My childrens book you can order for your kindle for young children

https://www.amazon.com/Squeakies-Big-Lesson-Jean-Glovacz-ebook/dp/B01L4TJM5E/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1479430116&sr=8-1&keywords=Squeakie%27s+Big+Lesson

Controlling outcomes

I am around some situations lately where I see a lot of stressers affecting people that I care for, people I have known for years and for a short time.  I too have experienced much stress in times past.  One thing I realized last few days is that you can’t control your outcomes sometimes.  Life takes you in new directions, some you may not even be ready for.  The joy is in the journey, but sometimes that journey may start off with some unhappiness at changes you are not ready yet to make.  I think if we stay with one path, and avoid making needed changes the path can become overgrown with weeds that choke the life right out of you. 

Sometimes to realize that there is a world of beautiful paths out there to take, you have to step off, make new changes and make a new way for your destination that lies ahead.  You can’t always concern yourself with how each outcome will affect others, because although it is wonderful to care for others and do the right thing, sometimes the right thing, is not necessarily the right thing for you.  You have to step out of your comfort zone, take a deep breath, and move forward, take the risk.  You may find that you will open up a world of happiness you did not even know existed.

I reminded someone I care for deeply today to breathe, to not do anything but just stay put and breathe.  I knew that this person has had more than enough things hit all at one time. This person has seen so many things and is always trying to fix and make things better.  This person does not see the qualities they possess, and it may be they are not told enough just how wonderful they are.  I took the time today after much thought, to tell them to sit down for just a few minutes and breathe, take in the world around them and yet I also reminded them it is not because they can’t handle things it is because they handle so much that they don’t see that they need to come up for air sometimes!

My advice for those out there now who are struggling, who sometimes don’t know how to put one foot forward…..stop for just a second, look around you, and smile….things sometimes change when we least expect it for all the right reasons!

We cannot control the outcomes sometimes, but we can control how we react to it.

Simple reminder of the most important thing

Many times we live our lives trying to please others and to do what makes others happy.  It is not selfish to want to be happy.  To live a fulfilling life you have to remember what it like to walk barefoot in the grass as a kid.

Someone recently told me to go back to that girl who played in the rain, and you know what it took a long time, but you have to have to learn to realize that the most important thing IS to be happy.  One of my favorite lines is "To thine own self be true", sometimes you have to make hard decisions and walk away from the very toxic things in your life that hold you back.  Situations in life may have fulfilled there purpose and as someone reminded me today when beavers tear down their houses....they build them again.

Sometimes you have to walk away and rebuild, it is really that simple.  Rebuild your life, be the who you are meant to be...surround yourself with friends that will support you and a love that will fulfill you completely.  You will know that when you meet the person who cares so much for you that they make you want to be better person.

I have learned over the years who to keep close and who to keep at a distance, and it is ok to be that person.  Learning to be happy is really rather simple....day a time, a breath at a time and rebuild.  One step in the right direction can lead you to a whole new world of new beginnings.

Take time for you...and BE the you that you are meant to be.  The rest is just details :)

My first published childrens book that I wrote years ago!

I am taking off into my writing again, and am currently compiling a list of all the songs and poems I wrote over the years into a book that I will publish.  In my "travels" I found a small childrens book that I hope publishing companies will see and help me create hard bound books with illustrations to teach children life lessons.  Here is the link to purchase!

https://www.amazon.com/Squeakies-Big-Lesson-Jean-Glovacz-ebook/dp/B01L4TJM5E/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1473102461&sr=8-1&keywords=Squeakie%27s+Big+Lesson+book#nav-subnav

The book is Squeakie's Big Lesson

Global Warming - issues

I recently had to write a letter to the editor of a new article I read on global warming.  It is a very real problem!  I wanted to post this to hope maybe this ill change someones mind on the issue at hand:

I see a real issue with global warming and feel that everyone on the planet needs convincing that that we a huge problem here, one that could affect generations to come.  Our planet has warmed up 1.7 degrees Fahrenheit as the article stated since 1880.  This is causing land ice to melt and oceans to rise.  Scientists believe the greenhouse gasses is the cause of the global warming, and if this exceeds 8 degrees Fahrenheit it could transfer the planet. 

Readers, this about what I just wrote here, we are only less than 7 degrees from that point and if we get to that point, our own planet will be transformed.  Don’t you think this is cause for concern?  How much trouble are we really in?

Facts from scientists state that in the next three decades, the climate will seem the same, yet it will gradually get warmer.  Rainfall will be heavier, and hurricanes may slow down but those that occur will be much more intense.  Coastal cities will flood with rising oceans from melting ice caps.

Many people say that our scientists have been saying this for decades and we are still here, and I realize that is a good argument for most, but wouldn’t it be safer to plan on making changes in our greenhouse gases to allow for the planet to heal and ultimately reverse the effect?  Think about it for a minute, the storms we have now are more intense and our increasing.  Flooding is occurring, hurricanes are occurring more stronger than before, there is a chain affect creating more issues than we ever had, example Tsunami’s. 

We the people need to provide the support of national and state policies to make these improvements, and by exercising or rights as citizens we can do this legally.   If we do this and emissions are lessened, we will slow down the process, become less dependent on those very things causing the issues and find another way. 

I will end this with a single thought.  Do you want your future family members to blame our poor decisions on their downfall?  Better yet do you want your family members to suffer the consequences of these decisions?  

Ultimately we are in control of our own actions.

It's a great day to be alive....

I often think about how things change in a period of time.  Most people set out with certain goals, or relationships, and things change, you may end up in an entirely different set of circumstances.  If someone asked me ten years ago that this is where my life would take me, I wouldn't have imagined it.  Like so many people I went through some hardships, but they made me stronger.  Ten years later, I have learned that although you have to be careful who you trust, don't stop trusting.  I have experienced betrayal in my life, but I have not let it make me bitter to other people who enter into my life.

When you find that relationship, whether it is a platonic or romantic, where someone makes you happy, makes you laugh, and you feel you can share your world and THE world with them....don't hold back.  It is hard to find good trusting people in this world, but when you do, hold on to them.

I believe in not taking the easy way out, but sometimes, as you become better, smarter, more spiritual, more loving, you may find the friend or partner you are with is not that same person you once knew.  Then you realize you are not walking together, but separate.  The choice of which road to take becomes yours and yours alone.  It is a difficult choice, but sometimes the difficult choices are what leads us to a better life, filled with love, honor and happiness.

Life is too short for all of us to be involved in endless drama.  I was at lunch today with some friends and we were discussing some changes this one friend wanted to make in her life. She wanted to start over, away from things that have been holding her down and back for so long.  I reminded her that over the last few years, to look at how much she has grown and how she has changed for the better with her goals, her mindset, all while being a single mom.  My advice to her was if she found out this was the last year she would be alive on this Earth, would she make the same choices?  Her response, and I chuckle when I say this, was no I would be doing something different!  My response to her was then why aren't you taking those steps to do so?

Happiness is something you have to push towards, it doesn't always come freely, but if you take the time to sit down, look at your life, your goals, what you want specifically, choose the goals and people that will move you in the path you are meant to walk.

Choose wisely, but live, truly live and enjoy every breath you take.

It's a great day to be alive!

* Crazy weather and all that “stuff”

 Recently I have really enjoyed the beauty of weather patterns, they really are quite extraordinary!  In the state I live in, you can wake up one day and see snow, and the next day the temperature is  80 degrees!  Weather patterns, like life situations are never guaranteed.   When you think in those terms you realize that the beauty is in the discovery of what is next?  The surprise and joy of something new, whether it’s a new hobby or a new relationship be it love or friendship.  The surprise of just getting up and not knowing whether to wear a winter coat or a pair of shorts make things interesting!  

When you get to the point in your life whether it is with someone, or something that you feel you have grown, no matter how hard it may be to pick up those pieces you have to move on.  If someone is making you unhappy and you have tried everything to make things work…there is something better out there for you, and sometimes it can be right under your nose!  This may be a career, a friendship, a love relationship. 

Living life stagnantly is really not living with meaning.   A question I ask people sometimes when they are in doubt about something, or unsure of the next decision is if this was the last year of your life and you knew this, would you still make the same choices?

If the answer to that question is no, than you really need to sit down and see what makes you happy.  Being happy is not about material things, because you can be the poorest person in the world, and have the greatest love and family and friends you have ever known.  At the same time there are others out there that may have everything, but are the loneliest of souls. 

Ask yourself this question the next time you are meditating, praying, or just sitting in reflection.   If this was the last year of your life, how would  you choose to live this year?  I encourage you to make the changes needed to grow, to become a better version of yourself, to be happy because after all, don’t you deserve this?