Somewhere between last night and today I learned that we have been saying it all wrong - it shouldn't be "You take the good with the bad" it should be "You take the good with the even better."
I love my alone time on my drives home from the beach. As sad as I am to leave the ocean I always find comfort in just thinking, praying and like Kenny says...'the road and the radio'.
I think it is safe to say that the last year of my life has felt like the worlds fastest, scariest, highest, lowest and craziest roller coaster ever. During some of these times it seems like everything is taking a turn for the worst possible outcome but I always realize; whether it takes a minute, day, week, hour or year - everything that happens has taught me many lessons and makes me even better and more secure in handling the roller coaster rides ahead!
On my drive home last night I was listening to Kacey Musgraves (check her out-her songs are awesome!) and in an interview she said something along the lines of,
"An arrow can only be shot by pulling it backwards. When you feel like life is dragging you back with difficulties just know that you are being launched into something great."
She hit the bulls eye on that one huh? These words rang so much truth to me that I listened to the podcast again on my lunch hour today...and again it was just the reassurance I needed!
Tonight as I write this, I am thankful for my weak moments because they are making me stronger, I am thankful for the road and the radio and I am definitely thankful that I am understanding how to take the good with the even better!
xoxo,
Faith
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9.09.2013
5.19.2013
My take-away from my take-out!
I ordered Chinese take-out for lunch today and I was so disappointed when I got home to find that they forgot to give me a fortune cookie. I mean there are things going on in my life that I was planning on figuring out after reading that fortune cookie and over analyzing it for a few minutes! haha
Tonight I grabbed a Milkshake from the Cookout (it's a rainy Sunday -no judging allowed!) :) and on the side of my cup I noticed the words Proverb 3:5-6. Who needs a fortune cookie?
I told my grandmother and mother just this past week, that for my name to be Faith, I sure do lack in the department of chilling out and trusting!
Tonight I grabbed a Milkshake from the Cookout (it's a rainy Sunday -no judging allowed!) :) and on the side of my cup I noticed the words Proverb 3:5-6. Who needs a fortune cookie?
I told my grandmother and mother just this past week, that for my name to be Faith, I sure do lack in the department of chilling out and trusting!
I go to cookout probably once a week (again, no judging!) and I cannot ever remember noticing these verses. It never ceases to amaze me how during the times that I feel so overwhelmed and wondering how in the world I am going to possibly figure out what to do next, God uses simple things -even a milkshake :) to remind me:
"Faith, Trust in ME,the Lord, with all your heart; and lean not unto your own understanding but in all your ways acknowledge ME, and I shall direct your paths, Faith!"
xoxo,
Faith
4.11.2013
Big Shot
We all seem to reach a point every now and then when we feel like we are at a spot in life that doesn't seem to be going forward or backward but instead it just seems to stop. If you have ever been there and you are like me then when you reach this spot you feel like you have stopped growing as a person and that is not a spot where I am comfortable staying for more than about ten seconds!
Upon reaching what I would call a stagnant place in my life professionally, I was reminded by someone today that I need to remember that even when I feel like I am not moving...I really am! I will be able to look back one day and see all of the action that was taking place the whole time!
All of this "deep thinking" haha! today made me remember a quote that I once heard -
"A big shot is the little shot that kept shooting” so I googled it and found this interesting little article...Enjoy!
Somebody once said the difference between a big shot and little shot is that the big shot was the little shot who kept on shooting. There’s much truth in that witticism. The reality is, no matter what our target might be, we seldom hit it on the first try unless the target is low, which means the accomplishment and the rewards will be insignificant.
In bow shooting, experienced archers test the wind by using the first shot to judge its strength and direction, enabling them to zero in on the target with their following shots. In short, archers learn from their mistakes. That’s good advice for all of us. Success in business, athletics, science, politics, etc., seldom comes on the first effort. Walt Disney went bankrupt a number of times and had at least one nervous breakdown before he made it big. Athletic skills are acquired over a long period of time and after countless hours of practice. Authors by the hundreds can tell you stories by the thousands of those rejection slips before they found a publisher who was willing to ‘gamble’ on an unknown.
It’s more than just a cliché that persistent, enthusiastic effort produces powerful, positive results, that failure is an event—not a person—and that the only time you must not fail is the last time you try. Whatever your target might be, chances are good that you’re not going to hit the bull’s eye on the first effort you make at being ‘successful’. The key is persistence and the willingness to try again in the face of those early misses.
You can learn from those early mistakes and if you do keep on shooting, it’s just a question of time before you, too, are hitting the bull’s eye.
http://www.internetmasterycenter.com/blog/2013/01/17/hitting-the-bulls-eye-by-zig-ziglar/
xoxo,
Faith
Upon reaching what I would call a stagnant place in my life professionally, I was reminded by someone today that I need to remember that even when I feel like I am not moving...I really am! I will be able to look back one day and see all of the action that was taking place the whole time!
All of this "deep thinking" haha! today made me remember a quote that I once heard -
"A big shot is the little shot that kept shooting” so I googled it and found this interesting little article...Enjoy!
Somebody once said the difference between a big shot and little shot is that the big shot was the little shot who kept on shooting. There’s much truth in that witticism. The reality is, no matter what our target might be, we seldom hit it on the first try unless the target is low, which means the accomplishment and the rewards will be insignificant.
In bow shooting, experienced archers test the wind by using the first shot to judge its strength and direction, enabling them to zero in on the target with their following shots. In short, archers learn from their mistakes. That’s good advice for all of us. Success in business, athletics, science, politics, etc., seldom comes on the first effort. Walt Disney went bankrupt a number of times and had at least one nervous breakdown before he made it big. Athletic skills are acquired over a long period of time and after countless hours of practice. Authors by the hundreds can tell you stories by the thousands of those rejection slips before they found a publisher who was willing to ‘gamble’ on an unknown.
It’s more than just a cliché that persistent, enthusiastic effort produces powerful, positive results, that failure is an event—not a person—and that the only time you must not fail is the last time you try. Whatever your target might be, chances are good that you’re not going to hit the bull’s eye on the first effort you make at being ‘successful’. The key is persistence and the willingness to try again in the face of those early misses.
You can learn from those early mistakes and if you do keep on shooting, it’s just a question of time before you, too, are hitting the bull’s eye.
http://www.internetmasterycenter.com/blog/2013/01/17/hitting-the-bulls-eye-by-zig-ziglar/
xoxo,
Faith
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