Making Monday momentous

Food for Thought………

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Welcome Sunday night once again!  Yes, Monday is right around the corner and to be honest, I myself had to hold on real tight to my Momentous Monday thoughts!  So much to say and so much to whine about but you don’t want to hear my little issues I am sure 🙂

Sooooooo, I said to myself…”knock it off” and practice the very things I am saying for all of us to do together.

So here we are and what can be our thought of today and I came across one that is a pretty popular saying.  If this is the first time you are hearing it then let it be life changing.  If this is the 50th time you are hearing it, then I invite you to be with me and let’s look at our reactions to the things around us and what is happening in our life right now.

The phrase? …….drum roll please…..

“Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you react to it”

hmmmmmmm, food for thought huh?

Let it soak in today as I will and see what it means to us and in our life.  It really can be life changing if we start reacting and responding differently to our situations and life around us.

In fact, let’s just go one step further.  Responding is even different than reacting……

Ok, now that I wowed you and gave you this deep information to ponder 🙂 – when the situations arise on our Monday, let’s dive deep and see how we have the power to turn in around…… kind of like that turn the frown upside down 😦 🙂

Happy Sunday night into our Momentous Monday!

Kelly Savage

 

 

 

 

MOMENTOUS MONDAYS!

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Making it a Momentous Monday!!!

Ok my friends……. we are embarking on making Monday’s Momentous.

First, the definition of momentous – 1) sufficiently great    2) important to be worthy of attention  3) noteworthy.

Second, the synonyms of momentous – notable, worth of attention, remarkable, important, of importance

Are they NOT powerful words and meanings?!  What did that do to you just reading those definitions?  A little different than what we are used to when we are thinking about Mondays, right?

But what if?

What if we started thinking about Monday’s in a different way? What if we didn’t have such a negative perception of Mondays? Where did that even come from anyway?

Why not make Mondays something different?

I can’t wrap my head around why we don’t embrace it at times as a beautiful day just because we are getting up!

Hold on please……. am I saying that I wake up every Monday so hoping to run into work and get my work on?   No! Not every Monday!    🙂 HOWEVER, sometimes I feel like that on a Wednesday, Thursday or Friday!  So, what’s the difference of waking up and charging the day or waking up and already can’t wait until nighttime?

Gratefulness………. gratefulness from our heart………. deep within our hearts….. that’s where its at my friends.  Gratefulness and thankfulness.

Ahhhhhhh, when we have that, it so changes our perception on just about everything we have, we are and what situation is going on in our life.  Yes, even the most challenging seasons in our life make us who we are and stronger.

What I do think we need to be reminded of are the great things we do have…………family, friends, loved ones, a job, the ability to work, think, grow, make money and so much more!

So, how can we make this a Momentous Monday?

Take time, sit and just think for a moment of the things you do have, the things you are thankful for, the things you couldn’t imagine your life without and some things we possibly take for granted.

If we learn to be thankful in the smallest of things, our attitudes will change to be thankful in the bigger things and possibly even the most challenging of times.

Food for thought!  Go ahead….. make today a Momentous Monday!  Hope your day is great!

Kelly Savage

 

Tit for Tat

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Ok, I admit it, the title “Tit for Tat” just jumped in my head!  And this blog isn’t exactly about tit for tat.  It popped in my head and I went for it 🙂

Actually it’s a blog about a random act of kindness.  A lot of us have done them, received them and we have certainly read about them and saw videos on them.  Personally, I love them.

It changes the normal atmosphere that we have around us.  We could all be just sitting there and all of a sudden, a random act of kindness is done on us or one we witness and, BAMN!, our atmosphere just got lighter, possibly more happy and possibly effect us big time!

That’s what happened to me.  My husband and I were enjoying a little dinner at a local Chinese restaurant.  We were facing towards the outside and people watching (one of my favs) 🙂 and enjoying each other’s company.

My husband told me that the owner/manager of the restaurant had helped him carry out a water heater from the store just the other day.  As we sat there, that same man pulled up and was unloading his car with very heavy items of all sort.

I witness my husband, as he quickly said “I will be right back” and left his meal on the table.  My husband proceeded to go outside and help them carry the heavy items with them.  There, he was met with smiles, thank yous and that changing atmosphere became very real…..not only in them, but my husband as well.  It was very clear that it touched my heart as I just fell in love with my husband again, at that moment.

Acts of kindness are game changers.  Before you know it, that owner/manager was bringing us some free treats which, of course, if you know my husband, he absolutely loves most foods 🙂 and he certainly enjoyed those treats that day! 🙂

Random acts of kindness?  They can truly be the changing force we so need in the world we live.

Let’s take a moment to think on those acts.  Let’s start at home.  What can we do for those right around us today?

Bottom line:  Let’s be what we want to see in the world 🙂

 

Let’s shoot for making this Monday Momentous !!

 

Kelly Savage