Dreary Day

So, like the rest of everyone in Contra Costa County, I was awestruck by the incredible thunder and lighting show today. I love nothing more than a good storm, and this was the first time my kids had seen the lighting & thunder. They loved it.

Wish I could say that I enjoyed an awesome day watching it all, but I had not so great of a day. Tried to unearth my desk from the to-do lists, baby gifts to send out, returned phone calls and did some work. Working with a sinus and ear infection, so wasn't feeling so hot to top it off.

I needed a little cheering up tonight and searched online for some inspiration.

I found it.

Here are some great quotes that I came across that I posted above my desk to make the gray days seem a little less gray.
This picture of Sacha looking up at me after he was ice skating this winter also inspires me- reminds me that there is someone looking up to me.



Hope this can help you out if you are having a gray day too. :)
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Nobody trips over mountains. It is the small pebble that causes you to stumble. Pass all the pebbles in your path and you will find you have crossed the mountain.

When you come to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.

If one dream should fall and break into a thousand pieces, never be afraid to pick one of those pieces up and begin again.

He conquers who endures.

People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. I don't believe in circumstances. The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and, if they can't find them, make them.

Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we fail.

There is no telling how many miles you will have to run while chasing a dream.

Don't be discouraged. It's often the last key in the bunch that opens the lock.

A baby is born with a need to be loved - and never outgrows it.

I learned the real meaning of love. Love is absolute loyalty. People fade, looks fade, but loyalty never fades. You can depend so much on certain people, you can set your watch by them. And that's love, even if it doesn't seem very exciting.

The ultimate test of a relationship is to disagree but to hold hands.

We waste time looking for the perfect lover, instead of creating the perfect love.

The way to love anything is to realize that it may be lost.

To the world you might be one person, but to one person you might be the world

It's not only children who grow. Parents do too. As much as we watch to see what our children do with their lives, they are watching us to see what we do with ours. I can't tell my children to reach for the sun. All I can do is reach for it, myself.

Each day of our lives we make deposits in the memory banks of our children.

If I had my child to raise all over again,
I'd build self-esteem first, and the house later.
I'd finger-paint more, and point the finger less.
I would do less correcting and more connecting.
I'd take my eyes off my watch, and watch with my eyes.
I'd take more hikes and fly more kites.
I'd stop playing serious, and seriously play.
I would run through more fields and gaze at more stars.
I'd do more hugging and less tugging.

Children are natural mimics who act like their parents despite every effort to teach them good manners.