SPARK on Monday

 

Happy Monday…………..and it’s time again for SPARKS.    Everyone is invited to participate by posting their OWN thoughts – SPARKS inspire all of us!   “SPARKS” was started by Annie McGuffy of McGuffy’s Reader but ended when her blog was hacked some time ago.  It was meant to be a way to start out each week with with a meaningful thought – something that spoke to each of us and hopefully everyone else who read it.    Sometimes we need a little “spark” in our lives and these posts were meant to at least be a PART of that effort.    Those of us who enjoyed sharing a SPARK with Annie have continued doing so on Mondays – and we hope one day soon Annie will be back blogging with us again.    Please feel free to post a SPARK of your own and let everyone know you have…….we get energy from each other that way!

Throughout my life I’ve never had a LOT of friends – I knew a lot of people but knowing someone and maintaining a close friendship with them for me was something different.    I had a close circle of people that I totally trusted and loved and they were my real friends.    I learned the VALUE of friendship.    Because I was a kid growing up in the Air Force with a Dad who moved his family per his assignments every two years, I tended to have three or four “besties”…….and I guess I just continued with that as I aged.   I’m still pretty much like that still.    I do know lots of people and I really like a lot of people, but still I don’t really have a lot of close friends.     I looked for a SPARK about friendship because my husband and I are very fortunate to have some very good friends and we appreciate them so much.    Many people cross our paths in our lives but just how many are true friends that stick with us through everything?

Gosh I love this graphic………..it makes my heart happy…………………..just like our friends make my heart happy!

Happy Monday………

Hugs, Pam

SPARK on Monday

SPARKS time again!   Every Monday in fact those of us who are participating in SPARKS post a little something to get the week started.  “SPARKS” was started by Annie McGuffy of McGuffy’s Reader but ended when her blog was hacked some time ago.  It was meant to be a way to start out each week with with a meaningful thought – something that spoke to each of us and hopefully everyone else who read it.    Sometimes we need a little “spark” in our lives and these posts were meant to at least be a PART of that effort.    Those of us who enjoyed sharing a SPARK with Annie have continued doing so on Mondays – and we hope one day soon Annie will be back blogging with us again.    Please feel free to post a SPARK of your own and let everyone know you have…….we get energy from each other that way!

Since I’ve been having a bit of a bout with patience lately, I looked for something that expressed that simply but honestly.    I found it in this:

Yep – that sums it up.    If it’s not meant to be, then try something else……….if you don’t reach your goal try another method of reaching it.   If you are impatient, it’s not your time!!    You would think at my age I would have learned to be more patient.   I really am VERY patient about most things but once in a while – rarely – I feel like I’m getting NOWHERE.    Then I remind myself that maybe it’s just not the right time for me?    Patience comes in handy!

Have a great week everyone…………………and try to be patient.  I will if you will.   (smile)

Hugs, Pam

 

SPARK on Monday

First Monday of a new year!    We’re all hoping for a better year…………..and this Monday thing we do with sharing SPARKS is probably more important now than ever before.    Let’s keep the SPARK going.   “SPARKS” was started by Annie McGuffy of McGuffy’s Reader but ended when her blog was hacked some time ago.  It was meant to be a way to start out each with with a meaningful thought – something that spoke to us and hopefully everyone who read it.    Sometimes we need a little “spark” in our lives and these posts were meant to at least be a PART of that effort.    Those of us who enjoyed sharing a SPARK have continued doing so on Mondays – and we hope one day soon Annie will be back blogging with us again. 

My SPARK for this week sure does speak to me.    We had what most people would call a BAD YEAR in 2020 and can all use a dose of HOPE and the STRENGTH to be patient enough to wait for the better day we just KNOW is coming.   That’s just what this says:

 

 

This is going to be a better year – we will get a better hold on our future with our health our country and our place in the world – at least that’s what I sincerely am hoping for.    Anyone who knows me knows I’m a POSITIVE person.    It was tough to hang on to positivity last year but it was still there – just being quiet in the back of my heart and head.    This year I’m ready to scream it out loud!    LET’S DO THIS!

Hugs, Pam

SPARK on Monday

 

Another Monday rolls around and we look for a little something – a thought, a message, a mantra to start off on the right food this week. SPARKS was started by Ann McGuffy whose blog (MCGuffy’s Reader) was hacked some time ago and Ann has not returned to regular blogging – BUT that hasn’t kept a lot of us from carrying on her idea.  Sharing a Spark to start off the week – a thought to keep us going on a positive road to the next weekend…….or maybe a message that we need to take to heart and learn from – it’s never too late to learn after all!

My SPARK for today and this week is a little different……………….It really is something that spoke to me when I found it and the more I thought about it the more I realized IT IS ME.   It really is ME……then I thought a little more and I realize that it’s not only ME but I’m thinking it’s a LOT of people but maybe they haven’t really THOUGHT about it before.    So it became my SPARK for today because I want you to think about it…………….!!  

 

I think when we get down the road of life and there’s probably less time ahead than we have behind us, these sorts of things pop into our head – we think about our past and what we learned or should have learned from it.    I admit to making a lot of mistakes but without them – I would NOT BE ME.    And honestly – I like ME!

Have a great week!

Hugs, Pam

SPARK on Monday

Time for us to share a SPARK.  What exactly IS this Monday SPARK thing we do?   Well, most of you know that Annie of McGuffy’s Reader – who started SPARKS – was hacked and has been on an extended break from blogging although her idea to spread some inspiration on Monday of every week goes on.   Many of us who participated in her SPARKS Blog Hop and found value in sharing a thought on Monday continue doing that to hopefully give each other a “Monday boost” – perhaps something to think about to inspire us in the week ahead OR help us deal with something that’s on our mind.    Why not join us by sharing something that SPARKS you?   It might just start a spark in us too.

I’ve been hearing a lot of people say “have faith” since the pandemic hit the streets………….faith is something that I think most people have a personal idea of.    Faith applies to different people in different ways.    AND it’s not JUST a religious thing either.   It’s an “across the board” thing.    So I looked for a good quote that works FOR ME.    Maybe you will feel it too.

This isn’t the only saying that touched me but it was probably my favorite.    I have always had faith even in the worst of times for me personally.    I just KNEW things would change for the better and they always have.    Not as quickly perhaps as I wanted them to but we can’t expect everything to just COME TO US when we want it.     Sometimes we have to work at it or try harder or adjust our goals, etc.

I do have faith that this pandemic will eventually run its’ course…………in the meantime I have faith that the things my husband and I are doing to stay safe will continue to reward us with keeping our health.    We haven’t come this far in life to just throw caution to the wind!   But we have FAITH that we will weather the storm.

I hope the same for all of you!!!

Me and My Giant Cat Teddy !   

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