September | 2015 | Uniquely Yours Craft Journal

The secret of success

18 Sep 2015 Comments Off on The secret of success

by uniquelyyourscraftjournal in Seeds of thought Tags: success

“Put your heart, mind, intellect, and soul even your smallest achievement into your life. This is the secret of success.”

Sivannava

You’ve won the prize!

16 Sep 2015 Comments Off on You’ve won the prize!

by uniquelyyourscraftjournal in Perspectives Tags: happy, time

The Magic Bank Account
Imagine that you had won the following *PRIZE* in a contest:

Each morning your bank would deposit $86,400 in your private account for your use.

However, this prize has rules:

1. Everything that you didn’t spend during each day would be taken away from you.

2. You may not simply transfer money into some other account.

3. You may only spend it.

4. Each morning upon awakening, the bank opens your account with another $86,400 for that day.

5. The bank can end the game without warning; at any time it can say,

“Game Over!”

and can close the account and you will not receive a new one.

What would you personally do?
You would buy anything and everything you wanted right?

Not only for yourself, but for all the people you love and care for.

Even for people you don’t know, because you couldn’t possibly spend it all on yourself, right?

You would try to spend every penny, and use it all,

because you knew it would be replenished in the morning, right?

ACTUALLY, This GAME is REAL ….

Shocked ??? YES!

Each of us is already a winner of this *PRIZE*. We just can’t seem to see it.

The PRIZE is *TIME*

1. Each morning we awaken to receive 86,400 seconds as a gift of life.

2. And when we go to sleep at night, any remaining time is Not credited to us.

3. What we haven’t used up that day is forever lost.

4. Yesterday is forever gone.

5. Each morning the account is refilled, but the bank can dissolve your account at any time

WITHOUT WARNING …

SO, what will YOU do with your 86,400 seconds?

Those seconds are worth so much more than the same amount in dollars.

Think about it and remember to enjoy every second of your life, because

time races by so much quicker than you think.

So take care of yourself, be happy, love deeply and enjoy life!

Here’s wishing you a wonderful and beautiful day. Start “spending”….

“DON’T COMPLAIN ABOUT GROWING OLD…!”

SOME PEOPLE DON’T GET THE PRIVILEGE!

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When tomorrow starts without me

11 Sep 2015 Comments Off on When tomorrow starts without me

by uniquelyyourscraftjournal in Seeds of thought Tags: 9/11, brave, tomorrow

Dear Fellow Journalers,

We start today with a full sorrowing heart. Today we remember 9/11/01. I wanted to pay tribute to all the fallen and all the brave first responders. I found the following poem on motivateus.com and want to share it with you.

~Sallie

WHEN TOMORROW STARTS WITHOUT ME

When tomorrow starts without me,
And I’m not there to see;
If the sun should rise and find your eyes
All filled with tears for me;
I wish so much you wouldn’t cry
The way you did today,
While thinking of the many things,
We didn’t get to say.

I know how much you love me,
As much as I love you,
And each time you think of me,
I know you’ll miss me too;

But when tomorrow starts without me,
Please try to understand,
That an angel came and called my name,
And took me by the hand,
And said my place was ready,
In heaven far above,
And that I’d have to leave behind
All those I dearly love.

But as I turned to walk away,
A tear fell from my eye,
For all my life, I’d always thought,
I didn’t want to die.
I had so much to live for,
So much yet to do,
It seemed almost impossible,
That I was leaving you.

I thought of all the yesterdays,
The good ones and the bad,
I thought of all the love we shared,
And all the fun we had.
If I could relive yesterday,
Just even for a while,
I’d say good-bye and kiss you
And maybe see you smile.

But then I fully realized,
That this could never be,
For emptiness and memories,
Would take the place of me.

And when I thought of worldly things,
I might miss come tomorrow,
I thought of you and when I did,
My heart was filled with sorrow.

But when I walked through heaven’s gates,
I felt so much at home.
When GOD looked down and smiled at me,
From His great golden throne he said,

“This is eternity, and all I’ve promised you.
Today for life on earth is past,
But here it starts anew.
I promise no tomorrow,
But today will always last,
And since each day’s the same day
There’s no longing for the past.

But you have been so faithful,
So trusting and so true.
Though there were times you did some things,
You knew you shouldn’t do.
But you have been forgiven,
And now at last you’re free.
So won’t you take my hand
And share my life with me?”

So when tomorrow starts without me,
Don’t think we are far apart,
For every time you think of me,
I’m right here, in your heart.

David M. Romano — Contributed by Paul K. — Germany

One reason why

09 Sep 2015 Comments Off on One reason why

by uniquelyyourscraftjournal in Perspectives Tags: John Gray, journaling, Quinn McDonald

Dear Fellow Journalers,

Quinn McDonald keeps journals. She wrote that “it doesn’t matter how you tackle your journaling. It always helps. It always heals. As long as you keep writing, your life will begin to make sense.

For a long time, before I started journaling, I would vent to my friends/family. A lot of times, they tried to help. Finally, after listening to a John Gray’s “Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus” tape, he wisely concluded that he didn’t need to give me an answer or fix my problems. I was just being a woman; I had to vent!

Journaing has a way about it, doesn’t it? The writing forces you to focus in on the one thing that matters now, in this moment. you write about your frustrations, your anger, your disappointments and suddenly in the midst of it you get the answer you were seeking all along. Even if you don’t, the process is cathartic. You pick up your life again and move on. Thoughts are clearer now. Writing does help.

~Sallie

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