I wanted to do a litte exercise for you to try out........New year, cean slate, new beginnings, endings to the "bad" parts of life & past & HOPE for the very best in 2012! That is what we all seem to be speaking of alot......So, I wanted to see what you could come up with, with the following letters to describe your very own thoughts of what you hope 2012 brings for YOU. You can use the letter witihin a sentence, or as the beginning of a sentence. (whatever u wanna do) It can make our minds think a bit, which s a VERY GOOD THING to battle the "fog".....;)
N.
E.
W.
Y.
O.
U.
Looking forward to seeing what y'all come up with.HAVE FUN WITTH IT!! :0)
AWESOME ANN!!! AND NO, YOU DO NOT SOUND "OUT OF IT" BY ANY MEANS, IT ACTUALLY WAS A GR8 JOB!! PERFECT, THAT IS HOW I WANTED YOU ALL TO PERCEIVE THIS GAME, AS A WAY TO NOT ONLY LET US & YOURSELF REALIZE WHAT U WANT FOR THIS NEW YEAR FOR YOURSEL & LIVING WITH A CHRONIC ILLNESS,, BUT ALSO TO THINK A BIT AND GET THE BRAIN WORKING POSITIVELY!!! CAUSE IT IS ALL ABOUT BEING POSITIVE, RIGHT? WHEN THE TOUGH GETS GOING, THE GOING GETS "TOUGH"!!! {{HUGS}} & I HAVE FAITH THAT ALL U ARE HOPING FOR WILL IN FACT COME TRUE FOR YOU!!! SUZIE :0) XO
Okay Suzie, I decided that in this thinking long would lead me to thinking wrong. So, I only spent a few minutes on this. Hope I don't sound too out of it ... oh, heck. You already know that I am out of it. LOL
Never waste too much time focusing on past mistakes
Every day is a new day and the first day of the rest of my life
Working for change brings better results than wishing for change
Every day is a new day, a treasure made by God's own hands;
What we choose to do with it , how to interpret our circumstances is what makes it good or bad.
"YES! I say," another day! " I am not afraid if I take
One step at a time, one breath, one moment
Unmistakably unified heart, mind and soul with Love Himself: my Ultimate goal.
WONDERFUL SONGBIRD!!! I REALLY LOVE THE WAY YOU PUT YOUR WORDS TOGETHER!!! AND I AS I SAID TO ANN, I DO HAVE TOTAL FAITH IN YOU & WILL BE STANDING HERE, POM-POMS IN HAND READY TO ROOT Y'ALL ON!!! AFTERALL, THAT IS WHAT THE CHEERLEADER DOES, RIGHT?? HECK I WAS MASCOT OF MY HS FOOTBALL TEAM, I CAN NOW BE THE MASCOT HERE TOO, LOL ;), HMMM, WHAT SHALL WE CALL ME??? LOL...... {{HUGS}} & ^^'S TO YOU! SUZIE XO :0)
YOU R WELCOME ANN!!! ALWAYS TRY TO STAY POSITIVE, KEEP THAT HEAD HELD HIGH & SMILE, AS HARD AS IT MAY BE, DUST URSELF OFF AND ALWAYS FIND A WAY TO KEEP ON SMILING!!! :0) SUZIE XO
Ann A. said:
Tx Suzie - thanks for all the oppotunities to be posiyive
Suzie D. said:
Ann A. said:
AWESOME ANN!!! AND NO, YOU DO NOT SOUND "OUT OF IT" BY ANY MEANS, IT ACTUALLY WAS A GR8 JOB!! PERFECT, THAT IS HOW I WANTED YOU ALL TO PERCEIVE THIS GAME, AS A WAY TO NOT ONLY LET US & YOURSELF REALIZE WHAT U WANT FOR THIS NEW YEAR FOR YOURSEL & LIVING WITH A CHRONIC ILLNESS,, BUT ALSO TO THINK A BIT AND GET THE BRAIN WORKING POSITIVELY!!! CAUSE IT IS ALL ABOUT BEING POSITIVE, RIGHT? WHEN THE TOUGH GETS GOING, THE GOING GETS "TOUGH"!!! {{HUGS}} & I HAVE FAITH THAT ALL U ARE HOPING FOR WILL IN FACT COME TRUE FOR YOU!!! SUZIE :0) XO
Okay Suzie, I decided that in this thinking long would lead me to thinking wrong. So, I only spent a few minutes on this. Hope I don't sound too out of it ... oh, heck. You already know that I am out of it. LOL
Never waste too much time focusing on past mistakes
Every day is a new day and the first day of the rest of my life
Working for change brings better results than wishing for change
I like this Ann A, I am up late, so my brain is abit soft at the moment, might give it a go tomorrow, hehe, love and hugs Astrid40xoxo
Ann A. said:
Okay Suzie, I decided that in this thinking long would lead me to thinking wrong. So, I only spent a few minutes on this. Hope I don't sound too out of it ... oh, heck. You already know that I am out of it. LOL
Never waste too much time focusing on past mistakes
Every day is a new day and the first day of the rest of my life
Working for change brings better results than wishing for change
We are all definately strong as we all manage to cope and deal with whatever is chucked at us, even if we do have to rest afterwards. Dont do yourself down, you are a really wonderful person with inner strength just waiting to emerge when you are ready for it, love and hugs Astrid40xoxo
Ann A. said:
Yea Rachel, Suzie is right. You are strong, strong, strong. Suzie D. said:
THINKIN OF U TOO RACHEL!! U HAVE THE STRENGTH, REMEMBER THAT!! LUV,SUZIE ;)
Another really good one, its taking my brain abit of time to get going, as i am supposed to be asleep right now, as its 2.20am at the moment here, so when i am abit more awake i will come back and think of something for it, thinking of you, love and hugs Astrid40xoxo
janice said:
Now is the best time to begin;
Every day is a new day, a treasure made by God's own hands;
What we choose to do with it , how to interpret our circumstances is what makes it good or bad.
"YES! I say," another day! " I am not afraid if I take
One step at a time, one breath, one moment
Unmistakably unified heart, mind and soul with Love Himself: my Ultimate goal.
Hi everyone, Happy New Year to those i've talked with and those that i haven't !!! Well to start this off , to describe my 2012 year is really simple. The letters N E W Y O U , have a lot of thoughts running in my mind ... LOL But here are some of the things that i was thinking :
N othing is going to handle my ( NO STRESS at ALL)
E njoying everyday to the fullest ( even during PAIN!!! )
hope that someday the World will understand chronic pain / and the people who suffer from it
Y eild to those that really don't know about Lupus and other serious illness
O ver come the feeling of never being the same before Lupus came into my Life
U nderstanding that AM really not ALONE Living with LUPUS....
this is only some of the things that came to mind frist , but there is more and i will talk about that later ... Beverly L.
LOL, U r soo funny Astrid, I DO Hope that you did get some adequate sleep last night.....;),,, Although, I am awaiting to see what you do come up with!!! I am sure it wll be Gr8, just like YOU! :0) {{HUGS}} Suzie Xo
astrid40 said:
Another really good one, its taking my brain abit of time to get going, as i am supposed to be asleep right now, as its 2.20am at the moment here, so when i am abit more awake i will come back and think of something for it, thinking of you, love and hugs Astrid40xoxo
janice said:
Now is the best time to ;
Every day is a new day, a treasure made by God's own hands;
What we choose to do with it , how to interpret our circumstances is what makes it good or bad.
"YES! I say," another day! " I am not afraid if I take
One step at a time, one breath, one moment
Unmistakably unified heart, mind and soul with Love Himself: my Ultimate goal.
Hi Bev! This is WONDERFUL!! I love the way you added the letters within the sentences too, it is awesome & very meaningful to not only YOU, but us here who support you too!!! Gr8 Job, my friend!!! Here's to an awesome 2012!! {{HUGS}} Suzie :0) Xo
Beverly L. said:
Hi everyone, Happy New Year to those i've talked with and those that i haven't !!! Well to start this off , to describe my 2012 year is really simple. The letters N E W Y O U , have a lot of thoughts running in my mind ... LOL But here are some of the things that i was thinking :
N othing is going to handle my ( NO STRESS at ALL)
E njoying everyday to the fullest ( even during PAIN!!! )
hope that someday the World will understand chronic pain / and the people who suffer from it
Y eild to those that really don't know about Lupus and other serious illness
O ver come the feeling of never being the same before Lupus came into my Life
U nderstanding that AM really not ALONE Living with LUPUS....
this is only some of the things that came to mind frist , but there is more and i will talk about that later ... Beverly L.
Did I hear CHEESE, OK, Well,, Here I must admit, "My name is Sue, & I AM A CHEESE FANATIC"!!! LOL....;) I also am a Sucker for that yummy stuff too, and YES, I KNOW, it holds waaaay too much sodium, oops. But I say I DO only live once so if I wanna have a piece if cheese, then I let myself do so.....May not be good idea, but what the heck!! LOL....Sodium is HUGE though & should be limited, I am w/ u all 110% on that! Good Luck Rach! I am here rootin' for YOU! I am for y'all!!! :0) Suzie Xo
Rachel Simpkins said:
Dont worry Salt is HARD because there isnt many choices, food companies dont care they load each thing with 250mgs
plus in everything, I boil chicken, I boil steak, I boil ham, I eat gluten free brown rice bread 25 mgs sodium from Kroger,
My downfall is CHEESE, OMgoodness, Im a cheese freak!! I HAVE to give it up, each serving has so much salt,
I eat lots of banannas, as fillers, and red potatos, and low sodium corn in a can for a snack. Just some tips. Luv ya
Hi Suzie D, thankyou for your comment, sometimes i think its my sense of humour that helps get me through. There is a book that i am thinking of getting called "How Can You Not Laugh At A Time Like This?" by Carla Ulbrich, i have mentioned it before, it looks at the funny side of being ill and the ignorant and silly things that people say to people who are really ill, there is a section that says 10 stupid things that people say when you are really ill, and alot of the ones that she has put down in her book are comments like we get so uptight about, but what she says is true. Sometimes people dont get me as i can laugh as some of the most awful things that happen to me. The other day i was really sick, and i put a note to someone about ah well, i suppose there is one bonus, weight loss hehe. but i am only joking and am not serious about losing weight through being ill as thats the worst way to lose it, but sometimes when things get bad, we need to find something to make it feel alot better, and humour does help. There is a funny side to some things if, we cant always see it at the time. My husband says to people, if you were to pick my wife up, she would make a good rattling noise with the amount of pills she has to take. When he asks if there is anything he can do for me, i say to him sometimes, you couldnt pop to a new body shop and get me a new one could you? And i know that would be awful, but it makes us smile for a second, then he says he would if he could, anything to make things better for me. There are times though when we cant laugh no matter what, but if we can it does make life alot easier. Anyway take care, bye for now, love Astrid40xoxo
Suzie D. said:
LOL, U r soo funny Astrid, I DO Hope that you did get some adequate sleep last night.....;),,, Although, I am awaiting to see what you do come up with!!! I am sure it wll be Gr8, just like YOU! :0) {{HUGS}} Suzie Xo
astrid40 said:
Another really good one, its taking my brain abit of time to get going, as i am supposed to be asleep right now, as its 2.20am at the moment here, so when i am abit more awake i will come back and think of something for it, thinking of you, love and hugs Astrid40xoxo
janice said:
Now is the best time to ;
Every day is a new day, a treasure made by God's own hands;
What we choose to do with it , how to interpret our circumstances is what makes it good or bad.
"YES! I say," another day! " I am not afraid if I take
One step at a time, one breath, one moment
Unmistakably unified heart, mind and soul with Love Himself: my Ultimate goal.
Hi Rachel Simpkins, ummm cheese, yummy. Cheese on everything sounds good but not good for our health hehe. My husband also loves cheese and i say we have a mouse in our house with the way my husband gets through cheese, he should of been a rodent, but then thats a falicy apparently, mice and rats dont really like cheese, they like chocolate so i heard when i was watching this documentary and they were trying to catch this mouse in someones house. So there you go, you know now, if you happen to get a mouse in the house, god forbid!! just get out the chocolate and it will make its day, hehe. Sorry i am being silly now. I have a really sweet tooth and anything thats sweet suits me, i think its because i get really low blood sugar. I, like yourself boil everything or if not i grill it, i dont have hardly any fat if i can help it, but like i said i too love cheese and anything sweet so i have to watch myself that i dont have to much of those things. I am not really a chocolate person which is good, but more something sweet. I love these rolls we can get in our shops, they have grated cheese all the way through them. When they are warmed up they are scrummy. I had one of those for lunch today, it was lovely. I think i have mentioned about the fact that Mono Sodium Glutomate isnt supposed to be very good for people with Lupus, not that i would have that very much, but its good to cut out things that dont help. High salt contents isnt good for anyone, i have been trying to convince my husband to cut down on his salt intake. Every so often we need a little treat of something we enjoy or otherwise we feel like we are being denied all the time. Anyway i wont go on, but interesting chat, look after yourself, love and hugs Astrid40xoxo
Suzie D. said:
Did I hear CHEESE, OK, Well,, Here I must admit, "My name is Sue, & I AM A CHEESE FANATIC"!!! LOL....;) I also am a Sucker for that yummy stuff too, and YES, I KNOW, it holds waaaay too much sodium, oops. But I say I DO only live once so if I wanna have a piece if cheese, then I let myself do so.....May not be good idea, but what the heck!! LOL....Sodium is HUGE though & should be limited, I am w/ u all 110% on that! Good Luck Rach! I am here rootin' for YOU! I am for y'all!!! :0) Suzie Xo
Rachel Simpkins said:
Dont worry Salt is HARD because there isnt many choices, food companies dont care they load each thing with 250mgs
plus in everything, I boil chicken, I boil steak, I boil ham, I eat gluten free brown rice bread 25 mgs sodium from Kroger,
My downfall is CHEESE, OMgoodness, Im a cheese freak!! I HAVE to give it up, each serving has so much salt,
I eat lots of banannas, as fillers, and red potatos, and low sodium corn in a can for a snack. Just some tips. Luv ya
Very True Astrid!! We have to find humor in it all!!! If u don't then you'll go CRAZY!! I luv the shake her &the rattling one ur hubby says LOL..., 2 FUNNY!!!! I a appu r blethru i all to :), that means so much!!! If u ca keep that up then you'll b A-OK! ;) Luv &{{HUGS}} & Lots of Prayers!! Suzie )
astrid40 said:
Hi Suzie D, thankyou for your comment, sometimes i think its my sense of humour that helps get me through. There is a book that i am thinking of getting called "How Can You Not Laugh At A Time Like This?" by Carla Ulbrich, i have mentioned it before, it looks at the funny side of being ill and the ignorant and silly things that people say to people who are really ill, there is a section that says 10 stupid things that people say when you are really ill, and alot of the ones that she has put down in her book are comments like we get so uptight about, but what she says is true. Sometimes people dont get me as i can laugh as some of the most awful things that happen to me. The other day i was really sick, and i put a note to someone about ah well, i suppose there is one bonus, weight loss hehe. but i am only joking and am not serious about losing weight through being ill as thats the worst way to lose it, but sometimes when things get bad, we need to find something to make it feel alot better, and humour does help. There is a funny side to some things if, we cant always see it at the time. My husband says to people, if you were to pick my wife up, she would make a good rattling noise with the amount of pills she has to take. When he asks if there is anything he can do for me, i say to him sometimes, you couldnt pop to a new body shop and get me a new one could you? And i know that would be awful, but it makes us smile for a second, then he says he would if he could, anything to make things better for me. There are times though when we cant laugh no matter what, but if we can it does make life alot easier. Anyway take care, bye for now, love Astrid40xoxo
Suzie D. said:
LOL, U r soo funny Astrid, I DO Hope that you did get some adequate sleep last night.....;),,, Although, I am awaiting to see what you do come up with!!! I am sure it wll be Gr8, just like YOU! :0) {{HUGS}} Suzie Xo
astrid40 said:
Another really good one, its taking my brain abit of time to get going, as i am supposed to be asleep right now, as its 2.20am at the moment here, so when i am abit more awake i will come back and think of something for it, thinking of you, love and hugs Astrid40xoxo
janice said:
Now is the best time to ;
Every day is a new day, a treasure made by God's own hands;
What we choose to do with it , how to interpret our circumstances is what makes it good or bad.
"YES! I say," another day! " I am not afraid if I take
One step at a time, one breath, one moment
Unmistakably unified heart, mind and soul with Love Himself: my Ultimate goal.