Optimism

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Lies and liars why do we keep it up?  I sometimes lie to make myself look good or to get out of doing something that I should just say no to.  Lately I’ve found myself lying to spare the feeling of others, even when it doesn’t make me look good.  I think I have grown spiritually,

into a big NICE liar?

OPTIMISM:  HOPEFULNESS AND CONFIDENCE ABOUT THE FUTURE or the successful outcome of something. ~~ The Oxford College Dictionary

Vacation

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I am leaving with my daughter for St. Maarten on Saturday.  The salt water will be good for me. 

If happiness is on a beach in the Caribbean I need to have a talk with her about coming back home.

I have to shave.

VACATION:  AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF RECREATION, esp. one spent away from home or in traveling. ~~ The Oxford College Dictionary

Time out

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My Four year old niece Olivia worries and fascinates me. She had an accident today and was crying her heart out as she told her mother what had happen to her and her play playmate. “IT WAS AN ACCIDENT” she wailed “I was telling him that he shouldn’t throw someone else’s toy and it happened."

I bite his nose by accident.

TIME OUT: AN IMPOSED TEMPORARY SUSPENSION OF ACTIVITIES, esp. the separation of a misbehaving child from one or more playmates as a disciplinary measure. ~~ The Oxford College Dictionary

Bastard!



Cali Lewis

Change your thoughts and change your world. #Norman Vincent Peale

BASTARD:  A DIFFICULT OR AWKWARD THING, UNDERTAKING, or situation. ~~ The Oxford College Dictionary

Wild



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When the kids are playing in the back yard on their bikes and tricycles, the sounds they make are always beautiful.  My four year old niece is shouting with joy that she is winning.  Now my nephew is screaming that he is winning.  Then she throws a tantrum, and breaks his heart to tears by shouting; “you are not the winner, this is not a race."

Olivia, just because you are not winning doesn't mean it is not a race!

WILD:  UNCONTROLLED OR UNRESTRAINED, esp. in pursuit of pleasure. ~~ The Oxford College Dictionary

Adoption



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 It is one of the most beautiful compensations in life,, that no man can sincerely try to help another without helping himself. # Ralph Waldo Emerson
ADOPT:  LEGALLY TAKE ANOTHER'S CHILD AND BRING IT UP AS ONE'S OWN. ~~ The Oxford College Dictionary

Linked

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I was sitting in the waiting room at my last job interview two days ago, with another lady who was shaking from nerves.  In walks the interviewer a neat looking man with a nice brown file folder in hand.  He looks at us, has an epiphany, and does a 360 and leaves.  It was like God wanted him to be someplace else.  Ten minutes later Tina, holding the same file folder and obviously not an interviewer, walks in and she does the interviews.

Why do I feel so bad for the shaking woman?

LINK:  A SOCIAL OR PROFESSIONAL CONNECTION BETWEEN PEOPLE or organizations. ~~ The Oxford College Dictionary