March
11
March 11th, 2015
by
Kerigan Marketing
Beachy Beach March Love Note
(Originally published March 11, 2015)
Dear Sweet Beachy Beachers,
I decided last night that I would not write a love note this month for the first time in 5 years…. head pounding, teeth hurting and foot swollen. Hey I felt so bad I did not even paint my finger nails!!! But…...on the way to work something hit me… What do I do when I feel yucky???? I grab my gratitude journal of course and think about what things are WONDERFUL and there are oh so many. Where oh where do I start with all the wonder that is mine?
When I was driving to work one thing that popped into my mind was…. Hey I am driving to a job that I love in a cute little sunny yellow jeep and that reminded me of another time. I was reminded when I could only afford a car that cost 800 dollars, which I am sure I paid on a weekly basis with an interest rate close to loan sharking. I remembered the fact that the top of that Chrysler convertible would only stay down if a family member helped me hold it down. Sunny days such as life were easy but when it rained lets just say it offered creative opportunities such as wearing rain gear in the car and working arm muscles holding the top down. Oh yes forgot to mention that you also had to hold your feet up so that you would not get soggy feet when it rained. Britt was in charge of reminding the boys to hold their feet up.
I was also reminded today that I no longer have 3 jobs although in a sense I do but at least I have one profession that I love with all my heart that pays me well. It is a profession that affords me to keep my power on…. oh my that reminds me of camp outs we had in the house with flashlights and candles. I am reminded that I had to figure out a way to make ends meet without help from a partner and now I have a loving partner that is the most selfless unselfish human I know. How can one girl get so lucky?
When I was young and struggling I learned at age 10 the power to change your life and the power to have a future. I promised God that WHEN He allowed me that I would share that life with others. It has been the most humbling the most exciting thing I have done so far in life. I also learned that it is the times when I feel the worst that I am the most vulnerable to a life that God wants me to have….. .filled with power, filled with promise, filled with a future. My present circumstance CAN NOT and will not determine my future. Every single thing that happens to me if used as a learning and growing moment can and will lead to my next grand adventure.
So today I am thankful for this sinus infection because it signals to me that I am alive and kicking and I may need to look at my schedule and rearrange and perhaps even learn that balance word that I have heard mentioned a time or two. But for now I will enjoy today and recant how grateful I am for my God, my family, my precious kids and grandkids, my faithful husband, my precious business partners, my home, my side business, my beach care services, my beach, my health, my offices, my charities, my amazing assistants….. and all the love I see and feel each and every day.
Wow I feel better already! God bless every step that you take today and spend a moment being grateful for ALL of it because in all of it is a valuable lesson of this wonderful life.
To God Be the Glory,
Karen
Categories:
30A
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