By Design

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You design your behavior and your attitude.

Kerri Elizabeth

Are you defending yourself for someone who hurt you?

Are you carrying their baggage and giving it value?

Have you spent too much time thinking about someone else’s words?

Are you taking it to heart afterwards?

Has someone else’s voice become the one in your head?

Are you thinking about what they said and carrying it with you on your journey ahead?

Don’t spend precious time trying to change someone else’s unkind ways.

Don’t spend your life in someone else’s haze.

Are you questioning who you are because of someone else’s scars?

Are you holding on to what they need to do, or letting go so you can do what is meant for you?

Have you become someone else’s pain?

Have there actions and words become your campaign?

Will you let go and live who you’re meant to be?

Will you stand up, stomp your feet, and demand to live your right to be free?

Will you stop waiting for someone else’s apology and take the time to change your own terminology?

Will you leave the baggage not meant for you?

Will you live your life and design it too?

If a baggage of mean is left for you mark return to sender it has no value due.

Don’t wait for someone else to fix your place.

You’re in charge of how you design your space.

Be Your Someone

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It’s difficult to leave someone, it’s difficult to wait for someone, it’s difficult to forget someone but the strength comes in believing you are someone.

Kerri Elizabeth

A new destination

A new conversation

A new view

New people

A new moment

A new thought

A new day

A new way

Opportunity

Possibility

Live with open eyes; recognize the colors in different skies.

Live with grace every day and say, “I’m sorry” to yourself for getting in your way.

Be the friend you’re looking for.

Be the leader you want and more.

Be the Hero you dream will come.

Don’t wait for someone else to get it done.

Play an instrument you want to play.

Don’t let age or time be a defining factor in your way.

Be open to the possibilities you seek.

Don’t let your life be only a sneak peak.

Be the opportunity for your life to be, even what you can’t yet see.

It’s the things we think we can’t do that we put effort into doing instead of sitting and not improving.

Move with curiosity, live without animosity, create velocity!

The sunshine is never dim, perception comes from within!

Beautiful People

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“The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss and have found their way out of the depths. These persons have an appreciation, sensitivity and an understanding of life that fills them with compassion, gentleness and a deep loving concern. Beautiful people do not just happen.” Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

Take your struggle and let it strengthen you.

Take your pain and give it value.

Take your defeat and let it move you to win.

Take your suffering and move it to compassion within.

Take your loss and celebrate what it gave you.

Take your anger and shift it to greatness.

Take your choices and consequences and give room for forgiveness.

Take your fear and turn it into awareness.

Take your anxiety and turn it into peace.

Take your shame and let go of the blame.

Take your guilt and give it a voice, turn it into a better choice.

Take the emotions you feel and remember you are the deciding factor in how you heal.

Take your experiences and use them to grow, don’t let your experiences use you, let go.

Sunshine!

Loving You

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I’m not telling you it’s going to be easy, I’m telling you it’s going to be worth it.

Love all you do!

If you don’t love it, don’t do it.

Did you say easier said than done?

Do you love a fit mind and honor its design?

Do you love your heart for waking you up to a new start?

Do you love how you feel or do you appeal?

Love what you do and do what you love.

Do you honor and love who you are, have you put pressure on where you are so far?

Loving from where you are is the only way you can go far.

Take the time today to remember to say, everything I do is in love for you.

If loving you was all you had to do, life would look different to each of you.

The good news is, it’s true.

When loving you is the first thing you do.

Then love will always be how you deal with other things too.

Love is inside of each of you.

Love is not what you’re used to.

Love is an action.

Love takes compassion.

Loving you is loving others too.

Are you addicted to an attitude a place or substance that keeps you forever from true loving abundance?

An addiction is something that lies to you.

It’s a counterfeit feeling that you give into.

It can be anything you continue to always do and stay the same and ignore loving you.

Love is you!

Give into that, it’s true!

Let the sunshine wherever you go, loving you from head toe!

It’s Yours!

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You never know how strong you are until strong is the only choice you have.

Never take for granted the strength old and new.

What a gift that’s been given for you to pursue.

Strength is in every decision that you make.

It builds and it breaks and it heals our mistakes.

Never let anyone tell you it’s not true.

Strength is to be built on and it can’t be taken from you.

So if you think you lost it, think again.

You own it,stand up it’s yours to win.

We are always building strength in every decision that we make.

The right to stand firm is there to take.

Strength should be shared.

Strength can be declared.

When strength comes in numbers there is nothing compared.

Strength is not built on tearing someone down.

Strength is built from where you’re found.

Encourage and lift up one another, that’s where strength is truly uncovered.

No Doubt

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Where there is love there is no doubt.

It was a Friday night, I called him and he didn’t answer. I didn’t feel right this time.

I knew something wasn’t right.

I made it through the night and woke up early and called again. He didn’t answer right away, a text came through. It said,” I’m fine now, don’t worry”.

What do you mean don’t worry, I thought.

Finally an answer to my call and he said,”don’t worry mom I had 7 blood transfusions, I only had 10% of the blood I was supposed to have to be alive.”

“I’ll be fine though, don’t worry about coming to the hospital, I’ll be out before you get here.” He replied.

You know I was on my way while I said, “sure ok, I won’t worry, no problem.”

Gasping for air, I drove as fast as I could to the hospital.

There he was my heart and soul with a big smile and laughing ear to ear as if nothing was wrong.

That day set the pace for our next year in a half.

Children’s hospital was our home.

I walked away from the life I had, in that moment the only life that mattered was my sons.

His acute lymphoblastic leukemia diagnosis with a chromosome duplication called AMP21 was nothing less than life changing.

Diagnosis: 95% cancer.

Here we go my warrior child, time to rock and roll.

I won’t leave your side, I will never hide.

I will hear you and be with you; I will love you and protect you.

I will learn everything I need to and you’ll know who to lean to.

I’ll cry with you, laugh with you, I’ll sit by you, I’ll never ever leave you.

I’ll whoop you at every board game and I’ll make you work out.

I’ll write out daily goals, I’ll never have a doubt.

I’ll run a marathon daily if that’s what it’s all about.

I’ll run to the store for anything you want and more.

There are no other options but to get you through these doors.

We stayed up all night every single night.

We watched every series and movie, that’s right.

We decided together what he needed for the fight.

Our armor was on, our hearts said go, our mind was in action, we partnered up for this show.

I took notes from the doctors, I fought with the staff, my son will ONLY have time for the best that you have.

We never thought for a minute that there were any options but to win it.

My children took action from each of their places in the war for their brother, no time was wasted.

Every moment took love and patience from each other.

The journey was long and we needed one another.

We had family and friends; I could go on for days for the team that was in place to take on this race.

Invest in your life, reach out and give if you haven’t already learn to forgive.

Life throws us curves and we often aren’t ready, but the army of love will keep you steady.

Love with all your might, let your life ignite.

Be a flame not a flicker.

Live your passion.

Love with action.

Let the sunshine on every interaction.

Learning

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If you are not willing to learn no one can help.

If you are determined to learn no one can stop you.

I have learned that people come and go.

I have learned that love knows.

I have learned that sunshine comes from within.

I have learned you can always begin again.

I have learned that being a mother is one of the deepest feelings I’ll ever know.

I have learned that every second is a precious choice to grow.

I have learned that being in a group or alone can feel the same.

I have learned you never go anywhere if you appoint blame.

I have learned that in a day there are more choices to make than there are stars in the sky.

I have learned that all you need is nearby.

I have learned that real education is learning how to live your best life.

I have learned that fear can steal your life and keep you from your own good advice.

I have learned that I get to make the choice.

I have learned that I have a clear voice.

I have learned how to use fear, choice and my voice to truly live and rejoice.

I have learned that I don’t do anything fast.

I have learned that I appreciate every moment from my past.

I have learned that wisdom is made to last.

I have learned that no matter how hard it was I made it.

I have learned that breathing is underrated.

I have learned to think from my heart not my head.

I have learned that in every person there is a story to be read.

I have learned that when you cry every tear weighs more than its weight.

I have learned that those tears carry healing that can’t wait.

I have learned that today is your best day, live it, breathe it, be with it, don’t let go of it, don’t miss it.

I have learned that no one can put out my flame.

I have learned there is no reason to complain.

I have learned that the solution is inside of me.

I have learned that love is truly how I see.

I have learned that love is ME.

Sunshine will always be!

You are the love you’re looking for.

Believe it and receive it.

At The End Of The Day

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End your day with a smile a thought and a grateful heart!

At the end of the day did you give your best?

Can you look back and rest?

Did you wake up with the best attitude?

Did you start with complete gratitude?

Did you greet every person with your best?

Did you remember it starts with a willingness to invest?

Did you serve others in your day?

Did you remember you along the way?

Did you forgive each day so tomorrow starts a clear new way?

Did you love with all your heart?

Did you repair what fell apart?

Did you walk all day with confidence?

Did you live the day with significance?

Did you smile at a frown?

Did you lift yourself up when you were down?

Did you call someone just to say hi?

Did you remember time flies bye?

Did you take a moment just to breathe?

Did you start a request with a please?

Did you sing out loud to your favorite song?

Did play the music loud and dance along?

Did you create greatness out of a struggled time?

Did you remember when to draw the line?

Did you pick up litter on the ground?

Did you remember that you are truly profound?

Did you take the long way and enjoy the ride?

Did you remember you get to decide?

Look back at the end of the day and be able to say you did your best all the way.

I hope your week was wonderful and each day was filled with joy.

I hope your weekend is the best and you reach for more quality time to invest.

Sunshine comes from within; let it shine so you can truly live each day again.

Reveal It

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Circumstances do not make a man, they reveal him.

Wayne W. Dyer

When you listen do you hear?

When you talk are you clear?

When you’re sharing are you caring?

When you look do you see?

When you touch do you feel?

When you eat do you taste?

When you give do you receive?

When you believe do you achieve?

When you start do you finish?

When you fall down do you get back up?

How will you perceive this moment?

I’m sure it will be different than your opponent.

Can you remove your own experience to see more than appearance?

Can you believe in more so you can truly soar?

Can you see more than this and allow time to reminisce?

Can you feel in this day and make sure you don’t miss anything along the way?

Can you hear what is said and let go of what’s inbred?

Can you let go of what was and invite in what can be?

Can you listen with an open heart and let go of the things that fell apart?

Move ahead with great intention; make room for re-invention.

Ask the questions you need to, to give clarity to what you lean to.

Sunshine on the question, do you live with your best intention or give your best intention?

Thank you

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It’s not happy people that are thankful its thankful people that are happy!

Thank you for sharing so many days.

It changed me in so many ways.

Thank you for the lessons learned.

Thank you for the talks we shared.

Thank you for the hearts we bared.

Thank you for the hugs you gave.

Thank you for the places we went.

Thank you for your loving intent.

Thank you for the guiding light.

Thank you for never losing sight.

Thank you for the quiet times.

Thank you for the crying times.

Thank you for the trying time.

Thank you for the space to grow.

You made a different that I know.

You gave me peace when I felt low.

You gave me space when I had no place.

You gave me opportunities to learn and grow.

You reached out and showed me a new way to go.

You reached out and pushed me to play.

In moments, I struggled to see the way.

You believed in me to start again.

You gave me a hand to begin.

Thank you more than words can say, you changed my life in so many ways.

Tell someone that changed your life, thank you for their guiding light.

Sending sunshine your way, share it with others in a thankful way.