"Nothing is IMPOSSIBLE.  The word itself says I'M POSSIBLE!" - Audrey Hepburn.  Have you every told yourself that something is impossible to do?  We always seem to find the ways that things won't work and not the ways things can work!  We give up even before we start!  We do not try hard enough!  But if we start out thinking that something won't work, it most likely won't.  If we start thinking about how something is going to be great, the more likely it will be!  Look at it differently, try it a different way, get someone's opinion...We have all of these resources to use, but we don't use them because we think that we can't do it!  So stop thinking that you are IMPOSSIBLE and start thinking "I'M POSSIBLE!"

Fly a Kite

"You can't fly a kite without a little wind."  Flying a kite seems so magical!  You are helping something fly.  People always look up when they see a kite.  But in order to get the kite up there needs to be some wind otherwise it will be stuck on the ground!  Life can be magical too!  We can soar to new heights, go places we have never been before, see with new eyes, go on an adventures, find hidden treasures that were right in front of our eyes all along, meet people from far off places and dream of never, neverland when we are awake!  But plans to go on adventures never leave the wind behind!  There is always something that either stops us or delays or even changes the path.  That does not mean that we have to stop!  Remember the wind keeps the kite up!  So embrace the unexpected wind, no matter how that is, hold onto the string and run!

Happily Ever After

"If fairytales were perfect, then happily ever after wouldn't come at the end."  I have always been a perfectionist!  I love things organized, I want things to turn out the way that I see them, things just have to be "just right!"  But I have found that I am not perfect...shocker, I know.  Nothing is perfect and that is okay.  Our imperfections actually make us who were are...they make us...us!  Who would watch a movie where there was no trial to get through?  It would be boring!  What makes a fairytale a fairytale is the big obstacle in the way...For Beauty is was coming to love the Beast and ultimately protecting him.  For Aurora it was discovering who she was and conquering Malificent...For Hercules it was coming to grips with who he really was and who he was meant to be...For Cinderella it was overcoming a life full of negative words and actions by her stepfamily...None of these stories are perfect.  Not everything goes right...and that is why we watch them.  Without that great obstacle in the way, happily ever after would not have the same meaning.  So just remember, being perfect does not make us who we are.  Being imperfect does and with it our "Happily Ever After!"

"COURAGE is meant TO BE LIVED."  My DAD said these PROFOUND words to me one day.  I do not know WHERE it came from or WHY he said it, but ever since I have LOVED the words.  How can you be COURAGEOUS if you are sitting down?  We have to STAND and MOVE.  We have to go out and DO SOMETHING.  But I think that IT IS MORE than that.  Think about this phrase: Being BRAVE is DOING SOMETHING you are SCARED TO DEATH to do."  Being COURAGEOUS and being BRAVE means that you have to DO something and most of the time that SOMETHING IS WHAT YOU ARE SCARED TO DEATH TO DO.