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Quote About Love for All Girls to Memorize

February 14, 2012 by Joi 5 Comments

Find a guy who calls you beautiful instead of hot, who calls you back when you hang up on him, who will lie under the stars and listen to your heartbeat, or will stay awake just to watch you sleep… wait for the boy who kisses your forehead, who wants to show you off to the world when you are in sweats, who holds your hand in front of his friends, who thinks you’ re just as pretty without makeup on. One who is constantly reminding you of how much he cares and how lucky he is to have YOU… The one who turns to his friends and says, that’s her. – Unknown

I wish I had a dollar for every time I put this quote in front of my daughters’ faces over the years.  I could buy my husband a boat and possibly Kentucky Lake to go with it!

More quotes about love.

Filed Under: Daily Quote, Relationships Tagged With: love, love quote, Relationships

Love is in the Air

February 1, 2011 by Joi 2 Comments

Love Is in the Air

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Love is in the air
Everywhere I look around
Love is in the air
Every sight and every sound

Oh oh oh  oh oh oh. Great John Paul Young song. It popped in my head earlier when it seemed that, literally, everywhere I looked images of hearts, love, roses, and lovers met my eyes.

I got into my e-mail this morning and there were countless e-mails about Valentine’s Day candy, jewelry, and other lovelies. With very good reason, stores court me mightily. You know what they remind me of? Remember when Granny Clampett brewed her love potion and, in the process, made lovesick fools out of everyone in Beverly Hills? They got all sloppy-eyed and fell all over themselves trying to get to “the one” who’s love they had to have!

Department stores and online stores get all sloppy-eyed and fall all over themselves trying to get to “the one” (me) who’s money they have to have! It’s my own fault, I reciprocate over half the time.

They know I’m easy.

I have a few posts lined up for the coming days, leading up to Valentine’s Day. Naturally, these posts, articles, quotes, and book reviews all have love on their mind. But not JUST the romantic kind of love. We’ll also talk a lot about love for family members, love for others, and even love for self.

Mostly, we’ll just focus on the word, the emotion, and the power of L-O-V-E.

I’m reading a super book right now, Love For No Reason by Marci Shimoff. I’m nearly through and will have the review up by Thursday morning. Maybe even sooner – thanks to the power of coffee. A friend recently gave me a bag of great coffee beans, so my fuel tank is quite full.

The main gist of all of the articles will, however, be one of my own personal mottos or mission statements: The more things and people you love, the more love will reside in your heart. The more love you GIVE, the more love will COME back to you.

When our beautiful daughters (Emily, Brittany, and Stephany) were little girls, we always made a point of exposing them to as many different foods, music, art, places, and faces as possible. Since I home-schooled them, I felt that I needed to go above and beyond when it came to opening the world up for them.

Not only did I want them to experience and see as many things as possible, I wanted for their capacity to love to grow as wide and as deep as it possibly could. It may seem like “hippy talk” to some but when I look at what loving girls they are today, I realize I’d go back and do it all over again.

Whenever I’m out with one (or two, or all) of my daughters, I appreciate and applaud the fact that they’re filled with so much love and positive emotion. Few are their complaints and they never look down on anyone who comes into our view. They are not judgmental, sarcastic, or hardened toward life in any way.

Just what their parents were after!

My husband once told me (when our family was hunkered down and riding out one of life’s particularly nasty little storms) that he thought I was possibly the strongest person he ever knew. I sort of basked in the compliment for a few minutes but, deep down, I know the truth – I’m not strong…. but LOVE is.

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I have my share of faults (believe me, believe me) but I am, at heart, filled with love. Sometimes probably too much so. It’s been know to get me into binds.

  • I love God.
  • I love my family.
  • I love my friends (those who give me coffee are more like family)
  • I love my cats.
  • I love your cats.
  • I love people.
  • I love coffee.
  • I love chocolate.
  • I love Kentucky.
  • I love Christmas.
  • I love Thanksgiving.
  • I love Valentine’s Day.
  • I love Easter.
  • I love icanhascheezburger.com
  • I love America.
  • I love birds and birdwatching.
  • I love polar bears.
  • I love baseball.
  • I love UK basketball.
  • I love the Denver Broncos anyway.
  • I love wolves.
  • I love dogs.
  • I love Chai Tea Lattes from Starbucks.
  • I love ladybugs.
  • I love really good guacamole.
  • I love Lucy.
  • I love green tea.
  • I love cooking.
  • I love eating.
  • I love cupcakes.
  • I love long walks.
  • I love Scooby Doo.
  • I love winter.
  • I love spring.
  • I love summer.
  • I love fall.
  • I love rain.
  • I love thunderstorms.
  • I love snow.
  • I love sunshine.
  • I love butterflies.
  • I love trees.
  • I love Patsy Cline music.
  • I love Motown.
  • I love kids.
  • I love senior citizens.
  • I love The Flintstones.
  • I love Shakespeare.
  • I love old movies and classic tv.
  • I love The History Channel.
  • I love The Discovery Channel.
  • I love cranky old men.
  • I love country music.
  • I love rock music.
  • I love peanut butter fudge.
  • I love learning.
  • I love everything associated with National Geographic.
  • I love my home.
  • I love my yard.
  • I love cranky old women.
  • I love sharks.
  • I love Swamp Men (Not to be confused with Swamp People, the one’s who blow the gator’s brains out. I’m not about that).
  • I love inspirational quotes.
  • I love gum-smacking teenagers.
  • I love The Biggest Loser.
  • I love poetry.
  • I love history.
  • I love going to the Grand Ole Opry.
  • I love my treadmill.
  • I love Panera Bread.
  • I love reading.
  • I love you.
  • To be continued everyday for the rest of my life….

The list goes on and on and on. You get the idea, right?  My list of “I love”s goes on two forevers – far, far, far eclipsing my list of  “I hate”s.

What does this mean in the self help arena?

I was hoping you’d ask…. because, that’s right, I love questions. 🙂

When we fill our lives, minds, and hearts with things we love, do we not make ourselves more loving individuals?  Of course we do!   Just like when we fill a pitcher with water – it becomes filled with water.  Common sense, right?

The beauty of it all is this – there are many benefits to falling in love with as many things as possible.

  • When you are a loving person, your relationships are sweeter.
  • When you are a loving person, people are drawn to you.
  • When you are a loving person, you’re happier.
  • When you are a loving person, you’re healthier.
  • When you are a loving person, it’s harder to shake your world.

That last one?   Just call it the golden key.  It’s what led my husband to believe that I had superhuman strength.  Love is a very powerful, beautiful thing. It’s something that we take for granted as much as we do the air we breathe.

Of course, we couldn’t live without air, whereas I suppose we could live without love.  It’d be more like existing than living, though.  Big difference.

I hope you’ll find something within these rambling words to make you think.  That’s always my goal – to cause my reader friends to think and come up with their own answers (they’re always within you, you know).  I hope you’ll fill your life with so much love that you find it difficult NOT to smile.

Furthermore, I hope you’ll actively, proactively, and passionately look for more things to love.  Hadn’t you rather be accused of loving too much than too little?

Always look for fewer things to hate and always look for more things to love.  You know, like cookies, cheetahs, cupcakes, birds, football, baseball, books, blueberry muffins, polar bears, neck rubs, spiders (don’t judge me)….

Filed Under: Positive Thought, Relationships Tagged With: love, loving others, Relationships

Life as Viewed Through Rose-Colored Glasses

February 14, 2009 by Joi 2 Comments

I came in from grueling yard word yesterday looking for a reason to just lie in one place without moving.  As always, reading presented itself as therapy.  I grabbed an old issue of  Yoga Journal and found an article that was beyond fascinating. The entire article was composed of three different authors discussing their worst traits. What made it all the more fascinating was that I recognized so much of myself in one author and so much of my husband in another.

The author who proved to be my kindred spirit said that her worst trait was that she wore impossibly thick rose-colored glasses. I guess she shopped for her’s at the same place I got mine. I also thought it was interesting that, like me, she’s an only child.  I wonder if we’re more prone to come equipped with these glasses than others?

These glasses really aren’t all they’re cracked up to be. You go along thinking everything’s grand and glorious, then reality knocks them off your face (temporarily, of course, because we always throw them right back on) and you see that everything’s not always rosy.

For example, let’s take the concept of living within a budget.  Someone who sees the world, pretty much, as a fairytale would never expect to see anything but castles. We’re certain that we can spend whatever we feel the urge to spend on the 3rd day of the month. After all, the rose-hued world will leave a gift on their doorstep by the 6th. So, if on the 3rd, buying pretty new pillows for the sofa and a killer set of bathroom towels makes us smile – you’ll find us in our favorite store, happily filling our basket.

If someone were to ask, “Did you win the lottery?” – our response would be, “Any day now!”  Then we’d make a mental note to buy a lottery ticket.

My kind also tends to put off going to the doctor – another ridiculous mistake. We’re just always certain that “Everything will be fine…wonderful even.” Truth be told, we need to make a conscious effort to let a little more reality into our world. The problem is, it’s tough! It goes against the grain – and going against the grain is never any fun.

I was also amazed, while reading the article, how much of my husband I saw in another of the author’s stories. This author said that her worst trait was being overly critical. Her children would often not let her see their homework because they KNEW she’d find something to criticize. The author said that she got the trait from her mother, and that while her mother drove her nuts – she did push her toward a great deal of success.

Someone who is overly critical will find the tiniest flaws or problems where others don’t see them. (Then they point them out to those of us in the colorful glasses. We lean in, peering with all of our might…and go, “Nope, still don’t see the problem…” This is when they snatch the glasses off or our faces – just long enough for us to say, “Oh. There ’tis.” Then they give us our glasses back and mutter under their breath as the words, “That’s not a biggie.” are coming out of our mouth. )

I guess what struck me the most, after reading this article, is this: In 4 days, my husband and I (a couple who define the term opposites attract) will have been very, very, very happily married for 25 years. Life has thrown us more curve balls than one can even imagine – but, we’ve taken what has come our way without ever leaving the other one’s side.

Something just occurred to me, too. He actually only tried to take my beloved rosy glasses off once in our life. I was very sick and getting sicker by the day. Losing weight, feeling terrible…. Blindingly, I trusted my doctor, who as it turns out, was slowly killing me (another one of those curve balls). Off came the glasses and my husband took me to a doctor in another state. This doctor took great care of me, and as soon as I was back on my feet, I got my rose colored glasses back – good as new.

That’s just so me.

25 years. We’re proof that even complete opposites can have a beautiful life together. A lot of it has to do with accepting how others are, even if you don’t understand how they got that way or how they can possibly think their way is right and your way is wrong. Nonsense!

I’ve always tried to teach our daughters that you have to let others be who they are. No one has the right to try to change another person, just to fit an image of who they think they should be. The puzzle pieces either fit or they don’t. If you spend more time trying to whittle away and force a fit than you do enjoying a life together, then you have a bit of a problem.

And when I say “a bit of a problem,” I mean a huge one that’ll only snowball into a larger one. Allow someone to be who they are – if you love them you should love the very thing that makes them… well… them.

If you can realize that having different opinions can be a healthy and invigorating thing, you’ll come to accept the other person just as they are.  Being with someone who is just like you would never bring about growth, in my opinion.  It’d never stretch your view of the world or challenge your thinking.

Remember, no one wants to be around someone who is always trying to “fix” them. Eventually they’ll find someone who doesn’t see them as broken. When it comes to relationship advice, what you just read is at the very top.

Having a happy, healthy relationship doesn’t mean you’ll never fight. Come on, how dull would a couple be if they never argued?!  They’d be like soggy Corn Flakes. Blah. Sometimes a little crunch is a good thing. Just remember to bury arguments when they’re over and done.

I was behind a man in the store yesterday when I overheard him telling the cashier, “I don’t have a Valentine anymore. She died two years ago.” The sadness stopped me dead in my tracks. The cashier (brilliant beyond her teen years!) said, “Oh, you still have her, you just don’t have to buy her chocolate anymore.”  The man laughed and said his wife never shared the ones with the nuts. You mean you’re supposed to share?

If you are blessed enough to have a valentine, thank God above for what’s one of the most beautiful of all gifts. I can’t even put into words how thankful I am for my valentine. When I first saw him, in an arcade in the 80’s, he took my breath away. I went home and wrote in my diary that I’d just spoken to the boy who’d be my husband one day. I remember writing something to the effect of, “He has the most beautiful blue eyes and he makes me laugh. I think we’ll have lots of children. Maybe soon I’ll find out what his name is. For now, he’s Mr. Right.”

Ah, the beauty of rose colored glasses! He still takes my breath away.  He still has the most beautiful blue eyes, still makes me laugh, and will always be Mr. Right.

Sometimes life seen through the rose colored glasses actually comes to pass and when it does, it’s the most beautiful thing ever.

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