It's okay to quit!

My mom sends me the best emails! Here's one originated by motivational speaker, Veraunda Jackson.

It's okay to quit!

1. Quit arguing with people about the same old foolishness! Respect their position and keep it moving!

2. Quit telling people your secrets when you know they are not going to keep them! And if you keep telling them, then quit getting mad when they tell your secrets!

3. Quit trying to pull people on your journey who don't want to travel with you. Either they believe in you and value you...or they don't!

4. Quit complaining about things you can't and won't change!

5. Quit gossiping about other people! Minding our own business should be a full time job!

6. Quit blaming each other for things that in the big picture aren't going to matter three weeks from now! Talk solutions...and then implement them!

7. Quit eating things you know are not good for you! If you can't quit...eat smaller portions!

8. Quit buying things when we know we can't afford them! If you don't have self control, then quit going to the stores! Quit charging things, especially when you don't NEED them!

9. Quit staying in unhealthy relationships! It is not okay for people to verbally or physically abuse you! So quit lying to yourself! It is not okay to stay in the marriage for the children!

10. Quit letting family members rope you into the drama! -Start telling them you don't want to hear it! Quit spreading the drama! Quit calling other relatives and telling them about your brothers, sisters, cousin, etc.! Go back to #5 minding your own business should be enough to keep you busy!

11. Quit trying to change people! IT DOESN'T WORK! Quit cussing people out when you know that they are just being the miserable and jealous people that they are! (or maybe, they are being miserable because of some private life drama that you don't know about)

12. Quit the job you hate! Start pursuing your passion. Find the job that fuels your passion BEFOREyou quit!

13. Quit volunteering for things that you aren't getting any personal fulfillment from anymore! Quit volunteering for things and then failing to follow through with your commitment!

14. Quit listening to the nay-sayers! Quit watching the depressing news if you are going to live in the doom and gloom of it all!

15. Quit making excuses about why you are where you are or why you can't do what you want to do!

16. Quit waiting on others to give you the answers...and start finding the answers for yourself! If what you are doing isn't working for you...then quit it!

17. Quit settling and start making your dreams a reality!- Quit being afraid and START LIVING YOUR LIFE! CREATE THE LIFE YOU WANT! If you want something different than what you have had in the past...you must quit doing what you have done before and DO something different! JUST QUIT IT ...... and START DOING something to create the experience you want!

my 1st post from my phone..

My stomach's kind of upset today. I think its nerves. So stressed about mom's cancer. Spent last Sunday with her and she ended up back in the hospital because her stitches ripped. I saw more of my mother than I ever thought I'd see. It seems I can handle it, but still I must be somewhat traumatized from seeing so much skin and seeing her so weak, because I can't seem to shake it off. Me, my two sisters, and mom are heading to Houston on Sunday for a meeting with the doctors at MD Anderson on Monday. We are expecting to find out the extint of the cancer and what treatment options are. All this, and working full-time, and homeschooling my two youngest.

Then there's the hub. I just dont feel like I'm getting any support during this ordeal with mom, but that's really no surprise. I mean, it's not like we have ever had a strong relationship. Last weekend, he went out drinking with his guy friends again, but this time he didn't come home until 5:00 a.m. So, first it was 3:00, then 4:00, and now it's 5:00. I don't care. Our marriage has been a complete sham this entire time anyhow. It's just, I wish the reason that I didn't care was because we had so much trust and love; but then, I suppose if that were the case, he wouldn't go out like that anyhow. Blah! Anyway, I made him leave again yesterday. He'll probably be back but I wish that I knew what we were supposed to do. I read somewhere that people stay in your life until you have learned what you were supposed to from the relationship. I wish I knew already what I am supposed to learn from this relationship with Roy. Then it could either end, or improve. (psh! who am I kidding? Fifteen plus years together, this is it - its not going to change.)

So I throw myself into helping care for my mother and work and homeschooling.

My kids are such a relief in my life.