My Daily Quotes - Happy St. Patty's Day

Just a few of my Facebook Daily Quotes. Each one has deep meaning to me and I wanted to share them with you.

Life is not perfect but we can at least strive for something great in our lives. I woke up today and that is a great thing. We take our lives for granted. It is good to have goals but, we also need to live in the moment and hold onto the joys that we do have in the here and now. We can't waste our lives living in the past, yesterday is the past and cannot be changed. Live today as if you may not have a tomorrow. A great friend helped me to understand that it is ok to be happy in this moment and to carry that happiness with me every day and no matter what happens in the future I have happiness and love in my heart always. I have a second chance to live life and to love life and I will cherish it and love everyone in it as if there will be no tomorrow..... Tina Yvonne Powers

 

Someday I'll tell the whole misguided story of the first 40 years! But, the next 40 will be the time for living and loving! We cannot forget our pasts and all that have wronged us but, we can forgive and learn so that we can live and enjoy the ride!

 

There are no differences, each of us is our own shade and the world would be dull if it were not for all of the different shades. It is your life and you are the one that needs to be true to yourself and do what makes you happy, not others!

 

You never walk alone when you have your friends around and even though they may be far and wide they are always with you in your heart. an original quote by me! Tina Powers McKinney

 

I need to learn to dance! Any kind of dancing will do. Of course I realize that I have to finish learning how to walk first. But, I want to dance wildly in the middle of a thunderstorm, in a club or around the house! I will learn to dance. Will you join me in the adventure?

 

I miss my home! I miss my friends, my family and the 'ville! I've been away too long and almost forgot where it all began. A lot has changed, yet my soul longs to be home again to where it all began. I miss the breeze coming off the ocean! When I would need to regroup my thoughts, my friend the ocean was always just moments away! I find myself needing to regroup my life and just maybe home is where I need to be! I can't just go right this moment but soon, maybe soon I will find my way home! Find my way back to what matters to me. Oh, tell me how I can make this be? I miss my home! I miss my friends, my family and the 'ville! Maybe home is where I belong! Back where it all began!

A Year and a Half of Changes

For those of you who are unfamiliar with my struggles over the last 2 years, I will plot a timeline for you to better understand the hell that I have traveled to get to where I am today.

June 2010 : Father went back to prison

September 2010: Mother was taken off of life support, Husband was arrested & my cousin Tommy died.

October 2010 - January 2011: My sister was in and out of the hospital until her death.

February 2011: e found out about the alien in my neck - my Cyst.

May 2011 : I had the first of my tumor surgeries. Where it was determined that the alien was indeed a cancerous tumor and not a cyst.

August 15, 2011: The alien was removed!

August 16: my cousin Pam died while I was still out.

August 18: My grandfather died, while I was waking up.

August 18: I woke up to find that I was only able to move one of my limbs, my left arm.

I tell you of these struggles, not to receive your pity but, to invoke your understanding  of the strength that we all have inside of us to pick ourselves up, even in the worst of times. I believe that everything happens for a reason and what we do with it is entirely up to us.

I could have given up and almost did. But, people showed me that I was worth saving. They showed me how to use that strength that my granny raised me with, to learn to live and love life. When I was ready to quit, that strength kept picking me back up.

I have come a long way these past 2 years and I am a far better person because of it. I have learned the greatest lesson of all, that life is too short not to live and enjoy every minute of it.

In a few short months I have learned to write(tho not well) with my left hand, to stand, to walk, to eat without throwing it across the room, and to love myself despite my current physical status.

Yes, the realization that I may never be able to drive a bus again hit me pretty hard. But, I will at the very least be able to drive my own vehicle one day.

I am alive to challenge the day. I have many friends, new and old, that help to see me through. I have joined forces with my soul to be the best person that I can be, to always help others, to laugh and live my life to the fullest each day. Because, we have no guarantee that there will be a tomorrow.

So, join me in exploring each day as it comes and making plans for a more joyous future. Live each day with no regrets, love in your heart and be true to yourself always!

Love,

T

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Changes

Life has had many changes planned for me that I had not expected and I am sure that there are many more in store for me. Some changes may seem to be a blessing but I am sure that there will be some that I might not like so well. This is what life is about, ever evolving changes.

We worry about whether we will make the right choices, the right partners, the right job and even the right choice of foods in our lunch. But, does this exasperating worrying ever get us where we want to be in life?

I have tried to live my life by adopting my love, live, be concept. It has worked pretty good for me over the last year. There have been many challenges to the changes but, I seem to have come out of them a better person. There is so much anger in the world and if others would just slow down and concentrate on loving themselves and others the way they are without trying to change them, our world would embrace the harmony of it all.

I am constantly learning more about myself and the world around me. Just because we are "all growed up" does not mean that we know everything or that we have to stop trying to discover more about life.

If we are lucky to live to a hundred, it will still have seemed like a short life. I don't want to look back on my life at the end and say, "Why didn't I take that chance when it came around?"

As some of you know, I am contemplating some drastic changes in my life. One such change would be geography. I am not certain of the destination but, it is sure to be a change from the present. I am looking for a fresh start. Trying to make the correct choice is not an easy thing to plan.

Portland has essentially been my home for the past 22 years. All of my adult life. It is a scary but also exciting thought to move on to new adventures! Who knows, I may change my mind. That is what life is all about, changes!

Live, Love and Be who you want to be!


Tina