April Showers bring May ....

When we are faced with the storms that seem to come in our lives, it is hard to find the joy in the heavy downpours like we've had the last few weeks in Northwest Arkansas. The sun hides for days and the world almost seems to be floating in excess mud. A funny thing happens when life's showers come into our lives, that which is unimportant, or simply a covering is often uncovered. Just as the rain cleanses and quenches the soil and deeply soaks until a plant's roots are saturated, sometimes the storms of life wash away that which we have covered our true needs with so succinctly that we no longer feel the cool breezes and the warm sunshine.
As spring tranforms into summer, the showers come. It is a necessary season for growth. The rain showers temporarily transform our situations. It causes us to change or at least alter our routines, it allows us to gain new perspective and appreciation of the sunny days. It helps us to enjoy the lush green grass and helps the flowers bloom as well.
Each season of our life has a purpose. Are you facing a spring, summer, fall or winter in your life? It may be this season has come to prune something that is hindering your growth. It may be to wash away debris and replenish your thirst for life. It may be time to let go of old and make room for new growth to develop. It may be simply a time of new blooming and growth that often follows the dark periods.

Perspective to Ponder:

What season am I facing in my personal life? My professional life? My family life? What can I do to tend my life's garden?

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Resurrection Sunday

Each of us face times that we think something within us has died. Sometimes that death is due to exhaustion, other times we slowly stop choosing to keep our heart and passions alive, choked to a joyless life one item at a time that disrespects our mind,hearts,soul and body's need for restoration.
One of the choices we have each day is to choose to live. It may mean redefining success, changing the goals of each day, or simply realigning what truly matters to us. We really do own the power to choose how to live our lives, whether it simply be taking responsibility for owning our existence or choosing to let go of that which keeps us from enjoying life.
What would you change about your daily life if you were to live intentionally? What would you keep in your palette to color your life happy? What tones would you like to add to bring value to your existence? What pictures of your daily life and home would you want to repaint, freshen, or change? We all the sole owners of our lives, are you exercising your right of ownership?


What makes your life worth living? Are you choosing to include those activities and values in your daily choices? It is worth taking time to explore this concept....and to make adjustments until you are living the life that brings you joy and peace.

Happy Easter!

Carla


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How Do You Determine Your Deal Breakers?

In life we all have boundaries we choose to live by. Sometimes those boundaries are based on family tradition, some boundaries are based on experiences we've had or those around us have had, some boundaries we accept because someone meaningful to us had those boundaries and yet others are imposed on us by laws and the powers of others.
An elder friend told me that he had three questions to determine if his boundaries when facing a decision had any "Deal Breakers" among the choices. He said he had lived by them over sixty years and they had served him well:

• Would the decision line up with his moral beliefs?
• Would the decision advance him at the cost of someone else?
• Would the decision be a short term answer that would need revisiting or provide a long term solution? (was he picking the easy route that would cost him more in the long run)
  
  When we adopt our own "Deal Breakers", our absolutes in what we will not do or accept done to us or others, we affirm what we believe to be right and true. Sometimes that belief alone will guide our decisions in ways that direct us to be the people we choose to be. What absolutes do you have in play in your life? Are you currently in a situation that is not honoring or breaking any of your own personal absolutes? What is the cost versus the benefits of absolutes in your own life? Do they produce peace, or cause strife?
  Perception to Ponder:
  What are my personal deal breakers? Do they have a bearing on the decisions I am facing currently? What weight do they have in the life choices I am making? Am I being faithful to choose what I believe is right and true in my life?
  
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