Day 361 ~ Living by "Tenacity"

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

"T" is for...  Tenacity.  To be tenacious is to be persistent in maintaining, adhering to, or seeking something valued or desired.

I have learned about myself that when it comes to my desire of helping someone that is going through a similar experience to mine.. I am tenacious when it comes to my cause.

I will not give up... I will continue to make decisions where I can put my self into situations to help others.

Talk about persistence... that's some tenacity I have developed!

Let me tell you the secret that has led me to my goal. My strength lies solely in my tenacity.
~ Louis Pasteur

What a way to end the week... my blog reaches 30,000 views!  What an awesome milestone!!

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

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

Peace...

4 days to go... {seriously?!?...}

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 360 ~ "Savor"

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

"S" is for...  Savor.   As in... 

Verb:

Taste (good food or drink) and enjoy it completely.

All I would like to add to that definition is...

Verb:

Taste (good food or drink), to be in the moment (life),  and enjoy it completely.

To not only taste the delicious food in your mouth... but smell it...  savor it... enjoy it completely.  


Don't only live life... but smell the flowers...  look around to your family... take it all in...  savor life... enjoy life completely.


This last year we have lost three family matriarchs.  Three wonderful, grand women.  Without whom my husband and daughter would not be here.  


Looking back on all they have accomplished.  Looking around to all that they leave behind.  Savoring all whom surround me.  Taking them all in and enjoying my family completely.


I have learned through our family's loss that life is far too short.  


Now don't get me wrong... we were blessed that each one of Dean's grandmothers lived long, full, wonderful lives. Each one of them were blessed to have passed away with their families by their sides, after all having lived well over 95 years ...  now that's living!  {One of his grandmas had recently turned 99 years old too!}


With all that said... 


Each moment that I am with my family... I will savor them... each moment I am laughing with my daughter... I will savor them... each moment I love life with my husband... I will savor them... each moment that I am living... I will savor them... I will enjoy them completely!

The heart of marriage is memories; and if the two of you happen to have the same ones and can savor your reruns, then your marriage is a gift from the gods.
~Bill Cosby

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

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

Peace...

5 days to go... {can't seem to catch my breath...}

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 359 ~ "Qi" & "Respect"

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

Ying Yang Bagua

"Q" is for...  Qi.  pronounced chee...  I {like I'm sure many of you ..wink, wink} have used Qi many times in Words with Friends ... 

If you do not know what WWF is... it's an addictive app on I-Phone or Facebook... it similar to scrabble and you play against friends.  There may be other methods of playing this game that I don't know of. 

I didn't know what Qi meant until I looked it up.. nor did I know that Qi and {chee} were one in the same.  hahaha...

Qi noun (che) or (chee);  the circulating life energy that in Chinese philosophy is thought to be inherent in all things; in traditional Chinese medicine the balance of negative and positive forms in the body is believed to be essential for good health.

I have come to learn this past year that my Qi is a- okay!

"R" is for...  Respect.  ... It's like I've said it before.... I thought about it long and hard... and I want to talk about respect. or the lack thereof. 

I've seen children, adults, teens, tweens (what the heck is a tween anyways?)  ...  really?  when and who came up with this? {I looked it up... kids between 8 - 14}   [another day another subject...]

As I was saying... I have seen a lot of lack of respect out there in the world... lack of self-respect included.

Whatever happened to good ol' fashion respect?  One where a youngster gives his or her seat up for an elder?  Be it who it is.

or respect for your neighborhood, let alone your neighbor... or how about respect towards your spouse and your marriage, not to mention your children...  

Of course I know that respect is sometimes expected to be earned... however more times than not I believe that you should at least start out with a blanket respect or rather beginners respect that not only can grow with time, but can also deminish at a drop of a hat with merit or lack thereof.

So why don't we give everything and everyone the benefit of the doubt and treat others as we would like to be treated... and then possibly mutual respect will develop.

Knowledge will give you power, but character respect.~Bruce Lee

If we lose love and self respect for each other, this is how we finally die.
~Maya Angelou

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

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

Peace...

6 days to go... {speechless...}

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  ©