Make your home welcoming by giving the front of your house some curb appeal! Let people see your good will and energy reflected in your surroundings. You don’t have to spend a lot of money, sometimes the best landscaping is a nice clean yard free of debris or clutter. Thad and I added some much needed curb appeal for under $200.00 with a new park bench, landscaping logs, and a few potted plants. We had stone on hand from another project and we took huge stepping stones out of our creek.
Your home is the place you return to each day, even if you rent, you can make it a lovely place. Spring is finally here!! Today, let’s spruce up our surroundings, let people see your welcoming energy and Live Inspired Now!
Heather Paris inspires people all over the world to create happier lives through talks, workshops, blog posts, and her book, Live Inspired Now; A Field Guide For Happiness. For more information about transforming your relationship, family, or your life, contact Heather today!
Life is a journey and whatever path you are on, it is the right one. It is right because it leads you to where you want to be, OR where you don’t want to be and then you can correct. We are all exactly where we need to be in the moment. We are either happy and moving forward or learning lessons that will help us in the future. We all make bad decisions sometimes, we all have set backs, and we all wish we had made better choices at some point, but everything we have done has led us to this moment. There are many decisions I have made in my life that I know were not the best but looking back now, I know they were exactly right because of where they led me. I am exactly where I want to be today because of the fortunes, mistakes, happiness and misery I have experienced up to now. We should always try and do our best, try to make the best choices we can that will enhance our lives, but if we mess up, that’s OK too. Everything always works out the way it is supposed to. I often think of a friend who had a terrible break up. She truly thought she would not survive the pain but I assured her that it would all work out. Nobody ever thinks of pain as a blessing but it often is. In the end, she did get through the pain of her break up and she went on to eventually meet the man of her dreams! I reminded her that had she not had that pain, she would have never had the opportunity to meet her current husband and she is truly happy now.
Wherever you are today in your journey, be grateful for it. It may not be exactly where you want to be at the moment, but hang in there, all things work out for the greater good. Stay focused on the positive, make the best decisions you know how to make, stay on the path and Live Inspired Now!
Heather Paris inspires people all over the world to create happier lives through talks, workshops, blog posts, and her book, Live Inspired Now; A Field Guide For Happiness. For more information about transforming your relationship, family, or your life, contact Heather today!
We are always at our best and strongest when we are living in alignment with who we truly are. Never try to become someone else or act in a way that is out of character for you. YOU don’t have to be anyone but you! When we put on a facade we tell our own souls that we are not good enough, that we could not be accepted as we are.
We all wear many hats and have to act appropriately in our surroundings. You might not act the same way at work as you do hanging out with your friends and that is OK. It is good to understand what is appropriate behavior for different social settings but don’t change who you are at your core. You can alter behavior but don’t alter your values. Don’t jump on the bandwagon when it rolls through just because that is what everyone else is doing. Don’t go along with things you disagree with because your friends are doing it. Don’t let anyone pressure you into doing or being anything that you don’t align with. If you ever make a decision that you don’t feel is right because you are afraid to lose someone, that person is probably someone worth losing. For example, many years ago I had a friend who was constantly going to bars and drinking because she thought her boyfriend would leave her if she didn’t. She didn’t want him to think she wasn’t fun, she thought he would leave her if she was too “serious.” She was essentially making herself a prisoner. She was doing things to make him “stay” with her but she was totally unhappy. I wondered how long it would take her to realize that the happiness she sought in him would never be found while she hated herself. She eventually broke up with him and moved forward and she learned that you cannot find happiness in being someone you are not.
So today, be yourself, don’t compromise your beliefs, opinions or values for anyone and Live Inspired Now!
Heather Paris inspires people all over the world to create happier lives through talks, workshops, blog posts, and her book, Live Inspired Now; A Field Guide For Happiness. For more information about transforming your relationship, family, or your life, contact Heather today!
It is time for some spring cleaning! I have been cleaning and de-cluttering our house so we can sell it because we are moving this summer. I am not sure how we accumulated so much stuff, especially since I THOUGHT I was the queen of un-cluttered. I am waiting to be stripped of that title any day now! lol. We let things pile up and surround us for no reason, get rid of all the things you don’t need or haven’t used. I told the kids, if you haven’t looked at it, used it, played with it or even thought about it in 3 months, get rid of it! We are donating so much stuff and that feels really good!
We should de-clutter our non-tangible life as well. Isn’t it time to stop carrying around all those hurt feelings, sadness or any type of negative emotions? Or maybe it’s time to re-evaluate some of your friendships? If the emotion, feeling or even the friend doesn’t enhance your life in a positive way, get rid of it! Let everything you keep be useful, beautiful or empowering, and Live Inspired Now!
Heather Paris inspires people all over the world to create happier lives through talks, workshops, blog posts, and her book, Live Inspired Now; A Field Guide For Happiness. For more information about transforming your relationship, family, or your life, contact Heather today!
If you want something bad enough, you will be willing to do whatever it takes to get it, including hard work! I was thinking about this over the past weekend when Thad and I were working so hard to landscape our yard. I am really excited to give the house some curb appeal so we were digging up dirt, removing large stones, installing rock beds, and getting things ready to plant. It was so much work and my body was sore everywhere but we really wanted it and we made it happen. This is our attitude with almost everything, if we want it, it is up to us to make it happen!
You won’t die from hard work but you will sleep well at night! Nothing like some manual labor to help you sleep like a log. Is there something in life that you really want? Are you willing to work hard to achieve it? Life provides many magic moments but it doesn’t make dreams happen by magic. Make a plan, roll up your sleeves and get to work! Clear, consistent, focus and action make your dreams come true! You are in control of your dreams becoming reality… go out there and make it happen and Live Inspired Now!
Heather Paris inspires people all over the world to create happier lives through talks, workshops, blog posts, and her book, Live Inspired Now; A Field Guide For Happiness. For more information about transforming your relationship, family, or your life, contact Heather today!
