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Good Morning Beautiful!

4/10/2018

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Today I bought some eggs. A very ordinary task in the course of keeping a household running smoothly. Everybody’s got to eat right? But when I opened up the carton to transfer the eggs into the egg holder, there was a surprise inside. No it was not the occasional broken egg or a rotten smell. It was the message seen in the picture above.

I had to stop and smile for a moment. How did they know? It was a good morning. And how wonderful to be reminded that I am beautiful. But really did I need an egg carton to tell me this? I should be just as kind to myself as that piece of styrofoam. I should be naturally as optimistic as the message printed there. And I need to strive to share that same message. I can be an egg carton too.

​So consider this blog my message to all of you. No matter what kind of day you’re having stop for a moment. In my world, you’ve just opened my virtual egg carton. And the message reads “Good Morning Beautiful”. Now go and have a wonderful day.
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Picking Up Pennies

4/3/2018

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It was laying there in the parking lot at my feet. Barely recognizable on the ground due to being discolored by the weather and run over by countless vehicles. I’m sure many people had passed it by, if they even noticed it, because after all what is a penny really worth? Nothing at all in this day and age, right?

​And yet I picked it up. I always do. I put pennies in my change container in my car or the change jar in the kitchen. It’s a habit that I never really thought about. But today for some reason, I stopped and really looked at that beaten up piece of copper. What does picking up that penny really say about me? And here’s what came to mind. I don’t pick them up because they will make me rich. I don’t pick them up because I am totally frugal and can’t waste anything. I believe I pick them up because I know that small parts put together make a worthwhile whole. Because I understand that to have success many pieces of a puzzle have to be put together over a period of time. Because I know that taking joy in the small moments of life is better than banking on having huge exciting events. Appreciate the penny and a dollar may come. Appreciate the daily journey of your life and your destination will be reached. 

So I will continue to pick up any pennies that I see. Just as I will wake up every day and be appreciative of what it has to offer. Who knows what the pennies in life will add up to? Everyone sees small things in different ways.

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