Be the first to offer a smile, thank you, excuse me, good morning or good afternoon greeting to all who pass your way today. You’ll be making your community a happier place.Â
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🤗 A Better Life ~ We All Need a Friend Like This
We all need a friend. We need a friend who will stay a while longer. A friend who will listen and let us pour out what is bothering us. A friend who will let us tell him/her about our dreams and fears. A Friend who will not judge or fix us.
🤗 A Better Life ~ Making Life Better
I like it when a friend overlooks my missteps. I like it when a friend tells me something I regretted ding is over and to forget about it. I hope I offer the same gifts to everyone in my life. Life is always better with a healthy dash of forgiveness and forgetfulness.
🤗 A Better Life ~ Helping Hands
When we get down, we can stay down or rise again. There are times when we fall that we have to grab hold of a helping hand to rise. Grab hold of it. When you’re back, you’ll extend a helping hand to another who wants to get up from a fall.
🤗 A Better Life ~ The Dance of Lovers
When two deeply in love dance, they dance as one, moving to the beat of their hearts and guided by an unseen force only they understand.
🤗 A Better Life ~ Take Ten Minutes
Life is better when we have a cheerleader, someone who believes in us, has our back, and encourages us at every turn. Take ten minutes and be a cheerleader for someone in your life. A quick text or email encouraging them may be all that person needs to have a great day and maybe do something special. It all happened because YOU took ten minutes.Â
🤗 A Better Life ~ My Fig Tree’s Lessons
My fig tree is showing off with new green leaves. I see the promise of a rich harvest of figs later this summer (if the mockingbirds don’t get too greedy). The fig tree teaches me patience. I had to be patient through the winter before the the fig tree began to bud (ah, the cold weather didn’t kill it. It was playing possum). I have to be patient to wait for figs to appear and ripen. I have a job to water and nurture my fig tree if the harvest is to happen. Thanks for lessons fig tree.
🤗 A Better Life ~ How Will You Respond?
We all get angry. Anger happens. We all have stimuli generates a flash point. Although we can’t help feeling angry, we can choose how we respond to the stimuli that caused our anger. We can lash out and later regret what we said and/or did. Or, we  can choose not to respond until we can clearly understand what happened. At that point, we can choose how to respond or not respond. Not much good comes from lashing out.Â
🤗 A Better Life ~ Disappointed? Don’t Be – Something Better is Waiting
Disappointments are part of life. Any time we fail to get something we really want, disappointment comes knocking at the door. With each disappointment we can either retreat or push ahead. Learn from disappointments – they offer life lessons. Don’t give up, each disappointment may be the key to something better. Push ahead!
🤗 A Better Life ~ Be a Friend
I have a friend who’s headed for disappointment. There’s not much I can do as my friend is all in on going down the road they’ve chosen. Often times, the best we can do is let our friend run down the road and when they hit the disappointment wall, be a friend to them. Friends stand by  each other 24/7.Â
