Day 355 ~ "Kiss" {and} "Love"

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

What have I learned about myself this past year {blogging}..?  hmmmm... First off... I would like to make sure you know up front... I never had blogged before until I started this blog 349 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/are here.

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

"K" is for...  Kiss  {Keep it Simple Stupid}     

HA! Me keep it simple?  This is rich!

If you were to ask my husband or father in law they would laugh as well. 

Reason being while in the process of answering a question they insist for me to get to the point.  I guess they don't need detail. lol!  {and} I guess I do.

Each and every time I tell them... "well I'm so sorry... this is how my brain works... in detail. "

However... through blogging I have learned to give detail when needed, and get to the point when detail is not required.

I try to stay on point, and I warn you if I get off subject that there's a reason behind it and to bare with me.

So this is me keeping it simple for my letter "K".

"L" is for...  Love      

The love that I have learned about me through blogging is not an ordinary one... 


I am not talking about that of a love of a partner, or the love of a child, a brother, family or a friend..


The love that I speak of is the love of oneself.  


I can't say that I am totally in love with myself... but I sure am trying to. 


I feel that the secret to this would be to be happy with oneself first... no regrets... no resentment...  


{although I have read some quotes that say that if you love yourself first, everything else comes easy..}  


Today I felt a little resentment towards myself resurface... which honestly I thought I had handled...


BUT NOOOO-OOOO...


Just goes to show that it is not that easy to forgive oneself for past mistakes.  I think it was remembering a moment in time that did it.  {having to do with my sons}


I have to be able to remember that moment in future moments and be able to brush it off without getting {even the tiniest bit} upset.  This is where acceptance comes into play.  


I {must not forget to} accept the past for what it is.  Forgive myself... so that I may truly love who I am!  {seems like it's so easy... that last step... complete forgiveness... for true love}  


Sounds like a work in progress... maybe I should look at it like alcoholism? ... one day at a time. Big smile.

To love yourself right now, just as you are, is to give yourself heaven. Don't wait until you die. If you wait, you die now. If you love, you live now.

~Alan Cohen

If you can learn to love yourself and all the flaws, you can love other people so much better. And that makes you so happy.

~Kristin Chenoweth

Love yourself first and everything else falls into line. You really have to love yourself to get anything done in this world.

~Lucille Ball

Tomorrow...  What I Learned About Me... from A to Z ... the letter(s) "M". 

[here's to you finding your... ]

Peace...

10 days to go... {I really can't believe this...}

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 310 ~ "L" is for Love Language

"L" is for Love Language.  Love Language?  YES, Love Language.  Boy, seems like I'm repeating myself lately.  Do you love?  Do you love being loved?  Then you have a Love Language. 


Some people need to be reassured they are loved.  To hear their spouse or partner tell them "your beautiful" or "I love you so much"... Hearing affection or acclimations helps them feel loved.  Their Love Language, Words of Affirmation.  

Maybe you love spending time with your significant other, this really makes your heart smile... especially when they take the afternoon off  :)  Well your love language is Quality Time.


Get what I'm saying?  Wait a minute... I am not claiming to be an expert on Love Languages at all!  As a matter of fact, my wonderful parents (in-laws) have been wanting my husband and I to read this book FOREVER!!  Let me elaborate a little more... The Five Love Languages: How to Express Heartfelt Commitment to Your Mate ...by Gary Chapman.  


SOOOooo... I finally started reading this book today... slightly embarrassed, especially since Dean's dad gave me his copy to read back in December.  


Like I have spare time to read.. I am making an effort to read at least fifteen minutes a day.... WAIT! (sound of screeching tires)  I'm on my lap top at least five hours a day and what am I doing?  Hello?  I'm reading.  Doesn't this count?    

No but seriously... I should be reading more books.  WAIT! (sound of screeching tires)  Aren't blogs like mini books?  At best they are books in progress, at least that's how I see it.   ;)  Especially since I want to be an author one day. 


Hmmmm.... I think I will write about it.

Love begins, or should begin at home.   ~1^st  line in acknowledgments

Some husbands and wives think they are spending time together when, in reality, they are only living in close proximity.    ~ch5, pg59

Love is something you do for someone else, not something you do for yourself.    ~ch10, pg 140 

Quotes from The Five Love Languages: How to Express Heartfelt Commitment to Your Mate  ~Gary Chapman

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

Blessings to all!!

55 days to go...  (This is becoming bitter-sweet)

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

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