A Great Girlie Day

What a great day!
Yesterday at lunch, with my co-workers, I ran into a friend from church. She called me over to her table, introduced me to a friend of her's, and then asked if I could get together with her sometime, that she wanted to visit with me. I said, sure...always excited when someone wants to spend time with me, but figured it was one of those "let's do lunch" kinda things.
I got home last night and had a facebook message from her with her cell number asking me to call and let her know when I good time for me was. I messaged back with my number and said that anytime other than Tuesday was good...then she replied back with "how about 9:30 tomorrow morning. Come on over to my house."

So..I did.
And we visited. She said that she had questions, and she thought I might have answers. She's just gone through a divorce, has kids my kids' age, and has met a nice guy. She needed to talk to someone that wasn't family, someone that had experience with all those things..someone to just share with.

I was honored.
The next thing I knew, she was asking if I wanted to order pizza for lunch...then asked if she was keeping me from anything. I mentioned that the only thing I'd planned to do today was go to the pool. She wanted to go, too..and then we decided to call her now former sister in law, who is one of my close friends from school and neighbor...and we wound up spending the whole rest of the day at her pool.

It was just wonderful. Girl time. Just talking and lying in the sun/pool....from 9;30-5:30...just us.

I loved it.
I needed it.
And she did, too.

Hopefully it wasn't a one time thing, and now that she's got more time on her hands, we can get together more often.
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This thinking of positive things about myself is getting harder to do w/o repeating the same things over and over. So..I googled "how to"...and found this:
Steps:
*Make a decision to do your own thinking and have control over your attitude. That means deciding to conquer the negativity that is going on around you. Think of what you can do today and how you will react that will make a difference to your life instead of allowing people and situations to dictate.

*Associate or mix around with people who can provide something of value. Avoid those who sap your energy and motivation. If you can't avoid them, or don't want to, learn how not to let them get you down.

*Start saying positive things especially about yourself. How you communicate to yourself affects your thinking and your emotions, as well as your self-esteem.

*Try new things. Experiencing a wide variety of life in a positive light will do wonders. Something as simple as trying the mussels in a restaurant can lead to new tastes and different sensations.

*Read more. Read about how those people who fought fear with courage and succeeded in life. Through reading, you will gain new knowledge and understanding and it will help you clear whatever is blocking your thinking and create more ideas.

*Set goals no matter how impossible it may seem at the moment. Keep yourself busy working on them. Once you reach one, you will get inspired. With each goals achieved no matter how small, you will gain confidence and your self-esteem will increase.

*Change your mental pictures. What and how you see yourself and your surroundings make a difference to your thinking. You are visualizing or imagining something at every waking hour. Start to change your old internal dis-empowering pictures with images of something that you wish to experience.

*Start questioning yourself on your behavior and attitude. Ask yourself why you are resisting or producing the habits or attitudes that you dislike. Stop each time you catch yourself in a circumstance that bring about negativity and doubts.


JuPoThiMo
A month of positive thinking
1. My experiences are worth sharing with others.
2. My time and friendship is valued by others.
3. I am becoming the kind of woman I've always aspired to be.