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Courage for Change

Posted by MJ on Oct 9, 2011 in Life | 0 comments

Change is not something easy to do. Yet, how else can we grow?

So here I sit, looking at some changes in my life.  These changes are temporary, permanent, now, soon, and sometime in the future.  These are based on some things that happened this week.  Monday writing, Wednesday a visit by dear friend who is special to me, and Thursday someone I have known for a long time who is becoming a friend.

Temporary

If you there is a deadline for these changes to end, why not embrace them for the sake of seeing what will happen.  Perhaps the change will be hard.  Perhaps it will be easy.  Perhaps it will mean a time of utter chaos.  Yet there is an end, and then your life goes back…

Too often we say no.  It’s hard work.  I don’t care that it is short term… it’s hard.

I said yes to a temporary change.  It means that I must work harder than ever during work hours and learn to ‘take time away.’  It means massive changes at my house and massive changes to my schedule, meaning going to bed earlier, getting up earlier.  But I have been working to improve the going to bed at a reasonable time anyway!

Permanent

Permanent changes may be bad or good.  A permanent change however is permanent thus the name.  Thus no matter what it is, good needs to be found within the experience. You are going to need to live with it, so make it good.

Other times you need to make a “permanent change” even a small one just to start moving towards your dream.  This means you might do something like I did.  Create a book, but not the “dream book” this means it makes the adventure easy.

The dream of becoming a published author is close to becoming true.  I don’t know if I should do a push to get this book in front of as many people as possible or to just release it and let it fly.  Sounds strange, yet the goal here was to get published.  Basically put it in my world.  Yet it is not just my world, it is Kelly’s as well.  As she is my writing partner and I want her success, perhaps I should push it for her.

Now, Soon and Sometime

Some changes happen

11 ~ Compliments Welcome ~ 30 Days of Truth

Posted by MJ on Dec 8, 2010 in 30 Days of Truth | 0 comments

Another day from the 30 Days of Truth Prompt for  Day 11 → Something people seem to compliment you the most on.   Bonus posts this week!!  The 10th will be “A Memory Shared“  and then the 12th will be Day 12 → Something you never get compliments on.

As much as I write, the compliments are surprisingly few.  Typically remarks that I write a lot and a few compliments that my writing is good.  If you have not figured it out by now, I had a few years with low self-esteem, and I do worry about my writing.

Something I get a lot of compliments on…

Two things.  As far as something I can do, my baking skills have always gotten compliments.   I had the easy oven and started baking cakes then.   When I first got on my own, I made cakes quite often.  Now I bake breads, cookies and pies.   Recipes to me are guidelines.   I replace things with what I have, or what I think will compliment better.

In a few weeks, neighbors expect to receive Cinnamon Apple bread.  It is a zucchini bread recipe with this, that and the other changed.  Gradually modified into the current recipe.  Today I made Lebkuchen, you can read more about that story in 2 days.   It actually followed the recipe other than making icing with orange juice.

The physical thing people compliment me on is my smile.   People tell me it lights up, it’s beautiful, that I shine…   *blushing*

Smile, Bake, Laugh, Love

MJ Schrader