A Caramel Steamer to Celebrate Friday

It's Friday, and that is always something to celebrate. The sun is out, my house is clean, and with my caramel steamer in hand, I have a little extra time to do my favorite thing....write. Sometimes I sit down with each sentence already meticulously crafted in my head, other times I sit here and have not one clue what words will escape from the tips of my fingers. So warning, this is simply a spontaneous spew of thoughts, feelings, ideas and words pieced together to, if nothing else, help me understand myself. 


I am blessed. And while my last blog post may not have portrayed that feeling very well, I am, indeed, very blessed. I find myself amid blissful moments each and every day.  And as I sit there, filled with happiness while I am surrounded by people I love, or as I am immersed in the things I love doing, I can't help but to keep thinking that it's God's way of sharing His love with me. He has given me the most wonderful people to love and to know. And he's given me the most incredible experiences. I couldn't be more grateful for any of it, really. 


I am a firm believer that everything happens for a reason. God's hand is in my life, and he will place me exactly where I need to be. He will in fact mold me into what I can be through different experiences. So I am thankful for every experience I am given, the good and the bad, because each day, as I look to the days before, I can see how much I have grown. 


I'm going to give you a little advice, advice that before was given to me by my dear friend CaLea Myshel Bagley:


1. Write in a journal. Do it on the daily if possible. Even if you hate writing, just try it. Go to the store and find a little book that pulls at your heartstrings. Now all you have to do is live a life worth writing about. Make each day record-worthy and suddenly your journal keeping becomes that much easier. Go. Today. Get a journal and on the very first page write February 21, 2014. 


2. Focus on the positive aspects. Life's hard. We all have our trials, big and small, but finding what makes you happy will make life so much more enjoyable. Whether it's your caramel steamer from Harts, going for a run, finding a new book, or even taking a warm shower, find your simple pleasures in life and suddenly your burden doesn't seem quite so heavy. Life is good, even in the hardest of times, when you just remember to include the little things that make you smile.