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TYPOS ARE NOT TATTOOS

11/24/2018

TYPOS ARE NOT TATTOOS

Through the magic of text messaging I was ranting to my daughter about how I had found a typo in one of my Facebook posts. Text only posts are impossible to edit.

I was upset with myself, after all how could I have missed something so simple and hit the post button which instantly transported my mistake to the world of Facebook and its billion users?

After a few back and forth acronym filled interactions, she hit me with,
  “It just shows u r human and anyway
people are already liking your post.”

We were both traveling in different parts of the country and I had little time to fuss with it, so I closed my Ipad and went on with my day.
But—the typo continued to harass my mind. Her text, “It just shows u r human,” played mental push back to my self-inflicted criticism.

Then it hit me – she was right!
It was just a typo.
A slide of my finger that hit one letter over from the one I intended.
One hit of a key on my keyboard.
It wasn't as if that one keystroke was going to be tattooed on me as a permanent mark of shame across my forehead that read –
  "I MADE A MISTAKE!"

In an hour it was lost in the stream of Facebook banter and hardly noticed. The Facebook users who received it had let it go in minutes, maybe seconds, and continued to move on through the river of messages that flowed through their screens.
So why didn't I let it go as well?

How many times in life do we turn simple forgettable "life typos" into permanently inked tattoos that mark us for months, years or longer?
So much of our life dramas are really small insignificant issues that we allow to be blown into tragedy by telling and retelling the story of how it happened, criticizing ourselves for why it happened and bemoaning the outcome as if it were a monumental life changing event.

Most of them are not.

We need to know when to call a typo just a typo and not a tattooed mark of shame
We need to allow ourselves to be seen as human.
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Pennie’s Life Lesson:
“Release the small mistakes in life
– allow yourself to be human.”
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Pennie Heart to Heart
TYPOS ARE NOT TATTOOS

YOUR TURN...
My intent in sharing this with you is to encourage you to give yourself a break from the constant self criticism that we all do. We are all harder on ourselves than anyone else could be. Show yourself some kindness!
Share your thoughts and experiences relating to this post in a comment below. And please feel free to email me at:
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Thank you!
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THE GRACE OF GRATITUDE

11/17/2018

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THE GRACE OF GRATITUDE

During this time of thankfulness I ask that we, together, place our hands over our heart center and recognize how different we are –and yet very much the same.

Whatever religion you align with or light that you follow –we can all move together toward a common goal of gratitude.

As you hold your hands over your heart center, recognize that whatever our talents, our dreams, our backgrounds, or our life situations we can all join in the grace of gratitude.

Be grateful for our individuality and also for our common bond;

Be grateful for our families and friends who are with us and those who have gone before us;

Be grateful for animals, plants and all living things that love, nurture and nourish us;

Be grateful for our occupations and the impact our work has on others – and ourselves;

Be grateful for the beauty that surrounds us created both by nature and by human hands;

Be grateful for the smallest of moments and the grandest of experiences;

Be grateful for our bodies that carry us through the lessons we are here to learn;

Be grateful for our breath and the rhythmic in and out of our life power;

Be grateful for the flow of pure love and the spirit of life that runs through us.

May our love be strengthened and our lives be broadened as we move together - in grace - toward a common goal of gratitude.

Blessings to us all.
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Pennie’s Life Lesson:
“Allow the flow of pure love and the spirit of life that runs through us all to fill you with the Grace of Gratitude.”
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Pennie Heart to Heart
GRACE OF GRATITUDE

YOUR TURN...
My intent in sharing this with you is to encourage you to understand everything we do, think and feel counts. Our actions, our thoughts and our emotions add up and make a difference!
Share your thoughts and experiences relating to this post in a comment below. And please feel free to email me at:
[email protected].
Thank you!
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IT ALL COUNTS!

11/12/2018

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IT ALL COUNTS

I came back from my walk frustrated.

     “I forgot to wear my pedometer, so I’m
     not getting credit for my steps!”

My husband heard my grumbling and responded with,
     “It doesn’t have to be counted by a
     pedometer. Your body knows and gives
     you credit for it.”

He was right. Just because a little tech device wasn’t calculating my steps and chiming when I hit 10,000 didn’t mean it didn’t happen.

It made me think of how this relates in so many ways to our lives. How many times do you tell yourself stories like these…

   ~ If no one sees me eat a donut then the calories don’t count…. Wrong - your body counts them.

   ~ If I am speeding it is ok as long as there isn’t a police officer in site…Wrong – accidents happen when you speed and then the police will arrive.

   ~ I don’t have to show up for school or work today, I will just study and get my project done so it doesn’t matter if I was there…Wrong – It does matter. Other’s notice if you don’t ‘show up’ for them.ALWAYS, ALWAYS, show up!

   ~ If I think negative thoughts it’s ok as long as I don’t say them out loud…Wrong – thinking negative thoughts is just as damaging as saying them out loud… all that negative self-talk counts.

   ~ I don’t have to tell someone I love them, they should know. Wrong again, don’t ever miss an opportunity to tell someone you love them. Life is precious and brief. There will come a time when it was your last chance to tell them.

   ~I’m busy so I can rush by people and not take the time to acknowledge them, thank them or be kind… Wrong! Showing kindness and gratitude makes a difference. You put out energy with every action. By projecting kindness and gratitude you put positive energy out into the world to be felt and mirrored back to you. What you project you can expect. It all counts!

Every step we take, every move we make, every word we speak counts – even if no one sees us do it, hears our words or charts our progress. It counts!

Pennie’s Life Lesson:
“Every step we take, every move we make, every word we speak counts – even if no one sees us do it, hears our words or charts our progress. It counts!”
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FREE FALLING

11/2/2018

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I fell down.
I am not sure how, but my entire body fell to the ground.
My knees took a hard hit followed by the rest of my body as it stretched out on the dirty concrete sliding (less than gracefully) until I put my hands out to stop myself. My suitcase and purse fell over next to me. Lying on my belly, arms reaching forward and my legs behind in a childlike Slip-n-Slide position.
I was confused and stunned.

There were no signs of a hole or bump, nothing that I slipped on. I just fell down. One minute I was thanking the shuttle driver, handing him a tip, pushing my suitcase and the next minute I was flat on the dirty concrete.  I felt like a fish that had just been taken out of the safety of its pond and thrown floundering on the shore.

I quickly got up, told the shuttle driver I was fine and moved toward the curbside check in. Every step I took was slow and precise. After dropping my suitcase off I found the first rest room in the airport to see if my knees were intact under my jeans and wash the dirt off my red sore hands. Minor scratches were all my body incurred, but my ego and confidence were silently damaged.

I sat on the plane during my flight reliving what happened. How it happened and why it happened. I didn’t have the answers, but I knew I felt vulnerable.

I am grateful that I wasn’t really hurt. I know a broken wrist is common when you put your hands out to stop a fall. The way my knees hit I could have damaged them. I could have hit my head.
My scuffed knees and sore hands will heal and my confidence and ego will recover.

We have all fallen in many different ways. Falls happen in life. Most happen when we least expect it. We don’t see it coming. We aren’t prepared. The best we can do is slide through it as gracefully as possible, pick ourselves up, wash our hands and keep going.  This is how we learn. It is in the falling, failing and floundering that we move forward.
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Pennie’s Life Lesson:
     “When you fall down in life, pick yourself up, wash your hands
and keep going.”
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Pennie Heart to Heart
FREE FALLING

YOUR TURN...
My intent in sharing this with you is to encourage you to understand that we all fall in life- in may areas, work, relationships, personal expectations.... it is how we get up, shake it off and move forward that counts.
Share your thoughts and experiences relating to this post in a comment below. And please feel free to email me at:
[email protected].
Thank you!
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