Time and Money

Today(A 2 for 1 special since the two concepts go together) I want to share a concept about Spending. Of course we spend money, but we also "spend" time. We are all given the same amount of time. It is deposited faithfully into your life account every day. Time is not something we can "make" or can we? I have heard that expression many a time. I just need to MAKE TIME for that. What it actually means is to prioritize and avoid piddly or less productive things to make time for essential things. Is Praying or Reading Scriptures important to you? Does it sometimes come down to the end of the day and you are scrambling to read a couple of verses and say something quick before you fall asleep? How about exercise or eating healthy? How often are we doing other less important things, maybe even stay up late and are TOO TIRED to go exercise or ran out of time and just grabbed some FAST food? How long did we spend watching a TV show or a movie or a sporting event? How long did we spend playing a game on our electronic device? How long did we spend on Pinterest or Youtube looking at random things? Am I saying any of things are bad or that you are bad if you do them? NO. Simply put, it's moderation in all things. Some time Playing, Some time Relaxing, Some time Caring for ourselves(IMPORTANT IN BEING ABLE TO BEST CARE FOR OTHERS), Some time Working and probably alternating between them all because let's face it, an adult's Work is Never really Done. I fell in that trap more than once frown emoticon We can simply become aware if we have time in the day to do what is most important to us or are we "running out" of time to do those things that "matter" most?
Another concept that I am trying to grasp more is that in order to MAKE MORE TIME, I can pay other people to do things that I have to spend my time doing, like yard work or cooking or cleaning or fixing your car or doing home improvement projects. I have recently started having experience with projects and while yes I might be able to figure out how to do some of these things, other people know how to do it better and more quickly because they have knowledge, tools, and skills. When we go to work we trade our constantly renewed account of Time for Money. Someone else paid you for your skills, while you use it to pay others for their skills. It is a constant cycle of giving and receiving. What happens when we want to save our money, we still end up spending time. If you are really experienced and know how to do something efficiently You just may be the best bet. However if you spend tons of time that someone else could have done more quickly, might it have been better to pay someone in value of their skill? I think that many of us have skills that we do not think is worth trading for money. For someone else who does not have that skill it is way worth their time to pay you for it and well worth it for others to pay you for yours. Maybe check out your abilities. One of them might just pay you more spending less of your time than it does doing what you do currently spending more time. (There is an energy and happiness factor too though) If doing what you do PAYS you tons of satisfaction, accomplishment energy, and joy, that is probably the talent that you should be sharing with the world. Thank you for the gift that you are to the world.

Giving AND Receiving

In my life I learned to become very independent. In a way that is really good, but in other ways maybe not so much. I am a really great Giver. I love to share and do for others, but when it comes to Receiving, I'm currently not the greatest at it. While I really enjoy serving, I think I am in need of learning how to Receive. It is a two way street. In order for me to serve and give, there HAS TO be a receiver. I suppose I have never really thought about there being one of each in Every exchange. Think about when someone gives you the gift of a compliment. Did they hope and intend that you would receive it in your heart? In the past I would often deflect it, not feeling like I deserved it somehow. How sad for the giver of the compliment gift. What other things am I not actually allowing to be received: Answers to Questions in Inspiration, Forgiveness, Love and Admiration, A Helping Hand?? I'm going to practice opening my Receiving Department of Good Things. If you relate, maybe try asking someone for one thing a day. Please pass the salt, please get me a drink of water, please turn off the light. wink emoticon Some of us were great at asking for things as kids and how often are we ready to jump in to assist someone else if they asked for the very same requests we were? If we continue not receiving, it may lead to resentment and possibly even wondering why you don't love being a mom or dad cry emoticon Ask and Allow yourself to receive...

Perfect Potential

I am grateful to be imperfect. I was just reminded that it was the weak that were called to do great things. I believe that it was specifically an example of the power of God to perform miracles, simply through a willing heart, with no chance of it being the person's own merit. The scriptures are also filled with examples of people who changed. People who once did, thought, and said horrible things could change and be forgiven for what they had done. Their hearts could become new and be new. Every moment we can choose something new, something better, something different. We are not stuck forever in any certain way of being. We make mistakes, all the time, and it is often through them that we learn the very most. Embrace the opportunity to learn, grow, and live up to your Divine potential. You are more Valuable, Majestic, and Powerful than you could ever imagine! Go and BE who you have always wished you could be. It is all in your choice. You have Perfect Potential!

Choice Abundance

I am so thankful for and am understanding just how precious the Gift of Agency is. All around us we are allowed the opportunity to choose. As a baby, so many things were chosen for us but as we grow older, we are given the chance to choose more and more things. Even in the womb we could choose to kick our leg or suck our thumb or roll around. As a parent I have become very aware of this and often have to remind myself that it is not my job to choose everything for my children. While there are some things that I would choose very differently on, a lot of the things that I would worry about, just don't matter: whether they comb their hair or their clothes match. My son wore two different kinds of shoes to school while one of his was lost under the bed. At first I was like, What? Why don't you just wear the matching pair, but he liked the other kind better :Ptongue emoticon OK then. Issue to worry about? No. His choice? Yes! 
People all around us are demonstrating things that we want to emulate or reject. There is not a moment that goes by that we are not choosing something. We are even choosing our thoughts, unceasingly. We choose what to DO with our time, what to Watch, Listen to, Eat, Wear, Move or Sit still, Take action or simply Think about it. This Agency thing is a big deal! What about the people who are forced to do certain things, like in other countries? Do they get to choose? They get to choose their Attitude and the way they look at or think about things. Maybe like a person in jail. Their freedom of action most likely got them there, but what they Choose to do with the situation is the key. More choices. I now appreciate more, my abundance of choices...

Mid Life Evaluation (11/25/15)

(So clear back in August last year I said I was going to post my Facebook Posts on my Blog and while I had the very best of intentions, I was feeling super accomplished to just post it on Facebook even. I decided to go back, copy, and paste some past insights for those not on Facebook. Here we go.......)
Wow, my day went by so fast. I learned so much today. I have been observing myself in a process. Let's see...just a quick setup. I just turned 40 this year and have lived in my home for over 10 years. Something about this and where I am in my life has sure has stirred up a lot of feelings and emotion about where I am at. I have thankfully done a lot of magnificent transforming in the last few years especially. All of these things coming together has come to the forefront in a BIG way. When your insides change, your outside world wants to reflect it. When I felt down, things at my home would go into disarray, to reflect that . As I have cleaned up some important things on my insides, my home has become so much easier to clean and keep up. I am not being weighed down by so much junk inside that scrambles my brain. My dilemma is that my outside world is still in someone elses old condition. The same floors, the same kitchen, the same wallpaper as when we moved in, even the same holes in the wall from the previous owners!!....it feels very uneasy to me now. I think that I have not been caring about myself the way that I should. So much that I have considered moving to change this feeling. In the process, I have been doing so many things that I wish I would have done when we first moved in!! The scripture that keeps running through my head is to "Love thy neighbor as thyself" but how does that work if I am not loving myself?? I feel uneasy in an increasingly yucky way. I think that it is time for a change. One that will reflect what my insides are telling me. The grateful part is, I can SEE on the outside that I am changing, for the better. My sincere hope and prayer is that you can SEE that in your life too...