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I made a decision that I have been thinking about for the past couple of days - I am going to include the same thing everyday as 1 of my 3 beautiful things. I know that sounds like cheating or something, but this one thing is something that I do everyday for myself that really is really just for me and it is the most important part of my day. Every morning I sit on my back porch with this laptop and drink a few cups of coffee and smoke a few cigarettes. I just sit here and do things online like catch up on my email and other blogs I read everyday and so forth. And I just enjoy the nature around me, I live right on the edge of a forest so there is a lot of nature around me, mostly just birds, owls, and wild hogs. I just sit here and watch them all and enjoy my time alone as the sun comes up. I'm usually out here around 5am or so and I stay out here until the baby wakes up, usually around 9am or so. So i figured I have to include this as one of my 3 beautiful things because it is so important to me and like I said the best part of everyday for me. And I'll just tell you about my thoughts and what I see sitting here, I hope its not a turn off and I hope you dont think its cheating.
Since I wrote all that and it is Thursday morning now I wont go into details about my reflections yesterday except to tell you what I saw. Yesterday the mama hog and her 6 piglets visited me early. They usually show up around 6:30-7am for a few minutes and I usually see them every couple of days or so. Well yesterday they were early and only 3 piglets came out. They normally all come out to my bird feeder and eat whats on the ground or root right by the edge of the trees. I could here mama and the rest in the woods, but didnt see them. It worries a bit, just because I hope they are all ok. The piglets are so cute, my favorite one is a brown one with black spots. He's kind of like the blacksheep of the family. Hes the only one with spots and hes kind of a loner, I guess thats why hes my fav. I'm kind of a loner and the black sheep of my family. I know it sounds crazy, but I can feel something from him, like an auroa (sorry dont know how to spell it) or something. He and I made eye contact one day and it was almost blissful. I know that sounds nuts and no I'm not trying to be a pig whisperer or something. It was just something very real. So anyway I hope they're all ok and I hope I see all of them today.
My next thing is a pretty major thing for me as well. I stood up for myself at work lastnight, which is not usually me. I am usually such a passive person that I'm usually everyones doormat. But lastnight my boss was telling me and another person that I wasnt doing something that I was doing. So I stood my ground and did what I had to do until I was able to prove the truth. Well once the truth was revealed I was appologized to and actually given props for the fact that I was doing it so well. Ok see, I work at Food Lion as a cashier and we are supposed to greet every customer that walks in, "Hi, welcome to Food Lion, bla bla bla". Well the big boss was telling my supervisor that myself and another girl were not greeting people. Now first of all, I took this job because I like working with the public and I enjoy talking to people. And I know how important it is to them that we do this. They make it very clear to us that Food Lion wants the public to feel at home and very welcomed once they walk in the door. Now no matter what my job is I always take pride in what I do. So I make sure I greet people, granted I may not greet everyone, but I certainly do try. Ya know, if I'm engaged in conversation with my customer at the register its kind of hard to greet someone else. Especially if I am talking at the exact moment when a patron walks in. I mean am I wrong for not understanding how to talk to 2 different people at the same exact moment? Besides I feel its rude to stop talking to my customer just to greet someone else, especially if another cashier has already greeted this same person. Anyway, I made it very clear to them that I was greeting people, as many as I could, and I told them I'm not about to be reprimanded for something that I am doing well. My supervisor just kept saying, "well just do it ok?" I kept saying, "no, I am doing it!" Anyway about an hour later I still wasnt stopping until I finally got both of them to look at the tapes of me at the front. And they both saw that I was greeting as many customers as I could while taking care of my customers at my register. They both apologized and told me that I was actually doing a good job and it was the other cashier who was not doing hers. This was a big step for me because normally I would just say ok, ok, whatever. But for some reason I was not about to go down for something that I was already doing and that I felt I was already doing well. So it felt good to stand up for myself and I think I"ll be doing more of that. This is thanks to Priscilla, my counselor for teaching me that its not ok to be walked on and that I should stand up for my job well done. So thank you Priscilla.
My 3rd thing was also work related. Another employee asked if her and I could switch shifts. She was to leave at 9pm and I was to leave at 11pm. She wanted to stay until 11 and asked if I would leave at 9pm. So I thought about and I realized how exhausted I was and agreed. So I took care of myself first and came home and went to bed early and caught up on some much needed sleep.
Since I wrote all that and it is Thursday morning now I wont go into details about my reflections yesterday except to tell you what I saw. Yesterday the mama hog and her 6 piglets visited me early. They usually show up around 6:30-7am for a few minutes and I usually see them every couple of days or so. Well yesterday they were early and only 3 piglets came out. They normally all come out to my bird feeder and eat whats on the ground or root right by the edge of the trees. I could here mama and the rest in the woods, but didnt see them. It worries a bit, just because I hope they are all ok. The piglets are so cute, my favorite one is a brown one with black spots. He's kind of like the blacksheep of the family. Hes the only one with spots and hes kind of a loner, I guess thats why hes my fav. I'm kind of a loner and the black sheep of my family. I know it sounds crazy, but I can feel something from him, like an auroa (sorry dont know how to spell it) or something. He and I made eye contact one day and it was almost blissful. I know that sounds nuts and no I'm not trying to be a pig whisperer or something. It was just something very real. So anyway I hope they're all ok and I hope I see all of them today.
My next thing is a pretty major thing for me as well. I stood up for myself at work lastnight, which is not usually me. I am usually such a passive person that I'm usually everyones doormat. But lastnight my boss was telling me and another person that I wasnt doing something that I was doing. So I stood my ground and did what I had to do until I was able to prove the truth. Well once the truth was revealed I was appologized to and actually given props for the fact that I was doing it so well. Ok see, I work at Food Lion as a cashier and we are supposed to greet every customer that walks in, "Hi, welcome to Food Lion, bla bla bla". Well the big boss was telling my supervisor that myself and another girl were not greeting people. Now first of all, I took this job because I like working with the public and I enjoy talking to people. And I know how important it is to them that we do this. They make it very clear to us that Food Lion wants the public to feel at home and very welcomed once they walk in the door. Now no matter what my job is I always take pride in what I do. So I make sure I greet people, granted I may not greet everyone, but I certainly do try. Ya know, if I'm engaged in conversation with my customer at the register its kind of hard to greet someone else. Especially if I am talking at the exact moment when a patron walks in. I mean am I wrong for not understanding how to talk to 2 different people at the same exact moment? Besides I feel its rude to stop talking to my customer just to greet someone else, especially if another cashier has already greeted this same person. Anyway, I made it very clear to them that I was greeting people, as many as I could, and I told them I'm not about to be reprimanded for something that I am doing well. My supervisor just kept saying, "well just do it ok?" I kept saying, "no, I am doing it!" Anyway about an hour later I still wasnt stopping until I finally got both of them to look at the tapes of me at the front. And they both saw that I was greeting as many customers as I could while taking care of my customers at my register. They both apologized and told me that I was actually doing a good job and it was the other cashier who was not doing hers. This was a big step for me because normally I would just say ok, ok, whatever. But for some reason I was not about to go down for something that I was already doing and that I felt I was already doing well. So it felt good to stand up for myself and I think I"ll be doing more of that. This is thanks to Priscilla, my counselor for teaching me that its not ok to be walked on and that I should stand up for my job well done. So thank you Priscilla.
My 3rd thing was also work related. Another employee asked if her and I could switch shifts. She was to leave at 9pm and I was to leave at 11pm. She wanted to stay until 11 and asked if I would leave at 9pm. So I thought about and I realized how exhausted I was and agreed. So I took care of myself first and came home and went to bed early and caught up on some much needed sleep.
Well I discovered that this looks better when you do all 3 things at one time in 1 post. So sorry, now I know. I planted my broken tree - that was nice. My second thing is the picture I have posted below. I belong to "Postcrossing.com" - you register your address and they give you someone elses address, you send that person a postcard and then someone sends you a postcard. i love it. I started it because I was feeling a little out of place in the world, kind of like out of touch with everyone/everything. So I figured this would help make me feel connected, I guess. Well it works. I love getting postcards from people all around the world and I love sending them too. I have gotten some pretty awesome stamps along the way too. Anyway, today, for the first time, I received 2 postcards at one time. Any day I receive a card it makes me feel good, but today was extra special because I got 2. I also sent 4 today. So below are the postcards I received - sorry I dont know why the pic is sideways.
The 3rd beautiful thing for today is this. The fact that I actually started my own blog is so awesome for me. I've been thinking about doing this but never really sat down to do it and today I did. And I am glad I did too, I love this.
The 3rd beautiful thing for today is this. The fact that I actually started my own blog is so awesome for me. I've been thinking about doing this but never really sat down to do it and today I did. And I am glad I did too, I love this.
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Hello and welcome to my blog. This is my 1st blog ever, so bare with me please. My friend Hiedi turned me on to the "3 Beautiful Things" idea. I think its just awesome, what a way to start a blog (i mean its easy, apparently it is a popular idea, and it makes you learn to love yourself). I even got my husband to start one, he hasnt actually started one yet, but he will soon as soon as I set him up on here which I think I'll do right after this. Anyway, I dont have to tell you anything about myself here because my bio is to the left here, so lets get right to it.
It is still very early today, 7am, so I dont have much to say for right now. I just wanted to write something just to see what my blog will look like once i start posting my entries. I do have 1 thing planned so far for today that will hopefully make me feel good about myself. Well actually I know it will. My husband broke my baby tree with the lawn mower, that I was trying to grow (that my mom gave me!!!!) in the backyard yesterday. Nice of him, right?!?!?!? And.....he didnt even have the nerve to tell me he broke it, I found it this morning when I took our puppy out. Nice hun, thanks!!!!!!! Anyway, I am going to replant it today. But, instead of replanting it in the same spot, I am going to plant it in a large pot I have in front of my house and hopefully I can get it stabilized in a year or 2 and then transplant it for good. Otherwise, I know he'll just keep running it over. I really love this tree, I dont even know what kind it is, but I'll post a picture once I figure out how to. Hiedi will have to help me out with that one. So that will be 1 thing for today. It will make me feel good because I love caring for all living things and especially nursing anything/one back to good health.
So in the end, thanks hun for breaking my tree. You gave me my 1st beautiful thing for my very 1st blog ever!
It is still very early today, 7am, so I dont have much to say for right now. I just wanted to write something just to see what my blog will look like once i start posting my entries. I do have 1 thing planned so far for today that will hopefully make me feel good about myself. Well actually I know it will. My husband broke my baby tree with the lawn mower, that I was trying to grow (that my mom gave me!!!!) in the backyard yesterday. Nice of him, right?!?!?!? And.....he didnt even have the nerve to tell me he broke it, I found it this morning when I took our puppy out. Nice hun, thanks!!!!!!! Anyway, I am going to replant it today. But, instead of replanting it in the same spot, I am going to plant it in a large pot I have in front of my house and hopefully I can get it stabilized in a year or 2 and then transplant it for good. Otherwise, I know he'll just keep running it over. I really love this tree, I dont even know what kind it is, but I'll post a picture once I figure out how to. Hiedi will have to help me out with that one. So that will be 1 thing for today. It will make me feel good because I love caring for all living things and especially nursing anything/one back to good health.
So in the end, thanks hun for breaking my tree. You gave me my 1st beautiful thing for my very 1st blog ever!
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