Author: AnnaLarsson

Going on 50 and want to get a life where I make the disions when to work or not. I have Crohn's Disease and need to change my life if I want to live it. My husband and I have a daughter and a grandson and I want to be strong enough to spend more time with them instead of working all day, five days a week and then rest to do the same thing the next day. With SFM I can se that change happen.
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Still waiting, learning, and resting

Waiting, learning, resting

Still, we all are waiting

The past week we hoped to get a new member in our family. My daughter is due to give birth and the date is already passed. A new grandson is on the way, and I can’t even tell you how happy I am about that. Well, he will come when he is ready, it will be a relief for my daughter and my grandson will be a big brother. Lovely is the word popping up in my head.

I forgot the practice and the teachings

When I started my journey, I learned that there is one recipe for success amongst many that will help me on my way. This one is simple, you learn new things, then you do them and after that you teach them to others. Learn-Do-Teach. It’s easy to remember but I got lost in all the things there is to learn. I need to learn one thing at the time, after that I need to practice what I have learned and then I teach my new skill to others.

Sometimes it’s good to stop and take a breath and get things in your mind sorted out before moving on again. I have done that for a long time and now I will move on, start walking again. That’s when I noticed what I forgot.

I think I will finish the course I am going through right now and after that I need to start over again with the first module just to remember all the things I need to do if I want to move forward. I wonder what else I have forgotten. It’s quite exciting to recover knowledge that has been lost or forgotten.

Quiet week

I have been a quiet week otherwise. I have been resting a lot after the few hours of work. Walking my dog in the forest, smelling the beginning of summer, and enjoying time with my grandson who have filled my heart as he always does.

How have your week been? Have you found lost knowledge or piece in your heart this week?

Inspired of my journey?

If you feel inspired of my journey, I hope you will start your own trail forward to find your way to your daily inner smiles. If you have any questions, you are welcome to ask them, I may not have the answer but together we might find some way forward.

See yaaa all next time and remember to find your smile!

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Positive attitude

Build a positive foundation to stand on

Positive foundation

Basically, I have a positive foundation to stand on towards most of what life’s journey offers. That doesn’t mean that I can’t be hurt and feeling sad at times.

A couple of years ago I felt really sad. My health wasn’t as good as I wanted it to be. I had just started this journey I am currently on, so I had lots to think about. We had just celebrated my sister-in-law’s birthday and I was so tired that I had to lay down on the couch between dinner and coffee-time. I couldn’t engage in the conversation that took place and I felt left behind and ashamed because my health kept me from being there for her. That took a toll on me, but I buried the feeling and kept smiling.

It is possible to feel deeply sad and still have a positive attitude towards life and everything that’s coming your way. After this incident I had many moments like that, and I still have them now and then but I know that this is how it is for now. I accepted the situation after a few times and realised that even if I can’t be where I want to be I still have a good life. Noting is forever so this will pass eventually. With my positive foundation I realised that life always sort things out in one way or the other. The only thing I can do is to live life as fully as I can, enjoy all the things that I already have and keep on enjoying my journey forward to the future. Acceptance and knowing that you can’t control everything is a powerful thing.

Failing forward

Failing forward and learn new things

Life isn’t a dance on a bed of roses all the time, it is what you do with it. I started to walk this road because I wanted to earn money to get a new lifestyle where I could live my working life on my own terms. Working when I want and from where I choose but I found so much more, and it have changed my approach to life. The biggest change is my attitude, if life hits me hard the most important thing is how I handle the situation. I don’t blame myself for things going wrong anymore, it’s a lesson I must learn something from. There will always be times when life throws stuff in your way and you have the opportunity of choosing how to react to them. Moving forward at times means that you sometimes need to fail forward. You learn from your mistakes and things you have to handle to get where you want to go. I strongly believe that the only time you are failing is when you give up and stop doing the things you need to do if you want to reach your goals. It might just be one small step forward but still there is movement towards what you want in life. Take one tiny step and then take another tiny step and you are on your way.

Inspired of my journey?

If you feel inspired of my journey, I hope you will start your own trail forward to find your way to your daily inner smiles. If you have any questions, you are welcome to ask them, I may not have the answer but together we might find some way forward.

See yaaa all next time and remember to find your smile!