DearKimmie

Hello Friends,

I wanted to announce DearKimmie. I have been working on a new design for my blog site for the past month and it is finally up and running. I have transferred most of my posts from the past four years to the new site. I would love for my visitors to follow me there as well. There is a subscribe area & my Tweets from Twitter there also. If you want to follow me on Twitter feel free at @dearkimmie. I hope to get some feedback on what everyone thinks of the new design. I can be found on Tumblr and Wordpress so come follow me there too.

I look forward to sharing my thoughts with you for more years to come.

Love, Luck & Laughter to you all

~Blessed Be,
Kimmie

The Flip Side of Honesty

Have you ever been too honest? Have you ever wished you could turn the clock back 5 minutes to take back what you just said? What do you do in this situation? This isn't Back to the Future! I don't have one of those cars. Why can't life be easier? I will not tell a lie HA! But don't be overly honest because it will come back to kick you in the ass. "OOO Girl? You're not really going to wear that are you"? Oops! I should of let you walk out the door like that? And thats just minimal, what about a deeper subject? Why do people have to play games? The challenge? F*** the challenge! In a scene from one of my favorite movies : "If you love someone you say it...right then...out loud before the moment passes you by". You don't stay quiet hoping they'll say it first. You are no different than anyone else. Tomorrow is not promised to you just like it isn't promised to anyone else. You embrace every wonderful person, vision, moment and feeling that you can before it ends..
I am brutally honest. I live my life the way I want because it is mine to live. If I make a mistake, it was mine to make. My fault...
I stand by those I care for and consider them the blessings that I have achieved along this journey that I call "my life". I don't turn my back on anyone. If I love you...tough you are stuck with me...and lucky too. No matter what direction my life takes me I bring with me those that I love. Remember that...

Just me venting............

Choose Your Attitude

Is the glass half full or half empty? Is the responsibility, a privilege or a duty? Is the help we've been asked to give, an opportunity or an obligation? Do we "get" to do it, or do we "have" to do it? Attitude is everything and luckily for us our attitudes are a matter of choice. We can pick the attitudes we want much as we pick our out clothes or hairstyles. Nothing or no one in the past or present can dictate our attitudes. No one else deserves credit or blame for how we choose to process reality. For better or worse, our attitudes are ours alone. We all have the same world to respond to. What we practice, we become. If we practice looking at each day as a new adventure, so it will be.

Be Yourself, Everyone Else Is Already Taken

It's quite possibly the most commonly used phrase in the history of advice: Be yourself. But it's such a vague adage. What do they really mean when they tell you to be yourself? And is it really as easy as it sounds? Steps to Find yourself. You can't be yourself if you don't know, understand, and accept yourself first.

Stop caring about how people perceive you. The fact is, it really doesn't matter. It's impossible to be yourself when you're caught up in wondering "Do they think I'm funny? Does he think I'm fat? Does she think I'm stupid?" To be yourself, you've got to let go of these concerns and just let your behavior flow, with only your consideration of others as a filter—not their consideration of you.

Be honest and open. What have you got to hide? You're an imperfect, growing, learning human being. If you feel ashamed or insecure about any aspect of yourself —and you feel you have to hide those parts of you, whether physically or emotionally —then you have to come to terms with that and learn to convert your so-called flaws into individualistic quirks. Relax. Stop worrying about the worst that could happen, especially in social situations. So what if you fall flat on your face? Or get spinach stuck in your teeth? Learn to laugh at yourself both when it happens and afterwards. Turn it into a funny story that you can share with others. It lets them know that you're not perfect and makes you feel more at ease, too. Develop and express your individuality. Whether it's your sense of style, or even your manner of speaking, if your preferred way of doing something strays from the mainstream, then be proud of it. Have a Productive Day. Accept that some days you're the pigeon, and that some days, you're the statue. People might raise eyebrows and even make fun, but as long as you can shrug and say "Hey, that's just me" and leave it at that, people will ultimately respect you for it, and you'll respect yourself.

There's a difference between being yourself and being inappropriately unrestrained. You might have your opinions, dreams, and preferences, but that doesn't mean you have to disrespect others by forcing them to acknowledge your views. If fads or trends strike your fancy, don't avoid them! Being yourself is all about reflecting who you are inside in what you do, and what you like is what you like, no matter how trendy it is (or not trendy, for that matter)! As the famous song goes, "Life's not worth a damn until you can say, I am what I am" - when you can sincerely say it, you will know that you can be yourself.