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Little Reminder Big Reminder

Life can be pretty simple, we I just tend to complicate things (I know we all do, but I will throw myself under the bus so you do not have to admit it out loud) so here is a little reminder (in my tiny doodle book) 

and a big reminder for you to right click, copy, paste, color and do....

 

Doing Something

I was like a shuttle service yesterday with kids, school, practice, pick ups, drop offs, etc and the whole time, which, by the way..was a long time,  had the "What Can I Do" on my mind and it was REALLY strong...

Personally,

• I often "wish" I had lots of money to donate to a cause that would make a huge difference
• I "wish" I was able to go to other countries like Sean Penn (I just watched Oprah's Next Chapter, really good by the way!)to help, give relief, offer assistance and hug all of those little kids...
• I "Wish" I had enough food in my pockets to give to the little kids at my school that come there each morning hungry....

Whether I wish to travel around the world or around the block, I need to stop wishing and start doing. 

We all do.

We all can do something and I am realizing as I type this, that I should not wish or compare to what others can do because that stops me from doing something, duh.

Anyways...

I now know why the "Do Something" feelings were so strong during my shuttle service route...God was preparing for me to come home because within 15 minutes of getting home, I knew what I was going to do.

I may not have lots of money to donate or time and money to travel around the world, but I have feet...and those feet (and my heart) love to run...so I joined the team

and signed up for the

So how can YOU help?  Well, you could join TEAM NEGU...and run the 1/2 Marathon with me..or walk the 5k with the team..or ride your bike...or run and walk...or donate..or run, walk and donate!  There are lots of things YOU can do to help...

There is a donate box is right up there on the right or you can:

Click here link to visit my page

Click here to visit the TEAM NEGU page 

Click here to read about Jessie, Joy Jars and The NEGU Foundation

I need to go now...today is day one of training!!!

Two Things..One Word

One word & two simple things, that we as human beings completely complicate:

"Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself." Matthew 22:37-39

It is a new month...Happy February...let's do this..together...as much as we maybe do not want to..

push through it and do it...

Let's create a domino effect of Love.

Doodlin', Sharin', Teachin' & Knowin'

I arm wrestle with myself about my doodling "art" on a daily basis. (That is the "Simply Complicated" part of me, which for the most part, is completely unnecessary.)

The thing is, I love doodling because I love the way I can relax while coloring something, and that seems a tad selfish, because, really..it is not about "me"..duh....but I also love that I can take a plain piece of white paper and turn it into a picture by adding colors, lines,  shapes, a thought and usually a heart. 

I do not know it it is the thickness of the black lines, the colors of the pens I used, the phrase, or a little of all three, but I kinda love this little lost doodle (I have alot of them, lost doodles, that is)

This is another part of my self-arm-wrestle competition...the fact that I have a HUGE, bulging, over flowing file STUFFED with "little lost doodles" and the confusion of what to do with them.

For now,

I will just keep doodlin' what I am doodlin', sharin with you what I am sharin, teachin you what I am teachin and knowin (with out seein) that I am goin in the right direction...

That my friends, is Faith. 

A Spark

Hearing about and understanding the definition of  the word "Innovate" has sparked something in my brain and creative soul...

Understanding and working with the concept of innovation is exciting and learning how to be patient in the process is, well...necessary.

I am not one to sit around and just wait for things to just fall in my lap nor "just happen"..I am good for a "whole lotta" R&D and that exactly what I have been doing:

and then, to top it off, like a cherry on top of a hot fudge sundae, I heard this phrase this morning that pretty much sums it up:

"Keep the spirit of what you're doing alive"

so..does it spark something in you???

Do not let that spark die out....let it ignite a fire....(not a real fire)