Random inspiration

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This would have been a prettier picture if my earphone cord wasn’t in the way!

Here are some recent photos I took and some inspiring quotes!

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“Have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful.” ~ William Morris

This is a great idea! One I really need to put into practice! My room has all kinds of useless and not all beautiful stuff. 

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This is me on a bus Tuesday. The reason I took this pic is the floors on the busses are wonderfully sparkly!

So lovely!

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“A beautiful woman delights the eye; a wise woman, the understanding; a pure one, the soul.”

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“I know who I am. I am not perfect. I’m not the most beautiful woman in the world. But I’m one of them. ” ~Mary J. Blige

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“Smiling is definitely one of the best beauty remedies. If you have a good sense of humor and a good approach to life, that’s beautiful.”

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“For beautiful eyes, look for the good in others; for beautiful lips, speak only words of kindness; and for poise, walk with the knowledge that you are never alone.”

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A lot of these are the same pic but with different effects. I took them on Tuesday. 😀

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“Beauty is when you can appreciate yourself. When you love yourself, that’s when you’re most beautiful.”

I disagree. While I agree that self love and self confidence are beautiful and inspiring, I think loving others is even more beautiful. I disagree that we can’t love others until we first love our own selves. Someone else and me are two separate someones, I can love one of us and not the other. There are lots of people with low self esteem who love others deeply. Both self love and love for others are great and I have a good amount of both! ❤ 

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“Love is like a beautiful flower which I may not touch, but whose fragrance makes the garden a place of delight just the same.”

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This is my baby, Woody! I love his adorable freckles that appear in the Spring! ❤

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 “My mother was the most beautiful woman I ever saw. All I am I owe to my mother. I attribute all my success in life to the moral, intellectual and physical education I received from her.”

Aww! ❤ I have one of the best mamas too! A beautiful mom is a blessing to the world! 

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My fur goddess, Isis Summerjo! ❤

"The most beautiful thing you can wear is confidence."

In my opinion, the most beautiful thing we can wear is compassion!  

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Adorable baby snail! ❤ 😀
s/he was just born and already eats (carrots & cucumbers) and walks all around! ❤ 😀 Cutest thing ever! They are clear/translucent when they are newborns.

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This is not a book I have; it’s just an advertisement that came up on my Kindle’s home screen. It’s an interesting title, like a reverse of the old cliche “Time heals all wounds.”

This is another book I haven’t read but I like the cover and name. 

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And another! 

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I hope you are having a beautiful day or night!

❤ 😀

Much love,

xoxo Kim

Keep Rising <3

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“Our greatest glory is not in never falling but in rising every time we fall.”

Found this gem in my fortune cookie today! Very inspiring & empowering! I’m not usually inspired by the fortunes in fortune cookies; they are usually just dumb. lol But this one is fantastic!

It’s true, it’s ok to fall, have setbacks and relapses, breakdowns, collapse….as long as we get back up! Over & over again!

I hope you are having a great day or night!

❤ 😀

Much love,

xoxo Kim

Good Morning/Night <3

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“There is nothing truer in this world than the love of a good dog.”

This is my sweet girl, Boobie! She’s an old girl. And a lil mommy of boy/girl twins!

She is very cuddly. She usually loves to sleep on my mom. This morning she slept on my pillow with me. ❤

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I hope you are having a beautiful day or night wherever you are! ❤

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xoxo Kim

STOP WAITING: TOMORROW IS PROMISED TO NO ONE

I love this! It’s so true and so inspiring! It seems as if many/most of us *know* we aren’t guaranteed tomorrow but we don’t let it sink in, we don’t truly realize it. And this seems true for us no matter what our age is, old or young, we have this delusion of immortality/forever. We feel as if our own selves and everyone we know are going to just always be here. But it’s really not true and it can be viewed in a grim or negative way but it can also be viewed with acceptance and we can see it as just reality and even be inspired by it. 
Sometimes it’s horrible “wakeup calls” that remind us of this fact of life, like someone we know dying or someone almost dying or a brief brush with death or health scare. 
But we don’t need these serious things to remind us, we can just remind ourselves each day even when nothing life threatening happens. 
It’s always great to have reminders like this! Thank you!! ❤ 😀

Smiley :-D

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https://howlingwiththewolf.wordpress.com/2016/05/04/the-smiley-thumb-award/

Sonali at https://howlingwiththewolf.wordpress.com/

Nominated me for The Smiley Thumb Award!!
Yay!! I’m so honored!  

It took me long enough to publish the post but here goes!!

Rules

1. Show your new cool award logo pasted on the top

2.- Thank whoever nominated you and provide a link to their blog.

3.- Tell us what makes you smile.

4.- Select other blogs you want to give the award to. How many is up to you.

5.- Copy and paste the rules.

Here is what makes me smile!  

Books! I love all kinds of books and am embarrassed to admit that my favorite ones are usually fiction horror mystery and Philosophy. 
I don’t want to seem like a dork who reads philosophy books all day and don’t want to seem like a creep who reads books about (fictional) serial killers and stuff. Lol I also love personal development books! And I have recently become more interested in supernatural thrillers! I don’t believe in the supernatural but love reading about ghosts and stuff! I love legal and medical thrillers too and am now more interested in science fiction than I used to be. 
I don’t like true murder mysteries and stuff because I don’t get off on people’s suffering. I think real serial killer books and shows are absolutely disgusting.  But the fiction ones are good!
But this is not a book post so enough of that!     😀

Animals! All kinds! ❤ 😀

Friends/family (this one is cliche and sometimes I avoid it on my gratitude lists and all but it's true, friends/family are one of life's greatest blessings! Both online friends and off!

Ice cream! 😀

Hugs! 

Helping people! 

Random or any acts of kindness! 

Beautiful blogs! 

Rain! 

Blue skies!

Seeing someone else smile! 😀

Babies(and any little kids)! Aww ❤ My heart just melts when I see a baby! I automatically have a strong urge to hold the little cutie(but I would be too afraid! Lol)! 😀

My job! I love it! I work at an ice cream store! 

There's so much more! I can go on n on forever! 

And these blogs!!

https://justaladywithablog.wordpress.com/

http://laliterati.com/

https://buddy71.wordpress.com/

https://elizawaters.com/

http://alienblob.com/

 http://outtheboxfashion.com/

https://worldstrata.wordpress.com/

https://lynnthaler.com/

https://pathsofthespirit.wordpress.com/

These aren't the only blogs, just a few, that make me smile!  

And Sonali and her blog!!

Please go check her blog out! She's a very sweet girl and amazing writer!! ❤

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Thank you Sonali!! ❤

Much love,

Xoxo Kim 

Best Days <3

An older post of mine about celebrating the simple things in life, the mundane, the often overlooked. It doesn’t have to be an unusual kind of day, a vacation, a big event, an anniversary…for it to be a best day! 😀 ❤

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“Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson 

This post is about a day that I can say with complete certainty is one of the best days I ever experienced. I can’t say I have one day that is “the best day of my life.” I have occasions many days that I can say qualify as “the best.” And I don’t think there should be just one or a few days that are the best. I want to make every day as best as possible. Some will be better than others. Some will even suck for the most part and that’s quite alright!

But some days really stand out to me as the absolute best! And Monday, June 1st, 2015 is one such day!

Why do I remember the date? I’m really not sure. Maybe because it’s the first…

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Two kinds of beauty

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“There are two types of beauty. The one that smacks you across the face and is plastered on magazine covers. And then there’s the type that grows on you. The one you don’t expect. The one that poets and authors write about, the eternal kind.”

This isn’t my photo. While, it’s great to appreciate both kinds of beauty, I agree that inner beauty is the deepest kind and more worthy of celebration. And not just the beauty of people but of all of life. Life is full of all kinds of beauty. My word this year for the one word challenge is beauty so this is a great quote for that!

I want to remind us all to live intentionally and consciously look for beautiful people & things everywhere! 😀

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Much love & light,

xoxo Kim