A nice long nap, an afternoon browsing by yourself in a bookstore, an arts and crafts store, a home improvement store, a clothing store; time spent curled up in a chair reading a mystery, a romance, an inspirational book; time spent in complete silence in your bedroom, the bathroom, your car; time spent all by yourself. As women we don’t get that very often.

If we have families, we are always seeing to their needs or many of us have demanding careers or are involved in other activities. I have been blessed to have experienced some “by myself” time  when my husband and my kids were out and about. At times I choose not to go with them because I need to sit quietly by myself. When they return after a few hours I can give myself to them again, because believe it or not I have been rejuvenated.

You and I….  We owe it to ourselves, we owe it to our families, our friends to give ourselves to ourselves so that we will be worth giving  ourselves away.

BTW: Stumble upon this cool blog post last night, I tought it was nice and wanted to share.  The name of the blog is called Mommy’s Quiet Time and the post was called “If You Could be Anywhere…Right Now…”

We all know the power of words. They have the power to make us smile, to help us feel good about ourselves, to help us make decisions, to encourage us, but they also have the power to hurt, to discourage, to destroy. 

A few years ago I purchased a book called 365 Words of Well-Being for Women by Rachel Snyder and it has led me on an amazing journey. Each word and the accompanying explanation serves to encourage all those who read.

As women, we tend to be the encouragers for our spouses, children, family members, friends, co-worker, but we also need to be encouraged.

We need to be told that we can achieve, that we should move, that we should act upon our dreams, that we should explore new things, express ourselves and the wonderful list  goes on and on. 

Rachel Snyder says: “This is a book about freedom, filled with simple things you can do to grow and create and move and reweave the life that you yearn for, that you richly deserve. These are words to comfort and to invigorate, to nurture and to savor.” 

Yes, there is power in words, so use these 365  words to empower yourself, to motivate you, to elevate yourself, to help you accomplish your dreams.

I was recently watching a television special about Oprah Winfrey and her “O” factor.

The experience has been that if she mentions your product, your name, your business, your book on her show, it typically means instant success for the lucky person or persons.

While you and I may not have the benefits of an “O” factor, we can use something that will make our lives just as successful- the “P” factor.

The “P” factor is the thinking “Positive” factor. 

Ron Jensen, author of Taking the Lead has this to say about being positive:

• Feel positive emotions
• Thing positive thoughts
• Focus on the positive in people
• Offer positive prayers
• Speak positive words
• Practice positive actions

We’ve all heard about the power of positive thinking and hopefully if we put the famous adage “When life gives you lemons, make lemonade” into practice, we’ll have our wildest dreams come true.

 I’m positive!!!!!!!