There are 3 things that we know for sure about life:  it has a beginning, it will end some day, and we should make the most of it while in between.

It’s the gap – the in between that I want to write about today.

This is what I call the GAP – the place between 2 places.

How are you living in the gap? 

Are you living in a timid place full of fear?

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Are you living in JOY full of laughter and peace?

To fully live life out loud means to smell the roses, enjoy the view, take the opportunity to meet and smile at a stranger and truly touch a life for that moment in time.

Sometimes we take life so seriously that we forget to exhale.  We run from one place to the next place and forget where we’ve been.  RUSH, FAST, HURRY is part of our vocabulary.  We don’t make time for ourselves because we’re too busy taking care of everyone else.  We even think it’s selfish to make time for ourselves.

Allow me to dispel that myth.

It’s okay to take care of yourself – to breathe – to exhale.

In my opinion, if you don’t exhale then you are probably almost on the verge of burnout.  It’s time to charge your batteries and take care of YOU.

So I believe there is a co-relation between slowing down and living your life out loud.

Do the things that matter most in life like spending time with your family, your loved ones.  Take the time to show the most important people in your life that they matter and you care.  Take the time to spend with friends.  Take that spontaneous trip.  In fact, I write this post on an airplane flying to Chicago.  My son is a pilot and he had sent me a text the night before stating he was flying to my town and if I wanted to catch a flight to Chicago with him since he had a few days off.  I pondered, and yes I was busy with work but I had the opportunity and I seized the moment – YES – I will!  Work will always be there, errands to run will be run, work will get done but precious moments with loved ones leave you with the memories of a lifetime.  So memories I created by going to Chicago with Kevin.

“There is no duty we so much underrate as the duty of being happy.” Robert Louis Stevenson

Remember, may the possibilities of today excite you!

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Joy is a prayer – Joy is strength – Joy is love – Joy is a net of love by which you catch souls…Mother Teresa

This Christmas Season I want to make sure I express my gratitude to each one of you for reading my blogs and to my subscribers for being there for me with your comments of love and joy….by the way, this will be my last post until 12/31/11 when I will write about the Bubbly; a much needed break…..

This is the season of peace and joy and I wish each one of you God’s peace and joy in abundance…

We hear the words peace and joy during the Christmas Season, but how wonderful it would be if we heard these words all year through?

To live in God’s peace and his abundant joy is truly a blessing not only to us but to those around us.

What does living in peace, joy and happiness look like to you?

To me it looks like a life of serenity, mindfulness, awareness, inner strength and full of gratitude.  To be aligned with my GOD, my divine source – mind, body and spirit is a place of peace, joy and happiness….

Is it possible? – YES, of course it is –

According to current research, in the determination of a person’s level of happiness, genetics accounts for about 50 percent; life circumstances, such as age, gender, ethnicity, marital status, income, health, occupation, and religious affiliation, account for about 10 to 20 percent , and the remainder is a product of how a person thinks and acts.  In other words, people have an inborn disposition that’s set within a certain range, but they can boost themselves to the top of their happiness range or push themselves down to the bottom of their happiness range by their actions.  In my humble opinion, people’s decisions about how to live their lives affect their happiness.  I can get into the age old question of what is happiness but that will be saved for a later blog post.

Knowing that there is something bigger than us guiding our steps is a key element.  So in this season of joy, peace and happiness make sure you allow yourself this gift.  For it truly is a gift!  

My Christmas Wish for each one of you

A big, beautiful, heart full of love, with light beams that extend for miles and miles ahead washing away any sadness that may appear in the distance and replacing it with joy, wonder, belief in the magic, trust in the knowing, that we are all in this together and we are truly loved.

May God Bless Each One of You

And May HIS abundant JOY fill your hearts with LOVE….

Remember, may the possibilities of today excite us all….

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