Good morning everyone! Hope your day is going well! As for me, life is good! I was thinking the past few days, about my life, and how it has changed over the past few years, and I began to think about the quality of it.....
When we talk about the quality of life, that can involve so many things. A lot of people measure their quality of life by how many people surround them every day. Some measure it by what their status is in society. Some measure their quality of life by how much money they make. And others by how important they are. And some just measure it by whether or not they are happy and content with their way of life. Different people feel different ways, and have their own opinions, and that's okay....I have learned the past year that not everyone likes what you say or do....but it's okay...that's life.
I cannot tell you about anyone else's life but my own, because the truth of the matter is, I don't know the reality of anyone's life when it comes down to it, except my own....That, I can tell you about, because it is my life.
I am not someone that is known all over the world. I am not famous. I am not rich by no means. I am not anyone special as far as what most people would consider special. I have not traveled the world over, I love to write, but am I a famous writer? No, but I may be someday. :)
However I do know who and what I am. I am happy with my life and the person I've become! There was a time in my life when I was unhappy. I was unhappy with my home life, unhappy with who I was, unhappy with where I was, ....just unhappy, empty, unfulfilled, always trying to find something different. Little did I know it was right there at my fingertips and I didn't even realize it. You see, when we sit around and wallow in self pity, which I did for awhile, and we're always wishing for someone else's life, we cheat ourselves, because we're never going to get anywhere. It's when we see things for what they really are, we pick ourselves up, and decide what quality of life we want, that's when we began to turn around for the better, we can actually attain a better life.
For a long time, I didn't know what "quality of life" was. I felt I had nothing simply because I didn't have a big career, not a lot of money, always struggling. I was struggling with a bad marriage, problems in life, always wishing things were "different", but it seemed nothing changed.
After my divorce in my first marriage, I was wandering around lost for awhile...searching for who knows what. But I finally had to pick myself up, dust myself off, get my life in order and regroup. The first thing I did, was get my heart back right with the Lord, my first mistake was walking away from Him in the first place. Then I met a man that stole my heart and has had it ever since. He was different from any man I had ever met. He loved me for who I was, didn't try to change me, but guess what....I was the most wonderful person to him, he respects me, admires me, loves me, treats me right, appreciates me, and encourages me. He supports me in the things I do, in the goals I have, and the desires and dreams I have, and I in return feel the same about him, and do the same for him. We compliment each other because we love each other! We don't always agree about the same thing, but we never put each other down, instead, we work together.
Another thing I had to do was stop judging myself by other people's standards. I am who I am and I like who I am. I like where I'm going now, what I'm doing, and how I'm doing it. I don't worry so much anymore about other people's opinions of me. I know who I am, what my strengths are, what I want to do, and I work toward that, and I believe I will accomplish the things I want to do. It's just a matter of believing in myself and never letting anyone take that away from me, being happy for others in their accomplishments, and trying to be positive as much as I can, because for me being positive encourages me. There are always going to be problems we face as long as we're on this earth, that's just life. But for me, quality of life is enjoying and appreciating everything I have.......everything that God has blessed me with. I want to enjoy the time I spend with my husband, enjoy singing when I get the opportunity, working on my writing and what I want to accomplish in that, spending time with my daughter every chance I get, reaching my goals in life, being happy....... truely happy. My quality of life to me is so much better now! I am happy being who I am. I don't worry anymore about impressing everybody else, I don't have to. I finally enjoy my quality of life!
Do you enjoy your quality of life? If you do.....Wonderful!!!! That's what's important. If you don't, then you need to step back, regroup, and decide what's important to you in your life, then work toward that. When you do that, you'll be much happier! Everyone has different goals in life, different opinions about things, and a different quality of life, .....that's what makes the world go around. But don't sit around wishing you had someone else's life. Don't sit around thinking you don't matter. You do. We're all just people. We all have blood flowing through our veins. God made us all. He loves us all the same, and everyone of us matter to Him.
When we talk about the quality of life, that can involve so many things. A lot of people measure their quality of life by how many people surround them every day. Some measure it by what their status is in society. Some measure their quality of life by how much money they make. And others by how important they are. And some just measure it by whether or not they are happy and content with their way of life. Different people feel different ways, and have their own opinions, and that's okay....I have learned the past year that not everyone likes what you say or do....but it's okay...that's life.
I cannot tell you about anyone else's life but my own, because the truth of the matter is, I don't know the reality of anyone's life when it comes down to it, except my own....That, I can tell you about, because it is my life.
I am not someone that is known all over the world. I am not famous. I am not rich by no means. I am not anyone special as far as what most people would consider special. I have not traveled the world over, I love to write, but am I a famous writer? No, but I may be someday. :)
However I do know who and what I am. I am happy with my life and the person I've become! There was a time in my life when I was unhappy. I was unhappy with my home life, unhappy with who I was, unhappy with where I was, ....just unhappy, empty, unfulfilled, always trying to find something different. Little did I know it was right there at my fingertips and I didn't even realize it. You see, when we sit around and wallow in self pity, which I did for awhile, and we're always wishing for someone else's life, we cheat ourselves, because we're never going to get anywhere. It's when we see things for what they really are, we pick ourselves up, and decide what quality of life we want, that's when we began to turn around for the better, we can actually attain a better life.
For a long time, I didn't know what "quality of life" was. I felt I had nothing simply because I didn't have a big career, not a lot of money, always struggling. I was struggling with a bad marriage, problems in life, always wishing things were "different", but it seemed nothing changed.
After my divorce in my first marriage, I was wandering around lost for awhile...searching for who knows what. But I finally had to pick myself up, dust myself off, get my life in order and regroup. The first thing I did, was get my heart back right with the Lord, my first mistake was walking away from Him in the first place. Then I met a man that stole my heart and has had it ever since. He was different from any man I had ever met. He loved me for who I was, didn't try to change me, but guess what....I was the most wonderful person to him, he respects me, admires me, loves me, treats me right, appreciates me, and encourages me. He supports me in the things I do, in the goals I have, and the desires and dreams I have, and I in return feel the same about him, and do the same for him. We compliment each other because we love each other! We don't always agree about the same thing, but we never put each other down, instead, we work together.
Another thing I had to do was stop judging myself by other people's standards. I am who I am and I like who I am. I like where I'm going now, what I'm doing, and how I'm doing it. I don't worry so much anymore about other people's opinions of me. I know who I am, what my strengths are, what I want to do, and I work toward that, and I believe I will accomplish the things I want to do. It's just a matter of believing in myself and never letting anyone take that away from me, being happy for others in their accomplishments, and trying to be positive as much as I can, because for me being positive encourages me. There are always going to be problems we face as long as we're on this earth, that's just life. But for me, quality of life is enjoying and appreciating everything I have.......everything that God has blessed me with. I want to enjoy the time I spend with my husband, enjoy singing when I get the opportunity, working on my writing and what I want to accomplish in that, spending time with my daughter every chance I get, reaching my goals in life, being happy....... truely happy. My quality of life to me is so much better now! I am happy being who I am. I don't worry anymore about impressing everybody else, I don't have to. I finally enjoy my quality of life!
Do you enjoy your quality of life? If you do.....Wonderful!!!! That's what's important. If you don't, then you need to step back, regroup, and decide what's important to you in your life, then work toward that. When you do that, you'll be much happier! Everyone has different goals in life, different opinions about things, and a different quality of life, .....that's what makes the world go around. But don't sit around wishing you had someone else's life. Don't sit around thinking you don't matter. You do. We're all just people. We all have blood flowing through our veins. God made us all. He loves us all the same, and everyone of us matter to Him.
I'm just thankful that I finally get that.....I finally have a good quality of life....
I am truly happy for you. Life lessons are truly a blessing! Thanks for stopping by. I loved your comments. Love this post! Hugs!
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