Month: March 2011

The Abaco Club at Winding Bay

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I am a lucky girl, I have the best neighbors!  Yesterday I had the pleasure of spending some time sunning at the Abaco Club at Winding Bay.  What a beautiful place.  The beaches there are the best I have seen on the Island.  White fine sand.  We went out on paddle boards (these are awesome exercise) and spent some time in the steam bath in the spa.  I could so get used to days like that.  I don’t know how I will ever repay Gordy and Cathy for there kindness to me over here in the shack.  Maybe one day!

GRACE

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grace

[greys]  noun, verb, graced, grac·ing.

–noun

1.  elegance or beauty of form, manner, motion, or action.
2.  a pleasing or attractive quality or endowment.
3.  favor or good will.
4.  a manifestation of favor, especially by a superior: It was only through the dean’s grace that I wasn’t expelled from school.
5.  mercy; clemency; pardon: an act of grace.
6.  favor shown in granting a delay or temporary immunity.
7.  an allowance of time after a debt or bill has become payable granted to the debtor before suit can be brought against him or her or a penalty applied: The life insurance premium is due today, but we have 31 days’ grace before the policy lapses. Compare grace period.
8.  Theology .
  • a.  the freely given, unmerited favor and love of god.
  • b.  the influence or spirit of God operating in humans to regenerate or strengthen them.
  • c.  a virtue or excellence of divine origin: the Christian graces.
  • d.  Also called state of grace. the condition of being in God’s favor or one of the elect.
9.  moral strength: the grace to perform a duty.
10.  a short prayer before or after a meal, in which a blessing is asked and thanks are given.
11.  ( usually initial capital letter ) a formal title used in addressing or mentioning a duke, duchess, or archbishop, and formerly also a sovereign (usually preceded by your, his,  etc.).
12.  Graces, Classical Mythology . the goddesses of beauty, daughters of zeus and Eurynome, worshiped in Greece as the Charities and in Rome as the Gratiae.
13.  Music . grace note.
WOW – what a definition!  I was just sitting in Church yesterday, thinking about Grace!  It is truly an amazing thing.  Where would we be without it?  I know my screw ups, short comings, and negative thoughs… and just to think…. God is basically saying, “Forget them, leave them behind, it’s like it never happened… I have taken care of it all”  WOW!
So how could we ever be negative?  It’s a choice to be positive each day.  Don’t you hate it when you hear that?  It kinda pisses me off.  It then becomes my responsibility.  Don’t I have enough responsibility as it is, now this?  When you are flooded with doubts, fears, insecurities, worries, imperfect thoughts and begin listening to those inner voices (you do hear them too don’t cha?)  … it is so easy to make bad choices and be negative. It is sooooooo much easier than being positive.  Sad thing is, you can always find someone to be negative with you!  Complainers have a way of finding each other.
Don’t confuse what I am saying.  There are negative situations, issues, world situations, just don’t get caught up in it.   Ask yourself some questions, “How can I turn this situation around?”,  “What could I do to make this better?”, “Do they need my help?”… you get the picture.
Being Positive just means seeing the Grace in as much as you possibly can!  It’s yours and it’s FREE!

What I learned from Dylan

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A couple days ago, I was honored to spend time with Elizabeth (blooming teenager 12ish) and Dylan (7). Elizabeth didn’t really hang with me much and I totally get that. I have been though that stage with two girls already. I do think she believes me to be pretty cool though :).

Dylan on the other hand, now we hung out! In his own words, “We had the most awesomeist time ever“.  Now seriously, we could all learn a little from Dylan.  I felt the love.  We walked along the paths holding hands and on beach looking for sea glass, we swam in the ocean, we did a little ocean kayaking and we ate spagetti for lunch at the love shack.   He took me to see the old lighthouse and we went inside a cave.  (It’s for sale BTW).  All simple enough things in themselves, right?  But for Dylan, that was all there was in the world at that time.  He was in the moment and I envy that.  No stress!  If we could learn to relax and enjoy each moment and the people that we are with wouldn’t it be awesome (or awesomeist)?

I watched him smile the entire time and repeatedly say, “We are having so much fun, aren’t we Ms Cindy“?   He knows how to enjoy life.   The 3 hours we were hanging went by way too fast for him.  There are so many ways to enjoy life and so many missed opportunities.  Are you doing what you enjoy regularly?  I am starting to understand it’s importance and I am healthier and happy for it.

Here are a few ideas, just in case you have forgotten: (none of these cost anything, btw)

  1. Enjoy your meal. Don’t just eat. Taste it and appreciate its richness. (oh that is my gift)
  2. Listen to music – Live Music don’t just listen – Sing it, Play it!
  3. Take a walk, a hike, a swim.
  4. Read good book, magazine or inspirational blog
  5. Do nothing for a day, just be lazy and don’t feel guilty about it. (This is highly recommended)
  6. Play games with your friends or your children
  7. Exercise! (but enjoy it, don’t think of it as a chore)
  8. Take pictures.
  9. Enjoy the sunrise or sunset.

There are so many more ways to enjoy life.  Do what you are passionate about.  Now in the words of Dylan, “Ms Cindy, Does it get any better than this“?  Well, does it?