 Are you watching the clock waiting and waiting for the five o’clock bell? When it rings do you jump in delight, running to your car thinking it is happy time? And if it is Friday night--all the better! Do you drag through your week just waiting for the weekend? Why wait until five o’clock to be happy? You have a choice in every minute of your day to be happy or not. Why waste all that time “waiting” to be happy? Create your own personal culture of happiness. The culture of “Always.” No matter what is happening around you, YOU can remain happy. In this second right now, you can be happy and content, even if you are at work. You may not like your job and you may not be fond of the people you work with, but you have total control of your feelings and emotions. If you are only happy after 5pm and on weekends you are wasting 50% of your awake hours being unhappy. Look at it this way. Think of your life, not in seconds, but in heartbeats. The average heart beats between 60-100 times per minute. On average that means you get approximately 11520 heartbeats per day. Don’t you want every heartbeat to be in a happy rhythm? Life does not begin at 5pm. Life is what happens to you every moment, with every heartbeat. Don’t waste your life waiting to be happy. Never feel stuck in an intolerable situation. If you need to, make a change, but don’t allow your happiness to hinge on a future point. YOU are in control and only YOU make the choice of being happy or not – right now. To me, it’s an easy choice! Don’t waste one precious heartbeat. Don’t wait until 5 o’clock to be happy. Begin your “Always” culture now. YOU are in total control. Make the Happy choice. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Pennie’s Life Lesson: “Don’t wait for something to change to be happy. Make the choice to Be Happy Now!” ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ YOUR TURN...
My intent in sharing this with you is to encourage you to understand that YOU are in full control of your happiness -- every minute. Don't wait! Share your thoughts and experiences relating to this post in a comment below. And please feel free to email me at: PennieHunt@gmail.com. Thank you! Share your thoughts and experiences relating to this post in a comment below. And please feel free to email me at: PennieHunt@gmail.com. Thank you! ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ All Rights Reserved Copyright © 2013-2019 Pennie Hunt This was written and produced by Pennie Hunt. Feel free to forward and share this post. Please keep the entire message intact, including contact, logo, and copyright information.
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 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. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ 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.” ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ 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: PennieHunt@gmail.com. Thank you! Share your thoughts and experiences relating to this post in a comment below. And please feel free to email me at: PennieHunt@gmail.com. Thank you! ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ All Rights Reserved Copyright © 2013-2019 Pennie Hunt This was written and produced by Pennie Hunt. Feel free to forward and share this post. Please keep the entire message intact, including contact, logo, and copyright information.  Take out a notebook. Use a layout that is comfortable for you. You can make headers across the top of the page. You can use key words down the side. Use a Word Document or a spreadsheet on your computer. It doesn't matter what style you choose. What I want you to do is create a reference guide to get you through the hard times of life. Write down: Things that bring you joy. Things or people that bring you strength. What brings you happiness. What makes you feel loved. Places where you feel safe; the people you feel safe with. How you feel warm and protected. What makes you feel ALIVE! Write down as many categories as you want to and as many things, places, people, or actions you can think of for each category. End with these last two which may be the most important: - What makes you feel of service- what can YOU do to help - who can YOU help. - What you are grateful for. My lists are long, but a sampling of mine would be: My dogs, Gracie and Zenee, bring me joy. Meditation brings me strength. My grandchildren bring me happiness. I feel loved by my husband, kids, grandchildren, friends, and family. I feel safe at home in front of the fire drinking coffee and reading. I feel protected when my husband holds my hand. I feel ALIVE when I paint, speak, and write. I can help others by - volunteering at Hospice, watching grand kids, or having coffee with someone who feels alone. I am grateful for my warm comfortable bed, and the sunrise in the morning. Now when sadness, grief, illness, loss, depression, loneliness, despair, or whatever feeling or experience visits your life pull out this list. Zero in on what you need. Do you need to feel safe after you have a physical injury? Do you need to feel happy when the emptiness of being alone for a holiday strikes? Do you need strength to get through a difficult time in your job? Whatever comes up in your life, you now have a catalog of ideas that you KNOW works for you. You are prepared. You are armed with answers and actions to get you through. You have your own "Personal Troubleshooting Guide" for YOUR life. Now, take out that notebook! ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Pennie’s Life Lesson: “Create a notebook filled with ideas and options to get you through difficult times. Be prepared!” ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ YOUR TURN...
My intent in sharing this with you is to encourage you to create a handbook of ideas to help you to help yourself during stressful times. Share your thoughts and experiences relating to this post in a comment below . And please feel free to email me at: PennieHunt@gmail.com. Thank you! Share your thoughts and experiences relating to this post in a comment below. And please feel free to email me at: PennieHunt@gmail.com. Thank you! ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ All Rights Reserved Copyright © 2013-2019 Pennie Hunt This was written and produced by Pennie Hunt. Feel free to forward and share this post. Please keep the entire message intact, including contact, logo, and copyright information.  Have you experienced an event that seemed like an amazing coincidence? One that you couldn't shake from your mind and you believed there was more to it than mere chance? I believe that when occurrences happen without a direct trail of cause and effect and yet make a profound impact of significant connection that there is more to it than chance, happenstance or accidental association. Carl Jung studied these meaningful coincidences and coined the term “synchronicity.” I watch for these moments in my life and recently one of my readers shared her experience. She wrote: . . . I totally believe in signs and such. Went to my local Goodwill and there was a Pennie Hunt "Good Enough" mug, right there calling to me and reminding me that I AM Good Enough. Thank You for being, well you and sharing your story and message. . . She went on to explain that she took the mug home and interpreted it as a very positive sign during a challenging time in her life. My Good Enough mugs are peppered across the country and some have even traveled across oceans. The idea that this person was a follower of my work, found herself struggling in life and came across one of my mugs with the message that she IS Good Enough at just the time that she needed to hear it is lovely synchronicity! Yes, I did wonder who was giving my mug to the Goodwill, but even that has a magical synchronicity to it. Obviously someone had passed on the mug without knowing it was at just the perfect time for it to become available to the person who needed to hear the message of hope. There was no intentional cause-and-effect in motion, yet it was a trail of simultaneous events with no discernible connection and the outcome was significantly and meaningfully related. I know there are those out there who will bring out their calculators to argue statistics and probability theorems of how this mug traveled to her community and ended up on the shelf at her local Goodwill – I feel compassion for them and the magic of life that they are missing. I believe that our outer world will lie before us what our inner self requires. When this realization is adopted, our job is to listen and pay attention. Pay attention to the magical, meaningful coincidences that become the serendipitous synchronicity that brings life to life. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Pennie’s Life Lesson: “Watch for meaningful coincidences that relay messages of significant connection – Synchronicity!” ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ YOUR TURN...
My intent in sharing this with you is to encourage you to pay attention to the magical connections that happen right before you in the form of numbers, words, people and things that pop into your life without logical explanation. Share your thoughts and experiences relating to this post in a comment below . And please feel free to email me at: PennieHunt@gmail.com. Thank you! Share your thoughts and experiences relating to this post in a comment below. And please feel free to email me at: PennieHunt@gmail.com. Thank you! ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ All Rights Reserved Copyright © 2013-2019 Pennie Hunt This was written and produced by Pennie Hunt. Feel free to forward and share this post. Please keep the entire message intact, including contact, logo, and copyright information.  After several years filled with emotional events, celebrations and struggles I recognized the significant role women play in a family and the strength they bring to the stability of the family tree. Through my roller coaster ride that I call life, I know I can count on these women for sharing laughter, tears, and a hand up, or at times a push forward, but always, always, love and encouragement. There is an African Philosophy which describes this called Ubuntu. It means- I am because we are. The women of a family work together like the stitches in a quilt. Each stitch is unique-some long, some short, some tightly pulled, some more relaxed, but each add their own character to the patchwork, creating strength that helps all of life's experiences to make sense. Ubuntu, I am because we are. Years ago the Hunt family formed a gathering called the Women's Annual Rejuvenating Montage. The acronym WARM was formed. Invitations were sent, a logo was created and the t-shirts were made. The WARM Guiding Principles are simple. A member must be a woman at least 18 years old AND a direct descendant of my mother; married to her direct descendant; or given birth to one of her direct descendants. Ubuntu, I am because we are. WARM was created for the women following my mother to rejuvenate, relax and continually nurture the bond we share. Our montage is the juxtaposing of diverse personalities into a single element of commonality. We have learned to understand each other, and ourselves, better as we discover our own shared human qualities and how we all fit in relation to our quilted family. During these gatherings we are willing to share, willing to be vulnerable, and willing to affirm and accept each other as a part of the whole. Ubuntu, I am because we are. This tradition will continue past our lifetimes and for generations to come. The Ubuntu belief is that our ancestors continue to exist among the living. With every new member, WARM will carry the spirit and love of all of us as we come and go, stitch by stitch, adding strength to our quilted bond. Ubuntu, I am because we are. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Pennie's Life Lesson: "No one stands alone - we are who we are because we all exist together." YOUR TURN
My intent in sharing this with you is to encourage you to realize you are not alone and to think about who are the threads of your family quilt? Who sits in your circle of life. Share your thoughts and experiences relating to this post in a comment below. And please feel free to email me at: PennieHunt@gmail.com. Thank you! ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ All Rights Reserved Copyright © 2013-2019 Pennie Hunt This was written and produced by Pennie Hunt. Feel free to forward and share this post. Please keep the entire message intact, including contact, logo, and copyright information. |
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