Faithful Friday: Happy to be...

Hello everyone and welcome back to our first blog Faithful Friday in a loooong time!

Thank you all so much for your patience and understanding through me being so busy! During this time of year, work gets insanely busy and therefore, when I get home, I am wiped out! Also, I wanted to take the time to thank all of you for your comments and response to my personal update video (in The Adela Told Me Blog Group on Facebook). You all really helped me feel like I was not alone in that struggle and I really appreciate you!

On to today's post!

This quote perfectly states today's message.

Sometimes I feel like it's so easy to get caught up in life that we forget to be happy/thankful by appreciating small things or even to be happy/thankful with our life in general. I know sometimes I can start to focus in on the negativity around me and forget all about how blessed I am! Well, that is just nonsense! There is nothing that should take my happiness! So, I have made a point to be happy with the smallest things. For example, I do not like getting out of bed in the morning! But I choose to be happy that I had a nice warm bed to sleep in. Then I choose to be happy that I have a job to go to (even when it's crazy busy, I am grateful for it!) I have found that if I wake up with that "I'm going to be happy" mindset, then the rest of the day is a piece of cake!

Another thing I like to do is to start and end each day with prayer. You know that I am always on the go and because I like to sleep in as late as possible...I pray in the morning when I brush my teeth. I know that seems silly but God understands me perfectly! Then at night I pray before bed. Since I started doing this I really feel more thankful and happy.

The point of this message is that I urge you to find joy in the smallest things.

Wake up in the morning and decide to be happy and you will be amazed at your results!

That's all I've got for you today! This was a short and sweet Faithful Friday but hey, it's a start, right?

I hope you all have a great weekend with your families. There will not be a post on Monday because I will be with my family that day. For those of you that are from military families, Thank you all for your service to our great Country. Please remember that Memorial Day is more than a 3 day weekend, take a moment to appreciate those that gave their today's for our tomorrow's.

That is not something my military family takes for granted.

Until next time...

Xoxo,

Adela

Get Ready With Me: Sick, but you'd never know it!

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Adela's at home pedicure

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Update: Where I've been...

Hello! You may have noticed that I haven't posted on here in over a month! A lot has been going on in my life. Without going into too much detail I will say that I was not getting enough sleep and there was death in the family. Slowly but surely I have bounced back and I'm ready to move on. I have some new posts planned for you all and want to thank you for sticking with me through my absence. Also, I am still planning on doing a giveaway to celebrate over 20,000 views. You guys are awesome! Your support means the world to me. I can't wait to get back into blogging regularly. If you have any requests, please let me know. Xoxo, Adela

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