And so it begins....

I've been promising myself that I would start writing for several years now and blogging seemed like a really good way to just jump in and get my feet wet.  So this is for me. I don't know if anyone else will read it and that's okay. I need to do this... for me. There are just to many thoughts running around in my head and I need to get them out and make room for new ones!

Beautiful...it seems there are a lot of ideas and definitions of what beauty is. So I decided to look it up.
The definition: physically attractive. Okay I can see that, but really it's so much more and when you apply it to how you're living or trying to live your life I think I like some of the synonyms listed better. I picked out a few of my favorites: admirable, appealing, delightful, divine, excellent, fascinating. Those words seem to define the life I'm trying to live or at least the one I want to live in this new year a little more clearly than just.... physically attractive.

I'm at a point in my life where I would like the things I spend my time doing to actually matter. That I would have an impact on someone else's life, somehow making it better, more beautiful is I believe what I've been put here to do. To show someone more kindness, more patience, more acceptance, more grace and more love perhaps than they've seen their whole lives. And that my friends is beautiful!

I'm setting a few goals for myself for 2013 that I think will help me in my quest to live more beautifully.

1. Be in the Word daily
2. Express Gratitude
3. Spend time doing what I really love - being with people
4. Stay physically active
5. Look for beauty in those around me
6. Live intentionally - in the moment
7. Be aware of opportunities to help someone else
8. Make spending time with my family and friends a priority
9. Use my words wisely and in kindness
10. Love bigger

I think if I can do even one of those things everyday - my life and the lives of those around me will indeed be more beautiful!

Blessings
Shan