This Weekend~May 17~Release explanation expectation

This Weekend~Easy Weekend Activity~May 17~Release the Need for an explanation…

Explanation Expectations…they are what generates little goblins of trouble, you know.

one of the tugs at peace, contentment, and gratitude is my need for demand for an explanation. This demand is the tar that keeps this baby stuck in anxiousness, stress, and tight-neck-ville.

When something goes wrong in life, I ask, “Why is this happening to me, God? Why did you allow this to come to me, God?”

“to me,” “to me”…I will “me-me-me” all the way to the looney bin.

Release the Need for an explanation…

So, instead, this weekend… I am releasing my need for an explanation. Perhaps you might do this with me? I am replacing what I know to be true instead. Perhaps you might do this also?

You are God’s masterpiece. (Ephesians 2:10)
You are forgiven (Ephesians 1:7)
You are a new creature (II Corinthians 5:17)
You are strong in the Lord (Ephesians 6:10)
You are accepted in Christ (Ephesians 1:6)
You are loved with an everlasting love (Jeremiah 31:3)
You are overtaken with blessings (Deuteronomy 28:2)

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This Weekend~Hug A Mom~Twice

This Weekend~easy weekend activity~Hug a Mom~twice!

Happy Mother’s Day!

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This Weekend~Come Home to Yourself

Today would be a great day to decide that no matter how long the road is, you are going to come home to yourself and reflect the grace-filled life that is meant for you.
~Adapted from the Brave Girls’ Club

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This Weekend~April 26~Change your mind

If you want to be somebody else,
If you’re tired of fighting battles with yourself
If you want to be somebody else

Change your mind…

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This Weekend~April 12~Be a D.E.A.R.

Today is D.E.A.R. Day — Drop Everything And Read Day–a day designed to remind folks of all ages to make reading a priority.

Grab a book and a big chair or a Kindle and a comfy cushion and get ready to read, preferable with someone or to someone!

Although I am not a librarian, here are a few suggestions:

So Few of Me by Peter Reynolds~Leo’s list of things to do keeps growing, until one day he wishes, “If only there were two of me.” As he gets his wish, life becomes more complicated, not less complicated.

The Dot by Peter Reynolds–A teacher first uses wit, then subtle yet clever encouragement to inspire her student Vahti to go beyond her insecurities and become, in the words of a younger boy who “can’t” draw either, “a really great artist.”

Sky Color by Peter Reynolds. Marisol loves to paint. So when her teacher asks her to help make a mural for the school library, she can’t wait to begin! But how can Marisol make a sky without blue paint?

Author Peter H. Reynolds offers a gentle, playful reminder that if we keep our hearts open and look beyond the expected, creative inspiration will come.

and that is also a timely reminder for this weekend!

What are you going to read this weekend?

Happy D.E.A.R. Day!

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This Weekend~April 5~See and Say

This weekend, the first weekend of the month, click on the picture below …
and prepare to smile!

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This Weekend~Good Friday Because of Grace

Toward the end of Passion Week and remembering what was, this weekend, please pause, Take in the Sacred and Significant moments of this weekend and Look Up

Angel Picture in Bryant Park, NY by Helen Teague

Passion Week, (from 2011):
And my trusted friend reminded me. “It is Passion Week”, he said. The last holiday spent together in my “what was” of memories was Easter of last year. Maybe last Easter was the last holiday before your diagnosis. Or before your loss. Or before your pain. In the time of “what was.”

His Sacrifice Still Is.

There is beauty in His sacrifice. You may say you do not understand it and to that I reply, “Good for you!” Because if understanding distances you from the Beauty of Passion Week and His unselfishness and in any way allows you to maintain controlled manageability, I would not want that for you

It is Good Friday…Because of Grace

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This Weekend~Choose One Rabbit

Like so many parents, King David prayed for his son Solomon. Of the many attributes for which he prayed, the one that stands out to me is for Solomon to have “an uncluttered and focused heart.” (1 Chronicles 29:19)

Woman of Venice II, painted bronze by Alberto Giacometti, photo taken by Helen Teague

Arthur Rubenstein said it another way:

If you chase two rabbits, both will escape. (The Law of Focus)

Things a bit out of focus?
Find focus, through seeking an uncluttered heart bathed in what is good.

Have a jack-rabbit of a weekend!

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This Weekend~Embrace OOAKness

This weekend: an easy weekend activity: embrace your OOAKness

Your One of a Kind-ness

The abbreviation OOAK stands for the expression, “one of a kind.” The term originates in yachting in 1949 to describe a regatta race in which ship builders were allowed to enter as many different models of yachts into the regatta as they manufactured, but no more than one of each model (hence, “one of a kind”). *

In the regatta race that is our lives, please remember your OOAK-ness.

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*from Wikipedia

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This Weekend~Find Bubble Wrap

Also, Pep Talk from Kid President

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This Weekend~~January 25~Smile!

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This Weekend: Weep with those who weep

“Weep with those who weep.” ~ Romans 12:15

This Weekend~Don’t Dismiss You

A new artist for me …good lyrics…especially the part about not dismissing ourselves

“Don’t ever try to dismiss yourself because you don’t have to…” Yuna

 

“Don’t” is a word I try to avoid in conversation and writing. But writing around the word (Dismiss Not You/Avoid Dismissing You) dilutes the imperative. Yuna knew the best word. So it stands.

Perhaps, there is time for you to play the video again and read this sentiment from Brave Girls Club:

Think about when you were a little [person]. All of those hopes, dreams, and ambitions that were unique and wonderful and unabashed. What held you back as you grew older, from wanting or working for those tender dreams that grew through your soul from your first memories of having your own unique dreams?
Don’t be afraid to be the person that you thought you might grow up to be, that person that you dreamed of being — that amazing woman that you looked into the future to see when you were a little girl. Uncover those dreams again and believe in them. Shoot for what is deepest in your heart, and be the woman that you always wanted to be.

You are so loved. ~Brave Girls’ Club

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This Weekend: Pack a Bag

Pack Them All Away. (Please) Do not store them upstairs in the attic.

 

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This Weekend~November 16~Identify Unknown Blessings

They are there, you know.

Your brain contains more than 100 billion nerve cells. Each individual cell is connected with 10,000 other neurons. In any 24-hour time span, our bodies will blink 23,040 times. Our hearts will beat 100,000 times. Our lungs will breathe 23,000 times. And how many times will we praise and show gratitude for these?

These are just a few unknown blessings…which, are, now…known!

What unknown blessings would you like to share?

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This Weekend~November 2~Adventurous Imprints

It is impossible to walk on the beach without making an imprint in the sand and taking some of it with us. Life is very much the same.

Today is sparkling with the impression made by an adventurer.

Daniel Boone, who was born on this day in 1734, was a figure of imagination and adventurousness. His love of hunting grew in the hills of North Carolina. He went on long hunting and exploring expeditions and he crossed the Cumberland Gap into Kentucky. He would carve his name in tree trunks as imprints where he hunted. He was captured by Indians and learned from them as an adopted son. He fought in both the French and Indian war and the Revolutionary War.

He took books with him and educated himself during these hunting trips. Ironically, in books about Daniel Boone his life was embellished and exaggerated and I remember hearing stories where he wrestled bears and shot bad guys right in the heart. Both James Fenimore Cooper in The Last of the Mohicans and the poet Lord Byron in his poem Don Juan included characters who referenced Boone’s adventuresome life. A group called the Sons of Daniel Boone was the precursor of the Boy Scouts of America.

My favorite quote from Daniel Boone: “I have never been lost, but I will admit to being confused for several weeks.”

I admit to being lost and being confused for several weeks at the end of just one week! Perhaps, it is good today to consider the imprints and impacts we make in the intertwining of our tasks and actions with the lives of others. We may askew the hunting rifle but we are frontierpeople just the same.

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This Weekend~Tap Your Toe

Just tap your toes with this wonderful song from KebMo…then get up and twirl!

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And, after tapping, read this insight on staying

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This Weekend~Nap

Brooks & Lack (2005) compared 5, 10, 20 and 30 minute naps to find the best length. For increased cognitive performance, vigour and wakefulness,  the best naps were 10 minutes long. Benefits were seen immediately after 10 minute naps but after longer naps it took longer to wake up. Five minute  naps only provided half the benefit, but were better than nothing. (information read at this post)

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This Weekend~Easy Weekend Activity~Ripple On

“Ripple effects come from a single action. Impact only needs one person to start touching dozens and dozens of lives.” ~Hannah Brencher

Maybe some time will allow a read of this post.

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picture taken on the Essex River, MA

This Weekend~Easy Weekend Activity~Find a Coincidence

Set out on a scavenger hunt for coincidences…

“One thing is sure though…that all of those funny little “coincidences” and
crazy bouts of perfect timing, and wild collisions….those were not
accidents.” ~Brave Girls Club

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