LOVE THE HATERS

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZDsjtPnLnz632cCUAjpoB0ybZ55baMgC65-nMBHrTeOSCv_uli7knio1iOqygrT_XKyEkQkgpuvUYmfT-gf0az4Y63i8Xdycj-NatswywnmChpbnZLx1ItoOMiQ5ZZyL5Wd79wKvw_kWm/s1600/i_love_my_haters_t.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZDsjtPnLnz632cCUAjpoB0ybZ55baMgC65-nMBHrTeOSCv_uli7knio1iOqygrT_XKyEkQkgpuvUYmfT-gf0az4Y63i8Xdycj-NatswywnmChpbnZLx1ItoOMiQ5ZZyL5Wd79wKvw_kWm/s1600/i_love_my_haters_t.jpg" /></a></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Yes I do.  I love my haters and I will share that typically those who are �hating� or critical of others really do desire to be loved.  There is something down deep inside of each of us that longs to be accepted and  feel good enough, and when hate comes to the surface it usually defines deep insecurities or unresolved issues within a person.  The ability to be motivated or happy by or for another is replaced with bitterness, jealousy, and to the point of �hating� a person for their accomplishments.  Because I realize that there are underlying factors involved with �hating�, I can look past comments and know that it is not about me when my haters come to calling.  Lately, I have received lots of negative comments, and especially when I share motivational posters that feature me in fitness wear or bathing suits.  If I allowed the negative posts I receive to negatively impair me as a person, I really do not have any business being an internet personality.  I have been in this industry for thirty years, and have read and heard my share of negative as well as the positive. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGck99ZadstnuzkQLpybgWv6IMdqU6g79cSYYa-k9dbxh_PsTQtqM12rk0ztXEIst6P17vP8foCuqw2LEisqMKEqljm7LQuzHuDHqAfOv7I3eMrY-q35rSVog_z-LI-_jx8QPPucoxWRFw/s1600/10170768_10152127013512620_1617061817633655704_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGck99ZadstnuzkQLpybgWv6IMdqU6g79cSYYa-k9dbxh_PsTQtqM12rk0ztXEIst6P17vP8foCuqw2LEisqMKEqljm7LQuzHuDHqAfOv7I3eMrY-q35rSVog_z-LI-_jx8QPPucoxWRFw/s1600/10170768_10152127013512620_1617061817633655704_n.jpg" width="345" /></a></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg74xQtwwlKrmxX-EG7ZhusOY_q-uyCaTLBGV7fsOfMhVy2uXJOLlf2ChukKzrUTut_UEd5S5gs4g1lyLl380Q8sOMtuivU2KmourJYC17nkjfDtpQohPS9dRJesxU8qJGodUQIPTnmCiuF/s1600/age.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg74xQtwwlKrmxX-EG7ZhusOY_q-uyCaTLBGV7fsOfMhVy2uXJOLlf2ChukKzrUTut_UEd5S5gs4g1lyLl380Q8sOMtuivU2KmourJYC17nkjfDtpQohPS9dRJesxU8qJGodUQIPTnmCiuF/s1600/age.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">The only thing in this life I can control is me, and I let go of all the rest.  What I share with you comes with pure intention to motivate you to live a healthy life, and if that is not well received that is the chance I take, and the positive will always outweigh the negative in my opinion.  The recent �hating� on my body and boobs with a post focus/motivation  to live a healthy lifestyle, exercise, eat healthy,  or be happy with self is a clear demonstration of people that are not happy with �self� and feel the need to project and vent their frustrations.  The sad part about hating on the internet is the people acting out the behavior do not know the circumstances or life journey of the person they are criticizing.  Let�s use breast augmentation as an example in general and the possibility that the woman making this choice is doing so for cancer reconstructive purposes, or has been involved in an auto accident which has disfigured her breast, or to feel better about herself by gaining a more proportionate figure, or to regain fuller breasts post pregnancy of one or more births and breast feeding her blessings in life, and the list of reasons can go on and on.  I had a girlfriend who was out for a jog and an unleashed dog attacked her, leaped at her breast and pulled it off her chest, which took months of reconstructive repair.  We all need to realize, accept, and appreciate that personal choices belong to each person and that it does not make that person fake or a �bad� example.  In fact, it could be this person�s life story that can reach out and help others in similar situations.  It really comes down to if you do not have anything nice to say, do not say anything at all.  <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhizC3sTK0VW85tEjKXNc88XRZf2xLfmPNUmOBcFKR_eVg9BdMN5pg32n0C7HslGrCC4-x1hf0IE3MGBolQaqX-yA0iNozhf4hyphenhyphenwNSZ15GU_6F6isMh1YrMv1eWitvCAyFwbGoUTyFbdS5z/s1600/shell.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="248" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhizC3sTK0VW85tEjKXNc88XRZf2xLfmPNUmOBcFKR_eVg9BdMN5pg32n0C7HslGrCC4-x1hf0IE3MGBolQaqX-yA0iNozhf4hyphenhyphenwNSZ15GU_6F6isMh1YrMv1eWitvCAyFwbGoUTyFbdS5z/s1600/shell.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpkpaNB1X8el4o6CG_uKhkjt1vuPa2djG2ultE3_KJT8MvTKSBaNoBhH9plCKm3DbMlUyjTl_K8OAHI_8JSyKKzZMNYoKVwfZ4uk3IooKJbv5Mtvq1ng6L9HrlrtGTCNS8AvwB_3kjw_K-/s1600/media112.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpkpaNB1X8el4o6CG_uKhkjt1vuPa2djG2ultE3_KJT8MvTKSBaNoBhH9plCKm3DbMlUyjTl_K8OAHI_8JSyKKzZMNYoKVwfZ4uk3IooKJbv5Mtvq1ng6L9HrlrtGTCNS8AvwB_3kjw_K-/s1600/media112.jpg" width="293" /></a></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Wouldn�t life be grand if all of us were pro-positive of each other, supportive, motivating and complimentary?  The sad truth is that life is not that way, and within this imperfect world we are imperfect people trying the best we can to deal with unfair issues in this life.  That is the point of it all to be happy, and become a better person each day through our journey.  That is not accomplished riding in the �hate� wagon of life.  So whether it is a new house, car, clothes, body, face or your life in general, haters will hate because you possess something they don�t.  Their inability to figure out how to obtain happiness within their own self and life can create a very upset and angry person who copes with frustration through �hating�.  They deal with personal feelings of inadequacy after comparing themselves with others by turning themselves on what they think is making them feel upset�Me, You, Us. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5MyMsEMCWWZlzOMQwW1LnVEzhNTRxWGxpQSrNteh01ChXRK7zBdoWfvGIlACobhyphenhyphenqAXyVQB4ZlLjfA6uFpM6XRuUHHZgQme4gcUVfdp4hUw3BCDi1RwVANwhutmjiPRNJgMhlio2alvw2/s1600/hatersbetter.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="343" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5MyMsEMCWWZlzOMQwW1LnVEzhNTRxWGxpQSrNteh01ChXRK7zBdoWfvGIlACobhyphenhyphenqAXyVQB4ZlLjfA6uFpM6XRuUHHZgQme4gcUVfdp4hUw3BCDi1RwVANwhutmjiPRNJgMhlio2alvw2/s1600/hatersbetter.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibwXuL7cBRQT7tVrHpc-geBjY48JPh0AbVs2F50IJOLhKGtoNIZk-v2IeUOQGcrnGNHRhiycE72qHJaHvSXxiPxoLQOeNT68G_hFkO38uu8Yqujc8OabL6N5r8LtwLrcMc_5QhrQiyzfTk/s1600/Haters.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibwXuL7cBRQT7tVrHpc-geBjY48JPh0AbVs2F50IJOLhKGtoNIZk-v2IeUOQGcrnGNHRhiycE72qHJaHvSXxiPxoLQOeNT68G_hFkO38uu8Yqujc8OabL6N5r8LtwLrcMc_5QhrQiyzfTk/s1600/Haters.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Understanding the psychology of people has helped me a great deal in my journey of life, and has enabled me to develop a �turtle shell� skin that shields me from the negative drama in life.  Also, knowing that there is a lot to be said and appreciated with that old saying �sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me�.  I think it also comes down to maturity and realizing that life is too short and precious to not be surrounded by positive and to choose to be positive in life.  Loving my haters is a decision to persevere through adversity, and a choice to continue motivating no matter what the cost.  Also, I do wish for their health and happiness deep down and regardless of the negative, I get people talking and learning through the process.  That is a great thing!  <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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LOVE THE HATERS

Yes I do.  I love my haters and I will share that typically those who are �hating� or critical of others really do desire to be loved.  Ther...

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HAPPINESS DOESN�T JUST HAPPEN

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmAzFQ-LsmplAlgmeGyTaRNosJjPuKuE4pYu_xOF7UaXaE1INvypNxzIR7MJFP5Zf4GDmZm_6LsdxbWpN_maFCOA2HMWOLNLeUDQ7I0yHtisQD15bkpgYKeAUpTlHpLAeDn_PNlxwouoxo/s1600/happiness.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="267" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmAzFQ-LsmplAlgmeGyTaRNosJjPuKuE4pYu_xOF7UaXaE1INvypNxzIR7MJFP5Zf4GDmZm_6LsdxbWpN_maFCOA2HMWOLNLeUDQ7I0yHtisQD15bkpgYKeAUpTlHpLAeDn_PNlxwouoxo/s1600/happiness.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Wouldn�t it be nice to wave a magic wand, and all of life is just how we wanted it to be?  We are blessed with the gift of life but how we live it is up to us, and that takes effort and choices.  There are consequences, hard lessons learned and happiness along the way, but ultimately it is in our choices that create the life of happiness we all desire.  Sometimes we do not even know what we want or how to create this happiness, and wander around going through some sort of life motions that we learned from healthy or unhealthy example.  Choosing the right way to create a life of happiness is quite the goal, but like anything else that takes time and effort, it is worth the journey to get there.  <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWv83t8r2Jdj8A9LyJWVquA8T5GDQ-GMU2hfMFuQidmpujZhmB4Udz46yxQTYtZwJqW31QN732kjHP0_4UcB3XTXv_Ks79y0J6uPvz6zoECA_lkQc9DQqh6feXasRXFcSecPSzJ6AJsitj/s1600/Happiness-is-a-choice.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="267" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWv83t8r2Jdj8A9LyJWVquA8T5GDQ-GMU2hfMFuQidmpujZhmB4Udz46yxQTYtZwJqW31QN732kjHP0_4UcB3XTXv_Ks79y0J6uPvz6zoECA_lkQc9DQqh6feXasRXFcSecPSzJ6AJsitj/s1600/Happiness-is-a-choice.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzZYT115kagzS1GeYhP1l2fpGkAG1G8HnMQPjwVQ0h1ZqgtMctB5FFUBxAnhbftVPEnR14DOnsQ4CdMlN6WdC-vWVVdHxCD_J-4dVz8ddfNKAcaja21R4oLGNu16uhcOP5fqXI5E6YCvRf/s1600/9.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzZYT115kagzS1GeYhP1l2fpGkAG1G8HnMQPjwVQ0h1ZqgtMctB5FFUBxAnhbftVPEnR14DOnsQ4CdMlN6WdC-vWVVdHxCD_J-4dVz8ddfNKAcaja21R4oLGNu16uhcOP5fqXI5E6YCvRf/s1600/9.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">I have gone through the ups and downs of not being happy in this journey of life, and have held onto the hope that God has a greater plan than I can ever imagine. Life has not been what I thought it would be as I contemplate it, but I am thankful for the life lessons of each circumstance that created an opportunity for me to learn and grow in positive ways. It took a choice for me to go to counseling during tough emotional times, to go to physical therapy during horrific physical times, and to rough up my knees in prayer during doubtful spiritual times.  All the choices to become a better person were in search of a happiness that I wanted in my life and I have always been in pursuit of all methods of work to reach that goal. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZGRqqEqgCMhPDTAQ37PIq6Ir92wC0vxKx0X6ur4_MfV1k8s90GW_B5Ce-DtLpZjCQ0yQ5Xq5fIXHwoirgxPcZNmO9lsjTW0hvDMbA7JsVOQKZTHdYCM1QTV-Q63creggzeT_mqUCtf0c9/s1600/HealthyHappy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="241" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZGRqqEqgCMhPDTAQ37PIq6Ir92wC0vxKx0X6ur4_MfV1k8s90GW_B5Ce-DtLpZjCQ0yQ5Xq5fIXHwoirgxPcZNmO9lsjTW0hvDMbA7JsVOQKZTHdYCM1QTV-Q63creggzeT_mqUCtf0c9/s1600/HealthyHappy.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">The pursuit of happiness also includes being a healthy person.  I believe that the two go hand in hand.  When we feel our best physically, it is easier to handle the emotional rides of life.  Also, when our �mental game� is healthy and our responses to life�s circumstances are handled with maturity, clarity, and good intentions this enhances our state of being healthy and happy overall. Happiness is a goal just like being healthy is a goal, and both are lifetime achievements.  There is no end to being a happy and healthy person, and each day is our chance to make choices toward being both.  <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN_GT2wFKTOWVuimq9v3Zxe07VGWO_wROthYTQIPdc3jyBygRLuXafKMQUILBq4HUWf0VPt2-ovxlGoEm1BYjYPcfh3WGHdu33m1ha7Werg64TkWkEt7gK7sqyTnLyXuIbYgKgSnFgPG9Z/s1600/happiness.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="309" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN_GT2wFKTOWVuimq9v3Zxe07VGWO_wROthYTQIPdc3jyBygRLuXafKMQUILBq4HUWf0VPt2-ovxlGoEm1BYjYPcfh3WGHdu33m1ha7Werg64TkWkEt7gK7sqyTnLyXuIbYgKgSnFgPG9Z/s1600/happiness.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Easter seemed like the perfect time to share how important it is to be happy and healthy, and to take this opportunity to let you know that it is possible and necessary in this life.  Happiness does not just happen, but will take a commitment of self-discovery, and not being afraid to peel the onion and take a look at what is keeping you from being happy or healthy. This took years of work in my life, and I am thankful for it.  I will share that it has not always been easy, and nothing worth anything is, right?  My wish for you this Easter is health and happiness and for you to know that each day is a gift that provides a step closer to reaching those goals.  <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDbsLjmdgPvm76NiIY15-Qz6GIYDrC_fPM8Pzm5WZhOo8hZhVprbdYzcPwWfrKyviL8siPqBGF_0l0VX_OJBZBlwnWOgHP2hXhZspwLAd-YK3NHilzzo1cOAEgb0mxQiDdtr2mlasoUZGu/s1600/IMG_8321.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="231" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDbsLjmdgPvm76NiIY15-Qz6GIYDrC_fPM8Pzm5WZhOo8hZhVprbdYzcPwWfrKyviL8siPqBGF_0l0VX_OJBZBlwnWOgHP2hXhZspwLAd-YK3NHilzzo1cOAEgb0mxQiDdtr2mlasoUZGu/s1600/IMG_8321.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Have a very Happy Easter from My Family to Yours</b></span><br /><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi26gM4GqDNyu9UvoBJogq_jSZ1JfFYtsl1PTWzJC8h2JizPxRAAKWLZXBUtuKtnBU3W4I4i8POS5jALYWRXe5VdolrDjf2X4Osj43csf_h2PjYca2rlEreIU3uYTiNSbySnLr3r5swYoLY/s1600/WILL+YOU.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi26gM4GqDNyu9UvoBJogq_jSZ1JfFYtsl1PTWzJC8h2JizPxRAAKWLZXBUtuKtnBU3W4I4i8POS5jALYWRXe5VdolrDjf2X4Osj43csf_h2PjYca2rlEreIU3uYTiNSbySnLr3r5swYoLY/s1600/WILL+YOU.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Thanks for stopping by my Blog, hope you enjoy the content, and if you have not become a follower yet, I would love to see your face on my friend's list.  If you are inspired, LIKE my entry, leave a comment and I look forward to responding!<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br /></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;"><a href="http://stayhealthyfitness.com/" target="_blank">Stay Healthy!</a><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Darla<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br /></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br /></div><br /><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br /></div>

HAPPINESS DOESN�T JUST HAPPEN

Wouldn�t it be nice to wave a magic wand, and all of life is just how we wanted it to be?  We are blessed with the gift of life but how we l...

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YOU CAN DO IT, BUT WILL YOU?

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaVJY_zJNMVgiRbBpy4VZXgylysH_uE4AUNUioSUTyMvNyjwdJ3OvrBp4EO9yF_0oZ26bkFDQmJlDtDdQ7qCIMbO_ZoAdHdNsD7EZG6ocXXlNdPSrsi6EelZBahI3wmzFaFEkbbklnocoO/s1600/WILL+YOU2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaVJY_zJNMVgiRbBpy4VZXgylysH_uE4AUNUioSUTyMvNyjwdJ3OvrBp4EO9yF_0oZ26bkFDQmJlDtDdQ7qCIMbO_ZoAdHdNsD7EZG6ocXXlNdPSrsi6EelZBahI3wmzFaFEkbbklnocoO/s1600/WILL+YOU2.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">What our health and happiness come down are choices.  I make a choice each day to eat healthy, exercise, and respond to life the best way I can as a Christian woman.  I am not perfect, do not claim to be, and my goals in life are about progress and never the �P� for perfection word.  I struggle with things just like you do, have had my share of crap in this journey of life, emotionally and physically, and I have come out the other side learning and growing in a positive direction.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br /></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I will always be a work in progress, and we are all that in this life.  I enjoy writing which is why I Blog and what better way to provide motivation than to share me with you.  You will either like me or not, and that is a choice as well.  Reading my Blog gives you a small glimpse of me, although I try to be thorough, it is not the same as developing a close �friend� relationship chatting up a topic of conversation.  As an internet personality, I have had and do get my share of �haters� as the net likes to call them, but also a great number of supporters, but through this process, my goal and intention is to reach out and get people thinking about their health, making CHOICES to change and adapt healthier ways of living, and ultimately a healthy lifestyle.  <o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggcV2x4rtkw1p_quPwNFXlUEHFK-bsGvaSjufxcf06GlYue0hvTBeUsbyhNn7LNcfuPNXH_n9PAorPBkp__wVazAHMFVSctApa9p69ZRWZimsPw8P2E6a4iV_vBh2iYBVnWyqZYVXjkVRW/s1600/choice.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="281" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggcV2x4rtkw1p_quPwNFXlUEHFK-bsGvaSjufxcf06GlYue0hvTBeUsbyhNn7LNcfuPNXH_n9PAorPBkp__wVazAHMFVSctApa9p69ZRWZimsPw8P2E6a4iV_vBh2iYBVnWyqZYVXjkVRW/s1600/choice.gif" width="400" /></a></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkejAf8uDdSJDZNFJfxyMWvcBrkWEUWSEn0OKdcEGYSLle93aCDX8CQ3mnbogZl1xFmBl4p1MOFFCDB4GbhiNOCpFngJ-J9d-yiHZixIsv-OkO0MCHlvq41W4bk0-zlH5aNW3Aa4BhFesP/s1600/up+to+you.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkejAf8uDdSJDZNFJfxyMWvcBrkWEUWSEn0OKdcEGYSLle93aCDX8CQ3mnbogZl1xFmBl4p1MOFFCDB4GbhiNOCpFngJ-J9d-yiHZixIsv-OkO0MCHlvq41W4bk0-zlH5aNW3Aa4BhFesP/s1600/up+to+you.png" width="255" /></a></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I am a trainer and coach who is passionate about helping people, and I do walk the talk of my mission.  I do not accept excuses or reasons why health is not made a priority and that is not called being unreasonable, it is being truthful.  I am not talking about reasons such as an upcoming surgery, injury, or illness that has unfortunately put a person in a position of inability to exercise.  I have suffered that journey and understand the frustrations, and emotions of dealing with such a crisis.  I am addressing the everyday person walking around with so much created busyness that they �think� that they just can�t fit in an hour of exercise at least 3 days per week, or prepare healthy meals.  <o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br /></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">YOU CAN DO IT�.BUT WILL YOU?  That is the question of the Blog and each of us has a conscience controlled decision to make when it comes to taking care of our health in all aspects.  We choose to exercise, eat healthy, be happy, and let go of pointless drama that is out of our control.  We choose how we spend the precious minutes gifted to each of us daily, and how we respond to the situations of this life.  I motivate YOU with �YOU CAN DO IT� because you can, and this coming from one busy business woman, wife, mother, grandmother, who is basically fifty and experiencing the throws of menopausal symptoms and existing injuries.  There are times that I feel like I can�t do it, and that is the honest truth.  It is in those moments, that I have to dig deep inside me and pull out the strong, and hope that the motivation kicks in mid workout.  YES, I am just like you, but the choice of �WILL YOU� is always mine and yours.  <o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRV8n5Du55tKk-pmxdXl1sCN-uVHLrkgQZSYOtlD327TZj2HkJhbvg8PbQWX5l8KzAuQdU5FMbT7Ad0wtCh3mdn7DQvBNp0oZEE9Y8X4xA35_UJ9MRlAyUG4CNYMQ-8XBlm7XzhChxi7kL/s1600/excuses.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRV8n5Du55tKk-pmxdXl1sCN-uVHLrkgQZSYOtlD327TZj2HkJhbvg8PbQWX5l8KzAuQdU5FMbT7Ad0wtCh3mdn7DQvBNp0oZEE9Y8X4xA35_UJ9MRlAyUG4CNYMQ-8XBlm7XzhChxi7kL/s1600/excuses.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtyM2PrOPhbIeJfkt1_VDw6TegXxwGj9lhyphenhyphenFNDRsMz56B9j8QTgyWUvlLM_XJaXyTAslfx7wQlM4byq5vWUR6Fy20eQ7gA06vSsu7sTSvQQeQb3xt06zLqnoAXlgpSm-E7RjgazQ4z-jbn/s1600/dont.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="263" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtyM2PrOPhbIeJfkt1_VDw6TegXxwGj9lhyphenhyphenFNDRsMz56B9j8QTgyWUvlLM_XJaXyTAslfx7wQlM4byq5vWUR6Fy20eQ7gA06vSsu7sTSvQQeQb3xt06zLqnoAXlgpSm-E7RjgazQ4z-jbn/s1600/dont.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is not about comparison of me to you, but a straight up calling you out on the carpet and asking �WILL YOU start a healthy lifestyle?� and if not, WHY?  I will tell you that YOU CAN DO IT, but it will take the action of YOU to make it happen.  If you feel this is coming on strong, then I have accomplished a goal of getting you to think, maybe even creating some feelings that have been stuffed inside yourself too long and it is time to cleanse that body emotionally and physically.  Are you angry, bitter, frustrated, unhappy, and using the �too busy� title or other reasons to not address those things.  If that is the case, time for some internal cleaning of house, and time to get healthy.  YOU CAN DO IT�BUT WILL YOU?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYgLdVc0icd87tgEc_B8UMWT8zA3aRT7igAAkuuEgrqpJCiGfbbUNyIOiFI5f6DJXeuk28ntDxwCpIpKDk09TM2qJM-pCgE5xjclpNO0kY4FYVeudl0PV80_LOgi047GwP6cC-1sp-r3GR/s1600/WILL+YOU.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYgLdVc0icd87tgEc_B8UMWT8zA3aRT7igAAkuuEgrqpJCiGfbbUNyIOiFI5f6DJXeuk28ntDxwCpIpKDk09TM2qJM-pCgE5xjclpNO0kY4FYVeudl0PV80_LOgi047GwP6cC-1sp-r3GR/s1600/WILL+YOU.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Thanks for stopping by my Blog, hope you enjoy the content, and if you have not become a follower yet, I would love to see your face on my friend's list.  If you are inspired, LIKE my entry, leave a comment and I look forward to responding!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br /></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.stayhealthyfitness.com/" target="_blank">Stay Healthy!</a><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><br /></span></div><br /><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Darla</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>

YOU CAN DO IT, BUT WILL YOU?

What our health and happiness come down are choices.  I make a choice each day to eat healthy, exercise, and respond to life the best way I ...

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BIT BY THE BUG

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH52WdWWmmOWIogGdjRChvad0pD8diGNwy7C0haMYZWOQF9zh15bsOVu-Lqix4dWpINgxP0YF3drzDncWQkSW1GADFnjxW1rTEzZFqU-6EpiBsc6uQTMcydDztFqRgKMpWRhRF-6J_H2OA/s1600/Being_Sick_Sucks_by_forgotten_light.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH52WdWWmmOWIogGdjRChvad0pD8diGNwy7C0haMYZWOQF9zh15bsOVu-Lqix4dWpINgxP0YF3drzDncWQkSW1GADFnjxW1rTEzZFqU-6EpiBsc6uQTMcydDztFqRgKMpWRhRF-6J_H2OA/s1600/Being_Sick_Sucks_by_forgotten_light.jpg" width="241" /></a></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Last week proved to be the start of some sort of attack on my body that did not come quietly.  To say that I have been �bit by a bug� is really too nice of an explanation for the being hit by a train, elephant sitting on my chest, unable to breathe feeling I experienced.  Unproductive congestion and having to sleep reclined really sucks.  This past week I have had a date with antibiotics, menthol under the nose, head under the towel steams, and lots of food channel, HG TV, and rest.  I rarely get sick and so this took me by surprise, picked me up in the air and slammed me down to the ground.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br /></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">I share this because there are times when a body should not be in the gym or even attempting to workout.  Not that I felt like lifting my body off the couch anyway, but even as I began to get better, my body was still in need of rest.  I am determined not to relapse and I am still dealing with residual congestion that is absolutely obnoxious.  Along with the congestive yuck came weight loss living off soup, crackers, and Popsicles and this body just does not look or perform at its� best with a deficit.  This girl needed comfort food and hubby delivered with some of the best mac and cheese ever.  Illness requires different needs and care and I am a firm believer of listening to my body in all aspects.  <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFu1Mqvhkf5pNEeMEXcmTb5Wci9HxzmYhX5adBNzDST_gUkALPxMNd1F7XoD19O09PmQS1TBiePYM3LINGUa4KrwDE76meOvOOZ1BLLtdIA8Mb5OLECfp8B5c3oMtIjkhDAI4-wpWmWDu7/s1600/images.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="359" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFu1Mqvhkf5pNEeMEXcmTb5Wci9HxzmYhX5adBNzDST_gUkALPxMNd1F7XoD19O09PmQS1TBiePYM3LINGUa4KrwDE76meOvOOZ1BLLtdIA8Mb5OLECfp8B5c3oMtIjkhDAI4-wpWmWDu7/s1600/images.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>MY COMFORT FOOD</b></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibjHf1EeHrhQmiqQ_gZeOGPBXTTqHHdkksra-ClzkkqjMGw9U-MPOof0eKNznO5OkK5ykFEmtysuOA56WVnPMxjUIQxCPZzi0upQ5lIP8nYVwFdhgfBzY55kBE2m-VOFZCu7HuNMVqMzjc/s1600/sick.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="219" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibjHf1EeHrhQmiqQ_gZeOGPBXTTqHHdkksra-ClzkkqjMGw9U-MPOof0eKNznO5OkK5ykFEmtysuOA56WVnPMxjUIQxCPZzi0upQ5lIP8nYVwFdhgfBzY55kBE2m-VOFZCu7HuNMVqMzjc/s1600/sick.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Another area that really hits hard during illness is frustration because I am not able to do the things that are in my routine.  I not only enjoy working out but interacting with my family and friends and this has really put a halt to all of that.  I am getting tired of hanging out on the couch coughing up non-productive phlegm balls.  In the scheme of life, I know that two weeks off is nothing, but when you are going through the process of illness, it feels like eternity.  I also think about how others have it much worse than I, and that brings any whining to a screeching halt.  I do have to give a big thanks to my husband who has taken the best care of me, and puts up with the occasional gripe session, not to mention having to listen to all this coughing.  <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG6Xeu794TyDVLY5FZ4wcflS3NB47dkLGh5HBlcVSNn7GnorhPTk4_zM79saFvf2OGt56D7GUJM4blAr2NFiYklvyYZtcUrXnoT2TnrC8dF8PxIgWt9kDVIoscbJzTk4VOEy45lpJZJ5Qw/s1600/i-will-not-feel-guilty-about-a-missed-workout.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="301" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG6Xeu794TyDVLY5FZ4wcflS3NB47dkLGh5HBlcVSNn7GnorhPTk4_zM79saFvf2OGt56D7GUJM4blAr2NFiYklvyYZtcUrXnoT2TnrC8dF8PxIgWt9kDVIoscbJzTk4VOEy45lpJZJ5Qw/s1600/i-will-not-feel-guilty-about-a-missed-workout.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br /></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilxaUCAEve6WvTp25bljJqUh3rJV1LpgvKWyhc3n5IKtzGy2WrlfzAuFx7jp0lvcOAP8UuIlz_1qXzHPSS7L9qwaGNqT7wlmNUTFreM_yI2FMTM-XyOOGZV1Ho6pD5kS7ZZ4trjIBAC7mW/s1600/35170306.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilxaUCAEve6WvTp25bljJqUh3rJV1LpgvKWyhc3n5IKtzGy2WrlfzAuFx7jp0lvcOAP8UuIlz_1qXzHPSS7L9qwaGNqT7wlmNUTFreM_yI2FMTM-XyOOGZV1Ho6pD5kS7ZZ4trjIBAC7mW/s1600/35170306.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">I will continue to rest and recover and return to work and the gym slowly.  It will be important to not overtax this already taxed body so that the healing process will continue.  There are times when exercise is not a good thing for the body as I shared earlier, and rest becoming the priority.  The �old� Darla would not have put too much thought into a relapse and placed the exercise importance over the rest, but thank goodness she is long gone, and an older and wiser gal is in the picture.  The overall point is taking the best care of us in this journey of life, and sometimes that means exercise has to take a back seat.<o:p></o:p></span></div><br /><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br /></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-sOKsr5YNL-fGKm7aHFpQ8RjZfcCH6L2MYIrgPK9VHIoLxvqfkjKzovLqlo116G7hXPKPOLcSdY4YdOBSWP-iRT19LDG4n3_3oZUIe1qeDC-U_hyphenhyphenhNVLNhLOSXTWModxoLEOUN8Rrhyphenhyphenkz/s1600/IMG_6254.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-sOKsr5YNL-fGKm7aHFpQ8RjZfcCH6L2MYIrgPK9VHIoLxvqfkjKzovLqlo116G7hXPKPOLcSdY4YdOBSWP-iRT19LDG4n3_3oZUIe1qeDC-U_hyphenhyphenhNVLNhLOSXTWModxoLEOUN8Rrhyphenhyphenkz/s1600/IMG_6254.JPG" width="210" /></a></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Thanks for stopping by my Blog, hope you enjoy the content, and if you have not become a follower yet, I would love to see your face on my friend's list.  If you are inspired, LIKE my entry, leave a comment and I look forward to responding!<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br /></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"><a href="http://www.stayhealthyfitness.com/" target="_blank">StayHealthy!</a></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"> </div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Darla<o:p></o:p></span></div>

BIT BY THE BUG

Last week proved to be the start of some sort of attack on my body that did not come quietly.  To say that I have been �bit by a bug� is rea...

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GOOD HEALTH DOES NOT CARE ABOUT BUSY

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdHgYIjftfP_DgIvbREx60qM6GazQ7OcSHAgkG2d22gb_yvyy2XA078X32Iw5vPKI9FrnQJZUib2x6tEzih2ArcUWjXczKHTU2cQVRjKOWhsBqyaeYFb_hb3ebSXEPaTKIAMQ1VKN0QBx_/s1600/busy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="187" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdHgYIjftfP_DgIvbREx60qM6GazQ7OcSHAgkG2d22gb_yvyy2XA078X32Iw5vPKI9FrnQJZUib2x6tEzih2ArcUWjXczKHTU2cQVRjKOWhsBqyaeYFb_hb3ebSXEPaTKIAMQ1VKN0QBx_/s1600/busy.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Society really needs to stop the glorification of busy, and I am not one who is going to listen and accept all the excuses of not having enough time to care about making health a priority in life.  Let me rephrase that, I may listen to the laundry list, but I will definitely provide the tough questions in response and offer that better time management choices and priorities need to be addressed.  So many people create too much �busy� in life that every second of every hour is consumed by work, overtime, functions, social, social, social, volunteer work,  more work, more functions and the �YES� list goes on and on.  How can anyone pull themselves out of such a drowning pool of stuff, and many times all those so called important things consuming every minute are not even necessary.  Further, many of the things that fill those precious seconds are ways to avoid or hide from just �being�.  What is wrong with society to feel guilty sitting still for an hour alone in a contemplative state, relaxing, meditating, or exercising.  Has it got so bad that avoidance of looking at ourselves is too scary, disappointing, and living in denial has become the �norm�?  <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0TpX8iSD_hSm7MNQRrahU4rjVft5XPkuWp6fOPfIhg57LuQHAYR6yC8rf0EoxG06beRAsz8yu8H-swvhNe3ceP-NBvIV7huy1g73NAuTeCHwhPNJ-w9uNkbqCupry489O8Z1Q0kz97ThR/s1600/Stop-the-glorification-of-busy-e1350317371666.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0TpX8iSD_hSm7MNQRrahU4rjVft5XPkuWp6fOPfIhg57LuQHAYR6yC8rf0EoxG06beRAsz8yu8H-swvhNe3ceP-NBvIV7huy1g73NAuTeCHwhPNJ-w9uNkbqCupry489O8Z1Q0kz97ThR/s1600/Stop-the-glorification-of-busy-e1350317371666.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">I am convinced that people think it is impressive to be over busy and brag about it ad nauseam like some sort of �busy� award should be given.  I hope this ruffles a few feathers and causes people to think about their �busy� in the whole big scheme of life.  I mean what is this so �busy� mentality that good health is kicked to the curb and illness is accepted, and further taking pharmaceuticals to take care of the illness and stress caused by the �busy� and that being accepted.  Can you tell I am on a �soap box� on this subject?  I have worked in the health industry for over 30 years, and am strongly stating that the tiresome laundry list of busy needs a good washing out.  I am not talking about busy that may come from handling a temporary crisis, but years of putting off a healthy lifestyle all for the glorification of meaningless busy.   <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqgwv1O261yWi5IssuN3x6E6rE1zCIojV0UAsdtbdDR-kutLbpo0iUD2crXFc4lw95bR6Ptb1oxcTybXTL7rv9ATBwAKNG0txg1CRsG-6_TV3K6hCTYJbW4SO2ZW5dNrfIRnaBSgsB8-xu/s1600/12927-busy-is-a-false-sense-of-accomplishment-stop-the-addiction_247x200_width.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqgwv1O261yWi5IssuN3x6E6rE1zCIojV0UAsdtbdDR-kutLbpo0iUD2crXFc4lw95bR6Ptb1oxcTybXTL7rv9ATBwAKNG0txg1CRsG-6_TV3K6hCTYJbW4SO2ZW5dNrfIRnaBSgsB8-xu/s1600/12927-busy-is-a-false-sense-of-accomplishment-stop-the-addiction_247x200_width.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc9FCpWFyf6DuKk8fwpWqzIa_5lpTsZzH6QXBE1YgftytuxPL8N8AfM_jHceH_DsRDMWfpUan1nmcMiUsAS06Gqc7X0FBiEPkBCxI3CBlP8SUWYMTtit7itRsFp9mfz37ghmsSuaL_gQsB/s1600/540_293_resize_20130501_5cb75287ad622ad2c644f96648a81119_jpg.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="245" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc9FCpWFyf6DuKk8fwpWqzIa_5lpTsZzH6QXBE1YgftytuxPL8N8AfM_jHceH_DsRDMWfpUan1nmcMiUsAS06Gqc7X0FBiEPkBCxI3CBlP8SUWYMTtit7itRsFp9mfz37ghmsSuaL_gQsB/s1600/540_293_resize_20130501_5cb75287ad622ad2c644f96648a81119_jpg.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">The hard truth is that good health does not care about busy, and all those things that are cluttering up our time, creating stress, and keeping us from a healthy lifestyle WILL bring the consequence of illness.  Maybe not today or even tomorrow, but all that procrastination of not taking care of YOU will rear its� ugly head in the form of illness, obesity, heart disease, cancer, diabetes, joint and spinal issues, depression, and that list can go on and on as well.  It is the blow of illness that can rattle a person and finally cause a wake-up call to adapt a healthy lifestyle. Sadly, and many times at this point, permanent damage to body processes have already taken place, and the person that once was can never be again, to the extent of 100% recovery anyway.  It is at that point that the �things� in life become unimportant as the struggle to become healthy, and the regret of not taking care of oneself surfaces to the forefront of one�s life.  <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv7QYPGxXXFbQWIcy86q-I5HNKeiISlnTyIoCv-o0A7k6ACSNKIewH3x5seG96Hdguhu3Ymwr7MKaxrliTjoR7MtHz-Buzs50WGYftG4KwznsjyFLO7TJ6tOPQ99GU8k0YkYkZuvwugCXv/s1600/A-man-too-busy-to-take-care-of-his-health.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="279" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv7QYPGxXXFbQWIcy86q-I5HNKeiISlnTyIoCv-o0A7k6ACSNKIewH3x5seG96Hdguhu3Ymwr7MKaxrliTjoR7MtHz-Buzs50WGYftG4KwznsjyFLO7TJ6tOPQ99GU8k0YkYkZuvwugCXv/s1600/A-man-too-busy-to-take-care-of-his-health.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br /></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">We are all at a point of being able to prevent or greatly reduce illness, and I am and always will be a very candid health professional with you, my family, and all of my clients.  I can write all this to you and hope that you listen, but this is your journey and your decision.  I fear for those who choose to let this go in one ear and out the other, and if I have reached and shaken the limbs of others to start now to live a healthy lifestyle, then I have accomplished the goal I set out to with this write.  <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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GOOD HEALTH DOES NOT CARE ABOUT BUSY

Society really needs to stop the glorification of busy, and I am not one who is going to listen and accept all the excuses of not having eno...

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REFLECTION

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmd3U1s_XM3mnqzXFKoyGIh-QFmCjk-PmsddTQUDZEDxjCuCo4Jo2zq9AzeB9lNFSJ4Ki204SzjFc_-FtWYFwVNi01d2v-Bmd02hWby3WnoKvBX4Ri4lG2uI4lYwxg99tccBcn_Q4iCTfv/s1600/reflection.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="298" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmd3U1s_XM3mnqzXFKoyGIh-QFmCjk-PmsddTQUDZEDxjCuCo4Jo2zq9AzeB9lNFSJ4Ki204SzjFc_-FtWYFwVNi01d2v-Bmd02hWby3WnoKvBX4Ri4lG2uI4lYwxg99tccBcn_Q4iCTfv/s400/reflection.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx9NX3mAolJYQ6ReEzJIQozmem1bDHeowpmFlkatWWwWzO025NsCd1pkfowJ5a4XQ6juziGpgvtOm0Mfgb7xkoxEZKZ2L0zQuRyo_OQuDc-fnXNxxR3NXwuAB42pkfSpDlqA2A-1plQFaP/s1600/Do-you-like-the-reflection-you-see-in-the-mirror.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx9NX3mAolJYQ6ReEzJIQozmem1bDHeowpmFlkatWWwWzO025NsCd1pkfowJ5a4XQ6juziGpgvtOm0Mfgb7xkoxEZKZ2L0zQuRyo_OQuDc-fnXNxxR3NXwuAB42pkfSpDlqA2A-1plQFaP/s320/Do-you-like-the-reflection-you-see-in-the-mirror.jpg" width="247" /></a></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Many of you may be in the process of reflection, but truly it is something that should be done on a daily basis, and not only when the New Year rolls around.  The word itself screams to take a look at me/you/us and speaking personally, I include all areas of my life and not just my physical well-being.  I imagine a big mirror in front of me and gazing into that, I ask myself�am I happy with the person that I am physically, emotionally and spiritually? If any of the answers come up as a big negative, it is time to implement a change to create a better, healthier ME.  It is hard to deny the things that need fixing when I am staring back at me waiting for the action to make that happen.  Of course, I can close my eyes, put the mirror away, brush things under the rug, and procrastinate and get to it later�or not, and well, just continue to live in denial.  <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br /></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6wSda452qMvr3H1Y_2uVuhsx3UPvC-Ew7fr9E-Fg7RAJTxWY1DK0zVrMSNMNPagIJ9Lp5LPJesLg9C9cvchyVgl1zq7ILEgzTPNcxHredPcpPoYLhW41fplHq436liz3o24BeTBaw1koT/s1600/surround-yourself-with-positive-people.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="139" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6wSda452qMvr3H1Y_2uVuhsx3UPvC-Ew7fr9E-Fg7RAJTxWY1DK0zVrMSNMNPagIJ9Lp5LPJesLg9C9cvchyVgl1zq7ILEgzTPNcxHredPcpPoYLhW41fplHq436liz3o24BeTBaw1koT/s320/surround-yourself-with-positive-people.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">I am a mover and a shaker, and strive to change, progress, and become a better me today than I was yesterday and that takes a choice.  Sure, I could avoid those things that need to be done, because maybe I want to hold onto some sort of drama, negative feelings about the past, or circumstance and continue to play the �blame card� of this is the reason I am the way I am.  I have learned in this journey of life, that this type of thinking results in a life of unhappiness, bitterness, resentment, jealousy, and paralyzes the brain to make appropriate healthy life choices.  Honestly, this type of thinking creates a person that is not a joy to be around unless the company being kept is another negative person also playing the victim card of life.  It is so important in our life reflection to also look at the type of people we associate with, and I always ask myself�does this relationship nourish my soul and grow me in a positive way as a person?<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsOgTj-cfwMuv-pCZmYsXa8JqFUYu2nN0xNK6FZGu6oTX7s2kqLcE9uqdMVfd8nmqQOuHx32uuK6KU-Q2AXHhmi5MfCaXLPVVCflb5jepzBgDKJhfhqH_RCGsf3S6xzCklr5SkEgyG7GYH/s1600/look-in-the-mirror+(1).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsOgTj-cfwMuv-pCZmYsXa8JqFUYu2nN0xNK6FZGu6oTX7s2kqLcE9uqdMVfd8nmqQOuHx32uuK6KU-Q2AXHhmi5MfCaXLPVVCflb5jepzBgDKJhfhqH_RCGsf3S6xzCklr5SkEgyG7GYH/s400/look-in-the-mirror+(1).jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoA2ExCmVKlqA9JhzFJ9B8Vd4Vu0Xy2-St6CMHpAfDiUw94V6U8iHrGOSEVbxsFgkMddaL1bPLeJMs4vadL_JTdS2-DG-ZcwigxzKU_mn7otm5X6Gn0b-2nCCiMCts8-weuylWc3ut_3MX/s1600/denial1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoA2ExCmVKlqA9JhzFJ9B8Vd4Vu0Xy2-St6CMHpAfDiUw94V6U8iHrGOSEVbxsFgkMddaL1bPLeJMs4vadL_JTdS2-DG-ZcwigxzKU_mn7otm5X6Gn0b-2nCCiMCts8-weuylWc3ut_3MX/s1600/denial1.jpg" /></a></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Reflection is huge in the scheme of life and change for the healthy.  It should cause deep thought into living our passions, being real with who we are, and having the ability to share that with ourselves and others.  There is too much hiding behind the crap of excuses, circumstances, and laziness to change and I apologize if that sounds offensive, as my intention is to motivate and never discourage.  Sometimes, a draft of really cold air needs to slap us in the face and wake us up to the reality of what is going on in our own life, and hopefully that leads to taking a step further to change what needs to be changed.  Otherwise, we continue to go along living a �fake� life, hiding behind �out of our control� drama, negativity, and looking for validation for unhealthy habits.  What is even sadder, is enablement of this type of lifestyle�YES, there are those who feed into the ugliness of negative and validate the behavior which enables someone caught in this shit storm to continue living this way.  <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3pU1VQQeTs_RpcYXGSC9qGlt0HIv6F_-WQl2iWRZ7gpjILg5CGUqJniBrvt_lV0zqwBC2cClEd1693lEzGVyoqA-jz1O9gtXazpgAW7_UrZoBzaUdKuC1da_YYFoh5lPF-zNnt-lx6Tv-/s1600/Reflection-in-the-Mirror.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3pU1VQQeTs_RpcYXGSC9qGlt0HIv6F_-WQl2iWRZ7gpjILg5CGUqJniBrvt_lV0zqwBC2cClEd1693lEzGVyoqA-jz1O9gtXazpgAW7_UrZoBzaUdKuC1da_YYFoh5lPF-zNnt-lx6Tv-/s320/Reflection-in-the-Mirror.jpg" width="293" /></a></div><br /><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Reflection also causes us to see our physical self in a way that makes us happy or not.  What it comes down to is me/you/us and the mirror, standing naked before the reflection and staring back at the image, we need to ask �do I LOVE what I see�.  It is important to always love yourself at every level of health and as long as steps are being taken to become a healthier us each day.  If the answer to the question is �no�, then what steps need to be implemented to change this?  Be honest here and strive for the happiness that you want, the health that you need and deserve.  If you tell me that you are happy in an unhealthy state and if I shared that with you�how would that make sense?  The point I am trying to make, is that we all have our best healthy-self hidden inside what may be an unhealthy body today, but that does not mean that tomorrow needs to remain the same.   Reflection requires that hard honest look and further to take the actions necessary to bring about changes that move us in a progressive healthy direction.  <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjxTh_0_JMN6rW9nzLKrR6kRCIrwL3jkoQyEXrPCjxFuvAkqzo61P6ZoEX6zrWorVDknrWf2O9NBpvpY3X_BNjFSsMOw2qMHAMHw0_PFXv5Ke7us4M06GXpHpK8BBoFVkT6-M9EA3JnH1Q/s1600/when-i-look-in-the-mirror-hehe--source.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjxTh_0_JMN6rW9nzLKrR6kRCIrwL3jkoQyEXrPCjxFuvAkqzo61P6ZoEX6zrWorVDknrWf2O9NBpvpY3X_BNjFSsMOw2qMHAMHw0_PFXv5Ke7us4M06GXpHpK8BBoFVkT6-M9EA3JnH1Q/s320/when-i-look-in-the-mirror-hehe--source.jpg" width="236" /></a></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Reflection is not a fad or temporary fix, but part of the process to make a LIFESTYLE change and create a healthy body that will be maintained for life. Reflection causes us to get into our �mental game� and start putting the puzzle pieces together of what is wrong and how does it get fixed.  It all starts with what is going on between the ears, and once the reflection is honestly accepted, and the feelings that go with that, then changes can begin to create a healthier person, and then that lifestyle change will create a reflection that we will be happy to know for a lifetime. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br /></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Enjoy a beautiful and healthy Happy New Year!!!!<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br /></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><br /></span></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVEtS1L51VLXgDRdUSt6S16XDFaKvndeK8kV8MhhZK0HJKiP1LmFDk2c-fqyomt17n-pG5oJHbJJerpfHH4ICzJWNJSwu4YMsN0V8-ANtCxf_Mn3OBZqmQg_Fsb6r3BuntIehVlLZi5jwD/s1600/IMG_7936a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVEtS1L51VLXgDRdUSt6S16XDFaKvndeK8kV8MhhZK0HJKiP1LmFDk2c-fqyomt17n-pG5oJHbJJerpfHH4ICzJWNJSwu4YMsN0V8-ANtCxf_Mn3OBZqmQg_Fsb6r3BuntIehVlLZi5jwD/s320/IMG_7936a.jpg" width="276" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Me and My Mom</span></b></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Thanks for stopping by my Blog, hope you enjoy the content, and if you have not become a follower yet, I would love to see your face on my friend's list.  If you are inspired, LIKE my entry, leave a comment and I look forward to responding!<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br /></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><a href="http://www.stayhealthyfitness.com/" target="_blank">Stay Healthy</a><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">?<o:p></o:p></span></div><br /><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Darla<o:p></o:p></span></div>

REFLECTION

Many of you may be in the process of reflection, but truly it is something that should be done on a daily basis, and not only when the New Y...

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MERRY CHRISTMAS!

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdnE44KwMMSEwjsrRFwVcQS9KsA0gQ1zKEe1gBKK410z-vVl5mgwsMC8GDepl1QbJxO_pUcoZdJS4gxVSgvV6zNqIStZnq0LHKZkRgXh8eUIZUN_XGVvO-1PXDl3dazFkK9crYo3fNEe6X/s1600/merry-christmas-4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="263" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdnE44KwMMSEwjsrRFwVcQS9KsA0gQ1zKEe1gBKK410z-vVl5mgwsMC8GDepl1QbJxO_pUcoZdJS4gxVSgvV6zNqIStZnq0LHKZkRgXh8eUIZUN_XGVvO-1PXDl3dazFkK9crYo3fNEe6X/s400/merry-christmas-4.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">I wanted to take the time to wish all of YOU a very Merry Christmas and an upcoming safe and Happy New Year.  WOW�can you believe how the time has gone by in a blink?  Life truly is like that you know and it is so important to cherish every moment, and really take in the meaning of things.  We get so caught up in busy, busy, busy, that even relaxing has become a stressful event�WHAT???<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh57iQjqWOLmHwOjcgnItiO8loQdBjO2xueM4-r7mFUPc2UHgOWNSBk80NIb1PkI8a14cCtUBAo1DcPnjuvBhcgG0yDDV6UvBPy5ByjL0qphQM7CkZQJJwCuU8Rj-IWcn2E7gvw1-I18uSX/s1600/dont-be-too-busy.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh57iQjqWOLmHwOjcgnItiO8loQdBjO2xueM4-r7mFUPc2UHgOWNSBk80NIb1PkI8a14cCtUBAo1DcPnjuvBhcgG0yDDV6UvBPy5ByjL0qphQM7CkZQJJwCuU8Rj-IWcn2E7gvw1-I18uSX/s320/dont-be-too-busy.jpeg" width="280" /></a></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Believe me, I used to be one of those busy people who felt that time was utilized for work and if I was not doing something productive every minute then I was wasting valuable time.  This can really create a self- inflicted guilt trip that dares a person to even place their backside on the sofa for a minute�back then, it caused too much anxiety.  So, I buzzed around like a bee all the time and I did not realize how much of life I was missing.  I was too busy trying to make a living and not make a life. I truly thank God for my older, wiser, better self who has slowed the pace of my life down to a healthy balance and I can now see the world and everything all around me with much more clarity for many years now.  It is absolutely awesome to take deep full breathes and not feel on edge about this and that, and let go of thing that really do not matter in the big scheme of life.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinr6KuzjBJo4PZDfvLm7jrWZ-lHtwY0TCQa7FEUbgv8-OKypWv5DTp-5hmxw5mBzUD_lg_pTIg5z_UCC855MpvLMOgmZu7Jl3K4Z4f3Y4gvQVyJ_I7iIy3F7mni1PA8dJP5xwlZa0yA1gL/s1600/enjoy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="220" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinr6KuzjBJo4PZDfvLm7jrWZ-lHtwY0TCQa7FEUbgv8-OKypWv5DTp-5hmxw5mBzUD_lg_pTIg5z_UCC855MpvLMOgmZu7Jl3K4Z4f3Y4gvQVyJ_I7iIy3F7mni1PA8dJP5xwlZa0yA1gL/s320/enjoy.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_H5uHHOsv-bpmws-YXYAVAGJQwZX-P6kSIppo_si_fKTMiHBlMdaYcigntCcAshuA_eFGQ-0sVrlEe8mnXrUF5riSOE-jnuiH2alsg70om3UEhvFxwYpZxhgKA4rXB50WaGMwUe4uJ39K/s1600/praying.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_H5uHHOsv-bpmws-YXYAVAGJQwZX-P6kSIppo_si_fKTMiHBlMdaYcigntCcAshuA_eFGQ-0sVrlEe8mnXrUF5riSOE-jnuiH2alsg70om3UEhvFxwYpZxhgKA4rXB50WaGMwUe4uJ39K/s320/praying.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Lately, my husband and I have been surrounded by people in crisis through illness, death, and job loss.  Our hearts have been touched, pained, and our knees bent in prayer for those that we care about.  It is times like these that life does not make sense, and even can provide a fear and a desperate cry for protection of our lives, relationship, finances, and all things meaningful in this life.  There is no amount of money that replaces a person, and that is when it is realized that all that busyness is for nothing.  It is so important to have a heart of gratitude, and thankfulness because there are people out there who are praying for the very things that I/you/we have that are taken for granted.  I know this sounds like heavy stuff, but it really is just a share of how important it is to realize how important life is�it is truly a GIFT and there are no guarantees of how long the gift of being here will last.  I do know that taking care of this gift of life is what I am supposed to do, and taking care of my physical, nutritional, emotional and spiritual health are all a part of that plan.  That is what I share with you here on the Blog�ME to MOTIVATE you, and if I have touched one person, inspired, encouraged, or helped in some way to better the quality of life for someone�then I have accomplished my goal.  <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivUeFOLCYwH-wD006fb3NrmV38PDmkUETPhxoC4OpkmSpZqg6bCTLbq_CkQsP8Mv2SAhGxhiYkErTW8WhUShbA3FzJtHTr29r5rSlE9RiNBQAJWHdXbhcNDaL27Camtix82VeHDKb9knFu/s1600/life.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="297" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivUeFOLCYwH-wD006fb3NrmV38PDmkUETPhxoC4OpkmSpZqg6bCTLbq_CkQsP8Mv2SAhGxhiYkErTW8WhUShbA3FzJtHTr29r5rSlE9RiNBQAJWHdXbhcNDaL27Camtix82VeHDKb9knFu/s400/life.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEygrePb5hG8nZfJHuz_sgG6iZvr6d5OmcVsgB6xIHVGe2cnd9A21DpT0QfDM5-WoZZTOIbuH1mhK2K_NMTwYLcmbBfjbwi1I0HCz02sbmVzaqYMyBYKMbADmcpNGU5x-jq46HGs-t9aIc/s1600/busy3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="297" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEygrePb5hG8nZfJHuz_sgG6iZvr6d5OmcVsgB6xIHVGe2cnd9A21DpT0QfDM5-WoZZTOIbuH1mhK2K_NMTwYLcmbBfjbwi1I0HCz02sbmVzaqYMyBYKMbADmcpNGU5x-jq46HGs-t9aIc/s320/busy3.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">As I sit here typing my thoughts to you, I wonder what you are thinking, feeling, and how your life is going?  Are you caught up in �too busy� and not making time to take care of you, missing out on family and friend opportunities, not making a call to that person that has been on your mind, and other meaningful things that you think about  but are pushed aside each day because that busy voice keeps taking over? We never want to be in a position of regret and saying, I wish I would have done this or that, because at that moment it is too late.  Life is about taking those important things and doing them now.  Tossing the �too busy card� is a necessity to have a healthy life and that is really what this post is about.  <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTGtBmEKL0k5J74aI1tGSI1KX4KA7CWvyDle4KaH7yo3QMSnI4bm73HZVl1DwfQATkTzBME743RQWBDajbTmcBKFi5nWd6qeo72OSVY0CoS6ieEOqHVyEiRp0kKV4FvivmQmehFkYmCfkF/s1600/balance_quote.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="302" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTGtBmEKL0k5J74aI1tGSI1KX4KA7CWvyDle4KaH7yo3QMSnI4bm73HZVl1DwfQATkTzBME743RQWBDajbTmcBKFi5nWd6qeo72OSVY0CoS6ieEOqHVyEiRp0kKV4FvivmQmehFkYmCfkF/s320/balance_quote.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFAkrHstyQ2mRoQTqgTlNmiwfVP-WWuxFAOf80g3faN-9CWYCoK6ZNcZtz3y0qK0clkp2gcp60wW_n8_7r-tL5aNKb6dEdb8Qrhy7L7dvnhxMKb9B1u9GUnBtW4eZ_3-aA7dYhM-LmcGQc/s1600/images.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFAkrHstyQ2mRoQTqgTlNmiwfVP-WWuxFAOf80g3faN-9CWYCoK6ZNcZtz3y0qK0clkp2gcp60wW_n8_7r-tL5aNKb6dEdb8Qrhy7L7dvnhxMKb9B1u9GUnBtW4eZ_3-aA7dYhM-LmcGQc/s1600/images.jpg" /></a></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br /></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">I understand the importance of work, but we all have the ability to create a healthy balance of life through choices, changes of priority, and our overall mindset of what we think and feel about life.  My wish and gift to all of you this Christmas, is that you all step back and really allow yourself to relax and get into the moment, develop a heart of gratitude, see with the eyes of a child and play with such freedom of non-care that it is contagious, laugh until your belly hurts, and be REAL in your sharing with your spouse, family and friends.  Adapt such a balanced, healthy lifestyle that everyone will be asking YOU what you are doing to get healthy, because it all starts between the ears and shines through with your actions.  Take good care and Merry Christmas!<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; 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margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih5BMZGZ6n-B53sCfTGMwWF2vV9ticVyeUgCLGuMBoLUDhlFGaWJ6To86BbgWGrD8wwSHHhpWPF2Lacby8xZVKcYo3j5LqmAb7tzvZZQWbJmulWPQ59TZRQQDEtrSC2ocranb6z4Fgzxa7/s1600/IMG_4386.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih5BMZGZ6n-B53sCfTGMwWF2vV9ticVyeUgCLGuMBoLUDhlFGaWJ6To86BbgWGrD8wwSHHhpWPF2Lacby8xZVKcYo3j5LqmAb7tzvZZQWbJmulWPQ59TZRQQDEtrSC2ocranb6z4Fgzxa7/s400/IMG_4386.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #351c75;">ME and My Girls</span></b></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWk_2IkA6jkgTu5X0-z-jGKVMg2V4j8AwslyNOPOS3XpWiQIEq5mX7RDumWXBzn3jZv5C5ukzFbHGoAoQ9Iu121D45PlykMuMRTg-yj6QYGlSwaQ3RlceMAOF4YAovPMdnt6qCNe92_fUZ/s1600/IMG_7812.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; 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MERRY CHRISTMAS!

I wanted to take the time to wish all of YOU a very Merry Christmas and an upcoming safe and Happy New Year.  WOW�can you believe how the ti...

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