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 354 ~ "Jesus" {Take The Wheel}

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

"J" is for...  Jesus {take the wheel}.     

I have been saving this post for a while now and feel that there isn't a more appropriate time for me to post it.

Once more ... I can not reiterate enough what blogging has done for me.  I think it is more about the new found strength I have gained... within myself that is... about myself... and about life.  

Somehow within this new rebirth of mine, I have also gained more love and respect for my Lord, Jesus.

Not too long ago I heard this song...

Jesus Take The Wheel 

Songwriters: James, Brett; Lindsey, Hillary; Sampson, Gordie;

She was driving last Friday on her way to Cincinnati

On a snow white Christmas Eve

Going home to see her Mama and her Daddy

With the baby in the backseat

Fifty miles to go and she was running low

On faith and gasoline

It'd been a long hard year

She had a lot on her mind and she didn't pay attention

She was going way too fast

Before she knew it she was spinning

On a thin black sheet of glass

She saw both their lives flash before her eyes

She didn't even have time to cry

She was so scared

She threw her hands up in the air

Jesus, take the wheel

Take it from my hands

?Cause I can't do this on my own

I'm letting go

So give me one more chance

To save me from this road I'm on

Jesus, take the wheel

It was still getting colder when she made it to the shoulder

And the car came to a stop

She cried when she saw that baby in the backseat

Sleeping like a rock

And for the first time in a long time

She bowed her head to pray

She said I'm sorry for the way

I've been living my life

I know I've got to change

So from now on tonight

Jesus, take the wheel

Take it from my hands

Cause I can't do this on my own

I'm letting go

So give me one more chance

To save me from this road I'm on

Oh Jesus, take the wheel

Oh, I'm letting go

So give me one more chance

Save me from this road I'm on

From this road I'm on

Jesus, take the wheel

Oh, take it, take it from me

Oh, why, ooh

Needless to say... "Jesus" took the wheel in my life long ago... just to me a while to realize it. 

On another note... today I reached 29,000+ views on my blog.  WOW!  What an awesome thing it would be if I made 30,000+ within 11 days or less.

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

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

Peace...

11 days to go... {tears are forming in my eyes...}

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

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

Images are courtesy of either google or Bing images.  Some images maybe labeled property of Carla Barilá Karam and of this blog- Taking Back My Life ~ Making it My Own.  US Copyright law apply  ©

Day 353 ~ "Incredible" {and} "Interesting"

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

"I" is for...  Incredible {and} Interesting.     

This last year has been one  incredible {and} interesting experience for me.  

At the risk of sounding redundant.. I once again have to say that through blogging I have learned so much... about myself... and about life.  

This really has been an incredible year of rediscovery... healing... spiritual... raw honesty {I like that "raw honesty"}...  a sense of rebirth.

Even with all the highs and lows of every day life, this experience ... as I sit here and think back on the last 352 days... honestly... this experience has truly been an interesting journey.  

A journey of which I would happily do it over and over again!

All men are prepared to accomplish the incredible if their ideals are threatened.

~Maya Angelou

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

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

Peace...

12 days to go... {trying to catch my breath... can't breathe}

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

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

Images are courtesy of either google or Bing images.  Some images maybe labeled property of Carla Barilá Karam and of this blog- Taking Back My Life ~ Making it My Own.  US Copyright law apply  ©