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Plants as I am sure you all know need water, sunlight, Carbon Dioxide and of course if it's a house plant,or garden it needs love and nourishing . Now after reading all of that, yes I know taking you back to Biology, but don't you see the similarities? we are living organisms . 

I say all of this to ask, what can we learn from plants?

Well for starters we can learn to allow the water, which is the many changes in the world to help us to grow in our every day life. We can allow the sunlight those that our bring light into our lives to help us to develop our wisdom as we take in their optimism and advise. 

When it comes to the Carbon Dioxide that may be what plants take in but think of what they release ...that's right Oxygen, which tells us that sometimes we need to just breathe. Yes, I said it BREATHE,  it is really great to actually stop and smell the roses (I had that opportunity to in Japan)  slow down, and make time for you.

Which leads to my final point and that is having The Love and Nourishment in our lives. 

We can do that to ourselves, whether it be physical pampering or mental. 

How can we do this mentally? 

Well we can start by ridding all of the weeds or dead leaves from our life. Think about it, for a plant to continue to grow then all of the dead leaves surrounding it would need to be plucked, correct? if it's not a necessity then it would at least be nice for it to happen to make it more lively or presentable (if it's a house plant). We also need to be able to weed out all of the negative people in our lives for us to thrive and reach our full potential. 

So next time a Negative Nancy/Nick ask why she/he/they haven't heard from you, simply say.

"I've been busy gardening"

#lifelessons #growing #plants

I remember taking a training about the 7 habits of a highly successful people by Steven Covey. One of the lessons was shifting ones paradigm and let me tell you, when you are married to the military or in general it takes a lot to learn how to look at a situation from all angles.

A few years later I was layed off from that same job that gave me the training. At first, I'll admit I was upset, with my main concern being how I was going to be able to help provide for my family. I later changed my perspective to accepting this change in my life as a sign. I changed my perspective and looked at this new chapter as an opportunity to do what I have always enjoyed doing, which was event planning, and learning more about being of service to others (military community). So I took this time to really hone in on what goals I wanted to accomplish and how I was going to go about doing it.

So remember, when an obstacle is in your way, don't look at it as a burden, receive it as the blessing that it is and go with it.

What Obstacles have you had in your life and how do you plan to shift your perspective?

#perspective #outlook #newlife

So I recall being in college and hearing the song you just do you and Imma do me - by Rocko and it was definitely a catchy phrase, but who knew it would ring so true to me in this stage of my life. 

There came a time after college that I would sit back and see all of my friends growing towards their passions and their endeavors and I felt like I wasn't on their level like somehow I lost myself in family or 9-5 life.

 That I didn't honestly know what it was that I wanted to do in life and honestly wasn't happy with where I was because I felt I should be so much further. Until a day when I sat down with my husband and discussed this with him and being the amazing man that he is he simply said, "well I'm not the one holding you back" and boy was he right!!! 

I was my hardest critic and being the perfectionist that I am I always held myself back from launching or starting in on any of my passions. I felt like I was everyone's biggest advocate but my own.

After just spending some time of self- reflecting I told myself that I needed to stop comparing myself, of course it took me listening to a few personal growth podcast to get to this reality check...my favorite being :  Now That's Life! Dr. Nina , but hey I got to this moment and that alone was progress.

I told myself, you know what, Imma do me, it's my time and my year, yes I can still be a wife and mom, but first I have to be me and NO this isn't selfish. 

I recall that very thing being one of the biggest pet peeves of mine with my mother was that she took care of EVERYONE, but herself, to the point that she would place her own health in the backseat and I was not gonna let that be me.

So here I am doing me and showing it to the world

Well, there comes a time when one must change it up and NO it does not always have to be a NEW YEAR to be a NEW YOU. You can start any time you want on any day you want because guess what, it's all about you and how you can make you happy. Now I will say it took some time for this to come with me. I was tired of having new years resolutions and I felt that I was ready to be a new me, not only physically, but also mentally. I mean one would think that I would have been used to starting over being that I am a military spouse, we do move every 3-4 years. 

So starting over you would think I could get used to. Well I felt I had to get myself right before I could do anything else. So what does that entail you may ask?

Putting away our past, whether it be actions, habits, thoughts or simply people. It is okay for you to rid anything that may be holding you back from being your best self and of course how the saying goes living your best life. I mean think about it, can you really do that if you are still holding on to the negativity?

So think of your new slate like a new house , you may want to paint the walls and guess what they don't have to be white ;-)

#newme #outwiththeold #blankslate