Life is an uphill battle.....you better grab and live in the moments and not wait for the peaks!

life is like a box of chocolates.
And most of them suck!!!!

Gaslight

The question of the truth comes the knowledge of the future

Tactic's for dealing with stress-including simplifying, prioritizing, reducing the load, and keep things in perspective.
Remember that EVERYONE has tough times.
Recognize that most stressors are insignificant or
Have some compassion for others, they may be having bigger problems.

Stare the day straight on......and make the day YOUR day!!!!!!

A proverb tells of a mighty oak, so tall and strong, that breaks in the stormy wind while the fragile-looking reeds bend to the ground but do not snap. Strong families are like the reeds-they bend, they change, they adapt, and when the storm is over, they're still intact.

Men who engage in active parenting develop and mature differently from men who do not.
(Ppalkovitz, 2002)
well it just states differently....I would have to look at his research. I would imagine that they would develop and mature in a faster, greater fashion.
For the argumentation that the active fathers realize, learn, and grow from the new responsibilities and the new life. In addition, the active fathers would engage with the father experience, which leads to natural maturation, development and growth.

...1 who finds no satisfaction within themself will search 4 it in vain elsewhere

Negatively priming individuals, has a negative affect on the individuals memory load, emotional and psychological capacity!!!!!!

What a dark, rocky, and narrow tunnel you fall---SOOOOOOO quickly when you fall!!!!
But--Im back....and Im back for good this time!!!!!

life is a trip--either dodge the potholes or plow right through them-either way-i will get past them-the only question-how many bumps and bruises will i encounter??!!

OH Lord, give me strength and lead me through this rocky unknow path!

Its ALWAYS a new day =)

There comes a time in life, when you walk away from all the drama and people who create it. You surround yourself with people who make you laugh, forget the bad, and focus on the good. So, love the people who treat you right. Pray for the ones who don't. Life is too short to be anything but happy. Falling down is part of LIFE...Getting back up is LIVING.
~Christina Mozisek Pujals

"Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another: "What! You too? I thought I was the only one."
— C.S. Lewis

I accept other people for who they are and what they believe, because I don't think you should ask someone to change what they are passionate about. Dear World: If you can't accept, at least learn to tolerate. And if you can't tolerate, keep your respective mouth shut." Love, Megan

Being surrounded by GREAT PEOPLE/GREAT FRIENDS changes you......makes you a BETTER person....a person you are PROUD to be!!!!!!!

"In moments of discouragement, defeat, or even despair, there are always certain things to cling to. Little things usually: remembered laughter, the face of a sleeping child, a tree in the wind—in fact, any reminder of something deeply felt or dearly loved. No man is so poor as not to have many of these small candles.... When they are lighted, darkness goes away—and a touch of wonder remains."

"This is me damn it! I look the way I look, think the way I think, feel the way I feel, love the way I love! I am a whole complex package. Take me... or leave me. Accept me - or walk away! Do not try to make me feel like less of a person, just because I don't fit your idea of who I should be and don't try to change me to fit your mol...d. If I need to change, I alone will make that decision."
Stacey Charter

Don't lean

*Don't lean: one slip could send one sliding down.
-perhaps even hanging on.
On the other hand,
If both feet are on the ground, it doesnt matter what moves,
the future is what one is always looking at.
-one's future is what one makes of it.  If the future is in front, one is able to make the future "THEIRS". 
When one is down, hanging onto the past, looking at what had happened!

A new found part of life! LOL!!!!!!

So.....I SWEAR there is a ghost in my appointment.

- Which granted...I've believed in ghosts for a long time?

- I have heard that if a person is too frightened, they not become attentive of ghost.

- I am suddenly becoming a strong believer.

- I mean, why would a ghost be hanging out at an appointment? I can't answer that.

- However, I was being an idiot, and had the window screen off and Mila was jumping into my arms.

* I stopped and went to go look for the strawberry timer; I looked EVERYWHERE-to no appeal. As soon as I gave up looking and was on my way back to play with Mila, the strawberry went off.

~ Let me also say, the strawberry was in the same place the whole day (I just forgot where that place was). And no one touched it. IT WENT OFF.

* Then, perplexed, I was on my back to Mila, and her pooh bear book started talking and singing. That thing NEVER goes off and I have had it since Alexis was young.

NEEDLESSTOSAY, I DIDN'T HAVE MILA JUMP THROUGH THE WIDNOW AGAIN.

Living in a nonsensical life:

  I have contemplated for a while on where I shall begin. However, it has not been effective. Undoubtedly, the reason for this would be the multitude of perceptions I am confronted with. My mind apparently cannot concentrate and focus on one long enough to remember. In turn, if I cannot remember, I am unable to retain any of my thoughts and ideas. I go to the point that I do not remember if I jst asked a question.

Let me just start off by explain who I am and what got me to this point.

I never thought like I thought I should think. I couldn’t put my finger on it, but I didn’t know what to do about it.

I was always a though thing to handle, even long before took my first. I am fighter. I was conceived after my mother tried my mom passed on the operating table, if I remember correctly, twice giving birth to me. I was in the hospital for weeks in an incubator before my mother was able to even hold me.

When I was growing up, I would land in the hospital for days.  To this day, I still vividly remember one of the many times that I was omitted for 'double pneumonia'. I was so sick, it was one of only two times I actually miss a few seconds of reality, also known as to having a 'blackout'. Soon after the nursed had me lay on a freezing sheet of gel. A gel so cold, it froze me to the bone and almost forced me to curled up on the floor. In my mind, the floor unquestionably had to be warmer than the gel. I overheard a nurse speaking outside my door about how I was only getting worse. While, at this time, I thought I was getting better. That was moral depressor, needless to say.

I don’t even remember being brought into the hospital. The next morning, a young male nurse was talking to me, asking questions on how I was feeling. He paused, looked at me, perhaps noticing my unmindful reaction to his words, spoke "I asked you that same thing last night. You don’t remember, do you?" I, astonished, shook my head no.

Hospital visits were coming yearly for ear infections also. Every year, almost to the month, I would be admitted for ear infections.

........

This to be cont.

I will, for the lack of direction, write as sporadic as my mind thinks. Forgive me for the disorganization.  However, as a result, I hope to gather it all and provide a ‘path'.  I hope opening my mind to others will help us all focus and connect thoughts and concepts to live in and appreciate ‘the BIG picture.’

Communication = Panic

I have the worst anxiety when ANYONE start a conversation with me. I stumble over my words, lose my thoughts, heart races.

How can I improve communication skills?

~Somehow train my brain to retain information and ideas so I am able to start and maintain a conversation.
~Train myself to use and nonverbal and verbal cues.
~Train myself to interpret nonverbal and verbal cues.
~Elaborate on details.
~Connect with other's feelings and emotions.
~Communicate in a warm, supportive and nurturing behavior.
~Willingness and an ability to bestow your feelings, emotions, thoughts and ideas.
~Set time aside.
~I need to select my words careful and watch my tone of voice.
~Have empathy and understanding of their feelings.
~Always be positive
~Withhold communicating until it is an appropriate time.
~Don't answer without knowing fully what your answering to.
~Always remember there is a third side, you AND their side.
~Focus on ONE thing at a time.
~When arguing, don't focus on the negative reaction of the other person, focus on the hurtful ones
~I am not always right, which in turn means my way is not always right.
~I cannot change others. I cannot change the meaning of their emotions.
~Nonverbal is last resort, communication is my most important tool.

**Improve my capacities and abilities
***Recognize feminine traits, such as sensitivity and caring, are not traits of weakness, they are sources of STRENGTH

Pretty Awesome

Wow! Jen - I am so glad you started this blog. I think its going to help me alot as well.Thank you for all those wonderful things you said about me. I feel the same about you. You are a beautiful person & try so hard to stay positive. Thanks for encouraging me along the way when i needed it. You are pretty awesome.

“This is my hope & prayer for you: Comfort on difficult days, smiles when sadness intrudes, rainbows to follow the clouds, laughter to kiss your lips, sunsets to warm your heart, hugs when spirits sag, beauty for your eyes to see, friendships to brighten your being, faith so that you can believe, confidence for when you doubt, courage to know yourself, patience to accept the truth, Love to complete your life.”

My human experience (quotes for improved life-**on running post**)

"The art of listening is based on silence in the mind, so that the mind does not interfere, it simply allows whatever is coming to you."

~OSHO

When every day is a new epiphany!

I am starting this blog, first and foremost, to organize my scattered thoughts and ideas. Amidst every ‘low’ I struggle through, I acquire experience that leads me to an understanding of life. Wisdom one might say. However, despite all of my observations, I am unable to convert any of them into an opportunity of self-improvement.

The reason for the aberration in my mind is that I am unable to focus, assemble, and absorb the journey that I am living. Consequently, I am incapable of remembering, or retaining life situations to enhance my life.
Nevertheless, I am determined to further myself, and bring ALL of my personality, individuality, character and knowledge together and live a fulfilling life. The kind of life that I know I can achieve, if only I could focus, organize, and retain my thoughts and experiences of my life.

I come across quotes, statistics, and knowledge, throughout my personal and academic studies, which I find intriguing. Some, I find it possible type of 'stepping stone' that could lead to a more fulfilled life. I found in my trial and errors, that writing my thoughts, feelings, ideas, and theories down seems to help me gather and connect all of it together. 

I have a very good friend that lifts me up when times are blue. Throughout her busy schedule, she will be adding her own views, points and tips. Her name is Christina Pujals and she has a beautiful mind and heart. I thought it would be a benefit to everyone involved. In the context of everyone, I mean Christina, myself, and all of you that have decided to partake in this adventure of ours.
In the end, I hope to bring understanding and calmness in my mind as well as yours. And perhaps, enlighten all of our lives, one fragment at a time.

Wish me luck, as I wish all of yo

u.

Time heals all; it is what you do within that time that molds your future.
            ~Jennifer Safarek