Being Thankful

There are times in my life that I feel like I'm just going through the motions of living:

• Wake up
• Shower
• Eat
• Get the kids off to school
• Go to work
• Work
• Eat
• Work some more
• Go home
• Help kids with homework
• Make dinner
• Eat dinner
• Take kids to sports
• Work out
• Go to bed
• Wake up.....

That pretty much sums up my life. Sure, sometimes there's something that gets thrown in there that gives me something to smile about, or weekends where my "work" is replaced with fun Mommy play time and chores, but I find that all too often, I forget to enjoy LIVING. I forget to be thankful for my family, my job, and my lifestyle. I forget that so many things that frustrate me are not worth my energy, and they won't matter tomorrow. I forget to slow down, to make mental recordings of my growing kids, and sometimes I forget to breathe. I get tired, I get bored (even though I don't ever seem to have a minute to sit) I get predictable. I feel like a drone; a robot.

Sometimes, it takes something like seeing a homeless person, dirty and begging for money, or an immigrant looking for work, or a single mother at the grocery store visibly stressed and tired with screaming kids, to kick me out of my trance and make me realize, "Man, I've got it so good." Since I can't put a homeless man, immigrant or single mother on here to remind me of my fortune, I thought I would post some very inspirational and motivational quotes to get us through the weekend. I hope that they send a surge of peace, serenity and calm to your soul as they did mine.

Vince Lombardi: It's not whether you get knocked down; it's whether you get up

David Viscott: You must begin to think of yourself as becoming the person you want to be.

Unknown:You don't drown by falling in the water. You drown by staying there.

Mark Twain: Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.

Stephen Covey: Begin with the end in mind.

Oprah Winfrey: Be thankful for what you have; you'll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don't have, you will never, ever have enough.

Thornton Wilder: We can only be said to be alive in those moments when our hearts are conscious of our treasures.

And my personal favorite:

Zig Ziglar: People often say that motivation doesn't last. Well, neither does bathing - that's why we recommend it daily.

Have a thankful weekend.

Keep healthy, keep safe and keep going!

♥Fit~NOW~Girl♥