Thought for the Day...

Imagine What You Can Achieve. Achieve What You Can Imagine.
Support. Participate. Volunteer. Give.

Found on the web page
Chelsea Center for the Arts

Weekend at Bernies?

If you loved the movie Weekend at Bernies you may get a kick out of this story, seriously people are such idiots. I need to start a new blog just to post the dumb things people do!

A mistake?

This mom made up a crazy story about her daughter's dad being killed in Iraq to get Hannah Montanna tickets. What is wrong with people???

Twins

I saw a video clip from msn news today about a mom that had one of her twins in her pant legs. Amazing story however, I can't get past their names. Curt and Curtis, huh? Isn't that kind of the same name? I don't have twins but I have twin brothers and sometimes their names just seemed like one. In this particular situation I guess they kind of are...

I am Normal

The other day as I was sitting on hold I found myself blog hopping through the friends of friends blogs, I am not sure exactly where I found the post on "normal" but it was like reading a good book, it inspired me, got me thinking...
"Normal is getting dressed in clothes that you buy for work and driving through traffic in a car that you are still paying for - in order to get to the job you need to pay for the clothes and the car, and the house you leave vacant all day so you can afford to live in it.” ellen degeneres
Wow! This quote hit me like a ton of bricks! I so don't want to be normal but, I am. I think there is so much for me to accomplish, so much I can accomplish but how do I do it? I wish I could answer myself.
How do people go from normal to extraordinary? We are all brought into this earth the same way, we all age day by day, and we all grow up influenced good or bad by our surroundings. Most of us eventually leave home to begin our own lives, sometimes doing what we intended to do and sometimes just being caught up in the motions and sometimes doing something amazing. When Mary was born she had no idea she would give birth to the Mesiah, when Ben Franklin was born, who knew he would harness the power of electricity? Every day there are people making a difference, I am caught in the motions. Don't get me wrong I thank God everyday, well pretty much everyday, for what I have and for what I don't have. I have an amazing family, amazing friends, and things that I love in my life. But I am still normal.
What do I want? I used to want a high power career, a lot of money, a big house and a nanny. Thank goodness we grow up, and sometimes we change. What do I want now? To make a difference in the world, to be a good example to my friends and family, for God to be proud of me. A song that often times plays over and over in my head is American Baby, by Dave Matthews..."God's grace is gone and the devil is proud" I certainly don't want to make the Devil proud. What can I do to make God proud? This is my new quest - to be used for God's glory in whatever, not in what I want but where he wants me. This will be hard, it is difficult to actually let God be the Lord of your life and not try to put your own will ahead of his. I know I am selfish but I am going to try, I will consciously continue to seek and hopefully find my way out of normal.

Four degrees...

This is our temp this morning in good ol Michigan unless you want to go by wind chill which is -8. We will be heading to Florida at the end of the month and that date can't come soon enough! We are lucky that Trent's parents now winter in Lakeland, Fl and my parents live full time in TX. We love warm places to visit!

I believe

This was sent to me from my dad...Thought it was a good one to pass along.

I believe... That just because two people argue, it doesn't mean
they don't love each other. And just because they don't argue,
it doesn't mean they do love each other.

I believe... That we don't have to change friends if we understand
that friends change.

I believe .... That no matter how good a friend is, they're going to
hurt you every once in a while and you must forgive them for that.

I believe.... That true friendship continues to grow, even over the
longest distance. Same goes for true love.

I believe .... That you can do something in an instant that will give
you heartache for life.

I believe ..... That it's taking me a long time to become the person
I want to be.

I believe..... That you should always leave loved ones with loving
words. It may be the last time you see them.

I believe .... That you can keep going long after you think you can't.

I believe ..... That we are responsible for what we do, no matter how
we feel.

I believe .... That either you control your attitude or it controls you.

I believe ..... That heroes are the people who do what has to be done
when it needs to be done, regardless of the consequences.

I believe.... That money is a lousy way of keeping score.

I believe..... That my best friend and I can do anything or nothing
and have the best time.

I believe..... That sometimes the people you expect to kick you
when you're down, will be the ones to help you get back up.

I believe....... That sometimes when I'm angry I have the right
to be angry, but that doesn't give me the right to be cruel.

I believe..... That maturity has more to do with what types of
experiences you've had and what you've learned from them,
and less to do with how many birthdays you've celebrated.

I believe..... That it isn't always enough to be forgiven by others;
sometimes you have to learn to forgive yourself.

I believe...... That no matter how bad your heart is broken the world
doesn't stop for your grief.

I believe....... That our background and circumstances may have
influenced who we are, but we are responsible for who we become..

I believe ....... That you shouldn't be so eager to find out a secret.
It could change your life Forever.

I believe ....... That two people can look at the exact same thing
and see something totally different.

I believe....... That your life can be changed in a matter of hours by
people who don't even know you.

I believe...... That even when you think you have no more to give,
when a friend cries out to you - you will find the strength to help.

I believe...... That credentials on the wall do not make you a decent
human being.

I believe ...... That the people you care about most in life are taken
from you too soon.


The happiest people don't necessarily have the best of
everything; they just make the best of everything they have.