A random feel good post!

So tonight has to be one of the best nights I have had in a while. My spirits are definitely soaring!

It started with ... Me winning this years NaNoWriMo. My first win ever and I have been trying to do it since high school. So tonight my story is 50,000+ words, 101 pages. And not nearly done! But I am so proud to have finally won!!

Then it moves on to the fact that I have just got 100% on my exam for college! Which gotta love 100%'s right?! Specially a test on out-dated obsolete disk drives....wow

And I have lost 2lbs this month! Which is the big kicker for me!

So not that my random feel good post (basically a huge bragging post since I am so excited about everything going well tonight) is ending, I shall find the perfect quote!

Quote: "When you discover your mission, you will feel its demand. It will fill you with enthusiasm and a burning desire to get to work on it."
-W. Clement Stone 
Honestly, never give up! When you realize where you need to be, it all falls into place. You will Succeed!! :-)

Direction

Sometimes the hardest part of your life is finding the correct direction for your life. Everyone has a different path to follow and sometimes it's finding that path that takes the longest amount of time. Personally I have always had ideas of which life path I wanted to walk. But I never really had a plan to find my way there.

Even today, there are time I feel I need to step outside that path I have been on and see if it is heading in the direction I want to be in. Maybe I took a left turn a while back when it should have been right, but that doesn't mean that I am not on the right path. It just means maybe it will take me a little longer to get on that path.

I have a habit of getting on 'my' path and being able to see all the way through to the end, but then along the way I trip (or get pushed) and land off to the side. After getting up and dusting off, sometimes I just get right back to where I was and walk the path, while other times I can see that there is a completely different path (heading the same way) that I can take. Or even the rare path that once I am back up and moving goes in a completely different direction that I was planning. And sometimes that path is the best choice.

Inspiration:
I have plenty of inspiration around. Sometimes it helps to re-watch (re-read, re-create, re-hear) the inspiration which started you off. It can kick start you right back to where you want to be. I love finding my inspirations, but sometimes that old faithful inspiration is the one you need the most.

 Creativity:
Currently I have been channeling my inspirations into my NaNoWriMo writings and my holiday gifts for my family and friends. I haven't actually had the time to sit down and sort out what sort of inspirations I have pooling inside my head.

I do have plans to continue on my Zun Scarves, specially once the holiday "orders/wishes" are done. I do love the way the scarves make me feel when I finish one. And I love the smile people have when they wear one!

Exercising: It has been one of those things I fit in the middle of my life right now. I am fitting it in, just not as much as I have been wanting to. At times this past week I just crank up some danceable music and dance around while doing the household chores. One plus to this is that my daughter can dance right along with me, and she enjoys it, and another plus is the chores get completed. One way to get two things out of the way at once!

Quote: "Go confidently in the direction of your dreams! Live the life you've imagined."
-Henry David Thoreau

My favorite teacher in High School was a Thoreau fan. I fell in love with his writing after the first time I read them. This quote especially pushes me. I have it written around as an inspirational source.

Thankful

I'm going to do what I once did as a child. I'm going to take this post and write a list of my personal thanks.

Remember: always be thankful. :-)

I consider myself one of the luckiest people, I may not get everything I want but I am so thankful for what I have.

I have a wonderful family. I'm thankful for my parents who are always there for me. I'm thankful for my fiancé who is always there for me too. I'm thankfully for my younger sister, she's always making us smile. And I'm most thankful for my daughter, she's young, but she's happy, healthy, and always making my feel happy and lucky. I'm thankful for her wonderful smiles!

I am thankful for my inspirations that drive me to create items people love. Even though there are inspirations that others may not understand, I'm grateful that I find inspiration. I'm thankful to have come across Wu Chun's show, it was a jumpstart to my healthier life.

I'm thankful for the Gods and Goddess of all religions. Each one has brought something to someone's life. Hope, love, faith, joy, and more.

I'm thankful for the abilities I have and those abilities I've learned. I'm thankful for those who have taken the time to teach me.

I'm thankful for the luxuries I am lucky enough to own this life time around.

I'm thankful for the health my family and I have. I'm thankful for this life. I'm thankful for all the people I have come across in this life time.

I'm also thankful for everyone reading this. Thank you everyone!

Please remember to be thankful for those who are alive in your life and those who have already passed. No matter where they are now if they have touched your life, take a second to thank them.

Quote: "I am thankful for laughter, except when milk comes out of my nose."
- Woody Allen

I am also thankful for all the men and women who have passed away defending our county.

Thank You! And Happy Thanksgiving!

Remember

To me, there is no reason to forget. It's good to remember everyone who has come (and gone) in your life. It's also good to remember why it is you do (and start) the things in your life.

Memories are what shapes us to what we are today. There is no memory worth forgetting. The good and the bad shape us.

Cherish all the memories you hold.

Many years ago (12 years) today my grandmother passed away. Even though years have passed I have never forgotten her. We honor her yearly in one way or another usually with the release of balloons. This year we are going to release balloons (blue to honor colon cancer, which she died of). And a few special ones :)

My grandmother was also a crafter. I can remember making things with her and my mother. My crocheted inspirations have roots into my family. My grandma, my mother, my aunts and great aunts.

After our balloons were released my family and I walked through a beautiful graveyard in our town. We honored the veterans at the memorials and reminisced about our own loved ones who are gone.

For me the walk in the cemetery had another meaning. When my grandma was alive, on the weekends I spent with her and grandpa, we would go to families graves and leave flowers. Since she passed away I have tried to find the family graves, but sadly she really was the only one who knew them all.

I hold dearly all my memories and promise to not forget those who are gone.

I thank my family for being with me today and enjoying the walk while we remembered and honored my grandma and the others.

The pictures show our balloons traveling to the sky, our rolled up notes we tied to the strings, and a few of the tombstones we saw today.

Take time to remember, even the littlest of things, everyday.

Quote: "You can shed tears that she is gone,
or you can smile because she has lived.
You can close your eyes and pray that she'll come back,
or you can open your eyes and see all she's left.
Your heart can be empty because you can't see her,
or you can be full of the love you shared.
You can turn your back on tomorrow and live yesterday,
or you can be happy for tomorrow because of yesterday.
You can remember her only that she is gone,
or you can cherish her memory and let it live on.
You can cry and close your mind,
be empty and turn your back.
Or you can do what she'd want:
smile, open your eyes, love and go on."
--David Harkins


Addition: RIP John Stencel
I just found out that a high school friend passed away. Even if he was just a friend then and we drifted away from each other, I have my memories to hang on to.