOVE YOUR WAY!!!

XOXOXOXO...
~Diane~> emoticon emoticon emoticon

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