Believe

When I was lost, you helped me find my way

without a request, or promise to obey

When I was sick, you brought me back to health

then showed me all of my life’s wealth.

When I was sad, you held my hand for joy to appear

growing more towards you with revere.

When I gave up hope, you led me to your heart

where I knew it was a new start.

When I needed help, it was you who encouraged me

to learn to thrive and feel nothing but free.

When I was successful, I knew you played a role

always helping me to become whole.

Through virtue and sin, you walked with me all the time

‘til one day I hope to have achieved the climb.

God, thank you for loyalty, you’ve been a best friend,

which I hope to see when I come upon the end.

I Don't Like You Jillian Michaels!

My New Year’s resolution was to start living healthy. Between counting calories and doing a 20-minute workout, I already feel my body changing with this being my third week. I wanted to concentrate more on calorie counting then working out right now, but knew they go hand-in-hand so I figured 20-minutes isn’t a big deal.

The online daily fitness diary I signed up for seems to have flashing pictures of Jillian Michaels on every page. Then I’m shopping at Target and there she is giving me the evil eye from the workout equipment area. Price: $8.99. Sold.

There are three levels to Jillian Michaels 30-Day Shred, each level consisting of strength, cardio and abs. When I started out doing level 1, I swore at the television the entire time. When I woke the next day thinking my body went into rigor mortis, I swore at Jillian Michaels into the empty room. This week, I started on Level 2, and I’m not swearing as much. Sometimes I think I’m going to go into cardiac arrest, but I push on remembering the years when my body used to be smaller.

As much as I don’t like Jillian Michaels, and as much as I’m not a huge fan of exercise, and as much as I’m still recuperating from pain, I recommend the Jillian Michaels 30 Day Shred. This DVD allows you to do some modified exercises, but if you do the levels and push to complete each exercise, you will feel a difference. And the best part is it’s 20 minutes long and depending on your weight, can burn 150 to 300 calories. Now go buy Jillian Michaels 30 Day Shred, let’s bond together through sweat and pain, and lose not only our patience with her, but the fat too. *winks*

I’m not Write on Time!

I apologize for the lack of blog posts. This week went by and I’m still looking for it. *smiles* It’s time for me to come clean, I don’t write on time, meaning it takes me longer to edit and revise my works. Let’s take for instance my 2008 NaNo (National Novel) that I have only just begun to revise. Tsk. Tsk.

You see the creation of a poem, short story or novel is one of the most thrilling things I could possibly experience, but as any writer I must tweak to perfection. GAH! What once was a thrill has now become a duty to fix my mistakes? I MAKE MISTAKES? The revision time is what I shall call “my procrastination period.” This period is when everything else sounds better than revising. A time when I’m willing to freely workout, shop, paint, or build a small house in order to avoid words that have accumulated dust.

These words gasp and spit out what I originally wrote, picking and punctuating until each line flows into the next, each paragraph gives the next meaning, and the conclusion leaves you speechless.

After this lengthy confession, I must admit my revisions are coming along. I would love to share my opening line with you, my dedicated bloggers, but if I ever plan to publish it I need it hidden from public eyes. *sighs* All I can say is it’s actually the first “first line” I’ve ever written where I sat back and said to myself, “Girl, that ain’t bad.”

Now that I’ve come clean about a slight, very slight, negative of mine, would you care to share one of yours? If not, you can always join my club, The Procrastination Club. See you around.

Words of Wisdom!

A friend sent me an email titled, Thoughts for Today. While reading them, I couldn’t help but laugh out loud at some of them. Yesterday, my mom mentioned phrases she likes and I realized there are many out there that really capture wit, humor or truth, so I decided to post a few.

“A penny saved is a government oversight.” Is this true or what? Nothings free anymore, so you can only assume someone fell asleep on the job if you have a few extra in savings.

“The older you get, the tougher it is to lose weight, because by then your body and your fat have gotten to be really good friends.” This makes so much sense and explains why my fat is having a hard time departing.

“There’s always a lot to be thankful for if you take time to look for it. For example, I am sitting here thinking how nice it is that wrinkles don’t hurt.” Ain’t that the truth? I’d be in a lot of pain if wrinkles hurt, so I am thankful.

“Some people try to turn back their odometers. Not me, I want people to know ‘why’ I look this way. I’ve traveled a long way and some of the roads weren’t paved.” This one had my cheeks aching from laughing so much. Those words ring true, especially the unpaved roads.

“You know you are getting old when everything either dries up or leaks.” How nice? I have more to look forward to.

Do you have any quotes, phrases or words of wisdom that have you smiling or laughing from the wit or truth?