ME EMPOWERED VS RA: (Gr)Atitude in the face of RA

QUOTES

"Live life on purpose ~ not by accident" ~ Alicia

"When it hurts to look back, and you're scared to look ahead, you can look beside you and your best friend will be there."
-- Author Unknown

"A laugh is a smile that bursts.” ~ Mary H. Waldrip

"Set your goals high and don't be deterred by those who say it is impossible." ~ Steve Fossett

"Our Limitations live only in our minds. But if we use our imaginations, our possibilities become limitless."
Jamie Paolinetti

"A day without laughter ~ is a day wasted"
Charlie Chaplin

"In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends."
— Martin Luther King Jr.

"Gratitude is an inner smile shared" ~ Alicia

Friday, January 6, 2012

Happy New Year! I am going into remission this year...©

"You've done it before and you can do it now. See the positive possibilities. Redirect the substantial energy of your frustration and turn it into positive, effective, unstoppable determination." ~ Ralph Martson

Hello my friends ~
You know, I started this blog
for one reason...well two
one, I am a writer,
but the second is
that I wanted to help all of us with RA
THRIVE with this disease and do
everything we can to live a great life.

I've been hit with "Life Happening"
but, everyone has had that too.
It is how you get through it.

So this is a little song I started
singing to The Brit yesterday...

"I am going into remission this year
I'm going into remission this year!
This year it's my mission
I'm going into remission,
I'm going into remission this year!

I'm going into remission this year
and I won't have any more fear!
And I am surely ending these tears!

I am going into remission this year
I'm getting my life back, my joy and
smile back!
I'm going into remission this year!

I am going into remission this year!
Going on excursions, visiting my friends
having a social life~ smelling the fresh air!
I am going into remission this year!

I am going into remission this year!
Getting my life back, driving anywhere
watchout world ~ I am coming back!
I am going into remission this year!

I am going into remission this year
Perhaps wearing my beautiful shoes!
enjoying all of my life,
I'll maybe even do a cartwheel or two!
I'm going into remission this year!

So, my friends, it is my mission
To go into remission...
I am going into remission
This year!"

Healing hugs,
Alicia

Welcome ~ my friends!

I hope my words give you a chance to reflect and relate to experiences we all go through ~ in one way or another. When I became an Internationally Certified Professional Coach ~ my graduation statement was "I learned that around the world, we are all so much more alike than we are different!" Having been coached from around the world and done the same, we feel the same pain, heartache, frustration, guilt and joy.
Being a writer, now a writer with RA ~ I have a forum to express it, and I will. Not just for me, but for all of us. Please share your feelings ~ we all need a little help from our friends! Cheers, my friends.

A smidgen of my fav's ~ Books, Authors, subjects like yoga and meditation

Thank You Power, Life's Greatest Lessons & Positive Words, Powerful Results - Hal Urban, Four Agreements, Happier & Even Happier - Tal Ben-Shahar, 18 Minutes and Four Seconds from Peter Bregman, Jodi Picoult (thanks Bri), The Dash (Thanks Gram), Lee Child, James Patterson, Janet Evanovich, Emotional Intelligence, The Integrity Advantage ~ I am always looking for great books on positive Psychology, gratitude, books that are good for constantly referring to for learning and growing. I love a great mystery and especially love it if you have any recommendations! I have started meditating and researching Buddism. If anyone has any references ~ email me. I have a few books and CD's and they help a lot. Also, Peggy Cappy ~ Yoga for Arthritis is a must have for us RA's. I may learn how to become an instructor for people with RA. It is fabulous how she teaches and I have been doing Yoga for 10 plus years.