Today was a total waste of makeup!

Is It Just ME, or do you, too, “get” the humor in this?  Have you ever felt this way – I have!!!

I saw a small, decorative wooden sign with the saying, ‘Today was a total waste of makeup’.  I stood there and laughed.  I got it.  I know so many other women who, if with me, would have shared the laugh.

  

Laughing is good; we should all laugh more!

You anticipate.  You prepare.  You imagine.

Then… You experience disappointment.  You feel discouraged.

                            You don’t know what you did wrong.

Chances are, you did nothing wrong!  You kissed another proverbial frog.  It’s life.  It’s probable.  Wash your face.  Start again tomorrow.

Don’t be fooled.  There is a “sort of” success in failure.  WHAT?  Yes.  Every lesson learned is a step closer to where it is you hope to be. Now, you know what NOT to do tomorrow.  Number one on the DO NOT DO list is to give up or feel sorry for yourself. No No No.

 I read a quote today from the great Dale Carnegie:

Feeling sorry for yourself, and your present condition,

is not only a waste of energy

but the worst habit you could possibly have.

Touché, Mr. Carnegie.

Negative energy is among the most draining waste of time.  It depletes you; it diminishes you.  You end up alone in your own misery.

Positive energy begets energy.  It becomes contagious.  It attracts.  Your spirit is never alone.

CHOOSE!

Nothing you do, nothing you try, nothing you fail at is ever a waste – unless you let it be.  Each experience is a moment of empowerment, enlightenment, and education.  Each “no” in life brings you closer to the “yes”.

Say “yes’ to yourself.  Look for the silver-lining in every cloud ; it’s there.  We only fail to see when we decide to stop looking.

So, IS it just me?  Probably not!

You can even skip the makeup!

(if you put a positive smile on, instead!)