You are Highly Honored!

I want to honor you today. Thank you for taking the time and energy to look at my blog!

Each one of us needs to feel like we are valuable.

We all need to feel that we have a contribution to others.

You are here right now to experience hope, encouragement and value!

You are deeply loved, completely accepted and highly valued. Translating those words from your head to your heart is a huge growth curve!

The challenge comes to each of us to replace negative words about ourselves into positive words!

We are designed to think about the best, not the worst; the beautiful, not the ugly and things to praise and not things to curse!

Square your shoulders back and say, "I am highly honored" and know that you are highly honored!

We All Need a Lift

Let's face it. Every one of us needs encouragement.

We all face many strikes against us. Negative experiences happen to all of us.

The lift happens when we build someone up.

Today you will experience a lift!

We are designed to have our minds filled with these thoughts:

The BEST, not the worst!

The BEAUTIFUL, not the ugly!

Things to PRAISE, not things to curse!

Think about those three statements and begin to speak about the best, the beautiful and praise.

Let me tell you what I'm thinking and saying right now. My wife is my best friend! She is the most beautiful person in the world! She is the wind beneath my wings!

Concentrate and speak out the best, even if you don't feel like it!

You will feel the lift!

Then lift someone else up!

Extra Movement

I recently started exercising on an elliptical machine we have in our back room at home. What a difference I have felt in my life!

I started out at pedaling for 15 minutes, then worked up to 20 the next day. The third day I made it to 25 minutes. On this, my eighth day, I just burned 404 calories in 34 minutes!

Now, I want you to know that I'm not an exercise fanatic, but I have noticed a deep healing in my mind, emotions, body and relationships through extra movement. I feel more hopeful and encouraged!

If you need hope and encouragement, why not try something different?

Start out by taking a walk around the block or go up and down some stairs. Start out slowly and then increase it a minute a day with a goal of working up to 30 or 35 minutes each day.

I heard a medical doctor once say that if you walk 20 minutes a day, you will lose a half a pound a week.

When you move, think about the best, not the worst; the beautiful, not the ugly; things to praise, not things to curse!

Extra movement has worked for me! I encourage you to try it. Little victories add up!