Have A Beautiful Day

This is a picture I took at the Queens Botanical Garden.

Beautiful day today, Isn't it!?

This is the day that the lord has made, I will rejoice and be glad in it.

Smile.

Enjoy the many blessings God has placed around you.

A Bike Riding Kind of Day

On a lovely day, the perfect thing to do is to go outside. Especially when the air is crisp and dry and cool. The temp of 79 degrees is perfect for riding. I went bike riding today and I had a blast. I rode like I never rode before. Which is true, literally, because I haven't ridden a bike outdoors in maybe ten years. The only bike riding I have done is on a gym bike.

Being outside is different. The trees and the air and the sounds and the obsticals and challenges. The scenery of a bike trail takes it to a whole other level. I had the air in my lungs and the breeze in my face. It was exhilerating how my legs pedaled on and on with ferver just around another bend or up a hill. I went down hills with incedible speed and I went up hills with determination to reach the top. There is a freedom in riding on a bikeout doors.

It is the sense of being one with a moving world. I like being among nature and moving at my own pace. It reminded me of my days as a kid and yet better.

It is funny how easily you can pick up a bike after so many years and still remember how to do it, as if it were yesterday.

Purple power!

I love purple.

It is such a warm and rich tone.

It makes my day.

Always be prepared

What a hot day. I went to an open house job interview today, for the Metropolitan Jewish Health System. I wasn't prepared at all...
I walked into a totally business atmosphere and another interview-ee had interview attire and her paperwork. Unlike me I had on a t-shirt and a some khaki pants and only my resume. I didn't realize that an open house interview meant the actual interview. I thought I'd ask some questions and they would ask some questions and I'd leave a resume and that would be it. But this was a real interview on the spot. Hence, I learned, what an open house Interview is. I stayed for five minuets, signed out and left. I was an hour early, anyway. No harm done. I have another open house to go to next week. I will be more prepared this time. I will also remember to bring my certifications and liscence with me. (I didn't have those either.) You'd think I wasted time, but at least I learned to always be prepared.

Happy Friday To All! Thank God.

Today is another day.

And yet again I encourage you to keep on striving.

For God's mercy is new every morning.

Today's color is Pink.

ENJOY.

One Color of hope: An Orange bloom

Every day there is a new feeling.
Everyday there is a new promise to believe.
Everyday there is a new color to enjoy.
Today is orange and yellow...

OPTIMISM

Opposite to the dark clouds
In this dear young heart
Lies what I like to call hope
In a word---OPTIMISM.
It…is…
It is the sunshine that radiates through these eyes
The Joy that Sparkles in through those teeth
It is the gift that can be given or to be kept
But it will always keep on giving
To you and to me…

Pessimism once driving our thoughts,
Now must flee
Vision itself is also free
These old bodies are no longer weak
When optimism sets in
The positive state of mind sets in and streaks high
Now we can see it
Almost see the brighter side.

There it is…
There is a place.
It will finally be
A glorious ending.
No matter what
A solution is available
See it. Good.
See it. Great.
See it … optimism.

Do you see it???

BY: Christina Carpenter

Never Accept Defeat

If people hate you
You won’t die
You won’t die.
Let them roll their eyes
But you won’t die
Let them talk
Let them laugh
Let them snicker
You won’t die
You just won’t die
You may cry but then pick your self up
And believe you can make it anyway
You know who you are
And you know where you are going
And one day they will be following in your dust
Who cares about them?
If they don’t like you then too bad
You like you and there are more people in the world
More people who have yet to get to know you
Your drive and belief in yourself lives on
Take the chance to be you
love yourself
You won’t die
You just keep living and striving on
Getting better and better, day after day
Learn from the mistake, they make you better
Don’t let peoples comments get you down
Weeping may endure for a night but joy comes in the morning
There is always hope of a better day
Don’t weep too long to miss how far God can bring you
You are more than a conqueror
You are a gift waiting to be unleashed
God made you for a reason
Don’t apologize
Love yourself first and let others love you second
It doesn’t matter what others think
They have a right to their opinions and you have a right to yours
Never give up. You won’t die
You won’t die only unless God wants you to.

written 3/15/09
By Christina Carpenter

I will smile

I smile when all hope seems gone
And when sorrows abound
I smile when uncertainty seems to fill my tomorrows.
I Smile.

I Smile
I stand tall and beautiful
Wide eyed and alert
I’m ready
I take on the world
And smile.

Sometimes I strike a silly Pose
I advise everyone to do it too
Let your smile grin
Remember, “Life is beautiful”
And that is true.

And if you agree, smile
If there is nothing left to do
But to do this at least twice a day
Then smile.

If it keeps your world from crashing down.
Then smile.

Life is a journey
A journey of ups and downs
Trials and challenges
Take it from me
God has brought me through this far
To this place I stand
All the things I have done and the places I have seen
And been
God has been with me
And He’s been good to me
Life is a journey
In which I greet cordially
It keeps me on my toes
And all I can do is smile
Smile when my back is against the grain
And the rain hits like pain

I keep a smile.
I give thumbs up
And a high five

To stay positive.
My smile brings joy
Though sometimes life gets me down
I won’t forget to smile.

By Christina Carpenter

9/09