Oh Pollyanna, if i knew you'd change my life.

{Hayley Mills via}

Have you guys seen Pollyanna?

I hope so, its a classic!

In it Pollyanna based the way she looked at life by a thing called 'The Glad Game'

In which we had to find the good in every situation

& focus on that.

I've decided I'm going to start playing,

now.

Don't you hate when everything is going along just perfectly & then you have to knock YOURSELF ten steps back?

When you get a major blessing & then for some reason you think that the road up ahead is clear & perfect & one thing doesn't go as planned & you can only see that & not the blessing?

When you should be on cloud nine but the smallest thing happened & for some inconceivable reason it over shadows the sun!?

& it could be the smallest little thing,

it could mean nothing at all.

But still you are back to feeling like poop.

Well today I caught myself doing that.

No more.

Lets all play the Glad Game shall we?

Let the fun commence,

B

40 Tips for a Better Life

I found this "40 Tips for a Better Life" & I must admit. It taught me some stuff & I intend to start working on this list asap. I decided to share

1. Take a 10-30 minute walk every day. And while you walk, smile. It is the ultimate anti-depressant.
2. Sit in silence for at least 10 minutes each day.
3. Buy a DVR and tape your late night shows and get more sleep.

4. When you wake up in the morning complete the following statement, ‘My purpose is to __________ today.’
5. Live with the 3 E’s — Energy, Enthusiasm, and Empathy.
6. Play more games and read more books than you did last year.
7. Make time to practice meditation, and prayer. They provide us with daily fuel for our busy lives.
8. Spend time with people over the age of 70 and under the age of 6.
9. Dream more while you are awake.
10. Eat more foods that grow on trees and plants and eat less food that is manufactured in plants.
11. Drink green tea and plenty of water. Eat blueberries, wild Alaskan salmon, broccoli, almonds & walnuts.
12. Try to make at least three people smile each day.
13. Clear clutter from your house, your car, your desk and let new and flowing energy into your life.
14. Don’t waste your precious energy on gossip, OR issues of the past, negative thoughts or things you cannot control. Instead invest your energy in the positive present moment.
15. Realize that life is a school and you are here to learn. Problems are simply part of the curriculum that appear and fade away like algebra class but the lessons you learn will last a lifetime.
16. Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and dinner like a college kid with a maxed out charge card.
17. Smile and laugh more. It will keep the negative blues away.
18. Life isn’t fair, but it’s still good.
19. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone.
20. Don’t take yourself so seriously. No one else does.
Next 20 after the jump.
21. You don’t have to win every argument. Agree to disagree.
22. Make peace with your past so it won’t spoil the present.
23. Don’t compare your life to others’. You have no idea what their journey is all about.
24. No one is in charge of your happiness except you.
25. Frame every so-called disaster with these words: ‘In five years, will this matter?’
26. Forgive everyone for everything.
27. What other people think of you is none of your business.
28. Remember God heals everything.
29. However good or bad a situation is, it will change.
30. Your job won’t take care of you when you are sick. Your friends will. Stay in touch.
31. Get rid of anything that isn’t useful, beautiful or joyful.
32. Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need.
33. The best is yet to come.
34. No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up.
35. Do the right thing!
36. Call your family often.
37. Each night before you go to bed complete the following statements: I am thankful for _______. Today I accomplished ____.
38. Remember that you are too blessed to be stressed.
39. Enjoy the ride. Remember this is not Disney World and you certainly don’t want a fast pass. You only have one ride through life so make the most of it and enjoy the ride.
40. Laugh when you can, apologize when you should, and let go of what you can’t change.

Everything is changing, nothing stays the same.

Yesterday something horrible happened...

two bad things happened.

But I mostly want to talk about the first one.

I was so sad, at first.

I talked to my best friends..

I went from balling my eyes out to being happier than I've been in a long time...

you wanna know why?

because I sincerely believe that everything happens for a reason.

I sincerely believe if things are truly meant to happen then they will..

and if not, no matter how horrible you may feel now

Something better WILL come along.

pain isn't forever.

And sometimes everything has to change in order for you to be truly happy.

and I know in the end I will be.

I just pray about it and let it go....

and as for the second thing....

two people I dearly love who are like second parents to me are moving away.

its quite sad really.

I'm waiting for it to really hit me.

Happy Fourth of July!

I'm very excited about today.

Do a little tanning,

Lunch with my mother, Peri, and Rach

Shopping for the Mexico missions trip with Rach,

then me and Rachel are going to watch fireworks,

then we are having a nice ole' sleepover filled with plenty of girl talk and chick-flicks.

I hope you have as wonderful of a day as I know I will.

and I hope you are spending it with those you love..

here's to happiness

Recently "Rockstar Diaries" (my favorite blog ever)

wrote a blog telling ten things that make her terribly happy.

She also encouraged her readers to do the same.

I got inspired.

1. Dutch Chocolate ice cream with colorful sprinkles
2. Old Shirley Temple movies
3. Feeling original
4. Vintage things
5. Laughing until you cry
6. white guy v-necks from walmart
7. kisses on the cheek
8. Tattoo's
9. Dancing in the rain.
10. Family get-together's

p.s.

I didn't send this to Naomi,

Its just for my blog readers