When is a Picture Worth a $1000?
When you are a member of 5 minutes for Mom! Among their many monthly contests, is a $1000 giveaway for the best photo. It’s been fun visiting all of the participants blogs and just for fun I thought I’d give it a whirl too…
This is my favorite mom-ment. The day my life became complete, the day I discovered my purpose, the day I became a mom all over again~
Enjoy!
Brandi
Personal Growth | Comments (4)The Music in You
A dear friend, Alex Zoltai and I were talking the other day about the importance of music. While I am musically challenged when it comes to playing an instrument or worse singing, I love listening to music.
“I have my own particular sorrows, loves, delights; and you have yours. But sorrow, gladness, yearning, hope, love, belong to all of us, in all times and in all places. Music is the only means whereby we feel these emotions in their universality.” ~H.A. Overstreet
I listen while I work, cook, clean, drive…you name it the music is blaring! It soothes me to know that whatever feeling I have at the moment I can turn on the radio and I will be guaranteed to hear a song that fits that very emotion. It’s as though it was meant to be, God’s way of reminding me that I am not alone.
I’ve noticed most of my favorite songs all have something to do with moving on…hmmmmm. At this point in my life, I feel I best relate to Jewels Stronger Woman. The song is about becoming your best friend, trusting yourself, and letting go of those bringing you down.
As my regular readers know being at one with myself is a new concept to me, one that I am striving to master. Though I am very thick-headed when it comes to asking for help, I have always looked for others for acceptance, love, and gratitude.
Loving me for me was bound to happen eventually and since my evolution has taken place I truly am enjoying becoming the woman I would like my daughter to be~
What music best describes you?
Brandi
Personal Growth | Comments (1)R-E-S-P-E-C-T…
Did you know that today is Women Get Some Respect Day?
In 1967, Aretha Franklin released her hit record, “Respect.” Let’s honor all women today by showing them the respect they deserve! Women are Strong, Passionate, Determined. Hold your head up and be proud to be a Woman! To remind yourself just how phenomenal woman are, this is one of my favorite poems by Maya Angelou…
I’m not cute or built to suit a fashion model’s size
But when I start to tell them,
They think I’m telling lies.
I say,
It’s in the reach of my arms
The span of my hips,
The stride of my step,
The curl of my lips.
I’m a woman
Phenomenally.
Phenomenal woman,
That’s me.I walk into a room
Just as cool as you please,
And to a man,
The fellows stand or
Fall down on their knees.
Then they swarm around me,
A hive of honey bees.
I say,
It’s the fire in my eyes,
And the flash of my teeth,
The swing in my waist,
And the joy in my feet.
I’m a woman
Phenomenally.
Phenomenal woman,
That’s me. Men themselves have wondered
What they see in me.
They try so much
But they can’t touch
My inner mystery. When I try to show them
They say they still can’t see.
I say,
It’s in the arch of my back,
The sun of my smile,
The ride of my breasts, The grace of my style. I’m a woman, Phenomenally.
Phenomenal woman,
That’s me. Now you understand
Just why my head’s not bowed.
I don’t shout or jump about
Or have to talk real loud.
When you see me passing
It ought to make you proud.
I say,
It’s in the click of my heels, The bend of my hair,
the palm of my hand,
The need of my care, ‘Cause I’m a woman
Phenomenally.
Phenomenal woman,
That’s me.
I’ve Lost My Mojo…
…can you help me find it? I don’t know what has come over me the last few weeks, but I have been incredibly down. I have lost sight of my goals, in turn I have aimed for nothing. How depressing!!!
I feel like a failure, like a fake. I am failing at motherhood, being a wife, a business owner…everything! Isn’t it amazing how quickly these wreched thoughts enter the mind and begin to take over your life?
Here I am preaching motivation when yes I am all about going out and getting what it is you want, but on the inside I am broken. I am alone, scared and depressed. Yes I still have a closet full of demons that are working their way out.
So what has changed…I don’t know. Could it be the lack of respect I get at home from my husband. With the best of intentions his bad attitude could quite possibly be rubbing off on me. Or maybe it’s the house that seems to be falling down before me, literally this house is falling apart! Or maybe I am just plain crazy. Who knows!
Isn’t it nice to know that we are all human, we all get to feeling this way at times. It is what we choose to do about this feeling that truly makes or breaks us, right?
So do I wallow in self-pity, which will have absolutely no affect on what is happening in my life except of course make the situation worse, or do I learn from this experience and move on?
Hmmm…let me think. I am definitely going to dig my heels in and push on!
First, I am going to take today to re-evaluate my goals and then make a plan of action, one that is reachable might I add. Second, I am going to work my plan man!
I think I can, I think I can, I think I can…I know I can, I know I can, I know I can…I feel better already:~)
Just watch me!
Brandi
Personal Growth, Self Improvement | Comments (4)Today is…
…National Siblings Day? Take your brothers and sisters out to lunch today. Don’t have any? Take someone else’s sibling out to lunch! :~)
“Siblings are the people we practice on, the people who teach us about fairness and cooperation and kindness and caring –quite often the hard way.” ~Pamela Dugdales
For the last 20 years my sister, Casey has always looked up to me as a role-model. She may not know this, but I have always secretly looked to her as my role-model. Casey has an amazing gift of putting herself in others shoes and seeing the world through their eyes.
She relates to people and with her sincere dominior they too relate to her. Casey has taught me to not just tell my daughter how she should handle a particular situation but to relate to her situation and tell her how I handled the same situation when I was her age and why.
This approach has helped my daughter and I tremendously and I will continue to look to my sister for parenting advise even though she is not a parent:~)
Today I think we will tell Casey just how special she is to us!
What have your siblings taught you?
Personal Growth | Comments (0)To Believe or Not to Believe
In my opinion, our beliefs are the single most important gift God gave us. They determine our past, present and future. They are the one thing that holds us back and the one thing that keeps us going.
“If you believe you can, you probably can. If you believe you won’t, you most assuredly won’t. Belief is the ignition switch that gets you off the launching pad.”~Denis Waitley
I for one, had my beliefs so badly tainted as a child that I allowed them to take over my life and eventually I became hostage by my horrid images I had about myself.
Our belief about religion, money, family, work and ourselves all affect the person we are today. A friend of mine referred to it as a belief bucket. The truth of the matter is that each belief that we have goes hand in hand with the other.
While we may know what is right and wrong, we do not act on what we know, we act on what we believe.
Luckily God also granted us the ability to change our beliefs. Yes, we are 100% in control of our beliefs. In fact, our beliefs are probably the only thing in the world that we do have 100% control over.
How does one change our beliefs?
I for one, took a few steps back and with the help of some great mentors I was able to see my life in a different light. Once I realized what has been holding me back all these years, that whole in my stomach suddenly began to fill.
This is not enough to change them though. I also forgave those whom filled my belief bucket with rubbish. This included myself, as I am my own worst enemy.
The journey may be long and hard, something we may have to work at everyday, but when we think of what we will become, isn’t letting go worth becoming whole?
Personal Growth, Self Improvement | Comments (0)
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