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Hi All,

My blog, Autumn’s Life, is moving from its current address (autumnslife.wordpress.com) to its new site – http://www.autumnslife.com.  Please visit our new site which has all of our posts from this site as well as the new stuff I started adding this week.  I look forward to sharing my life with from our new venue.

The Simple Truth About Success

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Creation and True Love

The Power to Change

When you blame others, you give up your power to change.
~ Dr. Robert Anthony

I love this quote.  For a long time, I blamed other people for the circumstances of my life.  I didn’t take enough responsibility in some areas and in other areas, I took too much responsibility.  I have no problem beating myself up when I think that I have made a mistake.  But those times when someone else “did me wrong,” I left the blame with them and didn’t evaluate my role in the situation.  Today, I am so much more aware of the things that I have done and of the things that have been done to me.  What I have done, I am working to forgive myself for and what has been done to me, I am working to let it go and forgive those who hurt me.  It isn’t easy and it doesn’t always work the way that I want it to, but it is the right path to take.

I am in charge of my own life.  I am responsible for whatever situation that I am in and how I react to each situation is totally under my control.  Life doesn’t just happen to me.  I make my life happen.  Some people may say that I can’t control everything and that is true, but I can control my own actions.  My father dies when I was twenty years old, two months before I married my first husband.  I learned first hand how life can turn a corner in an instant.  There is nothing quite as shocking as suddenly losing a loved one, but what you do after is what defines you.  At the time, I had a child under a year and I didn’t have the luxury to let everything go and be a mess.  Without knowing it at the time, my dad’s tutelage proved true and his words of always do what needed to be done got me through a time of fear and sadness.  He taught me to focus on doing what was right rather than crying about what had happened.  My dad believed in the ability to change one’s life and he passed that on to me.

I can change my life and so can you.   Don’t ever let anyone take away your power.   Be the power in your life and change it.

Everyday is my Birthday

Real birthdays are not annual affairs. Real birthdays are the days when we have a new birth.
~ Ralph Parlette

SPIRIT

Fairy Tale Castle

I still believe in happy endings, fairy tales and living as a princess in the castle.  My happy ending may not include a crown, my fairy tale can be messy, bumpy, but I have graduated from princess to be the Queen of my castle.

 

Never Give Up

No matter what happens in my life, I will never give up.  Life is what we make it and I plan on making my incredible!

Was Jesus Married?

According to a news story from CNN, there has been a fragment found where Jesus is referring to his wife.  What do you think?  Could Jesus have been married?   For many people, this is a sacrilegious thought, but for me, it doesn’t affect my faith.  If Jesus was married, that does not take away the messages that he left behind.   But I know that for some Christians, the idea of Jesus being married goes against their fundamental belief in his divinity.  What do you think?  Could Jesus be the son of God and still live as was expected by a Jewish man of that time period and also be a husband to Mary Magdalene?  For me, that only portrays more of his living the human experience and strengthens his sacrifice.  I would love to hear comments and opinions on this subject, but please keep them respectful.  This is about sharing thoughts and ideas.

http://www.ksdk.com/news/article/339261/3/Was-Jesus-married-Papyrus-scrap-raises-question

Finding New Opportunities

A little over a year ago, I started a new business.  I had dreams of training and consulting in the fields of early childhood education and social services.   I started down that path, signing contracts with such organizations as the Early Learning Coalition of Duval County for assessments and providing a training for a private early childhood center.  But that path fizzled out last spring and I was left wondering where I would go from there.  At that moment, I couldn’t articulate what I wanted to do and I felt a little lost.

My options were simple.  I could find a position similar to what I had done before or I could find a new way to make a living.  I chose to find a new way.  I have worked in the non-profit, social service, early childhood education field for over 20 years.  I love knowing that I have made a difference in children’s lives as well as in their families’ lives.  But it was time for a change.  I didn’t want to go back to the life that I had left and with all of the funding cuts and changes at the state level, my skills were not in a high demand.  Programs are just trying to keep their staff employed, let alone trying to afford to provide more professional development.

I decided to change the focus of my career.  I decided to look at what I wanted from my life and find a path that allowed me to live the way that I wanted and to be the person that I wanted to be.  Through the process, I realized that I like having a flexible schedule, interacting with different people and helping people find out what they really want.  I want my life to be about inspiring people to find out who, what and where they want to be.  It hasn’t been easy, and there have been times that I have thought, “I’m crazy.  Why did I do this?”  But through every step, I have found reasons to be grateful and signs that I am moving in the right direction.

By trying new things and looking at my life, I have had opportunities open up for me that I wouldn’t have thought about.  Ten years ago, I would not have believed that I would enjoy being a Realtor, but I do.   Three years ago, I wouldn’t have thought that I would be writing for various blogs and that people (other than my friends) would be reading what I write.  Tomorrow, I have a meeting about another opportunity.  It will give me a chance to reach more people and to start changes in their lives.  I am scared and excited all at the same time.  Life is giving me exactly what I wanted and that is so exhilarating.  New opportunities are there every time you let me them in.