She Picked Life and Not Her Nose

"You sit at a stop in traffic and are waiting for your turn to go. You glance in the rear view mirror and take a once over. You know, for anything in your teeth, hair, makeup, a pimple that is starting to make you paranoid. The things we do in our cars while idle. Occasionally, you can catch that nose picker without them being aware of it. You know that they are trying to be casual about what they are doing but, you SAW IT! This was not the case on Monday. The person in this car was paying attention to more than the traffic and their nose...

Out of nowhere this young boy was approaching the intersection to cross the street. School had let out and the fella had his book-bag strapped to his back while trudging through the rain. His jacket was hanging over his head and draped down his back like a cape. He was too small to be Batman but, he could pass for Robin! He was covered fairly well but, this kid was soaked to the bone. It had been pouring all day long...

There were a few moments of dry lulls but, over all it was a day that you got drenched! The rain was gonna get you for the briefest moment of exposure. Coming to that stop sign at the intersection, I approached a car that was waiting to turn left. They were next to proceed in line. (The line of the stop-sign-wait-ur-turn.) 


"We all know that we need to pay detailed attention when driving right? Right! It's basic Driving 101. The driver in the silver Chrysler, Sebring, must have got a Gold Star in their drivers class!"...

They had all the basics down pat! They were looking diligently at the traffic they were about to merge into. All of the sudden this light flashed from the inside of the car! It was so beautiful that it illuminated the whole sky! The clouds disappeared and the scene became a trailer to a movie."...

Instead of picking their nose at a stop sign, the person in the car picked life! They were truly living life. They were present and conscious in their environment. I think the big majority of drivers can say they have came across someone picking their nose at a stop. We chuckle and think to ourselves how gross that is until, we have something bothering our nostril. "OK, I won't go there." As I sat there waiting my turn to go behind this gray car, I couldn't help notice the hesitation at the stop sign. The weather was nasty and it was hard to see... Until the rainbow came shooting from one side of the street to the other...


All of the sudden I heard music playing and this light was becoming blinding from the Silver Chrysler Sebring, ahead of me. Out of nowhere, this young fella walking in the rain, that appeared to have been around twelve to fourteen years old TOPS, was crossing at the crosswalk, spoke to the driver of this amazing car, so I figured...


My thought was that it was a kid walking home because their ride was late. (The ride found the young man and he was going to get into the car.) That's not what happened at all! An arm stretched out the drivers window as the young man was walking to cross the intersection. It was almost as if they were playing music together...~ ~ ~ (it sounded lovely) He took something from the driver and walked quickly, around the back of the car. It became musical and spiritual. This young man approached the corner, walking with the rhythm that he had set in his stride to get home. Without missing a beat, he walked up to the window of the car in front of me and took something from the driver. As I waited for this young man to jump into the car with his (again, assumed his ride was late) he walked around the back of the car to get around it and, keep on walking. In the rain...

 They were living in the moment. It may have been nasty outside with the gray cloudy sky, pouring rain, thunder, lightning, and wind  but, this car made the whole street light up with its Random Act of Kindness... 

When the child was walking through the rain for whatever reason to get home, he found a rainbow. The blast of  colorful light caught my attention, as it shined upon that young man. Like a symphony plays in synchronization,~ so was the beautiful connection of the young man and the Silver Sebring...

Many parents feel guilt for not being able to be there when their child has to endure things like that. Working schedules, transportation, and many other valid reasons cause a child to have to walk home from school. I hope you do not judge the parents of this young man. I have faith in humanity they felt so bad about him having to walk home. I also have faith that they will be so thankful to that stranger for caring about someone other than themselves. We are all family. They were just lookin out...~


"Thank You Chrysler Sebring! If I were a millionaire I would buy you a new car. Yours was nice but a little older. You were so kind to give the young man that  nice umbrella. "You used your spiritual instrument to play in a beautiful harmony with this young man." I appreciate you giving him something positive to believe about humanity. Thank you for being their and loving life of all people."


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Take The Pinkie Swear X

Beware! I am about to ask you for the "Pinkie Swear X." I was pondering the idea of commitments. They are hard sometimes. Do you commit to keeping life fun? Random? Goofy? The silly side of life. It would be awesome if you took the " pinkie swear"  for me today and agree to giving yourself time to truly enjoy life. "Be silly and allow yourself to make a mess. "Providing you remember that you do have to clean it up afterwards."... : )


By having silly fun it adds a little flava~ to your  personal  growth. I do enjoy a good spontaneous pillow fight! The ones that catch you by surprise...

Now repeat after me :

• I do solemnly swear (your name here), to be a goof-ball at random moments.
• I swear to hold more pillow fights (not too extreme but, with spirit) and laugh as often as I can.
• I promise to always try (remember to try) to think of the positive side of any situation.

I commit to empowering myself with personal growth to shine brighter each day and encourage the same in society............. "Pinkie Swear X"

Let me say that just reading along with this post today was pretty cool of you. Your being open to just filling your mind of positive perspectives on things proves means you are growing! No matter where you get your inspiration and information from, I am proud of you. If you say it out loud it may help you more to water your seeds of life. Either way I am happy about your journey that you are embarking on...You my friend are very cool~ 

Take a random silly moment today and laugh with someone... You can be pretty funny ya know!


"Now Run be free...Go for that awesome pillow cluster of fun! At least make sure it is a good smelling pillow. Sometimes that drool and sweat can linger and if you get hit by one of those,-phew-....I'm just sayin, its ON!"....  ************************************************O ( those are my feathers from the pillow being left behind in my DUST~ your it...~

A Boogie Without The Tissue

A Boogie Bunny. Humm.. Does he have boogies? Is this one of those kind of videos that get you into watching it and it turns out to be about snot?

 Most of the time your safe in watching. You still have to be careful though. If not there could be snot everywhere! That could be funny. :) This is just something that I found funny for Easter. It gives it a little lighter feel to your emotions. We all address mortality more at this time. There are many things that go into our thoughts. Trying to process all of it can be overwhelming. It's ok! :)

Remember, take Baby Steps. If you ever feel overwhelmed  remember, I am here for you. I really am. I know you are going to be great! Just slow it down a tad. Listen to your heart and soul. I want you to also laugh and be silly this weekend. It is important to honor the spirit inside that you were gifted with. I just wanted to give you a lighter note to play your musical instrument of life to. "Oh...listen...You sound amazing"~    
          
                                              
                                         Enjoy~ and Happy Easter~

Good Friday For Everyone

I always encourage you to experience life outside the internet each week. I do this on the weekends. This is how I stay (try) organized with my family and work. I wanted to make sure and post this for you in case you disembark this weekend from the fabulous connection of the i-highway.

If you do not take part in certain holidays, I respect you.

For anyone who does take part in the holidays at hand

I wanted to share this with you today. Enjoy life~

Happy Easter and God Bless...

Maundy Thursday

What is Maundy Thursday? That's what I said! I felt like a goober. I have a sister that lives in England and I was not familiar with this whole tradition. We get information so easy with technology today. There is access to learning about things everywhere! Why didn't I know about this tradition? This is a historical holiday! 

Maundy Thursday is observed the week before Easter. The various denominations celebrate in their own ways during this time. Some do not call it a celebration, rather a dark shadow that surrounded betrayal. It is interesting.

The fact remains that there are primary principals of what is important on this day to those who take part. The Last Supper took place the night before Jesus was crucified.

• Jesus washed the feet of his disciples to remind them to remain humble. He took his time to give them a sense of love and support for each other. It was through his acts that he demonstrated how important it was and how good it feels to love each other. Be humble...

• Passover was a time for breaking bread and drinking wine that was blessed by God. The bread is to represent Jesus giving of his body. The win represents his blood. A reminder of  the covenant. He is giving his blood for us.

(Take a peek : Take a peek: http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Europe/2011/0421/Maundy-Thursday-Queen-Elizabeth-gives-out-money-Czech-children-go-skinny-dipping/Britain-Queen-gives-Maundy-money)

 My sister is very cool. She gets it. She knows that life for everyone is so flippin fast! Linda knows I love her with all of my heart.~ She knows how life is for all of us trying to just keep up. This whole article I found made me think about her. I was embarrassed with my sister living overseas that I had not taken more time to understand her life's environment. I am a christian and understand holiday meanings. However, I was not aware of the whole "Purse" thing. Of course, she called me a nerd... Don't misunderstand. We are very close. It's OK. She understands I am a goober. : ) yeah me~


Think about your goober-ness and the need to keep learning all kinds of things. There is some really cool stuff out there! "This helps us grow. I like growing...~ Unless its in my mid-section. That's another post."...

Now hear this! I want you to "get your cool on".~ Yep! Get your goober mind going and look into something that your not familiar with today. You know I am gonna say it. Nerds Unite! No, just kidding but, I am gonna go there... I Triple Dog Dare Ya~ 

"Empowerment through education of all things in life is what makes your sun shine."
 How bright are you shinning? Ohhh, you go....I think I have to get my sunglasses on now...Shine it~Shine it~... We learn from each other. Take some goober time to check out this link on the information about Maundy Thursday. I was so proud of the Queen for getting out among the people of her country. She seemed to be so genuinely happy with what was taking place. This made her all of the sudden to seem really cool...

Red and The Pledge

A member of my community had posted this on our local papers website.

I remembered Red Skelton and his funny antics from my childhood. My father used to laugh so hard as he watched him on television. As a child it was always nice to see your parents laugh.~  After I had started to watch the video, my thoughts went beyond my dad...

http://www.redskelton.com/

One person in the community was touched by this and they wanted to share it. You see how the tinkle of life went there? Their post went on to empower me today! I want to do the same for you. "I am an American. I am proud to be an American. Everyone should be proud of who they are. I love all of my brothers and sisters of all cultures!"  "We Are Family"~

"In this crazy life you make me sing"~

Enjoy your moments out there~ God Bless All

Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Valerie. I am a “HUGE” believer of positive humanistic psychology. People say that there are always two sides to a story. This is true! The other side of negative is POSITIVE! It is all simple logic. The task of implementing what we know we should do is not an easy one. Look at life in a positive way? Sure! I can do that! Not everyday though. Things happen and sometimes things are just crappy. How we handle those things though will determine how the rest of your flow is going to go!


Let the negativity from others get under your skin and you can fire it back like no other! That would not be the best result in the end. I believe as we get older we tend to become wiser and look at life differently for all sorts of reasons. We become more understanding. We can often become more impatient. It is a double edged sword.

When you leave a place that is filled with positive attitude it can only help but make you more positive in your life! It is all about your environment. My goal is to help create the kind of environment that can be beneficial to your stressors, give some laughter, understanding, support, and occasional pillow fights; just to keep the fun-factor high, and much more.

If we do this together it will be our place. It is not just one sided here. It is a community garden of beautiful seeds we are going to plant as a team! With communication between us all it is a win-win situation.

Your patience is greatly appreciated with the new transit of this blog and I promise not to let you down!

Sincerely…Valerie
(there will be more about me soon)

Being Tested Again

I just wanted to say thank you for your very kind patience on this blog.
There are a few kinks in my blog template. I have been working to rectify these bumps. One of the problems is the "Read More" link. I wanted you to know that it is being addressed and I will take care of it as soon as I know the answer. You guys are wonderful. See how we help each other and don't even know it? Here I am posting to you about my patience and I am thanking you for yours. You helped remind me... Thank you very much, from the bottom of my heart. Now skeet~skont~skeedaddle~!

"Work those pixels in your life's image today"~Valerie...

Front Register Needs Assistance

One of the best tools you can use to life coach for yourself is to ask one question. "Why?"  Why is this lady taking forever to get through the line at the check-out?  I mean, she is really slowing this line down. I understand she is an elderly woman. The look of her appears to be around early eighties. Today who can tell?  She was cute as a button though.  Her pink cheeks and short gray hair with a white sweater, made you just want to give her a hug. "You may be cute grandma but, your backing up the line!" I was not mad. However, I was not lets say...umm...happy...

As I stood there watching the cashier try to help this gal scan her debit card, I was patient. The elderly man in front of me that appeared to be in his early seventies.His baggy blue jeans were held up by a belt and his plaid shirt with tints of blue made is eyes sparkle, he was too was patient. The more the cashier tried, the slower it got!  How hard is this? Scan the card, sign and go... I looked at the clock on my cell phone and I have to admit made a sigh.~ I was getting late for where I needed to be! There was only one other checkout open and the express lane. I had too many items for the express lane. I looked up at the elderly woman again to see if she was done. After I had been passing the time trying to look at the magazines on display, they were finally finishing her up and we were MOVING!  Sweet!  I was happy again to keep moving on with what I had to do. Then the elderly woman did something that only could knock you back into that pile of (make ya feel like crap goo) feeling, by doing something that I knew I was gonna get it! I knew it was coming. She was looking right at us all standing there. She knew it was taking a long time. And then she did it!..


She looked up at all of us behind her and said; "Thank you for being patient."  She had to go there. She had to be a sweet soul. Now I feel like doo-doo. Thanks lady. Now there is officially "Crap" in the store. If you listen closely, you can hear them say " Clean up, Register 1, Crap in the line!" Don't get me wrong. It wasn't that mass pandemonium was breaking out because she was taking a lot longer in line but, it was one of those times that things were just not going like they usually do. There is a rhythm that we get used to in life. When it gets bounced out of our normalcy we can find irritation in the small things. It felt like a whole day was passing! OK, maybe not that bad. She got us though! The little old gal won the award on human spirit in that moment. Even someone that is one of the most optimistic people you could ever meet, a real nice soul, such as myself, does get frustrated over little stuff like everyone else out there sometimes...

This is one of those times that it could have been you up there holding that line up. There could be someone behind you that has somewhere more critical to be than you did. In the end... It was no big deal! The earth wasn't devastated. We were alive! How could I get frustrated over something so little and silly? Because I am human, that's why. However, how I handle this next will attach itself to the structure of who I am and want to be in life...

Thinking about things a little deeper can help your reflection of the whole situation. Because I had some reflection on my situation at the store, I will make sure to think about how bad they feel up there ahead. Being in the front of the line that is taking for-ev-er...

"Now run! Be free! Do what you need to do today! And if your feelin up to it...smile at a senior citizen today! Do something for them. Take their trash out, cut their grass, anything (big or small). They were you at one time. Everyone has a story inside them. Remember to respect their novel of life and appreciate humanity. They have more life skills to-date than you know. Respect the sweet pink cheeks of the world! God love em~"

New Apps 4Peeps

You can download yourself the best; app, gadget, widget, gizmo, to your real self. It's for "Peeps." Ok it is for people. It's awesome! A real downloadable application to make you feel good whenever you want! It is right outside your very own door. A phone call away! It’s that easy! People want to complain about jobs being taken out of their community. I feel your pain. I honestly do. It has hit close to home for me. I understand that there are some things we need to buy outside of our local area. We do need each other in the world. However, if you start to make a choice to buy locally, you can make a difference in your town and in yourself. It’s true! I pinkie swear!(x) However, your local family needs you too. I needed my community family and I didn’t even know it…

My community watched over resources and made a plan to help me if I needed them in any way. They encouraged me to move forward and were an intrinsic part of my success. I have been asked to be on advisory councils, advisory panels, and became an advocate for passionate issues. This has opened up a door to a relationship with National Women’s Law Association for me. I am so happy to have them as my community. I want you to find that same connection that can change your life in some way. The smallest ways have often the biggest impacts. I encourage you, no wait... "I Triple Dog Dare" ya, to go find out what it can do for your inner spirit. The inner-spirit, inner-body, inner-mind, whatever it is that you are searching for it could be there. Your hobby could be another persons dream…

Imagine this…If you are buying local, then the money that you spend is more likely to stay in your community. The truth is that there are many leaders in our community’s that do love their hometown and its people. They care about what it stands for! What our fathers fought for! They do it because of the love in their hearts for fellow humanity. There are many good reasons to get involved in your community. I have found a wonderful website as a tool for you to research. http://http//sustainableconnections.org/thinklocal/why/

After looking at the site I hope you look into downloading that personal community application to your own dashboard of life. The application allows you to remind yourself to get out there and be a part of the life going on around you and your family. It is your town. Don't give it away. The New APP for People. Steve Jobs can't touch this one peeps! It's all you...

“Inspire your desire. Make an effort to do what you always think your going to do someday. Just get started! Baby steps is good. One thing at a time. They appreciate you and I know you will appreciate their works. Keep moving forward and smiling at the sun! It smiles back ya know.”

Sofa Update:
Good job on the coffee cup situation btw…“however, could someone make sure to check for their socks when they leave. Their was some gym socks under the couch. It wasn’t pretty for a while. It’s ok, I have fabreeze.~ just fyi.”