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7 for Seven

I’m BAAACCK!!! My runaway/mini vacation was excellent. I really enjoyed my experience and now I can get back into this blogging business, which quite happily for me has become a big part of my gratitude practice.

…every Monday, we post seven positives from the previous seven days of the week as a reminder of what we have so that the week starts out on an upswing. There is much truth in the belief that happy people attract good things, so it is important to start the week out right. Sometimes it’s the more grand, but other times, it’s the simple things.
~ Key + Arrow

7 for Seven originated at Key + Arrow and I think being thankful for all the goodness in my life has been the best way to start my week. So much so Mondays are becoming one of my favourite days of the week. I love reminding myself how much I have to be thankful for.

So here are my 7 positives for this week:

7 for Seven week 10

My hope is that by turning my focus to all that I have to be grateful for at the start of my work week, by sowing my own seeds of faith and gratitude, I can carry with me and reap the rewards of “positivity + balance + bliss” throughout the days ahead.

What are you grateful for this week? Please feel free to share below.

Quote of the Day

Some of us think
holding on makes us strong;
but sometimes it is letting go.
– Hermann Hesse

7 for Seven

It is kinda hard to believe that we at the end of February already. It seems that just yesterday we were starting the year. However, 8 Mondays in and my 7 for Seven gratitude practice has slowly but surely begun changing my view of the beginning of the week.

…every Monday, we post seven positives from the previous seven days of the week as a reminder of what we have so that the week starts out on an upswing. There is much truth in the belief that happy people attract good things, so it is important to start the week out right. Sometimes it’s the more grand, but other times, it’s the simple things.
~ Key + Arrow

7 for Seven originated at Key + Arrow and I think being thankful for all the goodness in my life has been the best way to start my week. So much so Mondays are becoming one of my favourite days of the week. I love reminding myself how much I have to be thankful for.

So here are my 7 positives for this week:

7 for Seven week 8

My hope is that by turning my focus to all that I have to be grateful for at the start of my work week, by sowing my own seeds of faith and gratitude, I can carry with me and reap the rewards of “positivity + balance + bliss” throughout the days ahead.

What are you grateful for this week? Please feel free to share below.

My favourite things

The Really Good Stuff These are a few of my favourite things I found around the interwebs this week:

Need a better way to wake up in the morning? Then read this.

I’ve been bitten by the travel bug and this article is full of inspiration.

Want more love? Then read this.

“The only story that matters, is the one you want to write.” Ash keeps it real in this Ted Talk.

BBQ: We plan and God laughs

I am a control freak planner. However, this life of mine…has rarely if at all gone according to the “plans” I envision for myself. I suppose that is part of the fun of living. And I’m learning to love the adventure.

Today’s Beautiful Blog Quote comes from Therese Shwenkler, creator of The Unlost who shared this on Wednesday. And according to newly minted 30-year-old Therese, “…this life, right here, right now, no matter how off-track it may feel right now, is exactly it.”…and I totally agree. All we get is this one precious life and that’s it.

THIS IS IT. You don’t have time. All you have is right now.

What are you doing with your time? Are you happy? Are you excited for another day?

Earlier today I was telling my sister that I am on the path towards yet another fork in the road. I see it up ahead and I am excited to meet it. And as I move towards it, which ever way I choose to go, I know that it will lead to another adventure.

Whatever the path, there is no good or bad…just experience and lessons. And that is okay. Because while I set goals and have a destination in mind and work towards that end, I have released the attachment to a specific outcome. And I have most definitely released the need to have a strict road map to get there. I will dream. I will act. I might succeed. I might fail. Either way, I will learn. I will grow. And I will start again.

Life is about growth, not about progressing according to “plans.” It is about growing, step by step and day by day, into the person you were meant to be. It’s about claiming the life that is yours and yours alone, the life that can’t be rigidly planned and mapped out because it’s yet to be explored — until now.” – Therese Shwenkler

BBQ 22.02.14

Therese describes her blog as “a reality check for those who are faking their way through life. Be you and don’t be ashamed of it.” If this resonates with you, click here to read more about her journey.

Now my lovelies, has your life gone according to “plan”? Yes or no…please feel free to share below.

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I’m participating in this wonderful series created by Kozo over at everydaygurus.com If you haven’t heard about it please click here to read more.

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