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Wednesday Words // no. 013

Too much thinking, not enough doing.

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This is my Note to Self for those days that I think too much and make plans of things to do that just float around in my brain but somehow never quite get done. Now to go out and DO. Time to make things happen.

And by the way, it’s totally a plus that this reminder is so beautifully scripted. Gotta appreciate some good design (:

I hope your week has been amazing so far!

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Every Wednesday, I share a quote + some thoughts that have been especially relevant in my life during the week. Read more Wednesday Words here.

Wednesday Words // no. 012

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This is one of those lessons that I’ve really learned this year.

Be open.

Be open to change, to people, to situations + circumstances, to whatever comes next. Be open to whatever God is doing.

Being open certainly isn’t easy. It’s one of those things that makes you feel uncomfortable and vulnerable, and like nothing is within your control.

But once you choose to be open and embrace whatever God sends your way, you’ll be amazed at how much your perspective changes + how many good things come your way. Once you choose to accept them.

I can certainly attest to the truth in that.

It’s a hard lesson, but a necessary one. One that I’m still learning, but so grateful that I’m slowly but surely grasping.

Here’s to Wednesday!

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Every Wednesday, I share a quote + some thoughts that have been especially relevant in my life during the week. Read more Wednesday Words here.

Wednesday Words // no. 011

Do work

You might’ve have heard me mention this before, but now I will emphatically say that Math is so not my thing. And for that, I will always be grateful to the friend(s) who cared about me enough to tell me that I shouldn’t be a Business major.

But just because Math isn’t my thing, it doesn’t mean I get to run away or ignore it. It only means that I need to work harder to get better at it. So while summer school this year has been a little bit of a struggle with this Statistics and Probability class I’m taking, I’m just working harder and putting in more effort to get good at this.

Only three more weeks left of this class, and I’m ready to tackle this giant for good.
Let’s do this.

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Every Wednesday, I share a quote + some thoughts that have been especially relevant in my life during the week. Read more Wednesday Words here.

Wednesday Words // no . 010

{Words to live by}

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This week, I saw beauty through an act of kindness shown to me.

On Monday, I was privileged to receive a short + sweet note attached to a yummy slice of lemon meringue pie. It wasn’t anything earth-shattering or life-changing. In fact, the giver probably didn’t even think much of it or that it was even a big deal at all.

But it was the thought behind it that really touched me – the unexpected love and encouragement at the end of a long day; it certainly made my day and week.

And it made me realize how it is the little moments in life that add up to the big ones. It is the small acts that make a difference. It reminded me of how blessed I am, how grateful I can be for the people who choose to make a difference to my life with small acts of kindness.

There is so much beauty to behold in this life, if only we would open our eyes to see it.
Happy Wednesday!

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Every Wednesday, I share a quote + some thoughts that have been especially relevant in my life during the week. Read more Wednesday Words here.

Wednesday words // no. 008

Be yourself

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(I couldn’t find the original link, so if anyone knows, please let me know!)

I don’t know how this is for you. But I realize how easy it is for me to get caught up with what everyone else thinks, and fall into the trap of letting their opinions become more important than they should be. It’s too easy to over-think things, to let the opinions of others intimidate and influence my life more than is good for me.

So this is a constant reminder, my Note to Self: Live for an Audience of One.
And be done with the rest.

Here’s to a good Wednesday!

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Every Wednesday, I share a quote + some thoughts that have been especially relevant in my life during the week. Read more Wednesday Words here.

Wednesday words // no. 006

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Routine.

Dictionary.com defines it as:

  • a customary or regular course of procedure
  • commonplace tasks, chores or duties as must be done regularly or at specified intervals; typical or everyday activity
  • regular, unvarying, habitual, unimaginative, or rote procedure.

In some ways, it’s a pretty big word. And it isn’t as commonplace or boring or every day as we may first think.

Because routine is the stuff that life is made out of. It may not always be as interesting, exciting, or instagram-worthy as we think it should be. But there is such a beauty in routine that memory keepers and scrapbookers are choosing to put all the everyday stories in their scrapbooks.

Routine signifies something bigger – it signifies being able to wake up to a new day of life, of fresh starts. Having a routine is having another new day to be thankful for. Routine is what makes each day what it is.

At this point, I’m working on reinventing my routine and trying to make it as productive as I can. I’m not quite there yet. But with God’s grace and strength, I’ll get there soon enough.

Wake up and smell the routine.

Maybe, routine isn’t such a bad thing after all.
Turns out, it may actually be something pretty good.

And to be honest, I actually like having a routine and quite miss having mine when I get out of it for awhile.

Happy Wednesday! I hope you are enjoying your routine today.

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Each Wednesday, I share a quote + some thoughts that have been especially relevant in my life during the week. Read more Wednesday Words here.

Wednesday words // no. 005

Life

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This past week, God taught (and re-taught) me lessons about who He is, about His grace and sovereignty, about life, about myself and things that I need to learn/am still learning.

I definitely haven’t got it all figured out. But I am reminded that while I can’t control what happens in life, I can choose my responses + reactions – my perspectives, my attitudes, my words, my actions, my thoughts. These are things I get to choose.

And with God’s help, I’ll make the right choices.

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Each Wednesday, I share a quote + some thoughts that have been especially relevant in my life during the week. Read more Wednesday Words here.

Wednesday words // no. 004

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True that.

I’m constantly working on getting rid of bad old habits and creating healthy new ones. And I daresay, breaking old habits is hard. But this quote really reminds me of the hard truth that whether I like it or not, the choices I make each day contribute to the person I eventually become.

Consistency is hard. But consistency is key.

And I want to consistently be the kind of person God wants me to be.

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Each Wednesday, I share a quote + some thoughts that have been especially relevant in my life during the week. Read more Wednesday Words here.

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"Everyone can find a way to keep changing for the better -- to keep growing and flourishing." -- Martha Stewart, Living the Good Long Life

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Especially this week, I’m reminded of the need to constantly be growing and changing and improving for the better. This life will never be perfect on this side of eternity. So it will always be a process, a journey, a cycle of learning and getting better. And somehow, I think my mom would especially agree with me this week (;

I know my week’s been full of reminders to change for the better so far. I hope yours has been full of good things!