MY 3 DELIGHTS FROM FEBRUARY

My 3 delights from February

MY FEBRUARY DELIGHTS

As I mentioned at the beginning of January when I chose "Delight" as my Word of the Year, I thought I'd round off each month with three delights. They say that February is a bit of a "blah" month, but I find it to be a month full of good things if we look for them. Today I'm sharing for February a personal delight, a novel delight, and a thought about finding delight.

So, without further ado here are my three delights for February...

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6 DELIGHTFUL QUOTES TO REMIND US OF HOW BLESSED WE ARE

6 delightful quotes to remind us of how blessed we are
 

SIX DELIGHTFUL QUOTES

If you've been following my blog, or my blog's Facebook page, you'll know that I love quotes. I'm especially fond of quotes that are uplifting and that remind me to be grateful, kind, and caring - quotes that make me appreciate how blessed I am. Recently I discovered a lovely Facebook page that shares really pretty, really thoughtful quotes and today I wanted to share a few of them here as another way to remember to be delighted with life.

If you'd like to follow their Facebook page the link is HERE.
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MAKING ROOM FOR GOOD THINGS TO HAPPEN

Do you feel that "good things just happen to you"? We need to aim towards positivity to combat our natural negativity bias.

GOOD THINGS JUST HAPPEN TO ME

Apparently there's a mantra that's been shared on TikTok lately that says "Good things just happen to me" with people sharing how this has manifested in their lives when they chose to focus their thinking around the phrase.

Mantras always feel a little "woo woo" to me, but my husband (the very pragmatic former Family Counsellor) says that it actually has some basis in science because our brains can be re-wired by what we choose to give our attention to. All this got me thinking....
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TAKING OFF MY TOOLBELT AND HANGING UP MY LIFEBUOY

All my life I've been a fixer and a rescuer, but now it's time to step back and become a cheerleader instead.

BEING A FIXER AND A RESCUER

All my life I've been a fixer and a rescuer. It stems from being an oldest daughter and thinking that it was my responsibility to keep everything calm and on course. I'm very uncomfortable with discord and messiness, and I'll do all I can to calm the waters and to keep everyone else happy.

To be honest, it works well when life is fairly smooth, but when I encounter a very messy person or situation it can be exhausting running around trying to solve a problem that's often not mine to begin with. I've finally figured out that I need to change my approach...
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