Angelou On The Power Of Words (CBS News)

Rosemarie is very Dear to my heart, I watched her as a child and admired her as her blossomed into beautiful, talented, confident and independent young woman.And now I am so proud to present to you Rosemarie’s commentary on women loving their selves and considering their selves Beautiful without needing outside validation. In other words, ladies I want you to love yourself so much and so intensely that no one on this earth can love your better. Only God is pure love, God’s love is everlasting and steadfast, God loved you so much He gave His only begotten son so you can have life and have it more abundantly. Now that is love. Ladies take time to learn to love and validate yourself more and more until you do not need or desire to hear someone whisper in your ear, “Baby I love you.” Please read my Rose take on our talented Fantasia and what happened to her because she believe she needed someone to love her……..Beautiful . . . Againby Rosemarie Wilson on Thursday, September 30, 2010 at 9:12amO.k., so what! I’m having another reality television moment. I told you before that I’m a reality television addict! This blog relates to one of my American Idol favorites R&B singer Fantasia Barrino. Fantasia won the hearts of many Americans with her sultry sound on American Idol and has since released three albums, sold millions of records and starred on Broadway. To bring you up to speed, if you’re not already ahead of me, Fantasia attempted suicide in August 2010 after an affair with a married/separated man. She met this gentleman suitor at a retail telephone store and became enamored with him because he told her “things that no one else told her . . . that she’s beautiful.” I hope there was more to her admiration for this man other than that fact. If I heard Fantasia correctly, even after she won American Idol, became famous and starred on Broadway, no other man told her how special or how beautiful she was until this man came along? If he was the first to speak these words to her, today’s men need sensitivity training! Don’t you guys know that women are sensitive beings and love to be complimented? As I write this blog while listening to Fantasia singing “I’m Here” from the Color Purple wherein she sings that she’s beautiful, those words obviously didn’t sink in prior to her attempted suicide. Fantasia is actually singing about the very thing she’s been longing for but failed to give the appropriate attention. We are only as beautiful as we feel. We must learn to love and pay attention to ourselves. We must learn to uplift our spirits. We must learn to give ourselves the props we deserve which can be done humbly and without developing an arrogant spirit. If we look to hear certain words from others before reciting them to ourselves, like Fantasia, it may be decades before we hear what we should already know—we are BEAUTIFUL. No matter how ugly we may think certain physical attributes about ourselves are, we are all beautiful! Bullies in society who are insecure with themselves oftentimes put others down in order to uplift themselves. These acts can create low self-esteem, hatred, doubt in our abilities and a myriad of other adverse emotions which could possibly lead to mental instability—then the bullies would win! No two people are alike, even identical twins. Every situation is different. There’s someone out here for everyone and he or she will come along when the time is right! We must be patient and learn to celebrate ourselves before we pass that task along to someone else. Sometimes we can be our worst critics. We all have at least one thing about ourselves that we’d like to change or that we think isn’t beautiful. I may not like the corns on my toes, but my feet are beautiful because I’m blessed to have them! I may not like the gap in my teeth, but I love my smile. I may not like the fact that I hover taller than my beau in heels, but I step like an Alvin Ailey dancer when I rock stilettos. I may not like the extra weight that I carry, but I love that my doctors report that I’m a healthy human being. I don’t like the fact that I forget what I went to grab from downstairs after I’ve returned upstairs, but I love that I’m able to put words together in this blog and pen a poem or two. I despise the lone strand of black hair that grows on my chin, but I love the fact that it reminds me of my mom who used to grow the same strand, but gray, on the opposite side of her chin. I don’t like the fact that my hair color is making my hair dry as the Mohave Desert, but I love that I’m blessed to have enough hair of my own to comb. Know that whatever physical attribute you dislike about yourself, you are beautiful, there’s someone else that wishes they had what you have and someone will love you and every one of your flaws. Learn to love you, no matter what! Wrote a poem about it, wanna read it? Here it go :-) Love You! If your waist is thin with anorexic skin, love you!If your breath is foul and others scowl, love you!If you walk with a limp and act like a wimp, love you!If the car you drive barely lets you arrive alive, love you!If the words you think disappear when you blink, love you!If being broke is no joke and you’ve lost all hope, love you!If your hair is coarse and there’s no other recourse, love you!If you’re short and small but wish to be large and tall, love you!If scholars affirm you’re astute but ignorance refutes, love you!If you can’t cook a lick but microwaving does the trick, love you!If the smile on your face is jack-o-lanterned or braced, love you!If your legs scrape together and are rough like leather, love you!If your eyes roll like a toad and you can’t see the road, love you!If you’ve had love but lost and desire love at any cost, love you!If you’re your only friend and have trouble blending in, love you!If you’re a victim of ridicule, it’s them who are the fools, love you!If you’re overweight and can’t push away from the plate, love you!If your bank account is depleted, you won’t be defeated, love you!If you wear magnifying glasses and no one makes passes, love you!If pimples connect like dots and you don’t think you’re hot, love you!If popularity with the opposite gender causes you to surrender, love you!If your toes are shaped like hammers, it really doesn’t matter, love you!If your clothes of last years’ styles won’t be replaced for a while, love you!Love you!Love you! © 2009Rosemarie Wilsonwww.onesinglerose.com

WhenYou Run out of Motivation

What to do when you run out of motivation

"If we all did the things we are capable of doing, we would literally astound ourselves."

- Thomas Edison

Today is the first day for the rest of your life! 

 Have you heard this before? When I heard this statement as a child I could not grasp the meaning; my small idea of life had no concept of the “rest of my life.” Now that I have been blessed to be sixty one years young, the meaning is completely clear to me. 


 Below you will find lessons and steps to do when you feel low, feel like a flat tire, or like lying in bed because you do not have anything to do or to look forward to doing. But before you read Mr. Anthony’s ideas and suggestions; here are a few thoughts of motivation from God our Father, who loves us unconditionally, who instructs us though His Word, the Bible. 

• Pick out one or two or three Bible verses and repeat
•  them fives in the morning when you first get up
• fives time at 12 noon and
• five times in bed before you go to sleep. Do this for 30 days and then give us your feed back of how standing of the Word of God has affected your life.

Testimonies and Praise Reports: auntiedonna007@gmail.com


In the Lord, put your trust. - Psalms 11:1
If you can believe, all things are possible to him who believeth. - Mark 9:23


If you have faith as a grain of mustard seed, you will say to your mountain, "MOVE!" and it WILL move... and NOTHING will be impossible for YOU! - Matthew 17:20


In the Lord, put your trust. - Psalms 11:1


The Lord will guide you always, he will satisfy your needs in a sun-scorched land. You will be like a spring whose waters never fail. - Isaiah 58:11


If you can believe, all things are possible to him who believeth. - Mark 9:23


Thou shall decree a thing and it shall be established unto thee and a light shall shine upon thy ways. - Job 22:28


Wait on the Lord, be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart. Wait, I say on the Lord. - Psalms 27:14


Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him and He shall direct your paths. - Proverbs 3:5,6


Behold I am with thee, and will keep thee in all places whither thou goes. - Genesis 28:15


And I am sure that he who began a good work in you will complete it. - Philippians 1:6


With God all things are possible. - Matthew 19:26


Fear thou not . . . I will strengthen thee. . . I will help thee. - Isaiah 41:10


Your Father know what things you have need of before you ask Him. - Matthew 6:8


Come unto me, ye who are weary and overburdened, and I will give you rest. - Matthew 11:28


Every word of God is pure: he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him. - Proverbs 30:5


And this is the confidence that we have in Him, that, if we ask any thing according to His will, He heareth us: And if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of Him. - 1 John 5:14-15


For God hath not given us a spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind. - 2 Timothy 1:7


I can do all things through Christ which strengthened me. - Philippians 4:13




What to do when you run out of motivation
By ANTHONY on JUNE 27, 2007
When you run out of positive energy and motivation, it’s a lot like a car running out of petrol. Instead of moving towards your destination, suddenly everything comes to a grinding halt.


In the same way that a car needs petrol to operate, you need positive energy to fuel your journey to success. Here’s the true story that taught me this valuable lesson…
I had just finished the hectic task of moving house and the final thing I needed to do was drop off some keys to the property manager before 5pm.
After battling heavy traffic, I made it to the property managers’ office with just a few minutes to spare. I parked in what I thought was a 15 minute parking spot and rushed into the building. I returned to my car no more than five minutes later to find a $107 parking ticket on my windscreen. I checked the parking sign and found that the area was a no parking zone between 4 and 5pm. It was 4.56pm!
Coming at the end of an exhausting couple of days of packing and moving furniture, this was the last straw! I was annoyed, angry and frustrated. As I drove home. my positive energy tank was empty and I was in a very negative state of mind.
I decided that I needed to get off the road and have a break so I stopped off at a large shopping complex. I walked into a Borders book store and browsed the shelves in an attempt to calm down.
I came across a book by Farah Gray who is a young man who grew up in the Chicago projects and went on to become a millionaire at the age of 14. As I read about his struggles and journey to success, I could almost feel the positive energy filling up my internal energy tank. I felt my anxiety and frustration melt away and after reading a few chapters of the book, I was in a completely different frame of mind.
I left Borders feeling completely reenergized and full of motivation which was amazing considering the way I had felt when I walked into the store. It really did feel like I had made a pit stop and filled my tanks with positive energy and motivation.

This Weeks Action Steps

1. Recognize that the positive feelings of joy, love, happiness and motivation are the fuel that drives you to success.


2. Understand that just like a car runs out of petrol, we sometimes run out of positive energy, especially when we are tired or facing stressful situations.


3. Learn to recognize when your ‘positive energy’ tanks are empty by examining how you feel.

4. When your tanks are empty, a great thing to do is to change your environment and go somewhere where you can ‘refuel’. Two of the best refueling stations are bookshops and libraries.


5. Fill your tanks with positive energy by reading an uplifting book or watching an inspirational DVD. If you can’t make it to a bookshop, visit the inspirational video page of this website.


5. Once you have refueled your tanks with positive energy, you will be ready to continue on your journey to success!
Until next time,
Dare to dream!
Anthony
This lesson was retrieved from: http://www.anthonyfernando.com/2007/06/27/what-to-do-when-you-run-out-of-motivation/, on May 3, 2011

FREE CROCHET PATTERENS

Free Time Ideas

FREE CROCHET PATTERENS

Our Spare Time

I Decided I needed to do something like I use to during my spare time, while watching TV.  TV, does not require my full attention, so instead of switching channels, I decided to crochet small projects.  So, I signed up for a Free Crochet pattern Web site.

This site offers so many projects that include recipes, craft projects as well as crochet patterns.  Check it out, because you may just find something you would like to try. 

LOOKS BETTER WITHOUT NECKLACE?

 I am going to try to make this Rose choker, without the leaves and I think I will use off white for the choker / red rose for one and a pink choker with a fuchsia rose.  What do you think about those combinations?

www.allfreecrochet.com/Roses/Rose-Choker

      We will use several of the craft ideas during my Day Care Spring Break and Summer Program to help the children develop their creative genes.   

This is a flash thought or I should say a God Idea: We will make gift items this year and save them so the children will have gifts from the heart to give for birthday’s, special occasions and the next gift giving holidays that rolls around.  Wow, Thank you, Jesus, I have been looking for a way to teach my little ones the art of giving from the heart.  Thanks for the wisdom and insight.

This web site will help you to find free lessons so you can learn how to crochet for beginners.

www.crochetme.com/topics/how-to-crochet.aspx

Written instructions are found at:

http://crochet-mania.blogspot.com/2010/01/how-to-crochet-...

  Wait a minute, I think I am getting too involved, I just found a You Tube video from “All Free Crochet”.  They offer several but this is for Pony Tails Holders.

 

http://crochet-mania-hats.blogspot.com//

 

http://crochet-mania-hats.blogspot.com//vv

 Theresa has a gang of cute hat patterns and how to lessons for you to watch and learn from.

Have fun!

There is just one more thing I forgot to say, hobbies like knitting or crocheting or sign language helps to keep our fingers limber and lose.

 

Rose Choker Author: Ilana MacDonald choke

Crochet Hook: E/4 or 3.5 mm hook      Yarn Weight: (2) Fine (23-26 stitches to 4 inches)

Introduction: This is a pattern for a rose choker. It was meant as a surprise present for a friend using leftover yarn from a project she asked me to do. The rose pattern was taken from the "Brier Rose" pattern by Jennifer Fletcher from Anticraft: Knitting, Beading and Stitching for the Slightly Sinister by Renée Rigdon and Zabet Stewart, and the leaf pattern is the "Basic Small Leaf" from Nicky Epstein's Crocheted Flowers. The body of the choker is of my own design.

Materials List:    1. A small amount of baby weight cotton yarn in red and green (the smoother the better) 2. 3.5mm crochet hook,  3.  A pretty button (about 3/4" in diameter) in a complementary color (I used a red button).

Finished Size: The choker band is a little less than an inch (2.5cm) wide, and it should be long enough to fit snugly around your neck. The rose and leaves can be any size you want.

Gauge: I got approximately 14 stitches per 2" (5cm), but since the number of stitches you begin with is dependent on the circumference of your neck, it's better just to go with that and not worry too much about gauge.

The Pattern 

Chain. Stands for chain stitch

Choker (green) or your choice
make a chain ribbon the length of the circumference of your neck with an even number of chain.
row 1: sc in 2nd chain from hook, sc in each chain to end, chain 3, turn.
row 2: *skip 1st st, dc in 2nd st, dc in 1st st, making an X, rep from * to end, chain 1, turn.
row 3: sc in each sc across, 2sc in ch 3 from row 2, ch 8, 2 sc in ch 3, fasten off.
leaf (green, make two):
ch 8
row 1: sl st in 2nd ch from hook, in each ch, 1 sc, 1 hdc, 1 dc, 1 hdc, 1 sc, 3 sc in last ch, working around other side of chain in each ch, 1 sc, 1 hdc, 1 dc, 1 hdc, 1 sc, 1 sl st, join with sl st in first sl st.

row 2: working blo, sl st in each st to 3 sc group, sl st in first sc, ch 2, skip next sc, sl st in 3rd sc, sl st in each st to end. Join with sl st in first sl st. Ch 4 for stem.
Fasten off.
flower (red): or your choice
make adjustable ring
rnd 1: 5sc into adj ring, join, ch1 [5]
rnd 2: sc in each st around, join, ch1 [5]
rnd 3: 2 sc in each st around, join, ch1 [10]
inside petals:
rnd 4: working flo, *(sc, ch1, dc, ch1, sc) in next st, sl st in next st, rep from * around (5 petals)
rnd 5: working blo, *sc in next st, 2 sc in next st, rep from * around, join, ch1 [15]

middle and outside petals:
rnd 6: working flo, *(sc, hdc, dc) in next st, (dc, hdc, sc) in next st, sl st in next st, rep from * around, ch 1 (5 petals)
rnd 7: working blo, *(hdc, dc, tr) in next st, (tr, dc, hdc) in next st, sl st in next st, rep from * around. (5 petals)

Fasten off.

Sew in ends, sew leaves and rose to center of choker, and sew the button to the end of the choker, opposite the button loop.

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