http://livelifeblessed.com/blog Seeking Happiness, Joy and Peace! Tue, 28 Jul 2009 16:45:03 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I am truly blessed…two weeks ago I could barely get out of bed and was wondering how in the world I was going to entertain my husband’s parents who were arriving for ten days but as always my prayers were answered.  I started medicine for Lupus which the doctor told ... http://livelifeblessed.com/blog/?p=24 To live in the moment can be very challenging.  Often we get caught up in our lives of running place to place, answering phone calls, checking emails and worrying about the past or future which causes us to lose focus on what is happening around us.  Many of our thought ... http://livelifeblessed.com/blog/?p=23 Today has been one of those days….I guess you would say it is a Lupus zapping energy day.  I tried so hard to get things done but every time I started to do something I ended up back in bed.   The nausea was overwhelming and my body ached from head ... http://livelifeblessed.com/blog/?p=22 For several months when I awake in the morning my hands are stiff and hurt.  It is hard to open my hands as they are stuck and ache with pain.  Once I get them moving the pain slowly goes away and then comes the task of getting out of bed.  ... http://livelifeblessed.com/blog/?p=21 Are you stupid or what?  How could you do such a thing?  Why would you quit your job to start a business?  You act just like your Grandmother, dumb.  Just stay where you are.  Your Mother would be alive if you were not such a problem child.  Looks like you ... http://livelifeblessed.com/blog/?p=20 It was Saturday evening and I was sitting in the bathtub soaking my aching bones feeling sorry for myself.  In October of last year, I developed pneumonia and ended up in the hospital for a week.  Two days after I got home, my Father fell ill and I went to ... http://livelifeblessed.com/blog/?p=18 I received this video from the man who brought me into his family when I was sixteen years old.  He is not my birth father but when my own family was going through difficult times he reached out and became a father to me.  He gave me unconditional love and ... http://livelifeblessed.com/blog/?p=16 The internet is an amazing resource.  Wednesday night I received an email from a group that I had joined but never participated in the site.  The email was a request to pray for a 27 year old girl named Cristin who is critically ill.  Cristin is married and has three ... http://livelifeblessed.com/blog/?p=15 It’s not enough to be the best…when you have the ability to be GREAT.    God gave us the ability to be great when he put us on this earth.  We were not brought here to be mediocre.  All of us have the power to be great at whatever we do.  ... http://livelifeblessed.com/blog/?p=14 With passion and God we can do anything but most of us need to be reminded of this often.  I know I often get off track and forget my passion and dreams due to the daily peaks and valleys of my life.  This is an amazing story http://www.livelifeblessed.com/godswork and reminds ... http://livelifeblessed.com/blog/?p=13