https://careyportell.com Thrive*Big Tue, 10 May 2016 18:28:45 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.5 https://careyportell.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/thrivelogo-150x54.png https://careyportell.com 32 32 http://careyportell.blogspot.com/2016/05/everything-i-need-to-know.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=everything-i-need-to-know-2&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=everything-i-need-to-know-2 Tue, 10 May 2016 18:28:00 +0000 http://careyportell.com/?guid=b045104f0894f17a17b82d47bd47d23d      Three weeks.  High humidity.  Arthritis flare-ups.  Pain.I can't shake it.  Rarely do my bouts last this long anymore, but I seem to be headed for a fourth week.       Missouri's odd weather c...

The post Everything I need to Know first appeared on Carey Portell.]]>      Three weeks.  High humidity.  Arthritis flare-ups.  Pain.

I can't shake it.  Rarely do my bouts last this long anymore, but I seem to be headed for a fourth week.  

     Missouri's odd weather changes are at fault, aggravating my advanced arthritis.  Self motivation has come naturally for me, but since our car crash, working at it has become a full time job. 

     Only having troubles when the pain wears on me for long periods of time, like now, does my spirit damper some.  Last evening, I told my husband that I didn't know how much longer I could do this.  

     Most days I live, some days, I survive. 

     Surviving the last three weeks has become burdensome.  Each day I have to prove I am stronger than my pain.  Each day I must motivate mentally and emotionally or I will not survive. 

     My dear friend gifted me a book last summer.  Initially scanning through it, I thought this is exactly the type of book she would give me.  I did not read it front to back, but read the next page as I felt the urge.  Each one liner was a lesson, a lesson I needed on that particular day. 

     The past three weeks has prompted me to re-read it and I have read the chapters from cover to cover. 

Everything I Need to Know I Learned from a Little Golden Book

     Do you remember that little book from your childhood?  They have one for adults and we all need to read it from time to time.  Simplicity.  Simple words that we should all live by.  Life lessons that make ours easier to live by, if we would just do it. 

     Permissions that we do not allow ourselves, small motivational one liners that move us to a better place and give us the strength we already know exists inside of us. 

     I look for daily motivation everywhere and every chance I get, because I don't deny that I need it.  Some days more than others, in this case some weeks more than others.  

     This book tells me it's okay to take a day off due to my pain and not feel guilty about it.  It tells me it's okay to do something fun even if I don't have all of my chores accomplished.  These words tell me it's okay to have a down day, but to get up the next with vigor.  Or that it's okay if it takes more than one day. 

    It says, Don't Give Up.

     

The post Everything I need to Know first appeared on Carey Portell.]]> http://careyportell.blogspot.com/2016/05/everything-i-need-to-know.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=everything-i-need-to-know-3&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=everything-i-need-to-know-3 Tue, 10 May 2016 18:28:00 +0000 https://careyportell.com/?guid=b045104f0894f17a17b82d47bd47d23d      Three weeks.  High humidity.  Arthritis flare-ups.  Pain.I can't shake it.  Rarely do my bouts last this long anymore, but I seem to be headed for a fourth week.       Missouri's odd weather c...

The post Everything I need to Know first appeared on Carey Portell.]]>      Three weeks.  High humidity.  Arthritis flare-ups.  Pain.

I can't shake it.  Rarely do my bouts last this long anymore, but I seem to be headed for a fourth week.  

     Missouri's odd weather changes are at fault, aggravating my advanced arthritis.  Self motivation has come naturally for me, but since our car crash, working at it has become a full time job. 

     Only having troubles when the pain wears on me for long periods of time, like now, does my spirit damper some.  Last evening, I told my husband that I didn't know how much longer I could do this.  

     Most days I live, some days, I survive. 

     Surviving the last three weeks has become burdensome.  Each day I have to prove I am stronger than my pain.  Each day I must motivate mentally and emotionally or I will not survive. 

     My dear friend gifted me a book last summer.  Initially scanning through it, I thought this is exactly the type of book she would give me.  I did not read it front to back, but read the next page as I felt the urge.  Each one liner was a lesson, a lesson I needed on that particular day. 

     The past three weeks has prompted me to re-read it and I have read the chapters from cover to cover. 

Everything I Need to Know I Learned from a Little Golden Book

     Do you remember that little book from your childhood?  They have one for adults and we all need to read it from time to time.  Simplicity.  Simple words that we should all live by.  Life lessons that make ours easier to live by, if we would just do it. 

     Permissions that we do not allow ourselves, small motivational one liners that move us to a better place and give us the strength we already know exists inside of us. 

     I look for daily motivation everywhere and every chance I get, because I don't deny that I need it.  Some days more than others, in this case some weeks more than others.  

     This book tells me it's okay to take a day off due to my pain and not feel guilty about it.  It tells me it's okay to do something fun even if I don't have all of my chores accomplished.  These words tell me it's okay to have a down day, but to get up the next with vigor.  Or that it's okay if it takes more than one day. 

    It says, Don't Give Up.

     

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