Grrrrr

I need to stop weighing myself. According to my scale, I have gained another pound. This is crazy!!! I've been doing great with working out consistently....eating isn't awesome, but I don't think it's any worse than what I've done in the past. And I definitely feel better - I feel like my body is getting more toned from the workouts. How can I have gained like 3 pounds???? Ok - I'm frustrated but not totally unmotivated. I think that I will stop weighing myself and just stick to the workouts. Just so annoying!!

The trouble is not that we are never happy - it is that happiness is so episodal. - Ruth Benedict

Happiness is our birthright. The decision to be happy is ours to make, every day, when confronted with any experience. Too many of us grew up believing that life needed to be a certain way for us to be happy. We looked for the right lover, the right job, the right dress. We looked outside of ourselves for the key to happiness. In time, we even looked to alcohol, drugs, food perhaps - to no avail.

Happiness lies within. We must encourage it to spring forth. But first we need to believe that happiness is fully within our power. We must trust that the most difficult circumstances won't keep it from us when we have learned to tap the source within.

Life is a gift we are granted moment by moment. Let us be in awe of the wonder of it, then revel in it. We can marvel at creation for a moment and realize how special we are to be participants. Happiness will overcome us if we let it. We can best show our gratitude for the wonder of this gift by smiling within and without.

That I am here is a wonderful mystery to which joy is the natural response. It is no accident that I am here.

Ooh! I like this one. I'm going to flag it and read it often :) Have a wonderful day!!!