“It is not so hard to ‘feel’, but the ‘hard feelings’ that make it so hard.”
by LuCy sMiLeS

When I was younger, I loved justifying that because I was born in May, and therefore a Taurus, as my Astrological Sign, I was stubborn, “bull headed” and very much an impatient person.

Interestingly enough, I realized that all I had to do is pay attention to those certain qualities, to be able to then accept them, and use my attention on them to shift into a more easy going, and patient person.

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“We never know what tomorrow will bring, so keep your faith close and your family closer.”
by LuCy sMiLeS

Well, it has finally hit me. I have been directly affected by the recession.
And gladly so.

Sometimes, in life, we must be thrown a few hard balls, to allow for the biggest, best shifts to take place.
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“There is almost no better feeling than letting a painful feeling go!”
by LuCy sMiLeS

When my sister and I were younger, we never had a lack of games to play to keep us busy.

Most were either with ropes, rocks, chalk, crayons, snow and in some special cases, ice rain.
That’s a whole other “smile.”

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“Ask and you shall receive, just be careful what you ask for!”
by LuCy sMiLeS

I read a book over ten years ago, l that will always stick in my head, no matter where I am in my life.
We have all heard of the “Law of Attraction“, and this specific book goes right back to the simple act of asking.
In “Aladdin Factor“, by Jack Canfield and Mark Victor Hansen, we learn that we can have anything we wish, if we dare to ask for it.

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“If I had even half the energy and confidence of a puppy, my days would be productive enough to retire after a year.” by LuCy sMiLeS

Having the opportunity to care for an 8 year old dog, and 5 month old puppy at the same time has really enabled me to see life in a whole different light.

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“Where does the time go? I have stopped looking…” by LuCy sMiLeS

Reality is that we can not turn back the hands of time. Not for anything.
There are so many things that all of us would love to take back, if only we could change the clocks.

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“We have so many options, but choosing dessert for dinner always seems like the best one!” by LuCy sMiLeS

How many times have you tried and tried and tried again to get on a health kick, a cleanse, or some sort of detox, realizing the more you focus on purity, the less productive your plan?

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“Change the way you look at yourself, and expect miracles!” by LuCy sMiLeS

Diets, fashion, cars, homes, careers; all things differ depending on the person.
We all walk in this same world, however what we chose to create in our lives, individually,  can be a world apart from the lives of those even standing right beside us.

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“It’s is never so much what we want to achieve. Rather, how much we want to achieve it” Love Di

I was speaking to someone the other day of how we don’t realize our education does actually get us somewhere, whether or not we believe so, if our career visions don’t match the paper we received before getting to where we are.

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“It doesn’t matter how clearly we speak our minds, if we are not speaking the same language.” by Lucy Smiles

We live our lives, with many people, and many diverse backgrounds from these people, whether cultural, behavioral exposures from our childhood, family structure, financial status.

You name it.

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