thanks

Wow guys. You are great.

I've been having kind-of a sucky few days {can't figure out why} 

but the one good thing is the SO MANY sweet blog comments from you. 

Yesterday, the only time I smiled {a real smile--not the fake work smile} 

was when I read through my comments.

Thank you for being so nice and making me feel so good. I love you!

Sometime life gets tough {i feel bad even saying that when others i know have it so much worse}. 

But everyone has our own bad days. It's not the same bad as someone else's, but it's still hard.

 Sometimes we get caught in a rut and it is SO HARD to get out.

I don't think I'm quite out of mine yet, but I'm trying. I've got up off the dirty chasm floor and have

started to climb. And isn't that what life is about? Getting up, doing better, trying harder?

No matter what your beliefs are--that is part of being human. 

Everyone has that little voice inside that pushes and expects them {us} to be better. 

The way I think about it--that's how all things happen in the world.

 Presidents get elected because we're trying to have a better country, 

movies get made because we're trying to create better {if not imaginary} worlds, 

Twitter gets updated because we are trying to show the world what we did to make life better that day.

Some people may choose different ways to accomplish this, 

but I believe we are all trying to be better people in our own way.

The thing I'm trying to learn now is to push myself to be better but still being kind to myself.

I've worked my whole life to be more outgoing and kind to others and I sort-of forgot to love myself.

In time, if you don't love YOU, you can't be there for others. And serving others is so important. 

But being there for yourself is more important in my eyes.

So grab a mug, pour some hot chocolate {with tons of marshmallows}, 

draw yourself a bubble bath, and LOVE the person you are tonight.

Keep trying to be better, but don't get down when you have a rough day {or days}.

"Don't worry darling, every little thing is going to be okay."

This is my mantra. I have it in vinyl in my bathroom, so I see it everyday. 

It really is going to be okay. One step at a time.

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