Day 348 ~ Learned "Acceptance" from "Blogging"

I had to get all mouthy and challenge myself again.. now, didn't I?!  LOL!!  

Last night I got all clever and gave myself one last challenge for these last 18 days...  

What I Learned About Me... from A to Z

What have I learned about myself this past year {blogging}..?  hmmmm... First off... I never had blogged before until I started this blog 348 days ago.  Secondly... I never intended on learning anything.  HAHA! LOL!  No but seriously... It wasn't my intention.  Check out what my intention(s) were and are here.

So here goes... What I Learned About Me... from A to Z

"A" is for...

Acceptance!  Yes!  I have learned to accept my life for what it is.  Everything that has happened to me... everything I experienced.  Planned or not.

Wouldn't it have been nice if I would have had "the" perfect childhood?  (sarcasm...lol!  no, really, I was trying to be funny.. or joke about it.. anyways...)  Or the perfect {first} marriage? etc.. etc...

Good... bad... or ugly... my fault or not...

It doesn't matter.  It's all in the past.  {you nor I... we...} Can't do anything about it.  It is what it is.  

Exactly.

Besides... I wouldn't be who I am if it hadn't been for....

{and} That my dear(s) is acceptance.

"B" is for...

Blogging.  Of course.  After all, in the last 347 days blogging has changed my life.  

As I stated at the beginning of this post... not only did I not plan on learning anything from this experience ... or rather... it never came to thought... 

I also did not think... nor did it ever come to mind... or did I dream that I would have grown so much from blogging.    Quite honestly, reliving some experiences left me drained... but they're behind me now... filled them in a balloon and let them go! (click on the link to the left of this to read the back story)

Blogging has reminded me how much I love writing, journaling... just putting thoughts down on paper or in blogging's case, I typed my words and watched them come to life in my daily posts.

{and} Just so you know... in my heart blogging will forever live.

Tomorrow...  What I Learned About Me... from A to Z ... and the letter "C".

Blogging is an art, same as any other method of self-expression.  Some are better at it than others.  

~Hugh MacLeod

(here's to you finding your...)

 Peace,  

17 days to go...  {humbled.}  

read about this count down in my "About my Blog" page

... for a, l & c.  You are my sunshine(s).  

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Day 298 ~ "A" is for Appreciation

Continued from Days 62, 63, 295, 296 & 297...

I have a feeling that right about NOW (if you have been reading my last three posts, continued from two other posts,) after reading the title of tonight's post, you may be thinking that I may be a little bit confused myself with what I'm supposed to be writing about.

Actually, I am multi-tasking right before your eyes.  wink, wink.  Stay with me a moment and it will become clear to us all.

Two days ago, I came across a fun challenge- Blogging From A to Z Challenge April 2012.  

Using this premise, you would start beginning April First with a topic themed on something with the letter A, then on April second another topic with the letter B as the theme, and so on until you finish on April thirtieth with the theme based on the letter Z.  It doesn't even have to be a word--it can be a proper noun, the letter used as a symbol, or the letter itself.  The theme of the day is the letter scheduled for that day.  ~Rules from Blogging A to Z Challenge website.

From what I am reading out in the blogging world, this seems to be a challenge for most... HOWEVER, I am already blogging everyday.(not everyone is as crazy as I am!)  If anything this gives me a little challenge to come up with subjects corresponding the assigned letter of the day.  So I said... BRING IT!

"A" is for  Appreciation.  Finishing my last three posts has given me a new sense of appreciation for life.  It is no wonder that it took me 232 days to finish what I had started last August.  

Now that was a challenge!  Writing about a very dark time in my life with the goal to one day help someone that may be feeling alone... (oooo another "A" word)... someone who needs to have a Dream Team herself.

It wasn't easy for me to rehash painful memories.  It wasn't easy writing them down, either.  It wasn't easy striking the keys on my keyboard, visualizing moments in my past that had been laid to rest... visualizing them just as fast as each word was appearing on my screen.

BUT, when I finally entered that last period... I appreciated life like I never had before.  With all it's ups and downs, trials and tribulations, and even with some of its hiccups... I feel full Appreciation for life and what it has given me.      

As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.  ~John F. Kennedy

Blogging A to Z Challenge April 2012... What will "B" have for us tomorrow?

Blessings to all!!

67 days to go...

PS... for a, l & c.  You are my sunshine(s).  

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