I Believe...

I believe…

that your life can be changed in a matter of hours by people who don’t even know you.

I believe…

that even when you think you have no more to give, when a friend cries out to you, you will find the strength to help.

I believe…

that credentials on the wall do not make you a decent human being.

I believe…

that the people you care about most in life are taken from you too soon.

I believe…

that sometimes when I’m angry I have the right to be angry but that doesn’t give me the right to be cruel.

I believe…

that just because someone doesn’t love you the way you want them to doesn’t mean they don’t love you with all they have.

I believe…

that maturity has more to do with what types of experiences you’ve had and what you’ve learned from them and less to do with how many birthdays you’ve celebrated.

I believe…

that it isn’t always enough to be forgiven by others. Sometimes you have to learn to forgive yourself.

I believe…

that no matter how bad your heart is broken that the world doesn’t stop for your grief.

I believe…

that our background and circumstances may have influenced who we are, but we are responsible for who we become.

I believe…

that just because two people argue, it doesn’t mean they don’t love each other.  And just because they don’t argue, it doesn’t mean they do.

I believe…

that you shouldn’t be eager to find out a secret.  It could change your life forever.

I believe…

that it’s taking me a long time to become the person I want to be.

I believe…

that you should always leave loved ones with loving well wishes. It may be the last time you see them.

I believe…

that you can keep going long after you can’t.

I believe…

that we are responsible for what we do, no matter how we feel.

I believe…

that we don’t have to change friends, if we understand that friends change.

I believe…

that no matter how good a friend is, they’re going to hurt you once in a while and you must forgive them for that.

I believe…

that true friendship continues to grow, even over the longest distance. Same goes for true love.

I believe…

that you either control your attitude or it controls you.

I believe…

that regardless of how hot and steamy a relationship is at first, that passion fades and there had better be something else to take its place.

I believe…

that heroes are the people who do what has to be done when it needs to be done, regardless of the consequences.

I believe…

that you can do something in an instant that will give you heartache for life.

I believe…

that money is a lousy way of keeping score.

I believe…

that my best friend and I can do anything or nothing and have the best time.

I believe…

that sometimes the people you expect to kick you when you’re down, will be the ones who help you get back

from poem "I learned" author unknown

WHAT DO YOU BELIEVE???

Challenge Overload!

There are so many great blogs out there and it seems like this time of year everyone is doing a challenge. I have started most of them and I am finding them all uplifting and encouraging. From making our home a haven to feeding our soul to marriage ones. I am feeling a little challenge overload but that is because I am feeling open, renewed and connected. I get so inspired by these challenges. I started the Respect Dare over a month ago and I have to say its been most rewarding and life changing, it has made me see my husband in a whole new way. I highly reccomend it for any wife! Its amazing what can happen when we take a little time to do something for someone else, when we take time for ourselves and when we take time with the Lord in his Word. I will share some links to some of the challenges going on right now, check them out, maybe join one and see what a difference it can make in our home, your marriage and your life!

1. Time Warp Wife is doing a 31 days of marriage challenge!
http://time-warp-wife.blogspot.com/2011/09/31-days-of-love-marriage-challenge.html

2 Sonya has 31 days of Praying for Your Husband on her website, check it out!
http://www.becomingastrongwomanofgod.com/p/31-day-pray-for-your-spouse-challenge.html

3. Courtney is doing the Make Your Home a Haven Challenge for the Fall
http://womenlivingwell.org/2011/09/making-your-home-a-haven-fall-challenge-is-back/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+WomenLivingWell+%28Women+Living+Well+%29

4.Bonie is offering the 31 days to Feed Your Soul!
http://www.faithbarista.com/2011/10/31-days-to-feed-your-soul-day-1-hunger/

5.Need some time with in Bible Study, check out
http://www.goodmorninggirls.org/

I hope you take the time to check these out and if you have any other links us to check out please share them with us!!

Blessings,
Heather

Your Time is Limited

Your time is limited..don’t waste it living someone else’s life. -Steve Jobs


This statement has inspired me today. Its a quote from Steve Jobs commencement speech at Stanford University in 2005. He passed away yesterday  and was a perfect example of this, he knew with his diagnosis of cancer that his time was limited and he did not waste time living someone else's life...he lived his own. We shouldnt wait for a diagnosis, we should live this everyday. In his speech Steve talks about the fact that we all have death in common, and we dont know when it will happen, so we must live like each day as if it was our last. Follow your dreams, follow your intuition, follow that gut feeling. Dont live your life aspiring to be like others, be yourself! Dont wish your life was like someone else's or that you had the same things as them, the same talents. God made each of us to be unique. We must take the time to figure out what makes us tick, what makes us special, what our dreams are and live our life accordingly. Dont waste your time following someone else's dream, dream your own and follow them! Remember your time is limited....make the most of your life!
 

Blessings,

Heather